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Summer Reading Program
Monday, July 30th - Saturday, August 1st
Our summer reading program theme is all about art and artists this year. That means, activities, programs, classes, and storytimes!
Our 5-week program is packed with fun things for all ages.
Please mark your calendars now for:
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Wicked Movie Afternoon - Sat. July 5th 1-4pm
Get your pink and/or green on!​
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Adult Egg Tempera Painting Class - M-F 7/7 - 7/11 9am - 10am (adults only)
Discover the art of egg tempera paint with Jenny Muskopf.
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Make-Your-Own Belt - Mon. July 7th 6:30pm (ages 9 and up)
Join Stuart Lilie, Saddler, and learn some basic
leatherworking.​
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Cosplay Workshop - Weds. July 16 5 - 7pm (ages 9 and up)
With cosplay professional Rachael Peden.​
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Playtime Party at the Platt - Thurs. July 17 10am - 11am (ages 0-5 with their caregivers or parents)
Little Cloud Finger / Hand Painting
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​Ted Scheu poetry writing workshop - Sat. July 19 1pm (ages 5 and up)
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Citizen Science Art - Mon. July 21 10 - 11am (ages 5 and up) Use our SunSpotter to draw sun spots! Celebrate biodiversity by creating a Square Foot Census.
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Drop-in to make a Tie Dye Bandana under the pavilion
Sat. July 26 1-3pm (ages 5 and up) ​
Spring Book Sale
Saturday, May 17th
9am - 1pm
1000s of books for sale! Paperbacks and hardcovers, books for kids and adults. DVDs, audiobooks, too! Pricing is take what you like, pay what you think is fair.
Come fill a bag for $5.
Recurring Programs for All Ages
A to Z Book Club: an online/in-person book club for adults
Every 2nd (or 1st or 3rd) Wednesday of the month we meet via Zoom or at the Platt Library at 7:30pm to discuss a book of your choice. The only catch: it has to feature the letter of the month as either the first letter in a word in the title OR as the first letter in the first or last name of the author.
Send an email to get the Zoom link.
Thanks to everyone who joined us for The Green Mountain Boys March into Shoreham on
May 10th
Schedule of Events
Come to the Shoreham Town Green on Saturday, May 10th and see the Green Mountain Boys, as they marched through Shoreham, Vermont, on their way to capture Fort Ticonderoga in 1775! Meet colorful characters, like Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen.
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Beginning at 10:30 a.m. learn more about the foods that provisioned the Green Mountain Boys and how they cooked them in the brief pauses along their march.
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​ At 11:30 Musket Demonstration, explore the arms and accoutrements carried by Green Mountain Boys.
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At 12:15, children of all ages can join Ms. Abby the library director inside the Platt Memorial Library for a Revolutionary War story time.
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At 1:00 p.m. watch as the Green Mountain Boys resume their march to Lake Champlain and the capture of Fort Ticonderoga.
Cameron Green of Fort Ticonderoga leads a musket demonstration.
Thanks to everyone who joined us for the Total Eclipse in April 2024 with the Platt on Bridport Town Green. What a day!
Thanks to Echo, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain for this cool tool!
Thanks to Echo, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain for this cool tool!
In addition to providing us with the SunSpotter projection telescope, ECHO also sent a lovely exhibit with lots of information about the eclipse, how it occurs, and what people might see during the event.
Thanks to Echo, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain for this cool tool!
If you would like your eclipse pictures from our event in Bridport to be included in our gallery, please send them to plattmemorial.library@gmail.com.
