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Vermont Humanities E-newsletter
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First Wednesdays 2013-2014
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THIS WEEK: First Wednesdays at a Library Near You
November 6 at 7:00 pm in the eight Vermont communities below (Rutland hosted their First Wednesdays talk on October 23.)
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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There is Still Time to Register for 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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Job Opening at Vermont Humanities
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Director of Public Programs
The Vermont Humanities Council, a non-profit organization headquartered in Montpelier, seeks a Director of Public Programs to develop, implement, and supervise the Council's public programs. Relevant experience in program management and a Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree desirable. Candidates should demonstrate a broad background in the humanities, especially literature and history; strong organizational skills; experience implementing programs; and excellent writing, people, and computer skills. EOE. Please send cover letter, resume, and the names of three references to: Vermont Humanities Council, ATTN: Human Resources, 11 Loomis Street, Montpelier, VT 05602, or email lwinter@vermonthumanities.org.
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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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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
Brattleboro Vermont Movie Viewings
Brattleboro, Gala Reception, November 10, 4:00 pm
at The River Garden, Main Street
For locations, times, gala events, and tickets for all showings, visit thevermontmovie.com, 802.779.3653.
"The fact is that neither Old Vermont nor New Vermont are as good or as simple as our first, knee-jerk reactions would make them. Today's Vermont is a complex place, as was yesterday's Vermont. And the two are deeply related." - Tom Slayton, author, commentator, and editor of Vermont Life magazine from 1986 to 2007.
Learn more
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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. Vampires in Vermont (10-28-13) As Halloween approaches and books and movies about vampires continue to be remarkably popular, commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert tells us what he has learned about vampires in Vermont. 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." Letting go of good things (10-26-04) With summer and most of autumn now behind us and one half or the other of the electorate about to be disappointed by the presidential election's results, poet Robert Frost and Peter Gilbert consider how to deal with loss.
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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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