08 Dec
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM in the Fletcher Room

Food for Talk is a book club for anyone interested in cooking!

This month's selection is The Snowy Cabin Cookbook:Meals and Drinks for Adventurous Days and Cozy Nights by Marnie Hanel and Jen Stevenson

Instructions on how to join this community of home cooks and fellow culinary travelers can be found after the description of this month's cookbook.

Please register with Barbara Shatara at bshatara@burlingtonvt.gov 

08 Dec
03:30 PM - 05:00 PM in the Youth Area

Fathers (and parents of all genders) and their kids ages 5 and under drop in for playtime and connection. Ages 0-5.  dadguild.weebly.com

09 Dec
10:00 AM - 06:00 PM in the Community Room

Prep

10 Dec
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM in the New North End Branch

The Lake Champlain Memory Café offers an inviting space and time for those living with dementia – and their care partners/families, to gather together, socialize, and to enjoy a program at the Library. The Café is a partnership between FFL, the Center on Aging at The University of Vermont, Age Well, and Champlain College.

11 Dec
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM in the Pickering Room

Irish Language conversation for intermediate speakers with music. 

11 Dec
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM in the Pickering Room

Irish Language class for beginners.

11 Dec
06:30 PM - 08:00 PM in the Virtual Event

Virtual ELL Classes: Wednesdays 6:30-8:00 pm. (Beginner and Intermediate Levels) 

Beginning English-language learners can practice written and spoken English with a certified TOEFL instructor.

FREE.  Please Register for classes by emailing Barbara Shatara at bshatara@burlingtonvt.gov

11 Dec
06:30 PM - 08:00 PM in the Virtual Event

December 11, 6:30pm-8pm   

Join other readers in this monthly online book discussion. Please register with Barbara Shatara at bshatara@burlingtonvt.gov for meeting info and how to obtain the book.  

About This Month's Book: 

The Fraud by Zadie Smith

It is 1873. Mrs. Eliza Touchet is the Scottish housekeeper—and cousin by marriage—of a once-famous novelist, now in decline, William Ainsworth, with whom she has lived for thirty years.

12 Dec
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM in the Local History

Esercitati a parlare italiano!  Practice speaking the Italian language and meet others learning and native speakers.  This group is best for those who can speak Italian in basic sentences, at a minimum.

 

13 Dec
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM in the Pickering Room

 The activities of this Italian-speaking group are based on "News in Slow Italian".

 

The Library will be closed on Monday, May 27 for Memorial Day.