We have some exciting events coming up! Please read below for more information. Women in Conservation: Mary Powell and Elizabeth Wilson :: Thursday, March 15 Starry Sky Tour :: Thursday, March 15 Montshire Unleashed: An Evening for Adults :: Friday, March 16 Sugar on Snow Party :: Sunday, March 18 Northern Stage presents Ayad Akhtar's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Disgraced at the Barrette Center for the Arts :: February 28 - March 18 Montshire Talks: Frankenstein in Text and Image :: Tuesday, March 20 Montshire Talks: Artificial Intelligence and Responsible Design :: Tuesday, March 27 A-Tisket A-Tasket :: Thursday, March 27 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event Details: Women in Conservation: Mary Powell and Elizabeth Wilson Date: Thursday, March 15 Time: 6:30pm to 8:00pm Location: Silsby Hall Room 028 Dartmouth College Cost: FREE! Join us for a conversation between Mary Powell, president and CEO of Green Mountain Power, and Elizabeth Wilson, environmental studies professor at Dartmouth. Ms. Powell is nationally recognized as an energy visionary, positioning Green Mountain Power (GMP) as a leading energy transformation company since being named chief executive ten years ago. She has implemented a strategic and comprehensive restructuring of the Vermont company and achieved a widespread cultural transformation and service quality improvement. Under Ms. Powell's leadership, GMP became the first utility in the world to become a B Corp, displaying a commitment to use energy as a force for good. GMP was named one of the top 10 energy companies in the world by Fast Company magazine in 2017. Dr. Wilson is a professor in Dartmouth's Environmental Studies Department and the inaugural director of the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society. She studies how energy systems are changing in the face of new technologies and new societal pressures, with an emphasis on how institutions support and thwart energy system transitions and on the interplays between technology innovation, policy creation, and institutional decision making. Her recent books include Energy Law and Policy and Smart Grid (R)evolution: Electric Power Struggles. This event is co-sponsored by the Montshire Museum of Science, Upper Valley Sierra Club Group, New Hampshire and Vermont Sierra Clubs, Student Conservation Association (SCA), Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society at Dartmouth College, and New England Women in Energy and the Environment (NEWIEE). Women in Conservation is open to the public and free of charge. Pre-register at http://www.thesca.org/wic. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Starry Sky Tour Date: Thursday, March 15 Time: 7:00pm to 9:30pm Location: Shattuck Observatory Cost: FREE! Starry Night Tour at Shattuck Observatory - have some astronomical fun with McKinley, PhD candidate in Dartmouth's Astronomy Department. She'll guide participants through: * Observe from the telescopes (weather dependent) * Tour the Historic Shattuck Observatory * Learn about research being done and ask questions * Learn how to use Stellarium software (free), which guides amateur observers through the night sky Please register at https://meetupuppervalley.org/starry-sky-tour/. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Montshire Unleashed: An Evening for Adults Date: Friday, March 16 Time: 6:30pm to 9:00pm Location: Montshire Museum of Science Cost and Registration/Ticket Details: https://www.montshire.org/unleashed Unleash your curiosity at the Montshire's evenings for adults. Experience the joy of discovery that comes from a trip to the Museum-at night! Whether it's a night out with friends, a special evening with a date, or a chance to meet like-minded science enthusiasts, there's lots to explore at Montshire Unleashed. Let whimsy guide your visit as you create giant bubbles or get lost in the foam fountain. Challenge your brain with mind-boggling puzzles at the Solve It! exhibition. Release your inner scientist through guided experiments at the Science Discovery Lab. Or just kick back, relax, and enjoy the food, drinks, and music. Jasper Murdock Ale and wine from the Norwich Inn will be available for purchase, as well as food from The Skinny Pancake. Adults 21 and over only. Sponsored by Mascoma Savings Bank. Members free; non-members $10; presale $8; MCA employees $7. For any questions please contact Trish Palao at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sugar on Snow Party Date: Sunday, March 20 Time: 2:00pm to 4:00pm Location: Mac's Maple Sugarhouse Plainfield, NH Cost: $30 per person Learn how maple syrup is made from tree to your table. Try your hand at 'tapping' the tree, get a tour of McNamara's Sugar House & Dairy Farm. Experience an old-fashioned New England "Sugar on Snow" party complete with maple syrup 'sugar' and raised donuts. This event includes: * Enjoy hand-passed maple goodie samples to include Gram's Raised Doughnuts, & others * Help yourself to other treat tables: to include drinks (hot cocoa, coffee, soda & water), Sugar-on snow, donuts * Try your hand at tapping: Get the opportunity to see and try out the tools used in the woods * Watch boiling & chat with the sugar markers - enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of a New England Tradition * Get a taste of our famous Maple Creamee with maple candy sprinkles * Visit the sugarhouse store * At 3:15 we will take a tour for anyone interested of the entire farm: watch the calves being fed, and cows being milked! To register please visit https://meetupuppervalley.org/sugar-on-snow-party/. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Northern Stage presents Ayad Akhtar's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Disgraced at the Barrette Center for the Arts Date: February 28 to March 18 Time: Varies Location: Barrette Center for the Arts Cost: Tickets start at $15 for students and $34 for adults Ayad Akhtar's Disgraced runs live on stage at the Barrette Center for the Arts in White River Junction, VT, February 28 - March 18. For tickets and information, call (802) 296-7000 or visit www.northernstage.org<http://www.northernstage.org>. Tickets start at $15 for students and $34 for adults. Disgraced confronts issues of race and identity and how we relate to one another in a contentious political climate. Amir Kapoor, a successful Pakistani-American lawyer who is rapidly moving up the corporate ladder while distancing himself from his cultural roots, is caught up in a case against a local Imam. The perception of Amir's involvement in the defense of the Imam ripples through his work, his marriage to his white wife Emily, and ultimately explodes at a dinner party with his African American business partner and her Jewish art dealer husband. The couples' discussion turns to questions of religious faith, and what begins as simple dinner conversation escalates into something far more damaging. Disgraced ultimately reveals the prejudices and racial biases often simmering just below the surface. For any questions please contact [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Montshire Talks: Frankenstein in Text and Image Date: Tuesday, March 20 Time: 2:00pm and 6:30pm Location: Rauner Library 6065 Webster Hall Hanover NH Cost: FREE! Frankenstein in Text and Image, featuring Morgan Swan Dr. Frankenstein's creation wasn't always the big, green monster our imaginations conjure up. How did Mary Shelley's text inspire artists and writers throughout time? Take a field trip to Dartmouth's Rauner Library to explore the first illustrated edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the works it inspired. See how the image and text of Frankenstein changed over the last 200 years with Dr. Morgan Swan, Special Collections Education & Outreach Librarian. Montshire Talks: Frankenstein200 is a Montshire conversation series that celebrates the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Free- preregistration required. Sponsored by Ledyard National Bank. Please contact Trish Palao for any questions at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Cost and Registration/Ticket Details: https://www.montshire.org/programs/detail/frankenstein-in-text-and-image-featuring-morgan-swan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Montshire Talks: Artificial Intelligence and Responsible Design Date: Tuesday, March 27 Time: 6:30pm to 7:30pm Location: Montshire Museum of Science Cost: FREE! In Frankenstein, a creature comes to life to terrorize his creator's family. What happens when the creature is no longer flesh and bone, but an algorithm? Artificial intelligence is a technology that is advancing at a rapid rate and is helping to speed up innovations around the world. What happens when humans are no longer at the helm of complicated decision making processes? Dr. Eugene Santos, professor at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, explores what exactly artificial intelligence is and can do, and the implications of this technology on society. Montshire Talks: Frankenstein200 is a Montshire conversation series that celebrates the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Free and open to the public. Sponsored by Ledyard National Bank. https://www.montshire.org/programs/detail/artificial-intelligence-and-responsible-design-featuring-eugene-santos ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-Tisket A-Tasket Date: Thursday, March 27 Time: 5:30pm to 7:00pm Location: 44 S Main Street Hanover, NH 03755 Cost: $40 per person Make a beautiful spring basket for Easter or simply to brighten the home -for yourself or for a loved one. Michael at Roberts Flowers of Hanover will help you select and arrange gorgeous spring flowers, like, irises, hyacinths, and tulips in a unique birch-bark, square basket graced with a curly-willow handle. Bring your own food and drink to enjoy as you create a thing of beauty. Recommended for ages 12 and up. Limited space available: 13 people. 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