May 15 - 7pm
Lost Nation Theater
Montpelier, VT
Please join us on Thursday, May 15 at 7pm for a celebration of two, hot-off-the-press Vermont books!
Piecework / Travail à la pièce by VT playwright and performer Abby Paige is a bilingual collection of two plays. This landmark publication of Paige's solo works and their French translations offers unique insight into the Franco American experience and the long, often-invisible history of the borderlands between francophone Canada and northern New England.
Judevine: A Love Song for a Place & Its People by VT poet and playwright David Budbill (1940-2016) in a new and revised edition of iconic poems and stories about an overlooked Northern Vermont town and its inhabitants. Judevine is a raucous and moving collection that resonates to this day with its enduring themes of rural poverty, injustice, and economic and social struggle.
Sponsored and hosted by Lost Nation Theater, this FREE event will feature theatrical readings and performances. Join Nadine Budbill, Kim Bent, Abby Paige, and other beloved Judevine actors Mark S. Roberts, Robert Nuner, and Ben Ash for an evening of poetry, place, conversation, and community.
No tickets/reservations necessary. Books will be available for purchase.
June 17 - 7pm
Galaxy Bookshop
Hardwick, VT
Join us for a Northeast Kingdom celebration of the release of the new and revised edition of Judevine: A Love Song for a Place and Its People. This special evening will feature theatrical readings by drama students from Hazen Union High School and remarks by Nadine Budbill. Books will be available for purchase.
Upcoming Speaker's Bureau Talks:
April 21 - 6pm
Hyde Park Public Library
Hyde Park, VT
April 27 - 5pm
Craftsbury Public Library
Craftsbury, VT
August 28 - 4pm
Old Stone House Museum
Brownington, VT
For more information about events and to book a Speaker's Bureau talk,
contact Nadine Budbill at the information below.