The Beauty of Imperfection: Japanese Aesthetics Through the Lens of Ceramics

The Beauty of Imperfection: Japanese Aesthetics Through the Lens of Ceramics Tuesday, February 6 from 4:00 - 5:30pm via Zoom Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes Jonathan Silverman to take us on a historical tour through Japanese aesthetics through the lens of ceramics. From indigenous Jomon work from 10,000 years ago to the six ancient kilns in what...

Great Art On Screen – Jeff Koons: An Intimate Portrait

Great Art On Screen - Jeff Koons: An Intimate Portrait Saturday, January 27 from 2:00 - 3:30pm at Southern Vermont Arts Center This is not just a documentary, but an amazing journey inside the mind of the most controversial artist of our time. Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) is excited to offer the screening of Jeff Koons: An Intimate Portrait,...

Poetry Roundtable – A Study of Women Poets

Poetry Roundtable – A Study of Women Poets Thursday, January 25 from 2:00 - 3:30pm online via Zoom Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) is happy to welcome back Bill Freedman to lead this study of women poets. While there are very few prominent English language women poets prior to the 20th century, women of extraordinary talent flashed onto, some...

Story Time at the Library

Story Time Dorset Library Wednesday at 10am in December with Miss Lisa!

January Book Club 2024

January Book Club Dorset Village Library   Join us for the Dorset Library Book Club. The Passengers by John Marrs You’re riding in your self-driving car when suddenly the doors lock, the route changes and you have lost all control. Then, a mysterious voice tells you, “You are going to die.” Just as self-driving cars become the trusted, safer norm,...

NASA’s Search for Life Beyond the Earth

NASA's Search for Life Beyond the Earth Tuesday, January 23 from 4:00 - 5:30 pm at the Manchester Community Library Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) is delighted to welcome back Dr. John Delano to talk about NASA's search for life beyond Earth. In addition to NASA’s sophisticated rovers, Perseverance and Curiosity, that are currently exploring the surface of...

China, the U.S., and Taiwan at the Crossroads

Shaping the 21st Century: China, the U.S., and Taiwan at the Crossroads Tuesday, January 16 from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm at the Manchester Community Library   Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes Norwich University Professor Dr. Miri Kim to talk about both the historic the and current relations between China, Taiwan and the U.S. This talk will...

Great Art On Screen

Great Art On Screen - Borromini and Bernini: The Challenge of Perfection Saturday, December 30 from 2:00 - 3:45pm at Southern Vermont Arts Center This is a journey into the great beauty of Baroque Rome, when the city was the center of western art and where every ambitious painter, sculptor and architect had to be. Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong...

Story Time at the Library

Story Time Dorset Library Wednesday at 10am in December with Miss Lisa!

The Himalayas: A Photographic Journey

The Himalayas: A Photographic Journey Tuesday, December 5 from 5:30 - 7:00pm at the Manchester Community Library Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes Hubert Schriebl to lead us on a photographic journey through the Himalayan expeditions he was part of in the making of the still-definitive map of the Everest Region. This major project was sponsored by the...