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Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Athenaeum is cancelling all events through April. This includes all adult events, including First Wednesdays, and all children’s and youth events. We will resume events once it is safe.
This 1947 black & white classic is a timeless love story just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Come enjoy an evening with Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, and Natalie Wood. Comedy, fantasy, drama, mystery, and romance all rolled into one classic film.
For more movie information, go to https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039420/
Free and open to the public. Handicapped accessible.
The national park idea has been credited to “a wonderful and interesting group of rugged western pioneers.” But as UVM historian Rolf Diamant explains, the inspiration of Central Park, the ending of slavery, and the remaking of government during the Civil War were all critical to the establishment of our first national parks.
This event is in conjunction with the Athenaeum’s NEK Brit Readers Book Club. All are welcome to participate. Check with Adele West-Fisher, Coordinator of Library Services, for availability of books to read before the discussion: awestfisher@stjathenaeum.org or 802-745-1392.
Food and beverages are available to purchase at the event.
(Tech Support will be held Thursdays, 5-7 pm on Jan. 16 & 23; Feb. 13 & 27)
· Need an email account?
· Want to browse the internet?
· Want to enjoy free ebooks and audiobooks?
· Device giving you trouble?
Bring your phone, tablet, or laptop to our weekly tech support session and learn how to access our online services!
(Tech Support will be held Thursdays, 5-7 pm on Jan. 16 & 23; Feb. 13 & 27)
· Need an email account?
· Want to browse the internet?
· Want to enjoy free ebooks and audiobooks?
· Device giving you trouble?
Bring your phone, tablet, or laptop to our weekly tech support session and learn how to access our online services!
Visible in Vermont: Our Stories Our Voices focuses on the experiences of people of color throughout the state of Vermont, challenging racial microaggressions and the racists acts and behaviors that often go unchecked.
This project is an opportunity for dialogue and reflection for majority white communities who are unaware of the impact that their racial actions have on our community.
Sha’an Mouliert will lead a panel and community discussion.
Visible in Vermont: Our Stories Our Voices is a project of The Root Social Justice Center.
In conjunction with her retrospective exhibition at Catamount Arts, Dona Ann McAdams discusses and shows her empathetic black-and-white portraits of performing artists, AIDS activists, political protests, people living with schizophrenia, Appalachian farmers, cloistered nuns, and others.
This event is free and open to the public. Handicapped accessible.
Series Underwriter: St. Johnsbury Academy
Looking for something to do on a Friday night?
Then come play around at the Athenaeum!
Board games galore!
Play ours or bring your own.
Bring your friends
Adults, youth, and kids
Everyone Welcome!
Dan Swainbank reads from his new book, Fairbanks: The Family That Created an Industry, Built a Thriving Town, Endowed It with Cultural Institutions & Led the State of Vermont.
A discussion will follow.
This event is free and open to the public. Handicapped accessible
Questions or want more information? Contact Kathy or Adele:
Kathy Emerson: kelizemerson@gmail.com; 413-219-2518
Adele West-Fisher: awestfisher@stjathenaeum.org; 802-745-1392
Check with Adele for availability of books.
These books are also available to patrons on Athenaeum Kindles.
This event is free and open to the public. Handicapped accessible.
At the Stuart Black Box Theater, St. Johnsbury Academy
Dr. Phillips is the author of Martha Graham’s Cold War, which explores the international political life of Martha Graham to promote the United States in over thirty nations for every presidential administration from Franklin Roosevelt through George H.W. Bush.
Sponsored by the Ned & Sarah Handy Fund for Dance in collaboration with Catamount Arts, The St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, and Kingdom County Productions.
(Tech Support will be held Thursdays, 5-7 pm on Jan. 16 & 23; Feb. 13 & 27)
· Need an email account?
· Want to browse the internet?
· Want to enjoy free ebooks and audiobooks?
· Device giving you trouble?
Bring your phone, tablet, or laptop to our weekly tech support session and learn how to access our online services!
(Tech Support will be held Thursdays, 5-7 pm on Jan. 16 & 23; Feb. 13 & 27)
· Need an email account?
· Want to browse the internet?
· Want to enjoy free ebooks and audiobooks?
· Device giving you trouble?
Bring your phone, tablet, or laptop to our weekly tech support session and learn how to access our online services!
Henry David Thoreau advocated for both civil disobedience to unjust political authority and also for nature’s appropriate role in our economic, moral, and spiritual lives. UVM professor Bob Pepperman Taylor discusses the relationship between Thoreau’s political and environmental messages and how they resonate today.
Underwriter: University of Vermont Humanities Center
· Need an email account?
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Bring your phone, tablet, or laptop to our weekly tech support session and learn how to access our online services!
Come enjoy traditional and holiday tunes. Festive treats and cider to help celebrate the season!
This event is free and accessible.
Musical performers include the St. Johnsbury Academy Hilltones at the direction of Alan Rowe; harpist Bill Tobin; and various local musical groups. Also featuring a reading by Nat Tripp. Refreshments courtesy of the Friends of the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum.
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Bring your phone, tablet, or laptop to our weekly tech support session and learn how to access our online services!
Come join us as we discuss our favorite holiday recipes and traditions. We’ll share recipes and have a Christmas Cookie Swap. Please bring recipes and two dozen or more cookies to share.
Sydney Lea was Poet Laureate of Vermont from 2011 to 2015. His thirteenth collection of poems, Here, is now available from Four Way Books.
Lea founded New England Review in 1977 and edited it until 1989. Of his twelve previous poetry collections, Pursuit of a Wound was one of three finalists for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
This event is free and open to the public. Handicapped accessible.
Losang Tendar (Simon de Boer) was born in the Netherlands in 1961 and was ordained in January 2002 at Bodhgaya. Join us for an inspirational evening talk as Venerable Tendar discusses life as a Buddhist monk, how he came to be on this path, and what it all means!
Hosted by: Milarepa Center - Barnet, VT.
Info: 802-633-4136; https://milarepacenter.org/calendar/; 802-223-3338; https://www.kellogghubbard.org/
Open to everyone. By donation.
In this interactive workshop, educator and author Peter Gould helps participants access their own powerful voice by reading, reciting, and performing Shakespeare. Learn how to bring new life to immortal characters! No previous theater training necessary; observers also welcome.
Free to the public and handicapped accessible.
Series Underwriter: St. Johnsbury Academy
Questions or want more information?
Contact Kathy or Adele
Kathy Emerson: kelizemerson@gmail.com; 413-219-2518
Adele West-Fisher: awestfisher@stjathenaeum.org; 802-745-1392
Check with Adele for availability of books.These books are available on Athenaeum Kindles for patrons, also.
There will be no Book Club in December, but join us on January 28 for the Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz and Mamie Garrison by Teresa McRae.
This event is free and open to the public. Handicapped accessible.
Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos will travel St. Johnsbury to provide training and facilitate discussion on Vermont's transparency laws; Vermont's Public Records Act, and Open Meeting Law.
Government officials at all levels, from local volunteer board and commission members, to elected officials and state employees, and interested members of the public, are invited and encouraged to attend.
This year's Transparency Tour will include an overview of Vermont's election procedures, and the steps the Secretary of State's office is taking to ensure the integrity and security of our elections.
"The public's right to know is enshrined in our Vermont Constitution. Vermonters deserve openness and transparency in government." – Secretary of State Jim Condos
This event is free and accessible.
America’s growing diversity is changing its ethnic and racial demography for decades to come, with significant implications for human geography. Dartmouth professor Richard Wright discusses emerging patterns of diversity and segregation on national, state, and local levels.
October’s featured book is Angel Falls by Kristin Hannah.
Questions or want more information?
Contact Kathy or Adele
Kathy Emerson: kelizemerson@gmail.com; 413-219-2518
Adele West-Fisher: awestfisher@stjathenaeum.org; 802-745-1392
Check with Adele for availability of books.
November’s book is Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens.
These books are available on Athenaeum Kindles for patrons, also.
This event is free and open to the public. Handicapped accessible.
Carve a Jack-O-Lantern and bring it to the Athenaeum October 29-31
Prize Categories: Children-15 years; 15 years-Adult
Trick or Treating and voting from 5-7 pm on Halloween Night.
Would you take off on a cross country trip in an all-electric car, not knowing where you could re-charge it? Duane Leffel did. Come listen to him describe his grueling 44-day journey from Charleston, South Carolina to San Francisco with a group of other electric vehicle owners as they attempt to set four Guinness World Records.
Handicapped accessible and free to the public.
In Willa Cather’s pioneer fiction, landscape is as important as any character in the story. Amherst College professor Michele Barale examines the relationship between Cather’s art and her very tangible earth.
