• Smoking Cessation Classes

    Smoking Cessation classes scheduled for Thursday in the next couple months will be canceled. There are still classes by the RRMC’s Community Health Improvement Project Mondays 11:15AM-12:15PM May 3rd & 20th, June 3 & 10 at the library.

  • Online Access to Historical Rutland High School Yearbooks

    The Rutland Historical Society and the library have partnered to make selected years of the Rutland High School Yearbook from 1930-1993 (more coming!) available. Check it out by clicking on the title!

  • Try TumbleBooks ebooks for Kids!

    Click on the Kids Space tab to access TumbleBooks! Find animated, talking picture books with fiction, non-fiction and foreign language titles, and Read-Alongs (chapter books with sentence highlighting and narration.)

  • Billings Farm and Museum Pass Now Available

    We now have a pass for 2 adults and 2 children for the Billings Farm and Museum! Call or swing by the library to borrow it.  

  • Check out the schedule for 2013′s Community Cinema

    Rutland Film Society and Rutland Free Library present a second year of outstanding films and panel discussion. Every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7pm.

  • Library Elf

    Sign up for Library Elf, a new service we subscribe to, and you can receive emails or text messages for holds and due dates on your library account.

  • Reader’s Corner

    Reader’s Corner (which you can find in the left-hand menu, and the top menu) features all the resources you need about books in our library. There are links to InterLibrary Loan and a request form for new books and dvds. Check it out today!

  • Check Out Museum and Park Passes!

    We have passes available for Vermont State Parks, Historic Sites, and Echo Lake Aquarium and Science Center. Ask at the circulation desk or call for more information.  

Programs

Please see our events calendar for the most current and accurate program information.

Regularly scheduled programs include:

Adult Programs:

Science Pub, Come to listen to informal lectures by professors and local experts in Rutland area restaurants and pubs!

First Wednesdays Humanities Lecture Series, first Wednesday monthly 7PM, September-May.

Second Wednesdays Community Cinema film and discussion series, second Wednesday monthly 7PM, September-May.

Scrabble Club, every other Monday 6-8PM
Language Tables, 1st and 3rd Saturdays 2-4PM – Bring a bagged lunch and practice speaking to other folks in French, Japanese or German.

Anime Club, every second Saturday 12:45-3:30PM

AA meeting, Fridays 12:00-1:00PM.

Book Clubs:

Library Book Club (for everyone) Every 3rd Wednesday 1–3 PM

Books in Bars Book Club (for 20s and 30 somethings) Usually on a Tuesday evening at alternative bars and restaurants in Rutland County.

Children’s Programs

Childrens’ storytime, Thursday mornings 10-10:45AM, suggested for kids ages 2 and up.

Babies and Toddlers Rock, music program for children 0-24 months, first and third Mondays monthly during the school year, 10–10:30AM.

Tales to Tails, practice reading aloud to great service dogs! The last Thursday of the month, 4PM-4:45PM.

Summer Reading Program June and August, 2013′s Theme is “Dig into Reading”

For more, check out the events calendar

Friends of the Library

Book Sales – All proceeds go to support library collections and activities. Sponsored by the Friends of the Rutland Free Library.

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For more information about programs please contact the library, (802) 773-1860 or rutlandfree@rutlandfree.org

PEGTV Video – Some of our programs are televised on PEG TV. We’ve uploaded a few here.