First Night 2012
Thank you, Montpelier for a terrific First Night! Happy New Year!
Lantern Launch Location Change:
The Lantern Launch will be held on the green at Vermont College of Fine Arts on College Street at approximately 10:15 pm, weather permitting. This will follow the parade and disco party.
Buy on Day of Event at these locations:
- City Hall starting at Noon
- City Center starting at Noon
- Morse Farm Nordic Center (noon-3:30 for cross country skiing)
- Central Vermont Civic Center (2:30-5:30 for ice skating)
- First in Fitness-Berlin (noon-3:30 for swimming)

Posters Designed by Dana Dwinell-Yardley.
Festival Guides are out now!
Where to Buy Buttons--onsale December 1st!
The Schedule
Performer biographies PDF
Performer biographies WORD Doc
To volunteer, please contact Rebecca at 922-3452 or volunteer@montpelieralive.org
Application for 5k Race. First Night Button included in fee!
Press Releases:
First Night is presented by Montpelier Alive and is underwritten my National Life Group with major support from VSECU and the City of Montpelier.
Community Events
For full listing of PoemCity events, CLICK HERE
4/17/12
Three Vermont Poets, a reading at Bear Pond Books, 7 pm
4/18/12
The Back Office Series: The Business of Art featuring Art Resource Association and The Drawing Board at the Drawing Board, 5:30 pm
Walter Butts, a reading at the Kellogg Hubbard Library, 7 pm
4/19/12
Take a Leap, Write a Poem! A workshop at the Kellogg Hubbard Library, 7 pm
4/20/12
Brown Bag Lunch: Share Your Favorite Poems at the Kellogg Hubbard Library, 12 Noon
4/21/12
Time Remembered, a workshop with Reuben Jackson at the Kellogg Hubbard Library, 1 pm
Letterpress Broadsides, workshop at May Day Studio, all day. Register HERE
4/22/12
Louder Than a Bomb, a movie screening at The Savoy Theater, 10:30 am
Letterpress Broadsides, workshop at May Day Studio, all day. Register HERE
What else is happening? Find out HERE!
Contact us anytime:
Montpelier Alive
39 Main Street
Montpelier, Vt 05602
director@montpelieralive.org
(802) 223-9604
Phayvanh Luekhamhan
Executive Director
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