Using articles from Reasons To Be Cheerful’s project, We Are Not Divided, we will gather together to discuss and celebrate these uplifting stories. Stop in to pick up a hard copy of this weeks article or read it on the Reasons To Be Cheerful website. August 29 - Inside the Student-Led Movement to Depolarize College
James Crew - An Evening of Kindness and Poetry James Crew is the editor of the best-selling anthologies, The Path to Kindness and How to Love the World, which has been featured on NPR's Morning Edition, in the Boston Globe, and the Washington Post.Crews' own poems have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Ploughshares, The New Republic, and The Christian Century. He collaborated with former…
Portrait of a Forest: Men and Machine Over the past 250 Years the Vermont landscape has been shaped by the farming and forest communities. As Vermont has urbanized, we have lost a deep understanding and appreciation of the importance of our forest and farming communities. Today's forest and forest products industry faces many challenges—forest fragmentation,…
When Cultures Collide Enter the world of the DeafBlind with Rene Pellerin as he recounts stories from his personal experiences as a DeafBlind person living with Usher Syndrome. Rene The Unstoppable uses humor to tell stories of his travels with and without support, frustrations and comic blunders experienced in both the hearing and deaf worlds,…
Hosted by Palliative Support Services @ Porter Hospital Death Café is an international movement started in Europe. At a Death Café, people gather to eat cake, drink tea, and discuss death in a relaxed open setting. A Death Café is a group directed discussion with no agenda, objective, or themes. It is a discussion group,…
We are excited to host Lt. Governor David Zuckerman as he travels the state hosting a series of book readings from banned books at local bookstores and libraries. These events will feature special guests who will join the Lt. Governor to discuss with the audience the importance of free speech, inclusion, democracy, and open dialogue. Around the…
Hybrids meetings mixed with virtual only. Writers and aspiring writers of all ages and levels of experience are welcome, as are poems in all forms and styles. The workshop is free to all. For more information, and for the Zoom link required to log-in, contact David Weinstock by email at david.weinstock@gmail.com, or by phone and…
Why Write a Memoir? This fascinating story tells how her personal life was intertwined with her role as a leader of Shelburne Farms during its formative years as a treasured public resource. A question and answer period will follow her presentation. Books and a book signing will be made available by The Vermont Book Shop. For more information please visit Marilyn's…