The Yale Club of Vermont’s Summer Salon will feature one of its own members, Ken Ellingwood, Yale College ’82 (BK). Now a Vermonter, this globetrotting journalist and author will lead a discussion of his book, First to Fall: Elijah Lovejoy and the Fight for a Free Press in the Age of Slavery. This work of narrative nonfiction tells the story […]

The book for September is Norwich: One Tiny Vermont Town’s Secret to Happiness, by Karen Crouse. As we come to nearly the end of the Paris Summer Olympic Games, why not keep themagic going, and bring it closer to home? This delightful book chronicles the Town of Norwich,Vermont and explores why it produces the largest […]

Join with our frenemies at the Harvard-Radcliffe Club of Vermont for a rollicking good time cheering on our respective teams from the comfort of McGillicuddy’s in Essex Junction.  Food and beverage available for purchase. Game time at noon November 23 – come anytime from kickoff to the final play. There’s no cost but please RSVP […]

Join fellow Vermont Yalies for an online discussion of Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton, on January 29 from 7:00 until 8:30 PM on Zoom. Birnam Wood is the third novel by New Zealand writer Eleanor Catton. Published in February 2023, the novel follows members of guerilla gardening collective Birnam Wood as, with the help of a charismatic tech billionaire, they undertake […]

On Friday February 21 the combined Yale and Brown Clubs hit the slopes at Bolton Valley. The night shift started at 4:00 pm as the lights came on from the summit to the base.  The intrepid participants soldiered on through the unexpected snow to conquer the mountain in true Ivy fashion.  We were ever true […]

Yale Grad and popular Vermont Author Archer Mayor Will Join us for a lively discussion of his Joe Gunther Mystery Tucker Peak. Tucker Peak is a quintessential Vermont Story about a small ski resort struggling to survive, and a string of burglaries at the ski condos that leave resort management even more beleaguered. Joe has left his […]

Deadline for Registration is July 25 Show off your bocce and cornhole skills, take a dip in the lake, enjoy lunch catered by Woodbelly of Montpelier, best of all, engage in intelligent(?), witty(!) conversation with fellow Yalies. For additional information and to register, go to our club website: Register HERE(additional event information and directions provided […]

The Yale Club of Vermont Book Club's next meeting happens on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. on Zoom. The book is Twist, by Collum McCann. Register here. Twist is a propulsive novel of rupture and repair in the digital age, delving into a hidden world deep under the ocean—from the New York […]

Watch and cheer with the Yale and Harvard Clubs of Vermont gather at McGillicuddy's Pub in Essex Junction for this annual event. We'll have a private room, a big television, old friends and new. You'll order off the menu as you wish. RSVP below to let us know you're coming.

The Director, by Daniel Kehlman, is a New York Times top five fiction books of 2025 This fascinating historical novel follows the later career of G.W. Pabst, the brilliant German film director who created Pandora’s Box and the Threepenny Opera, and who made both Garbo and Louise Brooks world famous. A few years before World […]

Here's the plan ... go downhill skiing at Stowe, do Nordic at the von Trapp Family Lodge and Resort, or go to the Ben & Jerry's factory in Waterbury and spend the rest of the day shopping in Stowe Village. Suit Yourself, then come by the Trapp Bierhall from 4-6 pm to bend an elbow […]

Henry Knox's Noble Train: The Story of a Boston Bookseller's Heroic Expedition That Saved the American Revolution. Mark your calendar April 22, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm During the brutal winter of 1775-1776, an untested Boston bookseller named Henry Knox commandeered an oxen train hauling 60 tons of cannons and other artillery from Fort Ticonderoga near […]