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We Are Back

Coming  April 2023

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Registration is now open for University of Irasburg!

Register for classes below
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Anyone can take classes - FOR FREE!
Join us and meet new friends, learn new things, and discover all that our community has to offer.

Anyone can teach a course.
Anyone can take a course. 
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Friends and Neighbors Welcome!
20 courses were offered in 2020! Can’t register online?  Stop in at the Town Clerk’s Office. For info or to teach a class,
Call Judith Jackson 802-754-9968


Want To Be A Professor?
Contact:
Judith Jackson   
Email: judithjackson@gmail.com
​Call:1 802 754 9968 
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Classes that were going to be offered in

April 2020 U of I Courses
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 All Courses are FREE!


Classes were cancelled because of Covid

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Yoga For All

Description:
Yoga class for all levels, all ages
Professor​:  Irasburg yoga teacher Marger Maldonado
Date and Time: Friday April 3, Friday April 10, Friday April 17, 4:30 pm
Location: Barn (4752 Route 14)
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MENding
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Description:
Basic sewing for men: buttons, seams, hems and patches!
Professor: Lynn Perry
Date and Time: Wednesday, April 22, 6:00 p.m.
Location: Barn (4752 Route 14) 
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History of the Irasburg Common

Description:

A look at the Village Common over the past 200 years
Professor: Molly Veysey, Director, Old Stone House Museum
Date and Time: Saturday, April 18, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Leach Public Library
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Levi Allen

Description:

Meet Ira Allen’s little brother, the black sheep of the Allen family
Professor: TK
Date and Time: Sunday, April 19, 4:00 pm
Location: Leach Public Library
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What’s in those overhead lines?

Description:

An expert explains the electric wires and cables we see—and use--every day
Professor: Albert Stebenne, First Class Lineman and Supervisor for VELCO
Date and Time: Saturday, April 11, 1:00 p.m.
Location: Irasburg Electric Substation Route 14 and the Barn at 4752 Route 14
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Backyard Sugaring

Description:

Make your own maple syrup
Professor: Brent Kinsley
Date and Time: Saturday, April 11, 10 am
Location: Barn (4752 Route 14)
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Evergreen Salve

Description:

Make your own healing salve using evergreens (spruce/white pine) useful to improve circulation, relieve aches, relive dry skin,  also great to ease congestion and improve breathing
Professor: Marger Maldonado
Date and Time: Sunday, April 19, 2:00 pm
Location: Barn (4752 Route 14)
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Paint 'n Sip for Adults & Kids

Description: 
Professor: Artist Margie Morley
Date and Time: Friday, April 10, 5:30-7
Location: Leach Library
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How to Play Cribbage

Description:

The great game of cribbage for players of all ages and abilities. Bring a board, if you have one.
Professors: Liam, Adler and Jesseman Lahar and their grandfather
Date and Time: Saturday, April 25, 2 pm
Location: Barn (4752 Route 14)
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Paper-making

Description:

How to make your own handmade paper
Professor: Gretchen Bittner
Date and Time:
Friday, April 17, 5-6:30
Location: Leach Library
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Ukulele for Beginners

Description:

How to play the ukulele at any age
Professor: Sarah Kinsley
Date and Time: Sunday, April 5, 2 pm
Location: Barn (4752 Route 14)
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How to Cook a Bear, Part 2

Description:

A sequel to last year’s wildly popular How to Cook a Bear Part 1. Sausage will be involved.
Professors: Randy Royer and Sue Mitchell
Date and Time: Saturday, April 18, 5 pm
Location: Barn (4752 Route 14)
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How to Braid Hair

Description:

French braids and more!
Professor: Ann Howland
Date and Time: Saturday, April 18, 10 am
Location:
Barn (4752 Route 14)
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Energy Sleuths

Description:

If you have questions about electricity, basic circuits, electrical use in your home, AC/DC, what’s a volt, amp, watt, kWh, Btu, or maybe you’re wondering how a heat pump work, or thinking about solar, bring your questions to this class.
Professor: Dave Lahar, Vermont Electric Co-op
Date and Time: Saturday, April 25, 10 am
Location: Barn (4752 Route 14)
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Rowan Rocks and Random Acts of Kindness

Description:
We'll have fun painting our own designs on rocks that we will "hide" for someone else to find. Anyone who finds one is challenged to perform a random act of kindness in honor of Rowan, a seven-year-old scout who died in an accident.  So far, Rowan Rocks have been found in every state and several other countries.
Professor: Phillis Mosher
Date and Time: Sunday, April 19, 2 pm
Location: Leach Library
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A Visit with Howard Frank Mosher

Description:

Spend time with the beloved Irasburg author with via his lively recorded video interviews
Professor: Phillis Mosher
Date and Time: Sunday, April 26, 2 pm
Location: Leach Library
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​How to Start a Book Club

Description:

The basics of creating a successful book club
Professor: Grace McConnell
Date and Time: Thursday, April 9, 7 pm
Location: Leach Library

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​Trees of Irasburg

Description:

A survey of trees of the Irasburg area and a look at the effects of climate change on our northern Vermont forest, including the impact of the forest tent caterpillar.
Professor: Jared Nunnery, Orleans County Forester
Date and Time: Thursday, April 23, 6 pm
Location: Barn (4752 Route 14)
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Local Lumber

Description:

The state of the art and the state of the business of logging and lumbering in northern Vermont.
Professor: Colleen Goodridge, owner and operator of Goodridge’s Lumber in Albany and matriarch of the Vermont lumber industry
Date and Time: Thursday, April 30, 6 pm
Location: Barn (4752 Route 14)

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How to Stuff a Pork Roast

Description:

Learn from a master!
Professor: Margie Morley, meat cutter extraordinaire
Date and Time: Friday, April 24, 5 pm
Location: Barn (4752 Route 14)
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Commencement Dinner

Description:

All University of Irasburg professors and students are invited.
Date and Time: Friday, April 24
Location: Barn (4752 Route 14)
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Registration also at Town Clerk’s Office or Leach Library

Contact:
130 Park Ave 
​Irasburg, Vt. 
(802) 754-2526 



Hours:
Mon:  3 pm  - 6 pm
Wed:  3 pm - 6 pm
Thurs: 3 pm - 6 pm
Sat:    10 pm -3 pm

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Library Staff:
Director
Trisha Ingalls

Librarian
Colette Houle

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