Events
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Middle Grade Magic: The Gathering
Teens and tweens ages 10-14, stop in for an afternoon of Magic: The Gathering with friends! Bring your Magic Card deck, discuss strategy, and spend an afternoon gaming in the best of company. Beginners welcome.
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Pierson Stretches! Vinyasa Yoga Flow with Laura Meyer
Join certified yoga instructor Laura K. Meyer on a journey of breath and movement in a classic vinyasa class. Strengthen, lengthen, and wind down your week with a grounding flow. This class can be more challenging, but students are encouraged to modify and make the practice their own. Bring your own mat. To register, please…
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Read to a Dog
Celebrate the joy of reading with Taffy (9/12) and Kieran (9/19, 9/26), our certified therapy dogs! Join our Read to a Dog program to enhance literacy in the delightful company of an attentive pup. Hone those reading skills in a nonjudgmental environment and boost confidence and fluency with a furry friend by your side! Space…
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Autumn Lantern Painting Party
Join us for a whimsical morning using paint, sparkles, and decoupage to create one-of-a-kind paper lanterns! Bring home a flicker of magic and light to celebrate the short vibrant days of Fall! To register, please call the library at (802) 985-5124.
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Death Cafe
Consider yourself cordially invited to this intimate conversation on mortality, thoughtfully led by local philosopher and ophthalmologist Nick Marconi. Death Cafes can be places to voice fears and concerns, safe communal spaces to express loss, opportunities to discuss practical matters, invitations to consider mystery, and more. Every meeting is different. To register, please call the…
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Fiber Arts Crafting Hour
Join the company of other knitters, crafters, needlepoint workers, and more every Monday at the noontime hour!
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Music & Movement with Stephen
We're thrilled to announce that we've got musician Stephen Coronella on the roster through the month of September! Share a morning of kid-friendly songs and experience the magical sounds of the myriad musical instruments Stephen brings to these lively community mornings.
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Twisted Obsession Author Talk
Join local psychological romance author Áille Róis for an evening of stories and honest conversation. Through a reading of her personal essay "Why I Write the Way I Do," she'll share the experiences that shaped her writing, discuss her published novel Twisted Obsession, works in progress, and answer questions about independent publishing, the creative process, and…
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Exhibitionists Book Club: Creative Exploration (offsite at the Charlotte Library)
You've seen the exhibit. You've read the book. What next? Join Shelburne Museum's Kat Redniss for a creative experience, guiding you through artmaking of your own in response to the Varied and Alive exhibit and The Night Circus. Please note that this workshop is occurring offsite at our partner's library, 115 Ferry Road in Charlotte.
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Noontime Poetry Reading Society
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 of the…