LANPHER MEMORIAL LIBRARY MAIN ST. HYDE PARK, VT 802-888-4628 MONDAY 12:00-7:00 TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY 10:00-5:00 SATURDAY 10:00-1:00 - Lanpher Memorial Library, 141 Main Street, Hyde Park, VT 888-46285 Monday 12-7; Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 10-5; Saturday 10-1

Halloween Candy Donations for Hyde Park Village Trick or Treaters!

10/8/2019

Hyde Park Village is a special, popular and fun place for Trick or Treating on Halloween.

Village residents get visits from over 300 Trick or Treaters!

To help out, the Lanpher Memorial Library, Partners in Education (PIE) and Hyde Park Elementary School are collecting donations of bags of wrapped Halloween candy to be distributed to Hyde Park Village residents for Trick or Treaters on Halloween. (Also consider non-food treats for The Teal Pumpkin Project for families managing food allergies.)

Community members can drop off their candy donations at the Lanpher Memorial Library and Hyde Park Elementary School before Friday, October 25th.

If you are a Village resident and would like to have a few bags of candy to help supplement what you need to buy, please call the Lanpher Memorial Library 888-4628 to be put on a list and then you can pick up your candy on Friday, October 25th in plenty of time for Halloween on Wednesday, October 31st.

Painting for FUN(ds) with the Friends of the Lanpher Memorial Library

10/2/2019

On Saturday, October 26th, 1:30-4:30 p.m. at the Lanpher Library.

Join the Friends of the Lanpher Memorial Library for their fall FUNdraiser...a painting party!

Art instruction by Juliet O'Neil, local artist and educator.

Tickets are $40 or $35 if you're a member of the Friends and are available to purchase at the Lanpher Library (141 Main St. Hyde Park) or by mail. Just send a check to the Friends of the LML at P.O. Box 61, Hyde Park, VT 05655 All materials are included.

Door prizes, snacks, an opportunity to go home with a great painting, and maybe even a new found love of art, all while supporting the Friends.

Please contact lanpherfriends@gmail.com or stop by the Lanpher Library to learn more.

Learn more about the Friends of the Lanpher Memorial Library, including how to become a member:

Click here to learn more about the Friends!

Vermont Wild Author: Megan Price and Book Designer: Carrie Cook!

9/30/2019

The Friends of the Lanpher Memorial Library's Fall Tuesday Talk Series continues on Tuesday, October 1st at 6:00 with Megan Price, author of the Vermont Wild Adventures of Fish & Game Wardens books.

Megan and book designer, Carrie Cook will introduce the brand new book in the series: Volume 6, ATV Antics, Brazen in Brandon, and more!

Please join the Friends of the Lanpher Memorial Library for this one of a kind program.

MOVIE: The Public at the Lanpher Library

8/19/2019

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH 6:00 p.m.
In partnership with Lamoille Community House, we will show the movie:
The Public, about a Cincinnati librarian who helps a group of people experiencing homelessness take refuge at the free public library in order to survive a brutal winter night.

A community discussion will follow the film.

The Public is written and directed by Emilio Estevez, who also stars in the film along with an ensemble cast including: Alec Baldwin, Taylor Schilling, Christian Slater, Gabrielle Union, Jena Malone.

The movie and community discussion will also take place on Friday, October 4th at 6:00 at the Stowe Free Library and on Sunday, November 10th at 2:00 at Morristown Centennial Library.

Please learn more about Lamoille Community House by visiting their website:
lamoillecommunityhouse.weebly.com/

Stowe Free Library: www.stowelibrary.org/

Morristown Centennial Library: centenniallibrary.org/

Drag Queen Story Time at the Lanpher Library

7/31/2019

SATURDAY, AUGUST 17th at 12:00 p.m.

Emoji Nightmare and Nikki Champagne, two of Vermont's favorite drag queens, are returning to Lamoille County for another edition of Drag Queen Story Hour at Hyde Park's Lanpher Memorial Library! The queens will be sure to delight and captivate audience members of all ages as they share stories focused on individuality, activism, gender, creativity, expression, and social responsibility.

Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) is just what it sounds like—drag queens reading stories to children in libraries, schools, and bookstores. DQSH captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models. In spaces like this, kids are able to see people who defy rigid gender restrictions and imagine a world where people can present as they wish, where dress up is real.

DQSH was created by Michelle Tea and RADAR Productions in San Francisco. DQSH events occur regularly in SF, NY, and LA. For more information on DQSH, visit DragQueenStoryHour.org. To watch episodes of The T or to learn more about Emoji & Nikki, visit NightPagne.com.

Historic Walking Tour of Hyde Park Village

7/20/2019

JULY 27th 10:00 a.m.
Historic Walking Tour in Hyde Park Village with Jack Anderson

Starting at Hyde Park Elementary School, and using part of the Pop-Up History Tour as a guide, Jack will lead attendees on a walk through the Village of Hyde Park, sharing stories of what it was like growing up in Hyde Park in the 1940s, 50s and 60s.

This event is free. All ages are welcome.

Please call the Lanpher Library to register. 802-888-4628

READ & WIN a free pass to Field Days!

7/15/2019

Are you going to Lamoille County Field Days, July 26-28, 2019?

Are you 5-12 years old?

Have you read a book this summer?

If you answered YES to all three questions, you can enter in a drawing to win one of 10 FREE Passes to go to Field Days! (Allows admittance to grounds AND midway rides!)
OR
One of 12 coupons for 1 order of French Fries at the Firehouse Grill!

WAYS TO ENTER:
1) Stop by the Lanpher Library
2) Visit us at the Ice Cream Social (Monday, July 15th at 6:00 at the Governor's House in Hyde Park)
3) Enter at the No Strings Marionette Company Show on Friday, July 19th at 1:00 at Lowe's Lecture Hall in Johnson.

The drawing will be held on Tuesday, July 23rd and winners will be notified that day so they can have plenty of time to pick up their prize before Field Days starts on Friday the 26th!!!

Call the Library with any questions: 802-888-4628

To learn more about Lamoille County Field Days, visit their website: https://www.lamoillefielddays.com/

No Strings Marionette Company FREE Performance!

7/8/2019

FRIDAY, JULY 19TH, 1:00 p.m. at Lowe's Lecture Hall on Lower Main St., Johnson, VT
FREE Performance. All are welcome and invited!

NO STRINGS MARIONETTE COMPANY will perform:
Nick of Time
Join us on a fun-filled adventure that is truly out of this world! On a special mission to explore a mysterious dark object nearing planet Earth, a rocket ship carrying Astronaut Nick Eastman and his hoverbot Glitch is attacked by a deep space alien.
Investigating, Nick is sucked into a time-warp and lands millions of years in Earth's dinosaur-riddled past. Snatched as a pterodactyl snack, Nick escapes only to be warped into a bizarre future where creatures have mutated to survive on a barely recognizable Earth.
This heart-pounding marionette extravaganza probes many unexplored and intriguing dimensions of puppetry. See if our time travelers decode the gravity of their situation and save the Earth in the Nick of Time.

No Strings Marionette company's performance was selected to go along with the Summer Reading Theme: A Universe of Stories and is sponsored by the Lanpher Memorial Library and the Johnson Public Library (with a grant from the VT. Dept. of Libraries) and with the Lamoille Family Center.

Directions to Lowe's Lecture Hall: 58 Lower East Main St.(located next to Fisher Auto Parts in Johnson) can be accessed by clicking the link below.
https://goo.gl/maps/Pob1t6HxJmaFqV6L7

Passport to Vermont Libraries!

6/17/2019

The Vermont Library Association and Vermont Department of Libraries have brought back the popular: PASSPORT TO VERMONT LIBRARIES!

Pick up a Passport at the Lanpher Library and between June 1-September 1, you can explore VT Libraries and get your passport stamped in each one.

After September 1st, let us know how many libraries you've visited and we will enter you in a state wide drawing to win prizes.

You might also be eligible to win a prize at the Lanpher Library too! We'll give prizes to the Family/Child, Young Adult and Adult who visit the most libraries through the Passport Program!

You can post about your adventures on the Passport to Vermont Libraries Facebook page...or visit the page to see where others have been. https://www.facebook.com/vermontpassport/

Author, Rick Prashaw at the Lanpher Library

5/24/2019

Wednesday, June 5th 6:00
at the Lanpher Memorial Library, Rick Prashaw, author of Soar, Adam, Soar.

“Coming out. Coming in. Coming home.”

Adam Prashaw’s life was full of surprises from the moment he was born. Assigned female at birth, and with parents who had been expecting a boy, he spent years living as “Rebecca Danielle Adam Prashaw” before coming to terms with being a transgender man. Adam captured hearts with his humour, compassion, and intensity. After a tragic accident cut his life short, he left a legacy of changed lives and a trove of social media posts documenting his life, relationships, transition, and struggles with epilepsy, all with remarkable transparency and directness.
Honoring a decision Adam made at 16, four of his organs are donated to save other lives. In a remarkable twist, the brave young man’s great heart was given to another man and another great heart, John Dickhout, who made himself known to Adam’s family and became one of many of the living proofs of Adam’s continued presence as a teacher, a guide, and an inspiration.

Soar, Adam, Soar received a starred review in the February 2019 edition of Library Journal, and CBC Spring 2019 Non-Fiction List #3 in Booklist.

Representatives from Outright Vermont will also be at the event on Wednesday, June 5th. http://www.outrightvt.org/

The Lanpher Library has a copy of the book for our patrons to borrow, or for purchase at the Library for $20 each. Cp[oes will also be available to buy on June 5th and Rick will sign them too.

Please check out Rick Prashaw's website to learn more: www.rickprashaw.com/

This program is sponsored by the Lanpher Memorial Library and the Friends of the Lanpher Memorial Library.