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Arts

Literary Festival schedule at a glance

Wednesday, Oct. 10

BRATTLEBORO — ||7–9 p.m.||Vermont Reads. Film and discussion about The Red Badge of Courage. Brooks Memorial Library .

Thursday, Oct. 11

||7–8:30 p.m.||Vermont Reads. Readings of Bull Run by New England Youth Theatre. Brooks Memorial Library.

||7–8:30 p.m.||Collaborations between Video Artists and Writers. Center for Digital Arts.

||7–9:30 p.m.||Poetry Slam featuring Major Jackson. Landmark College.

Friday, Oct. 12

||11 a.m.–12:15 p.m.||Tony DiTerlizzi (school event). Latchis Theatre.

||5:30–7:30 p.m.||Fall 2012 New England Broadside Exhibition Opening Reception. Dianich Gallery.

||7–8:15 p.m.||Deni Béchard and Tayari Jones. First Baptist Church.

||8:30–10 p.m.||Literary Death Match with Todd Zuniga. Robert H. Gibson River Garden.

Saturday, Oct. 13

||10 a.m.–11 a.m.||Carl Dennis. Centre Congregational Church.

||10 a.m.–11 a.m.||Karen Hesse. Hooker-Dunham Theater.

||11 a.m.–12 p.m.||Tony and Angela DiTerlizzi. Robert H. Gibson River Garden.

||11 a.m.–12 p.m.||John Kelly. Hooker-Dunham Theater.

||11 a.m.–12:15 p.m.||Kathryn Harrison and April Bernard. Centre Congregational Church .

||12 p.m.–1 p.m.||Circus Smirkus. Robert H. Gibson River Garden.

||1–2 p.m.||Isabel Wilkerson. Centre Congregational Church .

||1:15–2:45 p.m.||Write Action Local Author Showcase. Robert H. Gibson River Garden.

||1:15–2:15 p.m.||“Millennial Writers on Stage.” Young Writer's Project and VPR. Hooker-Dunham Theater.

||2:30–3:30 p.m.||Daniel Chamovitz. Hooker-Dunham Theater.

||2:30–3:45 p.m.||Victor Lavalle and Bernice McFadden. Centre Congregational Church.

||2:30–3:45 p.m.||Rachel Hadas and Jane Yolen (poetry). First Baptist Church.

||3:30–4:45 p.m.||“DIY publishing,” with Steve Almond and Courtney Maum. Brooks Memorial Library.

||4–5 p.m.||Stewart O'Nan. Centre Congregational Church.

||4–5:15 p.m.||Major Jackson and Daniel Tobin. First Baptist Church.

||5:30–7 p.m.||“Flashing Lights” A flash fiction event hosted by Steve Almond. Hooker-Dunham Theater.

||6:30–7:45 p.m.||Write Action open reading. Robert H. Gibson River Garden.

||8–11 p.m.||The Godfather (the original film). Latchis 4. (Note: this event is not free; normal admission fees apply.)

Sunday, Oct. 14

||10–11 a.m.||“Making it in the Arts” with Joyce Marcel. Robert H. Gibson River Garden.

||11–12 p.m.||Howard Frank Mosher. Brooks Memorial Library.

||11 a.m.–12:15 p.m.||Martha Collins and Joan Houlihan. Hooker-Dunham Theater.

||11 a.m.–12:15 p.m.||Matthew Dicks and Ben Dolnick. Robert H. Gibson River Garden.

||12:15–1:15 p.m.||“A Community of Readers: Sharing Books through Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media.” Lunch with Robert Gray, Ann Kingman and Courtney Maum. Robert H. Gibson River Garden.

||12:15–1:15 p.m.||Eileen Christelow. Hooker-Dunham Theater.

||1:15–2:15 p.m.||David Aguilar. Hooker-Dunham Theater.

||1:15–2:30 p.m.||Margot Livesey and Richard Mason. Brooks Memorial Library.

||1:15–2:30 p.m.||Reeve Lindbergh and Alexandra Styron. Centre Congregational Church.

||2:30–3:30 p.m.||Jane Yolen (young adult event). Hooker-Dunham Theater.

||2:30–3:45 p.m.||“Godfather Effect,” with Tom Santopietro and Mark Rotella. Brooks Memorial Library.

||2:30–3:30 p.m.||Edith Pearlman. Centre Congregational Church.

||4–5:15 p.m.||Sydney Lea and Chard deNiord. Hooker-Dunham Theater.

||4–5:15 p.m.||“The Blue Cat” (verse and jazz event), with Don Davis, Joe Deleault and F.D. Reeve. Robert H. Gibson River Garden

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