Community Events

“Children of Windermere” at Dover library

DOVER - On Monday, January 10, the Dover Free Library will present the feature film “The Children of Windermere.” Showtime will be 3 pm. Run time is 145 minutes. The film is not rated. This event is free and open to the public. Questions call (802) 348-7488.

Rosenbloom

Talk on racism and health

VERMONT - The League of Women Voters of Vermont, in partnership with Kellogg-Hubbard Library of Montpelier, will host Professor Jonathan Rosenbloom in “How Does Racism affect Environmental Health?,” on Wednesday, January 12, from 7 to 8:30 pm via Zoom.
The second lecture in a four-part...

Statues at the Cancún Underwater Museum of Art, which is in the Atlantic Ocean. The transatlantic slave trade will be discussed in a public talk on Wednesday.

Online talks offered on slave trade, eugenics

SOUTHERN VERMONT - On Wednesday, January 5, at 7 pm, the Brooks Memorial Library is hosting the free public talk “Atlantic is a Sea of Bones” with Jarvis Green, as part of Vermont Humanities First Wednesdays’ series.
Green, founder of the Black theater company JAG Productions, invites...

Bennington College week of free readings

BENNINGTON - From Thursday, January 6, to Friday, January 14, each night at 7 pm, critically acclaimed, award-winning authors and faculty of the Bennington Writing Seminars will host “Writers Reading,” an evening reading series during the MFA program’s winter residency. All readings are free,...

Thursday Night Lights return to Old School

WILMINGTON - The opening of Thursday Night Lights at Winterplace will be Thursday, January 6, from 5 to 7 pm at the Old School.
Winterplace is a pop-up seasonal park that encourages winter fun and connections and Thursday Night Lights extends the fun into the evenings throughout January...

Hikers snowshoe through the woods at an outing in 2017.

Start off the new year with a hike

MARLBORO - On Saturday, January 1, at 10:30 am, walk off a couple holiday pounds on a free-form romp around the Hogback Mountain Conservation Area. Participants will meet in the lot next to Vermont Distillers at the scenic overlook on Route 9 and then proceed into the forest.
This walk has...

Jamaica artist to discuss landscape art

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center will present a free online talk by artist Michael Abrams on Thursday, January 6, at 7 pm. Abrams will welcome viewers to his Jamaica studio via Zoom and Facebook Live for a conversation about his installation “Arcadia Rediscovered” and his...

Bedtime-friendly New Year’s party

BENNINGTON - Want to celebrate the arrival of 2022 but bedtime is at 8 pm? No problem. Put on party clothes and join the Bennington Museum in welcoming in the “noon” year with music, dancing, party hats, noisemakers, and the countdown to noon. Create a special hat before moving on to the silly...

Honor veterans this weekend

BENNINGTON - The Vermont Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, along with other volunteer groups, will be honoring veterans at Vermont Veterans Home, 325 North Street, on Saturday, December 18, for “National Wreaths Across America Day.”
Cadets and senior members of the Vermont Wing, along with...

Circus performance, classes for all levels

VERMONT - Celebrate the solstice and the holiday season with NECCA’s annual end-of-year circus extravaganza gone virtual. “Twas the Night...” is a specially filmed variation of our popular holiday show that includes professional program students alongside youth troupe and advanced...