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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