Calendar – Greensboro Free Library

	July 2025
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		1 GFL Summer Hours Begin GFL Summer Hours Begin 07/01/2025 Summer Hours Begin July 1 Please note: Beginning July 1, we’ll shift to our full summer schedule to better serve the community during the busy season. This year, the library will be closed on Mondays, which is a change from last summer. Our updated hours will be: Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Thursday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Friday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Saturday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Sunday: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM Closed Mondays Add to Calendar Decorate a GFL t-shirt Decorate a GFL t-shirt 07/01/2025 10:00 am - 11:30 am Decorate a Greensboro Free Library T-shirt! Limited sizes youth XS, M, L and adult S available. Wear clothes you don't mind getting dirty! If you are able wear your shirt and walk with us in the Funky Fourth Parade on Saturday July 5th! Meet and line up at Country Club Road before the parade. The 2025 summer reading theme is Color Our World celebrating art! Family event! Free and all are welcome! Contact Youth Librarian, Emily Purdy, at greensborokids@gmail.com for more information. Add to Calendar Greensboro Planning Commission Meeting Greensboro Planning Commission Meeting 07/01/2025 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Add to Calendar Spanish Conversation Spanish Conversation 07/01/2025 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Join Spanish teacher Anna Kehler to practice speaking in Spanish. All levels and experience are encouraged to join. Continuing on Tuesdays through the end of the year. Please contact annakehler@gmail.com with questions or for more information. Add to Calendar • • • •	2	3 Storytime Tea Party Storytime Tea Party 07/03/2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am Greensboro Free Library, 53 E Craftsbury Rd, Greensboro, VT 05841, USA The 2025 summer reading theme is Color Our World celebrating art! Family event! Free and all are welcome! Contact Youth Librarian, Emily Purdy, at greensborokids@gmail.com for more information. Add to Calendar •	4 Closed for Independence Day Closed for Independence Day 07/04/2025 Add to Calendar •	5 Annual Book Sale Annual Book Sale 07/05/2025 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Greensboro Free Library Add to Calendar •
6	7 Greensboro Development Review Board Greensboro Development Review Board 07/07/2025 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Add to Calendar •	8 Drawing from eye and imagination Drawing from eye and imagination 07/08/2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am Greensboro Free Library, 53 E Craftsbury Rd, Greensboro, VT 05841, USA Please join local artist, Finn Burgess, to teach us drawing skills so that we too may Color Our World! The 2025 summer reading theme is Color Our World celebrating art! Family event! Free and all are welcome! Contact Youth Librarian, Emily Purdy, at greensborokids@gmail.com for more information. Add to Calendar Spanish Conversation Spanish Conversation 07/08/2025 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Join Spanish teacher Anna Kehler to practice speaking in Spanish. All levels and experience are encouraged to join. Continuing on Tuesdays through the end of the year. Please contact annakehler@gmail.com with questions or for more information. Add to Calendar • •	9 Selectboard Meeting Selectboard Meeting 07/09/2025 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Greensboro Free Library, 53 Wilson Street, Greensboro VT 05841 Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8245586005 Meeting ID: 824 558 6005 Dial by your location +1 646 931 3860 US Add to Calendar •	10 Italian Stories and Songs Italian Stories and Songs 07/10/2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am Greensboro Free Library, 53 E Craftsbury Rd, Greensboro, VT 05841, USA Join youth Vittoria and Isabel Hill as they tell about their lives in Italy! They have been coming to the library since they were babies and are excited to offer a storytime with stories and songs in English, Italian, and German. Together with their mom, Jennifer, they are cooking up a fun storytime complete with crafts! The 2025 summer reading theme is Color Our World celebrating art! Family event! Free and all are welcome! Contact Youth Librarian, Emily Purdy, at greensborokids@gmail.com for more information. Add to Calendar Death Café Death Café 07/10/2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Sharon Putney hosts this group welcoming everyone for an open conversation about topics surrounding death, from end-of-life planning to burial options and more. This is not a grief support group, rather a time for coffee, cake, and conversations about death. Add to Calendar • •	11 Woof! What's the dog saying? Woof! What's the dog saying? 07/11/2025 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Greensboro United Church of Christ, 165 E Craftsbury Rd, Greensboro, VT 05841, USA This popular dog communication and safety lecture is a multi-media extravaganza of fun where the audience gets to test their "dog reading" skills. We’ll demystify dog communication, reveal common dog-human misunderstandings, and explore how we can all live safely and happily together. At the end of the program, the audience engages in several fun, interactive exercises to practice reading dog body language. Participants will also enjoy exclusive free access to a carefully curated online resource of supplementary learning materials. With Deb Helfrich of Gold Star Dog Training, at GUCC Fellowship Hall. Add to Calendar •	12
13 Greensboro Conservation Commission Greensboro Conservation Commission 07/13/2025 12:15 pm - 1:45 pm Add to Calendar Watercolor Class with Lynn Holbein Watercolor Class with Lynn Holbein 07/13/2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Greensboro Free Library, 53 E Craftsbury Rd, Greensboro, VT 05841, USA Artist Lynn Holbein is kindly offering a free class in watercolor painting techniques to adults and teens ages 12+ on Sunday, July 13th from 2-4pm. The class will take place under the library's backyard tent and all supplies will be provided by the library. Preregistration helps us prepare, so please call or email if you plan to come. This class is limited to 20 participants. 802-533-2531 greensboroassistant@gmail.com Add to Calendar • •	14	15 Library Trustees Meeting Library Trustees Meeting 07/15/2025 9:30 am - 11:30 am https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88966865404?pwd=emxDWVJKTjBjUVBobTNSK3FFSEdvdz09 Greensboro Free Library is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88966865404?pwd=emxDWVJKTjBjUVBobTNSK3FFSEdvdz09 Meeting ID: 889 6686 5404 Passcode: GFL --- One tap mobile +13092053325,,88966865404#,,,,406932# US +13126266799,,88966865404#,,,,406932# US (Chicago) --- Dial by your location • +1 309 205 3325 US • +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) • +1 646 931 3860 US • +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) • +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) • +1 305 224 1968 US • +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) • +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) • +1 360 209 5623 US • +1 386 347 5053 US • +1 507 473 4847 US • +1 564 217 2000 US • +1 669 444 9171 US • +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) • +1 689 278 1000 US • +1 719 359 4580 US • +1 253 205 0468 US Meeting ID: 889 6686 5404 Passcode: 406932 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdvxFfEpAK Add to Calendar Eat A Rainbow Eat A Rainbow 07/15/2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am Greensboro Free Library, 53 E Craftsbury Rd, Greensboro, VT 05841, USA Please join Reeve Basom, from the Center for Agricultural Economy in Hardwick to prepare and eat colorful foods that keep us healthy and strong. The 2025 summer reading theme is Color Our World celebrating art! Family event! Free and all are welcome! Contact Youth Librarian, Emily Purdy, at greensborokids@gmail.com for more information. Add to Calendar Spanish Conversation Spanish Conversation 07/15/2025 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Join Spanish teacher Anna Kehler to practice speaking in Spanish. All levels and experience are encouraged to join. Continuing on Tuesdays through the end of the year. Please contact annakehler@gmail.com with questions or for more information. Add to Calendar • • •	16	17 CLiF storytelling and book giveaway in Greeensboro Bend CLiF storytelling and book giveaway in Greeensboro Bend 07/17/2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am Greensboro Bend, VT Please join us in GREENSBORO BEND at the park next to the post office for a storytelling event with Vermont author Christy Mihaly! Afterwards each child is invited to choose 2 free new books with thanks to the Children's Literacy Foundation (CLiF). The 2025 summer reading theme is Color Our World celebrating art! Family event! Free and all are welcome! Contact Youth Librarian, Emily Purdy, at greensborokids@gmail.com for more information. Add to Calendar Greensboro Association Board Meeting Greensboro Association Board Meeting 07/17/2025 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Summer Meeting Add to Calendar • •	18	19
20	21	22 Instrument Garden Instrument Garden 07/22/2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am Please join us to welcome Vermont author Melissa Pereley and her husband and luthier Paul as they read from their book, The Violin Family, and demonstrate a bit about building instruments. They will bring several stringed instruments for children to explore playing themselves. The 2025 summer reading theme is Color Our World celebrating art Family event! Free and all are welcome! Contact Youth Librarian, Emily Purdy, at greensborokids@gmail.com for more information. Add to Calendar Spanish Conversation Spanish Conversation 07/22/2025 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Join Spanish teacher Anna Kehler to practice speaking in Spanish. All levels and experience are encouraged to join. Continuing on Tuesdays through the end of the year. Please contact annakehler@gmail.com with questions or for more information. Add to Calendar • •	23	24 Her Majesty's Secret Circus Her Majesty's Secret Circus 07/24/2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am Caspian Lake Public Beach, 125 Beach Rd, Greensboro, VT 05841, USA Please join us at CASPIAN LAKE on the green for Greensboro residents Brent and Maya McCoy to perform Her Majesty's Secret Circus! Agents Honeymoon and Butterfly are on a not-so-secret mission. Wearing ridiculous action suits, they perform a spectacular fire juggling act and enlist the help of civilian sleeper agents. Then, in Operation Grand Finale, they shoot a bow and plunger high into the sky and catch it atop a giant stealth-cycle. This spy-fi stunt comedy show has a license to THRILL. Website: www.secretcircusshow.com Promo Video: https://youtu.be/0EwpNNCzfzg?si=qji-nrimY2ayxECu The 2025 summer reading theme is Color Our World celebrating art Family event! Free and all are welcome! Contact Youth Librarian, Emily Purdy, at greensborokids@gmail.com for more information. With thanks to the Greensboro Association and the VT Department Of Libraries! Add to Calendar •	25 Drop in Craft Circle Drop in Craft Circle 07/25/2025 10:30 am - 11:30 am Add to Calendar •	26
27	28	29 Abenaki Storytelling Abenaki Storytelling 07/29/2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am Please join us to welcome Miss Lucy Neel back to the library to educate and engage us with Abenaki storytelling and music. Learn more about Miss Lucy at https://abenakiart.org/lucy-cannon/! The 2025 summer reading theme is Color Our World celebrating art Family event! Free and all are welcome! Contact Youth Librarian, Emily Purdy, at greensborokids@gmail.com for more information. Add to Calendar Spanish Conversation Spanish Conversation 07/29/2025 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Join Spanish teacher Anna Kehler to practice speaking in Spanish. All levels and experience are encouraged to join. Continuing on Tuesdays through the end of the year. Please contact annakehler@gmail.com with questions or for more information. Add to Calendar • •	30	31 Author Storytime Author Storytime 07/31/2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am Greensboro Free Library, 53 E Craftsbury Rd, Greensboro, VT 05841, USA Please join us to welcome Vermont author Angela Kunkel to read from her new book World More Beautiful, The Life and Art of Barbara Cooney. From a Kirkus review about this book:"For every kid who loves art, here is the inspirational story of beloved illustrator and two-time Caldecott Medalist, Barbara Cooney. Barbara was born in a hotel in Brooklyn, with a view of the city and the sea. Her father loved numbers and money. But Barbara and her mother loved art, and color, and light. Barbara’s favorite days were when she stayed home sick in bed and got to paint and draw." Website: Angela Kunkel The Galaxy Bookshop (in Hardwick) will be at the library with Angela's books available for purchase. The 2025 summer reading theme is Color Our World celebrating art! Family event! Free and all are welcome! Contact Youth Librarian, Emily Purdy, at greensborokids@gmail.com for more information. Add to Calendar GFL Book Club Discussion GFL Book Club Discussion 07/31/2025 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Greensboro Free Library, 53 E Craftsbury Rd, Greensboro, VT 05841, USA Our informal monthly book club meets in person at the library at 2:00pm Add to Calendar • •

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