8/12/24

What a lovely weekend! I hope that everyone was able to get outdoors to enjoy it. The next book club selection is Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson. The meeting is Wed, 8/14 at 6:30 pm in person at Tyson Library. Another reminder about the huge book sale at Fletcher Memorial Library in Ludlow this Saturday.

Get ready for the events coming up at the Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site this week.

Thursday, 8/15, at 11:00 AM Naturalization Ceremony, In partnership, The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services and the District Court of Vermont will host a naturalization. New citizens to the United States will take an Oath of Allegiance before a federal judge, receive a certificate of naturalization, and immediately have the opportunity to register to vote and obtain a passport. Members of the public are welcome to attend.

Friday, 8/16, at 07:00 pm Silent Film Night (free) Come enjoy Harold Lloyd’s 1925 silent comedy film, The Freshman at Wilder Barn. Some chairs will be available, but consider bringing a lawn chair. This event will be held rain or shine.

Saturday, 8/17, 2024 at 02:00 pm Vagabonds Reenactment. Enjoy amateur actors who will reenact the meeting in August 1924 when Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and Harvey Firestone visited President Coolidge in Plymouth Notch. Quotes recorded by 1920s journalists who witnessed and documented the occasion will be used in this presentation.

Saturday 8/31 at noon. Shakespeare Alive! A Bard-Based Variety Show returns to bring their amazingly entertaining production with all-new scenes, skits, soliloquies and songs using Shakespeare’s beautiful Elizabethan verse. Come enjoy wonderful music along with hilarious parody and prose.