Whiting Library

Pokemon Club
2023-04-28 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)

Story Hour with Carrie
2023-04-28 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-04-21 10:30 - 11:30
Story Hour is geared for preschoolers but all ages are encouraged to join in the fun! Enjoy stories, music, crafts, and new book previews from the Library. Story Hour is for approximately 30-60 minutes long depending on the kids’ attention level. Look for this group in the Community Room downstairs or we may be outside in the backyard if the weather is clear.
Preregistration for library programs is appreciated but not required (drop-ins are welcome) by calling the library at 802-875-2277 or by emailing Carrie at youthlibrarian@whitinglibrary.org.

Fill-a-Bag Book Sale
2023-04-28 - 2023-04-29
The library trustees are holding a Fill-a-bag Book Sale Friday, April 28 and Saturday, April 29 in the Book Sale room. Fill a provided grocery bag from Smitty’s Chester Market for only $5! All proceeds go to benefit the library’s collection and programs.

Playgroup for Wee Littles (0-5) & Caregivers
2023-04-26 10:00 - 11:30, 2023-04-25 10:00 - 11:30, 2023-04-19 10:00 - 11:30, 2023-04-18 10:00 - 11:30, 2023-04-12 10:00 - 11:30, 2023-04-11 10:00 - 11:30, 2023-04-04 10:00 - 11:30
Whiting Library is home to two weekly playgroups in Chester for the Wee Littles (0-5 years old) and their caregivers on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. This is a free, fun and relaxed gathering where little kids play while their grown ups supervise and socialize.
No need to pre-register, simply drop in to the library Community Room. Stay as long or as little as you like. Geared towards Caregivers who want to find friendship in the greater wee little people (0-5 years old) community.
Library books, fun & games, plus art & craft projects in the community room downstairs – available to enjoy anytime the library is open!
Everyone learns best through play! Contact Carrie Roy King, Youth Librarian, for more information via youthlibrarian@whitinglibrary.org or call 802-875-2277.

Gaming Club
2023-04-25 15:00 - 18:00, 2023-04-18 15:00 - 18:00, 2023-04-11 15:00 - 18:00

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK - April 23-29, 2023
2023-04-23 - 2023-04-29
Come into the library for National Library Week and put your name into a raffle to win a puzzle for book lovers! Don’t forget to check out the Book Sale on Friday and Saturday of this week!

Telescope Basics + Using the Whiting Telescope
2023-04-14 18:00 - 19:30
Southern Vermont Astronomy (SoVerA) will be hosting a four-part mini-series at the Whiting Library on four consecutive Fridays at the Whiting Library in Chester, Vermont starting March 24th. Each program will begin at 6PM. If the skies cooperate after any one of the presentations, binoculars and telescopes will be set up for the participating audience to observe some of the celestial wonders our Vermont skies provide. SoVerA members Rick Bates, Rick Hunter and Claudio Véliz will be providing a little of the intrigue astronomy inspires, while imparting some of the knowledge which can help us appreciate some of its mysterious aspects.
SoVerA members will review basic optics, how to choose a telescope, and how to enjoy the Whiting telescope, which is available to Library members to check out and use. This will be a hands-on demonstration and discussion open to anyone, and especially those who may have an interest in using the telescope. Participants will learn about basic optics, how to find things in the sky, and how to adjust the various thingy-bobs on the telescope. No prior experience required.

Penny University
2023-04-14 16:30 - 18:00
Join us Friday, April 14th at 4:30 for Poetry Month! Local poet Susan Bourne will be our special guest to entertain and create found poetry.

Story Hour with Carrie
2023-04-14 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-04-07 10:30 - 11:30
Story Hour is geared for preschoolers but all ages are encouraged to join in the fun! Enjoy stories, music, crafts, and new book previews from the Library. Story Hour is approximately 30-60 minutes long depending on the kids’ attention level. Look for this group in the Community Room downstairs or we may be outside in the backyard if the weather is clear.
Preregistration for library programs is appreciated but not required (drop-ins are welcome) by calling the library at 802-875-2277 or by emailing Carrie at youthlibrarian@whitinglibrary.org.

April Whiting Library Book Club
2023-04-12 17:00 - 18:00
The Whiting Library Book Club will meet Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 5PM. This month’s book is Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. April’s meeting will cover chapters 1-17.

How do we Know what we Know?
2023-04-07 18:00 - 19:30
Southern Vermont Astronomy (SoVerA) will be hosting a four-part mini-series at the Whiting Library on four consecutive Fridays at the Whiting Library in Chester, Vermont starting March 24th. Each program will begin at 6PM. If the skies cooperate after any one of the presentations, binoculars and telescopes will be set up for the participating audience to observe some of the celestial wonders our Vermont skies provide. SoVerA members Rick Bates, Rick Hunter and Claudio Véliz will be providing a little of the intrigue astronomy inspires, while imparting some of the knowledge which can help us appreciate some of its mysterious aspects.
Rick Hunter will begin to answer the question: “How can we really start to know anything about what at first glance appears as only some very small, quite faint (few exceptions: planets, moon and sun) dots in the night sky?” As recently as 1840 August Comte, a French philosopher, said nothing could ever be known about the composition of the stars. Meanwhile, Joseph von Fraunhofer had, about 30 years before, already laid the groundwork of spectroscopy, as well as building some of the best refracting telescopes to that time. In 1838 Friedrich Bessell was able to find the first accurate distance to a nearby star. The work of these two began the process of classifying stars, finding their distances, brightnesses, sizes, and makeup. It’s another one of those famous “detective stories’ ‘ in science, with a fascinating cast of characters! Distance is the “perpetrator,” scientists the sleuths.

Playgroup for Wee Littles (0-5) and Caregivers
2023-04-05 10:00 - 11:30, 2023-03-29 10:00 - 11:30

April Student Art Show
2023-04-01 - 2023-04-30
The Whiting Library is happy to have a student art exhibit for the month of April. New pieces of GMUHS student art are currently on display in the Suzy Forlie Memorial Reading Room. Chester-Andover Elementary School student art will begin April 4th and be displayed throughout the library’s first floor. Please come and enjoy the works of some of our talented children in our community.

Archeoastronomy
2023-03-31 18:00 - 19:30
Southern Vermont Astronomy (SoVerA) will be hosting a four-part mini-series at the Whiting Library on four consecutive Fridays at the Whiting Library in Chester, Vermont starting March 24th. Each program will begin at 6PM. If the skies cooperate after any one of the presentations, binoculars and telescopes will be set up for the participating audience to observe some of the celestial wonders our Vermont skies provide. SoVerA members Rick Bates, Rick Hunter and Claudio Véliz will be providing a little of the intrigue astronomy inspires, while imparting some of the knowledge which can help us appreciate some of its mysterious aspects.
Rick Bates will be presenting an overview of the information which the ancients learned about the skies, and how this information was used in navigation. We will also discuss a variety of ancient legends, myths, and beliefs about the sun, the moon, the planets, and the constellations which early people saw every night when they looked upward.

Story Hour with Carrie
2023-03-31 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-03-24 11:00 - 12:00
Story Hour is geared for preschoolers but all ages are encouraged to join in the fun! Enjoy stories, music, crafts, and new book previews from the Library. Story Hour is on Fridays at 11 am for approximately 30-60 minutes long depending on the kids’ attention level. Look for this group in the Community Room downstairs or we may be outside in the backyard if the weather is clear.
Preregistration for library programs is appreciated but not required (drop-ins are welcome) by calling the library at 802-875-2277 or by emailing Carrie at youthlibrarian@whitinglibrary.org.

Playgroup for Wee Littles (0-5) and Caregivers
2023-03-28 08:00 - 17:00, 2023-03-22 10:00 - 11:30
Whiting Library is home to two new weekly playgroups in Chester for the Wee Littles (0-5 years old) and their caregivers on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. This is a free, fun and relaxed gathering where little kids play while their grown ups supervise and socialize.
No need to pre-register, simply drop in to the library Community Room. Stay as long or as little as you like. Geared towards Caregivers who want to find friendship in the greater wee little people (0-5 years old) community.
Library books, fun & games, plus art & craft projects in the community room downstairs – available to enjoy anytime the library is open!
Everyone learns best through play! Contact Carrie Roy King, Youth Librarian, for more information via youthlibrarian@whitinglibrary.org or call 802-875-2277.

Astronomy Basics
2023-03-25 18:00 - 19:30
Southern Vermont Astronomy (SoVerA) will be hosting a four-part mini-series at the Whiting Library on four consecutive Fridays at the Whiting Library in Chester, Vermont starting March 24th. Each program will begin at 6PM. If the skies cooperate after any one of the presentations, binoculars and telescopes will be set up for the participating audience to observe some of the celestial wonders our Vermont skies provide. SoVerA members Rick Bates, Rick Hunter and Claudio Véliz will be providing a little of the intrigue astronomy inspires, while imparting some of the knowledge which can help us appreciate some of its mysterious aspects.
Claudio Véliz will present one of his most popular course segments which he teaches at Keene State College: an informal, “back to basics” review of what we now understand about the universe, distances to different celestial objects, and how astronomers collect information from “out there”. Images from the Hubble- and James Webb space telescopes will be shown and discussed.
