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.

Wednesday, April 19
  • 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.

  • Men's Book Discussion
    7:30 pm-9:00 pm

Thursday, April 20
  • Library Book Discussion Group: "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow"
    7:30 pm-9:00 pm

    Register in advance for the Zoom link. 
    Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love. Yes, it is a love story, but it is not one you have read before.

Sunday, April 23
  • Landscape history with Samantha Ford
    2:00 pm-3:30 pm

    Landscape historian Samantha Ford "peels back the layers of time" in this talk to interpret 300 years of land use history in Vermont through cultural clues left in our wooded hillsides. Stone walls, cellar holes and forgotten ornamental plantings help to piece together the history of these old farms, which are often hiding in plain sight. Learn how to recognize these clues and piece together the story of the land.
    Co-sponsored by the Chittenden County Historical Society, the Charlotte Library, and the Charlotte Senior Center. 

Monday, April 24
  • Spring: Up Close, Project Micro
    2:00 pm-2:45 pm

    Jan Schwarz will bring microscopes, hand lenses and lots of spring material  to study. Registration required, ages 7 and up.This is a live event on the Charlotte Library porch. Registration required. Please email youth@charlottepubliclibrary.org

  • 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 25
  • 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 26
  • 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.

  • Film Showing: "Transition" by Sas Carey
    7:00 pm-8:30 pm

    Follow a young woman doctor as her life shifts from a reindeer herding settlement in the taiga to Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar.  Discussion with the filmmaker following the showing.  Co-sponsored with Sustainable Charlotte.

Saturday, April 29
  • Walk & Talk Book Club: "Changes in the Land"
    11:00 am-12:00 pm

    Join librarians from Hinesburg, Shelburne and Charlotte for our next tri-town book walk. We'll discuss William Cronon's book, Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists and the Ecology of New England as we walk through the Charlotte Park & Wildlife Refuge. Jane Dorney from the Vermont Master Naturalist leads us through the park, looking at the landscape through Cronon's lens.

Sunday, April 30
  • George Lakey talk @ library
    3:00 pm-5:00 pm

    George Lakey, activist and author, will speak in Charlotte. We're very lucky to have this amazing man come to our community. He will speak about his latest book, a memoir, Dancing With History: a life for peace and justice and about a whole range of issues he has embraced.

    George was born into a white working-class family in rural Pennsylvania and has been active in direct action campaigns for seven decades. George was first arrested at a civil rights demonstration in March 1963, and his most recent arrest was in June 2021, during a climate justice march. A Quaker, he has been named Peace Educator of the Year and was given the Paul Robeson Social Justice Award and the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Award. His previous books include Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got it Right--and How We Can Too and How We Win: A guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning.

Monday, May 1
  • Mending Matters
    6:00 pm-7:00 pm

    Give life to your old clothes! Learn how to hem pants, replace a button, fix a hole in a sock and more. Bring in your old favorite (clean) clothes in need of mending to take part in this hands-on workshop with Colleen Brady. For all ages from tweens to adults.

  • 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, May 2
  • 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. 

  • Edward Hitchcock: America's First Dinosaur Expert
    7:00 pm-8:30 pm

    Register here: http://bit.ly/3DVjRuc
    EDWARD HITCHCOCK was one of 19th-century America's most eminent scientists. He was the first American scientist to publicly embrace the theory of continental glaciation, but he is better known for his landmark research on what he called the "fossil footmarks" of the Connecticut Valley.

    In his Zoom presentation,  Robert McMaster will review the life and legacy of Edward Hitchcock, particularly his central role in developing our understanding of dinosaurs  He will also discuss Hitchcock's work in Vermont where he completed the first geological survey of the Green Mountain State in 1861.
    Robert McMaster is the author of first ever biography of Edward Hitchcock, All the Light here Comes from Above: The Life and Legacy of Edward Hitchcock.

Wednesday, May 3
  • 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.

  • Lego Kit Program Kick-Off
    3:00 pm-4:00 pm

    Join us for Legos at the library! Thanks to generous donations from people in town, kids ages five and up can now enjoy building Lego kits in the library! 


    Wednesday, May X after school we will have a kick off event:  two hours of Lego building, so please drop off your child if they’re older than 11 or bring them in and build with them.

     After that, you can come anytime and work on the Lego sets yourselves at any table in the library. 

    Legos are incredible activities and critical thinking-challenges for young people and the Charlotte library is excited to make Legos accessible to every child in town.

  • 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.

Thursday, May 4
  • Board of Trustees Meeting
    6:00 pm-7:30 pm

Saturday, May 6
  • Naturally Curious with Mary Holland
    10:30 am-11:30 am

    Register here: http://bit.ly/3lDwl3q
    A family program for kids age 8 & up with parent or caregiver. 
    A visual journey through the 12 months of the year, as seen through a naturalist's eyes. Mary Holland guides us through a selection of each month's most memorable events with objects as well as images and information about amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, insects, spiders, plants and fungi of New England.

Monday, May 8
  • Community Use: Charlotte 4-H Meeting
    6:30 pm-7:30 pm

  • 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, May 9
  • 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. 

  • Conservation Clinic with Rick Kerschner
    7:00 pm-8:00 pm

    Rick Kerschner, Former Director of Preservation &
    Conservation at the Shelburne Museum, holds a

    conservation clinic at the Charlotte Library.
    An opportunity to discover if your family treasures require
    conservation. Bring a reasonable-sized antique such as a small
    painting, work of art on paper, textile such as a quilt or
    coverlet, or a decorative artifact made of ceramic, glass,
    leather, metal, rubber, plastic, wood, etc. for review.
    Please note that Mr. Kerschner is a conservator, not an
    appraiser, and cannot estimate the value of your artifact.
    However, a list of appraisers will be available.

Wednesday, May 10
  • 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.

  • Better Together Book Club: "This Is How It Always Is"
    7:00 pm-8:30 pm

    You’re invited to join this open group that reads and discusses books related to parenthood.

    This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel is a novel about revelations, transformations, fairy tales, and family. And it’s about the ways this is how it always is: Change is always hard and miraculous and hard again, parenting is always a leap into the unknown with crossed fingers and full hearts, children grow but not always according to plan. And families with secrets don’t get to keep them forever.

    Books are available at the circulation desk. Registration appreciated by susanna@charlottepubliclibrary.org.

Monday, May 15
  • Mystery Book Group:
    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, May 16
  • 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, May 17
  • 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.

  • Men's Book Discussion
    7:30 pm-9:00 pm

Monday, May 22
  • 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, May 23
  • 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, May 24
  • 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.

Thursday, May 25
  • Library Book Discussion Group: "Speckled Beauty"
    7:30 pm-9:00 pm

    Register in advance for the Zoom link. 
    Speck is not a good boy. He is a terrible boy, a defiant, self-destructive, often malodorous boy, a grave robber and screen door moocher who spends his days playing chicken with the Fed Ex man, picking fights with thousand-pound livestock, and rolling in donkey manure, and his nights howling at the moon. He has been that way since the moment he appeared on the ridgeline behind Rick Bragg's house, a starved and half-dead creature, seventy-six pounds of wet hair and poor decisions.

    Speck arrived in Rick's life at a moment of looming uncertainty. A cancer diagnosis, chemo, kidney failure, and recurring pneumonia had left Rick lethargic and melancholy. Speck helped, and he is helping, still, when he is not peeing on the rose of Sharon. Written with Bragg's inimitable blend of tenderness and sorrow, humor and grit, The Speckled Beauty captures the extraordinary, sustaining devotion between two damaged creatures who need each other to heal.