AUGUST FIRST

Pumpkin Week

MONDAY OCT. 31-SAT. NOV 5

 Join us for delicious pumpkin specials all week long!  Our bakers are baking up fabulous fall treats, including PUMPKIN GINGER WHOOPIE PIES, PUMPKIN-CHOCOLATE CHIP SCONES, PUMPKIN ROLLS, PUMPKIN SPICE BREAD, and PUMPKIN BISQUE.

 

Salon Series at August First

 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 7:00 PM

Performer Rusty DeWees
Interviewed by Bess O’Brien
Rusty DeWees is Vermont’s gem of an entertainer, comedian, actor and performer.  Rusty has been performing his One Man Comedy Show “The Logger” for 15 years to sold out houses throughout New England and has appeared in more than 25 films. Join us for a rollicking and intimate look at how Rusty crafts VT stories and film characters.
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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3 at 7:00 PM

Writer Katherine Paterson
Interviewed by Bess O’Brien
Katherine Paterson is the author of more than 30 books including16 novels for children and young people. She has twice won the Newbery Medal, for Bridge to Terabithia in 1978 and Jacob Have I Loved in 1981. She is the winner of two National Book Awards. Her novel, The Day of the Pelican was the Vermont Reads selection for 2010. Learn about how Katherine develops character and story and what it was like to have one of her books adapted into a Hollywood movie.
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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10 at 7:00 PM

Writer Howard Frank Mosher
Interviewed by Jay Craven
Using ironic humor, complex characterization, and surprising dramatic twists, Howard Mosher has written 10 novels that invite readers into his magical world of Kingdom County, Vermont. (Sneak Preview! Howard will read from his new story, Nights of Temperance.) Filmmaker Jay Craven has adapted four Mosher stories and is about to take on another–Northern Borders. Tune in to go behind the scenes.
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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17 at 7:00 PM
Journalist Jane Lindholm
Interviewed by Jay Craven
Vermont native Jane Lindholm returned home after stints at public radio’s Talk of the Nation, Weekend Edition, and Marketplace. At VPR, she has developed Vermont Edition into a probing and revealing radio journal that connects and informs listeners throughout the region. Join us as we interview the interviewer.
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