Putney Public Library

What is Somatic Experiencing (SE)? with Daniel Lang
2024-06-12 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Halifax)
What is Somatic Experiencing (SE)?
Wednesday, June 12th at 6:30PM
Join Daniel Lang at Putney Public Library on Wednesday, June 12th at 6:30PM to learn more about Somatic Experiencing. SE is a gentle, intuitive, body-based approach developed by Peter Levine, PhD, used to resolve trauma and reactivate our birthright of vitality. It works from the ground up, from sensation and awareness rather than from the top down, from cognition and ego. By increasing contact with our felt sense—what we are physically feeling in the here and now– we open an entry point to discovery and resolution in a way that can be truly transformative.
Daniel will discuss the origins of SE and what first attracted him to it. He will make connections between polyvagal theory, animal/human instincts, and how these relate to feelings of calmness, aggression, and discomfort. While not offering SE as a panacea or cure-all, Daniel will illustrate how this approach can be an effective tool for realigning our nervous system (and therefore ourselves) when it has been deeply impacted by trauma or chronic stress. Daniel will share how this work has positively affected him, and the kind of results he has seen. An exercise will be included to give attendees first-hand experience with this approach.
Daniel Lang, Occupational Therapist, recently opened The Body Knows The Way in Putney, VT. He combines extensive mental health experience across the lifespan with Somatic Experiencing (SE), an integrative and intuitive body-based approach rooted in polyvagal theory and physiology. A lifelong creative, he is passionate about education and empowerment, and enjoys sharing this powerful work with others.

The Power of Dignity: A Community Conversation on Substance Use, Stigma, Harm Reduction, Narcan Training
2024-06-04 18:30 - 20:00
The Power of Dignity: A Community Conversation on Substance Use, Stigma, Harm Reduction, Narcan Training at Putney Public Library
Tuesday, June 4th at 6:30 PM Location: Putney Public Library
Substance use impacts everyone. Join a free community discussion about:
• Understanding addiction & treatment
• Supporting those struggling
• Harm reduction strategies
• Importance of compassion & accountability
Even though no individual or organization has all the answers, community conversations grounded in mutual respect help generate dignified solutions to challenges related to substance use. Guest presenters include Dr. Geoff Kane from Meetinghouse Solutions and Dakota Roberts, Outreach Worker for the AIDS Project of Southern Vermont.
Light snacks provided.
For those interested in learning about overdose prevention, free naloxone (Narcan) and training will be available.
Let’s work together to address this challenge. For more information, please contact: CSUR802VT@gmail.com or (802) 275-7232
CSUR (Community Substance Use Response) is a collaborative effort that includes Voices of Hope, Turning Point of Windham County, the AIDS Project of Southern Vermont, Building a Positive Community, West River Valley Thrives, Grace Cottage Hospital, Meetinghouse Solutions and others in the community working together throughout the continuum of care to ensure that substance use prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services reach our rural communities in Windham County. Funding for this event is provided by the VT Dept. of Health Division of Substance Use.

“For Blood and Money” Reading Group with Norman Paradis
2024-06-03 18:30 - 20:00, 2024-05-20 18:30 - 20:00, 2024-05-13 18:30 - 20:00, 2024-04-29 18:30 - 20:00, 2024-04-22 18:30 - 20:00
Mondays at 6:30pm April 1-June 17

Mending Bee
2024-06-02 13:00 - 16:00
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 Putney Library. 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.

Storytime
2024-05-30 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-05-23 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-05-16 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-05-09 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-05-02 11:00 - 12:00
Join Susan Hessey for stories, songs and crafts. Preschoolers and their siblings and caretakers are welcome to attend. Thursdays at 11 am.

Cultivating Community Book Group
2024-05-29 18:30 - 20:30
Discussing Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make–and Keep–Friends by Marisa G. Franco PhD

CLOSED for Memorial Day
2024-05-27

Read With Virgil
2024-05-21 15:30 - 16:30
Practice your reading skills with Virgil, our therapy dog volunteer and his human Abigail. All ages welcome
Virgil loves to listen!

Library Book Sale
2024-05-19 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-05-18 09:00 - 13:00

Library Closes at 1pm
2024-05-17 13:00 - 18:00
We are closing early for book sale setup! Join us Saturday 9am-1pm and Sunday 11am-1pm for the library’s annual book sale fundraiser!

Silent Reading Club
2024-05-16 18:30 - 20:30

"What is Away?" with Windham Solid Waste Management District
2024-05-14 18:30 - 20:00

Tracking Lynx with Bob Etzweiler
2024-05-07 18:30 - 20:00

Mending Bee
2024-05-05 13:00 - 16:00

Puzzle Race
2024-05-04 13:00 - 15:00
Can you complete a jigsaw puzzle faster than your friends and neighbors? Putney Public Library will be hosting out first ever Puzzle Race on Saturday, May 4th at 1 pm. Register a team of 3-5 puzzlers HERE by Saturday, April 27th for a friendly competition to see who can complete a 750 piece puzzle the fastest. Each team will receive the same 750 piece puzzle. The team that finishes first wins!

Expert Material Makers and Crafters: Theresa Emmerich Kamper & Caroline Ross
2024-05-03 18:30 - 20:00
Meet the two visiting faculty from the ‘Making the Materials’ series of workshops at In Situ Polyculture (Westminster, VT). Theresa Emmerich Kamper is an expert in leather and tanning ancestral skills, as well as a beloved former contestant on the TV show ‘Alone’ who excels at ‘using the whole animal’ and careful, beautiful designs for buckskin clothing and more. Caroline Ross, also known by her art moniker ‘Found and Ground’, is a pigment and drawing materials expert with a great knowledge of bushcraft as it applies to creativity and art. They will give a short talk, answer questions about their work and materials, and enjoy conversation with attendees. They will have a few copies of their books on hand as well.
Light refreshments, Q&A, fabulous materials like ink, quills, buckskin, traditionally tanned furs, and more. Please join us!

Cultivating Community Book Group
2024-05-01 18:30 - 20:30
Discussing Belonging by Geoffrey L. Cohen, but please come even if you haven’t read the book.

Metal Detecting with Rob Phillips
2024-04-30 18:30 - 20:00

Putney Library Chapbook Book Binding
2024-04-25 16:30 - 18:00
email request@putneylibrary.org to sign up for this community workshop!
In 2019, Putney Public Library began to assemble a chapbook of poetry by writers with creative ties to Vermont. The original goal was to hand bind and release the book in early summer of 2020. While the project was unexpectedly delayed, the chapbook has made progress behind the scenes and we’re now in a position to gather and bind the book as originally intended!
The book, appropriately titled Time Capsule, features the work of 18 poets, pages marbled in community workshops in 2021, and a beautiful letterpress cover.
Join letterpress artist and writer, Candace Jensen, and artist and library board member, Amber Paris for a bookbinding workshop that will contribute to the finished books. We will use the Japanese stab binding process to complete the final steps in the book’s production.

Storytime With Susan Hessey
2024-04-25 11:00 - 12:00

Read With A Dog
2024-04-23 15:30 - 16:30
