Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “Forged From Fire: The History and Future of Glass”
Forged from Fire: The History and Future of Glass Tuesday, August 3 from 5:30 - 7:00pm via Zoom Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes Anne Corso, Executive Director at Southern Vermont Arts Center, to talk about the art of glass. Inspired by this summer's exhibition 2021˚ F: 10th Anniversary of the Vermont Glass Guild at SVAC, Corso will discuss the...
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “Wrongful Convictions: Past, Present and Future”
Wrongful Convictions: Past, Present and Future Tuesday, July 27 from 5:30 - 7:00pm via Zoom Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes Dr. Catherine Bonventre to talk about wrongful convictions and their consequences. Since 1989, when postconviction forensic DNA testing was first used to clear the innocent of crimes they did not commit, more than 2,700 people have been...
The Dorset Village Library Presents: “Story Time”
The Dorset Village Library is now offering outdoor Story Time every Thursday from 11:00am-12:00pm. Nicole Campbell of Shires Kids will read a few selections from the Imagination Library followed by more stories read by Angela. There will also be other activities. We will provide cushions, but please bring your own blanket or seating if you prefer. Story Time is 100%...
The Dorset Historical Society Presents: “Hike to Freedley Quarry”
Saturday, June 26, 2021 9:00am - 12:00pm The Dorset Historical Society has scheduled the second of its summer hikes to Dorset locations of historic interest! On Saturday, June 26, hikers will walk to Freedley Quarry along the old quarry road, Crane Hill, and learn more about the quarry first opened in 1808. It yielded more marble than any other quarry...
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “The Politics of Nuclear Weapons”
The Politics of Nuclear Weapons Tuesday, September 14, 2021 from 5:30 - 7:00pm LOCATION TBD Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes back political affairs specialist Derek Boothby to talk about the politics of nuclear weapons. Whether we think about nuclear weapons or not, since the dawn of the nuclear weapon age in 1945 we have lived, and continue...
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “The Railroads of Manchester”
The Railroads of Manchester Tuesday, July 13 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 the Manchester railroads. Local historian G. Murray Campbell wrote in 1961: “There was a time when echoes of the whistles of three separate...
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “The State of Commercial Aviation
The State of Commercial Aviation Tuesday, June 29 from 5:30 - 7:00pm via Zoom Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes Dr. Sanjay Correa to talk about the current state of commercial aviation. After decades of strong growth, the commercial aviation sector was dealt two severe blows: the grounding of the Boeing 737MAX and a worldwide reduction in passenger...
The Dorset Historical Society Presents: “Paul Searls on Highway Construction”
The Dorset Historical Society welcomes Paul Searls on Highway Construction. This Third-Thursday Lunch-Lecture on June 17, 2021 will feature Paul Searls, a professor at Northern Vermont University. The author of several books on Vermont history, Searls will discuss the decades-long debate over Route 7 and an adjacent road in the area between Pownal and Rutland, and with it, the rise...
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “Artists in the South of France – Henri Matisse”
Artists in the South of France - Henri Matisse Thursday, June 10 from 2:00 - 3:30pm via Zoom Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning welcomes Pamela Morton to talk about Henri Matisse. Cézanne, van Gogh, and Matisse were major innovators in the development of modern art. All three spent significant time in the south of France where they found inspiration...
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning Presents: “Ansel Easton Adams: The Man and His Photography”
Ansel Easton Adams: The Man and His Photography Tuesday, June 15 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 Ansel Easton Adams. Ansel Adams was quite literally the most influential and beloved photographer and conservationist of the 20th century, becoming a national...
