Events
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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 runs officially for one hour but provided the space is available crafters are welcome to stay and socialize afterwards! |
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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… |
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Why stay up until midnight to celebrate New Year's Eve? Join us for an early celebration of 2026 with our Noon Year's Eve party. Families can play minigolf in Town Hall, go on a scavenger hunt, make a craft, make a wish, and countdown to noon with a balloon drop! |
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Do you own woodlands and want to understand options for the land for future generations? Wondering what it would mean to conserve your land with a land trust? Have questions about the Current Use program? Have no heirs but want to see the land remain intact? Join us for a special speed-dating-style program where you… |
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Love to build things? Join us each week for Lego Club, where we’ll tackle a fun building challenge based on a new theme, like designing your dream clubhouse or inventing a brand-new vehicle. Join us and use the library’s huge Lego collection to bring your ideas to life. Completed creations will be displayed in the… |
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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.… |
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Do you have 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 runs officially for one hour, but provided the space is available crafters are welcome to stay and socialize afterward! |
2 events,
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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 singing,…
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Join us for delicious coffee and community conversations in our monthly Coffee and Conversation group. This month we'll be talking about artificial intelligence (AI). What are AI's benefits and risks? How will it impact the workforce? What are the environmental impacts of AI? What are the benefits and possible dangers of this technology, and how… |
4 events,
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Looking for a place for your little one to play on chilly 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.
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Get a heaping helping of poetics this poetry month and join the hippest happening in Chittenden County—the Noontime Poetry Reading Society (NPRS)! Every Wednesday during the lunch hour, the hip cats of the NPRS gather to lend their voices to wonderful poetry collections and anthologies, cold reading aloud through whole books for the first half…
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Join us on early release day to game, snack, and chill with friends! Appropriate for tweens and teens.
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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. |
3 events,
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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.
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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…
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Join us for a night of creativity, community, and connection at the Pierson Library Open Mic Night, hosted by local singer-songwriter and resident Franc Gambatese. Whether you’re a seasoned performer or stepping up for the first time, this welcoming space is open to artists of all ages and experience levels. Come share your voice through… |
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Kids ages 7–12 roll the dice for a chance at adventure and guaranteed fun at our Friday morning D&D sessions. Add us to your Friday schedule through the month of January and travel far and in good company, all from your cozy seat at the Pierson! Beginners welcome. To register, please call the library at…
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Love to build things? Join us each week for Lego Club, where we’ll tackle a fun building challenge based on a new theme, like designing your dream clubhouse or inventing a brand-new vehicle. Join us and use the library’s huge Lego collection to bring your ideas to life. Completed creations will be displayed in the… |
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Find community and encouragement with other writers in our monthly creative writing meet-up! Each session will include a check-in to see where and how everyone’s at with their practice and/or projects, followed by an in-session generative writing exercise (led either by library staff or outside expert), a supportive workshopping of submitted pages (ideally read ahead…
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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 nonjudgmental environment, making reading a rewarding experience for emerging readers. Boost confidence and fluency with Taffy by your side! Space…
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What does genuine community mean? Join neighbor Nick Marconi for an introduction and study into community building and renewal. Nick will propose a "helping hands circle" for Shelburne—a network of relationships within which members feel helped and cared for. Through inquiry and interaction, the practicalities of a radical new system for economic engagement will be revealed. |
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Warm up these cold days with the library’s Winter Art Show, which brings together artists of all ages exploring landscape, wonder, and the natural world. Rebecca Padula’s At the Edge of Town presents moody oil and cold wax paintings inspired by New England’s rural spaces, where memory and abstraction meet. Photographer Jeffrey Trubisz invites viewers… |
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A new year is upon us, and with it that stalwart tradition of making resolutions! Perhaps 2026 is the year you pick up the language spoken by 1.2 billion worldwide (the second most common tongue on earth and the one with the most native speakers!) We're speaking, of course, of Mandarin Chinese, and does the…
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Do you have 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 runs officially for one hour, but provided the space is available crafters are welcome to stay and socialize afterward! |
5 events,
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Would you or someone you know like to find out more about mental health and housing services available in our region? If so, stop by the library for one of our drop-in sessions for a free, confidential meeting with a representative from The Howard Center, a nonprofit organization serving people of all ages in Chittenden…
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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 singing,…
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What happens to your online presence and digital assets after you pass away? When we upload photos to platforms like Facebook, Instagram, or Google Photos, we agree to terms of service that many people never read—and those terms have real implications for who can access, use, or inherit those images after we're gone. Join us…
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Minecraft players ages 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.
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Embrace the glitter and glitz of this icy season and add a twinkle to your windows with these bedazzling beaded snowflakes! Together we'll use silver pipe cleaners and an assortment of prismatic beads to create window decor that's sure to sparkle! To register, please call the library at 802-985-5124. |
4 events,
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Looking for a place for your little one to play on chilly 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.
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Get a heaping helping of poetics this poetry month and join the hippest happening in Chittenden County—the Noontime Poetry Reading Society (NPRS)! Every Wednesday during the lunch hour, the hip cats of the NPRS gather to lend their voices to wonderful poetry collections and anthologies, cold reading aloud through whole books for the first half…
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Join us on early release day to game, snack, and chill with friends! Appropriate for tweens and teens.
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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. |
4 events,
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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.
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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…
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Naturally Distracted is a Creative Writing Workshop designed to clarify and destigmatize Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). People with ADHD often face emotional, social, and academic challenges. Staying calm, focused, and productive can be difficult, particularly while trying to minimize frustration for friends, family, and oneself. Participating students explore ADHD as it relates to their own…
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Have fun, make friends, and build community with other adults at our new D&D night! This is a one-off adventure and not an ongoing campaign open to the seasoned role player as well as first-timers. Lead animator on the cult TV show Squidbillies, romance-audio-book-narrator, and artistic polymath Greg Garius will be here to tell you… |
5 events,
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Kids ages 7–12 roll the dice for a chance at adventure and guaranteed fun at our Friday morning D&D sessions. Add us to your Friday schedule through the month of January and travel far and in good company, all from your cozy seat at the Pierson! Beginners welcome. To register, please call the library at…
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Gather with neighbors to remember and listen to a speech from the great civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior.
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History remembers the great comedy team-ups of the Marx Brothers, the Three Stooges, Laurel & Hardy, and Abbott & Costello. But despite appearing in more than 48 feature films together, the Bowery Boys seem to have been forgotten by all but the heartiest of crack-up fans. Join us for a screening of their 1957 high-seas…
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Love to build things? Join us each week for Lego Club, where we’ll tackle a fun building challenge based on a new theme, like designing your dream clubhouse or inventing a brand-new vehicle. Join us and use the library’s huge Lego collection to bring your ideas to life. Completed creations will be displayed in the…
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Please join us for Multicultural Movie Night! This month, we’re showing Wish, an animated musical comedy set in the magical kingdom of Rosas, where a sharp-witted idealist named Asha makes a heartfelt wish that is answered by Star, a tiny cosmic force with boundless energy. Together, Asha and Star challenge the kingdom’s ruler, King Magnifico,… |
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Love a good jigsaw puzzle? Put your puzzling skills to the test at the great puzzle race! Teams of 2–4 puzzlers compete to complete a 500-piece puzzle in under two hours. Prizes provided for the fastest team! Call to register your team and get a “piece” of the action at 802-985-5124. Don't know any fellow… |
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The library will be closed on Monday, January 19 in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. |
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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 singing,…
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Have a tech problem you just can't figure out? Have an app that's giving you trouble? Does your smartphone leave you flummoxed? We can help. Book a 30-minute appointment with one of our tech-savvy librarians who can help you tame that tech problem! To register, please call the library at 802-985-5124.
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Cozy up with a cup of hot chocolate and paint a sparkling winter landscape together with friends and family! To register, please call the library at 802-985-5124.
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Join us for a discussion of The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani, a richly imagined historical novel set in 17th-century Persia. The story follows a gifted young carpet weaver…
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Due to unforeseen circumstances we're having to cancel our event tonight on Soulful Vision Boarding. Stay tuned as we seek to reschedule and we wish you a happy and fortuitous new moon in Capricorn despite our ability to gather and vision board with you on this occasion. |
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Looking for a place for your little one to play on chilly 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.
-
Get a heaping helping of poetics this poetry month and join the hippest happening in Chittenden County—the Noontime Poetry Reading Society (NPRS)! Every Wednesday during the lunch hour, the hip cats of the NPRS gather to lend their voices to wonderful poetry collections and anthologies, cold reading aloud through whole books for the first half…
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Join us on early release day to game, snack, and chill with friends! Appropriate for tweens and teens.
-
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. |
4 events,
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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.
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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…
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It's fluffy, slimy, and oddly satisfying! Join us for another slime session and make snow slime to play with. To register, please call the library at 802-985-5124.
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Writers, readers, and lovers of all things verse, this is the place to be. Each month we welcome two featured poets who are creating powerful, innovative work in the medium. This month's featured poets are Ethan Nappi and Jasper Oliver. Come for the inspiration, stay for the community, and revel in an evening of resounding… |
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Kids ages 7–12 roll the dice for a chance at adventure and guaranteed fun at our Friday morning D&D sessions. Add us to your Friday schedule through the month of January and travel far and in good company, all from your cozy seat at the Pierson! Beginners welcome. To register, please call the library at…
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Love to build things? Join us each week for Lego Club, where we’ll tackle a fun building challenge based on a new theme, like designing your dream clubhouse or inventing a brand-new vehicle. Join us and use the library’s huge Lego collection to bring your ideas to life. Completed creations will be displayed in the… |
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Leave all responsibilities behind and immerse yourself in a world of song! You'll receive a songwriting prompt at the top of the session to inspire direction and creativity, along with some tips and tricks from your instructor, Connor, and the rest is up to you! You'll leave the workshop with a clear song concept, and the…
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On facing our eventual demise, beyond estates, wills, and directives, there is an additional consideration: what to do with all our stuff? The Swedes have a name for this, döstädning, or death cleaning, the gentle art of minimal owning to lighten the burden on our survivors. With kind humor and a necessary lightness for the… |
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Canceled
Monday Morning Book Club: Flashlight
Canceled
Monday Morning Book Club: Flashlight
Today's book club meeting is canceled due to the winter weather warning. We will discuss this title and our next book at the February meeting.
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Canceled
Fiber Arts Crafting Hour
Canceled
Fiber Arts Crafting Hour
Today's Fiber Arts Crafting Hour has been canceled due to the winter weather warning.
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Due to inclement weather, this program has been postponed. Do you own woodlands and want to understand options for the land for future generations? Wondering what it would mean to conserve your land with a land trust? Have questions about the Current Use program? Have no heirs but want to see the land remain… |
4 events,
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Minecraft players ages 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.
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Would you or someone you know like to find out more about mental health and housing services available in our region? If so, stop by the library for one of our drop-in sessions for a free, confidential meeting with a representative from The Howard Center, a nonprofit organization serving people of all ages in Chittenden…
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Join us for a special screening of the documentary The Librarians, which follows librarians as unlikely first responders in the fight for democracy and the First Amendment. The film reveals how control over ideas can become control over communities, and how librarians are pushed to the front lines of that struggle. In Texas, the so-called… |
4 events,
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Looking for a place for your little one to play on chilly 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.
-
Get a heaping helping of poetics this poetry month and join the hippest happening in Chittenden County—the Noontime Poetry Reading Society (NPRS)! Every Wednesday during the lunch hour, the hip cats of the NPRS gather to lend their voices to wonderful poetry collections and anthologies, cold reading aloud through whole books for the first half…
-
Join us on early release day to game, snack, and chill with friends! Appropriate for tweens and teens.
-
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. |
3 events,
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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.
-
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…
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Defrost yourself this winter with the warm tunes of the Cold Creek Pickers! Renowned for their country and roots folk sound, the pickers play a variety of folk, blues, bluegrass, and originals. Bask in the autoharp, banjo, mandolins, and more at this free concert! |
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In a world full of screens and instant messages, our Pen Pal Program offers a chance to experience something delightfully analog. It’s back and stronger than ever, celebrating handwritten letters, meaningful connections, and the excitement of mail that isn’t a bill. The Bexley Public Library (just outside Columbus, OH) returns for another round of letter…
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Kids ages 7–12 roll the dice for a chance at adventure and guaranteed fun at our Friday morning D&D sessions. Add us to your Friday schedule through the month of January and travel far and in good company, all from your cozy seat at the Pierson! Beginners welcome. To register, please call the library at…
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Love to build things? Join us each week for Lego Club, where we’ll tackle a fun building challenge based on a new theme, like designing your dream clubhouse or inventing a brand-new vehicle. Join us and use the library’s huge Lego collection to bring your ideas to life. Completed creations will be displayed in the… |
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What wildlife travels in and around your property? Join local naturalists Debbie Van Buren and Mark Pennington as they show you how trail cams work and the variety of animals…
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Love to crochet or knit? Bring your current project to the library and create in the company of fellow yarn artists! Yarn, crochet hooks, and donuts provided.
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Join us at Shelburne's Annual Winter Carnival, hosted by the Shelburne Recreation Department and local community sponsors! This fun-filled event at the Shelburne Community School features exciting performances, games, and…
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Death Cafes are opportunities to gather and increase awareness of death so that we might make the most of our finite lives. Moderated by Shelburne resident Nick Marconi, these intimate… |
