ST. JOHNSBURY − Vermont poets Scudder Parker and Angela Patten will read from their recent books of poetry On Sunday, August 3 at 3 p.m., in the Art Gallery of the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum. Parker grew up on a family farm in North Danville. He’s been a Protestant minister, state[Read More…]
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Beerstadt Fest Features Four Breweries, July 11
ST. JOHNSBURY – On Friday, July 11, from 5 to 8 p.m., the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum Beerstadt Fest will celebrate its fourth year. The event is held rain or shine under tents in the back garden of the Athenaeum with four area breweries including Dirt Church, Hill Farmstead, Kingdom Brewing[Read More…]
Anne Sexton Celebration, June 29
ST. JOHNSBURY – Sunday, June 29, beginning at 4 p.m., the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum will host an Anne Sexton celebration with authors Dawn Skorczewski and Rachel Hadas. Anne Sexton, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1967, is credited as an inventor of a new kind of “confessional” poetry. She[Read More…]
Award-Winning Film About 1970s Commune Screened June 28, 29
ST. JOHNSBURY – Catamount Arts will host weekend screenings of an independent film about the development of two communal farms in rural 1970s New England. “Far Out: Life On & After the Commune” will screen Saturday, June 28, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, June 29, at 3 p.m. “Far Out”[Read More…]
History Exhibit on Display Through June 5
ST. JOHNSBURY – “The American Revolution Experience” exhibit is on display May 26 to May 30 and June 2 to June 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the St. Johnsbury History and Heritage Center. The exhibit encourages visitors to consider the choice faced by members of the revolutionary[Read More…]
Gilbert Photographs Displayed Through July 5
ST. JOHNSBURY – An exhibition of black and white photographs by David Asgard Gilbert is on display in the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, Hall Gallery through July 5. Gilbert’s second wife, St. Johnsbury native and resident Joan Weston, is the curator of the photographs and now offers them for public view.[Read More…]
Menopause Cafe, May 13
A Menopause Cafe, shining the light on menopause, will be held Tuesday, May 13, 6 p.m., at the St. Johnsbury Anthenaeum. For those dealing with peri-menopause or menopause or just curious, join a café-style discussion about the physical and emotional ups and downs of this transitional time, talk with others[Read More…]
Von Humboldt Explored, May 14
ST. JOHNSBURY – As part of the Vermont Humanities Snapshot Series: Alexander von Humboldt and American Democracy will be presented at the St. Johnsbury Anthenaeum on Wednesday, May 14, 6 p.m. Alexander von Humboldt was a Prussian polymath, geographer, naturalist, and explorer who visited the United States in 1804 to[Read More…]
Poet Laureate Celebrates Catamount Arts 50th Birthday, May 9
ST. JOHNSBURY – Catamount Arts will begin a full weekend of free, all-ages arts programming, in celebration of the arts organization’s 50th anniversary, Friday, May 9, with a reading by Vermont poet laureate Bianca Stone. Stone will read at the Catamount Arts Center, 115 Eastern Avenue, 5 p.m. Stone is[Read More…]
North Country Chorus Sings “Gloria!” in Spring Concerts
ST. JOHNSBURY — The North Country Chorus’s spring concert will showcase two classical works titled “Gloria,” one by Francis Poulenc and the other by John Rutter. The performances are on Saturday, May 3, 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 4, 3 p.m., at United Community Church on Main St. in St. Johnsbury.[Read More…]
Early Childhood Educator Workshops Begin April 22
ST. JOHNSBURY — Catamount Arts will present a series of professional development workshops this spring for early childhood educators. April Zajko, M.Ed. will teach Tuesday night Zoom workshops, beginning April 22. Barbara Paulson will teach two workshops, one for educators and one for parents and caregivers, on May 9 and[Read More…]
Beck Prioritizes Affordably Meeting Vermonter’s Needs
ST. JOHNSBURY – Sen. Scott Beck shared his thoughts on the legislature’s priorities and his approach to serving there as the Vermont legislature reached this session’s halfway point and took the week off for Vermont’s Town Meeting Day. The top priorities continue to be housing education and energy, with Beck’s[Read More…]
