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Saturday,
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ay 13, 10:00 - noon
Grand Opening: New NWPL Children's Room!
Please join us for a celebration of the newly refurbished Children's Room at the Norman Williams Public Library! Storytime will be offered at 10:30 AM and there will be games, crafts and light refreshments. Suitable for all ages.
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Monday, May 15, 5:30 - 7:00
What You Need to Know to Start Saving Seeds and Why It's Important
This workshop, given by Sylvia Davatz and co-sponsored by Sustainable Woodstock, will cover all the basic considerations in saving your own vegetable seeds. Sylvia will explain terms like open-pollinated and hybrid, as well as discuss isolation methods, spacing, plant populations, harvesting, cleaning and storing seeds. She'll also talk about the importance of preserving the irreplaceable heritage of biodiversity contained in our seeds.
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Wednesday,
M
ay 17, 4:00 - 5:00
Melanie Finn Talks About Her Life and Reads from
The Gloaming
Melanie Finn is the author of
Away From You and
The Gloaming. Both are set in East Africa, where she was raised and has lived and worked as a writer, journalist and filmmaker. Now, living on a mountain in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom with her husband, a wildlife filmmaker, and their two children, she continues to run a small healthcare project in northern Tanzania. She founded the Natron Healthcare Project to meet the needs of desperate women and children in two remote Masai villages. The stories she heard from these women and her struggles to bring them meaningful access to healthcare echo through
The Gloaming.
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Friday,
M
ay 19, 4:00 - 5:30
Fertile Ground Art Exhibit
The Mezzanine Gallery at the Norman Williams Library presents Fertile Ground: a Spring Group Art Exhibit.
Pieces by local artists will celebrate the season!
Light refreshments will be served
Exhibit available during regular library hours, May 18 to June 30.
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Monday, May 22, 2:00 - 4:30
90th Birthday Tribute to Erwin Fullerton, Memoirist
Join members of the community in celebrating the life and work of Erwin Fullerton of South Woodstock. Erwin's classmates from the various memoir writing groups over the past decade will read excerpts from his writings which include two published memoirs.
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The Mezzanine Gallery at the Norman Williams Public Library invites local artists to include their work in our upcoming exhibit:
'Fertile Ground - a Spring Group Art Exhibit'
which will run May 18 through June 30th.
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If you wish to see one of our events after the fact, you might be able to find it online. Macy Lawrence films many of our events for WCTV8, uploads them, and adds them into the television schedule. Thank You, Macy!!! (more...)
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New i
n Fiction
The Dinner Party and Other Stories
By:
Joshua Ferris
This collection pulls together stories that promise the deeply felt yearnings, heartbreaking absurdity, and redemptive humor of life.
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New i
n Nonfiction
Option B- Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy
By: Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant
Even after the most devastating events, it is possible create resilient families and communities...allowing us to brave whatever lies ahead.
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Friday, May 12, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Second Friday Book Group:
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
It all starts on the one-hundredth birthday of Allan Karlsson. Sitting quietly in his room in an old people's home, he is waiting for the party he-never-wanted-anyway to begin. The Mayor is going to be there. The press is going to be there. But, as it turns out, Allan is not... Slowly but surely Allan climbs out of his bedroom window, into the flowerbed (in his slippers) and makes his getaway. And so begins his picaresque and unlikely journey involving criminals, several murders, a suitcase full of cash, and incompetent police.
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Need a book? Need to thin out your shelves?
The front foyer of the library has a wide variety of books - all for quite reasonable prices! Because
Norman Williams Library welcomes contributions of used books from our community members, and because our local folks are voracious readers, we have quite a selection of books for sale! All proceeds from book sales go toward the library's operating budget. Stop by and browse our current selection. Or drop off books you don't need anymore, so you can make room for new ones.
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April 1 - May 14
Spring At Last
The "Spring at Last" group exhibit will run from April 1 thru May 14. The artists of STUDIO 33 present their colorful impressions of spring in a variety of media, from paintings to photographs.
The artists are Deborah Rice, Jennifer Dembinski, Kate Reeves, Helen Curtis and Margaret Dwyer.
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Saturdays, 8:30-9:30 a.m.
Qigong with
Gerry Sandweiss
In Qigong, your awareness is awakened in the first lesson and benefits accrue immediately. When practiced, Qigong helps to reawaken our sense of joy. No equipment needed except one's body.
Gerry Sandweiss has been a student and practitioner Qigong for fifteen years. Classes will be held Saturday mornings at 8:30. Classes held on the NWPL mezzanine - enter through back door of library. Please wear loose clothing and bring a mat and notebook. These classes are suitable for everyone, regardless of age or ability.
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Thursdays, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Thursday Afternoon Knitting Group
Knitters are invited to meet on the Mezzanine of NWPL every Thursday afternoon. All knitters are welcome - from beginners to experts. We will knit together, learn together and provide each other assistance when needed. Plan to bring your current project, knitting questions or problems, or a pattern to share.
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Thursdays, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Play Bridge at NWPL
The Friends of the NWPL invites bridge players to join us on Thursdays at 4:00 PM at the library. Please contact Peggy Fraser at fraserusa@gmail.com if you are interested!
Thursdays - ongoing
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Mondays 10:30 - 11:15 a.m.
Baby & Toddler Story Time
This session features short stories, interspersed with songs and finger plays and runs for about 20 minutes. It is geared for children ages birth to three years.
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Tuesdays 10:30 - 11:15 a.m.
Pre-school Story Time
This session features three thematically-related stories and a tie-in craft or activity. This session runs for about 45 minutes. Geared for children ages 3-5 years.
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New Art Magazine Subscriptions
The Library now has TWO new art magazine subscriptions --
Art New England and
Plein Air-- available for checkout thanks to the Norman Williams Art Committee.
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PIN now needed for Listen Up! Vermont
One update with our new system is that Listen Up! Vermont is now asking us for our pin number.
You will just be required to enter both their barcode and 4-digit PIN when using Overdrive now.
And the account must be kept current. If your fines are too high, or if your account has expired, you will need to clear that up before borrowing.
Please feel free to contact us or stop by for more information or assistance.
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The Norman Williams Public Library makes space available to a variety of organizations regardless of political or philosophical beliefs. Use of library space for these events does not imply endorsement or sponsorship by Norman Williams Public Library.
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