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In our historic Art Gallery, enjoy music played by the Kingdom Mountain Dulcimers and poetry read by Reeve Lindbergh.
This event is free, ADA accessible, and open to the public.
Do you live off the grid? Do you have experience setting up your own off-grid systems? Do you need advice from someone who does?
Come check out the Off-Grid Roundtable! It is held the first Saturday of every month in the upstairs gallery at the St Johnsbury Athenaeum at 1pm. Current off-gridders, people who are thinking about off-grid living or homesteading, or people who are just interested in learning more are welcome.
On April 5 the focus topic will be on off-grid water systems. If you have related books or other materials to share or swap, please feel free to bring them!
This event is free, ADA accessible, and open to the public.
It’s time to think about starting your seeds for that summer garden! We have a varied selection of vegetable and flower seeds from the Seed Library. Bring seeds you have saved or seed packets of non-hybrid, non-GMO seeds to swap.
Come anytime between 11 am and 1 pm. Free gardening resources will be available. For more information, contact Adele West-Fisher at 802-745-1392 or awestfisher@stjathenaeum.org.
This event is free, ADA accessible, and open to the public.
Vermont’s Writers for Recovery offers a unique outlet for people with substance use disorder to share their stories and heal. In this engaging participatory workshop, you’ll hear the powerful stories of people in recovery. You’ll learn how and why the writing techniques used in Writers for Recovery enable people to ease their emotional pain, reduce their feelings of shame, and move forward toward recovery. You’ll even develop new tools for managing stress and difficult situations in your own life.
After this workshop, you’ll look at substance use disorder and people in recovery through a more positive and productive lens. And you’ll discover how the simple act of writing and sharing stories can help us all lead better, more connected lives.
This Vermont Humanities Council event is hosted by the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum.
For more information, contact Adele West-Fisher at (802) 748-8291 or awestfisher@stjathenaeum.org.
This event is free, ADA accessible, and open to the public.
Drop in at the Athenaeum to wish Bob Joly a happy retirement. Refreshments, beer and wine will be served.
This event is free, ADA accessible, and open to the public
Drop by the Athenaeum and meet new Athenaeum Director Kacy Guill. Refreshments will be served.
This event is free, ADA accessible, and open to the public.
Join us for this screwball comedy/mystery with William Powell and Myrna Loy. Powell plays a retired detective who is asked to follow the trail of a missing inventor. He is persuaded to investigate by his wife (Loy), who is craving for adventure. Together they embark on a case that leads to the disclosure of deception and murder.
Free popcorn and soft drinks.
With an introduction by Damian Ryan.
This event is free, ADA accessible, and open to the public.
Children's book author David Martin of Lyndon has just released a collection of five non-fiction stories for grown ups. In David's Stories he's written about real things that happened in Vermont, and one piece about his travels to Africa. David’s Stories features humor in the hills, mystery, and armchair travel.
“Unlike my picture books for young children, David’s Stories is a collection of true stories. Some are funny - like why would some people want to beat us after they stole our truck - and some - like my encounter with a fisher cat, are just magical and mysterious.”
Please come to the Athenaeum on Wednesday, March 12 at 6 pm for a reading along with an extra added something. Books will be for sale and there will be refreshments.
This event is free, ADA accessible, and open to the public.
With an approval rate of 69%, the people of St. Johnsbury overwelmingly supported the Athenaeum’s appropriation. Thank you for your support!
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You are invited to join Friends of the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum monthly meetings! We generally meet on the last Thursday of each month at 9:30 am.
The Friends is a volunteer group involved in promoting the resources and services of the Athenaeum, providing hospitality at programs and events, and fundraising for the benefit of the Athenaeum. Friends strive to make resources and services of the Athenaeum more widely known in the community.
Friends volunteer at the Secondhand Prose Bookstore, organize pie sales, and assist with various Friends-sponsored programs and events.
If you have questions about the Friends of the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, contact Adele West-Fisher at awestfisher@stjathenaeum.org or 802-745-1391.
The meetings are free, ADA accessible and open to the public.
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Northeast Kingdom resident Bob Amos explores his ancestors' multi-generational relationship with historical icon Harriet Tubman. Well known as a musician and songwriter, Bob has also pursued a passionate interest in family history. Bob's Auburn, New York ancestors were instrumental in preserving Tubman's legacy, writing the first biography and multiple articles about her during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Bob rediscovered some photographs of Tubman taken by his great aunt that had never been seen outside the family. In 2020 Bob's research on his family's connection to Harriet Tubman was published as a feature article in the national history and genealogy magazine American Ancestors. The photographs of Harriet Tubman are being donated to the Library of Congress.
This event is free, ADA accessible, and open to the public.
Come to the Athenaeum for a festive, cabaret-style musical evening with Ed Morgan’s One-Man Band. Using sequencers, synthesizers and other electronic and acoustic equipment, Ed creates a full-band sound. Ed will perform a mix of current and classic hits tailored for Valentine’s Day.
We’ll have table seating to watch the show and enjoy some fine refreshments. or you can dance the night away! This event is free, ADA accessible, and open to the public.
(Rescheduled from Wed., Jan. 29)
Join the Athenaeum Film Fan Club for our first ever movie,
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” which was partially filmed in
East Corinth, VT! We’d like to establish a new film club at the
Athenaeum, so come to this showing and bring ideas for future movies. Popcorn provided free!
This event is free, ADA accessible, and open to the public.
Damian Ryan Becomes Newest Athenaeum Docent
Five years ago, Damian Ryan retired and returned to his childhood town of St. Johnsbury, VT. This month he became the newest docent in the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum’s unique Art Gallery.
Former Athenaeum Director Bob Joly recommended that Damian become a docent. Damian spends most mornings reading the newspapers in the Athenaeum, so it made sense that he take on the docent role.
“I had just finished researching St. Johnsbury for the radio play “It’s a Wonderful Life” that the Athenaeum Players performed in December, so I have pretty strong knowledge of the town. I like talking to people and sharing information about the Athenaeum and our little town,” Damian said.
“I always knew in the back of my mind that I would move back to St. Johnsbury when I retired. It’s nice to be able to come back home. This place has the amazing cultural opportunities of a big city, but in a beautiful rural setting.”
Damian will be in the Athenaeum Art Gallery on Tuesdays from 10 am-1 pm. Stop in for a visit and get Damian’s take on his favorite pieces in the gallery, and what else to do in St. Johnsbury!
On Wednesday, February 5 at 5:30 pm, the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum will host one of five regional community forums about the Civic Health Index held at libraries across the state.
The Office of Civic and Voter Engagement in the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office is releasing Vermont’s first Civic Health Index. Communities are gathering to discuss our civic health and how we can strengthen it.
The report looks at Vermont’s Civic Health across six domains: Volunteerism and Donating, Political Engagement, Social and Community Context, Cultural Access and Engagement, Media Trust and Access, and Government Trust and Access. It also highlights results from the Vermont Youth Civic Health Survey. Project partners include the Center for Rural Studies at UVM, SerVermont, Vermont Humanities, and Up for Learning.
This forum will include Civic Health Index findings and a review of the process; a panel discussion; and small group discussion.
If you plan to attend the event at the Athenaeum, please RSVP at this link.
Refreshments will be provided. This event is free, ADA accessible, and open to the public.