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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. Musician and storyteller Liz Buchanan transports young minds into the world of rhythm, melody, and imagination.

  • Spanish Language Conversation Group

    Welcome to the Pierson Library's weekly Spanish Conversation Group! Whether you're a native Spanish speaker, an expert talker, or a beginning speaker, find community and conversation with group leader Martha Stegner of Colombia. ¡Bienvenido al grupo semanal de conversación en español de la Biblioteca Pierson! Ya seas hablante nativo de español, un experto en la…

  • Tyler Alexander Author Talk: If I Can Get Home This Fall

    Civil War enthusiasts won’t want to miss this compelling presentation by CVU teacher Tyler Alexander, celebrating the release of his new biography, If I Can Get Home This Fall, published by the University of Nebraska Press. The book tells the remarkable story of Dan Mason, a white soldier who served in both the Sixth Vermont…

  • Postponed Harvest Moon Dance (POSTPONED)

    Our Harvest Moon Dance has been postponed until winter. Stayed tuned for more details!

  • Board Game Afternoon

    Spend an afternoon with family, friends, and neighbors trying out a variety of board games from around the world. From simple games of luck and chance to strategic games that exercise your wits, stop in to share a favorite game or try something entirely new! All ages welcome to this fun free event.

  • Holiday Closure

    The library will be closed on Monday, October 13, 2025, in observance of Indigenous Peoples' Day.

  • Music and 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…

  • Molly Johnsen Book Launch: Everything Alive

    Join the Pierson Library, The Flying Pig Bookstore & Rootstock Publishing for the launch of Molly Johnsen's debut poetry collection: Everything Alive. With desperate longing, raw vulnerability and surprising humor, the collection confronts trauma and disability like long-lost relatives. Johnsen relies on the power and shortcomings of language to highlight the ways “we are manhandled…

  • 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…

  • After School Hangout

    Join us on early release day to game, snack, and chill with friends! Appropriate for tweens and teens.