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* * Special Event * * Ken Burns World Premiere
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* * World Premiere * *
The Address
With Award-winning Documentary Filmmaker
Ken Burns
 Wednesday, April 2, 7:00 pm, Latchis Theatre, Brattleboro $8 per person
Viewing of the film with a discussion with Ken Burns to follow
Tickets go on sale March 1 at BrattleboroTix. Public seating tickets are limited. If you want to attend this world premiere, please purchase your tickets as close to March 1 as you can! Students at the tiny Greenwood School in Putney, Vermont are asked each year to memorize the Gettysburg Address -- a daunting assignment for any student, but especially for the boys at Greenwood who all suffer from learning differences.
Chronicling the boys' struggle to learn Lincoln's immortal words and deliver them in a final public recitation, acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns has created a fascinating and inspiring documentary, interweaving the history of this most famous of American speeches with the contemporary journey -- and triumphs -- of the boys at Greenwood. Learn more about the world premiere of The Address.
Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Greenwood School, Latchis Theatre, and Vermont Humanities Council.Watch the preview of The Address.
The First Wednesdays lecture in Brattleboro that was originally scheduled for April 2 has been rescheduled to June 4. Learn more.
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First Wednesdays 2013-2014
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Wednesday, March 5:
First Wednesdays at a Library Near You
March 5 at 7:00 pm in the nine Vermont communities below.
Brattleboro -- Rumi, A Soul on Fire with Dartmouth professor Nancy Jay Crumbine. Location and host: Brooks Memorial Library. Learn more.
Essex Junction -- Stark Decency: German POWs in a New England Village with historian Allen Koop. Location and host: Brownell Library. Learn more.
Manchester -- Painting Ordinary People with James Maroney, former head of American Paintings at Sotheby's and Christie's. Location: First Congregational Church. Host: Mark Skinner Library. Learn more.
Middlebury -- Richard III: The Man and the Legend with author and scholar Kavita Finn. Location and host: Ilsley Public Library. Learn more.
Montpelier -- Gothic Magnificence with Dartmouth professor Cecilia Gaposchkin. Location and host: Kellogg-Hubbard Library. Learn more.
Newport -- The Costumes of Downton Abbey with Middlebury College artist-in-residence Jule Emerson. Location and host: Goodrich Memorial Library. Learn more. Norwich -- Lessons on Mortality from Great Literature with Dartmouth professor Irene Kacandes. Location: Norwich Congregational Church. Hosts: Norwich Public Library and Norwich Historical Society. Learn more.
 Rutland -- Real and Imagined Threats to the United States with former CIA Chief of Counterterrorism Haviland Smith. Location and host: Rutland Free Library. Learn more.
 St. Johnsbury -- Emily Dickinson: 'I see -- New Englandly' with UVM professor Huck Gutman. 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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Double Your Devotion
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A group of VHC friends has offered a one-to-one 40th anniversary challenge grant. They will match the entire gift of donors who at least double their giving from 2013 to 2014. They will also match gifts from people who didn't give in 2013 or are a new donor to VHC. VHC hopes you will participate in this exciting opportunity to help the Council in a very dramatic way.
If you would consider making a stretch gift to VHC, there isn't a better time to do so!
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Vermont Reads 2014
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Vermont Reads Wonder by R.J. Palacio
"Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness."
- Mr. Tushman, the principal at Beecher Prep,
the middle school at the center of Wonder
Vermont communities are invited to participate in the statewide read of Wonder, R.J. Palacio's bestselling, inspiring story about the power, and the importance, of kindness -- in everyone's life.
Discover with others the power of reading, and of reflecting on the ways we can choose kindness and inclusion in our communities. Vermont Reads unites communities around reading, ideas, and activities. Collaboration among town organizations and businesses is strongly encouraged.
- Receive FREE books and programming support.
- Host readings, discussions, and community event nights in your schools, libraries, and local businesses.
- Listen to Vermont Public Radio's Vermont Reads feature.
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Programs Supported by a Vermont Humanities Grant
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Vermont Humanities Supports Programs Around the State with Grants
The Vermont Humanities Council supports humanities events around Vermont. We hope you will attend!
Green Mountain Film Festival 2014 17th Annual Celebration of Film
March 21-30 Tickets go on sale in March. Montpelier, various locations, gmffestival.org. The Green Mountain Film Festival presents a carefully chosen selection of narrative and documentary films to as wide an audience as possible. Film critics and filmmakers provide perspective and lead post-film discussions. Issues Playwriting Contest
Performances of works by playwriting contest winners exploring timely ethical issues through theater. Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, 7:00 PM. Tickets available in advance or at the door. 802.728.6464 March 9: Dvora Zipkin's Blood Ties and Lava Mueller and Adriana Elliott's Mommytalk. A talkback follows each performance. April 13: Jeanne Beckwith's Serpent Swimming West. A talkback follows the performance. Covered Bridges of Woodstock Exhibit Woodstock History Center, 802.457.1822 Through October 2014 ~ This exhibit, which began on the occasion of the Taftsville bridge re-opening, celebrates Woodstock's covered bridges past and present.
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Civil War Book of Days -- Marking Events that Happened Each Week During the Civil War
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Sign up for the Civil War Book of Days
VHC's weekly Civil War Book of Days marks the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. It commemorates what happened each week 150 years ago.
Read some of the latest editions of this e-newsletter.
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Humanities Commentaries on VPR
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The Vermont Humanities Council presents more than 1,100 events every year. Thank you for your interest in lifelong learning!
Sincerely,
Sylvia Plumb, Director of Communications
Vermont Humanities Council
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