Enter the world of the DeafBlind with René 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, and how he’s overcome obstacles along the way.
In the early 20th century a blight accidentally spread to the United States and killed approximately 4-5 billion American Chestnut trees. Thomas Estill explores the historical uses, economic importance, and demise of the tree, as well as ongoing research to bring the American Chestnut back and possibly reintroduce the species into the wild in the near future.
Snapshot events in Middlebury are held at the Ilsley Public Library, and occasionally on the campus of Middlebury College.
Newport First Wednesdays events are hosted by the Goodrich Memorial Library.
Essex Junction Snapshot events are hosted by the Brownell Library.
St. Johnsbury Snapshot events are hosted by the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum.
Norwich Snapshot events are hosted by the Norwich Public Library and Norwich Historical Society and held at the Norwich Public Library.
Manchester Snapshot events are hosted by the Manchester Community Library.
Brattleboro First Wednesdays events are hosted by the Brooks Memorial Library.
The Snapshot humanities lecture series offers free talks September through May.
Poet Sarah Audsley joined us at the Taconic Mountains Ramble State Park for Words in the Woods.
Humanities Camps are filled with reading and writing projects, field trips, and outdoor activities.
We won a 2020 Schwartz Prize for best public humanities programming in the U.S. for Vermont Reads 2019: “March: Book One.”
We supported Historic New England’s “More than a Market” project that explored the experiences of new Americans through food markets.
Our free public events help bring the power of the humanities to communities across Vermont.
