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  • Tuesday Night Book Club: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

    Join us for a discussion of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All by Eliezer Yudkowsky, an urgent and provocative examination of the existential risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI). Drawing on decades of research into machine intelligence and alignment, Yudkowsky argues that the global race to create superhuman…

  • 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…

  • Teen Advisory

    Love to read? Help us build a library collection that truly reflects the interests and ambitions of our community! Assist Katie in finding exciting new publications and recent releases, identify gaps in our collection, create eye-catching displays, and plan events! Snacks provided. Recommended ages 11-15.

  • Afterschool Hangout

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

  • Pierson Stretches: Let Your Yoga Dance with Heather Preis

    This fall the Pierson library is getting its yoga on with an ongoing series of free classes geared toward everyone! Whether you’re interested in healthy aging, a hybrid dance form, or a smooth vinyasa flow, we’ll have something for everyone! Three different instructors, three different class types, each class meeting four times total over the…

  • Musical Storytime with Liz       

    Experience the magic of music and storytelling at our weekly musical storytime! 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.

  • Exhibitionists Book Club: Varied and Alive Exhibit Tour (Offsite at Shelburne Museum)

    Let's all go to the circus with Shelburne Museum and the Pierson Library! This month our art gallery and book club are pairing Erin Morgenstern's debut novel, The Night Circus, with the museum's exhibit of rarely seen gems from the Webb collection. With folk art paintings, textiles, toys, and trade signs, this curatorial tour de…

  • Mahjong Playing Society

    Whether you're an old hand or a first timer, the Mahjong Playing Society is for you! Gather with other seasoned players of this classic game or other beginners. We play as well as instruct in both Chinese and American Mahjong.

  • Pierson Library Open Mic

    The Pierson Library Open Mic is now accepting songwriters, comedians, poets, guitar strummers, saxophone wailers, sleight-of-handers, jugglers, fire breathers (be safe, though!), drag queens, drag kings, afab queens, contortionists, mesmerists, psychics, short-story tellers, theremin wobblers, aerialists, ballerinas (and ballerinos), cowboys, boxers, hula-hoop wigglers, lion tamers, geek acts, burlesque acts, card counters, orators, clowns, mimes, and…

  • Creative Writing Support Group

    For this support group session we will have a generative writing exercise, check in regarding projects, discuss editing, and end the session writing together in peaceful quiet. To register, please call the library at (802) 985-5124.