Whiting Library

Story Time!
2022-03-18 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-03-11 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-03-04 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-02-25 11:00 - 12:00, 2021-12-17 11:00 - 12:30, 2021-12-10 11:00 - 12:30, 2021-12-03 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Come join us at the library every Friday at 11am for Story Time!! Youth Services Librarian Carrie King will read awesome books, crafts ideas will be shared, and booties will be shaken. All children who enjoy picture books will love this time together. It is aimed at kids 3-5 years old, but all are welcome.
We encourage parents of little ones who may not be quite ready to sit through Story Time to come at 10:30am to socialize with other parents of children in the 0-3 age range. Carrie will share some books, other resources, and give everyone time to connect!
Everyone, please wear a mask and practice social distancing to keep our young patrons safe and healthy! We will sit outside if weather permits, or spread out in the community room.

Stone Village Poetry Experience Slam
2022-03-17 19:00 - 21:00
It’s time to pull out your poetry notebook. Or, better yet, start a poetry notebook. You’ll want to be ready to take part in or just enjoy the Thursday-evening Stone Village Poetry Experience in March, April and May. Or just to come listen—it’s a lot of fun! You can also attend on Zoom (link below).
Co-sponsored by Chester’s Whiting Library and the First Universalist Parish of Chester, the Poetry Experience will offer monthly poetry slams and poetry-writing workshops that are open to all.
The slams will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, March 17, April 14 and May 5. The workshops will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 31, April 28 and May 19.
Poetry slams are light-heartedly competitive events in which judges made up of audience members rate the quality of each poet’s reading. Green Mountain Union High and Emerson College graduate Tuck Wunderle will serve as slam master. The slams will take place at the UU Church, at 211 North St., in Chester’s Stone Village.
The poetry-writing workshops will be led by Wunderle and Nick Boke. These published poets will facilitate discussions of the poems brought to the workshop by would-be or highly experienced poets, including but not limited to those who want to practice their slam presentations.
The workshops will take place in the Whiting Library, 117 Main St. in Chester. Slam poets who participate in all three Thursdays can compete for $25, $50 and $100 prizes. For more about slams, click here.
For more information about the Stone Village Poetry Experience, contact Tuck Wunderle at tuckerman@terrigenous.com, Nick Boke at nickboke@gmail.com or Whiting Director Deirdre Doran at whitinglibrary1@gmail.com.

To attend the Poetry Slam on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89720546568?pwd=[REDACTED]
Enter the passcode: [REDACTED]

Whiting Library Book Club
2022-03-16 15:00 - 16:00
The Whiting Library Book Club is holding our monthly book discussion at the library in the community room (masks required!) and simultaneously live on Zoom. The book for March is The Secret History of Home Economics by Danielle Dreilinger.
From Amazon:
The surprising, often fiercely feminist, always fascinating, yet barely known, history of home economics.
The term “home economics” may conjure traumatic memories of lopsided hand-sewn pillows or sunken muffins. But common conception obscures the story of the revolutionary science of better living. The field exploded opportunities for women in the twentieth century by reducing domestic work and providing jobs as professors, engineers, chemists, and businesspeople. And it has something to teach us today.
In the surprising, often fiercely feminist and always fascinating The Secret History of Home Economics, Danielle Dreilinger traces the field’s history from Black colleges to Eleanor Roosevelt to Okinawa, from a Betty Crocker brigade to DIY techies. These women―and they were mostly women―became chemists and marketers, studied nutrition, health, and exercise, tested parachutes, created astronaut food, and took bold steps in childhood development and education.
Home economics followed the currents of American culture even as it shaped them. Dreilinger brings forward the racism within the movement along with the strides taken by women of color who were influential leaders and innovators. She also looks at the personal lives of home economics’ women, as they chose to be single, share lives with other women, or try for egalitarian marriages.
This groundbreaking and engaging history restores a denigrated subject to its rightful importance, as it reminds us that everyone should learn how to cook a meal, balance their account, and fight for a better world.

If you have any questions or would like to get on the email list for the Book Club, please contact Deirdre at the library. You can email whitinglibrary1@gmail.com or call 875-2277.

Golden Dome Book Club for Kids
2022-03-09 15:00 - 16:00
This book club meets on the second Wednesday of each month. It is geared towards kids ages 9 and up. Book club members can read any of the books from the Golden Dome Book list. Come to the library and check one out! Then come talk about the book and decide to either recommend it or not to the group. The group could also decide to all read the same book and have a group discussion.
Here is a list of the 2021-2022 Golden Dome award nominees to choose from.
The Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (formerly the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award) was created to honor excellence in children’s literature. Each year since 1957, Vermont students in grades four through eight have selected their favorite book from a list of nominees. It is recommended that students read at least five of the year’s nominated titles before voting. Voting takes place in the spring, generally beginning in April.

Zoom Presentation: Residential Solar Energy Roundtable
2022-03-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom Online
Curious about solar energy and if it might be a good idea for your home? Whiting Library will present via Zoom a virtual roundtable discussion on residential solar energy on March 8th, 2022 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. If you’re interested in renewable energy, come listen, learn, and ask your questions!
This roundtable offers the opportunity to better understand solar technology and will provide useful information for those considering converting to or expanding home solar systems. Topics will include the efficiency of solar energy in southern Vermont, incentives to reduce costs, battery storage, and the siting of solar arrays. The roundtable discussion will include representatives from Green Mountain Solar, Net Zero Renewable Resources, and SunCommon. Chester resident and retired solar industry executive Tim Roper will moderate the discussion.
This free informational event is open to everyone, not just Whiting Library patrons, and will include time for your questions to industry experts. Attendees are encouraged to register in advance by emailing: whitinglibrary1@gmail.com. All registrants will receive a reminder email prior to the event.

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87509359002?pwd=[REDACTED]

Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting
2022-03-08 08:30 - 10:00 | Zoom Online
The public is welcome to attend Whiting Library Board of Trustees Meetings. They are held on the second Tuesday of each month at 8:30am. The meeting takes place on Zoom.
Here is the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82751139946?pwd=[REDACTED]

Book Bunch for Kids
2022-02-09 15:00 - 16:00
The Book Bunch for Kids aged 9 and up will be held monthly on the second Wednesday of the month at 3 pm. This group will meet next on February 9, 2021 at 3 PM. Whether your child’s a bookworm or a struggling reader, sharing a book with others is way more fun than reading solo. Each month, students ages 9 and up will discuss books from this year’s Vermont Golden Dome Book Award List. Participants may tell the group about any Vermont Golden Dome Award Books they’ve been reading and enjoy a read aloud of a book selected by the group.
Join The Kids Book Club in person or on Zoom Meeting ID: 826 0673 9864
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82606739864
Preregistration for library programs are appreciated by calling the library but is not required. C-19 safety guidelines will be followed at all public events.

Board of Trustees Meeting
2022-02-07 08:30 - 09:30 | Zoom Online
The public is welcome to attend Whiting Library Board of Trustees Meetings. They are held on the second Tuesday of each month at 8:30am. This month is a special Monday meeting due to a scheduling conflict. The meeting takes place on Zoom.
Here is the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89626526721?pwd=[REDACTED]

Whiting Library Book Club
2022-01-19 15:00 - 16:00
The Whiting Library Book Club is holding our monthly book discussion at the library in the community room (masks required!) and simultaneously live on Zoom. The book for January is Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.

Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. Often regarded as one of his best works, the novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and “firemen” burn any that are found. The book’s tagline explains the title as “the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns”: the autoignition temperature of paper. The lead character, Guy Montag, is a fireman who becomes disillusioned with his role of censoring literature and destroying knowledge, eventually quitting his job and committing himself to the preservation of literary and cultural writings.

If you have any questions or would like to get on the email list for the Book Club, please contact Deirdre at the library. You can email whitinglibrary1@gmail.com or call 875-2277.

Kid's Golden Dome Book Club
2022-01-12 15:00 - 16:00
This book club is geared towards kids ages 9 and up. Book club members can read any of the books from the Golden Dome Book list and discuss it and recommend or not. The group could also decide to all read the same book and have a group discussion.
Here is a list of the 2021-2022 Golden Dome award nominees to choose from.
The Vermont Golden Dome Book Award* (formerly the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award) was created to honor excellence in children’s literature. Each year since 1957, Vermont students in grades four through eight have selected their favorite book from a list of nominees. It is recommended that students read at least five of the year’s nominated titles before voting. Voting takes place in the spring, generally beginning in April.

Monthly Board of Trustees Meeting
2022-01-11 08:30 - 09:30
The public is welcome to attend Whiting Library Board of Trustees Meetings. They are held on the second Tuesday of each month at 8:30am. The meeting takes place in the Whiting Library community room and on Zoom.
Here is the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89626526721?pwd=[REDACTED]

New Year's Hours
2021-12-31 - 2022-01-01
Whiting Library Holiday Hours:
December 28th: 10am-6pm
December 29th: 10am-6pm
December 31st: 10am-2pm
January 1st 2022: CLOSED!

Library Closed
2021-12-24 - 2021-12-25
Whiting Library will be closed December 24th and December 25th.
Merry Christmas!
Happy Holidays!

December 2021 Book Club
2021-12-15 15:00 - 16:00
The Whiting Library Book Club monthly discussion for December is being held in person at the library in the community room AND simultaneously live on Zoom. The discussion will take place at 3pm on Wednesday, December 15th, 2021. The book pick for December is The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George.
Please feel free to join the book club group any month, all are welcome! If you need a copy to read, Whiting Library has copies ready to lend. Just give us a call or shoot us an email to reserve your copy.
If you have any questions or would like to get on the email list for the Book Club, please contact Deirdre at the library. You can email whitinglibrary1@gmail.com or call 875-2277.
The Zoom Meeting login information is here:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81900041488
Meeting ID: 819 0004 1488

About the book from Amazon:
Monsieur Perdu can prescribe the perfect book for a broken heart. But can he fix his own?
Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life. Using his intuitive feel for the exact book a reader needs, Perdu mends broken hearts and souls. The only person he can’t seem to heal through literature is himself; he’s still haunted by heartbreak after his great love disappeared. She left him with only a letter, which he has never opened.
After Perdu is finally tempted to read the letter, he hauls anchor and departs on a mission to the south of France, hoping to make peace with his loss and discover the end of the story. Joined by a bestselling but blocked author and a lovelorn Italian chef, Perdu travels along the country’s rivers, dispensing his wisdom and his books, showing that the literary world can take the human soul on a journey to heal itself.
Internationally bestselling and filled with warmth and adventure, The Little Paris Bookshop is a love letter to books, meant for anyone who believes in the power of stories to shape people’s lives.

Monthly Board of Trustees Meeting
2021-12-14 08:30 - 09:30 | Zoom Online

Local Food and Fuel Assistance Info Session- 100% Campaign!
2021-12-11 10:00 - 12:00, 2021-12-08 16:00 - 18:00
Two local organizations – Senior Solutions and the Chester-Andover Family Center – have come together to launch a campaign to ensure that 100% of residents of those towns are both food and fuel secure as we enter the winter months.
Do you have questions about what food and fuel benefits are available and how to apply for them? Whiting Library is hosting two info sessions this December to answer all your questions. Come to the library during the following times to meet with Thom Simmons from Senior Solutions and the Chester-Andover 100% Campaign:
Wednesday, December 8th, from 4 pm to 6 pm at Whiting Library
Saturday, December 11th, from 10 am to 12pm at Whiting Library

During early December, every household in Chester and Andover will receive a letter from the Chester-Andover 100% Campaign briefly describing on-going programs that provide help with food and fuel resources locally. Included in the letter will be a 4 x 9 card listing the contact information of the organizations and services provided by each. This information will also be made available at town institutions, churches, and Whiting Library.
Thom Simmons, Outreach Specialist for Senior Solutions, noted that “More than 60% of our local seniors who are eligible for food and fuel benefits do not participate in these programs. The Fuel Assistance program alone can provide up to $3,000 annually to help people with their fuel bills, and that’s a lot of money to be ‘leaving on the table’ during a Vermont winter. We want people to understand that participation in these programs helps strengthen local communities and their economies. More than 9 million dollars is added to the Vermont economy each month through the 3SquaresVT program alone, and that doesn’t even include the multiplying effect of those dollars throughout the community.”
Thom will be holding ‘open hours’ to answer any questions residents may have related to the 3SquaresVT food benefits and Fuel Assistance programs at the following locations:
Friday, Dec. 3, from 10 am to Noon at the Chester-Andover Family Center
Wednesday, Dec 8, from 4 pm to 6 pm at Whiting Library in Chester
Saturday, Dec 11, from 10 am to Noon at Whiting Library in Chester
Friday, Dec 17, from 10 am to Noon at the Chester-Andover Family Center

Chester-Andover Food Shelf and Thrift Shop Hours Change
The timing of the campaign coincides with the change in hours at the CAFC, which offers nutritious food, affordable clothing and household goods, and provides financial assistance. Beginning in December, the Food Shelf will be open Thursdays from 1 pm to 4 pm, and Fridays 10 am to 2 pm, with fresh produce every Friday. The Thrift Shop will expand their hours to three days each week, opening on Thursdays from 1 pm to 4 pm, Fridays 10 am to 4 pm, and Saturdays from 10 am to 2 pm.

The agencies can be contacted directly as follows:
Chester-Andover Family Center: 802-875-3236 or email cafc302@gmail.com
Senior Solutions HelpLine: 802-885-2669

Monthly Teen Writers Workshop
2021-12-01 16:30 - 17:45
Start Writing, Keep Writing: A Writing Workshop for Teens at Whiting Library
High school students with an interest in creative writing are invited to attend a Teen Writers Workshop at Whiting Library on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 from 4:30 p.m.to 5:45 p.m. at 117 Main Street in Chester. This newly formed group of like-minded writers and creative souls invites teens to join this workshop held on the first Wednesday of the month at Whiting Library. Perfect for new writers as well as writers who want to explore multiple genres and work on development of their craft, voice and editorial skills.
A mix of free-writing and sharing, the workshop will develop writing skills and practices in a supportive and welcoming environment. Participants should bring a notebook and a written piece they are currently working on, or planning to start. Teen writers of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry are invited to attend.
“We had a great, first workshop last month, where a nice group of young writers gathered to share their writing and work on new skills. New people are always welcome–no experience necessary, just an interest in creative writing. Don’t be shy–sign up!” said Rosamund Conroy, the workshop instructor. Ms. Conroy is a Whiting Library Trustee, writer and former director of Summer Ink, a youth writing program.
Register on the library’s website, by contacting Carrie King, Youth Librarian, at 875-22477, or emailing whitinglibrary3@gmail.com by 11/30/21 for this free workshop for teens.

Closed for Thanksgiving
2021-11-26
Whiting Library will be closed on Friday, November 26th for a Thanksgiving break. We will reopen on Saturday, November 27th from 10am to 2pm. See you then!
Happy Thanksgiving!

2pm Early Closure for Thanksgiving
2021-11-25 14:30 - 18:00
The library will close at 2pm on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, November 24th, 2021.
Happy Thanksgiving!

Outdoor Story Time
2021-11-19 11:00 - 12:00, 2021-11-12 11:00 - 12:00
Story Time is being held outside in the library backyard! Youth Services Librarian Carrie King will read awesome books, crafts ideas will be shared, and booties will be shaken. All children who enjoy picture books will love this time together. It is aimed at kids 3-5 years old, but all are welcome. Come join us at the library every Friday at 11am for Story Time!
We encourage parents of little ones who may not be quite ready to sit through Story Time to come at 10:30am to socialize with other parents of children in the 0-3 age range. Carrie will share some books, other resources, and give everyone time to connect!
Everyone, please wear a mask and practice social distancing to keep our young patrons safe and healthy! We will have some drop clothes for you to use if you’d like, or feel free to bring your own chairs or blankets and spread out in our nice sunny (or shady) backyard.
In the event of rain, please come back next Friday for Outdoor Story Time otherwise please dress accordingly for the weather!

November 2021 Book Club
2021-11-17 15:00 - 16:00
The Whiting Library Book Club monthly discussion for November is being held in person at the library AND simultaneously live on Zoom. The discussion will take place at 3pm on Wednesday, November 17th, 2021. The book pick for November is Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac.
Please feel free to join the book club group any month, all are welcome! If you need a copy to read, Whiting Library has copies ready to lend. Just give us a call or shoot us an email to reserve your copy.
If you have any questions or would like to get on the email list for the Book Club, please contact Deirdre at the library. You can email whitinglibrary1@gmail.com or call 875-2277.
The Zoom Meeting login information is here:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81900041488
Meeting ID: 819 0004 1488

About the book from Goodreads:
Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial part of the U.S. effort, sending messages back and forth in an unbreakable code that used their native language. They braved some of the heaviest fighting of the war, and with their code, they saved countless American lives. Yet their story remained classified for more than twenty years.
Joseph Bruchac brings their stories to life for young adults through the riveting fictional tale of Ned Begay, a sixteen-year-old Navajo boy who becomes a code talker. His grueling journey is eye-opening and inspiring. This deeply affecting novel honors all of those young men, like Ned, who dared to serve, and it honors the culture and language of the Navajo Indians.

Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting
2021-11-09 08:30 - 09:30 | Zoom Online
