Programs with a speaker
Free and Open to the Public In-person and via Zoom Ask for the Zoom link from paulwaav@together.net or theresamarie11@GMAIL.COM VAS Members will be emailed the Zoom link The in-person will be at the Brownell Library on 2A near 5-Corners in Essex Junction. If you attend via Zoom please get on-line before 7:30. If you don’t have Zoom Read more
Asa James, Winner of the 2025 prize for Historical Fiction in the American Legacy Book Awards. Jodi Lew-Smith lives on a hill farm in Hardwick with her husband, dog, chickens, and 250 apple trees. She has always been a writer but also enjoys biology, which comes out in her Read more
Join the Brownell Library for a lecture about Climate Change by a guest speaker from the Fairbanks Museum! This lecture is for adults and is sponsored in part by Vermont Humanities. Attendees will be able to leave with a copy of “The Light Pirate” by Lily Brooks-Dalton, available while supplies Read more
Join us for a movie night! The movie is an award winning film that brings alive the struggles of unhoused visitors at a public library on a frigid night. After the film, there will be a panel discussion with guests from the Howard Center as well as library staff.
In-person and via Zoom Ask for the Zoom link from paulwaav@together.net or theresamarie11@GMAIL.COM Asteroids and Meteors By Steve Grimsley Asteroids and meteors are the leftovers of non gaseous material from the formation of the solar system. They are found throughout the solar system but are concentrated in the main asteroid Read more
Join local authors as they share insights from their new book Beyond the Politics of Contempt offering hopeful practical ways to heal divides and strengthen democracy.