MARCH CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Women’s History Month and Selected Community & Arts Dates
Ongoing:
5:30pm. Second Wednesday each month. Business & Professional
Women meeting. Join other businesswomen for cocktails with dinner
following. Event includes regular and guest speakers. Clarion Hotel, Williston
Rd., So. Burlington. Info: June, (802)655-1641.
8:30-10:00pm. Wednesdays. “The Quilting Hour”. WGDR 91.1.
Radio show dealing with issues affecting women, children, and families
in central Vermont. Also live on-line at www.wdgr.org.
Through April 5
Exhibit: Meeting the Dawn: First Nation Art from the Northeastern Woodlands.
Currently-made artwork is exhibited beside older work, the juxtapositions
suggesting adaptations made by individuals and communities as shifts in
society, politics, and environment have required. Helen Day Art Center,
Stowe. For info about exhibit & accompanying events: (802)253-8358
or helenday.org.
March 3
15th Annual Women’s Film Festival: to be shown over three
consecutive weekends, March 3-19. Over 20 films. Rich, complex, surprising
perspectives about women of all ages from the US, Canada, Britain, Germany,
South Africa, Nicaragua, Turkey, and France. Proceeds donated to the Women’s
Crisis Center of Windham County. Opening night, Friday, March 3. Brattleboro.
Festival schedule and film descriptions available at www.womensfilmfestival.org
or call 802-258-9100.
5-7:45pm. Visions & Voices. The 7th Annual Women’s Art Exhibition
and Silent Auction. Part of the gala opening and reception of 15th
Annual Women’s Film Festival (see above). Annual event that
raises money for the Women’s Crisis Center for Windham County, by
offering a generous variety of work from nearly forty women artists. Works
include: sculpture, paintings, and mixed media works. Bidding for the
artwork runs until Sunday, March 19th, but all art will be on view until
March 31. Brattleboro. Info: Helene, (802)254-6983.
8:00pm. Concert - Mihaela Ursuleasa, piano. Middlebury Center
for the Arts, Concert Hall. Part of Middlebury College Performing Art
Series. 6:30pm: Pre-Performance Dinner, Rehearsals Café. Middlebury
College, Middlebury. Reservations for both performance and dinner are
required. Tickets/Info: (802)443-MIDD.
March 4
3:00-5:00pm. P.S. Laura Linney stars in this film about a passionately
uninhibited Admissions Officer of Columbia University, who embarks on
an affair with a younger male art applicant who reminds her of her high
school boyfriend. Free. Middlebury College, Dana Auditorium. Middlebury.
Info: (802)443-MIDD.
8:00pm. Encore: The Dick Forman Jazz Group. From blues to ballads
to be-bop this longtime Vermont audience favorite is sure to get your
fingers snapping. Free. Middlebury Center of the Arts, Concert Hall. Middlebury.
Info: (802)443-MIDD.
9:00pm. Janice Perry, aka “Gal” – Internationally
acclaimed social satirist and Vermont resident performs her new work “Outside
the Box.” Middlebury Town Hall Theatre Series, “Working the
Edge”. Must be 18+ to attend. Great Falls Fine Art Center, Middlebury.
Reserved Seating. Doors open at 8pm. Info/Tickets: (802)388-9222.
March 6
7:30pm. Mayda Del Valle – UVM Student Programming Board is bringing
this outstanding spoken word artist to UVM. Ira Allen Chapel. University
of Vermont. Burlington. Info: (802)656-7892 or women@uvm.edu.
8:00pm. South African Singer, Vusi Mahlasela. Active in the
anti-apartheid movement in the 1980s, Mahlasela’s music infuses
South African mbube, jazz, and folk as he continues to use his songs for
social commentary. Reserved seating. Middlebury College Center for the
Arts, Concert Hall. Middlebury. Info/Tickets: (802)443-MIDD.
March 7
Transportation to Washington for International Women’s Day:
Peace Call. Bus leaves Burlington at 8:00pm with stops in Montpelier,
WRJ, and Brattleboro. Reserve your tickets at Peace & Justice Center
in Burlington, Vermont or call (802)863-2345 ext. 3.
8:00pm. Jupiter String Quartet. The Quartet won first prize
in the eighth International String Quartet competition in 2004, as well
as the Szekely Prize for the best performance of a Beethoven Quartet.
Free. Middlebury College Center of the Arts, Concert Hall. Middlebury.
Info: (802)443-MIDD.
March 8 - Celebrate International Women’s Day!
International Women’s Day: Peace Call! Events in Burlington,
Montpelier, and Washington DC (see March 7th for transportation). For
Burlington Peace Call info please call: (802)363-8293. Montpelier: (802)229-9918.
For events in DC or to sign petition: www.womensaynotowar.org.
7:30am. International Women’s Day Breakfast ($3 at the door). Annual
International Woman’s Day must, with a great selection
of international foods and UVM community members offering meditations
for peace in languages from around the world! Waterman Manor, University
of Vermont. Burlington. Info: (802)656-7892 or women@uvm.edu.
Throughout the Day: International Photo Display (Waterman Building,
March 6-10) will travel to each of UVM’s International Women’s
Day events. University of Vermont campus. Burlington. Info: (802)656-7892
or women@uvm.edu.
9:00 am-5:00pm. Hope for Women, provides single cards, envelopes
and postage for free to any person who wishes to stop, sit down, and take
a moment to send a card to a woman they respect and admire. Hope for Women
is a local organization committed to providing sustainable employment
opportunities to economically disadvantaged women worldwide. Great Hall,
Billings Student Center, University of Vermont. Burlington. Info: (802)656-7892
or women@uvm.edu.
11:30am-1:00pm. Burlington Peace March. Gather at the head of
Church Street to join Peace March to City Hall. Rally in Contois Auditorium
with speakers featuring Roddy Cleary, music by Tammy Fletcher and Susannah
Blachly, plus lunch. Burlington. Info: (802)363-8293.
3:00pm. Struggling for Gender Justice in an Unequal World. UVM
Economics Professor Stephanie Sequino will bring a global perspective
to the struggle for equity for women. Janet Bullard, Office and Program
Manager of Vermont Commission on Women will speak of the work of the Commission,
starting with the Report of the Status of Women. Billings Marsh Lounge,
University of Vermont. Burlington. Info: (802)656-7892 or women@uvm.edu.
5:00-8:00pm. A Vision of Peace: Stories of Women in Action.
Vigil starts at the top of Church Street at 5:00pm; proceed to Contois
Auditorium for evening of music and women’s stories about their
experiences with activism from 6-8:00pm. Featuring Grace Paley. Burlington.
Info: Michelle at mcunning79@yahoo.com.
7:00pm. The Champlain Valley League of Women Voters will host
an evening meeting to consider the topic “How to be more effective
joining boards,” presented by Paula Cope. Ethan Allen Club, Burlington.
Info: (802)657-0242.
7:00pm. Film: The Take, part of the UVM Student Life Program
Think Tank Series. With The Take, director Avi Lewis, one of Canada’s
most outspoken journalists, and writer Naomi Klein, author of No Logo
create a radical economic manifesto for the 21st century. CC Theatre,
University of Vermont. Burlington. Info: (802)656-7892 or women@uvm.edu.
7:00pm. Book Discussion: Phyllis Lee Levin's Edith and Woodrow: The
Wilson White House. Part of the Influential First Ladies series.
First Ladies historically may have lingered in the shadows of their husbands,
but that doesn't mean they didn't wield considerable influence and authority.
Rediscover presidential history through the power behind the throne. Led
by Samuel B. Hand. A Vermont Humanities Council event. Brownell Library,
Essex Junction. Info: Penelope, (802)878-6955.
7:00pm. Book Discussion: Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John. Part
of the Mothers and Daughters series. These novels chart the sometimes
shaky bridge between mothers and daughters. How love and understanding
can help strengthen the relationship. Led by Merilyn Burrington. A Vermont
Humanities Council event. So. Burlington Community Library, So. Burlington.
Info: Louise, (802)652-7076.
Vermont Commission on Women (VCW) Women’s History Project celebrates
Women’s History Month with a collaborative photo exhibit entitled,
“Women Work” in the State House Cafeteria, on view from March
8-31. Richmond photographer and women’s rights activist Mary Clair
Carroll’s exhibit “Women Helping Women” features contemporary
women whose paid or volunteer work improves the lives of Vermont women
and families. “Women at Work 1800-1984” depicts daily work
and accomplishments of women in traditional and non-traditional occupations
in Vermont. Info: 800-881-1561, www.women.state.vt.us.
See what women around the world are doing for PEACE: www.womensaynotowar.org.
March 9
9:00am-1:00pm. Spelling Bee for Literacy. Community Event to
raise $10,000 to support Vermont Humanities Council literacy programs
for at-risk students, teen parents, adults, and others in Chittenden County.
Forty three-person teams will participate, including the illustrious Vermont
Woman team – Spectators invited! McCarthy Recital Hall, Saint
Michael's College, Colchester. Info: (802)262-2626.
12:00pm. Peruvian Women and Grassroots Organizing: Communal
Kitchens in the Shantytowns of Lima. Gabriel Helfgott, Health Educator
at UVM will present her experience in the communal kitchen system in her
native city of Lima. Learn how women of Lima have organized to collectivize
costs and confront the economic and political crises they face by joining
resources to feed their families. Women’s Center, 34 S. Williams
St., Burlington. Info: (802)656-7892 or women@uvm.edu.
7:00pm. Book Discussion: Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time
of Cholera. Part of the Lovers in Love series. Invites readers to
laugh, groan, agonize and weep over the plights and delights of lovers
in settings that range from the cold English moors to the lush Caribbean
coast of South America. Led by Francette B. Cerulli. A Vermont Humanities
Council event. Cobleigh Public Library. Lyndonville. Thursdays. Info:
Cindy, (802)626-5475.
March 10
5:00-8:00 pm. Another Side In: Mike Gordon and Margorie Minkin.
Opening reception. Margorie’s abstract, Lexan pieces and her son,
Mike’s, ambient audio textures from his album Inside In, combine
to create a continually shifting soundscape. Through April 30. Firehouse
Center for the Arts, Firehouse Gallery, Burlington. Info: (802)865-7165.
March 11
3:00pm. Book Discussion: Peter Taylor's A Summons to Memphis.
Part of the Pulitzers II series. This series invites readers to curl up
with an array of award-winning novels and ask themselves: Why did they
win? And would I have chosen them if I had been a judge? The ensuing discussion
is sure to be dynamic. Led by Linda Bland. A Vermont Humanities Council
event hosted by Cambridge Arts Council and Crescendo Club. Varnum Memorial
Library. Jeffersonville. Info: April, (802)644-6632.
7:00-9:00pm. Evening of Irish entertainment. Local band O’hAnleigh
launches CD at Vt. Celtic Arts Center (Essex Shops, next to Book King).
Free, featuring everyone’s favorite Vermont Woman legal
columnist. Donations requested. To benefit Celtic Arts Center and Local
National Writers Union.
9:00pm. Laurel Casey takes the stage in “You Can’t Fire Me—I’m
Unemployed!” With Dick Foreman at the piano, this jazz singer turns
concerts into meditations on life, love, and anything else that comes
into her mind. Middlebury Town Hall Theatre Series, “Working the
Edge”, Middlebury. (See March 4th for details).
March 13
7:00pm. Seven Graces Dance performed by Anita Ratham, one of
India’s leading dancers trained in the classical forms of Bharatanatym
and other South Indian dance traditions. Free and open to the public,
Middlebury College, Center for the Arts, Rm. 110. Info: Karin Hanta, (802)443-5937.
March 14
12:00pm. Just Like My Mother Made It. Share a recipe or dish
(or both) and a story relating to a woman in your life (even you!) in
a communal potluck which will celebrate and honor our foremothers and
our individual links to women’s history. Women’s Center. University
of Vermont. Burlington. Info: (802)656-7892 or women@uvm.edu.
2:00pm. Women’s HerStory Month Campus Tour. Led by UVM
student AdvoCat. Learn how places like Simpson Hall got their (her?) names.
Meet at UVM Admissions Visitor Center, University of Vermont. Burlington.
Info: Sarah, (802)656-4200.
7:00pm. Book Discussion: Leslie Marmon Silko's Gardens in the Dunes.
Part of the Literary Vistas series. As the landscapes around us change
and evolve, are there corresponding changes in our own personal, social,
and cultural identities? This series focuses on the interrelationship
between people and nature. Led by Helene Lang. A Vermont Humanities Council
event hosted by Walden Community Library. West Danville. Info: Stuart
Smith, (802)503-2630.
7:00-9:00pm. Launch of the Lake Champlain Men’s Resource Center,
with film and discussion of Tough Guise in the Susan B. Anthony
Room of the Unitarian Church in Burlington. Info: Chris, (802)434-4830
or Mark (802)343-6293.
March 15
4:00-6:00pm. Reception in the State House Cafeteria for the
photography exhibit “Women Work” (see March 8th) will feature
noted historians and authors Deborah Clifford and Marilyn Blackwell. Refreshments
served; event is free and open to the public. Vermont State House, Montpelier.
Info: 800-881-1561, www.women.state.vt.us.
7:00pm. Meet Eleanor Roosevelt: Wife, Mother, and First Lady.
Elena Dodd presents a one-woman drama and historical interpretation of
Roosevelt throughout her adventures as a controversial First Lady in the
1930s and 1940s. A Vermont Humanities Council event. Brownell Library.
Essex Junction. Info: Penelope, (802)878-6955.
March 16
9:30am. Girl Scout Council (GSC) of Vermont and the Vermont
Commission on Women (VCW) present results of a new statewide survey, "What
Girls Say About Growing Up in Vermont". Part of National Girl Scout
Week and Girl Scouts in Government Day. GSC of Vermont Board Member Carol
Story and Wendy Love, VCW Executive Director will present, accompanied
by panel of teens who will comment on the results and respond to questions
from the floor. State House, Montpelier. Info: 800-881-1561,
www.women.state.vt.us.
12:00pm. Global Capitalism: Immigrant Women Challenging the Labor
System Reading & Discussion. Exploring the role of women in labor
through readings. Topics also include: role of women in labor, how women
rise above oppressive conditions, and what it means to be a leader in
out community and homes. Women’s Center, University of Vermont.
Burlington. Info: (802)656-7892 or women@uvm.edu.
7pm. Jacque Alexander, author of Feminist Genealogies, will
speak on the topic “Building Solidarity, Politics, and Hope in a
time of War”. Black Science Auditorium, Castleton State College.
Castleton. Info: (802)468-1445.
7:00pm. Book Discussion: Thomas Friedman’s The Lexus and the
Olive Tree. These groundbreaking works of nonfiction each lay out
a unique thesis for how we’ve gotten to where we are – and
where we expect to go in the future. Part of the Civilization and Globalization
Series of the Vermont Humanities Council, led by Lesley Wright. Lawrence
Memorial Library. Bristol. Info: Nancy, (802)453-2366.
March 17
8:30am-3:00pm. Early Childhood Day at the Legislature. Capitol
Plaza Hotel and Vermont State House. Info: www.partoparvt.org/EarlyChildhoodDay2006.html.
March 18
9:00pm. Gail Schwartz in “Crazy”. Gail’s new piece
explores the concept of sanity. A touching yet funny look at the issues,
with an audience talk-back session after the performance. Middlebury Town
Hall Theatre Series, “Working the Edge”, Middlebury. (See
March 4th for details).
March 19
1:00pm. Vermont and the Civil War. Vermont historian and author
Howard Coffin will speak on the Civil War and its effect on Vermonters.
A Vermont Humanities Council event. Solomon Wright Public Library, Pownal.
Info: Linda, (802)823-5400.
March 21
7:00pm. Book discussion: Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima. Part
of the West by Southwest series. What are the myths about the West? What
effect have these myths had upon those who travel and live there? Led
by Suzi Wizowaty. A Vermont Humanities Council event. Enosburg Public
Library. Enosburg Falls. Info: Alison, (802)933-4375.
March 25
2pm. Film: Osama. Presented by the Institute of Civic Engagement.
Story of a young girl in Afghanistan under the Taliban who commits a gender
crime. Burlington College, Community Room. Burlington. Info: (802)862-9616.
March 26
12:00pm. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Family Workshop. Let your
imagination take you and your child as you try out the ideas you will
see on stage. Then join us backstage to meet the cast of the show and
see how they worked their magic. Part of the Flynn Center Humanities Series.
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Amy E. Tarrant Gallery. Burlington.
Info: Aimee Petrin, (802)652-4502.
2:00pm. 'I Have Not Forgotten You': Vermont Women and the Westward
Movement. By 1860 some forty-two percent of Vermont's residents had
left behind its rocky hillsides and headed westward. Through diaries,
letters, and reminiscences, the speakers share the experiences of Sarah
Town of Franklin and other women who left, but never forgot, Vermont.
A Vermont Humanities Council event. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester.
Info: Martha, (802)879-7576.
March 27
7:00pm. Film & Discussion: Slaying the Dragon. Comprehensive
look at media stereotypes of Asian and Asian American women since the
silent era. From the racist use of white actors to portray Asians in early
Hollywood films, through the success of Anna May Wong’s sinister
dragon lady, to Suzie Wong and the ’50s geisha girls, to the Asian
American anchorwoman of today, this fascinating videotape shows how stereotypes
of exoticism and docility have affected the perception of Asian-American
women. Co-Sponsored by the Social Justice Floor - CWP Rotunda, University
of Vermont. Burlington.
March 28
12:00pm. Native American Women’s Art in the Fleming Museum
Collection. Fleming Museum, Burlington. Info: (802)656-7892 or women@uvm.edu.
4:00 pm. Former Governor of Vermont, Madeleine Kunin presents
in celebration of Women’s History Month. Johnson State College.
Ellsworth Room, LLC. Event is free and open to the public. Johnson. Info:
www.jsc.vsc.edu.
March 29
7:00pm. Book discussion: Roy MacGregor's Canoe Lake. Part of
the Canadian Cultural Diversity series. Travel through Canada with critically
acclaimed books that make manifest Canada's cultural diversity. This discussion
will be self-facilitated by the group. A Vermont Humanities Council event.
Pope Memorial Library, Danville. Info: Deidre, (802)684-2256.
7:30pm. “Farmer’s Night”, The Vermont Gay’s
Men Chorus will perform. Vermont State Capital. Montpelier. Info:
Sergeant at Arms, 800-322-5616, or 633-3605.
March 30
12:00pm. Women with Disabilities: Reading & Discussion.
Topics include sexuality, interdependence, and The Women’s and Disability
Rights Movement. Women’s Center. University of Vermont. Burlington.
Info: (802)656-7892 or women@uvm.edu.
Leadership Education Action Diversity (LEAD) celebrates Women’s
History Month. Dinner to be held in honor of the high school senior who
wins this year’s Women’s History Month Essay Contest. Montpelier.
Capital Plaza Hotel. Info: (802)310-6296 or lead@leadintl.org.
7:00pm. Julia Alvarez reading from her new work, Saving the World,
to be published April 7, and speaks with the audience afterwards. Books
available for author signature at this reading. Hoehl Welcome Center,
St. Michael’s College. Co-sponsored by The Women’s Center,
The Provost Office, the Burlington Branch of the American Association
of University Women. Free. Colchester. Info: Kim Swartz, Women’s
Center Director, (802)654-2667.
7:00pm. Book discussion: Annie Dillard's An American Childhood.
Part of the Memorable Memoirs series. These memoirs became classics for
a good reason. Unsentimental, yet deeply moving, these life stories draw
readers in and don't let them go. Led by Linda Bland. A Vermont Humanities
Council event. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester. Info: Sandra, (802)879-7576.
7:00pm. Music of France and Germany III. What makes German music
different from French music? Could Bach, Weber, or Wagner have composed
the music they did if they had been French? Is there really such a thing
as national character in music? Part of the Lifelong Learning Music Series.
So. Burlington Community Library, So. Burlington. Info: Louise, (802)652-7076.
March 31
7:00pm The Daisy Turner Story in Persona. Jessie Daisy Turner
was a poet, oral historian, and farmer who died in 1988 at the age of
104. She was one of sixteen children of the formerly-enslaved Alec and
Sally Turner, who immigrated to Grafton, Vermont, after the Civil War.
Naima Wade portrays Daisy in this one-woman performance. A Vermont Humanities
Council event hosted by Cambridge Arts Council. Waterville Town Hall,
Waterville. Info: Margo, (802)644-2233.
9:00pm. Female Orgasm. Event provided as the “climax” for
the month. CC Theatre. University of Vermont. Info: www.sexualityeducation.com.
More Vermont Humanities Council (VHC) Book Discussion Series
* The Ties That Bind. Each of these National Book Award winners
or nominees asks us to re-examine our notions of family. Led by Peter
Burns. Winooski Memorial
Library, Winooski. Wednesdays, 6:30pm. Info: Julia, (802)655-6410.
* African-American Writers. Led by Merilyn Burrington. South
Hero Community Library, South Hero. Wednesdays, 7:00pm. Info: Annie, (802)372-6209.
* Booker Prize Winners. Established in 1968, England's Booker
Prize is awarded annually to a citizen of the U.K., the Commonwealth,
Ireland, Pakistan, or South Africa who has written the year's best novel
according to a panel of critics, writers, and academics. In 35 years,
the Booker has achieved an air of dignity and respect that rivals the
86-year-old Pulitzer Prize. Fairfax Community Library, Fairfax. Thursdays,
6:30pm. Info: Betsy, (802)849-2420.
Upcoming In April
10th Annual Vermont Women’s Studies Conference, April 15th
at Castleton State College. Amy Goodman, host of Pacifica Radio’s
Democracy Now!, will deliver the keynote address at 4pm in the Fine Arts
Center at Castleton State College. Winner of numerous awards, Goodman
is author of The Exception to the Rulers. Info: (802)468-1445.
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