Mondays, from 12 to 3pm - weekly Canasta Masters Can we deal you in for the Canasta Masters? Come learn how to play the Modern American Canasta @ Manchester Community Library on Mondays. The game of Canasta was developed in 1939 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Canasta is the Spanish word for Basket. There are many versions […]
Tuesdays from 3-4:30 - weekly Knitty Bitty The Manchester Community Library has a knitting group that meets every Monday - the Knit Wits - but the group is branching out to offer knitting lessons to kids who want to learn. If you are or know someone who is between the ages of 10 and 16 […]
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes Jamie Franklin, curator at the Bennington Museum, to talk about the convergence of folk and modern art. This presentation, originally created in conjunction with the 2014 Bennington Museum exhibition Alice Neel/Erastus Salisbury Field: Painting the People (named one of the nine most memorable exhibitions in North America […]
Kat Wright & Brett Hughes, two of Vermont’s most beloved songbirds, join forces once again for their 9th annual VT holiday tour. The show - a true Christmas gift (featuring Tyler Bolles on upright bass) offers songs of holiday heartbreak & holiday cheer - bejeweled with storytelling, originals, and beloved classics alike. It’s guaranteed to […]
Since the Manchester Community Library began its weekly Dungeons & Dragons night for adults, there have been a large number of requests to open up a Young Adult game. Your requests have been heard and the MCL is happy to be able to fulfill your wishes. The Dungeon takes place after school on Fridays from […]
Bird Walk Saturday, December 10, 8:00am. Join local birders to gather long-term data on the presence of birds, their abundance, and changes in populations. Weather in December is more variable than the expected birds at this time. But there is always the possibility of a visitor from the northern regions such as a Pine Siskin, […]
Hand-made makes the best holiday gifts. Join us at the Barn @ Center Hill for our Holiday Craft Fair to find that very special something for your very special someone!
Skip the long drive, the busy mall, the coughing crowd, and the expensive photo package! Guests at this event will enjoy a cookies and cocoa party with Mrs. Claus before or after their private visit with Santa and will take home a souvenir! Parents may take unlimited photos. Cost is $25 for the first 2 […]
Continuing over a three decade's long tradition, The Shires of Southwestern Vermont’s Holiday Inn Tours, coordinated by the Manchester Business Association & The Shires of Southwestern Vermont, invites you to join us on Saturday, December 3 and/or Saturday, December 10 and take a self-guided tour of some of the best lodging establishments in VT. Fifteen […]
