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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
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T193000
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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
DTSTAMP:20260402T132322Z
CREATED:20260113T174508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T132322Z
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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
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T153000
DTSTAMP:20260428T173555Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260505T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260505T193000
DTSTAMP:20260317T145409Z
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SUMMARY:“One-off” Book Discussion | The Light Pirate | Vermont Reads
DESCRIPTION:The Vermont Humanities’ current Vermont Reads selection is The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton. We have chosen this novel for our next “One-off” discussion to be facilitated by Alan Berolzheimer. \nNamed after a catastrophic storm\, Wanda is born into a world that’s rapidly changing. Rising sea levels and devastating weather patterns transform her coastal Florida town. As she moves from childhood to adulthood\, Wanda adapts to this remade landscape\, finding adventure\, love\, and purpose in a place largely abandoned by civilization. \nTold in four parts – power\, water\, light\, and time – this novel is a meditation on the beauty and violence of an untamable wilderness. It considers the dissolution of the human-made world\, and helps us see how human connection\, adaptability\, and a little bit of magic might guide us to a new future. \n+++ \nAlan Berolzheimer has directed the book publishing program of the Vermont Historical Society since 1998. Alan is also the project historian and assistant director of The Flow of History\, a Teaching American History program providing professional development activities to Vermont teachers. He received a Ph.D. in 20th-century U.S. History from the University of Virginia in 1996 and lives in Norwich.
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/light-pirate
LOCATION:Norman Williams Public Library\, 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion Group,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T200000
DTSTAMP:20260416T145655Z
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SUMMARY:In Full Bloom: A Fundraising Event
DESCRIPTION:After the long winter\, join us in welcoming Spring at the Norman Williams Public Library! \nEnjoy complimentary drinks\, delicious light refreshments\, and piano music with neighbors and friends. \nThe Library is a vital part of the vibrant Woodstock community and relies on your support to offer an array of programs and services free of charge to all. \nTickets are $75. You have several options to purchase tickets: \n\nStop by the library to pay with cash\, check\, credit card\, or Venmo.\nMail a check to NWPL “In Full Bloom\,” 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT 05091.\nSend payment via Venmo: nwpl-library (be sure to note how many tickets you are purchasing)\nTo pay online CLICK HERE.\n\nAre you feeling lucky? We have added exciting RAFFLE PRIZES donated by local businesses and organizations. \nSponsorship opportunities are available for this fundraising event. \n \nPlease email Programs@NormanWilliams.org with any questions. Hope to see you here!
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/in-full-bloom
LOCATION:Norman Williams Public Library\, 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fund-raiser,Library After Hours,Special Program
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260515
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260518
DTSTAMP:20260506T160542Z
CREATED:20260326T192318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260506T160542Z
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SUMMARY:Bookstock Programs @ NWPL
DESCRIPTION:The Bookstock Festival of Words returns to Woodstock with programs around the village. The library will host Master Class workshops on Friday and Saturday\, and Poetry readings on Sunday. \nDetails about presenters\, dates\, and times\, as well as ticket information\, are available on the Bookstock website.
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/bookstock-26
LOCATION:Norman Williams Public Library\, 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260602T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260602T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T192422Z
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SUMMARY:Stephen Kiernan | Pollock's Last Lover: A Novel of Art and Deception
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the publication of a new novel by Stephen P. Kiernan\, Pollock’s Last Lover: A Novel of Art and Deception. Co-hosted by the Yankee Bookshop\, this event will be a conversation between the writer and M.T. (Tobin) Anderson\, an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction for all ages. \nSet in New York City in alternating time periods – the 1950s and the early 2000s – Pollock’s Last Lover is the engrossing tale of two women whose lives collide as they contend with the art and legacy of the brilliant\, tragic painter Jackson Pollock. Gwen is an associate at a prestigious auction house tasked with verifying the authenticity of a Pollock painting offered by Ruth Kligman\, who had a tempestuous relationship with the painter. \nFrom smoky Greenwich Village dive bars to glitzy art auctions\, from the empty studio of a man once known for his artistic stamina to the fine museums where his works hang\, the controversial painting provides a window into two eras and the ongoing struggle of women to develop power and freedom on their own terms. \nStephen P. Kiernan is the author of the novels The Curiosity\, The Hummingbird\, The Baker’s Secret\, Universe of Two\, and The Glass Chateau. A graduate of Middlebury College\, Johns Hopkins University\, and the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, he spent more than twenty years as a journalist\, winning many awards before turning to fiction writing. He has also worked nationwide on improving end-of-life medical care through greater use of hospice. Kiernan lives in Vermont. \nM.T. Anderson has written stories for adults\, picture books for children\, adventure novels for young readers\, graphic novel adaptations of ancient French tales\, and several books for older readers (both teens and adults). His satirical book Feed was a Finalist for the National Book Award\, won the L.A. Times Book Prize\, and is included on several lists of “best YA novels.” A nonfiction book\, Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad\, was long-listed for the National Book Award. He has curated concerts that bring together text and classical music all over New England. \nYankee Bookshop will be on hand with copies of Pollock’s Last Lover.
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/s-kiernan6-2-26
LOCATION:Norman Williams Public Library\, 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T150000
DTSTAMP:20260602T142035Z
CREATED:20260518T152136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260602T142035Z
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SUMMARY:VABVI | Information Table & Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Dan and Debbie Norris\, representatives from the Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (VABVI)\, will set up an informational table at noon and give a brief presentation at 2 pm. \nThey will share information on high- and low-tech ways to deal with vision loss. How can you access print\, continue to pursue preferred crafts/hobbies\, adapt your activities of daily living\, and more? They will help you troubleshoot adaptations and identify resources to continue achieving your goals and dreams. \nThe VABVI celebrates its 100th anniversary this year! Founded in 1926 with the help of Helen Keller\, VABVI provides support services throughout Vermont to help Vermonters who are blind or visually impaired cultivate adaptive skills\, live more independently\, and improve their quality of life. \nJoin us to learn about the tools\, guides\, and support materials for individuals\, families\, and service professionals.
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/vabvi26
LOCATION:Norman Williams Public Library\, 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children & Family Programs,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T210858Z
CREATED:20260423T210858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T210858Z
UID:10001032-1781355600-1781362800@normanwilliams.org
SUMMARY:World Wide Knit in Public Day Gathering
DESCRIPTION:The NWPL Knitters invite everyone to a casual gathering at the library in celebration of yarn\, knitting\, and the creative community. \nThey will have snacks\, a few starter projects\, and advice if you are stuck on your current project in progress. \nNow an international event held on the second Saturday of June\, the first World Wide Knit in Public Day was held in 2005. Initially organized by Danielle Landes\, the original purpose was to show that knitting can be a social activity practiced by anyone\, not just your granny! It is now the largest knitter-run event across the globe\, including locations in Germany\, Sweden\, South Africa\, Poland\, Norway\, Ireland\, France\, Finland\, England\, China\, and Australia. \nJoin us for an afternoon of sharing the love of yarn!
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/wwkip26
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:20260620T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260620T153000
DTSTAMP:20260608T185437Z
CREATED:20260427T201121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260608T185437Z
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SUMMARY:Ben Mezrich | Checkmate: Genius\, Lies\, Ambition\, and the Biggest Scandal in Chess
DESCRIPTION:NWPL and Yankee Bookshop welcome Ben Mezrich back with another investigation—this time into the high-stakes world of chess. Josh Mezrich\, Ben’s brother\, will talk with him about his new book\, Checkmate: Genius\, Lies\, Ambition\, and the Biggest Scandal in Chess. \nIn September 2022\, the unthinkable happened: nineteen-year-old American chess prodigy Hans Niemann defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen in a stunning face-to-face match. Within days\, Carlsen accused Niemann of cheating—a bombshell allegation that rocked the chess world. As the scandal spiraled\, Chess.com—the dominant force in online chess—launched a high-stakes investigation\, igniting a global media firestorm. \nBut Checkmate is about more than a cheating scandal. It’s the story of a teenager willing to risk everything to rise to the top; a reclusive genius suddenly fighting to protect his legacy; and a centuries-old game transforming into a billion-dollar industry fueled by streaming\, sponsorships\, and Silicon Valley power players. \nWith exclusive access to the central figures\, Ben Mezrich takes readers deep inside the weird\, wild\, and cutthroat world of competitive chess—where genius meets ambition\, and every move could be your last. \nFree and open to all! Seating is limited; first-come\, first seated. \nBen Mezrich is the New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires (adapted by Aaron Sorkin into the David Fincher film The Social Network)\, Bringing Down the House (adapted into the #1 box office hit film 21)\, The Antisocial Network (adapted into the 2023 film Dumb Money)\, and many other bestselling books. \nJoshua D. Mezrich is an award-winning surgeon and Professor of Surgery at the University of Wisconsin. He is the author of Every Living Creature: How Xenotransplantation Will Change Our Lives\, the history and promise of inter-species organ transplantation\, published by MIT Press this spring.
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/b-mezrich-6-26
LOCATION:Norman Williams Public Library\, 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260625T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260625T200000
DTSTAMP:20260428T163714Z
CREATED:20260428T163714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T163714Z
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SUMMARY:Bingo Night! | Library After Hours
DESCRIPTION:Bingo Night returns for the June “Library After Hours!” Shouting “bingo” when you get the right combination of numbers to win is encouraged – even in the library – at this “fun-raiser” that is also a mini-fundraiser. \nAdrian Tans will be the evening’s emcee. We’ll play a variety of traditional games: straight line\, picture frame\, blackout\, and more. \nWe request a $5 donation for each slide-shutter bingo card\, You can play as many as you wish – whatever you think you can keep track of! You reset your cards to play the next round\, so one card lasts the entire evening. Small cash prizes will be awarded for each game. \nThis event is BYOB\, so feel free to bring your own drinks (including beer and wine); the library will supply snacks. \nDoors open at 6:00\, and the first round will start promptly at 6:30.
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/bingo-6-26
LOCATION:Norman Williams Public Library\, 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fund-raiser,Library After Hours,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260718T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260718T153000
DTSTAMP:20260604T171735Z
CREATED:20260603T210903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260604T171735Z
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SUMMARY:Peter Lindenfeld & A Century in the Making | Tom Lindenfeld
DESCRIPTION:Peter Lindenfeld lived a remarkable life and died in November 2025\, but not before finishing and publishing his memoir\, A Century in the Making: A Hundred-Year Journey from Refugee to American. \nBorn in Vienna on March 10\, 1925\, and shaped by the upheaval of the 1938 annexation of Austria\, Peter Lindenfeld’s life carried him from refugee to professor emeritus of physics at Rutgers University. \nPeter’s son\, Tom\, will present stories about his father and how his experience as a refugee affected his life. He will include brief readings from his memoir and a slideshow of images. \nMary Clurman & Peter Lindenfeld hiking in Barnard\, VT \nRooted in Jewish tradition yet open to a wide philosophical world\, Peter built a life woven from family\, teaching\, social justice\, and community — from Princeton\, NJ civic life and environmental causes to summers in Barnard\, Vermont\, and a deep engagement with global art\, music\, and culture. \nCo-hosted by Artistree (Pomfret\, VT) and the Yankee Bookshop (Woodstock\, VT)\, copies of A Century in the Making will be available for sale at the event. For more information about the book see PeterLindenfeld.com. \n 
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/p-lindenfeld6-26
LOCATION:Norman Williams Public Library\, 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T210000
DTSTAMP:20260618T190222Z
CREATED:20260618T185946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260618T190222Z
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SUMMARY:Trivia! | Library After Hours
DESCRIPTION:Test your knowledge! NWPL’s own Adrian Tans will challenge us with trivia questions that run the gamut from pop culture\, sports\, history\, and – of course – books. The winning team gets bragging rights and their picture on the coveted digital display board! \nThis Library After Hours event is a “fun-raiser” and mini-fundraiser: there is a $5 suggested donation per player.  Gather friends for a team – or come on your own and join forces with others here. Fun fact: more often than not\, members of the winning teams had just met that night! \nThis event is BYOB\, so feel free to bring your own drinks (including beer and wine); the library will supply snacks. Doors open at 6:30; the game will start promptly at 7:00. \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/trivia-7-26-26
LOCATION:Norman Williams Public Library\, 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fund-raiser,Library After Hours,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260811T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260811T190000
DTSTAMP:20260701T163305Z
CREATED:20260701T163305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T163305Z
UID:10001057-1786471200-1786474800@normanwilliams.org
SUMMARY:Organizing 101 | Kris Harmelink
DESCRIPTION:Imagine your spaces help make daily life easy and enjoyable. You feel relaxed and inspired to tackle projects and work toward goals. \nKris Harmelink\, a professional home organizer\, believes that home organizing is transformative. She is offering an introductory workshop on how to tackle organizing projects\, as well as organizational methods\, tips\, and tricks. \nWhether you have a specific decluttering project in mind or just want to understand how a pro does it\, come and join us for this free sixty-minute workshop! \n+++ \nKris has been happily working as a professional home organizer for five years now\, though it’s really a lifetime of experience – she’s been helping friends and family organize and downsize since she was a kid! Kris also volunteers as the manager of The MINT Downtown’s secondhand art supply store in Rutland. Rearranging the store\, keeping it orderly\, and sorting through donations all keep her organizing skills sharp.
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/organizing8-11-26
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:20260813T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260813T120000
DTSTAMP:20260713T181855Z
CREATED:20260706T183752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260713T181855Z
UID:10001058-1786618800-1786622400@normanwilliams.org
SUMMARY:Medicare 101: What You Need to Know
DESCRIPTION:Need help understanding Medicare? Join Blue Cross VT for an educational seminar that will help guide you through the basics of Medicare: what it is\, when you can enroll\, benefits available\, and an overview of your plan options beyond Medicare. \nThis seminar will last approximately 45-60 minutes\, and space may be limited. RSVP today HERE. (For accommodations\, please call (800) 255-4550 (TTY/TDD: 711) or email consumersupport@bcbsvt.com.) \n+++\nBlue Cross® and Blue Shield® of Vermont is not connected with or endorsed by the U.S. government or the federal Medicare program. By attending this free educational seminar\, it does not obligate you to enroll in a plan or affect your current enrollment status\, and automatic enrollment will not occur.
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/medicare-101
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:20260820T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260820T193000
DTSTAMP:20260706T190919Z
CREATED:20260706T184401Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260706T190919Z
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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 August’s Library After Hours\, we’ll play word games: Bannagrams\, Boggle\, Quiddler\, Upwords\, Scrabble\, or other favorites you may wish to bring. \nBring friends and meet new folks. BYOB; we’ll supply munchies. \n  \n \n  \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-games8-20-26
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:20260903T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260903T203000
DTSTAMP:20260707T203427Z
CREATED:20260707T202421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260707T203427Z
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SUMMARY:Elizabeth Wellington Rollins | The Three Graces
DESCRIPTION:The Yankee Bookshop and Norman Williams Public Library invite you to celebrate the publication of Elizabeth Wellington Rollins‘ debut novel\, The Three Graces of Pearl Street. We’ll gather at the Town Hall Theater on Thursday\, September 3\, at 7 pm to applaud this local author. \nThe Three Graces of Pearl Street paints a wise and warm portrait of an Italian American grandmother\, daughter\, and granddaughter all named after the Roman myth of the Three Graces. They find their lives – and their secrets – colliding when\, after years apart\, they come to live under the same roof. \nGraziella\, a ninety-six-year-old former nun\, spends her days running the parish’s food kitchen\, convinced it is her responsibility to keep everyone fed in their working-class New York neighborhood. Her daughter\, Grace\, a respected psychology professor\, appears accomplished and composed\, yet finds herself unmoored as her personal life falters. Ella – Graziella’s granddaughter and Grace’s daughter – is weary of defending her vegan diet and anti-capitalistic lifestyle; blind to her own brilliance\, she longs\, above all\, for a place to belong. Living together again\, the three Graces reckon with the distances that have shaped them\, and with what it means\, at last\, to be fully known. \n“A stunning debut. An intergenerational story full of the complexities of family life that will surprise and inspire you at every turn.” – Adriana Trigiani\, New York Times bestselling author \nElizabeth Wellington Rollins is a writer and award-winning copywriter. She grew up outside New York City and graduated from Davidson College. Her work has appeared in Condé Nast Traveler\, The Week\, Travel + Leisure\, and Vogue. Liz lives just a few miles from the Woodstock Green with her family. Her book is\, in part\, a love letter to her Italian maternal lineage\, as well as the place that raised her\, her parents\, and three grandparents. \nPlease visit the Yankee Bookshop (or their website) before September 1 for details about receiving a gift – including a small cookbook with recipes from the novel – when you pre-order The Three Graces of Pearl Street.
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/rollins9-3926
LOCATION:Town Hall Theater\, 31 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Special Program
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SUMMARY:Interplay Jazz Jam Session | Library After Hours
DESCRIPTION:Musicians and listeners alike are invited to attend and enjoy this Interplay Jazz Jam Session on the Mezzanine with its great acoustics and baby grand piano. \nThese jam sessions are a social gathering and a communal practice session. Starting at 6 pm\, instrumentalists participate in free-flow tunes to develop new material and play together. Continuing at 7\, singers may wish to join in. Bring well-known jazz standards\, popular songs or an original tune to play with the instrumentalists along with 6-8 copies of the sheet music of the songs you wish to play. Jam session ends at 9 pm. \nFounded in 1996 by local musicians Fred Haas and Sabrina Brown\, Interplay Jazz & Arts has been inspiring musicians of all ages from around the world. People often ask\, “What is a jam session?” A jam session is a relatively informal musical event at which musicians\, typically instrumentalists\, play improvised solos and vamp on tunes\, songs and chord progressions. To “jam” is to improvise music without extensive preparation or predefined arrangements\, except for when the group is playing well-known jazz standards or covers of existing popular songs. \nYou are invited to bring an offering of food or drink to share if you’d like.
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/jazz-9-17-26
LOCATION:Norman Williams Public Library\, 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
CATEGORIES:Library After Hours,Special Program
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SUMMARY:Emily Franklin | Love & Other Monsters.
DESCRIPTION:The NWPL and Yankee Bookshop welcome Emily Franklin to talk about her newest novel\, Love & Other Monsters. \nIn the stormy\, scandalous summer of 1816\, daring eighteen-year-old Claire Clairmont changed the course of literature forever. But then — unlike her stepsister Mary Shelley — she was forgotten\, until now. With searing relevance to our here and now — of celebrity worship\, climate disaster\, of complicated femininity\, Love & Other Monsters is the untold origin story of Frankenstein\, a feminist reckoning of sisters\, survival\, and the creation of monsters — both those on the page and those who walk among us. \nEmily Franklin is the bestselling author of more than twenty books\, including a poetry collection\, Tell Me How You Got Here. Her work has been published in The New York Times\, The Boston Globe\, The Kenyon Review\, and The Journal of the American Medical Association\, read aloud on National Public Radio\, named notable by the Association of Jewish Libraries\, and longlisted for the London Sunday Times Short Story Award. Her novel The Lioness of Boston\, based on the life of trailblazer Isabella Stewart Gardner\, is in its tenth printing. \nYankee Bookshop will be on hand with copies of Love & Other Monsters.
URL:https://normanwilliams.org/event/e-franklin-11-10-26
LOCATION:Norman Williams Public Library\, 10 The Green\, Woodstock\, VT\, 05091\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Special Program
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