Your Virtual Senior Center
Virtual programs are offered through the Senior Learning Network and other partners.
SLN Virtual Programs can be viewed at home or at The Thompson.
Please register in advance to receive your Zoom link by calling 802-457-3277 ext 2.
Federal One: Saving the Arts in the Great Depression/ FDR Presidential Library and Museum
Tuesday, April 22, 2:00 pm
One of the lesser known aspects of the WPA- the Federal One Project, helped to ensure that the American creative spirit continued on in writing, visual arts, dance, and performance during the dark days of the Great Depression. Join us as we learn about examples of the New Deal murals, writings, performances, and why the arts were so important to the WPA and the country.
“Life on the Edge”: Rocky Mountain National Park
Tuesday, May 6, 2:00 pm
The alpine zone of Rocky Mountain National Park boasts a diverse biodiversity, including a variety of hardy plants like alpine wildflowers, low-growing shrubs, and lichen, alongside animals like bighorn sheep, mountain goats, ptarmigan birds, and small mammals adapted to the harsh, high-elevation environment with its extreme temperature fluctuations and thin air; this unique ecosystem is often referred to as alpine tundra, with a noticeable patchiness in vegetation due to the challenging conditions. Join us for this program, “Life on the Edge, where we will learn about biodiversity in the alpine and what threatens it and the research that is done to study and to mitigate those threats.
How inventions during WW1 Changed America:
Army Women’s Museum
Tuesday, May 13, 2:00 pm
Join the U.S. Army Women’s Museum for an exploration of six modern and everyday items that will unlock the history and legacies of the “Great War.” While seemingly unrelated at first, these familiar objects have a direct connection to events that took place over 100 years ago. A doughboy, a Salvation Army Doughnut Lassie, an Army Nurse, and Woodrow Wilson all come to life for students as they experience the sacrifices of men and women in World War I and the impact their service has on our lives today.
Bering Land Bridge, Alaska
Tuesday, May 20, 2:00 pm
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve protects a small remnant of a once giant landmass that connected Asia to North America during the last ice age. In the preserve you can find rolling tundra, lakes, lava fields, winding rivers, hot springs, and miles of coastline. Arctic animals, plants, and people live harmoniously on this land as they have for time immemorial.
POP! Goes the West! Whitney Art Museum
Tuesday, May 27, 2:00 pm
We are fortunate to catch this new art exhibition from the Whitney at Buffalo Bill Center of the West! Explore the compelling intersections between popular culture and the American West. Surround yourself with the iconic work of Andy Warhol and other artists who combine the styles and attitudes of the Pop Art movement with western subject matter. POP! features eye-catching artwork with bright colors and bold designs. Artists depict a West that is both familiar and unexpected, filled with Indians and cowgirls, wildlife and highways, horses and pickup trucks, cell phones and tourists, along with lariats, guns, geysers, and more!