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 rocky evolution of table manners, the not-so-welcome invention of the fork, the awful advent of portable soup, and the surprising benefits of family dinners –...
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 get the book finished, please still join us for our talk. A small girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm in...
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...
You're never too young or too old to have someone read to you! So, we invite you to forget your troubles for an hour and join us for storytime, celebrating...
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; you bring the conversation. If you want, bring a craft you are working on or try something new!
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 pencils; you bring the conversation. If you want, bring a craft you are working on or try something new!
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...
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...
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...
Enjoy an afternoon of poetry at our open mic and pie-tasting event.
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...
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...
Bring your unwanted or unused craft supplies and trade them for something you will use!
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!
Even if you don't finish the book, please join us for our talk. Everyone is welcome! If you would like to participate in the book club, please contact the library...
Stop by the Whiting Library to warm up during the Winter Carnival in Chester. Enjoy hot chocolate and tea while you make simple crafts. Plus, sign up for a library card, visit our used bookstore, and write your Library Lovers Month Love Letter to the library when you visit! This event is for all ages...
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...
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...
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!
Join us to watch and chat about a feature movie based on a book. This month's film, "The Color Purple," is based on a book by Alice Walker. Reading the book is...
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 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...
Join us to watch and chat about a feature movie based on a book. This month's film, "Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris," is based on a 1958 book by Paul Gallico. Reading...
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!
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 not a requirement. Free popcorn will be served. Best Picture Winner is a portrait of how an upper-class British family (headed by Best Actress Greer Garson) living...
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 pencils; you bring the conversation. Our current co-learning project is quilling. We have a variety of tools and papers for practice. If you want, bring...
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 pencils; you bring the conversation. Our current co-learning project is quilling. We have a variety of tools and papers for practice. If you want, bring...
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 pencils; you bring the conversation. Our current co-learning project is quilling. We have a variety of tools and papers for practice. If you want, bring...
All are welcome at this cookbook gathering for people who love books, cooking, planning meals, and sharing good food with friends. Participants cook a recipe using our current cookbook (see below) and bring a sample and a copy of the recipe to the group for discussion. At the meeting, participants will sample each other's dishes...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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.
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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 our Winter Reading Program.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
PLEASE REGISTER HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/117440/register WATCH THE RECORDING HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/archive Join us for a special conversation between award-winning journalist Shoshana Walter and bestselling and award-winning author Barbara Kingsolver as they chat...
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...
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 and activities, participants will learn more about the fascinating avian neighbors that pass through or call our region home. Test your knowledge with a bird...
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...
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...
PLEASE REGISTER HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/145583/register WATCH RECORDING AFTER EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/archive Join us online April 2nd at 2 PM for an exhilarating journey through the history of US women astronauts...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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, led by facilitator Eric Bye. The Light Pirate follows Wanda, born into a rapidly changing world of rising sea levels and devastating weather. As she...
REGISTER FOR LIVE EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/155483/register WATCH RECORDING AFTER EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/archive Join us on May 7th at 7 PM for an exciting online conversation with internationally acclaimed author Marjan Kamali as we delve into the timeless wonder of her New York Times bestselling novel, The Lion Women of Tehran. In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives...
REGISTER FOR LIVE EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/156118/register WATCH RECORDING AFTER EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/archive Join us May 12th at 2 PM online for a timely conversation on AI, humanity, and the next...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
REGISTER FOR LIVE EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/162547/register WATCH RECORDING AFTER EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/archive Join us on June 18th at 2 PM in virtual conversation with storyteller and popular blogger Ted...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
REGISTER FOR LIVE EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/186279/register WATCH RECORDING AFTER EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/archive Join us online for a riveting conversation with award-winning biologist Beronda Montgomery as we discuss her book, When Trees...
REGISTER FOR LIVE EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/186941/register WATCH RECORDING AFTER EVENT HERE: https://libraryc.org/whitinglibrary/archive Join us online for a thrilling conversation with acclaimed author Lucy Foley as we delve into her brand-new...