[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end]Local Charlotte author, Giovanna “Jo” Brunini Congdon discusses her new book, Never a Cloud. Some things can only be hidden for so long. Some things are too difficult to talk about, and some things you have to repeat even when no one is listening . . .Never a Cloud charts the course of three women—Violet, Ava, and Margot— who find their way to a new understanding of home and family at Otyrburn, an estate in rural Scotland. We are happy to be partnering with Vermont Book Shop for this local author series. Recorded 2/7/23 [/ezcol_2third_end][ezcol_1third] Producer: MCTV
“I’m curious about what went so suddenly sour with American patriotism, American faith, and American prosperity.”
Like so many of us, McKibben grew up believing—knowing—that the United States was the greatest country on earth. As a teenager, he cheerfully led American Revolution tours in Lexington, Massachusetts. He sang “Kumbaya” at church. And with the remarkable rise of suburbia, he assumed that all Americans would share in the wealth.
But fifty years later, he finds himself in an increasingly doubtful nation strained by bleak racial and economic inequality, on a planet whose future is in peril.
And he is curious: What the hell happened?
In this revelatory cri de coeur, McKibben digs deep into our history (and his own well-meaning but not all-seeing past) and into the latest scholarship on race and inequality in America, on the rise of the religious right, and on our environmental crisis to explain how we got to this point. He finds that he is not without hope. And he wonders if any of that trinity of his youth—the flag, the cross, the station wagon—could, or should, be reclaimed in the fight for a fairer future.
Recorded 6/20/22 at CVUUS.[/ezcol_2third_end][ezcol_1third]
[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end]Middlebury resident and former Nasa senior science writer Louis Varricchio offers a 50-year look back at the historic and scientific legacy of the United States’ first mission to land astronauts on the Moon in July 1969. Varricchio was also a producer of science-related documentaries for Prairie Public Television and Public Radio International. Today, he is an adjunct science instructor at Community College of Vermont as well as the managing editor of the Vermont Eagle weekly newspaper. He is the author of the science-history book, titled Inconstant Moon: Discovery and Controversy on the Way to the Moon, which was first published in 2006 (and remains in print). Recorded 7/15/19 by MCTV.[/ezcol_2third_end][ezcol_1third]Producer: Ilsley Public Library
[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end]Through image, video, and story Matthew Dickerson shares some of his experiences as June 2017 artist-in-residence at the stunningly beautiful Glacier National Park in Montana. He spent a month exploring the Park and learning from USGS and NPS biologists, rangers, and other park workers, as well as taking lots of photographs and videos. The presentation focuses on river and lake ecology and the native fishes of the west slope, most notably bull trout and westslope cutthroat trout, and the impact and future threats from invasive species as well as climate change. Professor Dickerson has just published a book set in Glacier National Park, The Voices of Rivers. Recorded 4/24/19.[/ezcol_2third_end][ezcol_1third] Producer: Ilsley Public Library
[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end]Ann Braden presents her book “The Benefits of Being an Octopus.” Also a panel discussion with the author, CSAC, and Womensafe. Recorded 4/4/19.[/ezcol_2third_end][ezcol_1third] Producer: Ilsley Public Library
[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end]Vermont authors, Elizabeth “Wiz” Dow and Lucinda Poole Cockrell, co-authors of the book, How to Weed Your Attic: Getting Rid of Junk without Destroying History speak at the Ilsley Library, Middlebury, VT 3/26/19. Co-sponsored by the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, Middlebury, VT.[/ezcol_2third_end][ezcol_1third] Producer: Ilsley Public Library
[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end]John Churchman discusses his Sweetpea and Friends books, which are on sale at the Vermont Book Shop. Recorded 11/14/18.[/ezcol_2third_end][ezcol_1third] Producer: Ilsley Public Library
[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end]The landscape history of Mt. Philo, Vermont’s first state park, is the landscape history of Vermont, in miniature. “Sheep fever,” the devastating deforestation of the mid-1800s, Vermont’s early tourism industry, the early conservation and park movements, reforestation… it’s all there on the mountain, if you know where to look. North Ferrisburgh resident (and long-time Mt. Philo hiker), Judy Chaves, has spent 8 years researching the mountain’s history and has recently written a guidebook to the park’s historic sites. Join her on a “virtual” tour of the mountain and discover, through then-and-now photos, old maps, and even a bit of poetry, what historic gems lie hidden — within plain sight — in the park. Filmed Oct. 19, 2018 at the Ilsley Public Library by Middlebury Community Television.[/ezcol_2third_end][ezcol_1third] Producer: Ilsley Public Library
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