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BEGINNING GUITAR WORKSHOP - LEVEL TWO with Deb Zaccheo
Date: Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Time: 5:30-7:30 pm
Location: Maple Street School
Fee: $95
Description: Level Two is the sequel to the Beginner Guitar Workshops that have previously been offered. Past students will fine tune existing skills and move to the next level. With hard earned calluses and finger dexterity, these students will easily transition into standard tuning, building on the chords learned in open tuning. This workshop will delve deeper into material covered in Level One, with more focus on finger picking and melody lines as well as simple embellishments that will make the advanced beginner sound like a pro. In this six-week jam session style course, the students will hone the many strum patterns covered in open tuning and learn how to apply these to songs, while gaining more repertoire to add to their Level One songbooks.
The dates for Level Two are Tuesdays, May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, June 5 .
Deb Zaccheo has been playing guitar for over 20 years, performing at many local venues, solo and with other musicians. Her diverse style is the influence of many great teachers. She studied early childhood music education at CMYC in Princeton, New Jersey, and took music classes at Keene State and Palm Beach Community College. 
GMALL Documentary Discussion Group - Waiting for Superman with Shirley Perlman
Date: Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Location: Equinox Village
Fee: $10.00
Description: Waiting for Superman is a dynamic documentary on our failing education system and its consequences on the future of the U.S.
From the Academy Award-winning Director of An Inconvenient Truth comes the groundbreaking feature film that provides an engaging and inspiring look at public education in the United States. Waiting For Superman has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of five unforgettable students. This documentary will leave you with a lasting and powerful impression.
Each film will be followed by a discussion led by Shirley Perlman, a retired journalist who teaches at the University at Albany. She is a former member of the part-time faculty at C.W. Post College, the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and New York University.
BEGINNING GUITAR WORKSHOP - LEVEL ONE with Deb Zaccheo
Date: Friday, May 11, 2012
Time: 5:30-7:30 pm
Location: Maple Street School
Fee: $95
Description: For six consecutive Fridays you will learn to play guitar and play songs right away in an easy open G tuning, using several strumming and picking patterns. You will learn the open G chord plus three chords. Thousands of songs can be played with these four chords. This workshop promises to be fun and stress free; and is ideal for those who want to learn enough guitar to accompany themselves, for those who want a basic foundation to continue learning on their own, or an inexpensive introduction for those who want to move on to more advanced playing via private lessons. Students will graduate with a repertoire of folk and popular songs. There is a $5 materials fee paid directly to the instructor at the first class to help cover the cost of making custom songbooks for each student and a $15 charge for those who don’t already have a capo.
Dates for the course are Fridays, May 11, 18, 25, and June 1, 8, 15.
Deb Zaccheo has been playing guitar for over 20 years, performing at many local venues, solo and with other musicians. Her diverse style is the influence of many great teachers. She studied early childhood music education at CMYC in Princeton, New Jersey, and took music classes at Keene State and Palm Beach Community College.
HORS D'OEUVRES with Chef Jeff Scott
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Time: 5:45-9 pm
Location: Brogan/Fritts Residence in Manchester
Fee: $65
Description: Jeff Scott of the West Mountain Inn in Arlington will teach some of the most popular hors d'oeuvres he serves at the beautiful country weddings the Inn is host to. The menu will include Bacon and Bleu Cheese Stuffed Red Potatoes; Seared Scallops with a Cucumber Relish; Cheese Straws; Pecan Sesame Chicken with a Maple Mustard Dipping Sauce; Smoked Turkey and Goat Cheese Pinwheels; and Local Cheese and Fruit Chutney Puffs.
TODAY'S HEADLINES moderated by Shirley Perlman and Steven Sinding
Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Time: 10-11:30 am
Location: Equinox Village
Fee: $30
Description: This is an opportunity to voice your opinion on national and international issues and hear what others are thinking. The moderator serves as a guide and provocateur as you explore topics drawn from local and national newspapers as well as the Internet. Lively discussion is the centerpiece of this course. Limited to 12 participants.
This six-week program will be held on Tuesdays, May 22, 29, June 5, 12, 19, 26.
92nd Street Y Broadcast - Why Cook? featuring Mark Bittman, New York Time “Minimalist” columnist and Ruth Reichl, Editor in Chief, Gourmet Magazine
Date: Thursday, June 14, 2012
Time: 4:00pm
Location: Israel Congregation of Manchester
Fee: $10
Description: With take-out counters, microwave meals and other conveniences more plentiful than ever, Mark Bittman asks “Why cook?” in his new book How to Cook Everything: The Basics. Bittman addresses this question in a conversation with Ruth Reichl about how cooking shaped his own life, and how just picking up a pan and starting to cook brings numerous and wonderful benefits extending well beyond the kitchen. Mark Bittman’s books include the best-selling How to Cook Everything series and Food Matters. He was the New York Times “Minimalist” columnist for 13 years and now writes for the magazine and op-ed page. Ruth Reichl is editorial adviser to gilttaste.com and a judge on Top Chef Masters. She is the former editor in chief of Gourmet, and an author of many books, most recently, For You Mom, Finally. This event is part of the Ruth Stanton Illustrious Women Series, supported by The Ruth Stanton Foundation.
What’s for Dinner? With Connie Sturgis and Michael Sturgis
Date: Monday, June 18, 2012
Time: 5:45 - 9:00pm
Location: Location TBD
Fee: $65
Description: What’s for dinner? Connie Sturgis and Michael Sturgis of GRAZE (the former Lawyer and the Baker building) answer that question with panache. When planning your evening menu, Connie and Mike take a trip to the farmer’s market and see what looks best. Then they figure out how to use those ingredients as part of their offerings. This evening will offer you lots of options on how to prepare a meal using local ingredients.
Five Classic Novels Every Book Lover Should Read with Professor Robert Bell, Williams College
Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Time: 4:00 - 5:30pm
Location: First Congregational Church, Manchester
Fee: $20
Description: The novel, said D. H. Lawrence, is the “one bright book of life.” Among the great books of civilization and the glories of English and American fiction are these five novels: Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones, Jane Austen’s Emma, Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations, Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, and George Eliot’s Middlemarch. What qualities make these five novels so special? What kinds of wisdom, insight, and values do they offer? What sorts of humor, pleasures, and enjoyment do they provide? Examining these books in chronological sequence, this lecture traces the development of the novel as the most important and popular form of literature and considers the connecting links among Fielding, Austen, Dickens, Eliot, and Melville—two hugely successful Englishmen, two extraordinary nineteenth-century English women, and a brilliant, strange New Englander. The lecture highlights each author’s genius: Fielding’s comic characterization, Austen’s subtle wit, Dickens’s spectacular theatricality, Melville’s heroic wildness, and Eliot’s magnanimous sympathy.
Robert H. Bell has been recognized nationally as an outstanding undergraduate teacher. In 1998 he was named Robert Foster Cherry Great Teacher; in 2004 he was the Carnegie Foundation/CASE Outstanding Baccalaureate College Teacher. Bell is author of scores of scholarly articles and several books. His most recent book is Shakespeare’s Great Stage of Fools (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011)
For Teens Only: Easy, Healthy Comfort Foods with Chef Paul Brinker
Date: Friday, June 29, 2012
Time: 5:00 - 8:00pm
Location: Location TBD
Fee: $30
Description: Paul Brinker, chef at Al Ducci’s, will make some fun and easy recipes perfect for teenagers. Recipes will include a Fish Taco, Oven-Baked Chicken Fingers, and Fresh Salsa as an accompaniment for both. This will be a hands-on cooking class for teens interested in learning to cook.
Build Your Bidding Skills with Elizabeth von Riesenfelder
Date: Thursday, July 05, 2012
Time: 2:00 - 4:00pm
Location: Equinox Village
Fee: $75
Description: Refine your communication with your partner to reach the optimal contracts. We plan to cover the Forcing 1 NT, New Minor Forcing, 4th Suit Forcing, Reverse Drury, and Roman Keycard Blackwood. Adding these conventions to your bidding vocabulary will increase your ability to describe your hand more accurately. Your improved communication skills should result in well bid and makeable contracts. This class is for players already mastering the basic conventions.
This is a 4 session course held on Thursdays, July 5, 12, 19, 26.
Grilling Secrets and Fresh Garden Salsa with Chef Amy Chamberlain
Date: Monday, July 09, 2012
Time: 5:45 - 9:00pm
Location: Location TBD
Fee: $75
Description: Learn how to brine and grill chicken and pork with Amy Chamberlain of The Perfect Wife Restaurant. Additional menu items will include Fresh Corn and Arugula Salad, Annette’s Wicked Good Tomato-Maple Salsa, Diced Gazpacho, and Quick Tomatillo Salsa Verde. A seated dinner with wine will follow.
In the Open Air: The Style and Tradition of Plein Air Art with Brian Sweetland
Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Time: 4:00 - 5:30pm
Location: Israel Congregation of Manchester
Fee: $20
Description: En plein air is a French expression which means “in the open air” and is used to describe the act of painting outdoors. Artist Brian Sweetland will talk about the history and technique of this art form, the places he paints and the tradition of plein air painters of the Manchester/Dorset/Pawlet area. Students who own a Sweetland painting are welcome to bring it to the presentation and he will talk about the piece.
Brian Sweetland graduated from Ohio University with a degree in history. He developed an informal portfolio of paintings and drawings after settling in Washington D.C. In 1977 Dean Fausett, a prominent portrait, landscape, and mural painter saw Sweetland’s portfolio and brought him to Vermont under a grant from the Society for the Preservation of Traditional Values in the Fine Arts. Mr. Sweetland had his first major exhibit in 1980 in Middleburg, Virginia and since then has had successful annual exhibits at several galleries in Boston and Vermont. Brian Sweetland’s technique is drawn principally from the plein air, impressionist landscape tradition. His paintings hang in the permanent collection of the Southern Vermont Arts Center and in many private collections around the world.
The American Divide: Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and Henry James’s Daisy Miller and The Europeans with Dr.James Kraft, University of Virginia
Date: Friday, July 13, 2012
Time: 2:00 - 4:00pm
Location: Equinox Village
Fee: $20 per session or $35 for both
Description: Twain and James represent two different views of the American experience. Twain, writing in the language of the people of his time, tells a story that is an essential part of this country’s history, yet it is a story that sharply challenges our beliefs even to this day. James, using the language of the educated American, is concerned with the new American woman and the European influences upon our evolving democratic society. The contrast of the two is intellectually engaging and amusing and should provoke some interesting insights into the American character.
This is a two session series held on Fridays, July 13 and 27. You may register for one or both sessions.
James Kraft graduated from Princeton, studied at King’s College, Cambridge, and received his doctorate in English literature from Fordham. He taught at the University of Virginia, Universite Laval, and Wesleyan University, and has worked for several arts organizations, including the Whitney Museum in New York City. His writing includes books on American literature and articles on Canadian literature. He currently lives in Old Chatham, New York and teaches at adult education programs in that area and in New York City.
The Development of the Renaissance Man (and Woman) with Professor Jane L. Carroll, Dartmouth College
Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Time: 4:00 - 5:30pm
Location: Burr and Burton Academy, Hunter Seminar Room
Fee: $20 per session or $50 for all three
Description: The concept of the Renaissance is problematic as the word itself carries many connotations. For many, the term conjures up the rebirth of ancient knowledge. But along with a look back to Aristotle came profound changes that reshaped the world going forward. The New World was discovered, trade routes opened, the printing press made books more available, and the Reformation changed how religion was viewed. Such events impacted those depicted in the burgeoning field of portraiture. We will look at a series of Renaissance portraits to see how the men and women of that time presented themselves. What did they value? Who was the audience for these portraits? What role did portraiture play in their lives? By examining these questions, we will study what has been called the birth of modern man.
Three lectures will be presented - the Merchant, the Noble and the Self-Portrait, in that order, on Tuesdays, July 17, 24 and 31.
Jane Carroll is Senior Lecturer in Art History and Assistant Dean at Dartmouth College. After studying art history and German at Smith College, she completed a Ph.D. in art history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her dissertation focused on the paintings of Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, the first known Amsterdam painter and a staunch defender of Catholicism during the early Reformation.
She is the co-editor of Saints, Sinners and Sisters. Gender and the Visual Arts in Medieval and Early Modern Northern Europe, and contributed an article to that volume. Currently she is writing a collection of essays entitled Reforming Spirits.
The Music and Art of World War I with Dr. Diane Paige, Hartwick College and Dr. Douglas Zullo, Hartwick College and museum curator
Date: Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Time: 3:00 - 5:00pm
Location: Burr and Burton Academy, Hunter Seminar Room
Fee: $20
Description: A wide range of music and art responded to the national and individual experiences of “The Great War” from the home front to the trenches. Debussy, Ravel, the expressionists, futurists, cubists, and surrealists were inspired by the war to produce some of their most compelling works. This course will explore not only the musical and visual chronicles of the war, but also its aftermath and memorials.
Diane Paige is a specialist of 19th and 20th century music and has published and lectured nationally and internationally. Her work has been published by Princeton University Press and Cambridge University Press among others. She has served as a research consultant for PBS’s “Live from Lincoln Center” and currently is the Arkell Hall Foundation Chair of the Arts at Hartwick College.
Douglas Zullo is a specialist in modern and contemporary art. He has been a curator and staff writer at the Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art and the Columbus Museum of Art, and is currently Associate Professor of Art History at Hartwick College.
In Afghanistan: Archaeological Boots on the Ground with Dr. Rita P. Wright, New York University
Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Time: 4:00 - 5:30pm
Location: Burr and Burton Academy, Hunter Seminar Room
Fee: $20
Description: Thirty-six years after her first field research, Rita Wright returned to Afghanistan in 2011 to search for the source of ancient copper and tin. Hosted by the French Archaeological Mission to Afghanistan and funded by the U.S. Embassy, Dr. Wright traveled from Kabul to Mes Aynak. She describes the conditions under which she traveled, her search for evidence of ancient mining, and the challenge of conducting archaeological research during conflict. The research is ongoing and she makes a strong case for preserving the cultural heritage of Afghanistan.
Rita Wright is an anthropological archaeologist whose research engages early states and urbanism in Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, and India. She is a Professor of Anthropology at New York University. She is a member of the Center for the Study of Human Origins. An author of several books, her most recent publication is The Ancient Indus: Urbanism, Economy and Society (2010) Cambridge University Press.
Preemptive Bids, Responses and Declarer Play with Andy Avery
Date: Thursday, August 02, 2012
Time: 9:30 - 11:30am
Location: Equinox Village
Fee: $75
Description: Every bridge player is familiar with preemptive bids but few use them to great advantage. Preemptive bids might be described as the “great equalizer” because, no matter how good your opponents are, they will not be able to cope with every situation. The greatest danger of a preemptive bid is not the bid itself but what an inexperienced player might do in responding. This course will cover this as well as Declarer Play. When you're declaring a bridge hand, it's beneficial to know some simple odds about the chances for favorable suit breaks and finesses. This knowledge will help you estimate the potential number of tricks you can take in a specific suit combination.
This is a 4 session course held on Thursdays, August 2, 9, 16, 23.
Andy has a passion for bridge and plays in regional and national tournaments and has had 5 top ten national finishes including 5th in the open pairs in New Orleans in 2010.
Four-Day Writing/Editing Workshop with Tessa Melvin, writer
Date: Monday, August 06, 2012
Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm
Location: Equinox Terrace, Conference Room
Fee: $150
Description: The class is open to all those interested in improving their writing, be it fiction or non-fiction, memoir, essay or blog and in finding new ways to get happily published. In addition to discussing better writing and editing techniques by critiquing the work of fellow students, the class will emphasize ways to take advantage of the explosion in modern communication techniques, including DIY (do it yourself) publishing and how to create a blog that will keep you writing and keep your readers reading. The class is limited to eight students, each of whom will be asked to submit one piece of writing, not to exceed twenty pages, by August 1st.
This is a four-day workshop held Monday through Thursday August 6, 7, 8, 9.
Tessa Melvin’s work is included in the book If You’re Thinking of Living In, a compilation of articles previously published in The New York Times Real Estate Section for which section she produced a monthly column for ten years. She was a contributing writer for The New York Times for fifteen years with more than a thousand by-lines and has written for such national magazines as Saavy, Diversion and Quest, and she has served as editor-in-chief of Best Years, a publication geared toward middle-aged adults. She is currently an associate editor of Narrative Magazine.com, an online literary magazine that Esquire Magazine has called “the gold standard of the industry.” Her new blog, Tessawrites, describes her love-hate relationship with modern technology. Having lived across Lake Champlain in Crown Point and also in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, she now lives in San Francisco.
Tevye the Dairyman Sees a Fiddler on the Roof with Janis Young, Bennington College and Equity Actress
Date: Friday, August 10, 2012
Time: 1:00 - 2:30pm
Location: Equinox Village
Fee: $20 per session or $35 for both
Description: Tevye, the dairyman, is one of the most delightful and amusing characters in all fiction. Tevye's tales, as told to his friend Sholom Aleichem, shine with the heart, humor, poignancy and humanity of Sholom Aleichem, brilliant chronicler of the milkman's stories covering the period of 1894 to 1914. It is in the Yiddish newspapers and magazines of early 20th century New York City that Tevye's tales flourished in America. Tevye talks to his friend about family, generation gaps, births, heartache, comic and political events through stories about his daughters. Tevye talks and Broadway listens. Here we will read selected tales from Sholom Aleichem's Tevye's Daughters, discuss what typically makes a Broadway musical work and examine how the creative team of Fiddler On the Roof approached the challenge of adapting these beloved stories into one of the most enduring musicals of our age.
Suggested reading: Tevye The Dairyman, translated by Hillel Halkin, in particular chapters 3, 4, 5 and 8.
Copies will be available for purchase at the Northshire Bookstore.
This is a two session course held on Fridays, August 10 and 17. You may register for one or both sessions.
Join us on Saturday, August 18th at Weston Playhouse for a lunch and performance of Fiddler on the Roof. See play listing under Theatre Offerings in this catalog.
Last seen as Lady Boyle in DTF's 2011 production of Superior Donuts, Janis Young has worked in New York at the Lincoln Center, Circle in the Square, Gramercy Arts; in regional theater at Williamstown Theatre Festival, San Diego's Old Globe, Oldcastle Theater and Hubbard Hall where she performed as Mary Tyrone in Eugene O'Neill's Long Days Journey into Night. A founding member of ACT in San Francisco, Young's television credits include a three year running role as Bernice in Another World and a leading role in the film Loving, released on DVD. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon and recipient of a Fulbright Award, Janis has for 28 years been a faculty member of Bennington College.
The British Monarchy Since Victoria: Politics, Money, and Public Image with Professor Paul Monod, Middlebury College
Date: Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Time: 4:00 - 5:30pm
Location: Burr and Burton Academy, Hunter Seminar Room
Fee: $20
Description: The British royal family has been a constant source of fascination for Americans, but few understand its history and development. What is its constitutional role, and how has that changed since the age of Queen Victoria? Where does the money come from? And how important is the carefully crafted public image of the monarch and her family? This lecture will address those questions with examples and images spanning the period from the 1830s to the present.
Paul Monod is Barton Hepburn Professor of History at Middlebury College, where he has taught since 1984. After growing up in Montreal, he obtained a doctorate from Yale University and became a specialist in British and European history. He has published four books, including most recently Imperial Island: A History of Britain and Its Empire, 1688-1837. His new book King Solomon’s Arts: The Occult in the British Enlightenment, 1660-1800, will appear next year. He is a past president of the New England Historical Association.
“This is as Strange a Maze as Man E’er Trod” --- J.S. Bach’s Love of the Dance with Gordon Jones, J.S. Bach Professor
Date: Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Time: 3:00 - 4:30pm
Location: Southern Vermont Arts Center, Yester House
Fee: $20
Description: This presentation will explore the keyboard music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Gordon Jones will illustrate his talk with examples featuring Baroque dance, performed at the keyboard.
Gordon Jones, who is on the arts faculty at the Putney School, has made a lifetime study of the keyboard music of J.S. Bach. He is also the author of The Choral Music of Bach: A Listener’s Guide (Amadeus Press: 2010). Gordon is from the U.K., where he worked as a choral scholar, or lay clerk, in several British cathedrals. Gordon teaches painting and drawing, and the history of workshop technique, at Putney.
Enduring Beauty: How to Appreciate Traditional Chinese Ink and Color Painting and Calligraphy with Professor John Berninghausen, Middlebury College, and Alice Berninghausen, Chinese art collector
Date: Thursday, August 23, 2012
Time: 4:00 - 5:30pm
Location: First Congregational Church, Manchester
Fee: $20
Description: This presentation is an illustrated overview of major stages in the evolution of Chinese painting since the 8th century CE. Selected masterworks by some of the greatest painters, calligraphers and poets demonstrating the three main genres—landscape painting, human figure painting, “bird and flower” painting—will be discussed. Included will be brief introductions on the unique aesthetic principles, materials and techniques that are the hallmarks of Chinese painting: brushwork, calligraphic inscriptions, void-solid composition, ink, silk and paper, natural pigments, and various types of writing brushes.
John Berninghausen and Alice Berninghausen have periodically lived and traveled in China since 1980. Starting in 1987-88 while living for a year in Nanjing, China, they began to collect ink and color paintings by leading innovative classically-trained Chinese artists. Their collection was featured in the June, 2006 issue of Orientations Magazine. Over the past two decades, the Berninghausens have researched and conducted extensive interviews with dozens of Chinese artists who were trained in major art academies.
John took his Ph. D. at Stanford specializing in modern Chinese literature. After an early five week visit to China in 1972 during the Cultural Revolution, he launched a Chinese language program at the University of Vermont in 1973. In 1976 he founded the Middlebury College Department of Chinese language and literature from which he only recently retired. John and Alice have lectured on Chinese ink painting in many venues in the U.S. A graduate of the University of Vermont, Alice holds a Masters Degree in Health Sciences from Boston University and has become highly knowledgeable in the field of Chinese painting. Together they have presented many illustrated lectures on Chinese painting across the country.
92nd Street Y Broadcast - Unprotected Texts: Controversial Elements in the Bible featuring Professor Bart Ehrman,University of North Carolina, Professor Jennifer Wright Knust, Boston University and David Gibson, award-winning religion writer
Date: Sunday, August 26, 2012
Time: 4:00pm
Location: Israel Congregation of Manchester
Fee: $10
Description: The Bible is arguably the most important book in history, influencing centuries of church doctrine, politics and culture, and it also remains a constant source of debate and controversy. Examine the Bible’s many mixed messages on sex and sexuality, and its lasting influence on hot button issues from the priesthood to gay marriage, with leading Biblical scholars whose recent books touched a nerve with readers and set off fierce public debates. Bart Ehrman is the author of more than 20 books, including The New York Times best sellers Forged and Misquoting Jesus. He is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Jennifer Wright Knust is an assistant professor of religion at Boston University. An ordained American Baptist pastor, she is the author of of Unprotected Texts: The Bible’s Surprising Contradictions About Sex and Desire. David Gibson is an award-winning religion writer. His latest book is a biography of Pope Benedict XVI. This lecture us endowed by Philip and Jamila Weintraub.
The Bible and the Environment with Pastor Margaret Dawedeit
Date: Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Time: 4:00 - 5:30pm
Location: First Congregational Church, Manchester
Fee: $20
Description: “In the beginning” when God instructed humankind to fill the earth and subdue it, as so often happens with humans, they took it to the extreme. Since its compilation, the creation story in Genesis has been used to qualify the abuse and subjugation of our home planet. Yet a deeper reading of that story and other Biblical passages call for responsible treatment of the environment. In doing so, they reveal the Holy Writ to be an instruction manual of ethical behaviors protecting the heavens and the earth. Drawing on both sacred and secular resources, we will examine how care of the ecosystem is truly an act of honoring the divine and respecting all forms of life.
Margaret Dawedeit has been the pastor at the Peru Congregational Church since 2006. A native of Hyattsville, Maryland, she completed her post-secondary education in Paris, France; Burlington, Vermont; and Berkeley, California. She is a member of the board of directors for Neighbor’s Pantry in Londonderry, works with the Restorative Justice Program through the Vermont Department of Corrections, and is the Service Officer for the town of Peru. Her road to the ministry was augmented by her experience as a bartender, wedding singer, and nanny.
Pasta d’Italia with Chef Michael Noyes
Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Time: 5:45 - 9:00pm
Location: Location TBD
Fee: $65
Description: Chef Michael Noyes, famous for the Apple Galettes he sells at farmer’s markets, will teach us to make an egg pasta and semolina pasta both by hand and with a Kitchen Aid. He will also demonstrate rolling and cutting by hand as well as using a pasta maker. Recipes for this hands-on class will include Linguine with White Wine, Tomato and Basil; Hand Cut Wide Noodles with Butter, Sage and Parmesan; and Orecchiette (hand-formed shells) with Puttanesca Sauce using Fresh Tomatoes and Red Peppers. Salad and a home-made Balsamic Vinaigrette will complete the meal.
Why Evolution Matters with Dr. Elizabeth Sherman, Bennington College
Date: Thursday, August 30, 2012
Time: 7:00 - 8:30pm
Location: Burr and Burton Academy, Hunter Seminar Room
Fee: $20
Description: Evolution is the most powerful organizing idea in all of biology. Nevertheless, various polls have reported that roughly half of Americans do not think that evolution accounts for the existence of human beings. What are the consequences of the ignorance about evolution? In celebration of Darwin’s 200th birthday, we will discuss why his theory matters so much.
Elizabeth Sherman is a Professor of Biology at Bennington College. She is interested in how animals work. She teaches courses in animal behavior, animal physiology, neurobiology, and human evolution. Her research is devoted to the study of physiological and behavioral ecology of animals with particular emphasis on the responses of animals to environmental stresses. She is also very active in science education in elementary, middle and high schools. Dr. Sherman’s research has been supported by grants from the American Wildlife Research Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Kellogg Foundation, and the Grass Foundation. Her publications have appeared in The Journal of Thermal Biology, Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, American Zoologist, The Journal of Comparative Physiology, Applied Herpetology, and The Northeastern Naturalist. Sherman is an avid Scuba diver.
Behind the Brush: The Art and Lives of Classically Trained Contemporary Chinese Ink and Color Painters with Professor John Berninghausen, Middlebury College, and Alice Berninghausen, Chinese art collector
Date: Thursday, September 06, 2012
Time: 4:00 - 5:30pm
Location: First Congregational Church, Manchester
Fee: $20
Description: What happened to traditionally inspired Chinese painting and the artists who created them during the tumultuous decades of the 20th century? Mao's influence, Communist rule, and the Cultural Revolution all had profound impacts on the lives and art of artists yet they continued to create inspiring works of art. Drawing upon extensive interviews conducted between 1988-2008, we will examine the artistic innovations and complicated lives of several leading Chinese artists who are still actively creating new works.
John Berninghausen and Alice Berninghausen have periodically lived and traveled in China since 1980. Starting in 1987-88 while living for a year in Nanjing, China, they began to collect ink and color paintings by leading innovative classically-trained Chinese artists. Their collection was featured in the June, 2006 issue of Orientations Magazine. Over the past two decades, the Berninghausens have researched and conducted extensive interviews with dozens of Chinese artists who were trained in major art academies.
John took his Ph. D. at Stanford specializing in modern Chinese literature. After an early five week visit to China in 1972 during the Cultural Revolution, he launched a Chinese language program at the University of Vermont in 1973. In 1976 he founded the Middlebury College Department of Chinese language and literature from which he only recently retired. John and Alice have lectured on Chinese ink painting in many venues in the U.S. A graduate of the University of Vermont, Alice holds a Masters Degree in Health Sciences from Boston University and has become highly knowledgeable in the field of Chinese painting. Together they have presented many illustrated lectures on Chinese painting across the country.
Play Like an Expert with Elizabeth von Riesenfelder
Date: Thursday, September 06, 2012
Time: 2:00 - 4:00pm
Location: Equinox Village
Fee: $75
Description: This course will help you to maximize your trick taking potentials. Learn the technique of Loser on Loser play to get rid of extra losing tricks, and Dummy Reversal for a full utilization of your trump suit. Get the recipe for setting up a Throw-in Endplay to get a favorable lead from your opponent or a “ruff-and-sluff”, and learn to pave the way to a Trump Coup. Your playing skill will benefit greatly by acquiring these fun and challenging concepts. For players already comfortable with basic playing techniques.
This is a 4 session course held on Thursdays, September 6, 13, 20, 27.
Elizabeth von Riesenfelder is an ACBL (American Contract Bridge League) accredited teacher and member of ABTA (American Bridge Teachers’ Association). She is also a certified game director and Bronze Life Master. She has been teaching and playing bridge for several years and is running a duplicate game in Manchester for intermediate and newer players.
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