Putney Public Library

Storytime + Art with Amber
2025-01-23 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-01-30 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
Join us for stories, songs and crafts. Preschoolers and their siblings and caretakers are welcome to attend. Amber Paris will be offering art projects during storytime in the month of January to help celebrate the 20th birthday of the Putney Library building.

Music & Movement
2025-01-25 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-02-08 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-02-22 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-03-08 08:00 - 09:00
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.

Putney Palette Workshop
2025-01-29 17:30 - 19:00

LEGO Club
2025-01-30 14:30 - 15:30
Free style building with friends.

Closing at 3pm due to weather
2025-01-31 14:00 - 17:00

Library Birthday Party!
2025-02-02 12:00 - 15:00
Putney Public Library Celebrates 20th Birthday
On Sunday, February 2nd from 1:00pm-4:00pm, the Putney Public Library will kick off a year of activities and programming to celebrate the 20th birthday of the library’s beautiful building and honor two decades of community engagement in this space. Appropriately, the year will open with a birthday party- complete with cake and balloons. And if one cake isn’t enough, the library is also hosting a cake contest where patrons can vote for their favorite design. Interested bakers can obtain more information at putneylibrary.org/cake .
On this festive day, the children’s area will host storytelling, face painting from 1:30pm-3:30pm, and a birthday-related art project; weather permitting there will be outdoor activities, a warming fire, and hot cider.
Patrons can also contribute to a library time capsule or give the library a birthday present by purchasing from a list of specially selected adult and children’s books. Each gift book will feature a celebratory book plate with the donor and honoree’s names. Book-gifts will be available to browse and purchase beginning January 27th.
The Putney Public Library building at 55 Main St. is actually the sixth site of a library in Putney. During the month of February, a display will trace the history of the former sites that stretch back to 1793 and feature photos from the planning and construction of the current building. First envisioned and championed by local resident, David Rothschild, the current library was built with the donations of the community, and designed and constructed by local architects and builders. Everyone is invited to join in the festivities to celebrate this special library and the vision and community support that made it a reality.
Putney Public Library is located at 55 Main Street in Putney, VT. This program is free and open to the public.

Stitch Together
2025-02-05 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-02-19 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.

Closed due to weather
2025-02-05 - 2025-02-06
All programs canceled.

Storytime
2025-02-06 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-02-13 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-02-20 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-02-27 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-03-06 10:00 - 11:00
Join us for stories, songs and crafts. For young children and their siblings and caretakers are welcome to attend.

Stuffed Animal Sleepover
2025-02-12 09:00 - 2025-02-13 17:00
Bring your stuffed animal to the library for a bedtime story and sleepover party. What kind of mischief will they get into when the library closes?
Animals may be dropped off anytime on Wednesday, February 12th and may be picked up anytime on Thursday, February 13th. Each animal will go home with a photo book of their crazy overnight antics in the library. Come for Storytime on Thursday at 11 am.
*Library staff promise to take very special care of your animals overnight.*

Opening at 2pm today due to weather
2025-02-13 07:00 - 16:00

Canceled - Mending Bee
2025-02-16 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 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.

Library Closed for Presidents Day
2025-02-16 - 2025-02-17

Read With A Dog
2025-02-18 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!

William Homestead Reads from New Book
2025-02-18 17:30 - 19:00
Putney resident William Homestead is an associate professor and is also the author of An Ecology of Communication: Response and Responsibility in an Age of Ecocrisis , and The Active Soul: Emerson and Thoreau on Reform and Civil Disobedience (forthcoming from Mercer University Press in May 2025). He had a long association with the Ometeca Institute, an education nonprofit devoted to the integration of the sciences and the humanities and dialogue among scholars from diverse countries, especially the US and within Latin America. His work with Ometeca, along with his interdisciplinary degrees (MS in Environmental Studies, MA in Communication Studies, and MFA in Creative Writing), study with a spiritual teacher, and hiking experiences, informs his writing and teaching.

Stickerpalooza
2025-02-18 - 2025-02-19
Everyone (all ages!) is invited to drop in and sift through our collection of stickers and to create your own sticker journal.
If you have stickers you want to share, bring them!

Mending Bee
2025-02-23 12:00 - 15:00

Board Meeting on Atypical Day
2025-02-25 17:30 - 19:00

Putney Palette Workshop--require registration
2025-02-26 17:30 - 19:00
Imagine a watercolor kit in which all the colors came from the plants, rocks and clay that surround us. Join us at Putney Library where we’ll use simple methods and everyday equipment to make watercolor paints from a variety of urban, rural and repurposed materials from our locale to make a completely idiosyncratic hyper-local paint set reflecting the history, people, land and ecology of our area. This workshop will produce watercolor kits that will be available for checkout at the library.
This workshop is co-presented with In Situ Polyculture.
Ages 12 and up welcome—register by email to request@putneylibrary.org or by calling 802-387-4407.

Library Closed for Town Meeting Day
2025-03-03 - 2025-03-04

You Draw Me, I Draw You
2025-03-08 10:00 - 11:30
