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First Wednesdays 2013-2014
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First Wednesdays at a Library Near You
 Rutland, October 23 -- The Civil War and American Art with senior curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Eleanor Jones Harvey, 7:00 pm. Please note the special date for this talk.
Location and host: Rutland Free Library.Learn more.
November 2 at 7:00 pm in the eight Vermont communities below
Brattleboro -- Life in the Studio with award-winning author and illustrator David Macaulay. Location and host: Brooks Memorial Library. Learn more.
Essex Junction -- Finding Higher Ground: Adaptation in the Age of Warming with scientist and author Amy Seidl. Location and Host: Brownell Library. Learn more.
Manchester -- A Life in the News with NPR's On Point host Tom Ashbrook. Location: First Congregational Church. Host: Mark Skinner Library. Learn more.
Middlebury -- Reading Henry James with UVM professor Daniel Fogel. Location and host: Ilsley Public Library. Learn more.
Montpelier -- Walt Whitman and the Civil War with UVM Professor Huck Gutman. Location and host: Kellogg-Hubbard Library. Learn more.
Newport -- Stark Decency: German POWs in a New England Village with historian Allen Koop. Location and host: Goodrich Memorial Library. Learn more.
 Norwich -- Thoreau the Poet-Naturalist with Dartmouth professor Nancy Jay Crumbine. Location: Norwich Congregational Church. Hosts: Norwich Public Library and Norwich Historical Society. Learn more.
 St. Johnsbury -- Women's Equality around the Globe, the US, and Vermont with Linda Tarr-Whelan, ambassador to the UN Commission on the Status of Women in the Clinton Administration and deputy assistant for Women's Concerns to President Carter. Location and host: St. Johnsbury Athenaeum. Learn more.
First Wednesdays draws nationally and regionally renowned authors, artists, scholars, and public figures who speak on diverse topics before audiences sometimes numbering several hundred people.
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Fall Conference Music and the Human Experience
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Music and the Human Experience
VHC Fall Conference 2013
November 15 - 16, 2013 Dudley H. Davis Center, University of Vermont In a series of lectures and performances that cut across historical periods and cultural traditions, award-winning scholars and musicians will both demonstrate and reflect on how music is fundamental to the human experience. Music plays a powerful role in all societies. It expresses our most personal and profound feelings and binds us to both our neighbors and strangers alike. We are both soothed and energized by music. We worship with music; we go to war to music; we bury our dead to music. We are entertained by music, and with it we express our deepest beliefs. This year's conference features talks on music and the brain, Mozart's genius, the historical development of jazz and its cross-cultural influences, Arabic music, Stravinsky's revolutionary Rite of Spring, folk music traditions, and Beethoven and the Beatles. We hope to see you there!
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The Vermont Movie
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VHC Grant Supports The Vermont Movie
 Freedom and Unity: The Vermont Movie, Various Locations Statewide, through December 4, 2013
Six-Part Historical and Cultural Documentary Film with Gala Premieres and Showings Statewide
Barre/Montpelier * Bennington/Manchester * Burlington * Derby Line/Newport * Middlebury * Rutland * Saint Albans * Stowe * White River Junction
Haskell Opera House, Derby Line, Gala Premiere and Reception, Saturday, October 26, 6:30 PM with movie to follow at 7:30 PM.
For locations, times, gala events, and tickets for all showings, visit thevermontmovie.com, 802.779.3653.
Learn more
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Vermont Arts Summit
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Vermont Arts Summit
Saturday, October 26, Vermont State House, Montpelier
Take part in the 2013 Vermont Arts Summit on October 26 at the State House in Montpelier. If you are an artist, an arts administrator, a teaching artist, an arts enthusiast, a digital arts technologist, this summit is for you! It's been 15 years since the last such gathering and it is time to connect. Join keynote speaker Eric Booth who will inspire attendees as they explore the summit's theme: Connect Animate Lead. Register today!
The 2013 Vermont Arts Summit is presented by the Vermont Arts Council and the Office of Creative Economy.
Learn more and register today.
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Thursday Thoughts
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Thursday Thoughts Weekly Poems via Facebook and Twitter
Join us on Facebook and Twitter to read these weekly poems!
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Civil War Book of Days -- Marking Events that Happened Each Week During the Civil War
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Humanities Commentaries on VPR
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Each month, VHC's Executive Director Peter Gilbert presents commentaries on Vermont Public Radio that examine current and past events from a humanities perspective.Birmingham Bombings (9-11-13) September 15th, 2013 was the fiftieth anniversary of an infamous, heartbreaking crime in our nation's history. It's a story of the murder of innocents and of justice long delayed. The Case for the Humanities (8-9-2013) An impressive commission that included Ken Burns, former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, George Lucas, Yo-Yo Ma, eminent scholars, university presidents, and corporate leaders recently released a report commissioned by Congress to provide advice on how to strengthen the humanities and social sciences in this country. And enjoy these timely reflections pulled from the archive. Keats Poem "To Autumn" (10-9-06) Fall colors were at their peak in much of Vermont this past weekend, and for commentator Peter Gilbert they brought to mind a famous poem that's been called "... as close to perfect as any shorter poem in the English language." Walden, 150 years later (9-30-04) Peter Gilbert reflects on an American classic that celebrated a milestone anniversary in 2004.
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Thank You for Your Donation
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The Vermont Humanities Council depends on donations from individuals and businesses to offer public programming and programming for underserved communities.
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The Vermont Humanities Council presents more than 1,200 events every year. Thank you for your interest in lifelong learning!
Sincerely,
Sylvia Plumb, Director of Communications
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