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

Poetry Slam Workshop and Poetry Slam!

4/30/2019

MONDAY MAY 13TH 5:30-7:00

Always wanted to perform at a Poetry Slam, but weren’t sure how?
Performance Poetry with Vermont’s SLAMMASTER!
Geof Hewitt
The Lanpher Library is hosting a Poetry Slam on Friday, May 17th at 6:00. To prepare, join us for a workshop to explore the five dimensions of slamming: projection, expression, variety, eye contact and gesture. The session will start with a writing exercise, but bring a few of your own poems to work with too.

FRIDAY, MAY 17TH 6:00 Poetry SLAM!
Performance Poetry…open to ALL…
*Must be an original piece
*No props, costumes or musical instruments
Poets will perform their work and be “judged” by members of the audience.
Prizes will be awarded in 3 age categories:
Adult
Young Adult 13-18
Youth Under 13
Performances can be heartfelt, funny, social commentary, angry, sweet, personal….
The Lanpher Library Poetry Slam is a safe and welcoming event to all who wish to join us.
Please feel welcome to attend as an audience member. Refreshments served.

COMMUNITY AWARDS 2019

4/23/2019

Please join us on May 4, 2019 3:00-4:00 to help us dedicate our 2019 Community Awards. We will serve light refreshments, and enjoy live music too.

The Lanpher Memorial Library Spirit of Community Award will be given in honor of Sandy Bowen. Sandy has been a volunteer at the Lanpher Library for many years. Her friendly personality and quick humor make her a favorite of children and adults.

The Marrion Hood Lanpher Memorial Library Legacy Award will be given in memory of Connie Page who was a Trustee and Volunteer at the Lanpher Library. Connie passed away in 2010.

Connie's nephew, Russel Page, planted the Pin Oak tree in front of the Library in her honor, and on May 4th, inspired by Connie's love for reading and teaching, and the love that local children have for Sandy, (...and also by the book "Wishtree", by Katherine Applegate), we will encourage community members to write a wish on a strip of fabric and tie it to the branches of the Pin Oak.

To learn more about our annual awards and past recipients, please visit the page on our website: https://www.lanpherlibrary.org/annual-community-awards.html

Jane Austen Events at the Library and in Hyde Park and a visit with Madeline Kunin

4/15/2019

Please join us on Monday, April 22nd at 6:00 p.m. for the program:
Why Are We Still Reading Jane Austen?

Novelist Deborah Lee Luskin will discuss how Austen's novels demonstrate the importance of reading closely, of tempering face-to-face flirtation with the sober reflection of prose, and - most of all - of reading fiction, especially Jane Austen's own.
This is a Vermont Humanities Council Speakers Bureau event, free and open to the public and accessible to those with disabilities.

The Friends of the Lanpher Memorial Library have put together a raffle basket with Jane Austen inspired items, including tickets to see the Lamoille Co. Players production of Pride & Prejudice. Please stop by the Library to purchase tickets.

Lamoille County Players will perform Pride & Prejudice, May 3-5 and 10-12 2019. On Friday, May 3rd and Saturday, May 4th, the tickets are Buy One Get One Free if you use the promo code BOOKS when you purchase your tickets online, or mention the promo code in person. The Lanpher Memorial Library will receive a portion of the proceeds from this promotion. Go to:
lcplayers.com to reserve your tickets, or learn more.

If this isn't enough Jane Austen for you, check out the Jane Austen weekends at the beautiful, historic Governor's House in Hyde Park. https://www.onehundredmain.com/events/jane-austen-weekends/

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 26TH AT 6:00 at Green Mountain Technology and Career Center for a reading and talk with Madeline Kunin, Vermont's first and to date, only woman governor and author of a new memoir, Coming of Age: My Journey to the Eighties
This program is co-sponsored by the Library and Lamoille Neighbors, who will accept donations at the event.
Bridgeside Books out of Waterbury, VT, will be at GMTCC to sell copies of Madeline Kunin's book and there will be time for signing as well.

National Library Week and the Lanpher Library

4/8/2019

APRIL 7-13 is NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK!

This year, the theme is:

Libraries = Strong
COMMUNITIES

Please join us in our celebration by answering the question: How do YOU Library?
Tell us what you enjoy most about the Lanpher Library, or how you think the Lanpher Library makes your community stronger.
You can fill out a form at the Library (and let us hang it up to display here), or go to our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lanphermemoriallibrary/ and tell us in a comment on our "How Do YOU Library?" post, making sure to use the tag #MyLibraryMyStory.

From all of us here at the Lanpher Memorial Library: HAPPY NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK!

Saturday April 6th: 3 Community Organizations, 2 Great Programs, 1 April Day at the Lanpher Memorial Library.

3/18/2019

The Betty & Norm Andrews and Family Children's Author Series 2019 Presents: JOSH FUNK!

SATURDAY APRIL 6TH AT 10:00
JOSH FUNK

Josh Funk writes silly stories and somehow tricks people into publishing them as books - such as the Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast series (including The Case of the Stinky Stench and Mission Defrostable), the How to Code with Pearl and Pascal series (including How to Code a Sandcastle and the upcoming sequel How to Code a Rollercoaster), the It's Not a Fairy Tale series (including It's Not Jack and the Beanstalk, It's Not Hansel and Gretel, and the forthcoming It's Not Little Red Riding Hood ), Lost in the Library: A Story of Patience and Fortitude (in conjunction with the New York Public Library), Dear Dragon, Albie Newton, Pirasaurs!, and more coming soon!

Josh grew up in New England and studied Computer Science in school. Today, he still lives in New England and when not writing Java code or Python scripts, he drinks Java coffee and writes manuscripts.

Josh is terrible at writing bios, so please help fill in the blanks. Josh enjoys _______ during ________ and has always loved __________. He has played ____________ since age __ and his biggest fear in life is being eaten by a __________.

The Second Congregational Church serves a community breakfast on the first Saturday of each month. They'll serve pancakes and French Toast for children attending the author visit from 9:15-9:50! (Donations Accepted at the Church)

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: LIVES WELL LIVED

Saturday, April 6th at 3:00
In partnership with Lamoille Neighbors
Showing of the film:
Lives Well Lived

Lives Well Lived is a feature documentary film by Sky Bergman that celebrates the incredible wit and wisdom of adults 75 to 100 years old who are living their lives to the fullest. Encompassing over 3000 years of experience, forty people share their secrets and insights to living a meaningful life. Their intimate memories and inspiring personal histories will make you laugh, perhaps cry, but mostly inspire you.
Lamoille Neighbors will accept donations at the showing.

MARCH! Into Programs with the Lanpher Memorial Library

2/27/2019

The Lanpher Library will be closed on Tuesday, March 5th for Town Meeting.

Monday, March 18th, 12:00 at Sterling View Community Center, the Lanpher Memorial Library presents the first in our 3 part luncheon series.
Vin Livoti, Director of the ABLE Library will join us to explain and demonstrate some of the free services available to Vermonters who want options for reading as they get older.
ABLE stands for Audio, Braille, Large Print and Electronic Books.
Free light lunch is included in this talk, provided by the Lanpher Library with a grant from the Copley Trust.

The 2019 Vermont Humanities Council Vermont Reads Book is:
March, Book One, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell.

Pick up a copy of this graphic novel at the Lanpher Library and join us on
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20TH 6:00-8:00
for a discussion and viewing of the PBS Documentary:
John Lewis Gets in the Way.

MARCH BOOK ONE, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell.
Lewis was chairman of the Students Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and was considered one of the “Big Six” leaders of the civil rights movement. He has served in the US Congress since 1987 and was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Obama in 2011.
Book One tells of Lewis’s childhood in rural Alabama, his desire as a young man to be a preacher, his life-changing interactions with Martin Luther King, Jr., and the nonviolent sit-ins he joined at lunch counters in Nashville as a means of undermining segregation.

Pop-Up Vacation Movie Day on Wednesday 2/27 at 1:00

2/26/2019

Bored? Cold? Cabin Fever? Join us Wednesday, Feb. 27th at 1:00 at the Lanpher Memorial Library to watch ONE of these two movies, both rated PG, both based on books, both really good!!! We'll have a vote at 1:00 to make the decision. We'll have popcorn too!

English Tea at the Governor's House in Hyde Park to benefit the Lanpher Library

2/17/2019

You are invited to a Full English Tea to directly benefit the Lanpher Memorial Library on Saturday, March 2nd at 3:00p.m. at the Governor's House in Hyde Park.

The cost is $25 per person. Please RSVP to the Lanpher Library by February 23rd.

Stone Soup Community Meal

1/30/2019

Saturday, February 16th 5:30 p.m. at the Second Congregational Church in Hyde Park a partnership with the Lanpher Library and the Church.

Stone Soup is an old folktale in which hungry strangers convince the people of a town to share a small amount of their food in order to make a meal that everyone enjoys.
The Second Congregational Church and the Lanpher Memorial Library invite you to donate a vegetarian soup ingredient (vegetables of all kinds: potato, squash, onions, garlic, carrots, celery, etc..., herbs, grains...) and we will work with a chef to make it into soups to be shared with all who can join us.

We'll enjoy the soup with anyone who is able to come. ALL ARE WELCOME TO THE MEAL! There will be no charge.
There will be great soup, community, and a game with prizes!

If you choose to donate a food item, please bring your contribution to the Lanpher Library any time between Monday Feb. 11-Friday Feb. 15th.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH 5:30 PM.
at the Second Congregational Church, 102 Prospect Street, Hyde Park.

Rick Norcross Concert and Annual Library Awards

1/11/2019

On Saturday, January 26th at 3:00 at the Second Congregational Church, the Lanpher Library will dedicate our 2018 Community Awards followed by a Concert by Vermont legend, Rick Norcross.

The 2018 Marrion Hood Lanpher Memorial Library Legacy Award will be dedicated in memory of Gordon Tallman.

The Lanpher Memorial Library Spirit of Community Award will be given in honor of Julie and John Rohleder.

We are excited to celebrate with the music and entertainment of Rick Norcross!
The concert if FREE and open to the general public.
Please join us.