Youth Programs:
Annual Literacy Fair—Friday, August 12th, 11:00-1:00 p.m., presented by Books on Wheels III– Join us for a celebration of this year’s Summer Reading Program and puppet show by Modern Times Theater. Pizza, prizes, and free books!
Family Night– Thursday, August 25th at 5:00 p.m.— Come help build a community marble run out of recycled materials, going all the way from the top floor to the basement! Pizza and a book give-away, too. Please let us know if you plan to attend– contact the library at (802) 626-5475 or email
[email protected].
A tutor from Northeast Kingdom Learning Services is available at the Cobleigh Library every Monday from 1:00—3:00 p.m. Get your GED or work on High School Completion, improve your job prospects by working with a tutor on Workforce Skill Development with the “Career Ready 101” program. Vist their website: www.nekls.org and call the library at 626-5475 for more information!
Adult programming
Join us for an Author Visit with Kate Daloz, author of “We Are as Gods: Back to the Land in the 1970’s on the Quest for a New America” Tuesday, August 9th at 7:00 p.m. Kate Daloz teaches in the writing center at Baruch College and works as a freelance writing consultant. Daloz grew up in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, in the geodesic dome her parents built after coming home from the Peace Corps. Green Mountain Books and Prints will have books available for sale.
The Romantic Ideal Reading and Discussion Series Everyone is invited to attend The Romantic Ideal Series, a free book discussion series sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council. Discussions will be hosted by the Cobleigh Public Library on Thursday evenings beginning at 7:00 p.m. with the dates listed below. The library is ADA accessible. The characters in these works see out their ideal of love, happiness, and fulfillment with consequences that are by turns bittersweet, tragic, noble, unconventional, and even comic. But can the ideal ever be met? August 11 Mating by Norman Rush Sept. 1 Later Life by A. R. Gurney For more information, please call the library at 626-5475. Books will be available for loan in advance. The program is free and open to the public.
The Vermont Humanities Council (VHC) is a private nonprofit organization affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities. To learn more and VHC or to find out about other events in your area, visit www.vermonthumanities.org or call (802) 262-2626.
August 2016
Library Hours
Monday: NOON-5PM
Tuesday: NOON-7PM
Wednesday: 10AM-5PM Thursday: NOON-7PM Friday: 10AM-5PM
Saturday: 9AM-1PM
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Need Help using your Kindles-NooksIPads-Smart Phones-Laptops and more? Get FREE one on one help at the Cobleigh Library for an hour from Tech Tutor Blake Kincaid.! He’s available on Tuesdays from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Fridays from 10:00 a.m.– noon. Sign up for a time at the front desk or call 626-5475 for more information!
Mon
4 Library closed today
11 GED Tutoring
1:00—3:00 p.m.
18 GED Tutoring 1:00—3:00 p.m.
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Birth-Age 5 Storytime 10:00 a.m.
Friends of the Library 10:00 a.m. SRP: Tinkerer Tuesday 2:00 p.m
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Birth-Age 5 Storytime 10:00 a.m. SRP: Tinkerer Tuesday 2:00 p.m Drop in Quilting 1:00-3:00
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Birth-Age 5 Storytime
10:00 a.m.
SRP: Tinkerer Tuesday 2:00p.m
Wed
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Birth-Age 5 Storytime 10:30 a.m.
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Birth-Age 5 Storytime 10:30 a.m.
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Birth-Age 5 Storytime 10:30 a.m.
*SRP = Summer Reading Program
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Birth-Age 5 Storytime 10:00 a.m. SRP: Tinkerer Tuesday 2:00 p.m Drop in Quilting 1:00-3:00
Thu
7 Beginner Computer Class 10:00 a.m. to Noon
Fri
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Beginner Computer Class 10:00 a.m. to Noon
SRP: Author Jaime Johnson and Oberon the Owl from Northwoods Stewardship Center 2:00 p.m.
21 Beginner Computer Class 10:00 a.m. to Noon
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Bridge Club Saturdays
SRP: Water Olympics 2:00 p.m.
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Sat
at 12:30 p.m. 15
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23 Bridge Club Saturdays
SRP: Build Your Own Mini Golf Course 2:00 p.m.
at 12:30 p.m.
Book Discussion Group: Summer by Edith Wharton
Movie Matinee 2:00p.m.
25 GED Tutoring 1:00—3:00 p.m. The Cobleigh Public Library is ADA accessible.
Tue
July 2016
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Birth-Age 5 Storytime 10:30 a.m.
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Beginner Computer Class 10:00 a.m. to Noon
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SRP: Kingdom Trails at Powers Park 2:00 p.m. Save the date for Family Night at the Cobleigh on August 25th at 5:00 p.m.!
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