Upcoming Events in October at the
Jaquith Library
All events are free and held at the
library (unless noted otherwise): 122 School St. RM 2, Marshfield, VT. For
info: 802-426-3581 or jaquithpubliclibrary@gmail.com or visit our website:
www.jaquithpubliclibrary.org
Remedies
for Anxiety and Sleep: Friday,
October 7 at 7 p.m.
Join
Baylen Slote of Black Turtle TCM for a dynamic evening of conversation and
practise. Drawing on the tradition of Tao, Baylen will share a variety of
holistic healing tools that can help balance the body of anxiety and facilitate
deep and restful sleep. Discussion will include acupressure points and herbal
home remedies. Practise of simple Qi gong exercises will be followed by Q
&A over tea. All are welcome! QUESTIONS & MORE INFO: contact baylen
e-mail: black@turtleTCM.com
phone: 310-1400.
Marshfield Harvest Festival: Sunday,
October 2
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free Family Friendly Activities: face painting, cider pressing, pop-corn popping, arts and crafts, and field games. Music with Singer/songwriter Myra Flynn and a local student jazz quartet. For Sale: books, baked goods and horse and wagon rides.
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free Family Friendly Activities: face painting, cider pressing, pop-corn popping, arts and crafts, and field games. Music with Singer/songwriter Myra Flynn and a local student jazz quartet. For Sale: books, baked goods and horse and wagon rides.
“Chili-Cook-off”: from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in our “Chili tent” ---- then vote
for your best tasting chili and the cook will win a prize!! Salads and
corn bread will complement the chili. $8 adults and $4 children. If you
don’t like chili: barbecued hamburgers (from
a local farm), hot dogs and veggie burgers will be for sale.
There
will also be a slide show: Marshfield “Before and After”: 100 years ago Marshfield's
Main Street looked entirely different than it does today. Did
you know multistory commercial buildings lined the Streets until they were
destroyed by major fires in 1905 and 1909? Upstairs in the Hap Hayward History Room.
Seeking: Vendors for Marshfield
Harvest Festival on Oct. 2:
We’d like to invite any local
vendors to sell craft items, antiques, flea market items, or local
produce. Local non-profits: If you are a 501c3 organization and
would like to participate, you are welcome to do so free of charge. Call
Liza at 426-2018.
Jaquith
Classic Film Series: First Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
Rick Winston will introduce each film,
and afterward will lead a discussion.
For more info contact Tom Blachly at
229-5290 or at blachly@together.net
October
5: Best in Show (2000) A colorful array of characters compete at a
national dog show. Director:
Christopher Guest. Stars: Christopher Guest, Parker Posey, Fred Willard,
Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy, Ed Begley, Jr., Michael McKean, and Bob Balaban.
Moving Pictures: Films about Immigration
Third
Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
October
19: Men in Black (1997) Comedy with Will Smith and Tommy
Lee Jones as agents of a secret immigration department that deals with
immigrants far more alien than anyone who is simply from another country could
ever be.
The
Hidden Half of Nature: Microbial Ecology
Tuesday,
October 25 from 7 to 9 p.m.
MacArthur
Fellow and geologist David R. Montgomery and biologist Anne Bikle, authors of The
Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health will present
exciting new information about the microbial ecologies in the soil and in our
bodies. Farmers, gardeners, foresters and all those who have a body will find
this fascinating. By donation.
Intro
to Ham Radio Workshop: Wednesday, October 26 at 7 p.m.
Join David Hale (ham radio operator
for 26 years in Central VT) and David Ferland (28 years in Central VT) with
their fascinating ham radio equipment and learn about the art of the ham radio.
For people of all ages.
Ongoing
Events:
Natural Marshfield: Monthly walks
and talks about the local environment with Vermont naturalists: Usually third Thursdays but consult
website schedule.This year’s topics
include origin of Vermont fishes, winter tree identification, rare plants of
Vermont, invasive plants and other fascinating topics. Stay tuned!!
Storytime and Playgroup: Wednesdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Join Sylvia Smith for story time, and follow up with playgroup with Cassie Bickford. For children birth to age six and their grown-ups. We follow the Twinfield Union School calendar and do not hold the program the days Twinfield is closed.
Monthly Book Group for Adults: Fourth Mondays at 7 p.m. starting on September 26. For copies of the book, please stop by the library. New members are always welcome, and it’s only one hour a month!
Oct.
24, 2016: Between the World and Me by
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Susan Green
Director
Jaquith Public Library
122 School St. RM 2
Marshfield, VT 05658
802-426-3581
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