Events!

Opportunities for Young People and Families

"The McCullough Library Summer Reading Challenge is here. Click here to register online or visit in person!" This image includes an official CSLP graphic, logo, and rainbow border, as well as the library's logo on a white background. The text is green and black. The link attached is : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDChiESGdkzDjFNKLxm3-t1V-Pg8ZcD6BAjZlVKkHzZ1VuTQ/viewform?usp=preview
"June Storytime Saturdays at 11AM. June 7th is Under the Sea. June 14th is Wild Wonders. June 21st is Color Our World. June 28th is Strawberry Red." This image is comprised of four sunflower graphics that have been split in half so that the dates and these for each storytime are in the center. The words "June StoryTime Saturdays 11am" are offset on a gold diamond shape in the center. The text is black, the background is blue, and the library logo is at the top.
"Easy embroidery for Beginners: A Youth Advisory Council Crafternoon on Thursday, June 12th at 3:00 PM. Students in grades 5-8 are invited to stop by the library to try an easy and cute cross stitch project and help select books for the collection. Reservations aren't required for this free event. Light refreshments will be available." This graphic includes clip art of an embroidery hoop and heart design and the text is on a black background and is in pink and white.
"The Bookmark Committee will meet on Friday,June 20th at 3:30PM. Ages 7-11 are welcome! Help us decide on bookmarks for the library! Craft and snack!" This graphic includes a red bookmark on a brown paper bag background. There are also small graphics of yellow flowers and a splash of yellow as decorations throughtout and the library's logo is in the top left hand corner.
"Color Our World: McCullough Library Summer Reading Kickoff. Vermont Institute of Natural Science Live Owl Show! Free- no registration required. Lion's Park at 6 Houghton Street in North Bennington Vermont. June 24th at 12PM". This graphic is a white background with logos for VINS, Color Our World, and the library, with splatters of paint as background for the text, and there is a photo of a polite looking owl.

Opportunities for Adults

Due to rain scheduled in the forecast, Tuesday's Butterfly Walk has been rescheduled to Thursday, June 12th from 3:30 - 4:00. Meetup location has also changed to the parking lot of the Park McCullough House. A walk for all ages through the Mile-Around Woods with butterfly expert Terri Armata. Learn more about the butterflies living in the Mile-Around Woods! All are welcome to this free event and reservations aren't needed. Participants may want to bring along a camera or smartphone with a camera, a water bottle, sunscreen, and comfortable footwear. Terri Armata has a Bachelor of Science degree in Medical Technology and is recently retired. She has been "hooked on butterflies for 24 years, and took part in the first Vermont Butterfly Atlas. She feels fortunate to have documented four butterfly species never before recorded in Vermont. " This image includes a photograph of a butterfly in the bottom right corner and has white text on a green background.
A black background with a graphic of rainbow puzzle pieces in the shape of a circle. Yellow text reads: "Puzzle exchange. Saturday, June 14th, 10 AM- 2 PM on the library's first floor. John G McCullough Free Library 2 Main Street, North Bennington. Out of respect for your fellow puzzlers, please bring only puzzles in excellent condition, with no missing pieces. Need a Puzzle to get started? Stop by! WE have plenty to share. "
"Look for the McCullough Library's booth at Bennington Pride 2025. Saturday, 14th. Parade starts at 11:00AM. Block Party 11:30-3:00 near the Splash Pad in Bennington. This year, the Library's booth will feature a book signing event with James Crews, Brad Peacock, and others. Copies of Love is for All of Us will be available for purchase." This graphic is mostly comprised of black text on a yellow background with an image of the book's cover and photos of James and Brad on the right.
"Shirley Jackson Day Celebration 2025. Friday, June 20th 7:00 PM at The Left Bank (5 Bank Street, North Bennington). All are welcome!" This graphic includes black, horn-rimmed glasses above black text on a purple checked background.

Shirley Jackson Day Celebration 2025

Friday, June 20th at The Left Bank

5 Bank Street, North Bennington 

 

4:30-6:30 PM – Art Show Reception with musical guest Jester Fretless 

7:00- 8:00 PM – Literary event featuring readings by Shirley Jackson’s children 

 

All are welcome and reservations aren’t required for this free event. 
Light refreshments will be available.

Art Show in The Maurice Kahn Gallery:
True, not true, or one of Mother’s delusions: 

A Shirley Jackson Tribute 

This year’s Shirley Jackson tribute show takes its title from the opening of Shirley Jackson’s lecture, “Memory and Delusion”  Included in the 2016 publication “Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays and Other Writings”  In this lecture/essay, she talks about her particular creative process that is enmeshed with her everyday life.  She describes her use of delusional “stories“ that make the mundane bearable. Odd memory effects and the idea that “Nothing is ever useless and certainly is never lost.”  

This tribute showcases works inspired by the secret lives of inanimate objects. Works that celebrate playful oddness. Unproven theories on the nature of electricity, Elaborate fantasies and “Odd memory effects” abound. 

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"McCullough Library Book Club - All are welcome! Stop by the library to borrow a copy of "Sandwich" by Sandra Newman. Join your friends and neighbors to discuss this book at the library on Tuesday, June 24th at 5:00 PM." This graphic is a brown background with black text and the book's cover in the bottom right corner.
"Register for Bennington and North Bennington Town-Wide Tag Sale Day - Saturday, July 26th from 9:00AM to 2:00 PM. Follow the QR code or stop by either library before July 13th to register your sale for free. Information collected will be used to create a Google Map so shoppers can find your sale. Organized and sponsored by: BCSWA, Bennington Free Library, and the John G McCullough Free Library." This graphic is black and white text on a green background, with a QR code in the bottom left. It leads to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWYUJfmXRkjoN1DFlFQwrhLMiXTYoEEGMYhPikzhTupGUT_Q/viewform/.
Adult Coloring Fridays 10 AM - 6 PM. Unwind with intricate coloring sheets and high-quality markers, gel pens, and colored pencils. All are welcome!
New device in your life? Bring your tablet, laptop, smartphone or e-reader to the McCullough Library for help accessing the library's online catalog and digital collections: Libby for free ebooks and digital audiobooks. Kanopy for free video streaming. The new Aspen LiDA library catalog app. Fall Tech Help Drop-In Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM.
Yarncrafting Club. Every Tuesday 12:00 PM- 4:00 PM on the library’s first floor. Spend an afternoon with fellow stitchers. Bring your own supplies or help yourself to the library’s stash of yarn, knitting needles, and crochet hooks. All are welcome!

In the Laura Nowak Memorial Meeting Room:

Stazzema by Stella Ehrich. Artist's statement: "The paintings in this exhiubition were all made in the village of Stazzema, Italy, a medieval town in the Apuan Alps of northern Tuscany. I lived in this village for eight years from 1983-1991 and I continue to be fascinated by the colors of the atmosphere and light that I find there. It is my favorite place to paint the landscape with its terra cotta roofs that contrast so beautifully with the blues and greens of the mountains and trees.' On view in the Laura Nowak Memorial Meeting Room through June 2025. This image is made up of a section of one of Stella's paintings featuring the exhibition title and artist's name on the background of a painted mountain town. Below is the artist's statement in black text on a brown background.

ART EXHIBIT

Featuring the work of artist

STELLA EHRICH

 

Come view Stella’s work in the Laura Nowak Memorial Meeting Room on the library’s second floor

 

Click the image at left for the artist’s website or check out her Facebook at Stella Ehrich Paintings or Instagram at stella_ehrich

On view through June 2025.

Need a place to meet, study, or work? The Laura Nowak Memorial Meeting Room is the perfect place for quiet work and small meetings. Located on the library's second floor, it features comfortable seating, moveable tables, natural light, and free access to high-speed WiFi. Individuals and groups of six or fewer who wish to reserve this space should call the library at 802.447.7121, or email McCulloughLibraryClerk@gmail.com, or stop by the adult services desk. When not reserved, the space is open to all. This space is not available when the library is closed.