Events
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Mahjong Playing Society
Join us for a new way to have fun, make friends, and build community! Mahjong is a tile-based game of skill, luck and strategy akin to Gin Rummy. Players draw tiles and form melds. We will be joined by Pauline Nolte who can instruct players in both Chinese and American mahjong (following the hands and…
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Shelburne’s Annual Tree Lighting & Festivities
Come join us for festive caroling on the Town Green starting at 5:30pm. At 6:00pm the tree will be lit, after which everyone is invited to Town Hall for snacks, letter writing to Santa, and seasonal songs sung by CVU's Madrigal Singers. From there, children can visit Santa in the Pierson Library community room. A…
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Fiber Arts Crafting Hour
Have you got a fiber arts project you're working on and would enjoy the company of other crafters? Join this crafting hour every Monday to knit, crochet, weave, felt, embroider, and socialize! This program runs officially for one hour but provided the space is available crafters are welcome to stay and socialize afterwards!
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Music & Movement with G-Raph
Musician extraordinaire G-Raph (a.k.a. Raphael Groten) brings weekly kids concerts to the Pierson Library! Raphael's exuberant music and radiating kindness bring sunshine to every event, as he plays a variety of original music and familiar classics on a variety of musical instruments. These fun, high energy mornings are sure to get you and your crew…
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Cozy Crafts: Little Witch Hazel, Home for a Gnome
Paint a cozy tree stump home and a gnome of your own to inhabit it! Use felt, miniature mushrooms and winter berries to create a festive abode for your forest friend. Recommended for ages 8 and up (tree stump abodes are a breakable ceramic). Call the library to register at 802-985-5124.
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The Voice of the Hudson Documentary Screening
Join us for a special screening of The Voice of the Hudson, a film that documents the 15-day, 375-mile self-powered journey of eight teenage boys who hiked, paddled, and biked from the highest mountain in New York State to Jersey City, New Jersey, all the while conducting a water quality study of the Hudson River.…
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Pierson Playdate
Looking for a place for your little one to play on chilly autumn days? Join us in Town Hall for fun, frolic, and friendship for both littles and their parents/caretakers. Appropriate for ages 2 to 4.
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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! Every Wednesday during 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 hour, then…
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After School Hangout
Join us on early release day to game, snack, and chill with friends! Appropriate for tweens and teens.
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Teen Advisory Group
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.