Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:00-8:00pm

The Third Thursdays series with Transition Town Montpelier Vermont's Great Potential for Cheap, Safe Hydro-Electric Power Vermont has an abundance of the two principle components for cheap, local hydroelectric power – hills and water. As recently as the 1940's, Vermont got over 90% of its power from in-state hydro-keeping jobs and energy dollars in-state. In 2007, the Department of Public Service's deliberative poll of Vermonters concluded that hydro should provide the most renewable energy. This is possible - Vermont has up to 400 megawatts of environmentally sound, undeveloped hydroelectric potential-without building a single new dam.[1] Despite its being among the most affordable of renewable technologies (water flows 24 hours a day), no new riverine hydro site has been developed or re-developed in Vermont for over 20 years. Permitting is the major obstacle. Lori Barg will present this information and we will discuss the opportunity and obstacles of redeveloping environmentally sound hydro in Vermont.

Saturday, March 20, 2010 ACE OF GAMES FESTIVAL 10 am to 5pm

For all ages! In the children’s library.

On Saturday March 20th, the Kellogg-Hubbard Library will celebrate its ever-expanding board game collection with the Ace of Games Festival! Game masters and novices come together to teach, play, and enjoy games from our list of recommended games starting at 10am until 5pm. You could play a Knight of the Round Table in the cooperative game Shadows Over Camelot. Or you could try your hand as a 17th Century farmer in the game Agricola. Or surround your opponent's queen bee in a tactical game of Hive. Ben t. Matchstick, Children's Programming Coordinator, says "Games, and especially the modern board games, create narrative out of nowhere, invite friendly competition, and generate social interaction. Every player is contributing not only to movement of the game to its end, but contributing to the evolving culture of games." For more information contact bentmatchstick@gmail.com.

Monday, March 22, 2010 at 7pm

A Pioneer Love Story: The Letters of Minnie Hobart

Book reading and signing with author Priscilla Wilson

Best Non-fiction Award – 2009 Oklahoma Writer’s Federation, Inc.

Shining with spirit and staying power, as a pioneer entering the Panhandle of Texas in 1888 Minnie Wood Warren Hobart was physically frailer than many pioneer women. Minnie’s enduring love for my grandfather sustained her through dramatic change. She grew up in Vermont – green, hilly, tranquil, with flowing water in the rivers. In 1888, she married her childhood sweetheart and moved to the Panhandle of Texas – brown, flat, windy, with sand patterns in the rivers. What if she had surrendered to the strangeness that was the Texas Panhandle? In writing this story, I wanted to go beyond my grandmother’s life as a footnote in history to discover the real story of this woman who lived in such changing and revolutionary times. Research for this book was done here at the Kellogg Hubbard!

Wednesday. March 24, 2010 at 7pm

“Reading Faces to Understand People” by Naomi Tickle of the International Centre for Personology

Naomi Tickle, recent author of What Makes People Tick and Why, will discuss the fascinating topic of how to recognize key personality traits by reading a person’s face.

The author’s new book will be available for sale and with it comes a complimentary mini face-reading. Ms. Tickle has been taking part in Norwich University’s Sullivan Museum’s Lunch N’ Learn Program Series on faces in conjunction with their special exhibit: “Face to Face: Selected Portraits from the Collection.”

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 7pm

"Kyoto & Environs: Steeped in Ancient Wildness" with artist Jim Kelso

Jim Kelso will present a slide lecture on his autumn 2008 ramblings in and around Kyoto, where he sought inspiration from wild nature and the sensitivity of the Japanese toward their connection to nature. Jim will also share photos of exceptional, very rarely seen, works in metal that have influenced his work, along with a few photos of his own work that were exhibited in Kyoto at that time.

Celebrating the VTREADS program: When the Emperor Was Divine.

And from the Children’s Department:

COMICS CLUB with Pete Talbot and Aubry Norman Tuesdays 3:30-5 Drop in anytime in the Hayes Room. Are you interested in advancing into the digital age of comics? This fall we are preparing for the next level of comics club. Prepare to upload "Comics Club 2010, The Future of Comics!"

LEGO CLUB Thursdays from 3:30pm to 5pm Come to the Children’s department to exchange ideas, show off your creations, and build with legos provided by the library. For ages 7 to 12.