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Almost Utopia

In Search of the Good Life in Mid-Century America

 

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Programs and Events for July

An evening with Almost Utopia photographer Rebecca Lepkoff

Join us for an evening with Almost Utopia photographer Rebecca Lepkoff. As part of Middlebury’s new town-wide ArtWalk, Lepkoff with share her thoughts about her life behind the camera lens, including her work in the 1950s capturing the essence of the alternative community that formed in Pikes Falls, Vermont.

July 10, 5:00-7:00 pm
Vision & Voice Documentary Workspace
Vermont Folklife Center
88 Main Street
Middlebury, VT 05753

 

Lecture: Sacred Natures: The Nearings, Homesteading, Localvores and the Way Ahead

A lecture by Rebecca Kneale Gould, Associate Professor of Religion and Environmental Studies, Middlebury College.

July 23, 7:00 pm
Vision & Voice Documentary Workspace
Vermont Folklife Center
88 Main Street
Middlebury, VT 05753

Download Podcast (.mp3, 38MB):
Sacred Natures: The Nearings, Homesteading, Localvores and the Way Ahead

 

A Granddaughter’s Recollections: Elka Schumann Remembers Scott Nearing

Elka Schumann of Glover, Vermont, granddaughter of Scott Nearing and Nellie Seeds, shares her memories.

July 30, 7:00 pm
Vision & Voice Documentary Workspace
Vermont Folklife Center
88 Main Street
Middlebury, VT 05753

Download Podcast (.mp3, 34MB):
A Granddaughter’s Recollections: Elka Schumann Remembers Scott Nearing

 

Programs and Events for August

Scott and Helen Nearing, Pikes Falls, and Social Pioneering

A program in celebration of Scott Nearing’s 106th birthday presented by Greg Joly, Nearing scholar and author of Almost Utopia: The Residents and Radicals of Pikes Falls, Vermont, 1950.

August 6, 7:00 pm
Vision & Voice Documentary Workspace
Vermont Folklife Center
88 Main Street
Middlebury, VT 05753

Download Podcast (.mp3, 34MB):
Scott and Helen Nearing, Pikes Falls, and Social Pioneering

 

 



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