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Office in Montpelier

 

11 Loomis Street, Montpelier, Vermont 05602

802.262.2626

Fax: 802.262.2620

E-mail: info@vermonthumanities.org

FIRST WEDNESDAYS 2010-2011 Season

 

Talks begin October 6 at a Library Near You

First Wednesdays, VHC’s eclectic series of talks by eminent speakers, begins October 6 at nine Vermont sites. Among the speakers for the new season are:

 

•    Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War historian James McPherson, Brattleboro, October 6

•    Author and Middlebury professor Allison Stanger, Norwich, November 3

•    New York Times Chief Washington Correspondent David Sanger, Manchester, October 6

•    Southern Poverty Law Center spokesman Mark Potok, Montpelier, November 23

•    President emeritus of the University of Chicago Dr. Hannah Gray, Norwich, October 6

•    Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Joseph Ellis, Manchester, December 1

•    John Cole, founding director of the Center for the Book, Library of Congress, Middlebury, October 6

•    Jan Albers, executive director of the Sheldon Museum, Newport, October 6

•    Ilan Stavans, Amherst College professor and author, Burlington, October 6

•    Jim Leach, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Montpelier, February 2

•    American historian TH Breen, St. Johnsbury, December 1

•    Rolf Diamante, writer and National Park superintendent, Rutland, January 5

 

The 2010-2011 First Wednesdays schedule:

 

Brattleboro (hosted by Brooks Memorial Library)

Burlington (hosted by Fletcher Free Library)

Manchester (hosted by Mark Skinner Library)

Middlebury (hosted by Ilsley Public Library)

Montpelier (hosted by Kellogg-Hubbard Library)

Newport (hosted by Goodrich Memorial Library)

Norwich (hosted by Norwich Public Library and Norwich Historical Society)

Rutland (hosted by Rutland Free Library)

St. Johnsbury (hosted by St. Johnsbury Athenaeum)

 

First Wednesdays Brochure 2010-2011 (PDF)

 

 

2010-2011 First Wednesdays Statewide Sponsor:

 

Vermont Department of Libraries

First Wednesdays is supported in part by the Institute of Museum & Library Services through the Vermont Department of Libraries

 

Listen to First Wednesdays on VPR or watch on CCTV

Vermont Public Radio and CCTV have covered several First Wednesdays talks. See a listing of talks available at VPR Presents and on the CCTV site. Listen, watch, download, or find out more information.