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
Musical Storytime with Liz
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. No advanced registration is necessary.
Writers Unite! Creative Writing for Teens (ages 11-15)
Writers ages 11-16 gather to hone your writing skills! writers are welcome (but never obligated) to share their work and enjoy an inspiring afternoon with fellow creators. Snacks provided.
Shelburne Acoustic Jam
Be ye a fiddle player? A banjo strummer? A guitar twanger or zither enthusiast? Whatever your acoustic instrument of choice, join other local musicians in an epic jam sesh! Bluegrass, country, folk music, perhaps even Zydeco. What could be better than a free evening of singing and playing? Appropriate for all ages, participants and listeners…
Monthly Poetry Salon and Open Mic
Poets rejoice! Once a month Town Hall opens its hallowed doors for lovers of simile and enjambment to gather and bask in each-other's poetics. We begin with two featured poets doing incredible work with the form and then the evening turns into an open mic! Come to share a short piece or two or just…
Write Together for National Novel Writing Month
November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo for short). Since 1999, non-profit NaNoWriMo has been encouraging fledgling and seasoned writers with the challenge of producing a 50,000-word manuscript in the month of November. Whether you're officially or privately participating in the challenge or just desire quiet community while crafting, we'll be providing space, tea and…
Death Cafe
Death Cafes are opportunities to gather and increase awareness of death so that we might make the most of our finite loves. Shelburne resident, Dr. Nick Marconi has been leading local death cafes for over 10 years (most recently at Village Wine and Coffee). Now he's here with us at the Pierson Library in a…
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…
Write Together for National Novel Writing Month
November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo for short). Since 1999, non-profit NaNoWriMo has been encouraging fledgling and seasoned writers with the challenge of producing a 50,000-word manuscript in the month of November. Whether you're officially or privately participating in the challenge or just desire quiet community while crafting, we'll be providing space, tea and…