United Counseling Service bans smoking on property, Jan 1

We’re a bit late to announce this, but we’d like to add our congratulations to UCS. Being a place which promotes healthy lifestyles and treatment for a variety of people, UCS is setting a great example with this new policy for 2008.

Bennington County Choral Society, Second Congregational Church, Jan 14

I like to sing-a! So do you? Well come on down to the Second Congregational Church in Bennington. New members welcome, no audition required.

Monday, January 14, 7:30-9:30 pm. Call 802-447-0583 for more information.

History Book Club, Hildene, Jan 14

Hildene History Book Club discusses The Year of Decision 1846 by Bernard DeVoto. This is the first in the author’s trilogy about US Western expansion. The group meets on the second Monday of the month, attendance each month is not a prerequisite.

Monday, January 14, 3:30-5 pm, Free, Beckwith Room. Route 7A, Manchester. To sign up or learn more about the club call Brian Knight at 802-367-1225.

Reading Group, Bennington Free Library, Sundays

Join our very own Bennington Free Library reading and discussion group titled Portraits of the Artists: Novels about Painters. There are four books to be read in a 3 month time frame. The first book is La Tour Dreams of the Wolf Girl by David Huddle, and will be discussed on Sunday February 3, at 2pm at the Bennington Free Library. The host is Geraldine Pittman de Batlle, and the event it sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council and Friends of the Bennington Free Library. Books are available on loan in advance, call Susan Nutting 802-447-3286 for more info.

Books to follow: Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier, Frida by Barbara Mujica, and Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Harriet Chessman.