Enjoy "An Afternoon with Walt Whitman," a Vermont Humanities Council Speakers Bureau program featuring Stephen Collins. The audience is a visitor in Walt Whitman's room as he prepares for his seventieth birthday celebration and questions his success as a man and a poet. He traces the experiences that led to the creation of "Leaves Of Grass," his lifetime work.

This program is part of the Bennington Free Library's Vermont Reads activities. Vermont Reads is Vermont Humanities' statewide community reading program. This year's book, We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra explores themes of love, friendship, and survival through the growing relationship between two high school boys. Pick up a free copy of the book at Bennington Free Library, 101 Silver Street. For more information visit benningtonfreelibrary.org or call 802-442-9051.