Putney Public Library

Library Board Meeting
2023-11-28 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
On atypical date–TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH AT 6:30 P.M.

Storytime with Susan Hessey
2023-11-30 10:00 - 11:00
Join Susan Hessey for stories, songs and crafts. Preschoolers and their siblings and caretakers are welcome to attend. Thursdays in October at 11 am.

Craft Night
2023-12-06 17:00 - 19:00
Bring a craft and hang out in the company of others!
Wednesday, Oct 18th 5pm-7pm
Wednesday, Nov 15, 5pm-7pm
Wednesday, Dec 6, 5pm-7pm

Storytime With Susan Hessey
2023-12-07 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-12-14 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-12-21 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-12-28 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-02-01 10:00 - 11:00
Join Susan Hessey for stories, songs and crafts. Preschoolers and their siblings and caretakers are welcome to attend. Thursdays at 11 am.

LEGO Club
2023-12-07 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-01-04 15:00 - 16:00, 2024-02-01 15:00 - 16:00
Build a creation based on a theme or your own imagination!

Mending Bee
2023-12-10 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 on Sunday, December 10th from 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.

Library CLOSED at 3pm due to weather conditions
2023-12-18 14:00 - 17:00

Read With A Dog
2023-12-19 14:30 - 15:30, 2024-01-16 14:30 - 15:30
Practice your reading skills with Virgil, our therapy dog volunteer and his human Abigail. All ages welcome
Virgil loves to listen!

Seating Area Celebration
2023-12-21 15:30 - 16:30
Outside in the new seating area–hot cider will be served!

Closed for Christmas Day
2023-12-24 - 2023-12-25

CLOSED For New Year's Day
2023-12-31 - 2024-01-01

Storytime with Susan
2024-01-04 10:00 - 11:00
Join Susan Hessey for stories, songs and crafts. Preschoolers and their siblings and caretakers are welcome to attend. Thursdays in January at 11 am.

Storytime With Susan Hessey
2024-01-11 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-01-18 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-01-25 10:00 - 11:00

Toni Ortner and Carolyn North to Read at Putney Library
2024-01-11 17:30 - 19:00
Toni Ortner and Carolyn North to Read at Putney Library
Join us at the Putney Public Library on Thursday, January 11th at 6:30pm to hear the voices of two Putney writers.
Carolyn North had been living in Berkeley, California until a year and a half ago when she returned to Putney, the place she loves the best in the world. She is the author of 18 published books, and has taught improvisational dance as a healing modality in Berkeley for 4 decades. Her focus now is preparing and reassuring people, through her writing, to manage big societal shifts by working together.
She has 3 grown children and 4 grown grandchildren and lives on Old Depot Road in the old Priory.
Carolyn will read from her book titled Freeflow Stories.
Toni Ortner who lives in Putney has had 31 books published by small presses. The most recent is Focused Light from a Distant Star by Kelsay Books. The book honors women’s art of the last few centuries. Her website, toniortner.com, shows a full bibliography of her published books with reviews and directions on where to purchase them. Toni was Vice President of Write Action for 14 years and hosted the Write Action Radio Show where she interviewed writers and they read their work. She hosted the Putney Writers Salon through the Putney Library on Zoom during Covid.
Toni will read from Focused Light from a Distant Star accompanied by a slideshow of art by the women artists who inspired this writing.
Putney Public Library is located at 55 Main St in Putney, VT. This event is free and open to the public.

CLOSED For MLK Day
2024-01-14 - 2024-01-15

Library Board Meeting--Moved to Zoom due to weather
2024-01-16 17:30 - 19:00
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81328667309?pwd=TGNFRWxIMjVjdjFucTlJWTEyUS9EQT09

Tiny Art Night
2024-01-17 05:30 - 18:30
Create tiny art on 4″x4″ canvases with friends and neighbors at the library.

Dungeons and Dragons--Registration required
2024-01-19 17:30 - 19:30
We’re assembling a group for an 8-week campaign, Fridays January 19th to March 8th at 6:30pm at Putney Public Library.
This is an 18 and up game and we are looking for folks who can join for all sessions. Space is limited and registration is required!
Ben has lived in Putney for 12 years. He works as a therapist, and enjoys gardening and making art of all kinds.
Dungeon Manager, Ben Boyarko, says:
“In this game we’ll start with a session zero to create characters and the world setting together. Rather than playing a previously published adventure, we’ll collaboratively create a brand new campaign. If you have no experience with D&D, that’s fine. And if you have some official content that you’re interested in incorporating into the game, that will work too!”
Please register: https://forms.gle/iweGJSBZzP1pWbrm6

Alice Freeman Artist Reception
2024-01-20 14:00 - 15:30

Cultivating Community Book Group with Trish Roberts --discusses We Should Get Together
2024-01-24 17:30 - 19:00
Cultivating Community Book Group with Trish Roberts at Putney Public Library
Let’s get together to talk about how to build stronger connections in our lives and cultivate a deeper sense of belonging in our community.
Each month we will read a book, published within the last three years, that offers inspiring, actionable advice on how to grow a more connected world. We’ll gather once a month to discuss the various tips, strategies and activities offered in each book and brainstorm ways to put these ideas into practice in our lives. Our first meeting, on Wednesday, January 24 from 6:30-8 PM at Putney Library, we’ll discuss the book We Should Get Together by Kat Vellos. Putney Library cardholders can pick up a copy at the library.
According to the publisher, We Should Get Together is, “the handbook for anyone who’s ready for better friendships, now. Millions of adults struggle with an uncomfortable and persistent ache: platonic longing, which is the unfulfilled wish for authentic, resilient, close friendships. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Making and maintaining friendships during adulthood can be hard—or, with a bit of intention and creativity, joyful. Combining expert research and personal stories pulled from conversations with hundreds of adults, We Should Get Together is the modern handbook for making and maintaining stronger friendships.”
Facilitator Trish has lived in the Putney area for 7 years and has a background in education with experience teaching French and English literature at the high school level and directing theater programs and performances for youth of all ages. She recently founded Wildbrook Forest Theater, a nature-based theater project in Westminster, and currently runs the Main Street Arts After-School drama program. She is a library board member with a passion for wild places, live music, storytelling and community.

I Draw You, You Draw Me
2024-02-03 10:00 - 11:30
