Community Events Calendar
This calendar lists community events related to Understanding Vermont (UV) trends and issues and is updated regularly.
June 2009 Events
Remembering Samuel de Champlain
June 3, 2009, 7 p.m.
www.celebratechamplain.org
State University of New York at Plattsburgh history professor Sylvie Beaudreau considers the legacy of Samuel de Champlain, founder of Quebec City and Father of New France, during this, the 400th anniversary year of his visit to the lake that now bears his name. Lecture program.
Old Time Rules Will Prevail: The Fiddle Contest in Vermont
Jun 03, 2009, 1:00 pm
Morgan
(802)895-4144
Fiddler Adam Boyce outlines the history of the fiddle contest in Vermont.
American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies
Jun 03, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Brattleboro
(802)254-5290
Pulitzer Prize winner Joseph Ellis looks at America’s most politically formative years.
The Scent of Literature
Jun 03, 2009, 7:00 pm
Manchester
Avery Gilbert explores the relationship between artistic creativity and smell
Imaging Power: How Political Clout has been Conveyed in Art
Jun 03, 2009, 7:00 pm
Middlebury
(802)388-4095
Historian Jane Carroll examines political art.
The Impact of the U.S. Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
Jun 03, 2009, 7:00 pm
Rutland
(802)773-1860
Retired CIA Chief of Counterterrorism Haviland Smith considers the Iraq operation
No Laughing Matter: Visual Humor and Ideas of Race
Jun 03, 2009, 7:00 pm
St. Johnsbury
(802)748-8291
Angela Rosenthal examines visual humor’s wounding and healing properties.
Remembering Samuel de Champlain: His Legacy after 400 Years
Jun 03, 2009, 7:00 pm.
Burlington
(802)865-7211
Sylvie Beaudreau considers the legacy of Samuel de Champlain
No Laughing Matter: Visual Humor and Ideas of Race, Nationality, and Ethnicity
Jun 03, 2009, 7:00 PM
St. Johnsbury
(802)748-8291
Managing Chronic Pain while Putting the “Control” Back in Controlled Substance
June 5 & 6, 2009 *mutli-day event*
Hampton Inn, Colchester
Sponsored by the Franklin-Grand Isle Chronic Pain/Narcotics Community Forum
Fashion in Jane Austen's World
Jun 07, 2009, 2 pm
Montpelier
(802) 864-0517
A lecture by Hope Greenberg. Hosted by the Jane Austen Society of North America, Vermont Chapter
Leadership in a Connected Age Full Day Conference
Jun 09, 2009, 8 am-5 pm
Burlington
(802)531-9666
Gain insights, share ideas, and build strategies to incorporate emerging technologies into your workplace and community
"You Come, Too:" Spring with Robert Frost
Jun 10, 2009, 5:30 pm
Montpelier
(802)262-2626
Discuss Frost's spring poems with Vermont Humanities Council's Peter Gilbert
Dorothy Canfield Fisher: A Vermonter for the World
Jun 10, 2009, 7:00 pm
Jeffersonville
(802)865-0155
A living history presentation by Helene Lang showcasing the Vermont writer’s life works.
The Lake Between: Native American Encampment
June 13-14, 2009
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (LCMM), Vergennes
LCMM will partner with Abenaki and Iroquois tribal groups to host a "living history" weekend of 17th century indigenous crafts, living skills, demonstrations, and cultural ceremony, including French re-enactors, arquebus demonstrations, and launchings of the 1609-era birch bark canoes. The weekend will include a craft show of Abenaki and Iroquois artisans.
July 2009 Events
When the French Were Here" International Symposium
July 2-5, 2009 ** multi-day event **
Champlain College, Burlington
http://www.champlainquadricentennial.com
To celebrate the quadricentennial of Samuel de Champlain's exploration of Lake Champlain, Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont will host an international interdisciplinary symposium July 2 -5, 2009. Local, regional and international specialists on all areas of the 17th century establishment of "New France" in various disciplines are invited to participate in the event. "When the French Were Here" focuses on Samuel de Champlain, his life and "New France" during Champlain's exploration of the New World. The multi-day event will include presentations on navigation and military history of Lake Champlain, early cartographic records of the region, and on-going archeolgoical investigations of Lake Champlain, as well as special events of off-site field trips.
When This Land Was Called New France - Historic Tour
July 28, 2009 - August 2, 2009
www.celebratechamplain.org
Come and discover the beautiful history of this region – from Quebec City to the valley of Lake Champlain – when it was called New France (1608-1759). Journey in time from Samuel de Champlain's exploration of the lake that would bear his name, and the first contacts between Native Americans and Europeans, to the first settlements and forts along the lake's shores, and finally the military actions of the French and Indian War. The land and water journey will take you from Quebec City to the historic Richelieu River and the Lake Champlain valley in Vermont and New York State. In Quebec City, you will attend the 250th Anniverisary reenactment of the Battle of Quebec, with the participation of more than 1,000 reenactors. In the Lake Champlain valley, you will experience 18th-century French food and the way French settlers dressed, farmed and lived there. You will learn why Lake Champlain was such a strategic place at the time of New France. This 6-day tour is organized in partnership with the History Channel and Ipswich Tours. It includes: an on-board historian guide, evening presentations by experts, a cruise on Lake Champlain, private tours at forts such as Fort Chambly and Fort Ticonderoga, lodging in some historic inns in the Champlain Islands and Middlebury, and more.
October 2009 Events
Northeast Kingdom Youth Services 6th Annual Shelter Walk
Saturday, October 17, 2009
North Congregational Church, St Johnsbury, Vermont
802-748-8732
http://nekyouthservices.org
The 3-mile walk winds around St Johnsbury and passes by the Northeast Kingdom Youth Services Elm Street Shelter for homeless youth.There are raffles, entertainment and a full barbeque after the walk. All proceeds benefit the Elm Street Shelter for Homeless Youth.