Celtic Music & Tales
Postponed to Wednesday, April 12th @ 6:30 PM
Time to celebrate St. Patrick's Day and the rich, sparkling music and culture of Ireland! Claudine Langille, longtime singer and instrumentalist with Gypsy Reel, will share some jigs and reels and stories from the Emerald Isle and beyond.
Time to celebrate St. Patrick's Day and the rich, sparkling music and culture of Ireland! Claudine Langille, longtime singer and instrumentalist with Gypsy Reel, will share some jigs and reels and stories from the Emerald Isle and beyond.
Life’s Priorities & Planning for the
Unexpected
Thursday, March 23 @
6:30 PM
Financial
advisor, Rhonda Lathrop will present a financial planning workshop on preparing
for life’s unexpected events. Rhonda is
a financial planner with Merrill Lynch in Manchester, Vermont.
Vermont Reads 2017 : Brown
Girl Dreaming
The Springfield
Town Library is pleased to announce their participation in Vermont Reads this
spring. The 2017 book selection is
Jacqueline Woodson’s Brown
Girl Dreaming. This beautiful memoir of the author’s childhood,
written in verse, tells the story of a young person finding her voice and
examines the strength of family bonds.
The library has been awarded multiple copies of Brown Girl Dreaming for patrons to borrow and share in our
community this spring. Stop by and borrow a copy today! Look for more Vermont Reads programs at the
library this spring for all ages!
A Poet's Work: Can it be Defined?
Thursday, March 30 @
6:30 PM
Poet and
educator, Dan Heller, will give a poetry reading at the library followed by a
lively and educational poetry mini-workshop. Dan
was a secondary educator for over thirty years and holds a BA and an MA in
English from Middlebury College. This
event is part of the ongoing Vermont Reads program at the library this spring.
FOSTL Annual Meeting
Wednesday, April 5th @ 6:30 PM
Following a short business meeting, Tina and Willis Wood will speak about their journey along the Camino de Santiago which is a pilgrim route across part of Europe culminating at the tomb of St. James in Santiago de Compostela in north-west Spain. Their five-week hike covered 500 miles.
Introduction to Genealogy
Thursday, April 20 @
6:30 PM
Hugh Putnam of
the Springfield Arts & Historical Society will cover the various aspects of
getting started in genealogy. Handouts will help you choose software and
list some of the many websites available to do your research online. The talk will give a general overview with
particular information about doing research in Springfield and Vermont. This event is part of the ongoing Vermont
Reads program at the library this spring.
Book Discussion with Dan Heller
Thursday, April 27 @
6:30 PM
Poet and
educator, Dan Heller, will lead a book discussion on the Vermont Reads 2017
book selection, Brown Girl Dreaming.
