How it works: Everyone will review the same cookbook and pick a recipe to make.  Our goal is to have only one person make each recipe, so we may ask you to choose another if the one you pick has already been chosen. Attend the Cookbook Club meet-up with your cooked recipe. Get ready to share your creation and sample others! (Feel free to bring tupperware for any leftovers).

Ice Cream Social, Thursday, August 21 from 5 – 7 p.m.  Stop by for an ice cream sundae with all the fixings! Visit with neighbors and meet new friends at our annual tradition.

Yoga 
June 26 @ 5:30 p.m.
Jean Kuskowski will offer yoga classes, twice per month (the 2nd and 4th Thursdays @ 5:30 p.m.) Join us for a relaxing hour with a gentle beginner yoga class. Easy stretches, good for all bodies, and a quiet cool down to calm your body and mind. Great for flexibility. Please bring a yoga mat if you have one, or a beach towel to lie on.

Orford Libraries Summer Program, Color Our World, explores color in art, nature, food and colorful activities, fun for all ages!
Messy Art, Saturday, June 28 @ 10 a.m. Get creative with some messy art projects! We will use fly swatters, toothbrushes and slinkies instead of paint brushes. Bring a smock or old shirt to cover your clothes, just in case. At the Orford Playground Pavilion at the Orford Boat launch.

Guided Painting, Saturday, July 12 @ 10 a.m. Explore how different colors mix together to make new colors. Then learn how to paint on a canvas. At the Orford Congregational Church.

Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Sunday, July 20 @ 11 a.m. At the Playground Pavilion near the Orford Boat Launch on the river. Discover a world where owls turn pink and tree trunks can blink in “Color Our World”. Meet three of our animal ambassadors. Learn how nature’s palette can startle, impress, and even fool the eye! Witness the rainbow of techniques our wildlife uses to hunt, hide and survive. Fun for all ages!

Upper Valley Circus Collaborative, Saturday, July 26 Upper Valley Circus is coming to town! Learn ground skills like tight rope walking, balance board, hulahoop, acrobatics, and tumbling. Location to be determined. Check our website for more information.

Cupcake Storytime, Saturday, August 9, 10 a.m. at the Orford Open Air Market on the Common.  Local baker Joanne Parker will join us for a fun and delicious story hour decorating cupcakes!

Butterfly Walk, Saturday, August 16 @ 10 a.m. Tom Thomson will lead us on a walking tour to look for butterflies at the Thomson Family Tree Farm. The tour wlll take us to open meadows and roads in the woods. Please wear shoes and clothing appropriate for a short hike and for the weather. Directions to the Tree Farm will be available at the libraries.

Book Discussions: pick up a book at the library and join our informal discussions.
June 23, 7 p.m. The God of the Woods, Liz Moore
July 28, 7 p.m.  Beautiful Ruins, Jess Walter
August 25 7 p.m.  I Have Some Questions For You, Rebecca Makkai

All are welcome to join our ongoing programming
Mah Jongg – Mondays 1-3 p.m.
German Conversation – Mondays 4-5 p.m.
Knitting –  2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 2- 3:30 p.m.,
Bridge – Thursdays 3-5 p.m.
Crokinole & Game* Night– 1st and 3rd Thursdays 5:30-7 p.m.
French Conversation – Thursdays 4-5 p.m.
Tech Help, Second Saturday of the month, 9:30 – 11 a.m.

* Crokinole & Game nights – try some analog fun with others! We have many new games to choose from or bring your own. Come have fun in person with new friends.