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Book Discussion Series: New England Uncovered. What lies hidden beneath the popular images of New England with its white spires and Yankee frugality? More than meets the eye! Fairfax Community Library, Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. Lauren Cady, 802.849.2420.
September 9 ~ Grace Metalious’s PEYTON PLACE. Led by Peter Burns. October 14 ~ Russell Banks’s AFFLICTION. Led by Merilyn Burrington. November 11 ~ Michael White’s A BROTHER’S BLOOD. Led by Helene Lang. January 13 ~ Bill Bryson’s I’M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF. Led by Linda Bland.
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November 8 ~ Vermont History through Song. Singer and researcher Linda Radtke, joined by pianist Arthur Zorn, brings Vermont history to life with engaging commentary about the songs found in the Vermont Historical Society's collection of sheet music. Dressed in period costume, Ms. Radtke takes listeners through state history, using the songs Vermonters published in their communities. Grand Isle United Methodist Church, 7:00 p.m. Janet DeSarno, 802.372.4058.
Book Discussion Series: Booker Prize Winners. Established in 1968, England's Booker Prize is awarded annually to a citizen of the U.K., the Commonwealth, Ireland, Pakistan, or South Africa who has written the year's best novel according to a panel of critics, writers, and academics. In a short 35 years, the Booker has achieved an air of dignity and respect that rivals even the 86-year-old Pulitzer Prize. Graham Swift, who won the Booker in 1996, singled it out as the finest accolade a writer can receive. It's the one which, if we're completely honest, we most covet." Led by Arthur Biddle. North Hero Public Library, Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Judy Poquette, 802.372.5458.
August 26 ~ Michael Ondaatje’S THE ENGLISH PATIENT
Book Discussion Series: Never Setting Sun. At one point, the United Kingdom's reach extended all the way around the globe. Discover the complexities of colonialism in these works set in India and Africa. Led by Arthur Biddle. South Hero Community Library, Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m. Diana Cleborne, 802.372.6209.
September 29 ~ E.M. Forster’s A PASSAGE TO INDIA October 13 ~ Chinua Achebe’s THINGS FALL APART October 27 ~ Wole Soyinka’s AKE: THE YEARS OF CHILDHOOD November 10 ~ Ama Ata Aidoo’s OUR SISTER KILJOY
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September 15 ~ Vermont Folk Art. Much of Vermont's folk art is narrative in impulse: a stair rug capturing the history of a family, a weathervane symbolizing the artist's career in the railroad, or a quilt representing the memories of farm life. This slide presentation and lecture by Jane Beck touches on the informal process of learning a traditional art, life crises that spur the creation of folk art, and the emotional bond that exists between the maker and the receiver of a folk art object. Morrisville, River Arts, 74 Pleasant St, 7:00 p.m. William Lizotte, 802.241.3744.
September 29 ~ Agatha Christie: Creator of Miss Jane Marple and Hercule Poirot. In this living history performance by Helene Lang, Ms. Christie tells you how a typewriter in Torguay spawned over 80 mysteries and created Miss Jane Marple and Hercule Poirot. Learn about her life and walk in her footsteps in England. Discover why she was so knowledgeable about the poisons used in her stories; what influences in her life informed the creation of her famous leading detectives; some personal information about her family; and why she went to Yorkshire under an assumed name. Town and Country Resort at Stowe, 876 Mountain Rd., 1:30 p.m. Millie Marron, 802.253.9011.
October 30 ~ Heritage Halloween Party. See Vermont Reads events. Come dressed as one of your own ancestors. Fun, games, and snacks provided. Wolcott, Glee Merritt Kelley Community Library, 7:00 p.m. Amy Noyes, 802.888.6983.
November 12–13 ~ Comedy and Satire: It’s No Joke. VHC’s 37th annual Fall Conference. Stowe, Stoweflake Mountain Resort and Spa. See Fall Conference Details Page for schedule and registration information.
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September 12 ~ Old-Time Rules Will Prevail: The Fiddle Contest in Vermont. Fiddle contests evolved from endurance events to demonstrations of a set number of tunes judged by certain criteria. All tried to determine who was best. These events helped raise money for local organizations of every description, as well as preserve old-time fiddling. In recent years, the fiddle contest has declined significantly, due to the waning interest of competitors and spectators, as well as diminished financial viability. This program will include listening to rare recordings of live competitions illustrating different playing styles of the past as well as some live fiddling by the presenter, Adam Boyce. West Newbury Congregational Church, 2:00 p.m. Eleanor Longfellow, 802.866.9076.
Book Discussion Series: Earth Tones. These authors strike a variety of provocative and poignant environmental notes—haunting, satirical, delicate, mysterious, hopeful, wise—as they look with fresh eyes at the age-old question of how to live in harmony with nature. Led by Suzanne Brown. Bradford Public Library, Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. Debra Tinkham, 802.222.4536.
November 3 ~ Rachel Carson’s UNDER THE SEA WIND November 17 ~ Scott Russell Sanders’s HUNTING FOR HOPE: A FATHER’S JOURNEY December 1 ~ Thomas Berry’s THE GREAT WORK: OUR WAY INTO THE FUTURE
Book Discussion Series: When Cultures Meet. This series commemorates the Lake Champlain Quadricentennial in 2009. In 1609, Frenchman Samuel de Champlain became the first European to visit the 110-mile lake that now bears his name. (In 1608, Champlain had founded Quebec City.) In fiction and nonfiction, the series explores the ramifications of contact between Europeans and the native inhabitants in the Champlain basin and New England generally, and the ensuing history of the region. Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m. Peter Blodgett, 802.333.9724.
September 8 ~ Colin Calloway’s NEW WORLDS FOR ALL. Strafford, Morris Memorial & Harris Library. Led by Alan Berolzheimer. September 22 ~ William Cronon’s CHANGES IN THE LAND. Post Mills, George Peabody Library. Led by Rachael Cohen.
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October 16 ~ The Irish "Wave" in the Green Mountains. Beginning in the late 1840s and lasting through the 1860s, thousands of Irish immigrants, escaping the potato famine in their homeland, settled in Vermont. They arrived in the Green Mountain State just as Vermont was undergoing a mini industrial revolution—a revolution based on railroad construction, the quarrying of slate and marble, and on textile production. Vince Feeney, the author of the recently published history of the Irish in Vermont, Finnigans, Slaters and Stonepeggers, tells the little-known story of the impact of Irish immigrants on Vermont life in the middle of the nineteenth century. Greensboro Free Library, 10:00 a.m. Janet Travers, 802.533.7192.
Book Discussion Series: Orchestrated Stories. Following on the heels of our popular “Portraits of the Artists: Novels about Painters” series, “Orchestrated Stories” offers fictional interpretations of four eminent composers: Mozart, Schumann, Vivaldi, and Joplin. What does it mean to translate these historical figures and their canonical compositions to novel form? Can fiction be as useful a tool for interpreting real people as biography? Led by Francette Cerulli. Glover Public Library, Thursdays, 5:00 p.m. Toni Eubanks, 802.525.6524.
September 9 ~ Barbara Quick’s VIVALDI’S VIRGINS
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