Pierson Library Knitting Group

Pierson Library 5376 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, VT, United States

Monday is knitting day here at the Pierson! Join other crafters as they sit around the fireplace to knit and socialize.

Jack Mayer Author Talk: How Did Germany’s Weimar Republic Become the Third Reich?

Pierson Library 5376 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, VT, United States

Defeated, humiliated, and in chaos, Germany after World War I was imperiled by leftist revolution and right-wing violence. Jack Mayer recounts the origins of the Third Reich through the story of Ernst Werner Techow, a member of the para-military Free Corps and the murderous Organization C, who was recruited into a clandestine assassination network trying…

Noontime Poetry Reading Society

Pierson Library 5376 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, VT, United States

Hey poetry lovers! Join us for group that cold reads whole poetry collections aloud half an hour at a time, getting their mouths a-moving, and affecting the air with the rhythms of poets across time. For the first half hour we will do that and only that, in the second half hour members may bring…

Kathleen Rose Morgan Author Talk: The Seller of Secrets

Pierson Library 5376 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, VT, United States

Memoirist, Kathleen Rose Morgan is many awesome things: a Shelburne mom, a Staten-Island native, our newest librarian here at the Pierson, a practitioner of energy medicine, a former heavy metal shredder with the prog band Treehouse, and as of today, the proud author of the widely released Seller of Secrets. This memoir is a brave…

Summer Playdate

Pierson Library 5376 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, VT, United States

Looking for a place for where your little one can play and you can find community with other parents and caretakers? Join us each Wednesday for fun, frolic, friendship, and play! Appropriate for ages 2 to 5. No advanced registration is necessary.

After School Hangout

Pierson Library 5376 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, VT, United States

Join us on early release day to game, snack, and chill with friends!

Thursday Morning Musical Storytime with Liz

Pierson Library 5376 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, VT, United States

Experience the magic of music and storytelling with Liz at our weekly Musical Storytime! Join us for a unique adventure where captivating stories come to life with the enchanting power of music. Liz will transport young minds into the world of rhythm, melody, and imagination. Don't miss this harmonious journey! No advanced registration necessary. 

Second Thursday Lecture Series: “For Enduring Peace We Need Civil Rights”: Vermont and the Civil Rights Movement

Pierson Library 5376 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, VT, United States

Pamela Walker is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Vermont. Her work examines motherhood, activism, benevolence, and political consciousness in 1960s-era social movement networks. Her talk will illuminate the overlooked role of pacifist Vermont women in the civil rights movement and the connections they forged across race, class and distance with rural Black…

Queer Excellence in Cinema: But I’m a Cheerleader

Pierson Library 5376 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, VT, United States

Next in our series celebrating queer artistry is Jamie Babbit's But I'm a Cheerleader, the campy sleeper hit of 1999, whose cult appeal has only grown overtime. Made from a femme lesbian perspective, deeply satirizing the church, and featuring an all-star cast of character-actors including RuPaul, Mink Stole, Bud Cort and Natasha Lyonne in an…

Summer Reading Program: Adventure Awaits

Pierson Library 5376 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, VT, United States

Make this a summer of reading and adventure with the Pierson Library's Summer Reading Program 2024! Pick up a reading log (starting on June 15) and reading three books between June 15 and August 17. Track the titles you read, submit your log, and your name will be entered into the grand prize drawing: For…