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Print Town: Brattleboro’s Legacy of Words Wins National Design Award
Print Town, Brattleboro’s Legacy of Words, a product of the Brattleboro Words Project, has won the Indie Next Generation Award for Best Overall Design-Nonfiction and is also a finalist in the Historical Nonfiction Award category, given by the Independent Book...
Saturday Words Workshops (Jan 19—Feb 29)
Semi-Regular Saturday Words Workshops At 118 Elliot in Brattleboro January—February dates Why? For Brattleboro Words Project Community Researchers (and those interested in volunteering with the Project) to collaborate with members of the Project’s Production Team. Ask...
Book Sale Benefit 1/25/2020 11AM-5PM
Saturday January 25 11AM to 5PM at 118 Elliot 118 Elliot Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301 A book sale of fiction, nonfiction, art books, signed and rare books—all to benefit the publication of Brattleboro: A Print Town, a book on Brattleboro’s printing and publishing...
Saturday Words Workshops
Semi-Regular Saturday Words Workshops At 118 Elliot in Brattleboro Why? For Brattleboro Words Project Community Researchers (and those interested in volunteering with the Project) to collaborate with members of the Project’s Production Team. Ask questions, get...
The Roundtable Discussion Series: Meddling Mrs. Nichols
Thursday December 12, 6-7PM at Brooks Memorial Library 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301 Free Mid-19th century Brattleboro resident Clarina Howard Nichols was no stranger to controversy. She was one of the first female newspaper editors in the nation, and as a...
Vermont Folklife Center Offers Audio Storytelling Workshops in Brattleboro Through Brattleboro Words Project
Vermont Folklife Center Offers Audio Storytelling Workshops in Brattleboro Through Brattleboro Words Project Do you have an audio storytelling project in mind but don’t quite know where to begin or how to proceed? The Vermont Folklife Center has partnered with the...
A Weekend of Events Celebrate “Something About Mary”
The Governor of Vermont has proclaimed October 17, 2019 to be “Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Day,” starting an entire weekend of events celebrating local history and words as part of the Brattleboro Literary Festival, a principal partner in the Brattleboro Words Project....
Local Artist Cynthia Parker-Houghton Chosen to Design Brattleboro Words Trail Maps
In the fall of 2020, lovers of literature and local history will be able to experience the Brattleboro Words Trail -- self-guided walking, biking, and driving tours exploring the peoples, places, and history of words in our region. The Words Trail will be available...
Historical Marker Unveiling for Mary Wilkins Freeman & Glenwood Academy
Thursday, October 17, 11 AM in front of Academy School860 Western Ave, Brattleboro, VT 05301On Thursday, October 17th, at 11 a.m., the West Brattleboro Association, in conjunction with the Brattleboro Words Project and Brattleboro Literary Festival, are unveiling a...
Printmaking, Printing History and Historic Brattleboro Workshop with Bookmaker Julia Ferrari
Printmaking, Printing History and Historic Brattleboro Workshop with Bookmaker Julia Ferrari Sunday September 29, 10AM - 2PM at the River Gallery School's Main Street Studio 36 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301 In a special offering from River Gallery School and the...
September Roundtable: Screening and Talk on Acclaimed 19th Century Local Author Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Thursday September 19, 7PM at Brooks Memorial Library 224 Main Street, Brattleboro VT 05301 Notable 19th century Brattleboro author Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, best known for her stories and novels of life in New England villages, will be featured at the monthly...
“Lucy Speaks” Exhibit and Other Local Literary Legends at the 2019 Guilford Fair
Local Literary Legends and "Lucy Speaks" MILES Exhibit at the 2019 Guilford Fair Sunday September 1 and Monday September 2, 10:00AM to 3:00PM 163 Fairground Road, Guilford, VT 05301 How well do you know your Guilford history? Do you know the story of Lucy Terry...
Words on the Water: Stories of Wantastegok, the West River and Abenaki Presence
Words on the Water: Stories of Wantastegok, the West River and Abenaki Presence Friday, August 16, 2019 at 6:00 pm The Marina Restaurant, 28 Spring Tree Road, Brattleboro, VT 05301 Since construction of the Vernon Dam flooded the Retreat Meadows 110 years ago, Abenaki...
May Roundtable: Daisy Turner & Community Storytelling with the Vermont Folklife Center
Thursday, May 23, 6:00PM at 118 Elliot 118 Elliot Street, Brattleboro, VT The Brattleboro Words Project’s monthly Roundtable Discussion series presents Vermont Folklife Center (VFC) Associate Director and Archivist, Andy Kolovos. Kolovos will discuss place-based audio...
April Roundtable: Robert Frost’s Time at Marlboro College
Thursday, April 18, 6:00PM at 118 Elliot 118 Elliot Street, Brattleboro, VT In a nod to National Poetry Month, Landmark College professor and Robert Frost scholar Daniel Toomey will discuss Frost’s ties to Marlboro College for the Brattleboro Words Project’s monthly...
March Roundtable: Award-Winning Short Film Honors Local Nurse’s Service in WWI
Photographer Steve Hooper will present his award-winning short film on the WWI experience of Brattleboro nurse Marion McCune Rice, “An American Nurse at War,” for the Brattleboro Words Project’s monthly Roundtable Discussion on Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 118 Elliot at 6:00 pm.
Words Trail Highlights Ski Jumper Memoir and History at Harris Hill
The Brattleboro Words Project Debuts Audio at Harris Hill Ski Jump Saturday, February 16 & Sunday, February 17, 10:00AM to 2:00PM Harris Hill, Cedar St., Brattleboro, VT 05301 This weekend, Harris Hill Ski Jump attendees can add an audio dimension to their...
VPR: Brattleboro Words Trail and Lovecraft
Stephanie Greene on Vermont Public Radio: Lovecraft in Guilford VPR contributor Stephanie Greene talks about the Brattleboro Words Trail project, and the roundtable on H.P. Lovecraft and place-based learning.
January Roundtable: Teacher Jen Kramer on HP Lovecraft, Guilford, and Place-based Learning
The Roundtable Discussion Series January 2019 Learning Through Place: A Teacher's Take on HP Lovecraft, Akley Farm and Guilford Thursday, January 10 2019, 6:00pm at 118 Elliot 118 Elliot Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301 Master teacher Jennifer Kramer will share her...
December Roundtable: Author Tim Weed on Round Schoolhouse and Legend of Thunderbolt
Celebrated local author Tim Weed will discuss the legend of ‘Thunderbolt’ and the unique Round Schoolhouse in Brookline at the Brattleboro Words Project’s monthly Roundtable Discussion on Thursday, December 13, 2018 from 6:00 to 7:00 pm at 118 Elliot, 118...
National Endowment for Humanities
Our project was awarded a multi-year National Endowment for the Humanities matching grant to help connect today’s citizens to the stories behind the places we share.
