Events
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Read to a Dog
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…
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Monday Morning Book Club: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Join us for a discussion of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, the acclaimed debut novel by Carson McCullers. Set in a Georgia mill town during the 1930s, this modern classic follows a deaf-mute man named John Singer, who becomes an unexpected confidant to a cast of lonely and searching characters: a drifting laborer, an…
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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…
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Music & Movement with G-Raph
Musician extraordinaire G-Raph (a.k.a. Raphael Groten) brings weekly musical fun for little 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…
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Postponed Haunted House Planning Committee
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!
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Tuesday Night Book Club: The Demon of Unrest
Join us for a discussion of The Demon of Unrest, by best-selling author Erik Larson. The book explores the tense months between Abraham Lincoln’s election and the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, highlighting the personal struggles and political missteps that brought the U.S. to the brink of civil war. Through diaries and historical records, Larson…
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Democracy in Our Time: A Discussion of Democracy Awakening
This month, we’ll discuss Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by acclaimed historian Heather Cox Richardson. A New York Times bestseller and widely praised for its clarity and insight, this work explores the historical roots of America’s current political climate and the growing threats to democratic institutions. Drawing on over 150 years of…
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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…
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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. No advanced registration is necessary.
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Teen Advisory Group: Haunted House Planning
This month the libraries teen advisory group is hard at work on the haunted house planning! 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…