Putney Public Library

Sing & Dance with Robin
2023-07-15 04:00 - 13:00, 2023-07-19 04:00 - 13:00, 2023-07-26 04:00 - 13:00, 2023-08-02 04:00 - 13:00, 2023-08-16 04:00 - 13:00, 2023-08-23 04:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Saturdays: July 1st, July 8th, July 15th
Wednesdays: July 19th, July 26th, Aug. 2nd, Aug. 16th, Aug. 23rd
9 am outside behind the library under the big tent
This class is an enriching musical experience for toddlers and preschoolers, designed to support healthy cognitive, physical, and social development. Children will sing, clap, stomp, dance, and play. Parents are encouraged to participate with their child. Created and taught by Robin Morgan.

Summer Reading Program - Magnets!
2023-07-17 12:00 - 13:00
Have you ever wondered how magnets work? Join us for fun experiments and see how and why magnets push, pull and pick things up!

Summer Reading Program - Circus Minimus
2023-07-19 12:00 - 13:00
The One-Man Circus-in-a-Suitcase gives everyone an opportunity to participate in an enthralling, whimsical celebration of the imagination. From Kevin O’Keefe’s suitcase an entire circus emerges; tent, band, lights, the boisterous ringmaster…

Putney Community Sing Along
2023-07-20 15:00 - 16:00, 2023-08-17 15:00 - 16:00
Outdoors behind the library!
These community sing-alongs will feature a printed songbook of well-known songs from many traditions: folk, golden oldies, gospel, Beatles, old pop and rock and show tunes. Participants will take turns choosing what to sing; binders with lyrics will be provided. Putney resident Rich Grumbine will lead the singing and provide guitar accompaniment.
For more information, please contact Rich Grumbine at richgrumbine1@gmail.com

Summer Reading Program - Friendship Bracelets
2023-07-24 12:00 - 13:00
Friends are special; they are with us in good times and in hard times. Come to summer reading to make a beautiful bracelet by hand as a gift for a special friend.

Summer Reading Program - Community Games & Potluck
2023-07-26 13:30 - 14:30
Come together as a community to play your favorite board games and share a meal together. All ages welcome. Please bring a dish and game to share.

Summer Reading Program - Rube Goldberg Day
2023-07-31 12:00 - 13:00
Rube Goldberg was well known for making up and illustrating complicated machines made of unusual materials to do simple jobs. We will have fun as we work together to invent, build and operate our own Rube Goldberg Machine.

Summer Reading Program - CLiF Storytelling, Book Give Away & Ice Cream Party
2023-08-02 12:00 - 13:00
Finish our Summer Reading program with a book giveaway, storytelling and ice cream party!

Poetry Reading: Nichael Cramer and Rolf Parker-Houghton
2023-08-02 14:30 - 16:00
After having met at open readings sponsored by Write Action in Brattleboro, Vermont, Nichael Cramer and Rolf Parker-Houghton quickly became mutual admirers of each other’s poetry. They will present a joint reading at the Putney Public Library at 6:30 on the evening of Wednesday, August 2, 2023.
After work and study in Physics, Computer Science, and Music, Nichael Cramer now lives, writes, woodworks, and reads, in Guilford, Vermont (with his wife Crystal Washburn). His poems have appeared in the journals “Frogpond”, “bottlerockets”, “Modern Haiku”, “tinywords”. “New England Letters”, “Seven Days”, and elsewhere; as well as the anthologies “string theory, The Red Moon Anthology of English Language Haiku”, “Window Seats”, “Bird Whistle”. “Birchsong”; and others.
Rolf Parker-Houghton is a freelance writer of history, whose articles have been published in The Commons, The Brattleboro Reformer and The Deerfield Valley News. He also writes a column on math and science education for Parents Express. His poems have been published in The Road Not Taken: The Journal of Formal Poetry, and Vita Poetica. In 2023 he was shortlisted for the O’ Bheal Five Words International Poetry Contest. He and his wife, the artist Cynthia Parker-Houghton, live in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA, with their son, Morgen. They also create fake archeological digs and other free events which they create under the name of “The University of Brattleboro”. The motto of the university is, “Desperationem pugnamus cum humore et in communi cum aliis.”, which translates to “We fight despair with humor and in community with others”.
Putney Public Library is located at 55 Main St in Putney, VT. This event is free and open to the public.

Keeper's Retirement Party
2023-08-17 12:00 - 12:30
There will be a party for Keeper at the library at 4:00 pm on Thursday, August 17 if you want to stop by to wish him well.
Unfortunately, he will need to take a break from his listening duties due to a health issue. He has been diagnosed with a seizure condition and is in the process of figuring out how best to manage it. He is doing very well and feels great, but his doctor recommends that he stop his therapy dog activities and enjoy an early retirement.
For the past couple of years Keeper has immensely enjoyed listening to the readers at the Putney Library. He particularly enjoyed all the cuddles and hugs he got!

**at Next Stage** We Should Get Together with Kat Vellos
2023-08-29 15:00 - 16:30
***PLEASE REGISTER FOR THIS FREE EVENT: https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTg2NjI5
Join us for an interactive fireside with Kat Vellos all about friendship in adulthood. What are the biggest challenges of adult friendship and how can we overcome them? How do we “make new friends and keep the old”? What is social wellness and how does it factor into our overall health and wellbeing? And how can we create more meaningful connections with coworkers, who are often the primary source of new friends in adulthood? We’ll dig into all this and more. The fireside chat will be followed by a Q&A so come with your questions too.
Kat’s bio:
Kat Vellos is a trusted expert on the power of cultivating meaningful friendships. She’s a speaker and author of the book, We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships. She’s also the creator of the Better than Small Talk conversation cards and the Better Conversations Calendar. In her former career as a UX designer and researcher, she made software more user-friendly at large companies you’ve heard of, but she’s a lot happier now making life more friendly for the thousands of people and work teams who use her guidance to cultivate fulfilling friendships and colleagueships. Kat’s writing is read in over 100 countries and she’s been interviewed by The New York Times, NPR, Communication Arts, The Good Life Project, and many more.
Connect with Kat online:
Kat’s books, newsletter, shop, and events: weshouldgettogether.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katvellos_author
This discussion is co-presented with Putney Community Cares, Putney Community Center, Putney Foodshelf, Putney Public Library, and Senior Solutions.

Closed for Labor Day
2023-09-03 - 2023-09-04

Storytime with Susan Hessey!
2023-09-07 07:00 - 08:00, 2023-09-14 07:00 - 08:00, 2023-09-21 07:00 - 08:00, 2023-09-28 07:00 - 08:00
Join Susan Hessey for stories, songs and crafts. Preschoolers and their siblings and caretakers are welcome to attend. Thursdays in September at 11 am.

LEGO Club
2023-09-07 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-10-05 12:00 - 13:00
Build a creation based on a theme or your own imagination!

Autumn Mending Bee
2023-09-10 09:00 - 12:00

Read To A Dog
2023-09-19 11:30 - 12:30
Practice your reading skills with Virgil, our therapy dog volunteer and his human Abigail. All ages welcome
Virgil loves to listen!

Artist's Reception for Portals, Paintings by Liz Hawkes deNiord
2023-09-23 09:00 - 11:00
Putney Public Library Exhibits: Portals, Paintings by Liz Hawkes deNiord
Portals, a series of abstract paintings by Liz Hawkes deNiord, is on exhibit at The Putney Putney Library, September 4 – December 2, 2023.
Liz’s dynamic paintings reflect her immersion in the physical process as well as her love of saturated, radiant color and luminosity. The paintings are both dreamlike and grounded. Her process is one of multiple layering, scraping, covering up, and building up heavily textured surfaces with palette knife and paint. The paintings emerge layered with pure colors creating an iridescent quality.
She says, “What lies beneath each one is essential to what one sees on the surface. Working mostly on large vertical canvases, the vertical alignment resonates as a physical presence…..The paintings evolve through layers, through rotation of the canvas and through a suspended trust in the outcome to ‘pay attention’ consciously and unconsciously.”
Liz Hawkes deNiord is a painter, ceramic artist, and educator – having taught for 38 years in Vermont, Connecticut, Iowa and Virginia. Locally, she taught Ceramics at The Putney School, Drawing at Landmark College. For over two decades she taught Foundations in Art, Sculpture and Ceramics at Brattleboro Union High School. A Studio Art major and Asian Studies minor in college, Liz took two masters degrees in Education, one in Learning Disabilities, which enabled her to tutor and or teach in schools, prisons or psych hospitals, and the other in Art Education.
Liz works in her Westminster West studio and currently shows her work regionally in Manchester and Burlington, Vermont. For more information on Liz and her work see: www.lizhawkesdeniord.com
Liz will have a reception for her show on Saturday, September 23rd from 1pm-3pm at the library.
Putney Public Library is located at 55 Main St. in Putney, VT. This exhibit is free and open to the public Monday-Friday 10:30am-6pm, Saturday in September and October 10am-1pm and Saturdays in November 10am-3pm.

Understanding Medicare
2023-09-25 17:30 - 19:00
6:30pm on 9/25/23 at the Putney Public Library
Do you have questions about Medicare? Particularly in advance of the annual enrollment period, which starts October 15, 2023? Come to this FREE event on Understanding Medicare — 6:30pm on 9/25/23 at the Putney Public Library.
Senior Solutions will offer this free workshop discussing the various options for Medicare enrollment, and the differences between original Medicare and Medicare Advantage. This workshop will provide information and include a question & answer period. Though the workshop presenter will join us via zoom, folks are welcomed to gather at the Putney Public Library for this event. Local facilitation will be managed by Ruby McAdoo (Putney Community Cares Coordinator) and Jane Katz Field, M.D. (Vermont Physicians for a National Health Program).

Come and join us at the library on Monday, 9/25/23! Or if you prefer to join via zoom, please email coordinator@putneycommunitycares.org for login info. Zoom participants will be asked to send questions via chat which will be shared by the facilitator.

Exploring Europe - Familiar Sights & Hidden Gems with Shana Frank
2023-09-28 14:30 - 16:00
Exploring Europe – Familiar Sights & Hidden Gems with Shana Frank
Thursday, September 28th 6:30pm
In summer of 2023, Shana Frank traveled to eight cities in a self-designed tour of Europe. Join her for a slide show and presentation at Putney Public Library on Thursday, September 28th at 6:30pm where she will share portraits from cities including Zurich, Paris, Amsterdam, and Reykjavik. Her narrative will focus on the history and architecture of places she visited, as well as art exhibits and street scenes that inspired her.
Shana is an educator known for helping students make sense of mathematics. She is a lifelong learner whose interests range from culture and crafts to the environment and simple living. Her previous presentation, “The Amazing Golden Ratio: Art, Math, Nature,” was well-received at the Putney Public Library.
Putney Public Library is located at 55 Main St. in Putney, VT. This program is free and open to the public.

Storytime with Susan Hessey!
2023-10-05 07:00 - 08:00
Join Susan Hessey for stories, songs and crafts. Preschoolers and their siblings and caretakers are welcome to attend. Thursdays in October at 11 am.
