Events
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Tamale Making Workshop with Viva El Sabor
Adventure and a tasty good time await the culinarily curious this Tuesday at our tamale making workshop with Viva El Sabor! Viva El Sabor is a collective of Spanish-speaking chefs driven by a passion for authentic Mexican and Guatemalan cuisine, cultural exchange and economic empowerment. They bring the rich flavors of Central America to Vermont!…
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Noontime Poetry Reading Society
Our regularly scheduled poetics continue these subsequent Wednesdays as we gather to lend our voices to wonderful poetry collections and anthologies, cold reading aloud through whole books for the first half hour, then sharing works in progress, poetic reflections, and beloved bits of verse for the second. Always, we end with take-home writing prompt. Drop-ins…
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Who Do You Think You Art? Masked Tape Name Paintings
Think your name belongs in a museum? Come stake your claim to fame with this fun and ridiculously satisfying art project. Using painter’s tape, a canvas, and your creative genius, you’ll block out your name (or nickname, or secret superhero alias), paint over it in whatever wild colors your soul demands, then peel back the…
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Thursday Morning Story Time
Experience the magic of music and storytelling at our weekly musical story time! Join us for an adventure where stories come to life with the power of music. Liz Buchanan will transport young minds into the world of rhythm, melody, and imagination. No advance registration is necessary.
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Rebecca Rupp Chemistry
Calling all aspiring chemists! Plop on your safety goggles and join us for an explosive good time. Learn about some amazing chemical reactions using everyday materials, learn the difference between acids and bases and launch rockets with Scientist Rebecca Rupp. Please call the library to register at 802-985-5124.
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Warm Season Grasses
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…
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Book Party: Violet’s Violin and Instrument Petting Zoo with VT Young Traditions
Join us for a truly musical morning, as we welcome Author Rachel Keyser, and Ian Drury of Vermont Young Traditions! Rachel kicks things off with a reading her new picture book Violet's Violin followed by a musical performance, and a chance to discover new sounds at the instrument petting zoo! While "Violet" will most appeal…
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Philosophy Book Club: The Analects
This month, Philosophy Book Club is going old school with a classic text of ancient Chinese philosophy The Analects. Composed during the Warring States period (475–221 BC) and finalized during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD), this wisdom attributed to Confucius by his followers remains an important work of thought and ethics today.…
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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 and Coffee). Now he's here at the Pierson Library in a…
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Fiber Arts Crafting Circle
Have you got a fiber arts project you're working on and would enjoy the company of other crafters? Join this informal group that meets for two hours every Wednesday to knit, crochet, weave, felt, embroider, and socialize! On occasion special guest presenters attend, but mostly this is an opportunity to share company (and perhaps even…