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  • Lego Club

    Love to build things? Join us each week for Lego Club, where we’ll tackle a fun building challenge based on a new theme, like designing your dream clubhouse or inventing a brand-new vehicle. Join us and use the library’s huge Lego collection to bring your ideas to life. Completed creations will be displayed in the…

  • Creative Writing Support Group

    Find community and encouragement with other writers in our monthly creative writing meet-up! Each session will include a check-in to see where and how everyone’s at with their practice and/or projects, followed by an in-session generative writing exercise (led either by library staff or outside expert), a supportive workshopping of submitted pages (ideally read ahead…

  • 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 nonjudgmental environment, making reading a rewarding experience for emerging readers. Boost confidence and fluency with Taffy by your side! Space…

  • Shelburne Helping Hands: A Community-building Project

    What does genuine community mean? Join neighbor Nick Marconi for an introduction and study into community building and renewal. Nick will propose a "helping hands circle" for Shelburne—a network of relationships within which members feel helped and cared for. Through inquiry and interaction, the practicalities of a radical new system for economic engagement will be revealed.  

  • Winter Art Show

    Warm up these cold days with the library’s Winter Art Show, which brings together artists of all ages exploring landscape, wonder, and the natural world. Rebecca Padula’s At the Edge of Town presents moody oil and cold wax paintings inspired by New England’s rural spaces, where memory and abstraction meet. Photographer Jeffrey Trubisz invites viewers…

  • Introduction to Mandarin

    A new year is upon us, and with it that stalwart tradition of making resolutions! Perhaps 2026 is the year you pick up the language spoken by 1.2 billion worldwide…

  • Fiber Arts Crafting Hour

    Do you have a fiber arts project you're working on and would enjoy the company of other crafters? Join this crafting hour every Monday to knit, crochet, weave, felt, embroider,…

  • The Howard Center: Drop-in Appointments

    Would you or someone you know like to find out more about mental health and housing services available in our region? If so, stop by the library for one of…

  • Music & 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…