|
Find Us Here
| 
|
|
|
|
Vermont Humanities E-newsletter
|
|
Author Event: Salman Rushdie
|
What's the Use of Stories That Aren't Even True?
Wednesday, January 14, 5:00 pm
Ira Allen Chapel, Burlington
** TICKETS (FREE) REQUIRED **
Tickets are free but required. Tickets will be available for pickup beginning on November 3 from four sites. A waiting list will not be kept prior to that date. Pick up tickets at: University of Vermont's Dudley H. Davis Center and Patrick Gymnasium; Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 802.878.6955; and Vermont Humanities Council, 11 Loomis Street, Montpelier, 802.262.1355.
A Vermont Humanities Council Vermont Reads and First Wednesdays event presented with the Office of the President, University of Vermont
|
|
Fall Conference: A Fire Never Extinguished
|
 A Fire Never Extinguished:
Civic and Cultural Life in America
* * Taking registrations online * *
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.
|
|
First Wednesdays Season 2014-2015
|
 First Wednesdays -- November 5, 7pm
Brattleboro * Essex Junction * Manchester * Middlebury * Montpelier * Newport * Norwich * Rutland * St. Johnsbury
 | |
Tom Lea's
2,000-Yard Stare
|
All First Wednesdays talks are free and open to the public. Learn more.
|
|
Vermont Humanities Grant-Supported Events
|
Vermont Humanities Grant-Supported Events
Vermont International Film FestivalOctober 24-November 2
Locations around Burlington
 | |
Martha Graham is among the legendary dancers affiliated with Bennington College
|
Dance at Bennington College: 80 Years of Moving Through An Exhibit and Performance Lectures Through November Flynn Center for the Performing Arts A gallery exhibition of photographs from the 1930s to the present, drawn from the dance archives of Bennington College and performance lectures through November.
Covered Bridges of Woodstock Exhibit Through October Woodstock History Center The exhibit is a survey of Woodstock's most iconic bridges as seen through time. It also celebrates the reopening of the Taftsville Covered Bridge. Jennie Shurtleff, education@woodstockhistorical.org or 802.457.1822.
Reading the Agricultural Landscape Norwich Historical Society Through Spring 2015 - Cycles of Change: Farming in Norwich.An exhibit documenting agricultural heritage through the stories of eight working farms.
November 13: How to Read the Landscape. Alan Berolzheimer and Nancy Osgood lead a workshop on how to find features on one's own land and take an agricultural census of the property. Norwich Historical Society, 7:00 pm. 802.649.0124 or info@norwichhistory.org.
 | | Vikor Ullmann is among the composers in the Lifelong Learning Music Series. |
Lifelong Learning Music Series
This series highlights composers, conductors and musical genre in its cultural and historical context, while deepening music appreciation through greater understanding. Once a month, December through March, 7:00 pm. Jennifer Murray, 802.652.7076.
Literature Into FilmChandler Film Society
Randolph, Vermont
Literature Into Film introduces audiences to eight remarkable films inspired by, or adapted from, significant literary works, investigating their structure, aesthetics, impact, and history. Once a month, November through April.
Look for VHC events here.
|
|
Civil War Book of Days : Latest Entry
|
Searchable site contains all 211-plus entries to date.
Civil War Book of Days. VHC began the weekly e-newsletter to honor the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. We hope you enjoy our most recent entry. October 24, 1864/2014
Volume 5, Issue 43 (211 Issues Since 15 October 2010)
 October 24. Franklin C. Counter's 1893 painting remains the emblematic image of the moment when one of the nation's most famous abolitionists paid her respects to the man who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation. In her 1875 autobiography, Truth recounted her visit, made in the company of abolitionist Lucy Colman. After waiting several hours, they finally met the President. Truth wrote: To continue, click here.
October 17, 1864/2014 Volume 5, Issue 42 (210 Issues Since 15 October 2010) Sheridan Famously Rides Twenty Miles to Save the Day at Cedar Creek, VA, Giving Union Important Victory
 | | Thomas Read's painting of Sheridan's horse, Winchester, 1871 |
Visit civilwarbookofdays.org for the complete searchable archive of nearly 200 entries of the Civil War Book of Days. The site is updated weekly. And sign up for the weekly e-mail.
|
|
Double Your Devotion
|
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!
|
|
Humanities Commentaries on VPR
|
 The Joy Of Cooking... Game (10-21-2014) Commentator Peter Gilbert likes practical information, descriptive language and locally sourced food - all of which he recently found combined in a classic, old cookbook.Cultural Revolution (10-1-2014) Recently a mutual friend introduced commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert to poet Anita Feng, who told him a personal story about the remarkable power of poetry. Timely CommentariesKeats 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." Searching for Robert Frost in England (10-13-04) A report issued recently by the Vermont Council on Culture and Innovation makes the connection between historic preservation and a community's economic life. Peter Gilbert has been thinking about how hard -- but how important -- it is to preserve what's special about rural village life.
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
Salman Rushdie, author of 
