Programs & Events

November 2023

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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  • Preschool Storytime
  • Death Cafe
  • Memoir Writing Group
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  • Homeschool Group
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  • Afterschool Program
  • Dungeons & Dragons Club
  • Greensboro Planning Commission Meeting
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  • Preschool Storytime
  • Memoir Writing Group
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  • Homeschool Group
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  • Veterans Day -- Closed
  • Greensboro Conservation Commission Meeting
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  • Rural Arts Staff Meeting
  • HomeShare Vermont Presentation
  • Afterschool Program
  • Dungeons & Dragons Club
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  • Preschool Storytime
  • Memoir Writing Group
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  • Afterschool Program
  • Dungeons & Dragons Club
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  • Rural Arts Staff Meeting
  • Afterschool Program
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  • Preschool Storytime
  • GFL Book Club Discussion
  • Memoir Writing Group
  • GFL Book Club Zoom Discussion

Gallery

This is an invitation for you to come see the latest exhibit at the Greensboro Free Library. It is views of Caspian Lake done by local residents in a variety of media. They are done in acrylic on canvas board and wood, colored pencil, a paper collage, oil on canvas, pastels, photographs, a photo montage, prints, stained glass mosaic, watercolor, and woodblock print.

Isabella Oehry

Vermont artist, Isabella Oehry, was born and raised in the Principality of Lichtenstein, a small European country sandwiched between Austria and Switzerland. She traveled extensively in her early twenties and eventually settled in her beloved Vermont.

Isa harbors a deep love for the beauty and simplicity of farm life, which she expresses through “primitive folk art”, glass paintings, Bavarian style “Bauernmalerei,” as well as humorous wood carvings.

Here are some of her pictures on display at the Library:

Exhibits have been done by local craftsmen. Several are available for either a donation to the library or for a fee.

Many thanks to the owners who have given them to the library for showing in the gallery so you can enjoy the views of Caspian.

Programs & Events
Programming for Children

Greensboro Free Library StorytimeAges 0-6

Enjoy stories, songs, crafts and people!  All are welcome to this free event.
Thur
10:00 AM
Homeschool Group – Ages 6-12

Join our multi age homeschool group and engage in stories, games, conversation and crafts. We will enjoy themed stories throughout the school year, participate in some field trips and service projects, and play.

Contact youth librarian Emily Purdy at [email protected] with questions or ideas.
Fri
10:00 AM
Afterschool Program

We will walk from the Lakeview after school and anyone else (ie. homeschool or a different school) is welcome to meet us at the library around 3 pm. Snacks, crafts, activities, games, Legos, stories and free play will be available.

Please pre-register by contacting me at [email protected] .
Tues
3-5 PM
Dungeons & Dragons – Ages 8+

Start date October 3rd for 8 weeks. Contact Luther at [email protected] to sign up.

Beginning Oct 8th
Storywalk – Willey’s Beach Trail

We Are Water Protectors” by Michaela Goade.
Other happenings

2023 Bingo Card for the Good Citizen Challenge
2023 Read & Win ribbons available (K-8 read 3 books to get a ticket & ice cream for the Champlain Valley Fair
Makerspace!

As always, come in and explore our Makerspace any time the library is open. There are arts
and crafts supplies and ideas, dress up, blocks, legos, snapcircuits, turing tumble, and more!
Red Clover Chronicle!

Youth are invited to write for the year round Red Clover Chronicle! A youth newspaper hosted
by the Greensboro Free Library. Draw pictures, write articles, jokes, calendar items, book
reviews, nature observations, etc. Please submit (nothing larger than 8 1/2″ X 7″ or a half page of
legal sized paper) to the library by the first of any given month. There is an envelope
hanging on a clipboard in the makerspace to gather submissions. Contact Daniela Dimarco at 
[email protected] or Megan Hall at [email protected] with questions.

Programming for Adults

HomeShare Vermont Information Session


Learn more about HomeShare Vermont, a nonprofit with over 40 years of expertise in matching
hosts and guests for unique and fulfilling living experiences.

Library
Tues
Nov 14th
1:00 PM
Book Discussion – “The Lemon Tree” by Sandy Tolan

The Lemon Tree” focuses on one small stone house in Ramla.  Built in 1936 by an Arab family but acquired by a Jewish family after the Israelis captured the city in 1948, this simple stone house has anchored for decades the hopes of both its displaced former owners and its new Jewish occupants. Tolan chronicles the unlikely chain of events that in 1967 brought a long-dispossessed Palestinian
son to the threshold of his former home, where he unexpectedly finds himself being welcomed by
the daughter of Bulgarian Jewish immigrants. Though that visit exposes bitterly opposed interpretations of the past, it opens a real, albeit painful, dialogue about possibilities for the future. 
The contested stone house eventually becomes into a kindergarten for Arab children and a center for Jewish-Arab coexistence.

Copies available for loan at the start of each month.

Find the Zoom link our website calendar at http://www.greensborofreelibrary.org or meet at the library.
Library
Thur Nov 30th @ 1:00 PM
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ZOOM @ 7:00 PM
Invasive Plants in Greensboro

View the invasive plants that are in Greensboro. Learn what species are likely to cause economic or environmental harm or to hamr human health. See how to identify them and more importantly how to control them in this presentation from William Marlier available here https://greensborofreelibrary.org/invasives-presentation-fall-2023/
Lending Library – Long Term Laptops

Several laptops are available to be loaned out for a period of 3 months with renewals often accepted. Ask at the front desk or email [email protected] for more information.

Consider it for your homeschooler or business.
Free Vegetables!

Vegetables are available for everyone on Thursdays and while supplies last with thanks to local farmers, volunteers, and Salvation Farms. Stay healthy and fed!

Upstairs Book Sale

The Book Sale is open (upstairs in the library) whenever the library is open.