Russell Memorial Library, Monkton, VT

We're looking forward to hosting Claire and Thacher this weekend. We have a handful of their books you can borrow. They will be bringing some new ones too! We hope to see you this Saturday at 10 am.
**For those participating in the summer reading program- we have the Champlain Valley Fair entrance ribbons- please bring in your Read to Win Certificate to pick up your free entrance ticket.

Will you be joining us for the End of Summer Party at the Alpaca Farm? If so, email to sign up today. All guests will need to sign a wavier. Feel free to stop in the library to sign up, or we can send you the waiver over email.
[email protected]

Got Houseplants? Can you help us build our "houseplant library?" Bring a few cuttings of your houseplants from home and drop them off at the library. While you are here, feel free to take a new plant home.

We're excited to start a new library program this fall. Yoga at the Library!

Start your weekend off right with a gentle, peaceful yoga class on Saturday mornings in Monkton. Connecting meditation and movement to music, this warm and welcoming space is open to students of all ages, bodies, and abilities. Guiding movement with stillness and rest, emphasizing on pausing in the present moment, your instructor, Chris Koliander, provides an accessible class for students to practice inner reflection.

Longtime Monkton resident Chris Koliander received her 200-hour teaching certificate from Sangha Studio in Burlington and teaches yoga at BFit in Bristol. Off the mat she is a professional editor and writer and in her spare time, you’ll find her writing, reading, cooking, and walking on the back roads of Monkton!

Save the date for two events in August.
Please note- (free) registration is required for the End of Summer Party at Silver Street Alpaca Farm. Email us today to reserve your spot: [email protected]

Save the Date- August 10th at 10am - our next Summer Story Time with TWO VT authors and illustrators.

Thank you to so many people who made the Monkton Music night a success:
- EDNA for providing one of a kind music as the sunset over the Adirondacks
- Annie and Mario from Las Hermosas for being so kind and providing delicious food
- Lizzy and Nora from Woolf Den Homestead for sharing their crystals
- Betsy and Anne-Marie for creating prayer flags
- Amber and Adrienne for helping in the kids area
- Thank you to Mother Nature for the sweet breeze and lower temps

Shall we do this again?

Tomorrow night, and the weather is looking fine! Bring a lawn chair, blanket and your friends.

Toddler Time today- in the air conditioning or patio. Also- Strawberry Festival shirts are in. If you ordered one, you will get an email when yours is ready to be picked up.

These young readers are crushing their summer reading goals. They have completed two BINGO's on their summer reading bingo board, written a book review and are now enjoying a well deserved creemee from Cookie Love. Thank you to Cookie Love for supporting our summer reading program, along with giving these young readers motivation along the way.

Excited to see .las.hermosas at next Thursday's big music and food night at the library!

Join us tomorrow for Story Time with VT author and illustrator Amy Huntington.
10 am- Story time and art activity
11 am- Pack a bathing suit and towel for water time on the patio- water balloons and sprinkler
Thanks to CLIF Summer Reading Grant for bringing this author to our library!

Plant Walk is cancelled today...................

NEXT. WEEK.

Can you believe that THESE GUYS are coming to next week's music night at the library?!?!?

Las Hermosas to Launch Weekly Taco Nights in Burlington at Vivid Coffee Starting on September 23, married couple Mario Dominguez Hernandez and Anne Kellogg of Hinesburg-based Las Hermosas will host Friday taco nights at Vivid Coffee at...

Check out the menu from Los Hermosas for next weeks Music Night........

This Thursday, we're having a library field trip. Join us for a Plant Walk with Julie Mitchell. We will meet at the library at 5 pm. Bring your sun block, water bottle and bug spray! All ages are welcome. Email if you would like to join: [email protected]

We're looking forward to another night of music on the patio. Next up is EDNA. EDNA brings an experimental, post-rock edge to a lyric-less and uniquely modern musical world. Featuring Michael Chorney (Viperhouse, Freeway Clyde, Hadestown), Jeremy Frederick (Swale, Barbacoa), and Kyle Saulnier (the Awakening Orchestra, Vermont Jazz Ensemble, Saturn People’s Sound Collective) distill a full spectrum of modern music into a freewheeling sound where anything is possible at any time.

Food starts at 5:30 with Los Hermosas Taco Tent plus dessert
Music from 6 to 8pm
We finished our Community Mural project at the Strawberry Festival, so we're moving onto community prayer flags. Woolf Den Homestead will have a donation based crystal bracelet making station. Plus kid activities and lawn games.

We hope you will join us and support these new programs.

Next week, we welcome VT author and illustrator Amy Huntington for a special summer story time.
Story Time at 10am. Followed by water play on the patio- sprinkler, water balloons and treats! Pack your bathing suits and towels! FREE BOOKS!
Thanks to CLIF Summer Reading Grant for bringing this author to our library!

Plant Medicine Workshop 3- Plant Walk at Raven Ridge with Julie Mitchell. July 11th from 5 to 7:30 pm
**Depending on class size, we might switch the location from Raven Ridge to Julie's house. We will still meet at the library and carpool. During this field trip workshop, we will learn about what plants grow in Monkton and how to identify them.
Email [email protected] to sign up today. Class is limited to 12

We are CLOSED today, July 5th, for the holiday. Open again tomorrow as normal.

Happy Independence Day!
(Remember that we're closed today and tomorrow for the holidays.)

Heads up that we are CLOSED on July 4th and July 5th for the holiday.

Happy Summer! At a recent community event we had some requests for music nights. Good news, folks - our first one is here! Also thank you to the tireless work of our Lead Librarian Lisa and Trustee Theresa for their hard work getting all the grants to support these events. Here are our upcoming events for this July: Storytime with Amy Huntington…...

Events Calendar – July 2024 Happy Summer! At a recent community event we had some requests for music nights. Good news, folks – our first one is here! Also thank you to the tireless work of our Lead Librarian Lisa and T…

Tonight is the night to stock up! We'll be closed Thurs 4th and Fri 5th for the holidays.

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Last call for Strawberry Fest T-Shirts.
$20- cash or check written out to the Town of Monkton
All payment due by 7pm July 2nd, please drop off at the library.
Email [email protected] to place your order or swing by 3-7 on the 2nd.
Thank you Ashleigh MacAskill for designing the t-shirts and helping with the mural!!