Stamford Program on Alaska

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STAMFORD, Vt. — The Stamford Community Library will present "Gold, Glaciers and Good Times in Alaska" on Thursday, Oct. 23, at 6 p.m.
 
The hour-long program, presented by Jim LaMothe, pastor of Stamford Community Church, will highlight his week-long cruise to Alaska in 2023. LaMothe and five family members had several story-worthy adventures, including a chartered helicopter flight to the top of a glacier, a train ride to the Yukon to relive the Gold Rush, and navigating the 3,500-passenger Princess Cruise ship.
 
The program is part of the library's ongoing Armchair Travel series.
 
The library is at 986 Main Road, Stamford, VT. Refreshments will be served. All are welcome.
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Bennington College Hosts Author Katie Yee

BENNINGTON, Vt. — Bennington College welcomes alum Katie Yee '17 for a public reading from her debut novel, "Maggie; or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar," on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, at 7:00 pm in Tishman Lecture Hall. 
 
The event is a part of Bennington's Literature Evenings series. It is free and open to the public. 
 
According to a press release:
 
In Yee's taut, wry debut novel, a Chinese American woman spins tragedy into comedy when her life falls apart. The novel grapples with grief, motherhood, and myths.
 
While at Bennington as a student, Yee was one of the first recipients of the Catherine Morrison Golden '55 P'80 Undergraduate Writing Fellowship to attend the summer residency of the Bennington Writing Seminars MFA program.
 
"Going back to when Katie was a standout Literature student as an undergraduate, she has always written 'beyond her years,'" faculty member Benjamin Anastas said. "And ever since, Katie has been racking up accomplishment after accomplishment in the literary world." 
 
Yee's writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, No Tokens, The Believer, Washington Square Review, Triangle House, Epiphany, and Literary Hub. She has been awarded fellowships from the Center for Fiction, the Asian American Writers' Workshop, and Kundiman. She is the Barnes & Noble 2025 Discover Prize Winner. 
 
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