Halloween Poetry Salon and Open Mic
Monster mash your way on over to the Pierson Library this Halloween for our monthly poetry salon and open mic. Tonight's featured poets are photographer and master wordsmith Curtis Johnson of Calais and Gradiva award-winning poet Karen Morris whoe latest collection Nothing Happened Last Night is fresh out from Finishing Line Press.
Velveteen Rabbit Rescue
Have a beloved stuffie in need of repair? The Velveteen Rabbit is in residence at the library! Bring your damaged stuffed animal into the library, and the Velveteen Rabbit will stop in to pick it up, mend it, and return it here to the library to be retrieved!
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 non-judgmental environment, making reading a rewarding experience for emerging readers. Boost confidence and fluency with Taffy by your side! Space…
Zentangle Workshop
Julia Davenport is back at the Pierson library to share the relaxing forgiving art form that is Zentangle. With few tools and a small scale, she will guide us in a 90-minute tangle to find creativity and calm our neural networks! There will likely be space for drop-ins but to give us a sense of…
Fiber Arts Crafting Circle
Have you got a fiber arts project you're working on and would relish the company of other crafters? Join this informal group that meets for two hours every Monday to knit, crochet, weave, felt, embroider, and socialize. On occasion there will be special guest presenters, but mostly this is an opportunity to share company (and…
Creative Collaborations Writing Workshop
To supplement, encourage and inspire all the November writing going on, we're hosting a fun evening of creative writing collaborations, party writing games, and pass arounds! While creative writing can be precious (at times necessarily so!) feel free to cut loose and give into the pure duendes, muses, accidents and happenstances of inspiration. Get those…
Pierson Playdate
Looking for a place for your little one to play on these cold winter days? Join us in Town Hall for fun, frolic, and friendship for both littles and their parents/caretakers. Appropriate for ages 2 to 4. No advanced registration necessary.
Noontime Poetry Society
The Poetry Society meets and reads its way systematically through whole books of poetry. Participants take turns at the lectern and read aloud the words of poets’ dead, distant, and near alike. In this way, the air is filled with visions, the words enlivened to play their magic upon us. The second half hour is…
After School Hangout
Join us on early release day to game, snack, and chill with friends! Appropriate for tweens and teens. No advanced registration is necessary.
Youth 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