Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “Water Talks”
Water Talks Tuesday, May 24 from 5:30 - 7:00pm at Manchester Community Library Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) is proud to present Water Talks– a conversation between artist, activist, and teacher Betsy Damon, and climate specialist Dr. Edward Cameron. Betsy Damon has focused on virtually every aspect of water during the past four decades, from the essence of water...
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “Birdsong Tune-Up”
Birdsong Tune-Up Tuesday, May 17 from 5:30 - 7:00pm at BBA, Bell Tower Room at Founders Hall Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) is excited to welcome Bridget Butler, aka The Bird Diva, to give us a birdsong tune-up for spring. Don’t muddle your way through interpreting birdsong anymore! You’ll be introduced to five voices of songbirds and have...
The New Heirloom Garden Thursday, May 12 from 7:00 - 8:30pm via Zoom Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes author and garden designer Ellen Ecker Ogden to talk about the importance of heirloom gardens. Be prepared for the delicious revolution and discover forgotten fruits, fragrant flowers, and heirloom vegetables. This lecture, based on Ellen’s newest book, The New Heirloom...
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “Masterworks of Detective Fiction: Lecture #3
Masterworks of Detective Fiction: Lecture #3 Tuesday, April 5 from 5:30 - 7:00pm via Zoom Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) is thrilled to welcome back Williams College Professor Julie Cassiday for the final session of this three-part series on masterworks of detective fiction. Before Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, or Philip Marlowe captured the world’s imagination, writers had to invent...
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “Worthy of a Destination:
Worthy of a Destination Thursday, March 24 from 5:30 - 7:00pm via Zoom Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) is excited to partner with the Manchester Historical Society to present this talk about the history of two landmark hotels in Manchester. Manchester’s promotion as a destination resort for visitors from crowded metropolitan areas began in earnest in 1853 when...
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “Masterworks of Detective Fiction: Lecture #2
Masterworks of Detective Fiction: Lecture #2 Tuesday, March 8 from 5:30 - 7:00pm via Zoom Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) is thrilled to welcome back Williams College Professor Julie Cassiday for the second of this three-part series on masterworks of detective fiction. Before Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, or Philip Marlowe captured the world’s imagination, writers had to invent the...
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: Towns of Provence Lecture #3: Avignon
Towns of Provence Lecture #3: Avignon Thursday, February 24 from 2:00 - 3:30pm via Zoom Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes Pamela Morton for the final talk in this three-part series on the towns of Provence in the South of France. Avignon is the city of the Popes. Beginning in 1309 and continuing through the century, the city...
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “The Stone Gardens of Manchester”
The Stone Gardens of Manchester Thursday, March 3 from 5:30 - 7:00pm via Zoom Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) is excited to partner with the Manchester Historical Society to present this talk about the cemeteries of Manchester. The foundation of our shared history is set into the marble and granite markers within Manchester’s burying grounds. Though many individuals...
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “Photographers Who Defined the Great Depression”
Photographers Who Defined The Great Depression Tuesday, March 1 from 5:30 - 7:00pm via Zoom Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) is happy to welcome back writer and photographer Christopher Dant to talk about photographers of the Great Depression. In 1930s America, several men and women were sent out with their cameras to document a period in history. What...
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “How Democracies Die: Lessons from Turkey”
How Democracies Die: Lessons from Turkey Tuesday, February 22 from 5:30 - 7:00pm via Zoom Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes Middlebury College Professor Sebnem Gumuscu to talk about lessons on democracy's decline that can be learned from Turkey. Democracy is once again in global decline. Actors and processes of the recent wave of democratic decline, however, sets...
