For our 2025 Fall Festival, Sage Mountain in East Barre hosted “Patterns in the Land,” a guided walk and community dialogue exploring ecological and cultural resilience.
Vermont Humanities Council Vermont non-profits: don’t miss your chance to apply for a grant of up to $2500 to host a Fall Festival project centered around the theme of Our Woven History. Applications are due before midnight on Tuesday, June 2.
This year’s Fall Festival recognizes the hidden history contained in our Vermont Reads 2026 book, Charity and Sylvia by Tillie Walden, while also commemorating the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding.
Apply for a Fall Festival Grant
Tillie Walden and Other Non-Fiction Cartoonists in WRJ this Saturday
Author Tillie Walden (center) joins fellow non-fiction cartoonists Marek Bennett (left) and Joel Christian Gill (right) for a free panel discussion on Saturday, May 30.
This Saturday, May 30 from 2:00 to 3:30 pm, join us at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction for a special panel discussion around Charity and Sylvia by Tillie Walden, our Vermont Reads 2026 selection.
Walden will be joined by fellow non-fiction cartoonists Joel Christian Gill and Marek Bennett to discuss creating comics, and how they have used historical materials and references when making their books.
Please be sure to register today for this free event, as seating is limited. The discussion will be live-streamed and recorded.
Register for this free kick-off event!
Words in the Woods Begins Saturday, June 20 in Ferrisburg
We’re so thrilled that our popular Words in the Woods program will be returning for a seventh season! Enjoy our state’s natural beauty while listening to and reading literature in the outdoors. We’ll cover the park entrance fees on the day of our events so that you can enjoy a full day at the park.
This summer, we will host five Vermont poets in-person at different Vermont State Parks, beginning with poet Joanne McNeil Hayes at Button Bay State Park in Ferrisburg on June 20.
View the Full Words in the Woods Schedule
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