Gather for a morning of creativity and conversation! Bring whatever project you are working on — quilting, knitting, embroidery, etc.
The program will meet in the library’s community room, though may meet outside if weather allows. No registration required.
Reach out to library@carpentercarse.org with any questions.
Join the fun and learning on Tuesdays at 9:30 AM for picture books, songs, movement, and rhymes that are designed to promote early language, fine motor, and pre-literacy skills in a friendly environment! Each week we will finish up Storytime with snacks, coffee for the adults, a simple craft or sensory activity, and book browsing. Storytime is designed for babies, toddlers, and preschool/kindergarten aged children and their caregivers, and no registration is required.
After school LEGO Club is back! Students in grades K-4 are invited to sign up for this fun and educational program that will happen every Wednesday 2:15 - 3:15 PM from April 17th through May 29th (no LEGO Club during April Break). Students have the choice every week to work on their own or with others on weekly challenges or their own creations. To reserve a spot for your child in LEGO Club, please call us at 482-2878, email jen@carpentercarse.org, or visit the circulation desk. We hope you can join us for LEGOs, friends, and fun!
Do you play an acoustic instrument or just love to sing along to old time, blues, country, and folk music? Come join the SongFarmers during their monthly gathering and participate in this wonderful live music offering. Free and open to the public in the library’s community room, or outdoors as weather allows.
No registration required. Contact library@carpentercarse.org with any questions.
Do you remember rotary phones? Cigarette smoke in diners? Bike riding without helmets? The Ed Sullivan Show? 8-Track Tapes? Then this meetup is for you. Come gather and talk, schmooze and kvetch, share and laugh with other seniors. Coffee and tea and games will be provided.
Join us for this club for students in grades 3-7. Each month we will focus on a different handwork skill and complete a simple project. If you have ever wanted to learn how to knit, crochet, needle felt, embroider, and sew, or you want to come and share skills you already have others, sign up for this monthly club at the circulation desk or by contacting jen@carpentercarse.org
Gather for a morning of creativity and conversation! Bring whatever project you are working on — quilting, knitting, embroidery, etc.
The program will meet in the library’s community room, though may meet outside if weather allows. No registration required.
Reach out to library@carpentercarse.org with any questions.
Join the fun and learning on Tuesdays at 9:30 AM for picture books, songs, movement, and rhymes that are designed to promote early language, fine motor, and pre-literacy skills in a friendly environment! Each week we will finish up Storytime with snacks, coffee for the adults, a simple craft or sensory activity, and book browsing. Storytime is designed for babies, toddlers, and preschool/kindergarten aged children and their caregivers, and no registration is required.
This informal group will meet the second Wednesday morning of each month to chat about a book together.
Contact library@carpentercarse.org with any questions or to reserve a copy of the book (as available). This meeting will take place at the library, outdoors when weather permits.
After school LEGO Club is back! Students in grades K-4 are invited to sign up for this fun and educational program that will happen every Wednesday 2:15 - 3:15 PM from April 17th through May 29th (no LEGO Club during April Break). Students have the choice every week to work on their own or with others on weekly challenges or their own creations. To reserve a spot for your child in LEGO Club, please call us at 482-2878, email jen@carpentercarse.org, or visit the circulation desk. We hope you can join us for LEGOs, friends, and fun!
Enjoy our library,
bring a book,
read aloud for three minutes or not,
talk about your reading life,
share a reading topic you pursue,
or just stop in.
All are welcome. Meeting the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month.
(This group was previously advertised as the No-Commitment Book Club.)
Kenneth Russell, personal technology coach and helper, will lead you in a group exploration of facing the common frustration points in using our personal technology: smartphones, computers, tablets, smart TVs, etc.
Which of you cringes when you hear the word "password" or 2-step verification? It's a wonderful but demanding thing having all this fantastic technology. Let's get together, grumble a bit about those frustration points and then find some solutions...step by step...in a fun, light setting.
No problem is too small. Bring your devices!
Contact library@carpentercarse.org to RSVP.
Do you remember rotary phones? Cigarette smoke in diners? Bike riding without helmets? The Ed Sullivan Show? 8-Track Tapes? Then this meetup is for you. Come gather and talk, schmooze and kvetch, share and laugh with other seniors. Coffee and tea and games will be provided.
Young children and their caregivers are invited to join us one Saturday a month from 10-10:30 AM for stories and singing. Stick around for coffee, snacks, simple crafts, and book browsing. No registration is required - just show up and join the fun!
Gather for a morning of creativity and conversation! Bring whatever project you are working on — quilting, knitting, embroidery, etc.
The program will meet in the library’s community room, though may meet outside if weather allows. No registration required.
Reach out to library@carpentercarse.org with any questions.
Join the fun and learning on Tuesdays at 9:30 AM for picture books, songs, movement, and rhymes that are designed to promote early language, fine motor, and pre-literacy skills in a friendly environment! Each week we will finish up Storytime with snacks, coffee for the adults, a simple craft or sensory activity, and book browsing. Storytime is designed for babies, toddlers, and preschool/kindergarten aged children and their caregivers, and no registration is required.
After school LEGO Club is back! Students in grades K-4 are invited to sign up for this fun and educational program that will happen every Wednesday 2:15 - 3:15 PM from April 17th through May 29th (no LEGO Club during April Break). Students have the choice every week to work on their own or with others on weekly challenges or their own creations. To reserve a spot for your child in LEGO Club, please call us at 482-2878, email jen@carpentercarse.org, or visit the circulation desk. We hope you can join us for LEGOs, friends, and fun!
On Thursday, May 16 at 6:30pm, Tillie Walden will be speaking at the Carpenter-Carse Library on “Comics and Queerness in Vermont and Beyond.” From Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home to Charles Schulz’s Peanuts, comics have been a part of American culture since print first began. But comics are no longer relegated just to the newspaper, and as books like Maus or Persepolis have proven, this is a golden age for graphic novel storytelling. What is even more exciting is how the comics industry is currently championing narratives for all identities and ages.
Vermont Cartoonist Laureate Tillie Walden presents a look at the intersection of indie comics with queer identity through her many graphic novels—from science fiction to memoir to historical retelling. Explore process and power through visual narrative and learn why comics are relevant to Vermonters and beyond.
This talk is free, open to the public, and accessible to those with disabilities. For more information, contact Rob at 802.482.2878 or rob@carpentercarse.org.
“Comics and Queerness in Vermont and Beyond” is a Vermont Humanities program hosted by Carpenter-Carse Library. (Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the NEH or Vermont Humanities.)
Do you remember rotary phones? Cigarette smoke in diners? Bike riding without helmets? The Ed Sullivan Show? 8-Track Tapes? Then this meetup is for you. Come gather and talk, schmooze and kvetch, share and laugh with other seniors. Coffee and tea and games will be provided.
Children in Grades K-2 can sign up to join us for read aloud stories, snacks, and crafts at this monthly after school program. Contact jen@carpentercarse.org to register.
Looking to meet some fellow board game enthusiasts? Would you just like a fun evening out with family or friends? Join us for our Board Game Night! We'll provide a variety of board games and you bring your competitive spirit. Feel free to bring your own game if you have a favorite. Suitable for all ages. Individuals and small groups are welcome.
Refreshments served.
Gather for a morning of creativity and conversation! Bring whatever project you are working on — quilting, knitting, embroidery, etc.
The program will meet in the library’s community room, though may meet outside if weather allows. No registration required.
Reach out to library@carpentercarse.org with any questions.
Join the fun and learning on Tuesdays at 9:30 AM for picture books, songs, movement, and rhymes that are designed to promote early language, fine motor, and pre-literacy skills in a friendly environment! Each week we will finish up Storytime with snacks, coffee for the adults, a simple craft or sensory activity, and book browsing. Storytime is designed for babies, toddlers, and preschool/kindergarten aged children and their caregivers, and no registration is required.
After school LEGO Club is back! Students in grades K-4 are invited to sign up for this fun and educational program that will happen every Wednesday 2:15 - 3:15 PM from April 17th through May 29th (no LEGO Club during April Break). Students have the choice every week to work on their own or with others on weekly challenges or their own creations. To reserve a spot for your child in LEGO Club, please call us at 482-2878, email jen@carpentercarse.org, or visit the circulation desk. We hope you can join us for LEGOs, friends, and fun!
Enjoy our library,
bring a book,
read aloud for three minutes or not,
talk about your reading life,
share a reading topic you pursue,
or just stop in.
All are welcome. Meeting the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month.
(This group was previously advertised as the No-Commitment Book Club.)
This is a book club for students who would like an opportunity to read and discuss books that are past or current Golden Dome Book Award nominees or winners. This group meets at the library once a month and will vote on which Golden Dome book to read next. Book Club is for anyone who is reading mid-grade books, which is generally students who are in the 9-12 y.o. age range. If you’re interested in joining this group, contact jen@carpentercarse.org.
Kenneth Russell, personal technology coach and helper, will lead you in a group exploration of facing the common frustration points in using our personal technology: smartphones, computers, tablets, smart TVs, etc.
Which of you cringes when you hear the word "password" or 2-step verification? It's a wonderful but demanding thing having all this fantastic technology. Let's get together, grumble a bit about those frustration points and then find some solutions...step by step...in a fun, light setting.
No problem is too small. Bring your devices!
Contact library@carpentercarse.org to RSVP.
Do you remember rotary phones? Cigarette smoke in diners? Bike riding without helmets? The Ed Sullivan Show? 8-Track Tapes? Then this meetup is for you. Come gather and talk, schmooze and kvetch, share and laugh with other seniors. Coffee and tea and games will be provided.
Join the fun and learning on Tuesdays at 9:30 AM for picture books, songs, movement, and rhymes that are designed to promote early language, fine motor, and pre-literacy skills in a friendly environment! Each week we will finish up Storytime with snacks, coffee for the adults, a simple craft or sensory activity, and book browsing. Storytime is designed for babies, toddlers, and preschool/kindergarten aged children and their caregivers, and no registration is required.
After school LEGO Club is back! Students in grades K-4 are invited to sign up for this fun and educational program that will happen every Wednesday 2:15 - 3:15 PM from April 17th through May 29th (no LEGO Club during April Break). Students have the choice every week to work on their own or with others on weekly challenges or their own creations. To reserve a spot for your child in LEGO Club, please call us at 482-2878, email jen@carpentercarse.org, or visit the circulation desk. We hope you can join us for LEGOs, friends, and fun!
Do you remember rotary phones? Cigarette smoke in diners? Bike riding without helmets? The Ed Sullivan Show? 8-Track Tapes? Then this meetup is for you. Come gather and talk, schmooze and kvetch, share and laugh with other seniors. Coffee and tea and games will be provided.
We need not wait around to see what comes our way, what the world has in store for us, or which way the economy will go. We are creators, with free choice, to use our gifts and talents in magnificent ways. So, Take Charge Of Your Life. Let these seven steps help you find true Joy in life. As you clarify your Purpose, take focused and smart action, you’ll find yourself thoroughly smack dab in the middle of the game of life, enjoying each moment by having taken charge of your life and reclaimed your authentic personal power.
Jim’s innovative and influential style of coaching and facilitation stems from over 25 years of management experience in Human Resource and Organization Development. He is an inspirational teacher, facilitator, writer and coach, committed to helping individuals commit live from passion, claim their purpose, act with power, and achieve their dreams. Jim works with individuals in career transition and those frustrated in their current position to discover and manifest the work they love. As a transformational coach Jim helps people identify and overcome limiting beliefs and manifest their heart-felt desires from the inside out.
Jim’s first book, Creating and Living Your Purpose, helps individuals identify their unique purpose in life and the success strategies to create work they love. In his second book, Take Charge of Your Life, Jim identifies seven steps to claim authority over circumstances and be in the driver’s seat of their career and life. Jim earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA, and his Master of Arts degree in Applied Behavioral Science from Whitworth College in Spokane, WA. Jim resides in Vermont, and enjoys hiking, photography, classical music, and traveling.
Do you play an acoustic instrument or just love to sing along to old time, blues, country, and folk music? Come join the SongFarmers during their monthly gathering and participate in this wonderful live music offering. Free and open to the public in the library’s community room, or outdoors as weather allows.
No registration required. Contact library@carpentercarse.org with any questions.
Kenneth Russell, personal technology coach and helper, will lead you in a group exploration of facing the common frustration points in using our personal technology: smartphones, computers, tablets, smart TVs, etc.
Which of you cringes when you hear the word "password" or 2-step verification? It's a wonderful but demanding thing having all this fantastic technology. Let's get together, grumble a bit about those frustration points and then find some solutions...step by step...in a fun, light setting.
No problem is too small. Bring your devices!
Contact library@carpentercarse.org to RSVP.
Enjoy our library,
bring a book,
read aloud for three minutes or not,
talk about your reading life,
share a reading topic you pursue,
or just stop in.
All are welcome. Meeting the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month.
(This group was previously advertised as the No-Commitment Book Club.)
Join the fun and learning on Tuesdays at 9:30 AM for picture books, songs, movement, and rhymes that are designed to promote early language, fine motor, and pre-literacy skills in a friendly environment! Each week we will finish up Storytime with snacks, coffee for the adults, a simple craft or sensory activity, and book browsing. Storytime is designed for babies, toddlers, and preschool/kindergarten aged children and their caregivers, and no registration is required.
Children of all ages and their parents are invited to join us for this fun and interactive event with long-time performer and musician, Ed Morgan, also known simply as “The Music Man.” For over ten years Ed has delighted audiences of kids and grownups with his interactive blend of traditional and family songs! No registration is required.
Gather for a morning of creativity and conversation! Bring whatever project you are working on — quilting, knitting, embroidery, etc.
The program will meet in the library’s community room, though may meet outside if weather allows. No registration required.
Reach out to library@carpentercarse.org with any questions.
Children in Grades K-2 can sign up to join us for read aloud stories, snacks, and crafts at this monthly after school program. Contact jen@carpentercarse.org to register.
After school LEGO Club is back! Students in grades K-4 are invited to sign up for this fun and educational program that will happen every Wednesday 2:15 - 3:15 PM from April 17th through May 29th (no LEGO Club during April Break). Students have the choice every week to work on their own or with others on weekly challenges or their own creations. To reserve a spot for your child in LEGO Club, please call us at 482-2878, email jen@carpentercarse.org, or visit the circulation desk. We hope you can join us for LEGOs, friends, and fun!
Join the fun and learning on Tuesdays at 9:30 AM for picture books, songs, movement, and rhymes that are designed to promote early language, fine motor, and pre-literacy skills in a friendly environment! Each week we will finish up Storytime with snacks, coffee for the adults, a simple craft or sensory activity, and book browsing. Storytime is designed for babies, toddlers, and preschool/kindergarten aged children and their caregivers, and no registration is required.
Gather for a morning of creativity and conversation! Bring whatever project you are working on — quilting, knitting, embroidery, etc.
The program will meet in the library’s community room, though may meet outside if weather allows. No registration required.
Reach out to library@carpentercarse.org with any questions.
Young children and their caregivers are invited to join us one Saturday a month from 10-10:30 AM for stories and singing. Stick around for coffee, snacks, simple crafts, and book browsing. No registration is required - just show up and join the fun!
Kenneth Russell, personal technology coach and helper, will lead you in a group exploration of facing the common frustration points in using our personal technology: smartphones, computers, tablets, smart TVs, etc.
Which of you cringes when you hear the word "password" or 2-step verification? It's a wonderful but demanding thing having all this fantastic technology. Let's get together, grumble a bit about those frustration points and then find some solutions...step by step...in a fun, light setting.
No problem is too small. Bring your devices!
Contact library@carpentercarse.org to RSVP.
Enjoy our library,
bring a book,
read aloud for three minutes or not,
talk about your reading life,
share a reading topic you pursue,
or just stop in.
All are welcome. Meeting the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month.
(This group was previously advertised as the No-Commitment Book Club.)
Allaire Diamond, Vermont Land Trust ecologist, and Liz Doran (UVM Professor of Environmental Engineering) from the Hinesburg Conservation Commission, lead a discussion of Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America. Copies of the book available at the circulation desk.
This is one in a series of book talks in advance of author Leila Philip's presentation next month at Shelburne Town Hall.
Co-sponsored by the Vermont Land Trust, the Charlotte Library, the Pierson Library, the Lawrence Memorial Library, and the Jericho Town Library.
This informal group will meet the second Wednesday morning of each month to chat about a book together.
Contact library@carpentercarse.org with any questions or to reserve a copy of the book (as available). This meeting will take place at the library, outdoors when weather permits.
Join the fun and learning on Tuesdays at 9:30 AM for picture books, songs, movement, and rhymes that are designed to promote early language, fine motor, and pre-literacy skills in a friendly environment! Each week we will finish up Storytime with snacks, coffee for the adults, a simple craft or sensory activity, and book browsing. Storytime is designed for babies, toddlers, and preschool/kindergarten aged children and their caregivers, and no registration is required.
Gather for a morning of creativity and conversation! Bring whatever project you are working on — quilting, knitting, embroidery, etc.
The program will meet in the library’s community room, though may meet outside if weather allows. No registration required.
Reach out to library@carpentercarse.org with any questions.
Adults and families with children of all ages are invited to join us at the library two days before the solar eclipse to learn more about the solar eclipse with an educator from the Vermont Astronomical Society! Participants can find out how and where to safely view the eclipse on April 8th and pick up solar eclipse viewing glasses or make your own indirect solar viewing masks. Call the library at 482-2878, visit us at the circulation desk, or contact jen@carpentercarse.org with questions.
Join us for this club for students in grades 3-7. Each month we will focus on a different handwork skill and complete a simple project. If you have ever wanted to learn how to knit, crochet, needle felt, embroider, and sew, or you want to come and share skills you already have others, sign up for this monthly club at the circulation desk or by contacting jen@carpentercarse.org
Do you remember rotary phones? Cigarette smoke in diners? Bike riding without helmets? The Ed Sullivan Show? 8-Track Tapes? Then this meetup is for you. Come gather and talk, schmooze and kvetch, share and laugh with other seniors. First Friday of every month at the CCL Community Room. 10-11:30am. Coffee and tea and games will be provided.
Do you play an acoustic instrument or just love to sing along to old time, blues, country, and folk music? Come join the SongFarmers during their monthly gathering and participate in this wonderful live music offering. Free and open to the public in the library’s community room, or outdoors as weather allows.
No registration required. Contact library@carpentercarse.org with any questions.
Geof Hewitt will be speaking at the Carpenter-Carse Library on “Poems in Performance: A Cure for Poemphobia” during National Poetry Month. In the past fifty years, a magical loosening of “poetry” has opened doors for reluctant readers, and the performance of poems in “poetry slams” has attracted new audiences. The assumption of sing-song or anticipation of hidden metaphors no longer applies.
In this informal talk, slam poet Geof Hewitt will offer poems that defy stereotype, and discuss strategies for finding more.
This talk is free, open to the public, and accessible to those with disabilities. For more information, contact Rob at 802.482.2878 or rob@carpentercarse.org
“Poems in Performance: A Cure for Poemphobia.” is a Vermont Humanities program hosted by Carpenter-Carse Library. (Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the NEH or Vermont Humanities.)
For more information, visit the Vermont Humanities website.
On Wednesdays, February 21st - April 3rd (no club during February Break), students in grades K-4 can join us for this after school club where they will learn to play The Pokemon Trading Game and participate in hands-on activities like Pokemon arts and craft challenges, group guessing and memory games, and trading cards. Students do not have to own Pokemon cards to participate in this club. Registration is required, so contact jen@carpentercarse.org and join us for Pokemon, fun, and friends this Winter!
Join the fun and learning on Tuesdays at 9:30 AM for picture books, songs, movement, and rhymes that are designed to promote early language, fine motor, and pre-literacy skills in a friendly environment! Each week we will finish up Storytime with snacks, coffee for the adults, a simple craft or sensory activity, and book browsing. Storytime is designed for babies, toddlers, and preschool/kindergarten aged children and their caregivers, and no registration is required.
Gather for a morning of creativity and conversation! Bring whatever project you are working on — quilting, knitting, embroidery, etc.
The program will meet in the library’s community room, though may meet outside if weather allows. No registration required.
Reach out to library@carpentercarse.org with any questions.
Children in Grades K-2 can sign up to join us for read aloud stories, snacks, and crafts at this monthly after school program. Contact jen@carpentercarse.org to register.
This is a book club for students who would like an opportunity to read and discuss books that are past or current Golden Dome Book Award nominees or winners. This group meets at the library once a month and will vote on which Golden Dome book to read next. Book Club is for anyone who is reading mid-grade books, which is generally students who are in the 9-12 y.o. age range. If you’re interested in joining this group, contact jen@carpentercarse.org.
Enjoy our library,
bring a book,
read aloud for three minutes or not,
talk about your reading life,
share a reading topic you pursue,
or just stop in.
All are welcome. Meeting the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month.
(This group was previously advertised as the No-Commitment Book Club.)
On Wednesdays, February 21st - April 3rd (no club during February Break), students in grades K-4 can join us for this after school club where they will learn to play The Pokemon Trading Game and participate in hands-on activities like Pokemon arts and craft challenges, group guessing and memory games, and trading cards. Students do not have to own Pokemon cards to participate in this club. Registration is required, so contact jen@carpentercarse.org and join us for Pokemon, fun, and friends this Winter!
Join the fun and learning on Tuesdays at 9:30 AM for picture books, songs, movement, and rhymes that are designed to promote early language, fine motor, and pre-literacy skills in a friendly environment! Each week we will finish up Storytime with snacks, coffee for the adults, a simple craft or sensory activity, and book browsing. Storytime is designed for babies, toddlers, and preschool/kindergarten aged children and their caregivers, and no registration is required.
Gather for a morning of creativity and conversation! Bring whatever project you are working on — quilting, knitting, embroidery, etc.
The program will meet in the library’s community room, though may meet outside if weather allows. No registration required.
Reach out to library@carpentercarse.org with any questions.
