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Vermont Humanities E-newsletter
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First Wednesdays Series Announced
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 First Wednesdays Series Announced
 Talks take place in nine towns across the state on the 1st Wednesdays of the month from October through May (unless otherwise noted) Brattleboro * Essex Junction * Manchester * Middlebury * Montpelier * Newport * Norwich * Rutland * St. Johnsbury
Season Highlights
- Former NSA senior executive Bill Sullivan: "The National Security Agency: The Law, The Media and Edward Snowden"(Brattleboro)
- Award-winning novelist Salman Rushdie: "What's the Use of Stories That Aren't Even True?" (Essex Junction)
- Concert pianist and psychiatrist Richard Kogan: "Beethoven's Deafness: Psychological Crisis and Artistic Triumph" (Manchester)
- Vermont author Julia Alvarez reads for National Poetry Month (Middlebury)
- Richard Blanco, inaugural poet for President Obama: "Becoming American: An Inaugural Poet's Journey" (Montpelier)
- Dr. Edward Tick, director of Soldier's Heart Clinic: "Warrior's Return: Restoring the Soul after War" (Newport)
- Long-time NPR commentator Susan Stamberg on the power of radio (Norwich)
- Vermont author Jay Parini: "Jesus: The Human Face of God" (Rutland)
- Bestselling author Sy Montgomery: "Walking with the Great Apes" (St. Johnsbury)
Visit the Vermont Humanities Council website to learn about events throughout Vermont. The calendar is updated on a regular basis.
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Fall Conference: A Fire Never Extinguished
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Vermont Humanities Council Annual Fall Conference
November 14-15, Dudley H. Davis Center, University of Vermont
The Civil War casts a long shadow in the United States. As Robert Penn Warren put it in his classic 1961 book, The Legacy of the Civil War, "many clear and objective facts about America are best understood in reference to the Civil War."
VHC's 2014 fall conference, presented in collaboration with the Vermont Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, explores the influence that the War had and continues to have on literature, visual art, race, memory, and politics. The conference, taking place five months before the end of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, will seek to identify lessons vital to American democracy that still can be learned from the War and its aftermath.
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"When you go to make dance, you don't necessarily begin to make the dance in the dance studio. You might find it in the desert, or in the ball park . . . or maybe watching the sunflowers."
- Moses Pendleton
From "Wholly Moses," an article by Michelle Griffin in "The Age." Moses Pendleton is an internationally known American choreographer and founder of Momix. He grew up on a dairy farm in Northern Vermont.Words to Live By brings weekly wisdom from Vermont poets, writers, artists, and thinkers and is a project of the Vermont Humanities Council and the Vermont Arts Council.
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VHC Fall Grant Round Nears
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VHC Fall Grant Round Nears
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Wonder Author R. J. Palacio Coming to Vermont
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 Thursday, October 9, 4:30 PM, Manchester Elementary Middle School, free and open to the public
Presented by the Vermont Humanities Council and the Northshire Bookstore
The author of Wonder is coming to Vermont on October 9. R.J. Palacio will be here to present her new book 365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Book of Precepts.
 Wonder, the 2014 Vermont Reads pick, has drawn the largest Vermont Reads participation ever, inspiring 115 communities to host discussions, staged readings, Wonder-themed movie nights and art exhibits, community meals, and more. Two schools also chose Wonder as their theme for VHC's summer Humanities Camps program for middle-school students.
There's something for everyone in Palacio's new book with words of wisdom from such noteworthy people as Anne Frank, Martin Luther King Jr., Confucius, Goethe, and Sappho. And it includes precepts from two Bennington students who participated in Vermont Reads Wonder.
We hope to see you on October 9!
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Civil War Book of Days Website Launched
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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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Humanities Commentaries on VPR
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 Move-in Day (8-18-2014) It's that time of year when many parents are dropping their children off to begin college, and commentator Peter Gilbert is reminded of one parenting style that may be problematic-but certainly isn't new. War and Irony (8-7-2014) This summer, several virtually simultaneous anniversaries of war has commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert thinking about how ironic war is, and how tragic. Timely CommentariesSummer Inspired by Wordsworth (8-20-03) Vermont summers are short, but memories of the warm season are long. Peter Gilbert reflects on the power of childhood memories of natural beauty. Yard Sales (8-19-05) You find some of the darndest things at yard sales. Recently commentator Peter Gilbert found a family board game, and it was not a . . . Trivial Pursuit.
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The Vermont Humanities Council presents more than 1,000 events every year. Thank you for your interest in lifelong learning!
Sincerely,
Sylvia Plumb, Director of Communications
Vermont Humanities Council
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