Come enjoy the movie based on the book that started it all: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone EXTENDED EDITION. Water and popcorn will be provided. Children 10 and up may come independently; all ages are welcome with an adult.
The Latino Americans Film Series will begin with a screening Wednesday, September 30th from 6:30-8:30, followed by a 30-minute discussion facilitated by Middlebury College Professor Gloria Estela Gonzalez Zenteno. The first episode will be Episode 4, the New Latinos (1946-1965). The screening will take place in the front lobby, with entrance through the side or front doors for the program.
A drop-in program which teaches children in Grades 4-6 how to film, edit and produce videos, as well as explore other areas of digital media. Please note this program will be held in the Young Adult Room on October 20.
Wednesday, October 7 at 7 p.m. How the Brain Categorizes the World
Williams College professor Dr. Safa Zaki describes how the human brain recognizes and categorizes objects, as well as a challenge to that theory from studies of patients with amnesia.
Retired professor Tom Perera will describe the desperate attempts by the French Resistance to build radios to keep informed about the progress of WWII and by spies to communicate critically important intelligence information back to the allies while being ruthlessly hunted by German direction-finding teams. He will also describe and demonstrate the role of the…
The screening of the second film in this series will take place in the front lobby of the Library, with entrance through the side or front doors for the program. A 30 minute discussion facilitated by Middlebury College Professor Gloria Estela Gonzalez Zenteno will follow the screening.
Archer Mayor: The Company She Kept Saturday, October 24 at 1 p.m.
Author Archer Mayor will give a reading from his latest Joe Gunther novel. The reading will be followed by a signing. Sponsored by Ilsley Public Library and the Vermont Book Shop.
Bring your own uke or use one of the Library's ukes and learn how to strum and pick simple nursery rhymes. This program is for children in Grades K & Up.
Foraging Workshop with Alice Eckles Friday October 30, 6 p.m. In a slide show and talk Alice Eckles will share her knowledge of useful plants from the woods where she lives and will facilitate discussion about foraging in general.
Join us for a ghostly good time as we read some (not too) spooky stories and sing some (not too) spooky songs before heading out into the Library to trick or treat. Volunteers will be stationed around the Library for the little trick-or-treaters to find. Get a stamp at each station and then turn in…