Hartford Area Chambr of Commerce Events

Thursday May 7 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT

Norwich Bookstore 291 Main St, Norwich, VT 05055

Yannick Murphy & Victoria Redel

Join authors Yannick Murphy and Victoria Redel for a reading from their new novels Things That Are Funny on a Submarine But Not Really and I Am You! Informed by an intense pressure of language, wit, and energy, Things That Are Funny on a Submarine but Not Really enraptures with the colorful world of David, nicknamed "Dead Man," and his shipmates. Stationed in Guam, they sail the depths of the oceans, swapping jokes and stories while strengthening bonds continually tested by the rigors of submarine life. When one shipmate is revealed as a Chinese spy, and another takes his own life, Dead Man is burdened by a repressed guilt and left with a lingering trauma. A mesmerizing historical novel, I Am You is a meditation on gender, an ode to artistic creation, and an unforgettable love story that reimagines the life of renowned still life painter Maria van Oosterwijck during the Dutch Golden Age. At eight years old, Gerta Pieters is forced to disguise herself as a boy and sent to work for a genteel Dutch family. When their brilliant and beautiful daughter Maria sees through Gerta’s ruse, she insists that Gerta accompany her to Amsterdam and help her enter the elite, male-dominated art world. While Maria rises in the ranks of society as a painting prodigy, Gerta makes herself invaluable in every way: confidante, muse, lover. But as Gerta steps into her own talents, their relationship fractures into a complex web of obsession and rivalry—and the secrets they keep threaten to unravel everything. Yannick Murphy is the author of the novels, The Call, Signed, Mata Hari, Here They Come, and The Sea of Trees. Her story collections include By the Time You Read This, Stories in Another Language, and In a Bear’s Eye. Her children’s books include The Cold Water Witch, Baby Polar, and Ahwoooooooo!. She is the recipient of various awards, including a Pushcart Prize, a Laurence L. and Thomas Winship/PEN New England Award, a Whiting Writer’s Award, a National Endowment for the Arts award, and a Chesterfield Screenwriting award. Her story “In a Bear’s Eye” was published in the 2007 O. Henry Prize Stories. She and her veterinarian husband live in Vermont. Victoria Redel is the author of 4 books of poetry and six books of fiction. Her novel I Am You (Zando/SJPLIT) was published in 2025 and is a Publishing Triangle LTGBTQ fiction award finalists, a London Times pick of the month, and a People Magazine best new book pick. Her debut novel, Loverboy (2001) was adapted for feature film directed by Kevin Bacon. She’s received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts and The Fine Arts Work Center. Victoria’s work has been widely anthologized, awarded, and translated into many languages. She teaches in the graduate and undergraduate creative writing program at Sarah Lawrence College. Photo credit George Rings.

Norwich Bookstore 291 Main St, Norwich, VT 05055

Friday May 8 6:00pm - 10:00pm EDT

Woodstock Town Hall Theatre 31 The Grn Woodstock, VT 05091

MUDSTOCK - 2nd Annual Fundraising Gala

After an incredibly snowy winter, the spring/“mud season” reminds us how hardy you need to be to hold the title of “Vermonter”. We at Pentangle Arts are celebrating the end of the least celebrated season with our annual MUDSTOCK Event. Join us in saying goodbye to the m......More

Woodstock Town Hall Theatre 31 The Grn Woodstock, VT 05091

Sunday May 10 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

Norwich Bookstore 291 Main St, Norwich, VT 05055

Silent Reading Party

Join us for an hour of silent reading on the second Sunday of every month this summer! Take an hour to read with the Norwich Bookstore community! We'll be outside the bookstore, unless it rains, in which case we'll move inside. Bring a picnic blanket and snacks, get coz......More

Norwich Bookstore 291 Main St, Norwich, VT 05055

Monday May 11 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT

Online

The Monday Night Mental Break

Take a Mental Break! Join me online for a deep dive into relaxation! I'll be live on Zoom the second Monday of each month, sharing an hour of deep hypnosis that will dissolve your stress and help you feel calmer and more relaxed for days and weeks to come. ......More

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Tuesday May 12 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT

Norwich Bookstore 291 Main St, Norwich, VT 05055

Diana Whitney, Meg Reynolds, Eve Alexandra

Join poets Diana Whitney, Meg Reynolds, and Eve Alexandra, for readings from their latest collections! Girl Trouble is an excavation of female adolescence, a brazen journey through rape culture from the ‘80s to #MeToo. Diana Whitney’s earthy poems spill secrets, make trouble, reckon with stories of desire and harm, and explore the agency and oppression of women and girls. Deeply rooted in the natural world, Girl Trouble grieves the planet’s degradation while celebrating queerness and seeking healing for the next generation. By the end, a myriad of voices builds to a full-throated roar and we feel the power and release in truth-telling. This is a book for survivors and advocates, for mothers and daughters, for anyone moving through trauma with resilience. Condition is a vivid account of early motherhood during the isolation and global intensity of the COVID pandemic. Reynolds witnesses the impossible transformations of her home, her child, and herself while reckoning with a past that overlays the act of parenting. The book is a record of an awe both astonishing and terrible in a rare language rich with metaphor and depth of insight. “To become a parent and to write this book, I had to use every tool and skill at my disposal and had to invent new ones at the moment they were needed. I drew, wrote, slept, ate, fed, found and refound a thousand toys and small items of clothing, brushed hair, had my hair torn out, largely alone. What no one witnessed, I witnessed for myself on the page.” For Reynolds, motherhood is a strange landscape of ghosts, monsters, illness, longing, and surprise. It is a wilderness where she and her family must navigate under the strange constraints of the pandemic within the walls of their small apartment and the empty neighborhood. In the absence of others, parenting is an invention and the self is an ever-changing reality. Between the poems, poetry comics, hybrid illustration, and drawn collages, Condition is a powerful collection of work that attests to hard work of love and artmaking. Eve Alexandra’s None of Us in White is an unflinching book of poems—a liturgy of love, wreckage, grief, and arrival that is as visceral as it is transcendent. Rooted in intimacy, in thrall with the natural world, and run through with a sequence of charms that offer as much warning as antidote, the range in these poems is stunning—in form and subject. Alexandra’s materials—childhood, a father’s presence and loss, bodily hunger—are made new in her hands. These poems are inventive and incantatory, their language precise and alive: “My hand runs the length of the field, and the field is your torso, odd rib that caught my heart like a lacy hem.” Nature is mirror and medium, and love, a rebellion—“I am remembering how to make love. In protest.” Lyrically beautiful, but also frank, surprising, and deeply moving, this is an extraordinary collection. --Kerrin McCadden, author of Landscape with Plywood Silhouettes and American Wake Diana Whitney is a queer writer & educator embracing a fierce belief in the power of poetry as a means of connection to self and others. She is the editor of the bestselling anthology You Don’t Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves and the author of three full-length poetry collections: Wanting It, Dark Beds, and Girl Trouble. An advocate for survivors of sexual violence in her Vermont hometown and beyond, Diana lives with her family in Brattleboro, where she works as a developmental editor and a community organizer for a rural LGBTQ+ nonprofit. www.diana-whitney.com Meg Reynolds is a poet, artist, and teacher from New England. An instructor in writing and humanities at Vermont Adult Learning in Burlington, her work has been published in a number of literary journals including Mid-American Review, RHINO, The Offing, Iterant, Prairie Schooner, New England Review and the Kenyon Review. A graduate of the Stonecoast MFA program, her poetry and comic work has been three times nominated for the Pushcart Prize and once for Best the Net. Her first collection of poetry comics, A Comic Year, was published in October 2021 from Finishing Line Press. Her second collection, Does the Earth, was published in May 2023 from Harpoon Books. Reynolds' poetry was published in Best New Poets 2023. Reynolds' was also the 2024 winner of Inlandia Institute's Hilary Gravendyk Prize with her collection, Condition, published in April 2026. You can read more of her work via her biweekly publications on her Substack, Condition and Other Conditions. Eve Alexandra’s None of Us in White won the Two Sylvias Press Wilder Prize, and her first book The Drowned Girl was selected by C.K. Williams for Stan & Tom Wick Poetry Prize. Alexandra’s poems have appeared in Narrative, Barrow Street, Cape Cod Review, Harvard Review, and American Poetry Review. She teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Vermont.

Norwich Bookstore 291 Main St, Norwich, VT 05055

Wednesday May 13 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT

100 Arboretum Ln, White River Junction, VT 05001

Taking Action for Whole Health & Well-Being

Discover a new wellness workshop at the Upper Valley Aquatic Center with Lindsay Dean. Taking Action for Whole Health & Well-Being helps you build a personalized plan for navigating life’s changes. Join us Wednesday, May 13 at 6 PM for this free session and a preview of......More

100 Arboretum Ln, White River Junction, VT 05001

Wednesday May 20 4:30pm - 7:00pm EDT

The Hotel Coolidge 39 South Main Street White River Junction, VT 05001

Entrepreneur Resource Group

Interested in starting a small business — or ready to take your current one to the next level? The Entrepreneur Resource Group, hosted by the Hartford Area Chamber of Commerce in partnership with SEVCA, is a new monthly small-group cohort designed to support both st......More

The Hotel Coolidge 39 South Main Street White River Junction, VT 05001

Wednesday May 20 5:30pm - 7:00pm EDT

Upper Valley Aquatic Center 100 Arboretum Lane Hartford, VT 05001

May Tri-Chamber Business After Hours

Join us at Upper Valley Aquatic Center for the unveiling of their new Locker Rooms! Let's mix, mingle, and help celebrate their new space. Join the Hartford Area Chamber of Commerce, Upper Valley Business Alliance, and the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce a......More

Upper Valley Aquatic Center 100 Arboretum Lane Hartford, VT 05001

Wednesday May 20 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT

Norwich Bookstore 291 Main St, Norwich, VT 05055

C. Ayla Joyce Matheson

Join author C. Ayla Joyce Matheson for a reading from her new memoir My Time, My Truth! Discover a modern day love-story of profound transformation that is as raw and honest as a memoir can be of healing, self-discovery, and the courage to embrace one's authentic purpose, in My Time, My Truth. Raised in a missionary family, during the sex, drugs, rock and roll era or the 70's, Ayla always questioned the world around her. A near-death experience ignited a spiritual journey that led her away from tradition and toward her own indigenous heritage. This powerful memoir explores themes of healing from trauma, overcoming self-loathing, and the mystical kundalini awakening that unleashed her creative gifts. As a Reiki Master and guide, Ayla shares her story to inspire others on their own paths to self-discovery. If you are seeking a story of spiritual awakening, personal growth, and the courage to embrace your true self, this book is for you. C. Ayla Joyce Matheson's arrival on Earth was driven by a purpose: to learn profound lessons and contribute to raising the planet's vibration. Born into a family with deep religious roots-the daughter of an Episcopal priest and raised as a missionary child-her path was set against a backdrop of spiritual inquiry. From a young age, she questioned traditional religious concepts, delving into the mysteries of love, healing, and suffering. At 33, a mysterious illness triggered a near-death experience, unlocking long-buried memories and setting her on a transformative spiritual journey. This led her away from the familiar tenets of her childhood church and toward the exploration of indigenous practices. In discovering her own indigenous heritage, Ayla recognized herself as a creative and inspired soul with a distinct purpose. However, this realization was coupled with a struggle: a lack of self-love and emotional intelligence led to periods of self-loathing and personal setbacks.A pivotal moment arrived with a mystical kundalini awakening. Unexpectedly, Ayla began painting, finding it to be a powerful outlet for releasing painful memories and facilitating healing. Ultimately, she chose to share her story openly with her family, extending a compassionate hand in an effort to heal long-standing family dysfunction. This journey culminated in her becoming a Transformational Facilitation Artist/guide, dedicating herself to supporting others on their own paths of self-discovery.

Norwich Bookstore 291 Main St, Norwich, VT 05055

Monday May 25 All Day

100 Arboretum Ln, White River Junction, VT 05001

The 2026 Murph Challenge

Honor. Remember. Push your limits. Join us this Memorial Day for the Murph Challenge as we come together to honor LT. Michael P. Murphy and all who have sacrificed for our freedom. Choose your challenge, full, half, or quarter Murph with modifications encouraged so eve......More

100 Arboretum Ln, White River Junction, VT 05001

Tuesday May 26 2:00pm - 5:30pm EDT

Upper Valley Aquatic Center 100 Arboretum Lane White River Junction, VT 05001

Taking Action for Whole Health and Wellbeing 6-Week Workshop

Join us for this 6-week interactive workshop and learn how to take control of your mental health and wellbeing by creating wellness tools, plans, and strategies to take care of yourself! Tuesdays, May 26 - June 30 | 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm What We’ll Cover: Recovery & ......More

Upper Valley Aquatic Center 100 Arboretum Lane White River Junction, VT 05001

Tuesday May 26 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT

Norwich Bookstore 291 Main St, Norwich, VT 05055

Catherine Tudish

Join author Catherine Tudish for a reading from her new book A Thousand Souls! The fourteen stories of A Thousand Souls interweave the lives of three generations in the remote village of Neptune, Vermont, as they inevitably touch the outside world. Even as their loyalti......More

Norwich Bookstore 291 Main St, Norwich, VT 05055

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