Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes wine experts Nancy Koziol and Kaiya Kirk to lead this special wine-tasting class. Call it a Hallmark Holiday if you wish but Valentine's Day is celebrated around the world. In countries and cultures where it's not, there are other romance-based holidays and traditions that have been around for […]
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) is excited to partner with the Manchester Historical Society to present this talk about the history of Manchester Center. Join us for a look back at the changes in Manchester Center over the past 260-plus years, from a small mill-town with one proprietor; to industrial hub; to a […]
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) is happy to welcome back Middlebury College Professor Matthew Dickinson to talk about partisanship in America. Journalists, politicians, and cable-news pundits tell us that America is a deeply divided nation. But is it? This talk examines the evidence regarding the widely shared assumption that we live in a […]
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) is happy to welcome back Bill Freedman to lead this study of poetry. Poetry by six of the most significant English language poets of the 20th century will be examined in this six-week program. We’ll begin with poems by W.B. Yeats, T.S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, and Robert Frost […]
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) is excited to partner with the Manchester Historical Society to present this talk about the history of The Pullman Company. In 1867 George Pullman hit on an idea that would revolutionize train travel across the world. Railroads were the economic engine of the country by the second half […]
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes artist Elinor Katz to lead this mosaic workshop. Picque Assiette Mosaic is a universally practiced craft. Artisans use shards of old ceramic china dishes, pottery and other related bits and pieces to create mosaic designs on all sorts of surfaces. In this three-day workshop, students will learn […]
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning welcomes Rosanna Moran and the Tall Spire Ringers to lead this interactive concert and workshop. They will ring some of your favorite music and then invite audience members to try their hand at ringing the bells! It is NOT necessary to read music, (although it is helpful). We will […]
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes Anne Corso, Executive Director at Southern Vermont Arts Center, to talk about artwork by women artists in the collection of SVAC. Ask a Vermonter to name a famous painter from the state and one will likely hear the names Norman Rockwell, Luigi Lucioni or Wolf Kahn. But […]
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) is honored to host a panel discussion concerning the current state of global democracy. Democracy faces challenges. Some might say it is in crisis, both here in the U.S. and around the world. Join us for an informed and insightful conversation with esteemed diplomats and scholars, Mansour Farhang […]
