Adult Programs
Library programs are always free and open to all.
Below you will find listings to our ongoing programs, upcoming programs, and some past programs.
Find older programs on our YouTube channel.
Note that due to copyright, we can't record and/or keep every program we offer.
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Have an idea or suggestion for a program?
Email our Adult Programs Coordinator, Michelle Singer, at msinger@kellogghubbard.org
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Ongoing Programs
Language Lunches
The Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier offers Language Lunches every week in the Hayes Room.
These drop-in meetings are open to all and will resume when the library is open again to the public.
German Language Lunch on Mondays 12-1 p.m.
Italian Language Lunch on Tuesdays 12-1 p.m.
Spanish Language Lunch on Wednesdays 12-1 p.m.
French Language Lunch on Thursdays 12-1 p.m.
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Technology One-on-One
Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday evening. Call or email the library to sign up for a 20-minute session.
No question too big or too small.
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George's Mystery Book Group
Meets monthly, date TBD. Contact George Spaulding, our resident mystery expert, to get on a mailing list for information about book choices and meeting times at gspaulding@kellogghubbard.org
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Upcoming Programs
* Our elevator is currently out of order due to flood damage.
Please contact the library at info@kellogghubbard.org if you need accessibility to programs while our building is under repair.
PoemCity is the Kellogg-Hubbard Library's celebration of National Poetry Month in April. Hundreds of poems by Vermonters will be features in the windows of businesses downtown and there is a full calendar of poetry events.
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For more information about programs in April, visit our PoemCity page.
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May 2024
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Book Discussion with Outright Vermont
Monday, May 20, 2024
6-7:30 PM
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Hayes Room
Join Outright Vermont as we explore the Vermont Reads book of the year “Last Night at the Telegraph Club.” Multiple copies of the book are available at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. This event will have discussion and activities that explore the themes of this book set in the 50s and how they are relevant today. Come share your ideas, opinions, and perspectives! This is a free, in-person program in the Hayes Room of the Kellogg-Hubbard Library.
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Rob Mermin Book Launch for Circle of Sawdust: A Circus Memoir of Mud, Myth, Mirth, Mayhem and Magic
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
6:30-8 PM
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Hayes Room
Circle of Sawdust is a uniquely personal story of the wild characters, remarkable histories, and behind-the-scenes world of traditional traveling circuses written by the founder of Circus Smirkus! Rob will read, talk, and present videos and photographs from his circus adventures. Book signing with sales by Bear Pond Books in the Hayes Room of the Kellogg-Hubbard Library.
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Previous Programs
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Blissed Out: An Evening with Harry Bliss
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
New Yorker Cartoonist and cover artist, Harry Bliss, on his work and process. Harry Bliss is an award-winning Cartoonist and cover artist for The New Yorker magazine. His daily self-titled daily Cartoon, Bliss, appears in newspapers internationally. He is the founder of the Cornish CCS Fellowship Residency for Graphic Novelists. This is a free, in-person program in the Hayes Room at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. Kellogg-Hubbard Library - Blissed Out: An Evening with Harry Bliss LIVE (youtube.com)
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Rick Winston & the GMFF
Friday, March 15, 2024
Rick Winston founded the Lightning Ridge Film Society, which morphed into the Savoy Theater in Montpelier. He was one of the founders of Montpelier’s Green Mountain Film Festival and was its Programming Director until 2012. He talks about the founding of the GMFF. Kellogg-Hubbard Library - Reading & Book Signing with Rick Winston LIVE (youtube.com
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The Matter of Money
To watch this program, click HERE
Led by Laurie Anne Kozar, a certified AFCPE financial counselor, The Matter of Money covers strategies to pay down debt, build savings, and reviews some programs and incentives to help make your money matter. Working with the statewide team, GreenSavingSmart, Ms. Kozar provides Financial & Energy Coaching in individual meetings, as well as workshops and webinars. Ms. Kozar works with Capstone Community Action.
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Dementia and Alzheimer’s: The Caregiver’s Perspective
To watch this program, click HERE​
Kelley Elwell, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, is an expert on caring for people with dementia and Alzheimer’s. Kelley talks about the different types of dementia and Alzheimer’s, provide guidance on how you can best care for a loved one living with memory loss, and keep that loved one out of the hospital and comfortable and safe at home. Kelley goes over how to help a person living with dementia or Alzheimer’s maintain a healthy lifestyle, how to keep the home environment safe, and how to plan for the future, including how and when to put a care plan in place to ensure that a person with a dementia or Alzheimer’s diagnosis gets the care they need when they need it. Kelley also talks about what caregivers can do to take care of themselves.​
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Electoral College & National Popular Vote
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Part of the League of Women Voters Election Issues & Democracy Speaker Series, Christopher Pearson will talk about National Popular Vote, a state-based effort to fix the electoral college. It has passed 17 states (including Vermont) and has 205 electoral votes out of the 270 needed to bring it into effect. Pearson is a national organizer for the project. He will update us on the progress and explain why electing the president by popular vote it is fundamental to protecting our democracy.
The originally scheduled speaker for this talk, Christopher Pearson, will be out of town for work on the National Popular Vote effort. Tim Jerman will speak in his stead. Tim Jerman represented Essex Junction as a village trustee and then state representative for six terms from 2005-16. He and his partner Martha Allen now live in East Montpelier. In 2011, Tim worked closely with Rep. Chris Pearson to pass the National Popular Vote bill in both House and Senate. He considers NPV to be one of the most important bills passed during his tenure in the House.
This program was recorded and is available orcamedia.net.
https://www.orcamedia.net/series/league-women-voters
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Sydney Lea
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Former Vermont Poet Laureate, Sydney Lea, reads from his latest collection, What Shines. His sixteenth collection of poetry, What Shines surveys the life of an 80-year-old, noting among other things the differences between perspectives on past events when they happened and years later. A former Pulitzer finalist in poetry, Sydney Lea served as founding editor of New England Review and was Vermont’s Poet Laureate from 2011 to 2015. He has published twenty-four books: a novel, five volumes of personal and three of critical essays, and sixteen poetry collections, most recently What Shines (Four Way Books, NYC, 2023). This program was recorded and is available at orcamedia.net.
https://www.orcamedia.net/show/kellogg-hubbard-library-sydney-lea-poetry-reading
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Constructive Discourse
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Part of the League of Women Voters Election Issues & Democracy Speaker Series, Susan Clark leads a discussion about constructive discourse. Susan Clark is a facilitator, educator, and the co-author of "Slow Democracy: Rediscovering Community, Bringing Decision Making Back Home." She is also Town Moderator of Middlesex, Vermont. This program was recorded and is available at orcamedia.net. Constructive Discourse 12/13/2023 | Onion River Community Access Media (orcamedia.net)
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Civics Education in Schools
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Part of the League of Women Voters Election Issues & Democracy Speaker Series, Vermont Secretary of State, Sarah Copeland Hanzas, will speak about civics education in Vermont schools. She will be joined by Martha Deiss, Global Citizenship Specialist with the Vermont Agency of Education. This program was recorded and is available at www.orcamedia.net. Civics Education in Schools | Onion River Community Access Media (orcamedia.net)
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Reflections on Vermont's Legislative Redistricting Process
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Part of the League of Women Voters Election Issues & Democracy Speaker Series, Tom Little, Chair of the Vermont Legislative Apportionment Board from 2021-2022, will speak about redistricting in Vermont. The presentation will cover Vermont's state constitution and statutory structure and process for periodic legislative district reapportionment and the roles of the Apportionment Board and the General Assembly. Tom will focus on where and how the process generated controversy over the last two cycles. Video of this event available soon at www.orcamedia.net.
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Mis & Disinformation
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Part of the League of Women Voters Election Issues & Democracy Speaker Series, journalist Dave Gram and M.E. Kabay, Emeritus Professor of Computer Information Systems at Norwich University, will discuss the issues of misinformation and disinformation and its potential impact on political campaigns. Sky Barsch, CEO of VTDigger will moderate the discussion. This is a free, in-person program at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. Video of this event available soon at www.orcamedia.net.