Putney Public Library

Read With A Dog!
2025-10-21 14:30 - 15:30, 2025-11-18 14:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York)
Practice your reading skills with Virgil, our therapy dog volunteer and his human Abigail. All ages and abilities welcome
Virgil loves to listen!

Putney Amblers Walking Group
2025-10-22 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-10-29 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-11-05 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-11-12 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-11-19 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-11-26 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-10 14:00 - 15:00
Would you like to get outside and walk in the company of others? The Putney Amblers is a casual walking group sponsored by Putney Public Library. Moseying with others is a great way to get out and be a part of a community group.
The Putney Amblers meet for walks at 3:00 pm on Wednesdays, changing spots and routes each week. Please feel free to join us on an impromptu basis, or email Susan Heimer to register to get weekly location and weather-related updates: heimer.susan@gmail.com Walks will last from 60-90 minutes depending on the will of the group.

Peeps Ghost Houses
2025-10-22 14:30 - 15:30
Come build a spooky candy house for the ghost peeps! New & Improved. For ages 10 +
Please register at www.putneylibrary.org

Stitch Together
2025-10-22 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-11-05 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-11-19 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-12-03 17:00 - 19:00
Stitch Together at Putney Library
Come knit, crochet, embroider, mend or work on any handwork craft in the company of others. The library is cozy and the lighting is perfect for needlework of all kinds! Beginners are welcome!
The group will meet twice monthly on Wednesday evenings from 6pm-8pm. The next meetings are:
Putney Library is located at 55 Main Street in Putney, VT. This program is free and open to the public.

Music & Movement
2025-10-25 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-11-08 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-11-22 08:30 - 09:30
Join Sarah & Stu for a fun, playful, and participatory song circle for children ages 0-5! In this dynamic class, children (and their caregivers) will be invited to sing, play, and move their bodies to the sounds of uplifting American and world folk songs accompanied by guitar, ukulele & mandolin.

Saad Hindal Artist Talk
2025-10-28 17:30 - 19:00
Saad Hindal, Iraqi-American Sufi artist, will share the story of his journey as a refugee and immigrant which is depicted in his paintings. The exhibition ‘Man with No Country’ displays a small portion of the paintings that reflect Saad’s internal experience of fleeing his country of origin with his young family and finding hope and a new home in Concord, NH, where he has lived for 18 years. He will also share his book of sketches and paintings entitled ‘Friday Lost between two worlds: a surrealistic biography of the artist as a refugee’. Saad paints with acrylics on wood, canvas, burlap, brick, concrete and stone. He will share his creative process as a Sufi artist. You can find out more about him and his work at saadhindalart.com An exhibit of Saad’s art is on display at Putney Public Library through November 2025.

Bulb Planting Party
2025-11-01 11:00 - 12:00

Salt Dough Dino Fossils
2025-11-05 14:30 - 15:30
Join us in the Children’s Room to make dinosaur fossil impressions in salt dough.

Library Closed for Veterans Day
2025-11-11 07:00 - 16:00

Meet and Greet with a Wildlife Rehabilitator, His Biographer, and His Owl: Fred Homer, Ryland White, and Stella the Owl at Putney Library Wednesday, November 12th at 6:30pm
2025-11-12 17:30 - 19:00
Fred Homer, Ryland White, and Stella the Owl will be our guests for an informal gathering at Putney Public Library on Wednesday, November 12th at 6:30pm.
Come meet Fred and a Barred Owl named ‘Stella’ up close and personal …. all ages welcome!
Fred, along with Stella the Barred Owl, will share and take questions about what the life of a bird rehabilitator is really like.
Ryland will introduce her recently published book ‘2-Grams of Life – The Life and Adventures of Fred Homer. Both Ry and Fred will share and take questions about what the 7-year process was like for them. And Stella might have something to say about it too.
Fred Homer has been a licensed bird rehabilitator for over 40 years. He has interacted with a wide range of bird species from hummingbirds to bald eagles. Both the birds and the folks delivering them have provided many interesting and unique interactions. Through an injured barred owl, Fred met Ryland White and a rich friendship developed, inspiring her to write a book.
Ryland White settled in Vermont after spending 50 years as an intercultural and social justice practitioner and educator both domestically and internationally. She has spent the last 7 years focusing on learning from Fred while writing a book about his many adventures.

T-Rex Tea Party @ Next Stage
2025-11-15 09:00 - 10:00
You are invited to an elegant tea party with a T-Rex! Learn tea party etiquette, nibble some dino-riffic snacks, listen to dinosaur stories and greet a very special guest. Your best tea party finery or dinosaur outfits are encouraged.
**Event will be held at NEXT STAGE ARTS located at 15 Kimball Hill, Putney, VT**
Please register all kids in attendance.
https://tinyurl.com/54cwpmrv

Mending Bee
2025-11-16 12:00 - 15:00
Do you have a pile of nice wool socks with holes, favorite jeans that would be perfect if not for a rip in the knee, or sweaters with moth holes?
Bring your ailing fabric items to the Putney Public Library once a month on Sundays 1-4pm to work on them in the company of others. Advice and support are always available, but you’ll be the mender of your own items.
Sewing machines and darning tools are available to use during the Bee.

Once Upon a Page: a Fantasy Fiction Book Club
2025-11-17 17:30 - 19:00
Once Upon a Page: a Fantasy Fiction Book Club invites you to join us at the Putney Library as we explore other worlds. Meet new people and read cozy fantasy novels with fellow book addicts.

Dinosaur Footprint Fossil Show & Tell with Willis McCumber
2025-11-25 17:30 - 19:00
Dinosaur Footprint Fossil Show & Tell with Willis McCumber
Tuesday, November 25th at 6:30pm
Join geology enthusiast Willis McCumber for a show and tell of some dinosaur tracks and other trace fossils he’s collected in VT/MA over the last few years. He will show slides and actual specimens and do a Q&A for this all-ages program.
Willis McCumber is a slate roofer who explores fossils, rocks, and dinosaur tracks in his spare time. He lives in Turners Falls, MA, on sediments and lavas that flowed into a rift valley when the Appalachian Mountain Belt was breaking up 250-190 million years ago. He can be found on YouTube talking about rocks and plants: @WillisMcCumber.

Library Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
2025-11-27 07:00 - 2025-11-28 16:00

Cancelled--Putney Amblers Walking Group
2025-12-03 13:00 - 14:00

Apple Hand Pies
2025-12-03 14:30 - 15:30
Make delicious hand pies with Lisa from the Brattleboro Food Coop. Drop in to this after school program (no registration necessary), ages 8+.

Author Talk: Katie Fricas
2025-12-04 17:30 - 19:00
In this illustrated book talk, Katie Fricas will share images from her five-year process of hand-drawing and writing this graphic novel.
Katie Fricas is a cartoonist and editor in New York City. Her comics have been in The New Yorker, The Guardian, the LA Review of Books, and lots of other shiny places. Her first book, Checked Out, was published by Drawn & Quarterly in 2025.
