Blood Drive
Give life. Give blood. Community blood drive. Register with American Red Cross.
Give life. Give blood. Community blood drive. Register with American Red Cross.
Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a 1971 American musical fantasy film based on the book by Mary Norton.
Opportunity to practice English and discuss an English language film.
The Library is hosting the Natural Resources Committee in sharing information about spring wildlife and babies in your yard and what to do with them.
Local musicians perform at Vet Memorial Park
Love to eat? Love to cook? Join us for a monthly cookbook feast. Newcomers are welcome!
Love to eat? Love to cook? Join us for a monthly cookbook feast. Newcomers are welcome!
South Burlington poets Dan Close and Holly Painter will read from their poems and invite local poets to read.
Middle and High School students are invited to build a kinetic sculpture with artist and educator Katie O'Brien!
Learn how to get the most out of small space and container gardening with help from a Master Gardener.
Patron made artwork in response to work from Artist in Residence Dr. Jolivette Anderson-Duouning's My Vermont Eyes project. Clemmons Family Farm Sponsored exhibit: "Beneath Our Skin: COVID-19 Vaccination Storytelling & Art Exhibit"
Teens ages 13 - 18 will design and launch stomp rockets!
Find Corporeal Poetry, poetry embodied in art and other objects, made by the Poetry Society of Vermont in the display case and around the library during the month of April.
Ready for a game of chess? Join the Chittenden County Chess Club on Saturdays at the South Burlington Public Library!
Due to inclement weather, LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED SATURDAY MARCH 23
The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role at NASA during the early years for the US space program.
In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
Join poet Holly Painter for an evening of poetry games invented and inspired by the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Poets. This hands-on workshop will make you think about poetry from new angles.
Ready for a game of chess? Join the Chittenden County Chess Club on Saturdays at the South Burlington Public Library!
See the objects that mark milestones in Vermont's queer history and hear the stories that go with them.
Meet your neighbors and South Burlington Affordable Housing Committee members at the library for a conversation about Homelessness is a Housing Problem, by Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Albern.
Solar eclipse viewing glasses handout starts March 25
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our May read is When the Emperor Was Divine, by Julie Otsuka.
The City's Affordable Housing Committee will share information on the what, why, and how of Accessible Dwelling Units. Learn about financing, building and dwelling rules, and hear about homeowners' real-life experiences.
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our April read is The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel Brown.
Art Wall: Pictures of Paradise nature photography by Bob Kern Art Wall & Display Case: 3D Shark Models by Eva Lewis for the Big Picture Program at South Burlington High School
Come enjoy poetry and a musical performance as part of Illuminate Vermont Artisan Street Festival
Come enjoy two musical performances as part of Illuminate Vermont Artisan Street Festival
Moveable Arts: Read, Play, Make! will highlight gross motor movement in art activities with a children’s literature component.
Babytime for non-mobile infants and their adult caregivers.
Stand up to Dragons on Paper Bag Princess Day!
During this workshop you will learn: How to plan a garden. How to choose and start seeds, Setting up your garden for success, Plus, get some great tips to help your 2024 garden thrive!
Join us for May 's book group pick "Fifty Words for Rain."
This series will feature female composers from the 12th through the 21st centuries. As more women enter the classical repertoire, we will listen to the works of American composers Amy Beach, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Florence Price, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Meredith Monk and Valerie Coleman.
This series will feature female composers from the 12th through the 21st centuries. Our second event will focus on Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann - the two most prominent women composers of the 19th century.
This series will feature female composers from the 12th through the 21st centuries. Our opening event will explore plainchant of Hildegard von Bingen, early operatic endeavors of Francesca Caccini, keyboard works of Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre and other early female composers.
National Book Award Winner Malinda Lo author of Last Night at the Telegraph Club will discuss writing about queer life in the 1950s and how young adult fiction can speak to readers of any age. Moderated by National Book Award Finalist M. T. Anderson, the author of Feed.
Give life. Give blood. Community blood drive. Register with American Red Cross.
Irish Dance at the South Burlington Public Library Auditorium!
Come join us for a lively group discussion of the memoir Old in Art School by Nell Painter.
Come join us for a lively group discussion of West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge.
Meet your neighbors and South Burlington Energy Committee members at the library for a conversation about Ministry for the Future, by Kim Stanley Robinson.
A book club that reads and discusses books in Italian. For adults who are at an intermediate level or above. Our February book is Seta, by Alessandro Baricco.
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our March read is Interpreter of Maladies, the stunning debut by Jhumpa Lahiri.
Teens ages 13 - 18 are invited to join us for a discussion of the graphic memoir Messy Roots by Laura Gao.
Welcome to all new South Burlington babies
Free play and social time just right for Toddlers and their caregivers.
A series of 7 community-building events from February 16th through April 6th, 2024, led by African American Spoken Word and Poetry Theater artist and Saint Michael’s professor Dr. Jolivette Anderson-Douoning including readings, art making, discussions, poetry and Poetry Theater.
My Vermont Eyes: 'We Wear the Mask' Open Studio
My Vermont Eyes: 'We Wear the Mask' Open Studio
My Vermont Eyes: 'We Wear the Mask' Open Studio
My Vermont Eyes: Poem - My Vermont Experiences Workshop
My Vermont Eyes: Birds, Butterflies, and the Human Spirit Can Fly; Finding Home and Community with My Vermont Eyes
My Vermont Eyes at Illuminate Vermont!
Musical Storytime for infants to age 4!
In the peaceful countryside, Vassily opposes the rich kulaks over the coming of collective farming. One of the greatest silent movies ever made. Discussion to follow.
A civil rights movement erupts in the Ukraine after a peaceful student protest quickly morphs into a violent revolution. Discussion to follow.
A Welsh journalist breaks the news in the western media of the famine in Ukraine in the early 1930s in Agnieska Holland's award-winning feature film starring James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, and Peter Sarsgaard. Discussion to follow.
A team of journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting atrocities of the Russian invasion. By Pulitzer-Prize winner Mstyslav Chernov. Discussion to follow.
On Thursdays from 3:30 - 6:30, we're transforming the YA area into the Cozy Cafe for teens ages 13 - 18.
Games, music, and connection with the Colchester Peer Growth & Lifelong Learning group. Light refreshments and snacks.
Join us for a seed swap, info fair, and give-away in the Community Room!
Learn about Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT from Dick Mills.
Art Wall: Woodblock Prints by Landa Townsend Display Case: Pottery by August Cahn
Join us for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our February read is Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon.
Love to eat? Love to cook? Join us for a monthly cookbook feast. Newcomers are welcome!
Love to eat? Love to cook? Join us for a monthly cookbook feast. Newcomers are welcome!
Read to Emma the Therapy Dog
Make traditional Chinese treats to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
Give life. Give blood. Community blood drive. Register with American Red Cross.
The December art wall and display case will feature an exhibit from Hinesburg, VT artist Deborah Goudreau, titled "Separation Series." This is a set of of 9 sculpted vessels, containing expressions that attempt to represent the pain and despair experienced by those who have had their children taken from them. There will also be a selection of Deborah Goudreau's other works on display.
Join volunteers from Vermont Chinese School to learn and improve your Mandarin and make new friends.
Compete with your friend in tabletop games!
Make your own fused bead creation!
A book club that reads and discusses books in Italian. For adults who are at an intermediate level or above. Our November book is Novecento, by Alessandro Baricco.
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a month-long event in November in which people all over the world commit to writing a 50,000-word novel in 30 days. Join other writers at SBPL for energy, encouragement, and inspiration through the month.
Love to eat? Love to cook? Join us for a monthly cookbook feast. Newcomers are welcome!
Save the Date! Panelists will talk about their experiences as women in the military followed by a Vets Town Hall.
For National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), people all over the world commit to writing a 50,000-word novel in 30 days. In November, 2023: you joined the challenge and got creative! Celebrate with your peers.
Love to eat? Love to cook? Join us for a monthly cookbook feast. Newcomers are welcome!
Meet your neighbors at the library for a conversation about Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, by Robin Wall Kimmerer. All are welcome. Hosted by the South Burlington Energy Committee and the Library.
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our January read is Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo. Made possible by Vermont Humanities. Adults and teens 14+ are welcome!
Saturday January 27, 2024 Vermont Symphony Orchestra Duo with John Dunlop on Cello and Melissa Mielens on Flute will present our season opener, Reflections of Nature, an enchanting selection of contemporary and classic pieces.
Saturday February 24, 2024 Va-et-vient, Vermont's Addison County Trio bringing you traditional music of French culture from Quebec, Cajun, and Creole cultures
Saturday November 2, 2024 The Evans/Asbell Jazz Duo will perform jazz from the 1940s and 1950s, reflecting the 1950's San Francisco setting of the 2024 Vermont Reads book, Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Saturday April 20, 2024 concert with Caribbean Rain, Vermont’s multi-generational Jamaican family band, formed in 2017 by Jamaican Reggae artist Judi Emanuel and her family who will perform Jamaican folk tunes and covers of popular songs with a Jamaican flare
Master naturalists present wildlife photos for all ages!
Play Switch and board games with your friends.
Do your worst impression of an artist with mixed media fun!
Learn about Chinese characters, their history, and how to make basic strokes and simple characters.
Join us for March's book group pick "Last Night at the Telegraph Club."
Join us for February's book group pick "Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?"
Join us for January's book group pick The Night Watchman.
Storybook Craftytown: Crafts Inspired by favorite kids books
Paint with colorful yarns!
Make art with a mix or puzzle pieces
Free Play Doodle and Watercolor Painting
Create your own woven flower!
Disney's Princess and the Frog
My Neighbor Totoro is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten.
Warner Brothers Polar Express
Shelley Duvall's Fairie Tale Theatre
Disney's Winnie the Pooh
It took one year for the two isolated cinematographers Laurent Chalet and Jérôme Maison to shoot the documentary, which was shot around the French scientific base of Dumont d'Urville in Adélie Land.
Walt Disney's Meet the Robinsons based on the book A Day with Wilbur Robinson by William Joyce
Walt Disney Pixar's Cars is set in a world populated entirely by anthropomorphic vehicles.
In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn.
Miss Alexa Leads a not-too-spooky Halloween Storytime for kids and caregivers
Explore the Library of Things
Join Topaz Weis in creating collages depicting your superpowers to help you discover important truth and power that resides inside of you.
Art Wall Display Paul Betz is a local amateur photographer from South Burlington. With a lot of patience and practice, Paul has developed his own ways of creating art despite the limitations that his wheelchair use creates. Paul's art captures the natural beauty of Vermont, and uses his personal perspective to portray simple things in special ways. Display Case Exhibit Bridget Kimsey is a local Vermont Solar System Ambassador for NASA/JPL. This October she has put together a display for the SBPL titled "Spooky Space" that discusses some of the most terrifying and mind-blowing destinations in our galaxy.
A book club that reads and discusses books in Italian. For adults who are at an intermediate level or above. Our November book is Novecento, by Alessandro Baricco.
New and experienced players are invited to join in a monthly game of one-shot adventures.
Friends of the South Burlington Public Library's popular used book sale!
Friends of the South Burlington Public Library's popular used book sale!
Friends of the South Burlington Public Library's popular used book sale!
Friends of the South Burlington Public Library's popular used book sale!
Teens ages 13 - 18 work together to find clues hidden around the Teen Space and solve the puzzles to Escape the Room!
Join us in the Activity Room for some gaming with our Nintendo Switches on the big screen!
Join us in the Activity Room for some gaming with our Nintendo Switches on the big screen!
Local history expert, and author of the book Lost Burlington, Bob Blanchard, will present a slide show of historic photographs from the 1940s to the present day and regale you with accompanying stories.
Love to eat? Love to cook? Join us for a monthly cookbook feast. Newcomers are welcome!
Meet your neighbors at the library for a conversation about Stranger Care, Sarah Sentilles's memoir of her time as a foster parent. All are welcome. The Vermont Department for Children and Families will join us at this conversation to answer questions and offer perspective.
Love to eat? Love to cook? Join us for a monthly cookbook feast. Newcomers are welcome!
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our November read is The Lost Painting by Jonathan Harr. All are welcome!
For National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), people all over the world commit to writing a 50,000-word novel in 30 days. Learn how and get inspired! Long-time NaNoWriMo participant Anne LaLonde will provide advice, encouragement, and noveling handouts.
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a month-long event in November in which people all over the world commit to writing a 50,000-word novel in 30 days. Join other writers at SBPL for energy, encouragement, and inspiration through the month.
Gesine Bullock-Prado of Sugar Glider Kitchen will talk about her new cookbook, My Vermont Table. Kiss the Cook will have copies available for purchase and signing at the event.
New York Times Bestselling Author Tracey West comes to Vermont!
We supply the materials, you bring the fun!
We supply the materials, you bring the fun!
We supply the materials, you bring the fun!
Looking closely at flowers and painting with watercolors.
Make a paper Name Bunting to hang on your wall.
A Woodland Gnome peg doll with an acorn cap and gunnysack
Hand-sew a Heart Sachet filled with fragrant dried herbs.
Hand-sew a Bird
New friends await to meet you! Come on in and make a couple of Clothespin People.
A book club for our young readers and their parents!
A book club for our young readers and their parents!
Walk with the Library Trustees and staff to celebrate 40 years of VT LGBTQ+ pride.
The VSO string quartet presents music of LGBTQ+ composers and their stories.
Join the Library Council of Teens to plan events and programs centered around making SBPL a teen friendly space in our community.
Join the Library Council of Teens to plan events and programs centered around making SBPL a teen friendly space in our community.
Film maker April Fisher shows her documentary film featuring voices of revolutionary icons and the movement for liberation
Learn about Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT from Dick Mills.
Free, in-person, business development and money management advice. Three classes: Financials 101, Money Management, and Small Business Development.
Free, in-person, business development and money management advice. Three classes: Financials 101, Setting Money Goals, and Small Business Development.
Join library staff and other English learners to practice your English and make new friends.
A book club that reads and discusses books in Italian. For adults who are at an intermediate level or above. Our September book is Come D'Aria, by Ada D'Adamo.
A book club that reads and discusses books in Italian. For adults who are at an intermediate level or above. Our October book is the second half of Come D'Aria, by Ada D'Adamo.
A book club that reads and discusses books in Italian. For adults who are at an intermediate level or above. In August, we will read Bella Mia, by Donatella Pietrantonio.
Using specimens, photos, and a walk to a local park, practical botany for gardeners will help you when saving seeds and identifying plants.
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our October read is There There by Tommy Orange. All are welcome!
Love to eat? Love to cook? Join us for a monthly cookbook feast. Newcomers are welcome!
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. Our September read is Old in Art School by Nell Painter.
Free, in-person, business development and money management advice. Three classes: Financials 101, Money Management, and Small Business Development.
Nicole Librandi shows images of her odyssey in Tuscany, where she dug into the history of La Foce, the centuries-old estate in Tuscany. See images of and learn about Spoleto, Siena, Rome, Montalcino, too.
Join members of the Kompass Quartet to explore what makes the classical string quartet such a magical and enduring ensemble. The program includes music of multiple eras and styles from the quartet's beginnings to current trends. This interactive performance includes music of Beethoven, Haydn, Coleridge-Taylor, and more. Light refreshments to follow.
Perler Bead Craft
Space and Solar System Activities
Give a puzzle, get a puzzle. No puzzle to swap? Your first one's on us!
Teens are invited to make tasty treats for our doggy friends at the Humane Society.
Teens get the chance to make cat scratch pads for the Humane Society of Chittenden County.
Love to eat? Love to cook? Join us for a monthly cookbook feast. Newcomers are welcome!
Love to eat? Love to cook? Join us for a monthly cookbook feast. Newcomers are welcome!
Join us for Citas de Juego.
Paint rocks in the Teen Space
Make decorations for the Children's Hospital.
Enjoy video and board games in the Teen Space.
Teens will help neighbors in need with donated items.
Teens can de-stress with relaxing crafts and music.
Green Mountain Chamber Music presents Classical Encounters in the South Burlington Public Library Auditorium
Join library staff and other English learners to practice your English and make new friends.
The Birds of Vermont Museum will be displaying two of their traveling exhibits, Birds in Art and Carving: Tools and Techniques.
See the colorful and abstract paintings of Lynne Berard from Creative Haven Studios
Expert embroiderers offer informal instruction.
Green Mountain Chamber Music presents Classical Encounters at the South Burlington Public Library Kidspace
Join us on Saturday, June 17th to kick off your summer reading adventures!
The Friends of the Library meet to plan and discuss book sales and events to raise funds in support of library programs
Women who own or run a business are invited to register and attend this networking expo
Find the clues and solve the puzzles as you work out the Psychic's Mystery!
Pick up litter and make our community a little brighter.
Meet with other teens to plan events and make the library a teen-friendly space.
Meet with other teens to plan events and make the library a teen-friendly space.
Meet with other teens to plan events and make the library a teen-friendly space.
Meet with other teens to plan events and make the library a teen-friendly space.
A live python experience in the SBPL Community Room
In this interactive program, Birds of Vermont Museum staff will use bird carvings and other items to teach you techniques for sketching birds that will ultimately help you become a better birder (and sketcher!)
Princes and Princesses welcome! Bring your fanciest manners and wear your best dress-up outfit.
Bring a friend and wear your dancing shoes!
Using scripts and simple props, we will perform a folktale in one afternoon! For able readers in grades 2-5.
Drop in for some community Music making!
Weekly Summer Program for kids grades Kindergarten and up with an adult helper.
Weekly Summer Program for kids grades Kindergarten and up with an adult helper.
Weekly Summer Program for kids grades Kindergarten and up with an adult helper.
Weekly Summer Program for kids grades Kindergarten and up with an adult helper.
Weekly Summer Program for kids grades Kindergarten and up with an adult helper.
Weekly Summer Program for kids grades Kindergarten and up with an adult helper.
Weekly Summer Program for kids grades Kindergarten and up with an adult helper. Today we will be making homemade pretzels.
Weekly Summer Program for kids grades Kindergarten and up with an adult helper. Today we will be making books.
Baby Social Time for infants birth to 12 months and their caregivers.
Family Storytime for ages infant-5 with adult caregiver
Stuffed animals have their own sleepover adventure in the library!
Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!” will have the entire family dancing and cheering!
Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!” will have the entire family dancing and cheering!
Evening Book Group meets Fourth Thursdays for a stimulating conversation about books, characters and plot with your neighbors. June read is All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki.
Cookbook Club: Half-Baked Harvest Every Day. Balanced, flexible, feel-good meals. Cook a dish from the book and share dishes cooked by others.
Somali American students set out to preserve their culinary legacy by interviewing family members, researching available and alternative ingredients, and testing kitchen techniques. Explore their work in Soo Fariista: Come Sit Down.
Learn about journaling with watercolor paint for your next trip, whether to the local park or across the world. Open to everyone from beginners to experienced painters. All materials provided.
Join the Teen Advisory Board and make SBPL a teen friendly space in our community.
Gather with other writers to share work in a supportive space and encourage all levels of accomplishment.
Have questions about your smartphone, laptop or iPad? Sign up for a free 40 minute appointment to get some one on one help and learn new skills.
Have questions about your smartphone, laptop or iPad? Sign up for a free 40 minute appointment to get some one on one help and learn new skills.
Historical Fiction set in WWII featuring a young Jewish woman who joins the resistance against the Nazi occupation.
Bring your latest knitting or crocheting project and join us!
Keeping our community warm. Knit or crochet hats and scarves to donate to our neighbors.
Middle School Makers for students in Grades 5-8
Today we will be painting a pot for a sunflower. Participants will take home soil and a sunflower seed to plant.
Cooking for Middle school students grade 5-8
Cooking for Middle school students grade 5-8
Cooking for Middle school students grade 5-8
Cooking for Middle school students grade 5-8
Middle school students grade 5-8 cook mac 'n cheese
Cooking for Middle school students grade 5-8
Cooking for Middle school students grade 5-8
Pizza and Movies for Middle school students grade 5-8
Pizza and Movies for Middle school students grade 5-8
Cooking for Middle school students grade 5-8
Pizza and Movies for Middle school students grade 5-8
Middle school students grade 5-8 cook Spring Rolls
Middle school students grade 5-8 Make Maple Bacon Popovers
Middle school students grade 5-8 Make Creamy Spinach Parmesean Orzo
Cooking for Middle school students grade 5-8
Pizza and Movies for Middle school students grade 5-8
Cooking for Middle school students grade 5-8
Talk to your neighbors about books you've loved, books you've hated, genres you're desperately curious about, and other fun lit-chat. Light refreshments. Open to all.
The main plot follows the adventures of a mouse named Despereaux Tilling, as he sets out on his quest to rescue a beautiful human princess from the rats. The book won the 2004 Newbery Medal award.
The Muppets Take Manhattan is a 1984 American musical comedy-drama film directed by Frank Oz and the third theatrical film featuring the Muppets.
Set mostly in Paris, the plot follows a young rat Remy (Oswalt) who dreams of becoming a chef at Auguste Gusteau's restaurant.
A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman action figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's bedroom.
Shrek is a 2001 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film loosely based on the 1990 children's picture book of the same name by William Steig.
A young, recently-orphaned girl is sent to England after living in India all of her life.
Walt Disney Animation Studios, the studio behind "Tangled" and "Wreck-It Ralph," presents "Frozen," a stunning big-screen comedy adventure.
The Library Trustees meet to review and govern library activities.
The library visits with the lunchtime crowd on the 3rd Wednesday of every month to share information about upcoming library programs.
Come and check out our massive collection of LEGO!
Ready for a game of chess? Join the Chittenden County Chess Club on Saturdays at the South Burlington Public Library!
Want to play board games with a fun, friendly crowd? This event is free and open to all over 18!
Miss Emma music and movement for kids. Singing, scarf play, movement and jam session.
A weekly storytime for toddlers and their caregivers!
A weekly storytime for toddlers and their caregivers!
A weekly storytime for toddlers and their caregivers!
Join State Representatives Emilie Krasnow, Martin LaLonde, Kate Nugent, Noah Hyman, and Brian Minier along with Senators Tom Chittenden, Ginny Lyons, and Kesha Ram Hinsdale to discuss what's being debated in the Statehouse.