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Updates

POSTPONED: Walk & Talk Book Club: “Changes in the Land”
This event has been rescheduled for April 29.

In Case You Missed it: Charlotte Water Quality & McCabe’s Brook Presentation
Lewis Creek Association’s Kate Kelly presents about water quality in Charlotte and how it affects Lake Champlain’s health. Learn about some potential projects along McCabe’s Brook in Charlotte that could help improve water quality in Charlotte and downstream in Shelburne and Lake Champlain. Brought to you by Tactical Basin Planning funding from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, and in collaboration with the Charlotte Conservation Commission and Charlotte Library.  Watch the presentation.

Get Growing!
The 2023 Seed Library Catalog is ready!  View the catalog online or pick one up at the Library. To request small packets of seeds from the 2023 catalog (no charge), email Seed@charlottepubliclibrary.org. We will let you know when your seeds are ready for pick up in the Library foyer. Take a look at the event calendar below for upcoming Seed Library programs. Learn more about the Seed Library. 

Historical Town Reports Added to the Online Collection
Browse the Charlotte Town Reports from the 1800s. You’ll also find other historical photos and documents from the collections of the Charlotte Library and the Charlotte Historical Society.

New & Upcoming Books

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Upcoming Events

Please see the program description for registration specifics.  Questions? Send us an email.  All Library programs are free and open to the public.

On Display: Oil paintings by Theresa Petrow

Wednesday, March 29

  • Preschool Free Play
    10:00 am-11:00 am

    Play in the preschool years enables children to explore and make sense of the world around them, as well as to use and develop their imagination and creativity.We'll be exploring the sensory table, sorting, playing with blocks, play dough.....these are a few of the open ended projects planned for Wednesday morning play based learning at the Charlotte Library. Ages 3 and 4. 

  • Book Chat
    3:00 pm-4:00 pm

    Join Margaret at the library to discuss new books, old books and books we might have missed. Each week, Margaret selects a theme and highlights related titles from the library collection.

  • Craft Night
    6:30 pm-8:00 pm

    Join us for a fun evening of crafting! Several project options will be available including vinyl stickers using the Cricut, book page art and decoupage. Try one or all! For teens and up. Registration is requested by emailing susanna@charlottepubliclibrary.org.

Sunday, April 2

  • Discover the Joy of Ekphrastic Poetry
    12:30 pm-2:00 pm

    Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ekphrastic-poetry-workshop-tickets-595942087827
    Come connect with the joy of ekphrastic poetry with local poet, visual artist and founder of The Poartry Project, JC Wayne, through examples of art-inspired poems, writing prompts, ways to explore art through a poetic lens and a fun meditative exercise to get your creative juices and powers of observation and interpretation flowing. Our art muse for the workshop will be the beautiful nature paintings of Theresa Petrow, currently on exhibit at the library. Materials: Bring something to write on and something to write with. Special bonus: Theresa will be on hand to answer your questions about her art and share her creative process.

  • Art Opening: Theresa Petrow
    2:00 pm-4:00 pm

    Join Theresa for an informal gallery review of her paintings, currently on display at the Charlotte Library.

Monday, April 3

  • Book Study: "Gaia's Garden"
    7:00 pm-8:30 pm

    Book Study – Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture
    Mondays, March 13, 20, 27 and April 3.  We will meet in person at the Charlotte Library, with the option to use Zoom in bad weather.

    Back by popular demand! Join Karen Tuininga and Linda Hamilton for this 4-part study of Toby Hemenway’s classic guide to home-scale permaculture. New and experienced gardeners are welcome for the study of this practical book. Expect interesting reading (about 70 pages in preparation for each session) and lively discussions!

    Whether you missed our first Gaia’s Garden discussion series in 2020, or want to come back for more conversation and a deeper dive revisiting this wonderful book, we hope you will join us.  
    Registration is required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/551528094377
    Copies of the book are available at the Library.

Tuesday, April 4

  • Preschool Story Time
    10:00 am-11:00 am

    Join us at the Charlotte Library for preschool stories, crafts and activities. No registration required. Age 2 and over. 

Wednesday, April 5

  • Preschool Free Play
    10:00 am-11:00 am

    Play in the preschool years enables children to explore and make sense of the world around them, as well as to use and develop their imagination and creativity.We'll be exploring the sensory table, sorting, playing with blocks, play dough.....these are a few of the open ended projects planned for Wednesday morning play based learning at the Charlotte Library. Ages 3 and 4. 

  • Short Story Selections
    1:00 pm-2:00 pm

    Register in advance for the Zoom link.
    Join Library Director Margaret Woodruff to share and discuss short stories old and new. The reading list will include a variety of authors, and one or two stories will be featured each session. Copies of the stories are available at the library circulation desk or via email.
    Co-sponsored by the Charlotte Senior Center.

  • Book Chat
    3:00 pm-4:00 pm

    Join Margaret at the library to discuss new books, old books and books we might have missed. Each week, Margaret selects a theme and highlights related titles from the library collection.

  • Crochet & Knit Night
    6:00 pm-7:00 pm

    Claudia Marshall is your host for a casual weekly session of crocheting and chatting, knitting and catching up. Bring your project or start a new one with yarn and needles available at the library, along with plenty of books to instruct and inspire. For teens and adults.

  • Explaining "Your Mind on Plants" with Suzanne Tremblay
    7:00 pm-8:00 pm

    Suzanne Tremblay earned her masters from Goddard College in health art and science, focusing on trauma among first responders and how psychedelic therapy can offer new possibilities for these sufferers and others. Join her to learn more about these new tools that can complement mental health healing and care in our medical practices and, in fact, are inspired by indigenous traditions around the world.

Thursday, April 6

  • Board of Trustees Meeting
    6:00 pm-7:30 pm

Monday, April 10

  • Community Use: Charlotte 4-H Meeting
    6:30 pm-7:30 pm

Tuesday, April 11

  • Preschool Story Time
    10:00 am-11:00 am

    Join us at the Charlotte Library for preschool stories, crafts and activities. No registration required. Age 2 and over. 

  • An Archaeological History of Chittenden County
    7:00 pm-8:00 pm

    Register to reserve a seat.
    Jess Robinson, Vermont State Archaeologist, will give an overview of the precontact Native history of the Chittenden County area from the first human entrants in the region until the time of European contact. He will highlight some notable archaeological sites and offer insights into the first Vermonters gained from over 50 years of professional archaeological work in the area. A question-and-answer session will follow the presentation. 
    Co-sponsored by the Charlotte Library & the Charlotte Historical Society.

Wednesday, April 12

  • Preschool Free Play
    10:00 am-11:00 am

    Play in the preschool years enables children to explore and make sense of the world around them, as well as to use and develop their imagination and creativity.We'll be exploring the sensory table, sorting, playing with blocks, play dough.....these are a few of the open ended projects planned for Wednesday morning play based learning at the Charlotte Library. Ages 3 and 4. 

  • Book Chat
    3:00 pm-4:00 pm

    Join Margaret at the library to discuss new books, old books and books we might have missed. Each week, Margaret selects a theme and highlights related titles from the library collection.

  • Crochet & Knit Night
    6:00 pm-7:00 pm

    Claudia Marshall is your host for a casual weekly session of crocheting and chatting, knitting and catching up. Bring your project or start a new one with yarn and needles available at the library, along with plenty of books to instruct and inspire. For teens and adults.

  • Poetry Reading: Bethany Breitland
    7:00 pm-8:00 pm

    A Poetry Month event! Join us for an in-person poetry reading with Bethany Breitland, the Sundog Poetry Book Award Winner, and Charlotte resident. She'll share the journey told in her book, Fire Index.  This Wheeler Prize finalist selection measures the interior life of a survivor against the world she creates through her own fractured marriage, motherhood, and religion. 

Saturday, April 15

  • Repair Cafe at Charlotte Congregational Church
    10:00 am-2:00 pm

    Get your broken stuff ready! Co-hosted with Sustainable Charlotte, the Charlotte Grange and the Charlotte Library will be hosting the next Repair Cafe'. It is open to anyone in any town.  Please register here so that we can plan for your needs.

Monday, April 17

  • Mystery Book Group: "The Maltese Falcon"
    10:00 am-11:00 am

  • Book Discussion: Treeline
    7:00 pm-8:00 pm

    "The Treeline is a page-turner that poetically challenges us to confront the elephant in the room."

    A six-part discussion of this landmark book. "For the last fifty years, the trees of the boreal forest have been moving north. Ben Rawlence's The Treeline takes us along this critical frontier of our warming planet from Norway to Siberia, Alaska to Greenland, Canada to Sweden to meet the scientists, residents and trees confronting huge geological changes."

    This is a hybrid event. Join us in-person or via Zoom.

    In-person: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-discussion-treeline-the-last-forest-and-the-future-of-life-on-earth-tickets-547922790817

    Zoom: http://bit.ly/3E3RPwE

Tuesday, April 18

  • Preschool Story Time
    10:00 am-11:00 am

    Join us at the Charlotte Library for preschool stories, crafts and activities. No registration required. Age 2 and over. 

  • Opera Talk: "Carmen" by Georges Bizet
    1:00 pm-2:00 pm

    With video excerpts of the opera, we will see how music and the drama were combined reflecting changes in style based on pulp fiction in the nineteenth century. The discussion will be conducted by Toni Hill of the Chittenden County Opera Lovers. This event takes place at the Charlotte Senior Center. Registration is recommended. Please call the Senior Center at 802.425.6345.

    Co-sponsored by the Charlotte Senior Center & the Charlotte Library.

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