The Mad River Valley Community Calendar is The Valley’s most comprehensive events calendar. All are invited to submit their event here:
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In June the Warren Public Library cookbook club will feature recipes from “Half-Baked Harvest: Every Day” by Tieghan Gerard. Sign up online or at the library to prepare a recipe from the book and bring it to the library for a potluck dinner. The cookbook will be on display at the library to browse and […]
Join the MRV Libraries for a day of free, celebratory Juneteenth events. Each library will host a different event on this day. The Warren Library will host a discussion of the book “On Juneteenth” by Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed. Part history and part memoir, On Juneteenth demonstrates the significance of the holiday to the author and […]
This month’s club features Mollie Katzen and The Moosewood Restaurant. Sign up to prepare a recipe from any Moosewood cookbook and bring it to the library for a potluck dinner. Two cookbooks are currently on display at the library to browse and photocopy recipes. Sign up at the library or online.
The Warren Public Library’s March cookbook club highlights recipes from My Vermont Table: Recipes for All (Six) Seasons by Gesine Bullock-Prado. Prepare a recipe from the book and bring it to the library for a potluck dinner. The book is available at the library to browse and photocopy recipes. Register in person or on the […]
Meet the Warren Public Library’s Lulzbot Mini printer (always free to use by the public) and to learn how to design your own printable 3D objects using the free online Tinkercad program. This workshop is designed for absolute beginners ages 12-adult. Children ages 8-11 may attend with an adult partner. Bring a laptop or visit […]
Drop in and make paper cranes with origami artist Miya Cline to contribute to a community art display in the library. Instruction provided!
Join the Friends of the Mad River and the Warren Public Library for a climate and ecology-themed book club. Participants will be discussing Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach. Copies of the book are available to check out from the library to read in advance.
Celebrate Take Your Child to the Library Day with Melany Kahn, author of “Mason Goes Mushrooming.” The program features an animated read-aloud of the foraging adventure picture book, an interactive mushroom ID session, and a cooking demonstration and tasting. Suitable for all ages. Inklings Children’s Books will be on hand with copies of “Mason Goes […]
Register for this free DIY candle-making workshop for beginners. We will make a poured ice candle and hand-dipped candles as well as creating patterned tin can tea light holders. Suitable for ages 12-adult; we will be melting and working with hot wax. Limited to 8 participants; register at warrenlibrary.com.
January’s cookbook club highlights recipes from Milk Street Simple by Christopher Kimball. Prepare a recipe from the book and bring it to the library for a potluck dinner. The book will be available at the library to browse and photocopy your chosen recipe. Register at the library or at warrenlibrary.com.
Read the book in advance and come to the library for a discussion and light refreshments. The January selection is Octavia E. Butler’s “The Parable of the Sower.” This speculative novel, first published in 1993, envisions a dystopian United States between the years 2024-2027. Copies of the book are available to check out from the […]
Join local food professionals Jordan Schaefer and Marci Lutsky for a demonstration and tasting of holiday mocktails and appetizers plus tips and tricks for easy holiday entertaining. The event is free, but spaces are limited. Register at warrenlibrary.com.
Join the Friends of the Mad River and the Warren Public Library for a discussion of the book “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants” by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Copies of the book are available to check out from the library. Snacks will be provided. Register at warrenlibrary.com.
Repairs to torn clothes don’t need to be invisible — they can be decorative! Susan Snider will demonstrate techniques for visible mending using patches and embroidery and will assist participants as they mend an item of clothing. Limited to 10 participants; appropriate for teens and adults. Bring a torn item of clothing; you may also […]
Join the Warren School PTO and the Warren Public Library for story time, pumpkin carving, and a spooky treat potluck! Storytime starts at 11:30. Bring a pumpkin to carve and a spooky treat to share. Costumes encouraged! Small pumpkins and paints will be provided for little ones to decorate. Carved pumpkins can be left to […]
Book discussion of the psychological thriller The Children on the Hill by Vermont author Jennifer McMahon. Copies of the book are available at the library to check out and read in advance. Light snacks will be provided. Register here: https://forms.gle/sgjohfPY7VWStxu79
Eclipse-themed experiments and crafts for the whole family. Use eclipse glasses to catch a glimpse of the partial solar eclipse at 1:20. Learn about the total solar eclipse coming in April 2024. Free and open to all.
Bring a team of 1-4 people to see who can be the first to assemble the 750-piece puzzle, “Fancy Cats Library Mischief.” Both adult and mixed-age teams are welcome. Distractions — uh, that is, refreshments — will be served. Please pre-register at warrenlibrary.com
The Warren Public Library’s September cookbook club will feature recipes by Ottolenghi Sign up at the library or online and choose a recipe from any Ottolenghi cookbook to prepare at home. Participants meet to share a potluck dinner and discuss the recipes. Several Ottolenghi cookbooks including Flavor, Simple, and Sweet are available to browse at […]
Come to the Warren Public Library for an evening with two local authors. Mary Kathleen Mehuron and Lee Hall Defausse will be will be reading from their newest novels, discussing their writing process and answering questions. Mary Kathleen (known to all in the valley as Kathy) is celebrating the recent launch of her novel, The […]
Book discussion of the memoir Feed Me: A Story of Food, Love, and Mental Illness by local author Erika Nichols-Frazer. Copies of the book are available to check out from the library. Erika will join the group for Q&A and light snacks. Register on the library website.
The Warren Public Library August cookbook club will feature recipes from The Vermont Farm Table Cookbook: Homegrown Recipes from the Green Mountain State by Tracey Medeiros. Tracey will be attending the meeting to offer tips and tricks. Sign up at the library or on the library website and choose a recipe from the cookbook to […]
To close out the month of Solar Science Saturdays, we’ll be having a special “Sun and Shadow” storytime for families with children in grades PK-2. Caregivers and siblings of all ages are invited to join. Afterwards, children and grownups alike can safely view the sun using our sunspotter, eclipse glasses and sunoculars. Information about the […]
Have you ever seen sunspots? Now you can! Every Saturday in August (weather permitting), stop by the Warren Library lawn and use our sunspotter and sunoculars to safely view the sun. Play our space -themed How Big? How Far? How Hot? sorting game and learn about the upcoming solar eclipses in October 2023 and April […]
From Kevin O’Keefe’s suitcase an entire circus emerges: tent, band, lights, the boisterous ringmaster Steve Fitzpatrick, the officious Mervin Merkle, the incredible Bumbilini Family, the Magician to the Stars Clyde Zerbini, and Keefer–an innocent trying to run away and join the circus. However, the most important performers emerge from the audience. Suitable for all ages. […]
July’s cookbook club will feature recipes by Ina Garten. Sign up at the library or online and choose a recipe from any Ina Garten cookbook (yes! we have several for you peruse!) to bring and share with others. Participants meet at the library to enjoy a potluck dinner. (Can’t get to the library before the […]
Stop by to play lawn games, have fun with bubbles, and cool off with a popsicle. These outdoor activities are suitable for all ages. Part of the MRV Libraries “All Together Now” summer learning program.
Created and sponsored by Seven Days and KidsVT, this Challenge asks participants to find the answers to some questions about their community and to consider what we can do when we work together, the impact we can have, and the messages we can send to each other about how we should act. We will focus […]
The second discussion in the Warren Public Library’s summer “banned book” series features Ashley Hope Perez’s book “Out of Darkness.” The third-most frequently challenged book of the 2021-22 school year, “Out of Darkness” portrays a forbidden romance between two teens: a Mexican-American girl and an African-American boy in 1930s Texas. Read the book in advance […]
The third book in the Warren Public Library’s “banned book” summer discussion series will be The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. First published in 1970, this book was the 4th mostly-frequently challenged book of the 2021-22 school year. Copies of the book will be available at the library to read prior to the discussion. Register […]
The Warren Public Library June cookbook club will feature Jenny Rosenstrach’s The Weekday Vegetarians. Sign up at the library or at warrenlibrary.com and choose a recipe from the featured cookbook to prepare at home and bring to share with others. We’ll meet at the library to enjoy our potluck dinner. (Can’t get to the library […]
Instructor: Tim Saternow is an American painter whose watercolor paintings explore the lost and forgotten areas on the edges of the urban scene. His work encompasses the old High Line train trestle above the gritty industrial streets of New York City, the empty homesteads of Joshua Tree, California, and the dignified and genial old houses of […]
Instructor: Tim Saternow is an American painter whose watercolor paintings explore the lost and forgotten areas on the edges of the urban scene. His work encompasses the old High Line train trestle above the gritty industrial streets of New York City, the empty homesteads of Joshua Tree, California, and the dignified and genial old houses of […]
Instructor: Tim Saternow is an American painter whose watercolor paintings explore the lost and forgotten areas on the edges of the urban scene. His work encompasses the old High Line train trestle above the gritty industrial streets of New York City, the empty homesteads of Joshua Tree, California, and the dignified and genial old houses of […]
Join the Warren Public Library for the first in a series of banned book discussions. George M. Johnson’s “All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto” was the second-most banned book in 2022. Copies of the book are available to check out from the library; read in advance and come for discussion and refreshments. Please register here: […]
