Jazz Pianist David Childs in Concert. Thursday, Nov. 7, 7 pm

Virtuoso pianist David Childs will perform a free concert of standards and classics in his spontaneous, unique style at the Athenaeum. Childs began playing piano at age seven, attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and has worked as a professional pianist in the Northeastern United States for more than 30 years.

Childs serves as a faculty member for the Westport School of Music, Continuo Music of Redding, and Westchester Home Music in Scarsdale, NY. He has shared the stage with such jazz greats as Jimmy Heath, Bill Crow, James Moody, Eddie Bert, Bill Watrous, and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra.

This event is free, ADA accessible and open to the public.

Book Launch: Toussaint St. Negritude. Sunday, Oct. 27, 2 pm

Join us for a book launch with music and poetry by Toussaint St. Negritude, in celebration of his new book Mountain Spells.

 2024 Vermont poet laureate nominee St. Negritude has been widely published and recorded for over 40 years; Mountain Spells is his first published volume of poetry. Copies of the book will be available for sale.

Reception with food and drink will follow.

This event is free, ADA accessible and open to the public.

Friends Pie and Book Sale Saturday Sept. 28, 9 am

Inclusive Arts Vermont: CYCLES Art Exhibit

Building on the success of four prior exhibitions and a robust network of community partnerships, Inclusive Arts Vermont’s 5th biennial exhibition, CYCLES, is currently on display at the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, through October 2024. CYCLES highlights artwork by 25 Vermont artists with disabilities as they explore the title theme. An artist reception will be held on Friday, October 4 from 5:30-7:30 PM. This leg of the exhibition is being hosted in collaboration with the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum.

 Friday, October 4, 5:30pm: Opening Artists Reception

 Saturday, October 5 and 26, 10:30 am: Inclusive Family Programs

Round Up at White Market in September for the Athenaeum!

This month, White Market is rounding up for the Athenaeum! Please round to support St. J's free library, art gallery and lecture hall!

Call for Pies!

Friends of the Athenaeum Pie Sale
Historic St. Johnsbury Fall Festival
Saturday, September 28

Donate a pie and help with our most delectable fundraiser. Our goal is one hundred pies or more! All monies raised will be donated to the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum Youth Services and Adult programs.

Sign up at the front desk, email awestfisher@stjathenaeum.org, or call 802-748-8291.

Vermont Attraction Passes

Looking for something to do? Check out these day passes to various Vermont attractions:

 · Vermont Granite Museum - Free

·  Vermont State Parks - Free

·  Vermont State Historic Sites - Free

·  ECHO Center - Discounted Admission

·  Old Stone House Museum and Historic Village - Free

·  Vermont Historical Society - Free

·  Craftsbury Chamber Players - Free

  For more information or to check out a pass, visit the front circulation desk.

Aubuchon Hardware Round-up Leads to $4,400 Gift to Athenaeum

Thanks to Aubuchon Hardware customers’ generosity, along with that of the Aubuchon Hardware Foundation, the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum was presented with a check for $4,429.12 for the Athenaeum’s Annual Fund.

St. Johnsbury Aubuchon Hardware Manager Michele Burrington presented the check to Athenaeum Board of Trustee’s Vice President Bill Merrow on Wednesday, July 17 in front of the Athenaeum’s “Domes of the Yosemite” in the Art Gallery. Michele highlighted the generosity of the community when she presented the check. “One gentleman, when I asked him to round up for the Athenaeum, not only rounded up, but he dug in his pocket and gave me an additional $5 bill!”

The Athenaeum extends its gratitude to the St. Johnsbury community, and to Aubuchon Hardware Foundation for matching the funds raised in the Round-up.

Shout out for Secondhand Prose Volunteers

SHOUT OUT FOR VOLUNTEERS
Have you been to Secondhand Prose on Main Street, our non profit used bookshop staffed and run entirely by Friends of the Athenaeum? 

 Summer is busy at the store! Come in and ask about volunteering.

 *Do you love books?

 *Do you like to talk about your favorite reads?

 *Do you enjoy meeting others who love books?

 *Do you have some time to give to your community?

                                  WE NEED YOU!

 At Secondhand Prose we meet, we greet, we stock, we shelve, we
witness the surprise and wonder of new shoppers, we sort boxes of
donations, we help book search missions. 

 Come see us Monday - Saturday 11 am - 3 pm.

1222 Main Street St Johnsbury

Or Email   shp@stjathenaeum.org
Or Call 802-748-9222

Volunteer Applications are available at Secondhand Prose and the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum at the first and second floor circulation desks. 

Beer-stadt Fest Friday, July 12, 5-8 pm

Join us for our 2024 Athenaeum Beer-stadt Fest on Friday, July 12, 5-8 pm in our backyard! $50 per ticket gets you a free sample glass and ten samples. Brewers are Dirt Church Brewing Company, Hill Farmstead Brewery, Kingdom Brewing, and Red Barn Brewing.

Food is available for purchase from Rocky’s NY Style Hot Dogs and San Song Kitchens (awesome Korean food). Music by Tom Stamp.

Non-drinkers get free attendance and unlimited free soft drinks, seltzer and water! No need to register!

Limited tickets available. For tickets, click HERE or contact Scott Davis at sdavis@stjathenaeum.org or 802-745-1393.

(Postponed) Free Jazz Concert with Pianist David Childs

(Postponed) David Childs plays standards and hits with a jazzy twist! Come see this free and free-wheeling concert. More HERE.

Exhibit in Hall Gallery: Voices of the St. Joseph's Orphanage

Athenaeum Hall Gallery hosts the Voices of the St. Joseph’s Orpanage Exhibit through June. Chick HERE for more information.

(SOLD OUT) Athenaeum Gala: Celebrating the Spring Harvest. Thursday, May 9, 6 pm

Register HERE

Or contact Scott Davis at

sdavis@stjathenaeum.org

or 802-745-1393

"Last Night at the Telegraph Club" Events

The Athenaeum has two events in April centered around the VT Reads selection “Last Night at the Telegraph Club” by Malinda Lo:

Tuesday, April 9, 7 pm: Malinda Lo: Author of Last Night at the Telegraph Club (Simulcast at the Athenaeum). Details HERE

Thursday, April 11, 5:30 pm: Outright Vermont-Last Night at the Telegraph Club Book Discussion. Co-sponsored by The Hub and the Athenaeum. Details HERE

New Bess O'Brien Documentary: Just Getting By

(This documentary will be shown Free on Thursday, March 28 and Friday, March 29 at the Athenaeum)

Just Getting By is a sweeping, and yet intimate look at the lives of Vermonters who are struggling with food and housing insecurity.

 Vermont has the second highest rate of homeless people in the United States, right after California. One third of Vermonters struggle to put food on the table. These are big issues for a small state. Just Getting By focuses on these issues in the lives of everyday people.

 The film tells the stories of working families, folks who are homeless and accessing food shelves and soup kitchens and people who are living in temporary hotel/motel programs. In addition, the film focuses on New Americans grappling with the cost of living in America, Native people creating innovative farming practices and folks on the ground providing services to their fellow Vermonters in need.

 Just Getting By explores the day to day challenges and incredible resiliency that low-income Vermonters bear witness to every day.

 For more information contact Bess O’Brien at bobrien@pshift.com

A Kingdom County Productions film.

This event is free, ADA accessible, and open to the public.

Murder By the Book at the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum

The Athenaeum Players will perform a staged reading of Murder by the Book at the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum Art Gallery on Wednesday, March 27 at 1 pm. Under the direction of Damian Ryan, The Athenaeum Players have brought together a talented troupe familiar to the St. Johnsbury community. The script came compliments of a library fundraising initiative by mystery writer Louise Penny and playwright Laura Teasdale.

In Murder by the Book, a community theatre troupe tries to save the town of Two Spruce’s local library. A team of volunteer actors come to its rescue by staging a murder mystery. On opening night, a real murder most foul threatens to thwart their fundraiser.

This event is free, ADA accessible, and open to the public.

Vote for the Athenaeum as White Market's Coins for Community Partner

Each month, The White Market collects donations for local organizations through its Coins for Community program. Please vote for the Athenaeum as one of the partners for this wonderful program.

Voting runs until March 20. You can vote at https://www.whitesmarket.com/coins-for-community-poll/?.

Thank you for supporting the Athenaeum!

Conversation with Chief of Police Joel Pierce. Tuesday, Feb. 27, 6 pm

Bring your questions and comments for St. Johnsbury Police Chief Joel Pierce. Light refreshments will be served.

This event is free, ADA accessible, and open to the public.

Kanopy Film Club: What's Love Got To Do With It? Free from February 5-19

Join your community for Kanopy’s Big Movie Watch: What's Love Got To Do With It? This movie is free (no tickets required) from February 5-19.  We encourage you to watch it and chat about the film on the discussion board.

 Click HERE to learn more.

 #bigmoviewatch

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: POEMS FOR POEMTOWN ST. JOHNSBURY 2024

PoemTown St. Johnsbury, a collaboration between Catamount Arts, the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, and Discover St. Johnsbury, has been celebrating National Poetry Month in April through the posting of poems on business windows, poetry readings and slams, writing workshops, and more since 2015. Vermont poets are invited to submit one or two original poems to PoemTown St. Johnsbury 2024, using this year’s theme as a point of departure: “Eclipse.” As always, PoemTown St. Johnsbury welcomes submissions from writers of any age, both amateur and published poets. Writers who live in the Northeast Kingdom are strongly encouraged to participate.

“This year’s theme was inspired by the total solar eclipse that will happen on April 8, for which St. Johnsbury will be in the path of totality,” said Catamount Arts Education Director Anne Campbell. “PoemTown committee members noted that ‘eclipse’ can be viewed as either a noun or a verb;  we  expect to see broad range of interpretations this year, from Vermonters of all ages .”

Poems must be submitted to Catamount Arts by midnight on February 29, 2024. Poems must conform to submission guidelines, which are posted on the Catamount Arts website (catamountarts.org) and may also be picked up at the Catamount Arts box office, St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, or St. Johnsbury Welcome Center. Poets are asked to read the submission guidelines carefully.  Submissions will be accepted primarily via an online process; those who are unable to do so will have options, which are outlined in the guidelines. At least one poem from each poet will be posted on a downtown storefront window.

PoemTown St. Johnsbury is a satellite site for PoemCity, based in Montpelier. For more information about poetry submissions, please visit the Catamount Arts’ website: catamountarts.org/community-art-outreach/poem-town/ or call 802-748-2600, ext. 109.

For more information on submissions, click HERE.