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  • Soup to Nuts: An Eclectic History of Food

    The history of what and how we eat encompasses everything from the prehistoric mammoth luau to the medieval banquet to the modern three squares a day. Find out about the...

  • Foster by Claire Keegan

    December Book Club: Foster by Claire Keegan

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    The Whiting Library Book Club will meet on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, at 3 p.m. to discuss Foster by Claire Keegan. It's a quick read but even if you don't...

  • A white cup of coffee on a dark wooden table surrounded by assorted cookies, including gingerbread cookies shaped like a mitten and a person, round cookies tied with raffia, cinnamon sticks, star anise, and hazelnuts.

    Winter Reading Tea Party at Whiting Library!

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    Enjoy various teas and cookies while you make a simple winter craft. You can meet our new librarian, get a library card, visit our used bookstore, and sign up for...

  • colored pencils and coloring sheet

    Adult Crafternoon: Cookies, Coloring, and Conversation

    Unleash the artist within! Grab a friend, sit back, and have a good time. We will provide refreshments, craft materials for a simple featured craft, coloring books, and colored pencils;...

  • colored pencils and coloring sheet

    Adult Crafternoon: Cookies, Crafts, and Conversation

    Unleash the artist within! Join us for crafting and fun. Grab a friend, sit back, and have a good time. We will provide refreshments, craft materials, coloring books, and colored...

  • Saxtons River Art Guild Exhibit Opening

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    Saxtons River Art Guild members will exhibit their work at Whiting Library from Friday, January 12, to Friday, February 1, 2024. In case of snowy weather, this exhibit opening will...

  • Page to Screen Film Series: Marsh King’s Daughter

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    Watch and chat about a movie in a friendly environment. Reading the book is not a requirement. Free popcorn will be served. In this tense thriller, a woman with a...

  • colored pencils and coloring sheet

    Adult Crafternoon: Cookies, Crafts, and Conversation

    Unleash the artist within! Join us for crafting and fun. Grab a friend, sit back, and have a good time. We will provide refreshments, craft materials, coloring books, and colored...

  • Poetry and Pie

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    Enjoy an afternoon of poetry at our open mic and pie-tasting event.

  • Solar Eclipse

    All About the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse

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    The total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, is significant because it will be within a day's drive of one of the most populous regions of our planet. Southern Vermont...

  • colored pencils and coloring sheet

    Adult Crafternoon: Cookies, Crafts, and Conversation

    Unleash the artist within! Join us for crafting and fun. Grab a friend, sit back, and have a good time. We will provide refreshments, craft materials, coloring books, and colored...

  • Crafternoon: Supply Swap

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    Bring your unwanted or unused craft supplies and trade them for something you will use!

  • Souper Bowl

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    Bring in your favorite soup to share. We'll vote on our favorite soup and play some trivia. Please join us, even if you don't bring soup. Everyone is welcome!

  • Page to Screen Film Series: Rebecca (1940)

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    Join us to watch and chat about a feature movie based on a book. This month's film, "Rebecca," is based on the book written by Daphne du Maurier. Reading the book...

  • Cooking the Book Discussion Club

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    If you like to cook (or eat!), join your neighbors for food and conversation each month at our cookbook club! Each month, we'll take home copies of the same cookbook...

  • Book Club: How the Penguins Saved Veronica

    If you want to participate in the book club, please contact the library at director@WhitingLibrary.org or call 802-875-2277 to reserve a copy of the monthly selection.   Happy reading!

  • Ralph Flanders confronts Senator Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn.

    The Red Scare in Vermont

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    What happened in Vermont when the anti-Communist fear known as the “Red Scare” swept the country? Quite a bit, as it turns out. Rick Winston, author of the recently published...

  • The Middle East

    The Middle East

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    The term “Middle East” is a changing geopolitical concept. Throughout recent history, this term referred to a political, cultural, and geographical region with no clear boundaries. Moreover, this concept serves...

  • Book Club: The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin

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    If you want to participate in the book club, please contact the library at director@WhitingLibrary.org or call 802-875-2277 to reserve a copy.   Happy reading!

  • Page to Screen Film Series: Mrs. Miniver (1942)

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    Join us to watch and chat about a feature movie based on a book. This month's film, "Mrs. Miniver," is based on the book by Jan Struther; reading the book is...

  • Adult Crafternoon

    Unleash the artist within! Join us for crafting and fun. Grab a friend, sit back, and have a good time. We will provide refreshments, craft materials, coloring books, and colored...

  • Adult Crafternoon

    Unleash the artist within! Join us for crafting and fun. Grab a friend, sit back, and have a good time. We will provide refreshments, craft materials, coloring books, and colored...

  • Adult Crafternoon

    Unleash the artist within! Join us for crafting and fun. Grab a friend, sit back, and have a good time. We will provide refreshments, craft materials, coloring books, and colored...

  • Personal Emergency Preparedness Planning

    Have you ever considered what you and your family would do in a natural disaster or public health emergency? Join the Upper Valley Medical Reserve Corps and the Whiting Library...

  • Adult Crafternoon

    Unleash the artist within! Join us for crafting and fun. Grab a friend, sit back, and have a good time. We will provide refreshments, craft materials, coloring books, and colored...

  • Building a Resilient Landscape with Native Plants

    Cindy Heath of the UVM Extension Service Master Gardener Program will present an informative talk on gardening with native plants and more. In the workshop, participants will explore various topics,...

  • Canning Applesauce (hot water bath canning)

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    Whiting Library 117 Main St., CHESTER, VT, United States

    If you want to love the taste of a good fall apple, you'll want to come to this three-hour workshop presented by Celest Longacre and learn how to preserve some...

  • Adult Book Discussion: All That I Have

    If you want to participate in the book club, please contact the library at director@WhitingLibrary.org or call 802-875-2277 to reserve a copy.

  • Best Winter Rest for your ‘Yarden’ (yard + garden)

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    Landscape designer and educator Michele Chalice presents this workshop on "Putting Your Garden To Sleep for a Fabulous Next Season" and presents simple steps this fall to create an easier,...

  • Page to Screen Film Series: Don’t Look Now

    Join us to watch and chat about a feature movie based on a book. Reading the book is not a requirement. Free popcorn will be served.   A married couple...

  • Adult Crafternoon

    Unleash the artist within! Join us for crafting and fun. Grab a friend, sit back, and have a good time. We will provide refreshments, craft materials, coloring books, and colored...

  • Adult Crafternoon

    Unleash the artist within! Join us for crafting and fun. Grab a friend, sit back, and have a good time. We will provide refreshments, craft materials, coloring books, and colored...

  • Adult Crafternoon

    Unleash the artist within! Join us for crafting and fun. Grab a friend, sit back, and have a good time. We will provide refreshments, craft materials, coloring books, and colored...

  • Page to Screen Film Series: About a Boy

    Join us to watch and chat about a feature movie based on a book. Reading the book is not a requirement. Free popcorn will be served.   A rakish bachelor...

  • Adult Crafternoon

    Unleash the artist within! Join us for crafting and fun. Grab a friend, sit back, and have a good time. We will provide refreshments, craft materials, coloring books, and colored...

  • Adult Crafternoon

    Unleash the artist within! Join us for crafting and fun. Grab a friend, sit back, and have a good time. We will provide refreshments, craft materials, coloring books, and colored...

  • Adult Book Discussion: Commonwealth

    If you want to participate in the book club, please contact the library at director@WhitingLibrary.org or call 802-875-2277 to reserve a copy.

  • Adult Crafternoon

    Unleash the artist within! Join us for crafting and fun. Grab a friend, sit back, and have a good time. We will provide refreshments, craft materials, coloring books, and colored...

  • Page to Screen Film Series: A Gift from Bob

    Join us to watch and chat about a feature movie based on a book. Reading the book is not a requirement. Free popcorn will be served.   Christmas gifts come...

  • Adult Crafternoon

    Unleash the artist within! Join us for crafting and fun. Grab a friend, sit back, and have a good time. We will provide refreshments, craft materials, coloring books, and colored...

  • Adult Crafternoon

    Unleash the artist within! Join us for crafting and fun. Grab a friend, sit back, and have a good time. We will provide refreshments, craft materials, coloring books, and colored...

  • Adult Book Discussion: Delta Wedding

    If you want to participate in the book club, please contact the library at director@WhitingLibrary.org or call 802-875-2277 to reserve a copy.

  • Drop-In Tech Help

    Whiting Library 117 Main St., CHESTER, VT, United States

    Have you run into a technology issue you just can't figure out? Would you like some help? Every Thursday from 2-3 our "techie" librarian Kale sits down with folks to...

  • Drop-In Tech Help

    Whiting Library 117 Main St., CHESTER, VT, United States

    Have you run into a technology issue you just can't figure out? Would you like some help? Every Thursday from 2-3 our "techie" librarian Kale sits down with folks to...

  • Drop-In Tech Help

    Whiting Library 117 Main St., CHESTER, VT, United States

    Have you run into a technology issue you just can't figure out? Would you like some help? Every Thursday from 2-3 our "techie" librarian Kale sits down with folks to...

  • Drop-In Tech Help

    Whiting Library 117 Main St., CHESTER, VT, United States

    Have you run into a technology issue you just can't figure out? Would you like some help? Every Thursday from 2-3 our "techie" librarian Kale sits down with folks to...

  • Flight Path: Discover Our Feathered Neighbors

    Whiting Library 117 Main St., CHESTER, VT, United States

    Join us, Friday, March 27, 3-4PM at the Whiting Library for Flight Path, a fun and interactive program celebrating the resident and migratory birds that share our community. Through games...

  • Books, Birds, and Baked Goods!

    Whiting Library 117 Main St., CHESTER, VT, United States

    Join Whiting Library’s open house to celebrate the reopening of the renovated downstairs on Saturday, March 28th from 11AM to 1PM. Shop in our book sale room, learn all about...

  • Drop-In Tech Help

    Whiting Library 117 Main St., CHESTER, VT, United States

    Have you run into a technology issue you just can't figure out? Would you like some help? Every Thursday from 2-3 our "techie" librarian Kale sits down with folks to...

  • Drop-In Tech Help

    Whiting Library 117 Main St., CHESTER, VT, United States

    Have you run into a technology issue you just can't figure out? Would you like some help? Every Thursday from 2-3 our "techie" librarian Kale sits down with folks to...

  • Vermont Women and the Civil War

    Chester Town Hall 556 Elm St, Chester, VT, United States

    Please join us at Chester Town Hall on Saturday, April 11th from 2-3:30 PM for a presentation by Vermonter Howard Coffin on the exceptional women of Vermont who kept the...

  • Virtual Author Talks: On Writing Action-Packed and Suspenseful Spycraft with Brad Taylor

    REGISTER FOR LIVE EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/146207/register WATCH RECORDING AFTER EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/archive   Join us online April 14th at 7 PM for a conversation with acclaimed author Brad Taylor on his latest work, Shadow Strike, book 20 (yes, you read that right!) of the bestselling Pike Logan series. After its proxies are devastated and its offensive capability...

  • Drop-In Tech Help

    Whiting Library 117 Main St., CHESTER, VT, United States

    Have you run into a technology issue you just can't figure out? Would you like some help? Every Thursday from 2-3 our "techie" librarian Kale sits down with folks to answer questions, teach skills, and talk through your pesky computer and mobile device problems with you. Call to schedule at (802) 875-2277, email assistantlibrarian@whitinglibrary.org, or...

  • Virtual Author Talk: Lush Lyricism and Intimate Confessions with Miranda Cowley Heller

    REGISTER FOR LIVE EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/147455/register WATCH RECORDING AFTER EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/archive   On April 22 at 2 PM, join an online discussion with award-winning and bestselling author Miranda Cowley Heller as she takes us on an intimate journey through the life stages of a woman in her new poetry collection, What the Deep Water...

  • Drop-In Tech Help

    Whiting Library 117 Main St., CHESTER, VT, United States

    Have you run into a technology issue you just can't figure out? Would you like some help? Every Thursday from 2-3 our "techie" librarian Kale sits down with folks to answer questions, teach skills, and talk through your pesky computer and mobile device problems with you. Call to schedule at (802) 875-2277, email assistantlibrarian@whitinglibrary.org, or...

  • Drop-In Tech Help

    Whiting Library 117 Main St., CHESTER, VT, United States

    Have you run into a technology issue you just can't figure out? Would you like some help? Every Thursday from 2-3 our "techie" librarian Kale sits down with folks to answer questions, teach skills, and talk through your pesky computer and mobile device problems with you. Call to schedule at (802) 875-2277, email assistantlibrarian@whitinglibrary.org, or...

  • The Light Pirate: A Facilitated Book Discussion

    Whiting Library 117 Main St., CHESTER, VT, United States

    Please join us at Whiting Library on May 7th from 6 - 7 PM for a fascinating discussion on the Vermont Reads 2025 book The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton,...

  • Drop-In Tech Help

    Whiting Library 117 Main St., CHESTER, VT, United States

    Have you run into a technology issue you just can’t figure out? Would you like some help? Every Thursday from 2-3 our “techie” librarian Kale sits down with folks to answer questions, teach skills, and talk through your pesky computer and mobile device problems with you. Call to schedule at (802) 875-2277, email assistantlibrarian@whitinglibrary.org, or...

  • author Nir Eyal with the cover of his book Beyond Belief

    VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK: Reshape Your Beliefs and Unlock Your True Potential with Nir Eyal

    Online at https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary

    REGISTER FOR LIVE EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/157388/register WATCH RECORDING AFTER EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/archive   Join us on May 19th at 2 PM for an online author discussion. What if the only thing standing between you and the seemingly impossible…was belief? This is the question posed by bestselling author Nir Eyal in his new work, Beyond Belief....

  • Drop-In Tech Help

    Whiting Library 117 Main St., CHESTER, VT, United States

    Have you run into a technology issue you just can’t figure out? Would you like some help? Every Thursday from 2-3 our “techie” librarian Kale sits down with folks to answer questions, teach skills, and talk through your pesky computer and mobile device problems with you. Call to schedule at (802) 875-2277, email assistantlibrarian@whitinglibrary.org, or...

  • Drop-In Tech Help

    Whiting Library 117 Main St., CHESTER, VT, United States

    Have you run into a technology issue you just can’t figure out? Would you like some help? Every Thursday from 2-3 our “techie” librarian Kale sits down with folks to answer questions, teach skills, and talk through your pesky computer and mobile device problems with you. Call to schedule at (802) 875-2277, email assistantlibrarian@whitinglibrary.org, or...

  • Thirty-Eight: The Hurricane That Transformed New England

    Chester Town Hall 556 Elm St, Chester, VT, United States

    Please join us at Chester Town Hall on Thursday, May 28th from 7-8:30 PM as we welcome presenter Stephen Long. His talk will focus on the historic hurricane of 1938...

  • author Mary Savig with the cover of her book State Fairs

    VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK: Your Ticket to the Best State Fair Crafts with Smithsonian Curator Mary Savig

    Online at https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary

    REGISTER FOR LIVE EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/161311/register WATCH RECORDING AFTER EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/archive   Join us on June 3rd at 2 PM online for a fascinating discussion with Smithsonian Curator Mary Savig on the history and significance of craft at state fairs—from blue-ribbon quilts to sculpted butter cows, and so much more! A Dolly Parton crop...

  • Drop-In Tech Help

    Whiting Library 117 Main St., CHESTER, VT, United States

    Have you run into a technology issue you just can’t figure out? Would you like some help? Every Thursday from 2-3 our “techie” librarian Kale sits down with folks to answer questions, teach skills, and talk through your pesky computer and mobile device problems with you. Call to schedule at (802) 875-2277, email assistantlibrarian@whitinglibrary.org, or...

  • Drop-In Tech Help

    Whiting Library 117 Main St., CHESTER, VT, United States

    Have you run into a technology issue you just can’t figure out? Would you like some help? Every Thursday from 2-3 our “techie” librarian Kale sits down with folks to answer questions, teach skills, and talk through your pesky computer and mobile device problems with you. Call to schedule at (802) 875-2277, email assistantlibrarian@whitinglibrary.org, or...

  • author Matt Dinniman with the covers of his books A Parade of Horribles and Dungeon Crawler Carl

    VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK: Apocalyptic Mayhem, Lava-Spitting Llamas, and One Very Sassy Cat: Surviving the Universe’s Most Twisted RPG with Matt Dinniman

    Online at https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary

    REGISTER FOR LIVE EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/161929/register WATCH RECORDING AFTER EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/archive   Hold onto your heart-patterned boxers! On June 11th at 7 PM Matt Dinniman, New York Times bestselling author of the wildly popular (and just plain wild) Dungeon Crawler Carl series, joins us online to chat about his latest book, A Parade of Horribles. As chaos and...

  • Drop-In Tech Help

    Whiting Library 117 Main St., CHESTER, VT, United States

    Have you run into a technology issue you just can’t figure out? Would you like some help? Every Thursday from 2-3 our “techie” librarian Kale sits down with folks to answer questions, teach skills, and talk through your pesky computer and mobile device problems with you. Call to schedule at (802) 875-2277, email assistantlibrarian@whitinglibrary.org, or...

  • authors Sana Javeri Kadri and Asha Loupy with the cover of their book The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook

    VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK: Simple, Sustainable, and Powerfully Delicious Meals with Sana Javeri Kadri and Asha Loupy

    REGISTER FOR LIVE EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/164401/register WATCH RECORDING AFTER EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/archive   Join us on June 23rd at 2 PM as we chat online with Sana Javeri Kadri and Asha Loupy about The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook, which celebrates beautiful, simple, and seasonal cooking with 85 recipes adapted from India and Sri Lanka’s best family...

  • Drop-In Tech Help

    Whiting Library 117 Main St., CHESTER, VT, United States

    Have you run into a technology issue you just can’t figure out? Would you like some help? Every Thursday from 2-3 our “techie” librarian Kale sits down with folks to answer questions, teach skills, and talk through your pesky computer and mobile device problems with you. Call to schedule at (802) 875-2277, email assistantlibrarian@whitinglibrary.org, or...

  • author karin slaughter from torso up with the covers of her books The Secrets We Hide and We Are All Guilty Here

    VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK: Small Towns and Big Secrets: In Conversation with Bestselling Author Karin Slaughter

    Online at https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary

    International and New York Times Bestselling Author of Pretty Girls, the Will Trent series, and The Good Daughter   REGISTER HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/176990/register   Join us online for a thrilling evening with acclaimed author Karin Slaughter as we chat about her North Falls series, consisting of We Are All Guilty Here, in which two teenage girls...

  • author Reyna Grande with the book cover of her recent book Migrant Heart

    VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK: Migrant Heart: The Hidden Cost of the American Dream and Healing Through Storytelling with Reyna Grande

    Online at https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary

    Award-Winning and Bestselling Author of The Distance Between Us and A Dream Called Home   REGISTER HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/177637/register   Please join us online for a discussion with author Reyna Grande. In her ambitious new memoir, Migrant Heart: Essays About Things I Can’t Forget, beloved bestselling author Reyna illuminates the hidden cost of the American Dream...

  • author Dr. Marisa Franco with the cover of her book Platonic

    VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK: The Power of Connection: Creating Lasting Friendships in an Increasingly Lonely World with Dr. Marisa Franco

    Online at https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary

    Dr. Marisa Franco: Psychologist, Professor, and New York Times Bestselling Author   REGISTER HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/178284/register   Join us in virtual conversation with bestselling author Dr. Marisa Franco, one of the world’s leading experts in human connection. Her book, Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make–And Keep–Friends, explores the science of different attachment styles...

  • author and Smithsonian curator Paula J Johnson with the cover of her book "Julia Child's Kitchen"

    VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK: The Legacy of Julia Child’s Kitchen with Smithsonian Curator Paula J. Johnson

    Online at https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary

    REGISTER FOR LIVE EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/102544/register WATCH RECORDING AFTER EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/archive   Join us for a conversation that’s sure to warm your heart (and make your stomach rumble), as we delve into the legacy of cooking icon Julia Child with Smithsonian curator and public historian Paula J. Johnson, author of Julia Child’s Kitchen: The Design, Tools, Stories, and...