Chittenden County

We’re reviving our conversation from last fall.  There continues to be more opportunities for disinformation, declining trust in established news organizations, and increasing popularity of conspiracy theorists.  Join us for a conversation on media literacy with Adam Davidson, Chea Waters-Evans, and Jesse Wegman. Adam co-founded Planet Money and has been a staff reporter for the New York […]

Join Jim Hyde for a discussion on how to tell fact from fiction- and hyperbole from reality- when it comes to understanding health research findings and information. Participants are encouraged to bring questions, concerns, or articles to discuss. Registrants will receive a "cheat sheet" of critical questions to ask when assessing research findings. Jim taught […]

Our friends at Vermont Institute of Natural Sciences will bring some live animal friends to help us learn all about the animals who live in the water systems near us. This is always a good time and we hope to see you there! No sign up necessary. We’ll plan to be outside. Deborah Rawson Memorial […]

Please join us to celebrate the work of the UVM Extension Master Gardeners on this year’s The Secret Garden themed garden at the library. There will be refreshments and readings from the book The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. If you are interested in reading, please contact Holly at drawsonmemlib@yahoo.com A Deborah Rawson Memorial […]

Abenaki artist Carol Billings Mcgranaghan will lead this free-form discussion centering on the identification, care, and use of wild edible plants, with plenty of time for questions on any related topics. There will be samples of Carol’s homemade wild flower jellies for tasting! Booklets entitled “Vermont Abenakis: A Brief History of the People of the […]