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First Wednesdays Essex Junction
Last Updated 3/6/2013 4:20:44 PM
Essex Junction
Brownell Library
6 Lincoln Street • Library phone: 802.878.6955
Essex Junction Schedule (pdf) 7:00 p.m. on the first Wednesday of every month
October 3
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100 Years since Triangle: The Fire That Seared a Nation’s Conscience
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Dartmouth professor Annelise Orleck reflects on the 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Greenwich Village, which killed 146 workers, mostly young immigrant women, and spurred major legal changes. |
November 7
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From Chittenden County to Baton Rouge: Vermonters, the Civil War, and the Road to Emancipation
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National park superintendent emeritus and writer Rolf Diamant discusses how profoundly the Civil War transformed Vermont and why public memory of the war still matters. |
December 4 (Tuesday)
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What Will Follow the Arab Spring?
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What can we hope for as the Middle East evolves? Former CIA Chief of Counterterrorism Haviland Smith considers whether greater self-determination in the region will bring democracies, military dictatorships, Islamic governance, or no clear result at all. |
January 2
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The Genius of Albert Einstein
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At the age of twenty-six, Einstein published five papers that laid the foundation of modern physics. Middlebury professor Susan Watson explores the near-mythical influence of one of the twentieth century’s great thinkers. |
February 6
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Words, Creativity, and Spirituality
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Drawing from Emily Dickinson and Annie Dillard, Dartmouth professor Nancy Jay Crumbine examines the interconnection between creativity and spirituality. Sponsor: Pomerleau Real Estate |
March 6
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Truth or Dare: Writing Historical Fiction
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Jay Parini, author of novels about Leo Tolstoy, Walter Benjamin, and Herman Melville, discusses how historical fiction has evolved in recent decades and how old ways of thinking about the genre no longer seem adequate to the work produced.
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April 2 (Tuesday)
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Lake Champlain in Under an Hour
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Lake Champlain has been a saltwater ocean, an Indian highway, an international battleground, a hub of commerce, and a popular playground. Author Jan Albers offers an overview of the many phases of this treasured body of water. Sponsor: Lake Champlain Basin Program (Partial funding for this project comes from an Education and Outreach grant from the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership)
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May 1
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Building Books
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David Macaulay, award-winning author and illustrator of Castle, Cathedral, and The Way We Work, discusses current projects and current challenges in his work. Sponsor: Paul Frank + Collins |
First Wednesdays is supported in part by the Institute of Museum & Library Services
through the Vermont Department of Libraries
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