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Vermont Humanities @vermonthumanities.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

On Wednesday, April 2, all humanities councils received notice that all awarded grants—including our 5-year General Operating Grant and other program-specific awards—are canceled in their entirety, effective April 1. www.vermonthumanities.org/about-vermon...

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Vermont Humanities @vermonthumanities.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

This morning Vermont Book Awards Director Miciah Bay Gault went on @vermontpublic.org to announce the finalists for 2024's awards! Listen here and join us on May 3, 2025 in Montpelier for an evening of celebration. 📚 www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...

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Here are the 2024 Vermont Book Awards finalists

The awards honor outstanding local work in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and children’s literature. The prizes are overseen by Vermont Humanities and the state Department of Libraries.

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Vermont Humanities @vermonthumanities.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Feast and Film, a new series from Next Stage, presents an evening of film on March 9th with an optional three-course French dinner themed on "The Taste of Things", starring Juliette Binoche. We are proud to support this program through a humanities grant. www.vermonthumanities.org/event/nxt-fe...

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NXT Feast & Film Series: The Taste of Things

Feast and Film, a new series from Next Stage, invites you to an evening of film with an optional dinner add-on. The dinners will be themed around the films, offering a unique opportunity for community...

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Vermont Humanities @vermonthumanities.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Underdog director Tommy Hyde recently shared his experience making the film in a Snapshot virtual humanities talk with us. Check out that conversation here and watch the film on Vermont Public's "Made Here!" youtu.be/PnNszYRRU1E

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Underdog: Film Discussion with Tommy Hyde

YouTube video by Vermont Humanities

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Vermont Humanities @vermonthumanities.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

This weekend the White River Indie Film Fest brings artists and makers together in White River Junction! Learn more and see the schedule at wrif2025.eventive.org/welcome.

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National Endowment for the Humanities @nehgov.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Happy World Read Aloud Day!   Writing can be a solitary process, but a writers' group valuing idea exchanges and viewpoints helped Toni Morrison and Alice Walker. Read #NEHgov funded book “The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture”:   ow.ly/NAI350UR7Gm

The book cover to "The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture" by Courtney Thorsson. The photograph on the cover features several women standing and sitting, including authors Toni Morrison and Alice Walker.

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National Endowment for the Humanities @nehgov.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Happy birthday to the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Edith Wharton! An expat in Paris during World War I, she became a war correspondent, fundraiser, and assisted refugees. Seeking rest, Wharton visited Morocco, which changed her life. Read more in this Humanities Magazine story: ow.ly/xufK50UIrtJ

A black and white photograph of a woman standing in a garden wearing a wide brimmed hat, tunic, long necklace, and pointed shoes. She is holding a small dog in each hand.

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Vermont Humanities @vermonthumanities.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

This weekend at 3 p.m. on Sunday at City Hall, the Greater Burlington Multicultural Resource Center hosts its annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Remembrance Event. Mayor James Perkins Jr. of Selma, AL will give the keynote address. Free tickets available at City Market and Fletcher Free Library.

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Vermont Humanities @vermonthumanities.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

We are excited to share new virtual Snapshot talks in 2025, starting Wednesday at 7PM with Boston University professor Brooke L. Blower who explores the backstories of seven Americans whose plane crashed in Lisbon in 1943. See our free virtual humanities talks at vermonthumanities.org/snapshot.

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Snapshot Series - Vermont Humanities

The Snapshot humanities lecture series offers free talks September through May.

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Sarah Stewart Taylor @sarahstewarttaylor.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

We've moved my @vermonthumanities.bsky.social talk to online only because of the weather forecasted for tomorrow evening. I'll so miss being in the beautiful St. Johnsbury Atheneum, but the silver lining is that you can join from anywhere! www.vermonthumanities.org/event/parano...

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Paranoia in the Hills: Cold War Vermont as Inspiration for Crime Fiction - Vermont Humanities

Vermont author Sarah Stewart Taylor illustrates the creation of Agony Hill, her first novel in a mystery series that is set in 1960s Vermont. The state’s Cold War history provided inspiration and hist...

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Vermont Humanities @vermonthumanities.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

An upcoming 12-month fellowship with Vermont Folklife offers students and adults practical skills, mentorship, stipends, and a supportive environment to explore the complexities around an issue affecting their community. Sound interesting? Apply by December 15th! www.vtfolklife.org/communityfel...

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Vermont Community Fellows Program — Vermont Folklife

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