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Summer Reading Program: Adventure Awaits
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…
Pierson Knitting Group
Pierson Knitting Group
Monday is knitting day here at the Pierson! Join other crafters as they sit in the beautiful community room to knit and socialize!
3 events,
Noontime Poetry Society
Noontime Poetry Society
Every Tuesday from noon to 1, we will meet in one library space or another and we will work our way systematically through whole books of poetry. Taking turns taking the lectern and reading aloud the words of our dead, distant, and near alike. In this way, the air will be filled with visions, the…
Adventures in Food: Tamale Making Workshop with Viva El Sabor (Summer Reading Program)
Adventures in Food: Tamale Making Workshop with Viva El Sabor (Summer Reading Program)
Adventure and a tasty good time await the culinarily curious this Tuesday at our tamale making workshop with Viva El Sabor! Viva El Sabor is a collective of Spanish-speaking chefs driven by a passion for authentic Mexican and Guatamlan cuisine, cultural exchange and economic empowerment. They bring the rich flavors of Central America to Vermont!…
4 events,
Summer Playdate
Summer Playdate
Looking for a place for your little one to play on these warm summer days? Join us in Town Hall for fun, frolic, and friendship for both littles and their parents/caretakers. Appropriate for ages 2 to 5. No advanced registration is necessary.
Summer Gamers
Summer Gamers
It may be summer, but gaming is still on at the library! Join us every Wednesday at 2:00pm for gaming on the PS5, hanging out with friends, and snacks.
Choose Your Own Adventure Writing Group (Summer Reading Program)
Choose Your Own Adventure Writing Group (Summer Reading Program)
This group is for writer's (fresh and seasoned alike) to gather for the purpose of collaborating on a Choose Your Own Adventure style novella to be distributed at the end of our Summer Reading Season (8/17)! The result will be necessarily tonally varied. All voices are welcomed and encouraged. This is the second of six…
2 events,
2 events,
Summer Reading Concert Series: Mad
Summer Reading Concert Series: Mad
The first of six musical acts taking the town hall stage this summer for our Adventure Awaits Summer Reading Concert Series ©, Mad is a theatrical synth pop outfit outta Burlington. They're sorta like if The B-52's had a baby with They Might Be Giants and that baby was winked at, coquettishly, at a party,…
3 events,
Read to a Dog
Read to a Dog
Celebrate the joy of reading with Taffy, the 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…
Dragon Master Party (Summer Reading Program)
Dragon Master Party (Summer Reading Program)
Dragon Masters fans celebrate the series with dragon themed challenges and games! Create a dragon stone, hatch a dragon's egg, and compete in dragon races! To register, please call us at 802-985-5124.
2 events,
Pierson Knitting Group
Pierson Knitting Group
Monday is knitting day here at the Pierson! Join other crafters as they sit in the beautiful community room to knit and socialize!
4 events,
Vermont Lake Monsters visit the library! (Summer Reading Program)
Vermont Lake Monsters visit the library! (Summer Reading Program)
Meet Professional Baseball players from the Vermont Lake Monsters team! Ask them your questions, hear stories and get a baseball signed to bring home! No advanced registration is necessary.
Noontime Poetry Reading Society
Noontime Poetry Reading Society
Every Tuesday from noon to 1, we will meet in one library space or another and we will work our way systematically through whole books of poetry. Taking turns taking the lectern and reading aloud the words of our dead, distant, and near alike. In this way, the air will be filled with visions, the…
Summer Reading Concert Series: Isabella, Avery & Lux
Summer Reading Concert Series: Isabella, Avery & Lux
Join us in the library large community room for the second music act in our summer concert series! This small group is composed of teen and young-adult folk musicians branching off from the Young Traditions program of Vermont Folk Life. Incredible young-adult talent carrying the folk taditions of the past forward! A very inspiring and…
4 events,
Summer Playdate
Summer Playdate
Looking for a place for your little one to play on these warm summer days? Join us in Town Hall for fun, frolic, and friendship for both littles and their parents/caretakers. Appropriate for ages 2 to 5. No advanced registration is necessary.
Summer Gamers
Summer Gamers
It may be summer, but gaming is still on at the library! Join us every Wednesday at 2:00pm for gaming on the PS5, hanging out with friends, and snacks.
Monthly Poetry Salon and Open Mic
Monthly Poetry Salon and Open Mic
Join us for the fourth (and counting!) of our ongoing monthly poetry salons and open mics, wherein we highlight two featured poets who are doing amazing work with the craft of poetry and then we open up the floor to the audience for an open mic. Tonight's featured poets are Valerie Graham and Patience Merriman!
4 events,
Thursday Morning Musical Storytime with Liz
Thursday Morning 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. Don't miss this harmonious journey! No advanced registration is necessary.
Alyx the Magician (Summer Reading Program)
Alyx the Magician (Summer Reading Program)
Vermont's premier magician and comedian Alyx Hilshey visits the Pierson! Look familiar? Not only does Alyx perform around the country, she also appeared on national television, as a featured magician on Penn & Teller's Fool Us! All ages are welcome to this event. You have to see it to believe it! No advanced registration is…
Second Thursday Lecture Series: The Texture of Landscape with Nancy Milliken
Second Thursday Lecture Series: The Texture of Landscape with Nancy Milliken
What is the feeling of our landscape? How do we memorialize a global event, such as climate change, that seemingly has no end? Where are the nature-centric monuments? Nancy Winship Milliken is an environmental visual artist creating site-specific work in urban and rural environments utilizing natural and industrial materials. Her talk tonight explores the texture…
3 events,
Whoo’s That? Southern Vermont Natural History Museum (Live animals!) (Summer Reading Program)
Whoo’s That? Southern Vermont Natural History Museum (Live animals!) (Summer Reading Program)
Meet live owls! Fan favorite Michael Clough returns to the Pierson with birds of prey. Learn about Vermont's amazing raptor population and get an up-close look at the variety of owls that live right here in our own backyards! No advanced registration is necessary.
Adventures in Zentangle
Adventures in Zentangle
Julia Davenport is back at the Pierson library to share the relaxing and 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!
3 events,
Pierson Knitting Group
Pierson Knitting Group
Monday is knitting day here at the Pierson! Join other crafters as they sit in the beautiful community room to knit and socialize!
Adventures Then & Now Book Club: Sara Levine’s Treasure Island!!! (Summer Reading Program)
Adventures Then & Now Book Club: Sara Levine’s Treasure Island!!! (Summer Reading Program)
Whether you joined our last Adventures Book Club or not, there's no foreknowledge of the Robert Louis Stevenson necessary to grok Sara Levine's absolutely hilarious misadventure novel about a young woman who decides to base her life on that other Treasure Island. Things go quickly awry! This is sure to be a great discussion! Copies…
3 events,
Noontime Poetry Reading Society
Noontime Poetry Reading Society
Every Tuesday from noon to 1, we will meet in one library space or another and we will work our way systematically through whole books of poetry. Taking turns taking the lectern and reading aloud the words of our dead, distant, and near alike. In this way, the air will be filled with visions, the…
Tuesday Night Book Club: The Personal Librarian
Tuesday Night Book Club: The Personal Librarian
Our July selection is Marie Benedict's The Personal Librarian, a fictionalized account of library director Belle da Costa Greene, it’s also a timely book about race and identity. Limited copies of the book are available at the first-floor circulation desk, so be sure to grab yours and join us for what promises to be a…
4 events,
Summer Playdate
Summer Playdate
Looking for a place for your little one to play on these warm summer days? Join us in Town Hall for fun, frolic, and friendship for both littles and their parents/caretakers. Appropriate for ages 2 to 5. No advanced registration is necessary.
Summer Gamers
Summer Gamers
It may be summer, but gaming is still on at the library! Join your friends every Wednesday at 2:00pm for gaming on the PS5, hanging out with friends, and snacks.
Choose Your Own Adventure Writing Group
Choose Your Own Adventure Writing Group
In this meeting we will spend some time thinking about adventure. What is good adventure fiction? What does it do and how does it do it? We will also continue to work on the book we're writing together!
3 events,
Thursday Morning Musical Storytime with Liz
Thursday Morning 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. Don't miss this harmonious journey! No advanced registration is necessary.
Shelburne Acoustic Jam
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…
2 events,
Very Merry Theatre presents: Robin Hood and Maid Marian! (Summer Reading Program)
Very Merry Theatre presents: Robin Hood and Maid Marian! (Summer Reading Program)
Prepare to be wowed by this energetic musical performance of Robin Hood and Maid Marian by Vermont's own Very Merry Theatre! Featuring a cast of local youth actors- this lively story is appropriate for all ages and promises to be a heartwarming and epic good time! No advanced registration is necessary.
3 events,
Circus Smirkus Training Camp! Session 1 (Summer Reading Program)
Circus Smirkus Training Camp! Session 1 (Summer Reading Program)
Circus Smirkus Training Camp! (Summer Reading Program) Session 1 (1st & 2nd grades): 10:30am-11:30am Run away with the circus! Smirkus performers visit the Pierson Library to teach students how to juggle, spin plates, and perform a myriad of other circus skills! Our morning session is suited to students in first and second gradeTo register,…
Circus Smirkus Training Camp! Session 2 (Summer Reading Program)
Circus Smirkus Training Camp! Session 2 (Summer Reading Program)
Circus Smirkus Training Camp! (Summer Reading Program) Session 2 (3rd grade & up): 1:00pm – 2:30pm Run away with the circus! Smirkus performers visit the Pierson Library to teach students how to juggle, spin plates, and perform a myriad of other circus skills! Our morning session is suited to students in first and second grade,…
3 events,
Monday Morning Book Club: The Lost Bookshop
Monday Morning Book Club: The Lost Bookshop
Join us for a discussion of Evie Wood's charming and magical novel, The Lost Bookshop. Copies of the book are available at the circulation desk. New members welcome!
Pierson Knitting Group
Pierson Knitting Group
Monday is knitting day here at the Pierson! Join other crafters as they sit in the beautiful community room to knit and socialize!
4 events,
Drive In Movie!
Drive In Movie!
Kids create their own cardboard box car, and then drive up to watch an episode of Paw Patrol on the big screen and enjoy snacks in their new automobile! Recommended for ages 3 to 6. To register, please call us at 802-985-5124.
Adventures in AI Art
Adventures in AI Art
Unlock the fascinating world of Generative AI Art in our three-part workshop series! Dive into a realm where creativity meets technology, and learn how to harness the power of artificial intelligence to create original works of art. In this program designed for AI beginners, participants will explore various AI art platforms, create new works of…
Author Talk: Sara B. Franklin, The Editor
Author Talk: Sara B. Franklin, The Editor
Author and professor, Sara B. Franklin will be in town hall tonight in conversation with writer/journalist Adam Federman about her new book, The Editor. The book focuses on the life and work of legendary editor Judith B. Jones, the luminary behind some of the most important authors of the 20th century including Anne Frank, Julia Child,…
3 events,
Summer Playdate
Summer Playdate
Looking for a place for your little one to play on these warm sunny days? Join us in Town Hall for fun, frolic, and friendship for both littles and their parents/caretakers. Appropriate for ages 2 to 5. No advanced registration is necessary.
Summer Gamers
Summer Gamers
It may be summer, but gaming is still on at the library! Join your us every Wednesday at 2:00pm for gaming on the PS5, hanging out with friends, and snacks.
4 events,
Thursday Morning Musical Storytime with Liz
Thursday Morning 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. Don't miss this harmonious journey! No advanced registration is necessary.
Toadstools & Fairy Houses
Toadstools & Fairy Houses
Kids create an enchanted toadstool (big enough to sit on!) and enjoy fairy and gnome themed crafts and snacks! To register, please call us at 802-985-5124. To register, please call us at 802-985-5124.
Summer Reading Concert Series: Jeh Kulu West African Dance and Drums
Summer Reading Concert Series: Jeh Kulu West African Dance and Drums
Our third band in our summer concert series is West African Dance and Drum group Jeh Kulu! Based out of Burlington, Jeh Kulu is an incredible group devoted to traditional West African music and dance. In the Bambara language of Mali "Jeh Kulu" means community and that's just what they offer. If you haven't seen…
2 events,
Magicians Without Borders! (Summer Reading Program)
Magicians Without Borders! (Summer Reading Program)
Internationally acclaimed Magician Tom Verner, and his crew of apprentice wizards visit the library for a performance that will knock your socks off! See magic performed up close! Having performed for vulnerable communities around the world, Tom has spent the last months performing around Ukraine. Now that he's safely home and providing this special event…
3 events,
Pierson Knitting Group
Pierson Knitting Group
Monday is knitting day here at the Pierson! Join other crafters as they sit in the beautiful community room to knit and socialize!
Armchair Adventures: Maine to Tanzania
Armchair Adventures: Maine to Tanzania
Our very own library staffer, Patrice, will share her story of coming around late to travel, offer dispatches from a recent journey and discuss her lifelong love of animals. Who needs a plane ticket and a lotta pesky vaccinations when you can come to the Pierson and be transported by one of our librarians. Adventure…
4 events,
Little Artists: Tissue Paper Paintings
Little Artists: Tissue Paper Paintings
Join us for a new summer series where toddlers show their creativity with art! In this session, we’ll make colorful paintings using tissue paper.
Noontime Poetry Reading Society
Noontime Poetry Reading Society
Every Tuesday from noon to 1, we will meet in one library space or another and we will work our way systematically through whole books of poetry. Taking turns taking the lectern and reading aloud the words of our dead, distant, and near alike. In this way, the air will be filled with visions, the…
Adventures in AI Art
Adventures in AI Art
Unlock the fascinating world of Generative AI Art in our three-part workshop series! Dive into a realm where creativity meets technology, and learn how to harness the power of artificial intelligence to create original works of art. In this program designed for AI beginners, participants will explore various AI art platforms, create new works of…
4 events,
Summer Playdate
Summer Playdate
Looking for a place for your little one to play on these warm sunny days? Join us in Town Hall for fun, frolic, and friendship for both littles and their parents/caretakers. Appropriate for ages 2 to 5. No advanced registration is necessary.
Summer Gamers
Summer Gamers
It may be summer, but gaming is still on at the library! Join us every Wednesday at 2:00pm for gaming on the PS5, hanging out with friends, and snacks.
Choose Your Own Adventure Writing Group
Choose Your Own Adventure Writing Group
This session we will check in to see how we're doing with the project. We'll explore any challenges and problem solve. Time of course will be devoted to writing and strategizing together. Only two more meet-ups after this!