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Library Events Calendar

Blood Drive

Give life. Give blood. Community blood drive. Register with American Red Cross.

Terrible Teddies

Teens ages 13 - 18 can try their hand at crafting a perfectly scary configuration of cloth and stuffing.

Craftytown! Make a Superhero

Make your own Poseable Superhero!

Tech Class: Welcome to Your Library's Website

Join the library's Digital Specialist for an overview of the South Burlington Library's Website. Learn how to access digital resources, understand what the library has to offer, and how to access our catalog online.

Fabric Workshop

Participants will make a simple loom and weave a fabric creation!

Teen Perler Beads

Teens ages 13 - 18 make designs with perler beads.

Grab-and-Go: S'mores Solar Oven

Teens can pick up materials and ingredients for solar ovens and s'mores.

Grab-and-Go: Tin Can Lanterns

Teens ages 13 - 18 use a hammer and nails to make a Star Wars-themed tin can lantern.

CANCELED: Blood Drive

Give life. Give blood. Community blood drive. Register with American Red Cross.

Blood Drive

Give life. Give blood. Community blood drive. Register with American Red Cross.

Blood Drive

Give life. Give blood. Community blood drive. Register with American Red Cross.

Grab-and-Go: Cryptid Creatures

Teens create their own cryptid with clay.

Teen Woven Coasters

Teens ages 13 - 18 weave coasters with yarn.

Teen Lego Challenge

Teens ages 13 - 18 build challenging Lego structures.

Teen Friendship Bracelets

Teens ages 13 - 18 are invited to the library to make friendship bracelets.

Teen Kindness Rocks

Teens ages 13 - 18 decorate rocks.

Game Changers!

Game Changers! Board Games for grades 4 and up!

Summer Reading Craftytown! 10am Session

Adventure Boxes

Summer Reading Craftytown! 4pm Session

Bird Books

Summer Reading Craftytown! 10am Session

Seed Bombs!

Summer Reading Craftytown! 10am Session

Bird Books

Summer Reading Craftytown! 10am Session

Rock Bags

Summer Reading Craftytown! 4pm Session

rock bags

Summer Reading Craftytown! 4pm Session

seed bombs

Summer Reading Craftytown! 4pm Session

Adventure Boxes

Summer Reading Craftytown!

Rock On! Geology in our Green Mountain state with Master Naturalist Fred Kosnitsky

Summer Reading Craftytown!

Natural Dyeing with Indigo and Local Color Farmer Karen Cornish!

Summer Reading Craftytown!

Bug Hotel

Summer Reading Craftytown!

Joe Frogger cookies for Juneteenth!

Blood Drive

Give life. Give blood. Community blood drive. Register with American Red Cross.

Bike Rodeo

Build a Kinetic Sculpture for the Bike Path!

Middle and High School students are invited to build a kinetic sculpture with artist and educator Katie O'Brien!

Teen Stomp Rockets

Teens ages 13 - 18 will design and launch stomp rockets!

Chess Club

Ready for a game of chess? Join the Chittenden County Chess Club on Saturdays at the South Burlington Public Library!

Canceled: Chess Club

Ready for a game of chess? Join the Chittenden County Chess Club on Saturdays at the South Burlington Public Library!

Moveable Arts: Read, Play, Make!

Moveable Arts: Read, Play, Make! will highlight gross motor movement in art activities with a children’s literature component.

Paper Bag Princess Day!

Stand up to Dragons on Paper Bag Princess Day!

Blood Drive

Give life. Give blood. Community blood drive. Register with American Red Cross.

My Vermont Eyes: 'We Wear the Mask'

My Vermont Eyes: 'We Wear the Mask' Open Studio

My Vermont Eyes: Discover Yourself

My Vermont Eyes: 'We Wear the Mask' Open Studio

My Vermont Eyes: Poem - My Vermont Experiences

My Vermont Eyes: Poem - My Vermont Experiences Workshop

My Vermont Eyes: Birds, Butterflies, and the Human Spirit Can Fly

My Vermont Eyes: Birds, Butterflies, and the Human Spirit Can Fly; Finding Home and Community with My Vermont Eyes

Cooking for the Chinese New Year

Make traditional Chinese treats to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

Blood Drive

Give life. Give blood. Community blood drive. Register with American Red Cross.

Teen Arts and Crafts: Perler Beads

Make your own fused bead creation!

Christmas Storytime

Chanukah "Pajama" Storytime

Intro to Chinese Characters

Learn about Chinese characters, their history, and how to make basic strokes and simple characters.

Storybook Craftytown

Storybook Craftytown

Storybook Craftytown

Storybook Craftytown

Storybook Craftytown: Crafts Inspired by favorite kids books

Storybook Craftytown

Vacation Craftytown! Yarn Collage Painting

Paint with colorful yarns!

Vacation Craftytown! Air Dry Clay Dish

Vacation Craftytown! Puzzle Piece Art

Make art with a mix or puzzle pieces

Vacation Craftytown! Doodle and Paint

Free Play Doodle and Watercolor Painting

Vacation Craftytown! Spiral Flower Weaving

Create your own woven flower!

Library of Things Petting Zoo

Explore the Library of Things

SoulCollage® What's Your Superpower?

Join Topaz Weis in creating collages depicting your superpowers to help you discover important truth and power that resides inside of you.

Free Play Art!

Free Play Art!

Free Play Art!

Craftytown! Still Life Watercolor Painting

Looking closely at flowers and painting with watercolors.

Craftytown! Name Bunting

Make a paper Name Bunting to hang on your wall.

Craftytown! Ribbon Fairy Wands

Welcome Summer with your own Ribbon Fairy Wands

Craftytown! Make a Woodland Gnome

A Woodland Gnome peg doll with an acorn cap and gunnysack

Craftytown! Weaving

Craftytown! Beaded Key Chains

Craftytown! Make Toadstool house and Pegdoll

Make a Pegdoll that will live in a Toadstool house

Craftytown! Sew a Candy Corn Stuffie!

A Soft Squishy Candy Corn that won't give you cavities.

Craftytown! Make a Yarnbird

A fanciful bird to hang inside

Craftytown! Make a Solstice Angel

Craftytown! Owl Peg Doll

Craftytown! Sew a Heart Sachet

Hand-sew a Heart Sachet filled with fragrant dried herbs.

Craftytown! Sew a Bird

Hand-sew a Bird

Craftytown! Clothespin People

New friends await to meet you! Come on in and make a couple of Clothespin People.

Practical Botany for Gardeners

Using specimens, photos, and a walk to a local park, practical botany for gardeners will help you when saving seeds and identifying plants.

August Pop-Up Activities! LEGOpalooza

August Pop-Up Activities! Perler Beads

Perler Bead Craft

August Pop-Up Activities! Space and Solar System Activities

Space and Solar System Activities

August Pop-Up Activities! Storytime

Dog Treats

Teens are invited to make tasty treats for our doggy friends at the Humane Society.

Cat Scratch Pads

Teens get the chance to make cat scratch pads for the Humane Society of Chittenden County.

Embroidery Stitch-In

Expert embroiderers offer informal instruction.

See It Sketch It Bird It: Draw & Learn

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!)

Fancy Pants Tea Party

Princes and Princesses welcome! Bring your fanciest manners and wear your best dress-up outfit.

Kazoo Jam Band

Drop in for some community Music making!

Summer Reading Craftytown! - Puzzle Pieces

Weekly Summer Program for kids grades Kindergarten and up with an adult helper.

Summer Reading Craftytown! - Our Four-Legged Friends

Weekly Summer Program for kids grades Kindergarten and up with an adult helper.

Summer Reading Craftytown! - Kindness Rocks

Weekly Summer Program for kids grades Kindergarten and up with an adult helper.

Summer Reading Craftytown! - Friendship Bracelets

Weekly Summer Program for kids grades Kindergarten and up with an adult helper.

Summer Reading Craftytown! - Art from the Heart

Weekly Summer Program for kids grades Kindergarten and up with an adult helper.

Summer Reading Craftytown! - Pretzel Love Knots

Weekly Summer Program for kids grades Kindergarten and up with an adult helper. Today we will be making homemade pretzels.

Summer Reading Craftytown! - Field Guide to YOU!

Weekly Summer Program for kids grades Kindergarten and up with an adult helper. Today we will be making books.

Travel Journaling with Watercolor

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.

Tech Help by Appointment

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.

Tech Help by Appointment

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.

Knit for your Neighbors *4/11*SPECIAL EDITION!

Bring your latest knitting or crocheting project and join us!

Knit for your Neighbors

Keeping our community warm. Knit or crochet hats and scarves to donate to our neighbors.

Middle School Makers: Arts & Crafts - Painted Sunflower Pot

Today we will be painting a pot for a sunflower. Participants will take home soil and a sunflower seed to plant.

Middle School Makers: Cooking

Cooking for Middle school students grade 5-8

Middle School Makers: Cooking

Cooking for Middle school students grade 5-8

Middle School Makers: Cooking

Cooking for Middle school students grade 5-8

Middle School Makers: Cooking

Cooking for Middle school students grade 5-8

Middle School Makers: Cooking

Cooking for Middle school students grade 5-8

Middle School Makers: Cooking

Cooking for Middle school students grade 5-8

Middle School Makers: Cooking

Cooking for Middle school students grade 5-8

Middle School Makers: Cooking

Cooking for Middle school students grade 5-8

Middle School Makers: Cooking

Cooking for Middle school students grade 4 & up

Middle School Makers: Cooking

Cooking for Middle school students grade 4-8

Middle School Makers: Cooking

Cooking for Middle school students grade 4-8

Middle School Makers: Cooking

Middle school students grade 5-8 cook mac 'n cheese

Middle School Makers: Cooking - Tacos

Cooking for Middle school students grade 5-8

Middle School Makers: Cooking - World Peace Cookies

Cooking for Middle school students grade 5-8

Middle School Makers: Cooking -Apple Popover

Cooking for Middle school students grade 5-8

Middle School Makers: Cooking

Middle school students grade 5-8 cook Spring Rolls

Middle School Makers: Cooking

Middle school students grade 5-8 Make Maple Bacon Popovers

Middle School Makers: Cooking

Middle school students grade 5-8 Make Creamy Spinach Parmesean Orzo

Middle School Makers: Cooking - Pot Stickers

Cooking for Middle school students grade 5-8

Middle School Pizza and a Movie: Inside Out

Pizza and Movies for Middle school students grade 5-8

Middle School Makers: Cooking - Pretzel Love Knots

Cooking for Middle school students grade 5-8

Friday LEGO Builders

Come and check out our massive collection of LEGO!

Friday LEGO Builders CANCELED TODAY

CANCELED TODAY Come and check out our massive collection of LEGO!

Chess Club

Ready for a game of chess? Join the Chittenden County Chess Club on Saturdays at the South Burlington Public Library!

Board Game Brunch

Want to play board games with a fun, friendly crowd? This event is free and open to all over 18!