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  • Thursday Morning Story Time

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

  • The Mahjong Playing Society

    Join us for a new way to have fun, make friends, and build community! Mahjong is a tile-based game of skill, luck and strategy akin to Gin Rummy. Players draw tiles and form melds. We will be joined by Pauline Nolte who can instruct players in both Chinese and American mahjong (following the hands and…

  • Spanish Language Conversation Group

    Welcome to the Pierson Library's weekly Spanish Conversation Group! Whether you're a native Spanish speaker, an expert talker, or a beginning speaker, find community and conversation with group leader Martha Stegner of Colombia. ¡Bienvenido al grupo semanal de conversación en español de la Biblioteca Pierson! Ya seas hablante nativo de español, un experto en la…

  • Exhibitionist’s Book Club: A Council of Dolls

    The Exhibitionists are excited to pair the museum’s interactive Indigenous textile art exhibit, Make a Noise, with a powerful historical and magical-realist family saga. The Council of Dolls explores the devastating effects of settler colonialism through multiple perspectives, including the voices of dolls passed down through generations of Yanktonai Dakota women. Written by Standing Rock…

  • 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! Call to register at 802-985-5124.

  • Fiber Arts Crafting Hour

    Have you got 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, and socialize! This program officially lasts for one hour, but if the space is available afterward, crafters are welcome to stay and socialize!

  • Picture This! Work with author/illustrator Greg Garious to create a one-of-a-kind picture book!

    Shelburne folks collaborate with author/illustrator Greg Garious to hive-mind a one-of-a-kind picture book! Stop in during the month of November and meet Peepers & Salamander, the terrifically illustrated dynamic duo setting out on an adventure of our choosing! Pitch your ideas each week for which direction the story should take and see the book come…

  • 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 of original music and familiar classics on a variety of musical instruments. These fun, high energy mornings are sure to get you and your crew…

  • Coffee and Conversation: The Supernatural

    Grab a cup of coffee and join your neighbors for an open, thought-provoking conversation. This month, we’re diving into the mysteries that blur the line between the natural and the supernatural. Are ghosts, spirits, and other strange phenomena just stories we tell—or could there be something more to them? We’ll talk about how belief, skepticism,…

  • Minecraft Meet-up

    Minecraft players aged 7–12 and their adults meet up to share their Minecraft knowledge and play together! Attendees should bring their laptop or tablet with Minecraft installed and account created. Each week we'll try something new, from building contests in a creative world to surviving a night full of zombies.  There will be something fun…