Snake Mountain Bluegrass, Thursday, November 3, 8:00 – 10:00 pm Middlebury College teacher, Gregg Humphrey, and Middlebury construction company owner, Mike Connor, formed Snake Mountain Bluegrass about twenty years ago. At the time, both Gregg (guitar and vocals) and Mike (banjo and vocals) were living near Snake Mountain and someone asked them what style of [...]

Vermont Book Shop Book Discussion, Tuesday, October 25, 7:00 pm Join the Vermont Book Shop at 51 Main for a discussion of “Still Life” by Louise Penny. Pick up the book for 20% off at the VBS website or at its brick-and-mortar location on Main St. in Middlebury. Whether or not you have read the [...]

Green Drinks: Acorn Network Project Updates, Wednesday, October 19, 5:00 – 7:00 pm GreenDrinks.org is a global movement aimed at connecting people informally in cities throughout the world for the purpose of brainstorming and networking on green topics in a relaxed, relatively unstructured setting. Middlebury’s version of Green Drinks meets the third Wednesday of each [...]

Panel Discussion by Authors Nancy Means Wright and Jennifer McMahon, Tuesday, October 11, 5:15 pm Join 51 Main and the Vermont Book Shop for a panel discussion by Nancy Means Wright and Jennifer McMahon. These two Vermont authors talk about ghosts, murder, obsession, madhouses, and family secrets. Middlebury resident Nancy Means Wright is the author [...]

The Freedom to Be Racist? Book Talk by Erik Bleich, Tuesday, October 4, 5:15 pm We love freedom. We hate racism. But what do we do when these values collide? In this wide-ranging book, Erik Bleich explores policies that the United States, Britain, France, Germany, and other liberal democracies have implemented when forced to choose [...]