World Doll Day
Pierson Library 5376 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, VT, United StatesThe Green Mountain Doll Club and the Pierson Library celebrate World Doll Day! Littles may bring a favorite doll, teddy bear, or action figure along, and join us for crafts and stories, while doll admirers of all ages can explore an impressive exhibit of dolls from around the world! Drop in anytime between 10:30am to 2:00pm.
Franco-American and Québécois Song Workshop
Pierson Library 5376 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, VT, United StatesYou're invited to learn and sing traditional Franco-American and Québécois folk songs in French as well as enjoy traditional fiddle tunes in this workshop series from mother-daughter duo Michèle Choinière and Isabella Rottler. In addition to singing in French, beginning and intermediate fiddle players are invited to learn and play traditional fiddle tunes. Michèle is…
Pierson Library Knitting Group
Pierson Library 5376 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, VT, United StatesMonday 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 StatesDefeated, 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 StatesHey 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 StatesMemoirist, 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 StatesLooking 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 StatesJoin 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 StatesExperience 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 StatesPamela 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…