Thomas Jefferson's Vermont vacation

This Tuesday afternoon Willard Stearne Randall will be presenting the next program of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, "Thomas Jefferson's Vermont Vacation".

Springfield Lecture Series

Programs are held at 2 pm Tuesday afternoons at the Nolin Murray Center, 
Next to St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Pleasant St., Springfield, Vermont


May 7
 - Thomas Jefferson’s Vermont Vacation

Willard Sterne Randall, Historian and Founding Fathers’ Biographer After writing an award-winning biography of our controversial third President, presenter Willard Sterne Randall discovered that Jefferson vacationed –and did a little politicking–in Vermont with his closest friend, James Madison, in the summer of 1791. This was just months after Jefferson, the first Secretary of State, signed the papers that at long last ushered Vermont into the Union. From a daily log Jefferson kept on blank back pages of his almanac and a tiny palm-of-the-hand sized journal Madison kept, see how Randall was able to reconstruct their travels, their secret and not-so-private meetings, the good meals and the bad, the good fishing and hunting in their 35-day sojourn in Vermont away from the hubbub of the First Congress.


May 14 - 
Beethoven’s Revolutionary Masterpieces

Bill Cotte, Professor-Fine & Performing Arts Faculty-Lyndon State College Beethoven’s Symphonies #3 (“Eroica”) and #9 (“Choral”) represent both a personal and musical turning point that changed the way we understand the creative artist and the power of music for self-expression. These two masterpieces opened wide the door to the “Romantic Revolution” of the 19th Century for ALL of the arts. We will explore in sight-and-sound the inner workings of this music which is truly “interior” Beethoven!


Membership Information

SEMESTER MEMBERSHIPS:
$40 for all 9 programs and admittance to the other Vermont Osher Institute Programs; Single program fee: $8
Make checks payable to: The University of Vermont

Membership in the Springfield Osher Lifelong Learning Institute entitles members to attend programs in other Osher Institutes established in seven other locations throughout Vermont, as well as EEE-Burlington (Elder Education Enrichment). Your active OLLI membership also entitles you to the discounted member rate for the new OLLI on UVM campus programs. Simply present your membership card during the corresponding semester.

Website: http://learn.uvm.edu/osher-life-long-learning/olli-statewide/statewide-courses-and-programs/springfield/