First Wednesdays
First Wednesday:Journey Towards Insight
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
May 4, 2011
First Wednesday : Two Vermonts: Then & Now
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
March 2, 2011
Professor and author Paul Searls examines the cultural and political perspectives that have long existed between Vermont’s “uphill” farmers married to tradition, and “downhill” villagers working for reform.
First Wednesday: "Vermont's State House at 150 Years"
Catamount Arts
January 5, 2011
The Rumor That Almost Started the Revolution
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
December 1, 2010
Distinguished Northwestern University professor T. H. Breen examines the role ordinary New Englanders—including Vermonters—played in 1774 in pressuring the Continental Congress for more assertive and radical resistance to Great Britain. Sponsor: Passumpsic Savings Bank Member FDIC
In Search of Nirvana: Rock-N-Roll Religion
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
November 3, 2010
Poetry’s Spiritual Language
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
October 6, 2010
Using the poetry of Dickinson, Kenyon, Rumi, and Kabir—poets from diverse religious traditions—Dartmouth professor Nancy Jay Crumbine examines poetry’s language of spirituality.
