Stop listening to your inner critic / Tues April 2 / 6-8PM

Stop listening to your inner critic! Develop your Internal Coach.

Join Lou Bevacqui for a free workshop.

Tuesday, April 2nd from 6:00 – 8:00 PM in the SAL Room.


Learn how to quiet your inner critic – the voice in your mind telling you that you’re not capable or worthy of going after what you want!

Develop your Internal Coach – that voice inside all of us that helps us feel more centered, confident and capable.

With a strong internal coach, you are more resilient and better equipped to pursue whatever challenge you are going after (or is brought to your doorstep.)


You’ll gain practical strategies you can use every day to succeed!

Introducing Two New Digital Services / Thurs April 11 / 3PM

Introducing Two New Digital Services with Tech Librarian Kyle

Thursday, April 11th from 3:00 – 4:00PM

Live in the SAL Room and through ZOOM

* ZOOM link will be posted one week prior to the event *


This class will provide an overview of our two new digital services apps Udemy and Peterson’s Test and Career Prep.

Kyle will also be able to answer questions regarding any of our other Digital Services apps.


Gale Presents: Udemy

Learn and improve skills across business, tech, design, and more. Includes 10,000+ on-demand video courses in multiple languages.


Peterson’s Test and Career Prep

Peterson’s Test and Career Prep, is replacing LearningExpress Library. LearningExpress Library expires on May 31, 2024. Peterson’s has many comparable resources to Learning Express, including expanded CDL (Commercial Driver’s License) training options. The recently redesigned appearance of Peterson’s improves access and navigation to the many career, higher education, and high school oriented resources for your patrons.

An Evening with Poet Erika Nichols-Frazer / Tue April 16 / 6:30PM

An Evening with Poet Erika Nichols-Frazer

Tuesday, April 16th at 6:30 PM in the SAL Room.

Celebrate National Poetry Month by joining the Waterbury Public Library for an evening of poetry from Waitsfield author and poet Erika Nichols-Frazer! 


Nichols-Frazer penned the poetry collection Staring Too Closely (Main Street Rag, 2023) which explores themes of healing from trauma, both personal and collective and tries to make sense of a maddening world. The collection invites its readers to look more closely at themselves and the world around them.

Erika will read from her collection, answer your questions, and discuss poetry from the perspective of both poet and editor.


Nichols-Frazer is the author of the memoir Feed Me: A Story of Food, Love and Mental Illness (Casper Press, 2022), a story about a young woman’s journey to save herself; a story about sustenance and the ways in which we feed ourselves and each other. She is also the editor of the Poetry Society of Vermont’s literary magazine, The Mountain Troubadour and edited the mental health recovery anthology A Tether to This World (Main Street Rag, 2021). More than thirty of her poems, essays, and short stories have been published in journals such as HuffPost, River Teeth’s Beautiful Things, Emerge Literary Journal, and elsewhere. She has an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars and is the Writing & Humanities Coordinator at Vermont State University Johnson. She is also on the board of the Green Mountain Book Festival.

Backyard Composting with John Malter / Sat April 27 / 10-11:30am

Backyard Composting with John Malter.

Saturday, April 27th from 10:00 – 11:30 AM in the Library’s SAL Room.


Composting reduces waste and turns food scraps and garden waste into nutrient rich soil which improves soil health by rebuilding soil structure.  This improved soil structure fosters a more balanced ecosystem.  It promotes plant growth, reduces greenhouse emissions particularly methane, and it can save money too.

By coming to the workshop, participants can get a special price on a Soil Saver Compost Bin for only $45.00. 

Register with John at malterport@aol.com by April 25th.


Mad River Resource Management Alliance (MRRMA) Administrator John Malter loves all things compost.  You’ll learn about space requirements, use of compost, what goes in and what stays out and more.  Composting can be fun and you’ll learn a bit of science in the process.

Ecological Gardening & Companion Planting / Mon April 29 / 6PM

Gardening with Charlie Nardozzi

Ecological Gardening & Companion Planting

Monday, April 29th at 6:00 in the Steele Room.


The Friends of the Waterbury Public Library present their Annual Tea with Charlie Nardozzi. This year the Friends moved the tea to a Monday evening to be able to have Charlie speak on Ecological Gardening and Companion Planting.

After the talk, stay for tea and baked goods!


Nationally recognized gardener, writer, speaker and television personality, Charlie Nardozzi is this years featured speaker. Ecological gardening makes use of native species to attract pollinators, birds and other native wildlife.  There’s a special emphasis on soil building and caring for the creatures in the ground. Companion Planting is a mutually beneficial system where both vegetables and flowers planted together support each other, save space, protect from insects, enrich the soil, and so much more.


The Friends was established in 1966 by a small group of dedicated volunteers motivated by a desire to make a difference in their library. Over the years, they have supported and improved library facilities, services and programming for their beloved Waterbury community.

Learn to Play Mahjong / Saturdays / 10:30-12:30 / Steele Room

Learn to Play Mahjong with Pauline Nolte in just 7 weeks!

Saturdays from 10:30-12:30 in the Steele Room.

* no class on March 23rd *

March 30th

April 6th, 13th, 20th

To register, email judi@waterburypubliclibrary.com to reserve your space.


Mahjong originated in China more than 2500 years ago, and is a popular game that involves both skill and luck!

Pauline will teach both Chinese and American mahjong. It is a game often compared to gin rummy.

Spring Watercolor Painting / Tuesdays / 10:30AM / SAL Room

Spring Watercolor Series with Pauline Nolte!

Consecutive Tuesdays through April 30th.

10:30 AM – 12:30 PM in the Library’s SAL Room.


Please register with judi@waterburypubliclibrary.com to reserve your space.


This series is for Beginners and Artists alike!

CLASSES ARE FREE AND SUPPLIES PROVIDED FOR BEGINNERS

Pauline will provide instruction and demonstration, with opportunity for independent work.

Chair Yoga / Wednesdays / 10:30AM / Zoom

Chair Yoga with Instructor Diana Whitney.

Wednesdays at 10:30 AM.

* There will be no Chair Yoga on April 10th. *


No experience needed. All levels welcome to this low-stress, energetic class.
The chair provides stability and balance, and allows movement without fear.
All are welcome, experienced practitioners and newbies alike!

REGISTER HERE:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsf-6prj4jHd1jfaZQAM1jQXgcP6WzcBXU

In the meantime click here to see all the videos Diana has recorded over the last year and 1/2. Enjoy! Read more

duplicate bridge / Thursdays / 12:30 – 4:30PM

Duplicate Bridge

Thursdays 12:30 – 4:30 PM in the SAL Room.


ARE YOU AN EXPERIENCED BRIDGE PLAYER?

The Waterbury Bridge Group is always looking for new members.

You are welcome even if you haven’t played Duplicate Bridge.


Want to learn more? Call Grace Sweet at 802.244.7123.


What exactly is Duplicate Bridge? It is so called because each hand is played at least twice, although by different players, under the same conditions, with the same cards in each hand and the same dealer and vulnerability.

Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program / Fridays / 10:30AM

Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program


Fridays from 10:30-11:30 AM in the Steele Room.

This program will run through April 19th.

Dates:
March 29
April 5, 12, 19

This low impact and evidenced-based program can help with:

  • Joint flexibility
  • Muscle strength
  • Increasing energy
  • Improving sleep
  • Decreasing pain
  • Overall well-being

For more information contact Anne Greshin at (802) 241-4840.
Register onsite or preregister at https://tiny.cc/cvcoawellness.


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