Putney Public Library

Rescheduled--Library Board Meeting
2016-10-26 14:30 - 16:00 (America/New_York)

Lego Club
2016-10-17 07:00 - 08:00, 2016-09-17 07:00 - 08:00
All-ages Lego Club is starting at the Putney Library on Saturdays this Fall! Join us for building themes and challenges, either alone or in groups. Children 7 and under must be accompanied by an adult for this program. All Lego provided! Please keep your own Lego at home to avoid losing your personal stash.
Saturday, September 17th, 11 to Noon
Saturday October 15th, 11-Noon
Saturday November 19th, 11-Noon

Putney Library Book Group--Little Paris Bookshop
2016-10-16 15:00 - 16:30

Talking With Your Kids About Healthy Relationships and Dating
2016-10-12 15:00 - 16:30
A partnership between the Women’s Freedom Center and Putney Library.

Talking with your kids about Consent and Healthy Boundaries
2016-09-28 15:00 - 16:30
The Women’s Freedom Center’s Youth Advocates go into local schools to work with kids on issues around gender, relationship violence, sexual harassment, social media, and consent. Students often share stories about their lives with the Advocates that they say they’ve never told an adult. The Women’s Freedom Center, in partnership with Putney Library, has designed a discussion series to help support parents around the most pressing issues that have come out of their many student workshops. Come connect with other parents and develop some tools for helping your kid navigate these difficult issues. Parents, caregivers, educators, and anyone else who have youth in their lives are welcome. These presentations will be relevant to all youth in the elementary and high school age ranges.
Wednesday, Sept 28th 7pm

Hunger Awareness Month Event
2016-09-27 14:30 - 16:30

Social Justice Parenting Chats
2016-09-25 06:30 - 08:00
Do you need ideas for how to talk with your kids about social justice issues like racism, economic inequality, incarceration, homelessness, and gender?
Join Act For Social Justice founder Angela Berkfield for a useful series of discussions about bringing social justice issues into conversations with your children. These interactive chats will highlight books at the Putney Public Library and other helpful resources. Light refreshments and childcare provided. This series is made possible through a Small and Inspiring Grant from the Vermont Community Foundation. Please call or email Angela to RSVP for childcare: 802-254-3400 or angela@act4socialjustice.com

Robin MacArthur Reads from Half Wild at Putney Library
2016-09-15 15:00 - 16:30
Join author Robin MacArthur at the Putney Library on Thursday, September 15th at 7pm for readings from her new collection of short stories, Half Wild.
Straddling the border between civilization and the wild, the stories in Robin MacArthur’s formidable debut give voice to the hopes, dreams, hungers, and fears of the people of Vermont. Adolescent girls, farmers, aging hippies, disconnected women, and solitary men all struggle to make sense of their loneliness and desires in the stark and often isolating spaces they call home—golden fields and white-veiled woods, dilapidated farmhouses and makeshift trailers, icy rivers and still lakes.
In striking prose, powerful in its clarity and purity, MacArthur effortlessly renders characters who are wedded to the only land they know, people whose lives are inextricably intertwined—both with one another and with the natural world that surrounds them. MacArthur’s compelling and authentic voice carves out a distinctive vision of the wildness and beauty of rural Vermont.
Putney Library is located at 55 Main Street in Putney, VT. This program is free and open to the public.

Sandglass Theater Visits Putney Library for a Special Story Time
2016-09-08 07:00 - 08:00 | Putney Public Library, 55 Main St, Putney, VT, 05346, United States
As part of Sandglass Theater’s beloved Puppets In Paradise festival, the Putney Library is delighted to welcome Jana Zeller for a VERY special Preschool Story time on Thursday, September 8th at 11am. Jana will perform her hand puppet show “The Surprise”, featuring the stocking-capped Kasper and Augustin, a gentle giant.
The Puppets in Paradise festival continues for two days of puppetry, food and performance in the enchanted garden of landscape architects Gordon and Mary Hayward on September 10th and &11th from 10am to 4pm. See http://sandglasstheater.org/ for more information.
Preschool story time at the Putney Library continues on Thursdays this fall with story teller, Susan Hessey, at 11am in the library’s children’s room.
The Putney Library is located at 55 Main St. in Putney, VT. These programs are free and open to the public.

Summer Reading Wrap Up Party
2016-08-03 10:00 - 11:00
Come wrap up the Summer Reading Program with a fun ice cream social. Pick up your summer reading certificate, claim the last raffle prizes, and enjoy a make-your-own sundae party!
This even is co sponsored by the Putney Food Co-op with ice cream from Stratford Organic Creamery. Rain location is under the tent across from the co-op.

Summer Reading Program--Yoga
2016-07-29 10:00 - 11:00
Veronica Sampson from Putney Moves will visit and teach a kids yoga workshop.

Summer Reading Program--Games Gala
2016-07-27 10:00 - 11:00
Games Gala Table-top games, brain teasers, group poem writing, and charades!

Book Group-- Euphoria by Lily King
2016-07-24 15:00 - 16:30
Pick up your copy of this book after June 20th at the library’s front desk!

Summer Reading Program--Martial Arts Demo!
2016-07-22 10:00 - 11:00
Join Daniel Kornguth for an exciting martial arts demo!

Summer Reading Program-- Field Day Games
2016-07-20 10:00 - 11:00
Field Day Games Sack race, three legged race, and giant chutes and ladders! (might be swapped with Games Gala if the weather is bad.)

Summer Reading Program--Paper Airplane Olympics
2016-07-13 10:00 - 11:00
Paper Airplane Olympics Can you make a plane that will fly the longest? Or be the most precise? Or is the most beautiful?

Summer Reading Program-- Pedal-Your-Own Fruit Smoothie
2016-07-08 10:00 - 11:00
The Putney Food Co-op will visit and help you Pedal Your Own Fruit Smoothies using their awesome pedal-powered blenders! Fun and delicious!

Summer Reading Program--Balloon Games
2016-07-06 10:00 - 11:00
Balloon Games Blow them up and let the fun fly with this great series of balloon challenges and games!

Summer Reading Program--Bellows Falls Bike Project
2016-07-01 10:00 - 11:00
Bonnie from the Bellows Falls Bike Project will lead us through the basics of bike safety and then take us on a short family ride on Old Rt 5. Bring your bike!

The Incurable Pain: Islamic Perspectives on Addiction
2016-06-29 15:00 - 16:30
The Incurable Pain: Islamic Perspectives on Addiction

What if the pain that leads a person to addiction is seen as the defining quality of being human? Join Amer Latif at Putney Public Library on Wednesday, June 29th at 7pm to explore ways in which Muslim sages, like Rumi, embody a vision of the human being as the bearer of an incurable pain in beautiful poetry and how this poetry is sung in gatherings that have become vibrant social institutions in Islamic cultures.
Amer Latif has been professor of religious studies at Marlboro College since 2003. His research focuses primarily on Islamic mystical texts and practices. He is also interested in the issues surrounding cultural translation and has published translations of the poetry of Jalaluddin Rumi, the 13th century Muslim scholar and mystic. A current resident of Putney, he grew up in Pakistan and came to the United States for college. After getting a BA in physics from Bard College, he received his Ph.D. in comparative literature from Stony Brook University.

Summer Reading Kick Off Party!
2016-06-29 07:00 - 08:00
Join Stephen Coronella for a sport-themed musical show for all ages! Sign up for the summer reading program and enjoy snacks on the patio afterwards.

Book Group--The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
2016-06-19 15:00 - 16:30
Pick up your copy of this book after May 16th at the library’s front desk!

Summer Reading Program--Martial Arts
2016-06-10 04:00 - 13:00
Special Guest TBA!

Book and Plant Sale
2016-05-28 05:00 - 08:00

Social Media & Your Teen
2016-05-26 15:00 - 16:30
Social Media & Your Teen
Are you a parent of a middle school or high school age teenage? Is your teen on social media? Join other parents for an evening of discussion surrounding the tough navigation of social media use, pressures, bullying and the dangers your teen may encounter just thru the use of their phone.
New social media apps are popping up all the time. With each new app comes new risks and pathways for online bullying, name-calling, social pressures, sexual harassment and drama! Come join us for an evening of discussion at the Putney Library on Thursday, May 26th at 7pm, facilitated by Anna Mullany, the Youth Advocate from the Women’s Freedom Center– the local organization working to end domestic and sexual violence. We will discuss the impact of social media in your teen’s life, struggles you have as parent around interacting with your teen about social media, and tips in navigating these conversations.
Anna Mullany works within the Windham County schools with teachers, staff, and 7th thru 12thgraders around issues of consent, rape culture, social media, objectification, body image, gender identity, and healthy relationships. Feel free to call the library with any questions: 802-387-4407.
Putney Library is located at 55 Main St. Putney, VT. The event is free and open to the public.

Book Group--The Red Tent
2016-05-15 15:00 - 16:30
Pick up your copy of the book at the library’s front desk!

Book Group: One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Furgus
2016-05-14 15:00 - 16:30
Copies of this book will be available at the Library’s desk.

Parenting for Social Justice--6pm
2016-05-11 14:00 - 15:30
Do you need ideas for how to talk with your kids about social justice issues like racism, economic inequality, incarceration, homelessness, and gender? Join Act For Social Justice founder Angela Berkfield for a useful series of discussions about bringing social justice issues into conversations with your children. These interactive chats will highlight books at the Putney Public Library and other helpful resources. Light refreshments and childcare provided. Please call or email Angela to RSVP for childcare: 802-254-3400 angela@act4socialjustice.com
This series will be held on the following Wednesday evenings at Putney Public Library from 6:00-7:30: March 16th, April 27th, & May 11th.

Streetfeet Women Reading
2016-04-29 15:00 - 16:30
