Pierson Library

Phil's Big Day Release Party with Children's Author/Illustrator Liza Woodruff
2024-11-09 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Meet Author-Illustrator Liza Woodruff and celebrate the release of her new book, “Phil’s Big Day: A Groundhog’s Story”! Be the first to hear “Phil’s Big Day” read-aloud and create a fun groundhog themed craft to bring home.

Ecological Fall Garden Clean-Up at the Pierson Library Gardens
2024-11-09 08:30 - 10:30
Led by UVM extension master gardener Steve Budington, this hands-on event will teach you how to balance plant removal and retention to benefit both your garden and local wildlife. Bring your favorite gardening tools and help us maintain a more ecologically friendly perennial garden!

Multicultural Movie Night
2024-11-08 17:30 - 19:30
Join us for multicultural movie night! Each month we show a different family movie- with pizza provided by Shelburne’s own Equity and Diversity Committee! This month: A boy with a facial difference faces challenges and finds friendship at school, promoting kindness and acceptance. (PG, 113 min)

Write Together for National Novel Writing Month
2024-11-08 09:00 - 11:00
November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo for short). Since 1999, non-profit NaNoWriMo has been encouraging fledgling and seasoned writers with the challenge of producing a 50,000-word manuscript in the month of November. Whether you’re officially or privately participating in the challenge or just desire quiet community while crafting, we’ll be providing space, tea and coffee for writers throughout the month to sit down, and share quiet, writing space together.

Writers Unite! Creative Writing for Teens (ages 11-15)
2024-11-07 15:30 - 16:30
Writers ages 11-16 gather to hone your writing skills! writers are welcome (but never obligated) to share their work and enjoy an inspiring afternoon with fellow creators. Snacks provided.

Musical Storytime with Liz
2024-11-07 10:30 - 11:00
Experience the magic of music and storytelling with Liz at our weekly Musical Storytime! Join us for a unique adventure where captivating stories come to life with the enchanting power of music. Liz will transport young minds into the world of rhythm, melody, and imagination. No advanced registration is necessary.

Youth Advisory
2024-11-06 14:30 - 15:30
Love to read? Help us build a library collection that truly reflects the interests and ambitions of our community! Assist Katie in finding exciting new publications and recent releases, identify gaps in our collection, create eye-catching displays, and plan events! Snacks provided. Recommended ages 11-15

After School Hangout
2024-11-06 14:00 - 16:30, 2024-10-30 14:00 - 16:30
Join us on early release day to game, snack, and chill with friends! Appropriate for tweens and teens. No advanced registration is necessary.

Noontime Poetry Society
2024-11-06 12:00 - 13:00
The Poetry Society meets and reads its way systematically through whole books of poetry. Participants take turns at the lectern and read aloud the words of poets’ dead, distant, and near alike. In this way, the air is filled with visions, the words enlivened to play their magic upon us. The second half hour is reserved for poetic reflection, general news, and writing exercises.

Pierson Playdate
2024-11-06 10:30 - 11:30
Looking for a place for your little one to play on these cold winter days? Join us in Town Hall for fun, frolic, and friendship for both littles and their parents/caretakers. Appropriate for ages 2 to 4. No advanced registration necessary.

Creative Collaborations Writing Workshop
2024-11-04 18:00 - 19:30
To supplement, encourage and inspire all the November writing going on, we’re hosting a fun evening of creative writing collaborations, party writing games, and pass arounds! While creative writing can be precious (at times necessarily so!) feel free to cut loose and give into the pure duendes, muses, accidents and happenstances of inspiration. Get those creative juices flowing in a fun, safe, non-judgmental community space.

Fiber Arts Crafting Circle
2024-11-04 12:00 - 14:00
Have you got a fiber arts project you’re working on and would relish the company of other crafters? Join this informal group that meets for two hours every Monday to knit, crochet, weave, felt, embroider, and socialize. On occasion there will be special guest presenters, but mostly this is an opportunity to share company (and perhaps even pointers!) with other participants invested in the art, craft, and leisure of fiber arts.

Zentangle Workshop
2024-11-02 14:00 - 15:00
Julia Davenport is back at the Pierson library to share the relaxing forgiving art form that is Zentangle. With few tools and a small scale, she will guide us in a 90-minute tangle to find creativity and calm our neural networks! There will likely be space for drop-ins but to give us a sense of head count please call (802) 985-5124 to sign-up.

Read to a Dog
2024-11-02 10:30 - 12:00
Celebrate the joy of reading with Taffy, our certified therapy dog! Join our ‘Read to a Dog’ program to enhance literacy skills in the delightful company of this furry friend. Taffy provides a supportive and non-judgmental environment, making reading a rewarding experience for emerging readers. Boost confidence and fluency with Taffy by your side! Space is limited. To register, please call us at 802-985-5124

Halloween Poetry Salon and Open Mic
2024-10-31 18:00 - 20:00
Monster mash your way on over to the Pierson Library this Halloween for our monthly poetry salon and open mic. Tonight’s featured poets are photographer and master wordsmith Curtis Johnson of Calais and Gradiva award-winning poet Karen Morris whoe latest collection Nothing Happened Last Night is fresh out from Finishing Line Press.

Samhain Oracle Drawing and Ancestor Luncheon
2024-10-31 12:00 - 13:00
Before the Catholics and the candy companies made it the Halloween we know today, Oct. 31st was Samhain (pronounced SAH-win), a Gaelic festival marking the end of harvest time and the midpoint between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice. This was a time when the doorways to other worlds were said to open, allowing in the spirits of the dead and every manner of supernatural being. To honor this time, we will gather for a sandwich lunch (with gluten-free options), setting extra food for our ancestors and drawing oracle cards to gain insights.

Musical Storytime with Liz
2024-10-31 10:30 - 11:00
Experience the magic of music and storytelling with Liz at our weekly Musical Storytime! Join us for a unique adventure where captivating stories come to life with the enchanting power of music. Liz will transport young minds into the world of rhythm, melody, and imagination. No advance registration is necessary.

Haunted Town Hall
2024-10-30 17:00 - 19:00
Brave kiddos (8+), teens, and adults! Come get a head start on trick-or-treating with this scary haunted house completely planned, devised, and orchestrated by our teen and tween patrons. Will you survive?

Noontime Poetry Society
2024-10-30 12:00 - 13:00
The Poetry Society meets and reads its way systematically through whole books of poetry. Participants take turns at the lectern and read aloud the words of poets dead, distant, and near alike. In this way, the air is filled with visions, the words enlivened to play their magic upon us. The second half hour is reserved for poetic reflection, general news, and writing exercises.

Haunted House Planning Committee
2024-10-29 15:30 - 16:30
Are you a teen or tween that loves getting spooky, planning scares, and creating experiences? Join like-minded peers in the planning and orchestrating of a haunted house, right here in the library! We’ll plan and devise how to build it, what we need and where all the monsters will go. Parents are welcome too!

Pierson Fiber Arts Crafting Circle
2024-10-28 12:00 - 14:00

Halloween Parade Crafts & Festivities
2024-10-27 14:00 - 16:00
Attending the annual town Halloween parade? Join the festivites aftwerwards, and stop by the Pierson pumpkin patch, where we’ll create light up paper pumpkin lanterns to bring home!

Fall Book Sale
2024-10-27 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-10-26 09:00 - 17:00
Join us for the ultimate book lover’s paradise at our Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale! With thousands of titles to choose from, you’re sure to find your next favorite read. Plus, indulge your sweet tooth with delicious homemade pies available for purchase. Don’t miss this opportunity to stock up on books and treats while supporting your local library.

Death Cafe
2024-10-26 14:00 - 16:00
Death Cafes are opportunities to gather and increase awareness of death so that we might make the most of our finite lives. Shelburne resident and optometrist Nick Marconi has been leading local death cafes for more than 10 years (most recently at Village Wine and Coffee). Now he’s here with us at the Pierson Library in a new monthly series of intimate discussions, where we’ll voice concerns, share stories, question and think together about this hard fact of life. It’s not always easy. But when we share, heart to heart, we build community and experience a special joy that enhances our lives now. Space limited to 12 participants for the sake of intimacy. To register please call he library at 802-985-5124.

Spooktacular Film Fest: The Witches
2024-10-26 11:00 - 12:30
Get a jump start on Halloween with this family friendly spooky flick about a coven of kiddo-hating witches! From the bizarre mind of Roald Dahl and the inventive helming of Nicolas Roeg, it’s the 1990 The Witches (the only one that will suffice). Some material may be too scary for littles. Rated PG.

Fall Book Sale (Preview Sale for Friends Members and Their Guests)
2024-10-25 17:30 - 19:30

Living with Climate Chaos: Gardening with Native Plants with Charlotte Albers
2024-10-24 18:30 - 19:30
The next talk in our Climate Chaos series sees us exploring regional gardening in the face of increasingly extreme weather fluctuations. Flooding, erosion, drought–little is off the table any longer for the local green thumbs. Come learn about tough, resilient native plants that can help solve problems at your home and enhance local biodiversity. Charlotte Albers, a landscape designer who created the master plan for the Pierson Library campus, will highlight low maintenance favorites including many selections around our building. This event is presented in partnership with the Shelburne Climate and Energy Committee and the UVM Master Gardener Extension Program.

Comic Book Club
2024-10-24 15:30 - 16:30
Love to read and create comics? Join us to discuss some of your favorite graphic novels over snacks and share your comic creations with fellow fans! Recommended for ages 8 and up.
