Fairy Tale Festival
Fairy Tale Festival Dorset Village Library Join the Dorset Library in Killington at the Sherburne Library on September 16th for the 4th annual Fairy Tale Festival. This year, the Dorset Library will be presenting Pirates of the Caribbean! If you can get past the tentacles of the Kraken, take a few minutes to visit the MerPugs, do a craft, and...
September Book Club
September Book Club Dorset Village Library Join us for a special book club featuring guest author, Caren McVicker. Caren will discuss with the group her new book, Henderson House. Anyone is welcome to this program, you do not have to be a regular member of the book club!
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,...
The Last Garden
The Last Garden with Liza Ketchum Dorset Village Library Bees and gardens are a perfect match! Dorset author, and gardener, Liza Ketchum will discuss her most recent publications: the picture book, “Begin with a Bee” (co-authored with Jackie Briggs Martin and Phyllis Root; illustrated by Claudia McGehee) and “The Last Garden,” a memoir about her experience with many gardens,...
Unveiling the Secrets of Stars
Unveiling the Secrets of Stars Formation across the Universe with the Webb Space Telescope Tuesday, September 5 from 5:30 - 7:00pm via Zoom Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes Elena Sabbi, the Deputy Mission Head of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) to talk about the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA's most powerful telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, was...
For the Love of Vermont: the Lyman Orton Collection
For the Love of Vermont: the Lyman Orton Collection Dorset Village Library This book is about the private collection of Lyman Orton, proprietor of The Vermont Country Store. The book was written to accompany the first comprehensive public exhibition in the summer and fall of 2023 of his collection of paintings, prints, and drawings of Vermont, with a focus...
Urban Beekeeping
Urban Beekeeping Tuesday, September 19 from 5:30 - 7:00pm at The Manchester Community Library Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes Madeline Zeif to talk about urban beekeeping. Urban beekeeping is a rapidly growing phenomenon as cities become increasingly environmentally conscious. Since the legalization of beekeeping in New York City in 2018 the industry has taken off, allowing for...
Artificial Intelligence: An Opportunity or a Threat?
Artificial Intelligence: An Opportunity or a Threat? Tuesday, September 12 from 5:30 - 7:00pm at Southern Vermont Arts Center, Arkell Pavilion Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes economist Peter Radford to talk about artificial intelligence. AI is sometimes seen as a threat to human civilization. Other times it is seen as a boon. Which is it? We are...
Potluck Supper Celebrating Henderson House
Potluck Supper Celebrating Henderson House Join local author, Caren Simpson McVicker, at the Dorset Church on Wednesday, August 23rd at 5:30 pm for a potluck supper celebrating the release of her debut novel, Henderson House. The evening will include a reading from the novel by the author, a brief author talk, and an opportunity to have your books signed. An...
Open Farm Week at Merck Forest & Farmland Center
Open Farm Week at Merck Forest & Farmland Center August 6 - 13, 2023 Do you love local food and farms? Want to get to know your farmer better -- and get a behind-the-scenes look into Vermont's vibrant working agricultural landscape? During 2023 Vermont Open Farm Week, venture out to meet the farmers, plants, and animals that bring...
