By Marek Bennett
NFCF Weekend Programming
From science to politics, history to health care, cartooning has exploded as a legitimate medium for exploring non-fiction topics and the textures of lived experience.
Friday - Special Pre-Festival Event
Join us for some awesome events at the Archives Arcade Bar in Burlington beginning at 4:30 on Friday November 17, 2023!
Hey Kids, Comics!
Vermont Comic Book Cultures, a Listening Party
November 17, 2023
4:30pm-5:00pm
The Archives Arcade Bar
FREE!
Vermont Folklife has been busy interviewing Vermont comic creators and passionate Vermont comic book collectors and adding their voices to our archive. We invite you to join us for a night of Archives at the Archives Arcade Bar!
Join Mirthful Mary Wesley and resident Folklife Comic Nerd Andy Kolovos for a Listening Party featuring the voices of well-known Vermont cartoonists describing how Vermont shapes their art, along with clips of Vermont comic book fanatics sharing tales of the nerd life here in the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s.
Pre-Festival Meet Up!
November 17, 2023
5:00pm
The Archives Arcade Bar
FREE!
Hey! Following VT Folklife’s “Hey Kids, Comics Listening Party” stick around for a pre-Festival meet up at the Archives Arcade Bar in Burlington!