Tunbridge ‘Winter Evenings:’ A Cure for the Common Cold

Tunbridge ‘Winter Evenings:’ A Cure for the Common Cold

Coming this winter, from the Tunbridge Library: the cure for cabin fever, winter blues, and cold feet. This revolutionary new cure involves music, laughter, and diverse speakers from our local area and all over Vermont. The library will host a wide variety of lectures, free of charge, to break up some of those long winter evenings, on the second and fourth Thursday of each month at 7 p.m., from January through March.

With such a wealth of creative, interesting and artistic people in Vermont, (and the notorious cabin fever experienced by all who live in this beautiful, but chilly state) a series of lectures at the library is just what we’ve all been looking for! The series is hoping to have an emphasis, each winter, on agriculture, which remains such an important part of our life here in Vermont.

Kicking off the series January 13 is acclaimed novelist Howard Frank Mosher, presenting "Baseball and the Writing Life." Reading and speaking about his work, Mosher should provide a fascinating night’s discussion.

On January 27, "The Next Four Years" will feature Thomas Powers, Pulitzer prize winner and author of "The Man Who Kept the Secrets: Richard Helms and the CIA" (which is thought of as the best book on the CIA action during Vietnam). Powers will speak regarding his political opinions and world views.

February 10 brings artist Sabra Field and her popular woodblock artwork to the library. Fields will present a slide show on art history, including her own work as recent examples.

Butterworks organic dairy farm owners Ann and Jack Lazor will be on hand February 24 to tell about their many years of farming, going from three cows to 45.

Music lovers can relax, or dance, to the sounds of old-time fiddler Harold Luce March 10. Winner of the Governor’s Heritage Award this year, at the age of 85, this Chelsea resident is a fiddling legend in local musical circles.

Last, but of course not least, on March 24, is a stimulating evening with famed cartoonist, Ed Koren of Brookfield, widely recognized for his illustrations in The New Yorker, among many other prominent publications. For those winter blues, laughter is the best medicine!

Bundle up, come down off the hill for this entertaining, enriching series of evenings dedicated to bringing excitement (and warm toes!) to those endless winter evenings. Refreshments will be served and carpooling is available. Snow dates are set for the Sundays following. For more information about this series, call the Tunbridge Library at 889-9404.

By Emily Ferro