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...
Needle Felted Easter Egg Workshop Sunday, March 27 from 4:30 - 6:30pm at Manchester Arts Studio & Gallery Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes arts educator Stacy Gates to show us the magical process of creating felt from wool fibers in this needle felting workshop. Starting with a styrofoam egg core, students will cover it in a background...
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...
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...