Putney Public Library

Music & Movement
2025-03-22 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-04-05 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-04-19 08:00 - 09:00 (America/New_York)
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.

VT Reads Author Visit - M.T. Anderson
2025-03-25 16:00 - 17:00
Author M. T. Anderson will discuss how living alone with a dog in the midst of the Covid shutdown in Vermont led to the writing of his Newbery Honor-winning fantasy Elf Dog & Owl Head. He’ll talk about the bond between human and animal—and how it might be different in Vermont than in some other places. Kids are encouraged to bring and tell their own stories of the extraordinary animals they’ve known. This presentation is part of VT Reads with support of Vermont Humanities Council. To learn more about M.T. Anderson and his book Elf Dog & Owl Head read his essay here: https://afuse8production.slj.com/2023/08/08/elf-dog-larue-a-guest-post-by-m-t-anderson/

Putney Public Library Writers Salon featuring Diane Frank, Mary Kay Rummel, and Prartho Sereno via Zoom
2025-03-25 17:30 - 19:00
Putney Public Library Writers Salon featuring Diane Frank, Mary Kay Rummel, and Prartho Sereno via Zoom
Tuesday, March 25th at 6:30pm at
(link: https://tinyurl.com/5996rjvd or on at putneylibrary.org on Calendar)
Putney Public Library Writers Salon is a Zoom series that brings writers across the country together with an enthusiastic audience.
Toni Ortner, the host of this series, has had 33 books published by small presses. The most recent is The Girl in the Yellow Dress by Kelsay Books. In 2025 Passing Through by Deerbrook Editions and The Van Gogh Notebook by the Dancing Girl Press will be published. She was Vice President of Write Action Inc. for many years and taught in the English Department of the University of Connecticut. Her work can be found at toniortner.com
Diane Frank is a poet, musician, author of eight books of poems, three novels, and a photo memoir of her 400-mile trek in the Nepalese Himalayas. She is the editor of Blue Light Press. While Listening to the Enigma Variations: New and Selected Poems won the 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Award for poetry. Diane plays the cello with the College of Marin Symphony Orchestra. She teaches poetry, flash fiction, and memoir workshops at San Francisco State University and Dominican University.
Mary Kay Rummel’s 10th book of poetry, titled Little River of Amazement, was recently published by Blue Light Press and explores the meaning of different stages of life. Previous books won awards form New Rivers Press, Bright Hill Press and Blue Light Press. She is professor emerita from the University of Minnesota and taught at the California State University, Channel Islands. She divides her time between St. Paul, MN and Venrura, CA where she was Poet Laureate.
Prartho Sereno’s most recent collection, Starfall in the Temple, was published by Blue Light Press in the Fall of 2023. Her four other full-length books- Indian Rope Trick, Elephant Raga, Call from Paris, and her illustrated Causing a Stir: The Secret Lives of Kitchen Utensils, won national prizes. Poet Laureate Emerita of Marin County (2015- 2017), MFA from Syracuse University(2013) and Radio Disney Super Teacher(2005), she was a Poet in the Schools for 21 years and currently teaches The Poetry Pilgrimage: Poem Making as a Spiritual Practice online. https://www.prarthosereno.com

Putney Amblers Walking Group
2025-03-26 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-04-02 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-04-09 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-04-16 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-04-23 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-04-30 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 Walks will last from 60-90 minutes depending on the will of the group.

Teen Book Talk - Gather
2025-03-26 15:00 - 16:00
Discuss this year’s VT Reads book, Gather with special guest, Virgil the therapy dog.

Stitch Together
2025-03-26 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-04-09 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-04-23 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.

Storytime
2025-03-27 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-04-03 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-04-10 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-04-17 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-04-24 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-05-01 10:00 - 11:00
Join us for stories, songs and crafts. For young children and their siblings and caretakers are welcome to attend.

Death by Aloha: A Sideways History of the Hawaiian Islands with Ben Lord
2025-04-10 17:30 - 19:00
Death by Aloha: A Sideways History of the Hawaiian Islands with Ben Lord
Thursday, April 10th at 6:30pm
Tourists are obnoxious … unless you’re one of them. We all want adventure, but every adventure happens in someone else’s backyard. Hawai’i knows this better than anyplace. In this nerdy and interactive travelogue of Hawai’i, Ben ties together tropical science, Polynesian history, and personal stories to explore questions like, “How can we go to paradise without paving it?” and “What do we owe the places we visit?” Less of a talk, and more of a curated conversation, Ben shares a vision of travel that is filled with compassion, insight, and humor. (Okay, maybe not a ton of humor. Ben isn’t really that funny, but you should come anyway.)
Putney community member, Ben, is a science teacher and writer who believes in kindness, curiosity, and gratitude. He hosts a podcast called “I Heart This” as part of his personal quest to make familiar things strange again, so that we can appreciate how wonderful they are. He has been privileged to travel in many wonderful places including Ireland, Alaska, the Caribbean, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, and, of course, Hawai’i.
Putney Library is located at 55 Main Street in Putney, VT. This program is free and open to the public.

Mending Bee
2025-04-13 12:00 - 15:00

Read With A Dog!
2025-04-15 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!

Roger Allbee Reads and Discusses New Book: Turning the Soil: 250 Years of Vermont Agriculture
2025-04-16 17:30 - 19:00
Roger Allbee Reads and Discusses New Book: Turning the Soil: 250 Years of Vermont Agriculture
Wednesday, April 16th at 6:30pm at Putney Library
Join Roger Allbee at Putney Library for a reading and discussion of his new book “Turning The Soil: 250 Years of Vermont Agriculture, a distinguished historical book on changes in rural communities, farmers’ activities, agricultural production, farm policies in the State of Vermont over a period of more than 250 years. It is comprehensively analyzed from perspectives of grassroots, state, national and global levels. It is not only a history book on Vermont’s agriculture, but also a panoramic bird’s-eye view of the long history of cultivation and marketing of farm products by Vermont farmers and how many reinvented themselves to survive.
Allbee has a deep connection to Vermont’s agricultural heritage. Growing up in Brookline on a hilltop dairy farm, he witnessed firsthand the resilience and dedication of his ancestors who have been farming the land since 1794.
Roger has a comprehensive background in agricultural policies, international trade, and natural resource management. He has served on the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture in the past for the late then Rep. Jim Jeffords of Vermont. He worked on the Senior Staff for the former Farm Credit Banks and Bank of Cooperatives, and in the past has served as Secretary of Agriculture for Vermont, to name a few of his past professional responsibilities related to agriculture. He also has been the CEO of Grace Cottage Hospital in Townshend.

Wildflowers of Putney with Rich Grumbine
2025-04-21 17:30 - 19:00
Monday, April 21st at 6:30pm at Putney Library
Rich will share his journey, in a PowerPoint presentation, of creating and publishing his latest book: A Guide to the Wildflowers of Putney, Vermont. He will share highlights and statistics about our town’s herbaceous flora and give audience members a chance to identify a “mystery” plant using his guide. Copies of the guide will be available for purchase at the end of the presentation.
Rich has lived in the Putney area since 1989 and has been a science faculty member at Landmark College for 35 years. He fell in love with plants during his college years and one of his great pleasures is to share his plant knowledge and enthusiasm with others.

Tuber Tuesday! Spring Tuber and Bulb Swap
2025-04-22 17:30 - 19:00
Tuber Tuesday! Spring Tuber and Bulb Swap
Tuesday, April 22nd at 6:30pm
Bring your excess spring bulbs, corms and tubers to swap with your neighbors on Tuesday, April 22nd! Please bring your swapable items at 6:30pm and swapping will commence at 7pm.
Please brush off as much dirt as possible and label your contributions as best you can, even if only with the plant name and color (pink dahlia.) We’ll also have a section for “mystery” colors for the adventurous gardeners. We acknowledge that jumping worms or other dirt-borne pests are a risk when introducing new plants to our gardens.

Virgil's Book Release Party
2025-04-24 16:00 - 17:00
Celebrate the publishing of our therapy dog volunteer’s new book; Virgil The Therapy Dog written by Abigail Littlefield and Elizabeth Neave. Virgil will be available to “sign” copies.

Kids Earth Week Activity: Glaciers
2025-04-26 10:00 - 12:00
Join Landmark chemistry students on Saturday, April 26th in the Library’s youth department for a fun drop-in science activity about glaciers.
This program is presented in partnership with Landmark College and The American Chemical Society’s Chemists Celebrate Earth Week (CCEW) public awareness campaign to promote the positive role that chemistry plays in the world. During CCEW, ACS members and chemistry enthusiasts celebrate by coordinating events and communicating the importance of chemistry.

Emily Weinberg reads from The Feather of Truth
2025-04-29 17:30 - 19:00
Emily Weinberg reads from The Feather of Truth at Putney Library
Tuesday, April 29th at 6:30pm at Putney Library
Author Emily A. Weinberg will discuss life in ancient Egypt and share readings from her debut novel, The Feather of Truth: An Artist’s Journey in Ancient Egypt. This book talk is designed for all ages to enjoy. She will have books for sale at the event.
The Feather of Truth is a coming-of-age story based on actual events in Egypt in 1166 BCE. The story weaves art, history, and mythology into an exciting adventure. Come, travel back in time. Take a trip to the Nile Valley and the deserts. Discover the feeling of being in old Egypt—the sights, sounds, and smells. Explore the evocative world of Uli and his friends in The Feather of Truth.
Emily Weinberg is an elementary educator. She enjoys writing historical fiction and realistic fiction for older children. Emily believes that books are the easiest way to teleport to exotic places and explore the wonders of our world and the realms of imagination. An adventurer, scholar, house-builder, and teacher, she loves big, hands-on projects and isn’t afraid to get messy. Emily lives with her family in Westminster West, Vermont. Learn more about her new book at: thefeatheroftruthnovel.com
