Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “Towns of Provence Lecture #2: Arles”

Towns of Provence Lecture #2: Arles Thursday, February 17 from 2:00 - 3:30pm via Zoom Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes Pamela Morton for the second talk in this three-part series on the towns of Provence in the South of France. Located on the banks of the Rhone, Arles was founded by the Romans and was later an...

Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “Who Gets Played? Women in Country Music – Then and Now

Who Gets Played? Women in Country Music - Then and Now Tuesday, February 15 from 5:30 - 7:00pm via Zoom Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) is excited to welcome back Hamilton College Professor Lydia Hamessley to talk about women in country music. Women have had a presence in country music since the beginning of the genre’s commercialization in the...

Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “Towns of Provence Lecture #1: Aix”

Towns of Provence Lecture #1: Aix Thursday, February 10th from 2:00 - 3:30pm via Zoom Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes Pamela Morton to lead this three-part series on the towns of Provence in the South of France. This series begins with lively, picturesque Aix-en-Provence, a former spa town and aristocratic capital graced with charming fountains, tree-lined streets...

The Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “Masterworks of Detective Fiction: Lecture #1

Masterworks of Detective Fiction: Lecture #1 Tuesday, February 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 to lead 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 literary...

The Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “Towns of Provence Lecture #1: Aix”

Towns of Provence Lecture #1: Aix Thursday, February 3 from 2:00 - 3:30pm via Zoom Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes Pamela Morton to lead this three-part series on the towns of Provence in the South of France. This series begins with lively, picturesque Aix-en-Provence, a former spa town and aristocratic capital graced with charming fountains, tree-lined streets...

Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “Rich Lumber of Manchester and Wanakena, New York”

Rich Lumber of Manchester and Wanakena, New York Thursday, January 27 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 Rich Lumber Company. In 1912, the Rich Lumber Company moved its operations from Wanakena, New York to Manchester, Vermont, to harvest...

Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “Staying Safe on the Internet”

STAYING SAFE ON THE INTERNET Tuesday, January 18 from 5:30 - 7:00pm via Zoom   Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes cybersecurity expert Kenneth N. Rashbaum to talk about internet safety. The Internet is an indispensable part of everyday life, but it is fraught with more perils than Route 7 in a nighttime January blizzard. This discussion will examine...

Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “Supreme State Courts: Protecting Rights and Liberties Despite the Supreme Court”

Supreme State Courts: Protecting Right and Liberties Despite the Supreme Court Tuesday, January 11 from 5:30 - 7:00pm via Zoom Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) is happy to welcome back Albany Law School Professor Vincent Bonventre to talk about the role of state court decisions and their impact on federal rulings. The Supreme Court is the “nation’s highest...

Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “Psychological Richness and the Good Life”

Psychological Richness and the Good Life Thursday, January 6 from 5:30 - 7:00pm via Zoom Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes Middlebury College Professor Lorraine Besser to talk about psychological richness and the good life. What makes for a good life? When we think of a good life, most of us tend to think about feelings of happiness,...

Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “Jamestown Lecture #3: Economic Success, Strife and Supremacy (1634-1699)

Jamestown Lecture #3: Economic Success, Strife, and Supremacy (1634-1699) Thursday, December 16 from 5:30 - 7:00pm via Zoom Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes Dr. John Delano for the third talk of this three-part series on the history of the Jamestown colony. The Headright System began in 1618 to incentivize immigration to Jamestown by awarding existing landowners with 50...