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  • Noontime Poetry Reading Society

    Get a heaping helping of poetics this poetry month and join the hippest happening in Chittenden County--the Noontime Poetry Reading Society! Yes, every hump day at the lunch hour, the hip cats of  the NPRS gather to lend their voices to wonderful poetry collections and anthologies, cold-reading aloud through whole books for the first half…

  • Tiny Paintings

    Big vibes, small canvas. Come flex your creative muscles and paint something tiny but mighty. We’ll hook you up with all the supplies and you bring the creativity. Your mini masterpiece will hang out in the library all summer, looking cooler than that one painting you did in 5th grade (you know the one). To…

  • Choose Your Own Adventure Writing Group

    It’s back! For six sessions this summer we will gather to plan, construct, write and illustrate together a Choose Your Own Adventure style novella using R.A. Montgomery's Journey Under the Sea as a story map. For this first meeting we will detail the scope of the project, write the first chapter, answer any questions, and…

  • Color Our World: Spin Art

    Get ready to make art that spins with color and creativity! In this hands-on program, young artists will explore the magic of symmetry through the fun and vibrant process of spin art. Using spinning tools and colorful paints, kids will create their own symmetrical masterpieces while learning about balance, and pattern. Dress for a mess…

  • The Art of Board Game Design

    Join us for a presentation on board game creation from game-maker Garth Kauffman. Garth will discuss board game mechanics, and the art of design.

  • Weeds: Cutting vs. Pulling

    Join UVM Extension Master Gardeners and local volunteers in the library and town campus gardens this summer. Learn about sustainable garden practices, native plantings, and discuss the garden and landscape issues you're facing. We'll work in and tour the gardens with a specific focus each meeting. EMG's are dedicated to sharing science-based best practices and…

  • Explore the Secret Senses of Animals: Book Launch with Annmarie Anderson

    Shelburne's own Annmarie Anderson celebrates the release of the young reader's edition of An Immense World: How Animals Sense Earth's Amazing Secrets. Learn about the amazing ways animals navigate and experience the world and learn how Annmarie was able to tailor this work to be a just right read for so many nature loving kids!…

  • Pride Month Pop-Up Book Club: They Both Die at the End

    Join us for a special Pride Month pop-up book club as we discuss They Both Die in the End by bestselling author Adam Silvera. This book is an unforgettable story about love, connection, and living boldly in the face of the unknown. Set in a near future where a mysterious service called Death-Cast alerts people…

  • Death Cafe

    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 & Coffee). Now, he's here at the Pierson Library in a…