Saturday, October 24th
11 AM – 1 PM
Hildene Farm
Join Hildene educators Ann Ogden Hausslein and Kyle Turner to meet Hildene’s sheep, learn about the history of sheep grazing in VT, and make some wool fiber art! This day of exploration and discovery will take place at Hildene Farm in the dene located at 1552 River Road, Manchester, VT 05255.
The full Threads of History program series:
- Taconic Music with Tunes and Textiles of the Past | Saturday, October 3, 3:00 pm
- The Jane A. Stickle Quilt | Thursday, October 8, 5:30 pm
- Pulping the Green Mountains – How Manchester Helped Feed the Nation’s Hunger for Paper | Saturday, October 10, 11:00 am
- The Remarkable Life of Fred Nicklewhite: Tailor, Jazz Lover, and Village Icon | Thursday, October 15, 5:30 pm
- VT Sheep and Wool, Past and Present at Hildene Farm | Saturday, October 24, 11:00 am
- The Story of the Manchester Journal: 165+ Years of “Local Intelligence” | Thursday, October 29, 5:30 pm
- Broadside Printing with A Revolutionary Press | Saturday, November 14, 11:00 am
- BONUS: Join our monthly True Crime, Local Lore, and Comic Art zine workshop for adults and teens every fourth Saturday of the Month from 1 – 3 pm. Next meeting: Saturday, October 24!
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This program is supported in part by the Vermont Humanities, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. www.vermonthumanities.org.
The Threads of History program series at MCL, in partnership with MHS, features Manchester and Southern Vermont’s textile past and weaves the fabric of history into auditory, visual, and tactile experiences of the Industrial Revolution. The series, supported in part by Vermont Humanities, explores themes from this year’s Vermont Reads book, Charity and Sylvia by Tillie Walden.
