Putney Public Library

7pm--Film Screening: Dawnland
2022-05-24 15:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York)
Film Screening: Dawnland
Tuesday, May 24th at 7pm
Join us for an in-person screening of this Emmy Award winning documentary at the Putney Public Library. Masks are required for this event.
“My foster mother told me … she would save me from being Penobscot.”
For most of the 20th century, government agents systematically forced Native American children from their homes and placed them with white families. As recently as the 1970’s, one in four Native children nationwide were living in non-Native foster care, adoptive homes, or boarding schools. Many children experienced devastating emotional and physical harm by adults who mistreated them and tried to erase their cultural identity.
Now, for the first time, they are being asked to share their stories.
In Maine, a historic investigation—the first government-sanctioned truth and reconciliation commission (TRC) in the United States—begins a bold journey. For over two years, Native and non-Native commissioners travel across Maine. They gather testimony and bear witness to the devastating impact of the state’s child welfare practices on families in Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribal communities. Collectively, these tribes make up the Wabanaki people
The feature-length documentary DAWNLAND follows the TRC to contemporary Wabanaki communities to witness intimate, sacred moments of truth-telling and healing. With exclusive access to this groundbreaking process and never-before-seen footage, the film reveals the untold narrative of Indigenous child removal in the United States.
The TRC discovers that state power continues to be used to break up Wabanaki families, threatening the very existence of the Wabanaki people. Can they right this wrong and turn around a broken child welfare system? DAWNLAND foregrounds the immense challenges that this commission faces as they work toward truth, reconciliation, and the survival of all Indigenous peoples.
Living at the easternmost edge of Turtle Island, the Wabanaki people are the first to see the new day’s light. If harmony and justice begin in the east, as some prophesize, surely the TRC is a sign of this beginning.

Poetry Reading Curated by Karen Kelsay of Kelsay Books May 12th, 2022, 6:30pm
2022-05-12 14:30 - 16:00
Poetry Reading Curated by Karen Kelsay of Kelsay Books
May 12th, 2022, 6:30pm at Putney Public Library
In person, masks required.

Book Launch of Nellie’s Diary, 1863-1865: Her Life at Sea - The Diary of Ellen M. Starrett compiled by Elizabeth S. Mills. Wednesday, May 11th at 7pm At Putney Public Library--in person, masks required.
2022-05-11 15:00 - 16:30
Book Launch of Nellie’s Diary, 1863-1865: Her Life at Sea – The Diary of Ellen M. Starrett associated works compiled by her great granddaughter Elizabeth S. Mills.
Wednesday, May 11th at 7pm
At Putney Public Library–in person, masks required.

Read To A Dog
2022-05-10 11:30 - 12:30, 2022-05-03 11:30 - 12:30, 2022-04-26 11:30 - 12:30, 2022-04-19 11:30 - 12:30
Keeper is a two-year-old Labrador Retriever certified therapy dog. He is an excellent listener and companion for anyone practicing their reading skills or just needing a friend.
Email julia@putneylibrary.org to reserve a 15 minute time slot to read with Keeper. All ages and reading abilities welcome!

Remember and Resist: The Dutch Example Wednesday, May 4th 7pm
2022-05-04 15:00 - 16:30
Zoom lecture–Please email Emily for the link to this lecture: emily@putneylibrary.org
Contrary to the image that most Dutch people resisted the Nazis, only a small percentage actively participated – many of them women delivering messages or smuggling children to safety. What would they say if they could speak to us now? How are their decisions and struggles relevant today? Writer Mary Fillmore will explore how people decided to resist, what they actually did, and what the results were. We’ll discuss how their courage can inspire people with a broad range of views. A Vermont Humanities Council event hosted by Putney Public Library.
May 4 is the Dutch National Day of Remembrance for all who died in the war, which in the case of the Netherlands was almost entirely people who were victims of the Holocaust.
Please email Emily for the link to this lecture: emily@putneylibrary.org

Robert Goodby presents A Deep Presence: 13,000 Years of Native American History Tuesday, April 26th 7pm
2022-04-26 15:00 - 16:30
Zoom Lecture–please email Emily for the link to this event: emily@putneylibrary.org
Almost 13,000 years ago, small groups of Paleoindians endured frigid winters on the edge of a river in what would become Keene, New Hampshire. This begins the remarkable story of Native Americans in the Monadnock region of southwestern New Hampshire, part of the traditional homeland of the Abenaki people.
Typically neglected or denied by conventional history, the long presence of Native people in southwestern New Hampshire is revealed by archaeological evidence for their deep, enduring connections to the land and the complex social worlds they inhabited. From the Tenant Swamp Site in Keene, with the remains of the oldest known dwellings in New England, to the 4,000-year-old Swanzey Fish Dam still visible in the Ashuelot River, A Deep Presence tells their story in a narrative fashion, drawing on the author’s thirty years of fieldwork and presenting compelling evidence from archaeology, written history, and the living traditions of today’s Abenaki people. Join author and archeologist Robert Goodby for an evening presentation about his research and newest book! The book can be found at Putney Public Library and for sale at: https://harriscenter.org/about-us/merchandise/a-deep-presence
About Robert
Robert Goodby is Professor of Anthropology at Franklin Pierce University. He earned his PhD in anthropology from Brown University and has over thirty years of experience excavating Native American archaeological sites in New England. He is a past president of the New Hampshire Archeological Society, a former Trustee of the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, and served on the New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs. He has directed over three hundred archaeological studies authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act and his work has appeared in anthropological journals and in anthologies published by the Smithsonian Institution Press and University Press of New England. He has presented more than one hundred talks on his archaeological research for the New Hampshire Humanities “Humanities to Go” program, and every fall speaks to students at the Keene Middle School about the Paleoindian Tenant Swamp Site.
Please email Emily for the link to this event: emily@putneylibrary.org

“Trees for Good”
2022-03-30 15:00 - 16:30, 2022-03-16 15:00 - 16:30
To register, email plevasseurputney@gmail.com.

Vermont Community Reads Book Discussion - We Contain Multitudes
2022-03-16 12:00 - 13:00

Putney Amblers CANCELLED Due to Weather
2022-03-09 03:00 - 12:00

Putney Public Library Writers Salon
2022-03-03 14:00 - 15:00, 2022-02-03 14:00 - 15:00
First Thursday of Each Month
via Zoom
Please sign up for our newsletter (click this text even though it doesn’t look like a link!) or email Emily for the link: emily@putneylibrary.org

Putney Public Library Writers Salon will run the first Thursday
evening of each month from November through March from 7-8 pm and
will feature writers of fiction and poetry from Vermont and other parts of
the United States.The host for the series is Toni Ortner who lives in Putney,
Vermont. She has had 26 books published by small presses. Most recent are
Daybooks I and II by Deerbrook Editions and Daybooks III by Ardent Writer
Press. Blue Lyrics will be published by Adelaide Books next year. Toni is
Vice President of Write Action which is a nonprofit group that supports
writers in Southern Vermont, specifically the Brattleboro area.

Library Closed for Town Meeting Day
2022-02-28 19:00

Library Closed for Town Info Session
2022-02-25 - 2022-02-26

Library Closed Due to Weather
2022-02-24 - 2022-02-25

Library Closed for Presidents' Day
2022-02-20 19:00

Stuffed Animal Sleepover
2022-02-10 19:00

Library Closed Due to Weather and Road Conditions
2022-02-03 - 2022-02-04

Frederick Law Olmsted, New England’s Beloved Son with Ann McEntee via Zoom
2022-01-26 14:00 - 15:30
via Zoom
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Library Board Meeting
2022-01-25 13:30 - 15:00
In person at library or by Zoom–email for link: emily@putneylibrary.org

Library Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
2022-01-16 - 2022-01-17

Caroline Ailanthus author talk: Ecological Memory via Zoom
2022-01-11 14:00 - 15:30
7pm
via Zoom
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Putney Public Library Writers Salon
2022-01-06 02:00 - 15:00
First Thursday of Each Month
via Zoom
Please sign up for our newsletter(click this text even though it doesn’t look like a link!) or email Emily for the link: emily@putneylibrary.org

Putney Public Library Writers Salon will run the first Thursday
evening of each month from November through March from 7-8 pm and
will feature writers of fiction and poetry from Vermont and other parts of
the United States. The host for the series is Toni Ortner who lives in Putney,
Vermont. She has had 26 books published by small presses. Most recent are
Daybooks I and II by Deerbrook Editions and Daybooks III by Ardent Writer
Press. Blue Lyrics will be published by Adelaide Books next year. Toni is
Vice President of Write Action which is a nonprofit group that supports
writers in Southern Vermont, specifically the Brattleboro area.
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Board of Trustees Meeting--6:30pm
2021-12-14 13:30 - 15:00
Please email Emily for the Zoom link, or attend in person: emily@putneylibrary.org

Putney Public Library Writers Salon via Zoom
2021-12-02 14:00 - 15:00
First Thursday of Each Month–Next Date: December 2nd
7pm-8pm
via Zoom
Please sign up for our newsletter(click this text even though it doesn’t look like a link!) or email Emily for the link: emily@putneylibrary.org

Putney Public Library Writers Salon will run the first Thursday
evening of each month from November through March from 7-8 pm and
will feature writers of fiction and poetry from Vermont and other parts of
the United States.The host for the series is Toni Ortner who lives in Putney,
Vermont. She has had 26 books published by small presses. Most recent are
Daybooks I and II by Deerbrook Editions and Daybooks III by Ardent Writer
Press. Blue Lyrics will be published by Adelaide Books next year. Toni is
Vice President of Write Action which is a nonprofit group that supports
writers in Southern Vermont, specifically the Brattleboro area.
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On Thursday December 2, 2021 from 7- 8 p.m. The Putney Library Writers Salon will present an evening of poetry.We will feature J. R. Solonche who was nominated for the National Book Award and twice-nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. He is the author of 26 books of poetry and coauthor of another. He lives in the Hudson Valley. His most recent book is Selected Poems 2002-2021 by Adelaide Books.
Peter Davies will read poems by John Whitworth the late British poet who died in 2019. Peter is the copy editor for Kelsay Books that published Joy in the Morning which was John Whitworth’s last book. John was born in India in l945 and began writing poetry at Merton College, Oxford. He won numerous prizes and was published in highly regarded literary magazines. He published l2 books of poetry, a textbook on writing poetry, and edited an anthology.

Read To A Dog
2021-11-17 10:30 - 11:30, 2021-11-10 10:30 - 11:30
We are excited to welcome therapy dog, Keeper and his owner Abigail to the Library on Wednesdays from October 20th – November 17th, 3:30 – 4:30. Sign up for 15 minute slots by emailing julia@putneylibrary.org or drop in when space is available.
Therapy dogs can help emerging and struggling readers by lending a nonjudgmental ear to listen. They can also help in lowering heart rates and stress hormones while stimulating parts of the brain that encourage social-emotional learning.
Keeper is a two-year-old Labrador Retriever who is a certified therapy dog (with the Alliance of Therapy Dogs). To become certified, he had to pass an initial obedience test as well as complete three supervised visits at several facilities. Besides listening to stories read out loud his favorite activities are swimming, rolling in mud puddles, chasing squirrels and wrestling with his sister.
Abigail Littlefield is Keeper’s owner/chauffeur, who will always be found at the other end of his leash. Keeper is her forth certified therapy dog; some of the places she has visited with past dogs are elementary schools, hospitals, nursing homes and colleges. She is a retired college professor who lives in Westminster West where, in addition to Keeper, she has two more dogs, a cat, chickens and bees!
