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First Wednesdays Montpelier
Last Updated 8/24/2012 1:56:19 PM
135 Main Street, Montpelier • Library phone: 802.223.3338
Montpelier Schedule (pdf) • 7:00 p.m. on the first Wednesday of every month
October 3
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Does Anyone in America Believe in the Rule of Law?
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Reverence for the law appears to be in decline across the political spectrum. Michael Lind, author and New America Foundation co-founder, considers whether a democratic republic can survive if leaders and citizens flout laws of which they disapprove. Sponsor: Vermont Bar Association |
November 7
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Patchwork: Piecing Together Family History
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Author Natalie Kinsey-Warnock discusses the family stories that inspire her books and the importance of finding and saving family stories, and she shows several of her grandmother’s quilts that formed the basis for her first book, The Canada Geese Quilt. |
December 5
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Diplomatic Challenges We Face
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Distinguished veteran diplomat George Jaeger, whose career included helping negotiate the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in Bonn and the Helsinki Final Act in Geneva, discusses how our diplomatic success depends on the realism, nimbleness, and unity with which we pursue national interests. |
January 2
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Vermont, the United States, and the World: How Our Health Ties Together
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Dr. Nils Daulaire, director of the Office of Global Affairs at the US Department of Health and Human Services, examines how global health priorities are set and the importance of US government investments in global health. |
February 6, 7:30 pm
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Calvin Coolidge: More Than Two Words
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Drawing from Coolidge’s letters, speeches, press conferences, and autobiography, Jim Cooke brings Coolidge to life and helps us understand why Will Rogers said, “Mr. Coolidge has more subtle humor than almost any public man I ever met.” Location: Vermont State House, 7:30 pm. Sponsor: Cabot Creamery |
March 6
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Victoria’s Secrets
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Middlebury College professor Antonia Losano explains how the Victorian era, the age of the realist novel and staid decorum, also had its guilty pleasures: mysteries, ghost stories, science fiction, imperialist adventure tales, and radical fantasies of gender confusion. Sponsor: Bear Pond Books / Rivendell Books |
April 3
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Recognizing Vermont’s Built Treasures
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Middlebury College Professor Glenn Andres considers what makes Vermont’s historic buildings so significant. Sponsor: Margot George Estate |
May 1
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The Book of Kells
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Dartmouth professor Jane Carroll considers this treasure of Western civilization and how the Irish monks’ lavish illustrations of the twelve-hundred-year-old Gospel manuscript illuminate the artists’ thoughts about theology and the power of language. |
| First Wednesdays is supported in part by the Institute of Museum & Library Services through the Vermont Department of Libraries
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