Putney Public Library

The Power of Dignity: A Community Conversation on Substance Use, Stigma, Harm Reduction, Narcan Training
2024-06-04 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Halifax)
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.

What is Somatic Experiencing (SE)? with Daniel Lang
2024-06-12 18:30 - 20:00
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.

Community Sing Along with Rich Grumbine
2024-06-13 19:00 - 20:30

Poetry Chapbook Release Reading
2024-06-15 13:00 - 14:30, 2024-07-13 13:00 - 14:30
Poetry Chapbook Release Readings
Saturdays at 1pm, June 15th and July 13th
In 2019, Putney Public Library began to assemble a chapbook of poetry by writers with creative ties to Vermont. While the project was unexpectedly delayed by Covid, the chapbook is now complete and ready to be released into the world! The book, appropriately titled Time Capsule, was hand bound in community workshops with marbled endpapers and a beautiful letterpress cover.
The contributing poets are Emma Paris, Michelle Blake, Dede Cummings, Candace Jensen, Ben Pease, Bianca Stone (Current Vermont Poet Laureate), Chard deNiord (Past Vermont Poet Laureate), Em Peake, Nancy Storrow, Rita Banerjee, Robin Myers, Kate Gleason, Amanda Galvan Huynh, Claire Gieringer, Mary Ruefle (Past Vermont Poet Laureate), Didi Jackson, Major Jackson, and Megan Buchanan.
Join us for two readings this summer where you can hear some of the contributing poets read past and new work and purchase a chapbook of your own. Readings will be Saturday, June 15th at 1pm and Saturday, July 13th at 1pm at Putney Public Library. Chapbooks will be sold as a fundraiser for the Putney Public Library at $50 each, payable by cash or check. Chapbooks will also be offered to each library in Windham County for their circulating collections and a digital file of the book will be available to view or download at the Putney Public Library website.

CLOSED for Juneteenth
2024-06-19

Library Closed for Internet Upgrade
2024-06-24

Walking Romania with Howie Peterson
2024-06-25 18:30 - 20:00

Cultivating Community Book Group discusses The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama
2024-06-26 18:30 - 20:30

Silent Reading Club
2024-06-27 18:30 - 20:30

Putney Library Writing Group
2024-07-01 18:30 - 20:30, 2024-07-15 18:30 - 20:30
Every Other Monday at 6:30pm, starting July 1st at Putney Public Library.
All those who love to write, no matter what their level, will feel at home in this group. We will be meeting from 6:30pm to 8:30pm on alternating Mondays starting July 1st. Our dream is for people of ALL ages to attend to so the group will be diverse. The structure will be to write for a half an hour and then split up into groups to read to others and ask for as much critiquing as they would like. Then we will continue to write for another half an hour followed by forming small groups again. Finally the groups will come together to reassess how it all is going.
There will be a maximum of 12 people of all writers so you must register using this form: https://forms.gle/yqe1iuUFJrVRPWzFA
Lynn Levine and Cheryl Wilfong will lead the group.
Lynn is a forester and naturalist and has written 6 books with nature in mind. She finds writing an exercise that allows her mind to wander and be creative. More information about her can be found at Heartwoodpress.com .
Cheryl Wilfong is the author of The Meditative Gardener: Cultivating Mindfulness of Body, Feelings, and Mind (www.meditativegardener.com), winner of seven book awards. She is a polymath in accounting, psychotherapy, writing, publishing, and gardening. Her goal is to wake up to the present moment.
The Putney Public Library is located at 55 Main St. in Putney, VT. This program is free and open to the public.

Whoo's That? Adventures In Nature & Ice Cream Kick Off Party - Summer Reading Program
2024-07-03 16:00 - 17:00
Meet (live!) native wildlife up-close and learn how to observe and identify them using field guides available at the library. Presented by the Southern Vermont Museum of Natural History. Stay and enjoy delicious ice cream with friends and neighbors.

CLOSED for Independence Day
2024-07-04

Music & Movement With Sarah & Stu
2024-07-06 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-07-13 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-07-20 09:00 - 10:00
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.
Saturdays in July at 9 am, 7/6, 7/13, 7/20, 7/27

Where is Away? - Summer Reading Program
2024-07-08 16:00 - 17:00
Where does your trash, recycling and compost go once it leaves your house? Go on a waste adventure with hands on activities. Presented by Windham Solid Waste Management District

Putney Amblers
2024-07-10 15:00 - 16:00, 2024-07-17 15:00 - 16:00, 2024-07-24 15:00 - 16:00
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.

Sidewalk Chalk Party!!! - Summer Reading Program
2024-07-10 16:00 - 17:00
You are invited to Putney’s first community sidewalk chalk party. Make art, make friends, make connections. Enjoy snow cones an create chalk art. Rain date Thurs. July 11th

Maps with Susan Hessey - Summer Reading Party
2024-07-15 16:00 - 17:00
X marks the spot! Learn all about maps and make your own adventure map!

Walking Each Other Home: Exploring aging and loving, losing and dying our way: a reading and discussion course with Michelle Blake
2024-07-16 18:30 - 20:00, 2024-07-23 18:30 - 20:00
Walking Each Other Home: Exploring aging and loving, losing and dying our way: a reading and discussion course with Michelle Blake
Exploring aging and loving, losing and dying _our_ way: a reading and
discussion course with Michelle Blake
Tuesdays July 16th- August 6th 6:30pm-8pm
When I started looking for books on aging, loss and dying, I kept
finding titles like AGING WITH GRACE. Grace? Ugh. I’m done being told
how to get old, or do anything else, really. Guided by WALKING EACH
OTHER HOME, a collection of conversations between Ram Dass and Mirabai
Bush, let’s gather this summer to discover our own ways to age, to
lose, to learn.
Michelle Blake is an author and educator who lives in Putney.
Tuesdays July 16th- August 6th 6:30pm-8pm

Cartooning & Free Book Give Away - Summer Reading Program
2024-07-17 16:00 - 17:00
Join John Steven Gurney, author & illustrator of five Fuzzy Baseball graphic novels, Dinosaur Train and The A to Z Mysteries. John will lead the group in cartooning activities. After, John has two free books to give away to participants. Sponsored by CLiF.

Mending Bee
2024-07-21 13:00 - 16:00
Get support and advice mending your ailing fabric items or just bring a craft to do while you chat.

Water Adventure at the POOL - Summer Reading Program
2024-07-22 16:00 - 17:00
Join Susan Hessey at the Putney Pool for a fun water adventure and stories. We will make and float our own boats! Bring your bathing suits and stay for free at the pool until closing time.

Cooking Adventures - Summer Reading Program
2024-07-24 16:00 - 17:00
Today, you are the chef, and are making dessert for your family. Your mission, is to chop, measure, mix, taste and adjust seasonings for a fruity treat.

Perri Lynch Howard SVALBARD SPEAKS: An Artist's Dialogue with Climate Change
2024-07-25 18:15 - 19:30
Perri Lynch Howard is an artist forging new narratives
from the front lines of climate change. Her recent
artworks investigate the impact of marine noise pollution
on whales and other mammals in the Arctic Circle. She
will share images and sound from her expedition above
the 78th parallel – sailing the coast of Svalbard on a
barquentine tall ship, with an international group of
artists, scientists, and journalists through The Arctic
Circle Residency Program.
Perri will share images and sound works inspired by the
journey, and illustrate how we can harness the power of
art to inspire new narratives in a changing climate.
