Events

 BURLINGTON - The University of Vermont's Fleming Museum is excited to announce the opening of a special exhibition featuring original drawings, sculptures, and collages by the celebrated artistic duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude. In addition to bringing this retrospective of their careers to Burlington, the Museum will also offer a unique opportunity to hear the artist Christo lecture about past and current projects.

Do you realize that you’re more likely to encounter a person in an emotional or mental crisis than someone having a heart attack?  Mental health disorders are more common than heart disease and cancer combined.

INAUGURAL HIKE ON THE NEW INTERPRETIVE TRAIL AT THE RETREAT TRAILS SET FOR SEPTEMBER 2

WHO:                   The Windham Foundation and Naturalist Lynn Levine

The Ethan Allen Institute presents –
 
          Sheraton Economic Series 2010
 
     The Prospects for Liberty
 
          featuring Edward Crane III
 
    President of the Cato Institute
 

BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT

The Brattleboro Retreat will present “”Autism and the Transition to Adulthood” on Friday September 21st as part of its continuing education conference series offered this fall.

The Vermont Employee Ownership Center (VEOC) is offering an intermediate-level workshop entitled “Employee Ownership for Small Companies” on September 24, 2010 from 10 am to 12 pm at the Marlboro College Graduate Center in downtown Brattleboro.

While King George III was certainly reviled by the American colonists during the Revolutionary War, he was by no means the most hated man on the continent at the time.

That honor went to Major Banastre “Ban” Tarleton, the infamous commander of the Green Dragoons, and the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation is presenting an opportunity to “meet” this historic figure at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, September 24, at the Old First Church barn in Bennington.

Join U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and Rural Utilities Service Administrator Jonathan Adelstein for a Town Meeting

on Broadband in Vermont.

Date: Saturday, September 25

Time: 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.

Place: Vermont Technical College, Judd Hall, Randolph, VT

Dear Fellow Vermonters:

CALL FOR EXHIBITORS: VT WOODWORKING FESTIVAL

Do you make a quality, Vermont wood product? Calling all Vermont furniture
makers, wood turners, basket weavers, millwork and flooring, door and window
manufacturers, and all others who make products out of wood! The Vermont
Wood Manufacturers Association (VWMA) invites you to exhibit at the Seventh
Annual Vermont Fine Furniture & Woodworking Festival to make this event the
one stop shopping experience for homeowners, architects, interior designers,

CALL FOR EXHIBITORS: VT WOODWORKING FESTIVAL

Do you make a quality, Vermont wood product? Calling all Vermont furniture
makers, wood turners, basket weavers, millwork and flooring, door and window
manufacturers, and all others who make products out of wood! The Vermont
Wood Manufacturers Association (VWMA) invites you to exhibit at the Seventh
Annual Vermont Fine Furniture & Woodworking Festival to make this event the
one stop shopping experience for homeowners, architects, interior designers,

VINS Offers Naturalist-led Canoe Trip on the Ottauquechee River
 

VPT Will Broadcast and Webcast Sept. 26 AARP Gubernatorial Debate

On Sunday, Sept. 26, at 6:30 p.m., AARP Vermont will sponsor the AARP Vermont Governor's Forum, a debate between the Democratic and Republican candidates for governor. Vermont Public Television will broadcast the debate statewide and webcast it on its website, www.vpt.org.

Republican Brian Dubie and Democrat Peter Shumlin will meet at the Doubletree Hotel and Conference Center in S. Burlington, Vt.

September is National Prostate Screening Awareness Week, so Brattleboro Memorial Hospital will once again be offering a free prostate screening clinic this month. The focus of this year’s screening, which is scheduled for Monday, September 27th at 5:30 p.m., is to reach individuals who have not yet received an initial screening. Prostate cancer is the second leading cancer killer in American men.

In the past couple of years, BMH has sponsored Technology Tours to offer the community a chance to come learn about some of the hospital’s state-of-the-art instruments. To date we have featured tours of Radiology, Digital Mammography, Cardiology, the OR suite, and the Oncology Departments, to name a few.

Second Small Business and Entrepreneurship Forum on E-mail Marketing Offered at Southern Vermont College

The Center for Research on Vermont kicks off its Research in Progress Seminar Series this fall with "9,000 Years of Life Under the Bridge: The Archaeology of Chimney Point", by John Crock, director of the University of Vermont Consulting Archaeology Program (UVM CAP) and assistant research professor of anthropology.

 The Paramount Theatre announced today that Emmy and Obie-Award Winning actor Christopher Lloyd will appear Tuesday, September 28 at 7:30pm in the Tony and Pulitzer-winning drama Death of A Salesman.

Conference 2010

Recommitting to Vermont, Seizing the Opportunity
How to Use the Crisis to Make Vermont Work for Everyone

September 30-October 1, 2010

Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center
Burlington, Vermont
870 Williston Road
Burlington, VT 05403

www.REVermont.org

Open House

BRATTLEBORO – Union Institute & University, a private, non-profit university with two locations in Brattleboro, will host the first Brattleboro Area Higher Education Fair, Thursday, September 30, from 5-7 p.m. at VABEC on Old Guilford Road in Brattleboro. The event is co-sponsored by the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce as part of their September Swing into Fall series and will feature representatives from a number of Brattleboro-area colleges and universities including:

Community College of Vermont  

Expand Career Options in the Import/Export Sector

New, easier pricing announced:

In response to feedback from Vermont companies, we’ve changed the pricing for the Import/Export programs to let individuals register for one course at a time.

The Brattleboro Retreat’s Office of Continuing Education will offer a full-day seminar called “Chronic Illness and Bereavement: Helping Families Cope” on Friday, October 1st. The presenter, Dr. Gerald P. Koocher, has devoted his career to working with families confronted by chronic illness and loss at Children’s Hospital Boston. He is currently a professor of psychology at Simmons College and Lecturer at Harvard Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry.

 What: 2010 Gubernatorial Forum on Energy and the Environment.

Who: Gubernatorial candidates Republican Brian Dubie and Democrat Peter Shumlin. Moderated by Mark Johnson of WDEV Radio.

When: Friday, October 1, 2010 from 3:30-5 pm.

Public Event: Saturday, October 2, 2010, 10am - 4pm,

Where: Green buildings throughout Vermont. For a complete listing visit http://www.nesea.org/openhouse/listings/

Homeowners throughout Vermont are turning green – and saving green – with the help of Alteris Renewables. Now is your opportunity to learn why and how they decided to power their homes and businesses with clean, efficient, affordable solar energy.

The Vermont Chapter of AFSP has organized a community walk which will include approximately 300 walkers for Saturday, October 2, 2010.

"As you are all aware, I personally have been touched by suicide. My son, Logan, died of suicide 6 months ago today and I am doing my best to try to prevent this from happening to other families by telling my story," said Cathy Voyer.

Location: Battery Park, Burlington Vermont

Sunday, October 3, 2010
Start & Finish at Dorset Park, South Burlington

A great Ride for a great organization helping homeless, foster, and at-risk youth throughout Vermont access basic needs and transform their lives.
Have you registered for the Ride yet? Visit our First Giving page to register.