Santa Brunch at The Dorset Inn
Prix fixe three-course brunch Includes a horse-drawn carriage ride through The Village! $75 per adult, $40 per child
Santa In Dorset!
Join us December 7th for a Cookies & Cocoa party, a private visit with Santa, and a holiday craft at Barrows House. $25 per child.
Holiday Wreath Making
December 7th & 8th @ 10am Let's get merry! Book your tickets now for a wreath making workshop in the glasshouse! Come learn the tricks of hand tied greenery with coffee or a glass of natural wine. Purchase tickets here.
The Language of Film in ‘The Godfather’
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes Dr. Andrew J. Douglas, the deputy director at Bryn Mawr Film Institute, to talk about the language of film in “The Godfather.” Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 masterpiece based on co-screenwriter Mario Puzo’s blockbuster novel is routinely praised as a family saga of Shakespearean grandeur, a uniquely American tale that paints a flaws-and-all...
Trick or Treat at the Green!
Mark your calendars! Halloween is near! We will kick off our annual Trick or Treating at 5pm at the green. All ages welcome! Dorset Union Store will be giving out candy, and getting the festivities started for all of us to enjoy!
Halloween at the Dorset Library!
It’s time for another year of the Dorset Library’s Haunted House Experience! Trick or treating starts at 5pm. The Haunted Library and Hospital will run from 6pm-8pm. After you grab your candy and some popcorn, venture through the ‘not too scary’ Haunted Basement and Library! Next, if you dare, enter the Haunted Hospital… check in for a quick exam, stay...
To Know Our Trees: A Vital Responsibility for Today and the Future
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes Dr. W. John Kress, Distinguished Scientist and Curator Emeritus at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, to talk about the importance of our connection to trees. In the last five years that Dr. Kress spent writing a book on the trees of North America, it was the warmest on record as the...
Winter Sports in Manchester
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) is excited to partner with the Manchester Historical Society to present this talk about the history of winter sports in Manchester, VT. With winter days just ahead, enjoy a look back at winter sports as they develop in Manchester-and-the-Mountains from the Victorian era through the 1980s, from snowshoeing to skiing and snowboarding. Manchester...
Finding Solutions to Beat Plastic Pollution
Come join The Bennington Garden Club on Tuesday, October 22nd at 10:00 AM at The Bennington Museum for a free presentation by Paul Burns, Executive Director of VPIRG. He will tell us about the legislative initiatives VPIRG has under way for the coming session: Revitalizing the Enhanced Bottle Bill, plastic packaging reduction, continuing the reduction of PFAS in consumer products, and...
Migration and You
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes Brett Stokes, Director of the Center for Justice Reform Clinic (CJRC) at Vermont Law and Graduate School, to talk about the complexities of immigration law and the nuanced distinction between "immigration" and "migration." Professor Stokes will provide an overview of U.S. immigration laws, highlighting different paths to gaining lawful status in the United States...
