Putney Public Library

Online Knit Night
2020-05-27 14:30 - 16:00, 2020-05-13 14:30 - 16:00, 2020-04-22 14:30 - 16:00 (America/Halifax)
Hi folks–these programs are all happening through Zoom while the library is closed. For security, the only way to access the links for these programs is through our weekly newsletter. Please subscribe here: https://putneylibrary.org/sign-up-for-our-email-newsletter/
Or email Emily Zervas for a link to any individual program (please state specifically which program and date you would like to attend): emily@putneylibrary.org

Lunch Time Stories with Susan Hessey
2020-05-26 08:00 - 09:00
Stories for kids ages 6-11. Noon to 1 every Tuesday.

Hi folks–these programs are all happening through Zoom while the library is closed. For security, the only way to access the links for these programs is through our weekly newsletter. Please subscribe here: https://putneylibrary.org/sign-up-for-our-email-newsletter/ Or email Emily Zervas for a link to any individual program: emily@putneylibrary.org

Mending Bee
2020-05-24 09:00 - 12:00
Hi folks–these programs are all happening through Zoom while the library is closed. For security, the only way to access the links for these programs is through our weekly newsletter. Please subscribe here: https://putneylibrary.org/sign-up-for-our-email-newsletter/ Or email Emily Zervas for a link to any individual program: emily@putneylibrary.org

Online Story Time with Susan Hessey
2020-05-21 07:00 - 08:00, 2020-05-14 07:00 - 08:00, 2020-05-07 07:00 - 08:00, 2020-04-30 07:00 - 08:00, 2020-04-23 07:00 - 08:00, 2020-04-16 07:00 - 08:00

Chapter Book Story Time with Susan Hessey for ages 6-11
2020-05-12 08:00 - 09:00, 2020-05-05 08:00 - 09:00, 2020-04-28 08:00 - 09:00, 2020-04-21 08:00 - 09:00, 2020-04-14 08:00 - 09:00

Virtual Mending Bee
2020-05-10 09:00 - 12:00, 2020-04-26 09:00 - 12:00

Blank Verse, Prose Poems and Everything In Between: Rhythm, Meter and the Ghosts of Rhythm in Poetry with Michelle Blake
2020-04-30 14:30 - 16:00, 2020-04-23 14:30 - 16:00
Hi folks–these programs are all happening through Zoom while the library is closed. For security, the only way to access the links for these programs is through our weekly newsletter. Please subscribe here: https://putneylibrary.org/sign-up-for-our-email-newsletter/ Or email Emily Zervas for a link to any individual program (please state specifically which program you’d like to “attend” when you write.)

Exotic Glamour: The History of the Caftan in Western Fashion Wednesday, April 29th at 7pm
2020-04-29 15:00 - 16:30
Hi folks–these programs are all happening through Zoom while the library is closed. For security, the only way to access the links for these programs is through our weekly newsletter. Please subscribe here: https://putneylibrary.org/sign-up-for-our-email-newsletter/ Or email Emily Zervas for a link to any individual program (please state specifically which program and date you would like to “attend”)

Debating Our Rights with Meg Mott
2020-04-28 15:00 - 16:30, 2020-04-21 15:00 - 16:30

Virtual Story Time 11am
2020-03-26 07:00 - 08:00
Join us at:
https://zoom.us/j/558246911

The Art of the Essay with Elayne Clift
2017-09-06 15:00 - 16:30
THE ART OF THE ESSAY: A WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ELAYNE CLIFT AT PUTNEY
LIBRARY
Join author Elayne Clift for a writing workshop on Wednesday, September
6th at 7pm at Putney Public Library.
This workshop explores what an essay is and why we write them. It
includes the necessary elements of writing good creative non-fiction
pieces that can range from political commentary to humorous 1st Person
accounts – and anything else that is based on truth or opinion. We will
explore tone and “voice,” style, structure, point of view, use of
dialogue, researching facts, and more. And we’ll be hands-on, doing a
practice piece to share and discuss (voluntarily) in the spirit of
mutual learning. Come prepared to ruminate, rant, and reflect!
This workshop is presented in partnership with The Commons through their
Media Mentoring Project.
Putney Public Library is located at 55 Main St in Putney, VT. This event
is free and open to the public.

Library Closed for Labor Day
2017-09-03 - 2017-09-04

Debating Our Rights, Part III: The Pressures on Citizenship in a Constitutional Democracy with Meg Mott
2017-08-30 15:00 - 16:30
In the last of our series on The Bill of Rights, we will be discussing the Fourth Amendment, “the right to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects.”

Summer Reading: Wrap Up Party
2017-08-02 10:00 - 11:30
Wrap Up Party—Wednesday, August 2nd at 2pm Come wrap up the Summer Reading Program with a fun ice cream social.
Pick up your summer reading certificate, claim the last raffle prizes, and enjoy a make-your-own sundae party!
This event is co-sponsored by the Putney Food Co-op with ice cream from Strafford Organic Creamery. The rain location for this event is under the large tent across from the Putney Food Co-op.

Summer Reading Program Special Event!! At Putney Central School Gym Fri, July 28 at 2pm! Storyteller Marv Klassen-Landis
2017-07-28 10:00 - 11:00
Special Event!! At Putney Central School Gym Fri, July 28 at 2pm! Storyteller Marv Klassen-Landis will be joining us for an amazing children’s program courtesy of the Children’s Literacy Foundation’s Summer Readers Grant. Every child who participates chooses two books to keep from a wide selection of brand-new children’s books. Putney Central School is located at 182 Westminster Rd, Putney, VT. Free and open to the public!

Debating Our Rights, Part II: The Pressures on Citizenship in a Constitutional Democracy with Meg Mott
2017-07-26 15:00 - 16:30
At the Putney Public Library, ordinary citizens are deliberating matters normally relegated to the Supreme Court justices. In June, they tackled the monumental issue of free speech, considering the pluses and minuses of criminalizing hate speech and whether Charles Murray should have been invited to speak at Middlebury College. While the issues themselves were not settled, attendees found the experience of deliberation invigorating.
On Wednesday, July 26th at 7 PM the focus will be on the Second Amendment, an Amendment without much Supreme Court jurisprudence. As with the discussion on free speech, the focus will be on practicing deliberation, not necessarily determining an outcome. Arguments in favor of strong protections to bear Arms will be considered (most notably from Machiavelli and the Black Panthers) as well as arguments to protect the population from gun violence, much of which is self-inflicted.
Meg Mott, who teaches politics at Marlboro College and is also Putney’s Town Moderator, was asked by Library Director Emily Zervas, and Library Trustee Janice Baldwin, to set up a series of talks on the Bill of Rights. Rather than bring in a series of experts, Mott wanted to give participants a chance to deliberate.
“It’s ironic,” Mott explained, “that in a constitutional democracy, citizens often relinquish the most important questions to the Supreme Court. Sure, the Supreme Court is helpful in framing the issues, but that doesn’t mean the public should be silent. Deliberation is to democracy what speech is to humanity. When a democracy doesn’t deliberate, it basically becomes a zombie.”
The Fourth Amendment, “the right to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,” will be discussed on Wednesday August 30th at 7PM. All three of these “Last Wednesdays” series are free and open to the public.

Putney Library is located at 55 Main Street in Putney, VT. This program is free and open to the public.
