Putney Public Library

Stitch Together
2025-09-10 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-09-24 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-10-08 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-10-22 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
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
2025-09-13 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-09-27 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-10-11 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-10-25 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.

Putney Amblers Walking Group
2025-09-17 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-09-24 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-10-01 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-10-08 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-10-15 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-10-22 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-10-29 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-11-05 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.

Read With A Dog!
2025-09-23 14:30 - 15:30, 2025-10-21 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!

Make Your Own Medieval Shield or Banner
2025-10-04 09:00 - 10:30
Fun for all ages! Outdoors behind the library at 10am. In case of inclement weather, the event will move to The Grammar School’s auditorium.
Presented in partnership with The Grammar School

Fall Puzzle Race
2025-10-04 12:00 - 16:00
Can you complete a jigsaw puzzle faster than your friends and neighbors? Putney Public Library will be hosting our Puzzle Race on Saturday, October 4tt1pm. Register a team of 3-5 puzzlers at https://forms.gle/gcaLpeyCUPjhJqNS7 by Saturday, September 20th for a friendly competition to see who can complete a 500 piece puzzle the fastest.
Want to join but don’t have a team? Email us to join an all-comers puzzle team!
Each team will receive the same puzzle. The team that finishes first wins bragging rights!
There will also be a Puzzle Swap during open hours 10am-1pm that Saturday and through the Puzzle Race. Bring a puzzle, take a puzzle from the puzzle table.

Artist Talk: Owen Schuh on Visual Research of Mathematics
2025-10-09 17:30 - 19:00
Artist Talk: Owen Schuh on Visual Research of Mathematics
Thursday, October 9th at 6:30pm
On Thursday, October 9th at 6:30pm the visual artist Owen Schuh, of Westminster, will discuss his work collaborating directly with mathematician Prof. Satyan Devadoss (University of San Diego, CA) for more than a decade.
Owen Schuh is a painter who has specializes in visual research of mathematics. His paintings are structured with mathematical functions, data sets and iterations. Schuh works in intricate notebooks, and accomplishes his work by hand, using pencils, paint, a compass, and the occasional aid of a pocket calculator. He earned his BA from Haverford College in Philadelphia, PA (‘04) and his MFA from The Tyler School of Art (‘07). He has exhibited throughout the United States and Europe. His work is included in the collections of the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin, and the Flaten Art Museum in Northfield, MN.
Since 2014, Schuh has been collaborating directly with the mathematician Dr. Satyan Devadoss, which has significantly shifted the artist’s studio focus in recent years. Their 2015 project titled ‘Cartography of Treespace’ culminated in an international exhibition (Berlin & Pasadena, CA) and an article published in the journal Leonardo. Schuh’s writing and painting have also appeared in the Journal of Mathematics and the Arts. He was the recipient of a 2024 Creation Grant from the Vermont Arts Council, with which he produced a serigraph edition as part of his most recent collaboration.
He currently resides in Westminster, Vermont with his wife, Candace Jensen. Together in 2021, they founded and continue to run the nonprofit arts residency and eco-cultural catalyst, In Situ Polyculture Commons.
Putney Public Library is located at 55 Main St. in Putney, VT. This event is free and open to the public.

Library Closed for Indigenous People's Day
2025-10-12 - 2025-10-13

Poetry Reading: Jeanne Lightfoot and Aiyana Masla
2025-10-15 18:00 - 19:30

Mending Bee
2025-10-19 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
2025-10-20 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.

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

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.
