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SUMMARY:Create a Found Poem for National Poetry Month
DESCRIPTION:April is National Poetry Month and once again\, NWPL has a small station set up for anyone to stop by and create a “Found” poem. Also known as a “Redacted” or “Blackout” poems\, these are created by removing words from an existing printed page — any newspaper\, magazine\, or book page will work. Select words or phrases by masking others with a marker or crayon to create a poem. Your new creation may echo the original text\, posit an opposing theme\, or not relate at all. \nPlay with words and phrases. Change your mind. Add a drawing. Make it rhyme or not\, long or short\, serious or funny. It’s your poem! We have newspapers and pages from damaged donations for you to experiment with. If you wish to share your Pruned Poems\, we will display them by the big clock on the first floor and in the window of the children’s room. \nThis kind of found poetry goes back over 250 years to Benjamin Franklin’s neighbor\, Caleb Whiteford\, who redacted words and phrases in newspapers to create puns which he published. More recently it was popularized by Austin Kleon who turned to words on a newspaper page when facing writer’s block. \nPoets of all ages might find inspiration to construct a found poem through deconstruction of another’s text.
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/found-poems
LOCATION:Norman Williams Public Library\, 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T140000
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SUMMARY:“A New Nation\, Conceived in Liberty…”: Enlightenment Idealism and the Reality of the Modern World | Ron Miller
DESCRIPTION:Part one of “250 Years: Looking Back & Looking Ahead\,” a four-part lecture series at Norman Williams Public Library co-hosted by Woodstock History Center in collaboration with the Vermont Humanities Council. \n+++ \nThe United States is a paradoxical nation\, established in a burst of idealism that has inspired generations of Americans\, yet weighed down by oppressive cultural legacies that stubbornly persist. In 1776\, giving voice to Enlightenment faith in reason\, progress\, and the “rights of man\,” Thomas Paine asserted\, “We have it in our power to begin the world over again\,” and the Declaration of Independence seemed to represent a fresh start for humanity. But old prejudices\, old power structures\, and old flaws of human nature remained unvanquished\, and up to our own time they have effectively limited the revolutionary potential of the Declaration. The struggles of the past twelve score and ten years suggest that the power of Enlightenment idealism is considerably more modest than Paine\, Jefferson\, and their fellow revolutionaries wanted to believe. \nRon Miller of South Burlington has been an educational scholar and activist\, teacher\, publisher and bookseller\, community leader\, and philanthropist. He received a Ph.D. from Boston University in American Studies. He has authored several books\, and has founded\, published\, or edited several magazines. He has taught at Goddard College and Champlain College\, and helped establish the Bellwether School in Williston. From 2014 to 2021\, he ran the Learning Lab in Woodstock\, where he taught American history and other topics. He is a past president of the Norman Williams Public Library and has served on several other nonprofit boards.
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/a-new-nation-conceived-in-liberty-enlightenment-idealism-and-the-reality-of-the-modern-world-ron-miller
LOCATION:Norman Williams Public Library\, 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T143000
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SUMMARY:Author Meet & Greet: Lily Brooks-Dalton
DESCRIPTION:Lily Brooks-Dalton\, author of The Light Pirate – the current VT Reads selection – will be the keynote speaker at “Teen Lit Mob\,” a special book festival at the high school for students from around the state. \nFollowing the school program\, she plans to visit the library for an informal Meet & Greet on Friday\, April 10\, around 2 pm. Please stop by to say hello to Lily\, chat about The Light Pirate\, and perhaps check out her new novel\, Ruins. \nTold in four parts – power\, water\, light\, and time – The Light Pirate offers much to consider and talk about. On May 5\, at 6 pm\, we will gather for a “One-off” book discussion about the novel\, sponsored by the Vermont Humanities and facilitated by Alan Berolzheimer. Please plan to join us.
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/mg-l-b-d
LOCATION:Norman Williams Public Library\, 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T193000
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SUMMARY:Green Energy Planning Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Sustainable Woodstock\, Efficiency Vermont\, and Norman Williams Public Library are partnering to bring you an interactive workshop designed to help you map out a path for your home’s energy future. \nUsing less energy to condition your home means spending less money – making your home more affordable\, more comfortable\, and more resilient. Efficiency Vermont will offer a brief presentation on popular technologies and incentives\, while the focus of the evening will be on the discussions that develop around your questions regarding your home. \nThis workshop is free; registration is required. Please reserve your spot HERE. \nAs we get closer to the event\, Sustainable Woodstock will send you a questionnaire to complete that will help you prepare for the evening discussion so that you walk away with a road map for your home.
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/green-wkshop
LOCATION:Norman Williams Public Library\, 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Program
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SUMMARY:Ira Allen and the Green Mountain Frontier | Kevin Graffagnino
DESCRIPTION:Part two of “250 Years: Looking Back & Looking Ahead\,” a four-part lecture series at Norman Williams Public Library co-hosted by Woodstock History Center in collaboration with the Vermont Humanities Council. \n+++ \nLand speculator\, revolutionary\, pamphleteer\, politician\, and empire builder\, Ira Allen was a key figure on the Green Mountain frontier. In a remarkable Vermont pioneer generation that included such noteworthy leaders as Ethan Allen\, Thomas Chittenden\, Moses Robinson\, Isaac Tichenor\, and Stephen Row Bradley\, Allen stood out for his extraordinary energy\, vision\, and accomplishments. Allen helped create and sustain the independent State of Vermont; held such important state offices as treasurer\, surveyor general\, and member of the Governor’s Council; published hundreds of pages defending Vermont against a host of internal and external enemies; and represented Vermont in negotiations with the British Empire\, other American states\, and Congress. \nJ. Kevin Graffagnino is author/editor of 17 books on Vermont history\, including The Shaping of Vermont\, Vermont in the Victorian Age\, and Vermont Heritage: Essays on Green Mountain History\, 1779-1920. His most recent books are Ira Allen: A Biography and Vermontiana: An Annotated Checklist\, 1764-1899\, both of which came out in 2024. Dr. Graffagnino was curator of Vermont history at the University of Vermont library’s Special Collections 1978-95 and executive director of the Vermont Historical Society 2003-08.
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/ira-allen-and-the-green-mountain-frontier-kevin-graffagnino
LOCATION:Norman Williams Public Library\, 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T140000
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SUMMARY:The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding | Joseph J. Ellis
DESCRIPTION:Part three of “250 Years: Looking Back & Looking Ahead\,” a four-part lecture series at Norman Williams Public Library co-hosted by Woodstock History Center in collaboration with Yankee Bookshop. \n+++ \nOn the eve of the American Revolution\, half a million enslaved African Americans were embedded in the North American population. The slave trade was flourishing\, even as the thirteen colonies armed themselves to defend against the idea of being governed without consent. This paradox gave birth to what Joseph J. Ellis calls the “great contradiction”: How could a government that had been justified and founded on the principles articulated in the Declaration of Independence institutionalize slavery? How could it permit a tidal wave of western migration by settlers who understood the phrase “pursuit of happiness” to mean the pursuit of Indian lands? \nJoseph J. Ellis is the author of many works of American history\, including Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation\, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize\, and American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson\, which won the National Book Award. A frequent contributor to Ken Burns’ celebrated films\, Ellis is featured in The American Revolution\, airing on PBS. Ellis’ essays and book reviews appear regularly in national publications and his commentaries have been featured on major programs. He lives in Vermont with his family. \nThe Yankee Bookshop will have copies of Ellis’s new book\, The Great Contradiction\, available for purchase and signing. \n 
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/the-great-contradiction-the-tragic-side-of-the-american-founding-joseph-j-ellis
LOCATION:Norman Williams Public Library\, 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T180000
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SUMMARY:Word Games | Library After Hours
DESCRIPTION:Calling all crossword puzzlers\, Wordle fans\, spelling bee champs: time to relax\, mingle\, and play games! \nFor this April’s Library After Hours\, we will focus on word games: Bannagrams\, Boggle\, Quiddler\, Upwords\, Scrabble\, and any other favorites you wish to add. \nBring friends and meet new folks. BYOB; we’ll supply munchies. \nOur monthly Library After Hours events are intended as social evenings for adults. NWPL children’s programming is scheduled during daytime hours.
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/word-games-library-after-hours
LOCATION:Norman Williams Public Library\, 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
CATEGORIES:Library After Hours,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T193000
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SUMMARY:Counterpoint Chorus | Act of Remembrance
DESCRIPTION:Counterpoint\, a professional Vocal Ensemble based in Montpelier\, VT\, will perform a free concert\, “Act of Remembrance.” \nThe eclectic musical program features choral elegies from various faith traditions exploring the ways we mourn and honoring those whom our communities have lost to the COVID-19 pandemic. The music will be interspersed with poetry readings\, combining the universality of choral music with the intimacy of poetry to reflect on our shared experience of loss and comfort. \nMusical selections include the Funeral Hymn by Gustav Holst\, based on an ancient Hindu text\, Ludwig van Beethoven’s consoling Elegiac Song\, the setting of an Ancient Greek invocation to the rulers of the Underworld by Felix Mendelssohn\, and Pete Seeger’s humane meditation on the approach of death. In addition\, the concert will include works arising directly from the pandemic: Argentine composer Ana Leira Carnero’s moving lament for health-care workers\, a set of madrigals inspired by Covid isolation by Brian Banks\, and a specially commissioned work by Burlington composer Don Jamison and Vermont poet Abigail Carroll. \nFounded by legendary choral director and arranger Robert De Cormier in 2000\, Counterpoint is dedicated to performing choral chamber music and engaging with student musicians in Vermont and beyond. Praised for “clarity\, skill” and “sophisticated musical expressiveness\,” they present concerts throughout New England and beyond and have released 11 CDs. \nPlease join us for this special concert and poetry reading reflecting on the past five years.
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/counterpoint
LOCATION:Norman Williams Public Library\, 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T140000
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SUMMARY:The Great Bennington Battle and Vermont | Howard Coffin
DESCRIPTION:Part four of “250 Years: Looking Back & Looking Ahead\,” a four-part lecture series at Norman Williams Public Library co-hosted by Woodstock History Center in collaboration with the Vermont Humanities Council. \n+++ \nThe surrender at Saratoga of a British army under John Burgoyne\, now almost 250 years ago\, has long been called the decisive battle of the American Revolution. But perhaps Burgoyne was doomed after the Battle of Bennington\, a bloody day of fighting along the Vermont border that happened two months before Saratoga? Historian Howard Coffin discusses the history-changing Burgoyne campaign\, focusing on the dramatic battle of “Great Bennington\,” which was a Vermont battle as well as a New York battle. He also reviews heroes John Stark and Seth Warner\, and the Vermont Constitution\, itself about to turn 250 years old. \nA seventh-generation Vermonter\, Howard Coffin is a former press secretary to U.S. Senator Jim Jeffords. He is the author of four books on the Civil War: Something Abides: Discovering the Civil War in Today’s Vermont; Full Duty: Vermonters in the Civil War; Nine Months to Gettysburg; and The Battered Stars\, as well as Guns Over the Champlain Valley\, a book on military sites along the Champlain Corridor.
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/the-great-bennington-battle-and-vermont-howard-coffin
LOCATION:Norman Williams Public Library\, 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Program
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