Putney Public Library

Library Board Meeting (atypical date)
2024-10-22 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Library Board Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of the month, September-June, unless otherwise noted.

Putney Amblers
2024-10-23 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-10-30 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 or subscribe to the Putney Public Library weekly events newsletter. Walks will last from 60-90 minutes depending on the will of the group.

Ghost Peep Houses
2024-10-23 14:30 - 15:30
For ages 10 +, Come build a spooky candy house for the ghost peeps!
Please register at www.putneylibrary.org

Putney Palette--Registration Required
2024-10-23 17:30 - 19:00
Ages 12 and up welcome. Limited space: Please register at https://forms.gle/Jw5JaXP18xymR9rd6

Storytime
2024-10-24 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-10-31 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-12-05 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-12-12 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-12-19 10:00 - 11:00
Join us for stories, songs and crafts. Preschoolers and their siblings and caretakers are welcome to attend.

Music & Movement
2024-10-26 08:00 - 09:00, 2024-11-23 08:00 - 09:00, 2024-12-14 08:00 - 09:00
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.

Mimi Yahn Reads from New Novel at Putney Library
2024-10-29 17:30 - 19:00
Mimi Yahn Reads from New Novel at Putney Library
Join longtime area resident and author, Mimi Yahn (pen name Marie St. Pez), as she reads from her new novel, Usurpation, at Putney Public Library on Tuesday, October 29th at 6:30pm.
Set in 1997 and spanning two cities — Portland, Oregon, and New Orleans — Usurpation tells an emotional story of hardship and redemptive love through the lives of two families and through the eyes of Kitty Feliz, whose experiences as a Black lesbian lyrically link the personal with the political, and the heart with the mind. When her best friend’s son is murdered, Kitty uncovers a racist scheme involving drug gangs, police corruption, and gentrification through the deliberate blighting of Portland’s historically Black district, Albina.
Marie St. Pez is the nom de plume of Springfield resident Mimi Yahn, a long-time writer of essays, short stories, investigative articles, and political blogs. Yahn lived in New Orleans and Portland, Oregon, during the 1990s and witnessed the impact of urban renewal schemes on Black communities in both cities and the origins of gentrification throughout Portland’s historically Black district, Albina.
Putney Public Library is located at 55 Main St in Putney, VT. This event is free and open to the public.

LEGO Club
2024-10-30 14:30 - 15:30
Free style building with friends.

Cultivating Community Book Group-- I'm Just Saying by Milan Kordestani
2024-10-30 17:30 - 19:00

Dino Man!
2024-11-02 12:00 - 13:00
With magic, merry mayhem, and magnificent props (giant inflatable dinosaurs!), the audience is taken on a trip throughout the mesozoic era. How do we know dinosaurs were here? What is a fossil? How are they made? This program is fun and informative for all ages.

CLOSED for Veterans Day
2024-11-10 - 2024-11-11

Puzzle Race and Swap
2024-11-16 09:00 - 16:00
Puzzle race with registered teams starts at 3pm, but the puzzle swap goes on all day and through race time!

Mending Bee
2024-11-17 12:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-15 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 Sundays,
Sept 15th
Oct 20th
Nov 17th
Dec 15th
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.

Adoption Stories
2024-11-21 17:30 - 19:00
Adoption Stories with Jo Dery and Tamara Evanson
Thursday, November 21, 6:30pm at Putney Public Library
Adoption Stories is a series of audio interviews with foster/adoptive families, adult adoptees, and adoption-support professionals in Windham County, VT.
Children in foster care should be of concern to every Vermonter. There are 1,300 children in foster care across Vermont – 150 of them are in Windham County. In the past decade, our state’s child welfare system has been, and remains, under great stress. The themes touched on in these interviews include trauma, grief, resilience, celebration, and community – as well as the role that race, class, gender, and the opioid and housing crises play in why children end up in foster care in Vermont. Through centering foster/adoptive children’s and family’s memories of the past and dreams for the future, Adoption Stories paints a picture of the complex experience of these kids and families – full of love, loss, beauty, and pain.
The Adoption Stories interviews are collected on the web at www.adoptionstoriesvt.com, and available to listen to on the Podbean app. Adoption Stories was funded in part by a Brattleboro Town Arts Fund grant.
Join creators and foster/adoptive parents Jo Dery (artist and educator) and Tamara Evanson (licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist) at the Putney Library to learn about the project and hear from some of the participants.

CLOSED for Thanksgiving
2024-11-27 - 2024-11-28, 2024-11-28 - 2024-11-29

Family Game Night
2024-12-03 17:30 - 19:00
Fun for everyone! All ages. Bring your favorite game to share or play on of ours.

Stitch Together
2024-12-04 17:00 - 19:00, 2024-12-18 17:00 - 19:00
Stitch Together
A new fiber arts group is forming at Putney Library and you’re invited! 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.

Tiny Art - Canvases Due!
2024-12-11 07:00 - 16:00
Last day to return your tiny art canvas to the library to be included in the show!

Read with A Dog
2024-12-17 14:30 - 15:30
Practice your reading skills with Virgil, our therapy dog volunteer and his human Abigail. All ages and abilities welcome
Virgil loves to listen!

CLOSED Early at 3 pm for Christmas Eve
2024-12-24 14:00 - 17:00
