Category: Adult Programs

Nations & Cannons for D&D 5E / Sat JULY 18 / 1-5

Nations & Cannons for D&D 5E led by DM Evan Hoffman

SATURDAY, JULY 18TH from 1-5 in the SAL Room.

The year is 1776. The spark of revolution has ignited in the thirteen colonies, and the British army is on its way to smother it. Without your help, the Patriots will surely fall to the British Empire. Join the fight for liberty in this Revolutionary campaign setting!
Step into the shoes of Patriot militiamen and ordinary citizens working to push the British out of their foothold in Boston.
No experience with role-playing games necessary!

Bravery Boost with Boring & Byron / Tue July 21, Aug 18, Sept 15

Bravery Boost with Boring & Byron

3rd Tuesdays of the Summer 

July 21st, August 18th, September 15th from 6:30 – 7:30PM in the SAL Room.

  • What happens in the brain when we feel fear?
  • What happens in the brain when we act courageously?
  • How can we accomplish more of what we want, even when we feel fear?

Drop in. Share, listen, learn, and apply.

About our facilitators:

Ken Boring is a full-time caregiver living in Waterbury. As someone who grew up painfully shy, he has been studying courage and how to apply it to daily life for almost 12 years and is excited to share his findings about the fascinating neuroscience of bravery with others.

Judi Byron is the library’s Adult Program Coordinator and loves all things neuroscience!

Learn to Play Mahjong / Saturdays / starts August 1 / 10:30am

Learn to Play Mahjong with Pauline Nolte

Saturdays, August 1 – November 21 from 10:30AM – 12:30PM.

Register with judi@waterburypubliclibrary.com to reserve your space.

Upstairs on the 2nd floor in the back.

Mahjong originated in China more than 2500 years ago, and is a popular game that involves both skill and luck!

Pauline will teach both Chinese and American mahjong.

It is a game often compared to gin rummy.

Blood on the Clocktower / July 23 / 6-8 PM

Blood on the Clocktower

Fourth Thursday of each month from 6-8 PM in the SAL Room.

NEXT DATES:

JULY 23rd

AUGUST 20th (Note August’s date is the 3rd and not the usual 4th Thursday.)

Register with judi@waterburypubliclibrary.com

Players: 5-20 (Best with 7-15)

Playtime: 30-120 minutes

Ages: 14+

A thrilling social deduction game of lies & logic led by Storyteller Katharine Bodan.

As the town of Ravenswood Bluff slumbers, a chilling scene unfolds: the town’s storyteller is murdered, their lifeless body displayed on the face of the village clocktower. With dawn’s arrival comes a grim realization— a demon roams among them, claiming lives at night and hiding in plain sight by day.

Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program / Aug 7 / 10:30AM

Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program with Pauline Nolte.

Fridays beginning August 7th in the Steele Room from 10:30-11:30 AM.

The Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program is back!

This low-impact and evidence-based program is great for ANYONE looking for an easy-on-the-joints workout experience.

Join this free one-hour class to help:

  • keep joints flexible and muscles strong
  • increase energy
  • improve your well-being
  • sleep better
  • decrease arthritic pain

The classes are sponsored by the Central Vermont Council on Aging (CVCOA).

Free classes for older adults.

Pre-Register or Register On-Site: http://tiny.cc/cvcoawellness

Contact: 802-479-0531 or volunteer@cvcoa.org

 

Resilient Aging / Mon Aug 24 / 6-8PM

Resilient Aging

with Nutritionist and Herbalist Cathy Dodge

Monday, August 24th at 6:00 -8:00 PM in the SAL Room.

Register with judi@waterburypubliclibrary.com

Embracing a healthy outlook in our older years can contribute to vitality as we take a wholistic view of life.

Topics include:

  • Nutrition
  • Movement
  • Stress control
  • Hormones
  • Osteoporosis

Regardless of age, you will benefit from this discussion in order to plan for resilient aging.

Silent Reading Party / Sun Aug 30 / 10am

Silent Reading Parties

Dates / Times / Locations:

Sunday, August 30th at 10am
Cold Hollow Cafe
Rt 100
Saturday, September 12th at 2:30pm
VT Artisan Coffee & Tea
Rt 100
* Optionally, read Vermont Reads book Charity and Sylvia by Vermont Cartoonist Laureate, Tillie Walden. Free copies of the book will be provided by the Waterbury Public Library. *
Thursday, October 8th at 5:30pm
Rusty Parker Park
2 Rotarian Place
Monday, November 2nd at 5:30 
The Bidwell
29 Stowe Street, Suite 1

Read with friends.

At Silent Reading Parties there’s no assigned reading. We gather in bars, cafés, and many other community spaces to read together in quiet camaraderie.

All readers are welcome—ebooks or audiobooks, poetry or prose, fiction or non-fiction… it’s BYOBook.

Welcome to introvert happy hour!

     

Watercolor Drop-in / Tuesdays / 10:30-12:30 / STEELE

Watercolor Drop-in

Tuesdays from 10:30 -12:30 in the Steele Room

Through July 28th.

Watercolorists continue to meet in the Steele Room for the summer!

To paint, converse, & enjoy each other’s company.

*Please bring in your own painting supplies and table coverings. This is a self directed class for seasoned painters with no instructor.

Board Game Night / 2nd Tuesdays / 6PM

Board Game Night!

2nd Tuesday of the month.

6:00 – 8:00 PM.

Games are Euro-styled or designer games that are a mix of chance and skill and emphasize strategy, indirect competition and resource management.

You are welcome to bring your own. No Monopoly please.

Bring snacks if you like.

No registration needed.

 Email Judi@waterburypubliclibrary.com to sign up.

Chair Yoga / Wednesdays / 10:30AM / Zoom

Chair Yoga with Instructor Diana Whitney.

Wednesdays at 10:30 AM.

* There will be no Chair Yoga on Wednesday, July 22nd. *

No experience needed. All levels welcome to this low-stress, energetic class.
The chair provides stability and balance, and allows movement without fear.
All are welcome, experienced practitioners and newbies alike!

Click on the link below to join the session (will put you in zoom waiting room until session starts).

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsf-6prj4jHd1jfaZQAM1jQXgcP6WzcBXU

Click here (links out to Youtube) for a variety of recordings to practice between classes.

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