Events

Exercise your problem-solving skills with a cunning game of wits! Unearth the clues hidden throughout the youth area to reveal the code to the library safe. Quick thinkers might just puzzle their way to a prize! 

Creative Writing Support Group is a gathering of writers and writers-to-be. Once a month we meet to discuss our process, champion wins, share resources, and encourage and support one another. We write together, sometimes with an outside presenter sharing a prompt. We midwife one another's work. To register, please call the library at (802) 985-5124. 

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 two-hour tangle to find creativity and calm our neural networks! To register, please call the library at (802) 985-5124. 

Join the company of other knitters, crafters, needlepoint workers, and more every Monday at the noontime hour! 

Join us on Tuesdays for music, movement, and fun with Stephen Coronella! 

Join us off-site at the Shelburne Museum for a tour of the Norman Rockwell exhibit, led by Public Programs Educator Kat Redniss. This exhibit, in conjunction with our reading of Howard Frank Mosher's A Stranger in the Kingdom, is up for discussion at the Pierson Library later this month. For this tour, please meet at the entrance to the museum. 

Minecraft players ages 7-12 and their adults meet up to share their Minecraft knowledge and play together! Attendees should bring their laptop or tablet with Minecraft installed and account created. 

Leave all responsibilities behind and immerse yourself in a world of song! You'll receive a songwriting prompt at the top of the session to inspire direction and creativity, along with some tips and tricks from your instructor, Connor, and the rest is up to you! You'll leave the workshop with a clear song concept and the beginnings of your next hit.…

This group is for poetry readers, poetry writers, and the poetically curious alike! For the first half hour we take turns, taking the lectern and reading aloud together from whole poetry collections. Whenever we finish one, we vote on the next. We're currently reading Women Poets from Antiquity to Now. The second half is devoted to poetic reflection, news, and…

Streams carry large amounts of sediment and nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorous, and carbon into lakes like Lake Champlain. While these nutrients are a natural part of aquatic ecosystems, too much of them can fuel harmful cyanobacterial blooms that threaten ecosystem health, drinking water quality, and recreation. UVM grad student, field scientist, and data analyst Ben Kelley will leverage a decade-long monitoring effort…