If you would like to add something to this calendar, something open to the public, please email Barbara Ball at barbara@windsorlibrary.org
How to Honor & Respect the Wild Ones Around Us a Q&A at Carpenter-Carse Library
Abenaki artist Carol Billings Mcgranaghan will lead this free-form discussion centering on the identification, care, and use of wild edible plants, with plenty of time for questions on any related topics. There will be samples of Carol’s homemade wild flower jellies for tasting! Booklets entitled “Vermont Abenakis: A Brief History of the People of the […]
Joe Citro Author Reading!
The Windsor Public Library is delighted to announce that local author Joseph A. Citro will be giving a HALLOWE'EN reading at the Windsor Welcome Center on Monday, October 17th at 6pm. Joe Citro-- author, lecturer and expert on New England oddities (including ghosts, fortean and spiritual phenomena)-- is renowned for both his novels and non-fiction […]
VLA Executive Committee Meeting
Second Thursday of each month, 10AM-11AM
NaNoWriMo Write-In – Hartland
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a month-long event in November in which people all over the world commit to writing a 50,000-word novel in 30 days. On Sat, November 19 from 10 am - 2 pm the Hartland Public Library (Windsor County) welcomes NaNoWriMo writers to bring your preferred writing tools and write in! […]
VLA Executive Committee Meeting
Second Thursday of each month, 10AM-11AM
VLA Executive Committee Meeting
Second Thursday of each month, 10AM-11AM
Q&A with Author Sam Quinones [Virtual]
Join us for a Q&A with journalist Sam Quinones, author of the groundbreaking book Dreamland: True Tales of America’s Opiate Epidemic, which ignited awareness of the epidemic that cost the U.S. hundreds of thousands of lives. Sam’s newest book is The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl […]
Call for Proposal Deadline for VSLA/VLA Conference
Seeking Presenters for: “Be the Place: Libraries Are For Everyone!” The Vermont School Library Association and the Vermont Library Association are pleased to announce their joint sponsorship of a one-day conference at Doubletree by Hilton in South Burlington on April 3, 2023. Our Call for Proposals due date is January 13, 2023. We are […]
Edward Hitchcock: America’s First Dinosaur Expert [Virtual]
Join us for this Zoom presentation by biographer Bob McMaster. McMaster published the first biography of Hitchcock in 2021, "All the Light Here Comes From Above: The Life and Legacy of Edward Hitchcock. This fascinating Connecticut Valley resident and scientist, was an Amherst college professor and one of the 19th century's important scientists. He was […]
What Happens to Vermont’s Recycling? [Zoom]
A presentation by the Chittenden Solid Waste District, the South Windsor/Windham Solid Waste Management Districts, and the Greater Upper Valley Solid Waste Management District in collaboration with the Vermont Sustainable Libraries Working Group. Join us in following the journey taken by recyclable materials as they make their way from Vermont homes and businesses to new […]