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SoVerA Monthly Meeting

The Southern Vermont Astronomy Group (SoVerA) meets at 7:00PM on the second Tuesday of each month at Whiting Library.

SoVerA Monthly Meeting

The Southern Vermont Astronomy Group (SoVerA) meets at 7:00PM on the second Tuesday of each month at Whiting Library.

Book Discussion Each Month

Join us for this month's discussion of Good Poems edited by Garrison Keeler

Kindred Spirits Animal Tacking

Meet at Whiting Library then together we'll discover a winter world and the sneaky, smart animals who thrive in the snow. Feel animal pelts, learn tracking basics, and then take a snowshoe adventure to Chester Pinnacle to test your animal detective skills!  Snowshoes available upon request from The Nature Museum. RSVP nature-museum.org or 802-843-2111

FREE

Reversing Global Warming

The workshop, developed by the Pachmama Alliance in collaboration with the Drawdown Project, includes several short videos, listening exchanges and group activities.  A handout with 100 Drawdown Solutions will be available to take home.  “Introduction to Drawdown” fits well with the local climate action groups such as 350 Vermont, Planet A, Living Earth Action Group and church...

Virtual Pre-School Story Time

Zoom Online

Unprecedented times call for unprecedented creativity. Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings library programs online to continue providing services to youth in the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time!

Virtual Pre-School Story Time

Zoom Online

Unprecedented times call for unprecedented creativity. Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings library programs online to continue providing services to youth in the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/72916171499?pwd=dkUxbDBDcUZFaXJYV3NsaXNBanBJUT09

Lunch Bunch Book Club for Middle Graders

Zoom Online

Whether your child’s a bookworm or a struggling reader, sharing a book with others is way more fun than reading solo. Each week, students in grades 4-8 are invited to discuss a book from this year’s Vermont Middle Grade Book Award List. Participants may tell the group about any Vermont Middle Grade Books they’ve been...

Virtual Pre-School Story Time

Zoom Online

Unprecedented times call for unprecedented creativity. Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings library programs online to continue providing services to youth in the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time!

Closed for Veteran’s Day

The Whiting Library will be closed in commemoration of Veteran's Day, November 11th, 2020.  See you back at the library on Friday!

Virtual Pre-School Story Time

Zoom Online

Unprecedented times call for unprecedented creativity. Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings library programs online to continue providing services to youth in the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time!

Lunch Bunch Book Club for Middle Graders

Zoom Online

Whether your child's a bookworm or a struggling reader, sharing a book with others is way more fun than reading solo. Each week, students in grades 4-8 are invited to discuss a book from this year’s Vermont Middle Grade Book Award List. Participants may tell the group about any Vermont Middle Grade Books they've been...

Virtual Pre-School Story Time

Zoom Online

Unprecedented times call for unprecedented creativity. Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings library programs online to continue providing services to youth in the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time!

Lunch Bunch Book Club for Middle Graders

Zoom Online

Whether your child’s a bookworm or a struggling reader, sharing a book with others is way more fun than reading solo. Each week, students in grades 4-8 are invited to discuss a book from this year’s Vermont Middle Grade Book Award List. Participants may tell the group about any Vermont Middle Grade Books they’ve been...

Thanksgiving Holiday hours

The Whiting Library will be closing early, at 2pm on November 25th, 2020 for Thanksgiving. The library will also be closed on Friday, November 27th, 2020. We will see you on Saturday!

December Arts & Crafts Club

The Theme for December’s Arts and Crafts Club is ANIMALS! To go along with our collection of donations for the Springfield Humane Society The Arts and Crafts Club is a monthly meet up for children of all ages to get together to create, share, and hang out. Sign up to be in the Arts & Craft...

Donate to the Springfield Humane Society

The Whiting Library is encouraging animal lovers to share the gift of giving from December 1st to December 31st by donating supplies to give to homeless animals at the Springfield Humane Society. Newton’s Laws of Motion are three physical laws that, together, lay the foundation for classical mechanics. They describe the relationship between a body...

Virtual Pre-school Story Time

Zoom Online

Unprecedented times call for unprecedented creativity. Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings library programs online to continue providing services to youth in the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/72916171499?pwd=dkUxbDBDcUZFaXJYV3NsaXNBanBJUT09

Virtual Pre-school Story Time

Zoom Online

Unprecedented times call for unprecedented creativity. Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings library programs online to continue providing services to youth in the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/72916171499?pwd=dkUxbDBDcUZFaXJYV3NsaXNBanBJUT09

Virtual Pre-school Story Time

Zoom Online

Unprecedented times call for unprecedented creativity. Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings library programs online to continue providing services to youth in the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/72916171499?pwd=dkUxbDBDcUZFaXJYV3NsaXNBanBJUT09

Closed for the Holidays

Whiting Library will be closed on Friday, December 25th and Saturday, December 26th, 2020 for the holidays. We will be back on Monday the 28th!  See you then!

Arts & Crafts Club Virtual Meetup!

Zoom Online

The Theme for December’s Arts and Crafts Club is ANIMALS! To go along with our collection of donations for the Springfield Humane Society The Arts and Crafts Club is a monthly meet up for children of all ages to get together to create, share, and hang out. Sign up to be in the Arts & Craft Club...

Lunch Bunch Book Club for Middle Graders

Zoom Online

Whether your child’s a bookworm or a struggling reader, sharing a book with others is way more fun than reading solo. Each week, students in grades 4-8 are invited to discuss a book from this year’s Vermont Middle Grade Book Award List. Participants may tell the group about any Vermont Middle Grade Books they’ve been...

Virtual Pre-School Story Time

Zoom Online

Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings library programs online to continue providing services to youth in the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/72916171499?pwd=dkUxbDBDcUZFaXJYV3NsaXNBanBJUT09 Meeting ID: 729 1617 1499

Lunch Bunch Book Club for Middle Graders

Zoom Online

Whether your child’s a bookworm or a struggling reader, sharing a book with others is way more fun than reading solo. Each week, students in grades 4-8 are invited to discuss a book from this year’s Vermont Middle Grade Book Award List. Participants may tell the group about any Vermont Middle Grade Books they’ve been...

Virtual Pre-School Storytime

Zoom Online

Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings library programs online to continue providing services to youth in the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/72916171499?pwd=dkUxbDBDcUZFaXJYV3NsaXNBanBJUT09 Meeting ID: 729 1617 1499

Book Club Discussion

Zoom Online

The Whiting Library Virtual Book Club will be meeting for the first time on January 19th, 2020 at 6pm on Zoom. The topic of our discussion with be Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. Anyone and everyone is welcome to join the book club. If you are a Whiting Library patron, you can request...

Lunch Bunch Book Club for Middle Graders

Zoom Online

Whether your child’s a bookworm or a struggling reader, sharing a book with others is way more fun than reading solo. Each week, students in grades 4-8 are invited to discuss a book from this year’s Vermont Middle Grade Book Award List. Participants may tell the group about any Vermont Middle Grade Books they’ve been...

Virtual Pre-School Storytime

Zoom Online

Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings library programs online to continue providing services to youth in the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/72916171499?pwd=dkUxbDBDcUZFaXJYV3NsaXNBanBJUT09 Meeting ID: 729 1617 1499

Arts & Crafts Club Virtual Meetup

Zoom Online

The Theme for January’s Arts and Crafts Club is HOBBIES!  The Arts and Crafts Club is a monthly meet up for children of all ages to get together to create, share, and hang out. Sign up to be in the Arts & Craft Club and each first Wednesday of the month come pick up a take-and-make...

Virtual Pre-School Storytime

Zoom Online

Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings library programs online to continue providing services to youth in the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/72916171499?pwd=dkUxbDBDcUZFaXJYV3NsaXNBanBJUT09

February Arts & Crafts Club

The Theme for February’s Arts and Crafts Club is Black History Month The Arts and Crafts Club is a monthly meet up for children of all ages to get together to create, share, and hang out. Sign up to be in the Arts & Craft Club and each first Wednesday of the month come pick up...

Lunch Bunch Book Club

Zoom Online

Whether your child’s a bookworm or a struggling reader, sharing a book with others is way more fun than reading solo. Each week, students in grades 4-8 are invited to discuss a book from this year’s Vermont Middle Grade Book Award List. Participants may tell the group about any Vermont Middle Grade Books they’ve been...

Virtual Story Time

Zoom Online

Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings library programs online to continue providing services to youth in the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/72916171499?pwd=dkUxbDBDcUZFaXJYV3NsaXNBanBJUT09

Board of Trustees Meeting

Zoom Online

The public is welcome to attend Board of Trustee meetings. Currently, all meetings are held virtually using the Zoom online platform. Please check here for the Zoom link to attend the next meeting or email whitinglibrary1@gmail.com to have the link sent you. Next Board of Trustees Meeting February 8th, 2021 at 9:30am Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88206238614?pwd=UVQ3KzkvUmROSzBOWUxzd25Ub0NyQT09 Library...

Lunch Bunch Book Club

Zoom Online

Whether your child’s a bookworm or a struggling reader, sharing a book with others is way more fun than reading solo. Each week, students in grades 4-8 are invited to discuss a book from this year’s Vermont Middle Grade Book Award List. Participants may tell the group about any Vermont Middle Grade Books they’ve been...

Virtual Story Time

Zoom Online

Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings library programs online to continue providing services to youth in the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/72916171499?pwd=dkUxbDBDcUZFaXJYV3NsaXNBanBJUT09

February Book Club Discussion

Zoom Online

The Whiting Library Book Club is back in action and having our monthly discussions live on Zoom. The book pick for February is The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. We will gather on Zoom on Tuesday, February 16th at 6pm to talk all about it. “This alternate history novel tells the story of Cora and Caesar, two slaves in...

Lunch Bunch Book Club

Zoom Online

Whether your child’s a bookworm or a struggling reader, sharing a book with others is way more fun than reading solo. Each week, students in grades 4-8 are invited to discuss a book from this year’s Vermont Middle Grade Book Award List. Participants may tell the group about any Vermont Middle Grade Books they’ve been...

Virtual Story Time

Zoom Online

Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings library programs online to continue providing services to youth in the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/72916171499?pwd=dkUxbDBDcUZFaXJYV3NsaXNBanBJUT09

Arts & Crafts Club Virtual Meet Up

Zoom Online

The Theme for January’s Arts and Crafts Club is Black History Month!  The Arts and Crafts Club is a monthly meet up for children of all ages to get together to create, share, and hang out. Sign up to be in the Arts & Craft Club and each first Wednesday of the month come pick up...

Virtual Story Time

Zoom Online

Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings library programs online to continue providing services to youth in the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/72916171499?pwd=dkUxbDBDcUZFaXJYV3NsaXNBanBJUT09

Golden Dome Award Book Club

Zoom Online

Whether your child’s a bookworm or a struggling reader, sharing a book with others is way more fun than reading solo. Each week, students in grades 4-8 are invited to discuss a book from this year’s Vermont Golden Dome Book Award List. Participants may tell the group about any Golden Dome Books they’ve been reading...

Virtual Story Time

Zoom Online

Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings Story Time online to the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time!

Board of Trustees Meeting

Zoom Online

The public is welcome to attend Whiting Library Board of Trustee meetings. Currently, all meetings are held virtually using the Zoom online platform.

Golden Dome Award Book Club

Zoom Online

Whether your child’s a bookworm or a struggling reader, sharing a book with others is way more fun than reading solo. Each week, students in grades 4-8 are invited to discuss a book from this year’s Vermont Golden Dome Book Award List. Participants may tell the group about any Golden Dome Books they’ve been reading...

Virtual Story Time

Zoom Online

Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings Story Time online to the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time!

March Book Club Discussion

Zoom Online

The Whiting Library Book Club holds our monthly discussions live on Zoom on the third Tuesday of each month. The book pick for March is The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee. We will gather on Zoom on Tuesday, March 16th at 6pm to talk all about it. “By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady’s maid...

Golden Dome Award Book Club

Zoom Online

Whether your child’s a bookworm or a struggling reader, sharing a book with others is way more fun than reading solo. Each week, students in grades 4-8 are invited to discuss a book from this year’s Vermont Golden Dome Book Award List. Participants may tell the group about any Golden Dome Books they’ve been reading...

Virtual Story Time

Zoom Online

Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings Story Time online to the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time!

Golden Dome Award Book Club

Zoom Online

Whether your child’s a bookworm or a struggling reader, sharing a book with others is way more fun than reading solo. Each week, students in grades 4-8 are invited to discuss a book from this year’s Vermont Golden Dome Book Award List. Participants may tell the group about any Golden Dome Books they’ve been reading...

Arts & Crafts Club Virtual Meet Up

Zoom Online

The Theme for March’s Arts and Crafts Club is Women's History Month!  The Arts and Crafts Club is a monthly meet up for children of all ages to get together to create, share, and hang out. Sign up to be in the Arts & Craft Club and each first Wednesday of the month come pick...

Golden Dome Award Book Club

Zoom Online

Whether your child’s a bookworm or a struggling reader, sharing a book with others is way more fun than reading solo. Each week, students in grades 4-8 are invited to discuss a book from this year’s Vermont Golden Dome Book Award List. Participants may tell the group about any Golden Dome Books they’ve been reading...

Virtual Story Time

Zoom Online

Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings Story Time online to the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time!