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Back by popular demand: Athenaeum Game Night! Play ours or bring your own. Adults, youth, and kids. Bring your friends and play around at the Athenaeum! Everyone Welcome!
Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine Paterson is the Vermont Reads 2018 book. Come join in a lively discussion of the book in an informal setting. Adults and youth are invited to participate. Books are available for checkout at the front circulation desk.
Pizza dinner and beverages provided. Email awestfisher@stjathenaeum.org or call 802-745-1392 to indicate your interest in attending.
Unplug and come to the Athenaeum for a fun night of board games. Play our games or bring your own. Adults, youth, and kids are encouraged to attend. Bring your friends and play around at the Athenaeum!
Do you like pizza and movies? If you do and you are a student in grades 5 – 8, come join us for A Book, a Pizza, and a Movie. The featured book and movie is The Giver by Lois Lowry. We'll have a short book discussion over pizza and then view the movie. Although it is more interesting if you have read the book, it is not required prior to the movie. I have a few extra copies of the book, if you would like to check one out. Email Adele at awestfisher@stjathenaeum.org.
Enjoy holiday music and traditional dulcimer tunes with The Kingdom Mountain Dulcimer Club. Drop by any time between 12:30 and 2:30 PM.
Join in a family holiday tradition at the Athenaeum. Drop in any time after 4:00 PM to decorate a graham cracker gingerbread house. Location: Children’s Library. After 5:30 PM use the Children’s Library entrance. Everyone welcome!
To register go HERE, or contact Adele West-Fisher, Youth Services Librarian, at awestfisher@stjathenaeum.org or 802-745-1391.
Good Shepherd School and the Athenaeum are partnering to welcome Reeve Lindbergh for a special story time. Popcorn and punch will be provided.
Led by Morgan Irons
To register for this workshop, Contact Martha Hill 802-748-8912 x 2022 or mhill@stjsd.org
Childcare provided upon request.
Winnie the Pooh is celebrating National Animal Shelter Appreciation week by having a sleepover for his stuffed animal friends! Drop off your stuffed animal off by 6:00 PM on Friday, Nov. 10 to party with Pooh! Pick up at 10:30 AM Saturday, Nov. 11. Come enjoy breakfast treats, stories, and a report of night time activities!
Bring a donation for the Kingdom Animal Shelter for cats. See their wish list HERE.
Lynda Graham-Barber is the author of children’s books about animals. She will be here to share her new book, Cookie’s Fortune. Books available for purchase following Storytime.
Everyone welcome!
Join us as we celebrate Halloween with a scavenger hunt hosted by the Teen Advisory Board, free books (while supplies last) courtesy of Secondhand Prose, and treats!
Join us for the Dorothy Reads Book Club for children! We will be exploring Firoozeh Dumas' funny novel "It Ain't So Awful, Falafel."
For more information about the book, click HERE. Sign up by emailing Adele West-Fisher at awestisher@stjathenaeum.org or call 802-745-1391. This book club selection is appropriate for students on a minimum 4th grade reading level.
The book club will Mondays at 1 pm October 2, 9, 16, and 30.
Bring your carved Jack-o-Lantern to the Children's Library anytime between Friday, October 27 and Halloween before 4 PM!
Judging will begin at 5 PM on Halloween!
Join us for a family-friendly movie night to celebrate the Halloween season as we watch the Disney classic Monsters, Inc.We'll be upstairs with the really big screen!
Join us for the Dorothy Reads Book Club for children! We will be exploring Firoozeh Dumas' funny novel "It Ain't So Awful, Falafel."
For more information about the book, click HERE. Sign up by emailing Adele West-Fisher at awestisher@stjathenaeum.org or call 802-745-1391. This book club selection is appropriate for students on a minimum 4th grade reading level.
The book club will Mondays at 1 pm October 2, 9, 16, and 30.
And Much More!
Please sign up to attend. Contact Adele West-Fisher, Youth Services Librarian
Stories and songs to delight children and adults
Each child will receive a free book!
Parents, caregivers, and childcare centers with small children are encouraged to attend.
This event is made possible through the generous donations of TD Charitable Foundation, St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, and the Friends of the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum.
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott has proclaimed Monday, Oct. 9 as "Indigenous People's Day."
Writer Beth Champagne will read aloud to school aged children from "Encounter," by Jane Yolen, and other picture books presenting Native American experience and wisdom traditions.
A themed craft and refreshments will follow the Storytime.
Join us for the Dorothy Reads Book Club for children! We will be exploring Firoozeh Dumas' funny novel "It Ain't So Awful, Falafel."
For more information about the book, click HERE. Sign up by emailing Adele West-Fisher at awestisher@stjathenaeum.org or call 802-745-1391. This book club selection is appropriate for students on a minimum 4th grade reading level.
The book club will Mondays at 1 pm October 2, 9, 16, and 30.
The August 21st solar eclipse is bound to be spectacular, and did you know that Vermont will experience a sixty percent eclipse? To celebrate the event, the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, in partnership with the Northeast Kingdom Astronomy Foundation (NKAF) and The St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, is hosting its own partial eclipse viewing event. Come join our world class planetarium presenters and scientists for a fun, family friendly afternoon full of activities that’ll be sure to get you excited for this rare opportunity!
Find our more about this event here.
Outside in front of the Museum, from 1pm to 4pm on Monday, August 21st, we will teach you how to build your own solar observing pinhole projector, decorate a shoebox solar viewer, or you can take a peek through one of our specially made solar telescopes. Inside the museum we will be broadcasting live coverage of the path of totality and offering free planetarium shows. In addition, we will be demonstrating hands-on activities for young ones that will help them understand solar eclipses, provided by the National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE).
Find our more about this event here.
Refreshments will be provided. Solar eclipse viewing glass will be for sale in the Nature Gift Shop. Hosted by Bobby Farlice-Rubio (Planetarium Educator), Brad Vietje (President NKAF), and Adele West-Fisher (Saint Johnsbury Atheneum).
Find our more about this event here.
This event is weather dependent. Looking at the sun without proper equipment will cause blindness.
Beth Champagne will get everybody moving with songs and games in French! Come ready to sing, laugh, and smile!
Beth has taught French to Northeast Kingdom children since 2000. Kids of all ages are welcome!
This year’s Summer Reading theme is “Build a Better World." Summer Reading kick-off will feature Jon Gailmor, a fun and engaging singer-songwriter that delights audiences of all ages! The performance is interactive and sure to create laughter. He will perform on Wednesday, June 21 at 1:00 p.m. Refreshments served. CDs will be available for purchase at the performance. Everyone welcome to attend!
There are two ways to register for Summer Reading this year:
1) stop by the Athenaeum during open hours and fill out a registration form, or
2) register online HERE. After registering online, come in and receive your Summer Reading log.
Middle Schoolers, students going into 6th grade and graduating 8th, would you like some activities planned this summer just for you? Join the planning team for custom designed fun activities you want to do. Contact Adele West-Fisher (802-745-1391), Youth Services Librarian, by Friday, June 9.
Elementary and Middle School students will read original and favorite poetry as part of St. Johnsbury's PoemTown events. Pizza at 6 p.m. followed by readings at 6:30.
What we will do:
ㆍread folktales from each culture
ㆍmake unique crafts from each country :
Bahamas shell coloring
Korea paper masks
Vermont print making
ㆍenjoy traditional snacks from each culture!
Geared to elementary age, but all ages welcome!
Why we are doing this: We are Capstone students at the St. Johnsbury Academy. This project is to help the children in Vermont learn about other cultures.
Students who have read 5 or more of the Dorothy Reads books are eligible to come vote for their favorite book at the Athenaeum. We will celebrate with a trivia challenge and an ice cream sundae party, with a topping for each book read. Must have an adult sign off on your books to enjoy all those toppings!
Come celebrate the customs and traditions of the Abenaki Tribe. Beth Champagne will share her native heritage through discussion and tales of how the Abenaki survived “Rogers Raid” in 1759 at Odanak, Quebec and the making of maple syrup--Abenaki style! A themed craft and refreshments to follow.
(This event has been rescheduled from March 14 due to the snowstorm.) In this fun and engaging memoir writing workshop, Reeve Lindbergh will walk us through the process of writing down thoughts and memories for ourselves, family, and others. This writing workshop is for all ages. Homeschoolers are encouraged to attend. Refreshments provided.
This activity is offered as Vermont Reads 2017 event.
The National Education Association’s “Read Across America Day” is a nationwide reading celebration that takes place annually on March 2—Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Across the country, thousands of schools, libraries, and community centers participate. Drop in at the Athenaeum any time from 2:00 – 6:30 p.m. and enjoy a Dr. Seuss book and a craft.
Come celebrate with us and enjoy DIY Valentine’s Day crafting. Make your sweetie something or just something for yourself. An assortment of crafting supplies will be available to let your creativity flow. Iris folding, card making, and paper plate art, the list goes on and on. Looking forward to seeing you on Valentine’s Day!
