Special Program
Special Program
Events
Create a Found Poem for National Poetry Month
Also known as a "Redacted" or "Blackout" poem, stop by and create one by selecting some words and masking others on an existing printed page.
Ira Allen and the Green Mountain Frontier | Kevin Graffagnino
Land speculator, revolutionary, politician, and empire builder, Ira Allen. a key figure on the Green Mountain frontier, helped create and sustain the independent State of Vermont.
The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding | Joseph J. Ellis
Explore the “great contradiction” between principles set forth in the Declaration of Independence and the failures to end slavery and avoid Indian removal with a respected historian and award-winning author.
Word Games | Library After Hours
Calling all crossword puzzlers, Wordle fans, spelling bee champs: time to relax, mingle, and play games!
Counterpoint Chorus | Act of Remembrance
Counterpoint, a professional Vocal Ensemble based in Montpelier, VT, will perform, “Act of Remembrance, " an eclectic musical program features choral elegies from various faith traditions exploring the ways we mourn and honoring those whom we have lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Great Bennington Battle and Vermont | Howard Coffin
The surrender at Saratoga of a British army has long been called the decisive battle of the American Revolution, but perhaps John Burgoyne was doomed two months earlier at the Battle of Bennington.
“One-off” Book Discussion | The Light Pirate | Vermont Reads
The Vermont Humanities' current Vermont Reads selection is The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton. We have chosen the novel for our next “One-off” discussion to be facilitated by Alan Berolzheimer.
In Full Bloom: A Fundraising Event
After the long winter, join us in welcoming Spring at the Norman Williams Public Library!
Bookstock Programs @ NWPL
The Bookstock Festival of Words returns to Woodstock with programs around the village. The library will host Master Class workshops and Poetry readings.
Stephen Kiernan | Pollock’s Last Lover: A Novel of Art and Deception
Set in New York City in alternating time periods – the 1950s and the early 2000s – Pollock’s Last Lover is the engrossing tale of two women whose lives collide as they contend with the art and legacy of the brilliant, tragic painter Jackson Pollock.
Emily Franklin | Love & Other Monsters.
Love & Other Monsters, a new novel by Emily Franklin, is the untold origin story of Frankenstein, a feminist reckoning of sisters, survival, and the creation of monsters — both those on the page and those who walk among us.