Colchester Library Hiring YA Associate

Burnham Memorial Library in Colchester is looking for a new Library Associate I: Youth Adult Services. Here’s the description:

The Town is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Library Associate I: Young Adult Services. Qualified applicants under the administrative supervision of the Library Director and Assistant Director will perform patron service, age appropriate programming, collection maintenance, and community outreach.

To apply, please send cover letter, resume and application to Sherry LaBarge, Human Resource Manager, P.O. Box 55, Colchester, VT 05446 or email to slabarge@colchestervt.gov. by November 5, 2014 or open until filled.

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Bakuretsu Con One Day Event: Open Beta

Bakuretsu Con, Vermont’s anime convention, has begun to branch out into throwing more events through the year. In Colchester on June 29th, Bakuretsu Con holds Open Beta, dovetailing with the 2013 convention’s theme of MMORPGs.

If you need your convention fix, but can’t spare a whole weekend, here’s your solution. Open Beta is a whole convention compressed into a single day, with “panels, video games, table top games, Weiβ Schwarz tournament, and fun activities & prizes!”

Geek Things for August 15th

• Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, 9AM–9PM, Bread Loaf Campus, Ripton. Lectures and readings are free and open to the public; see middlebury.edu for schedule. (Writing)
• Draw Comics! 3–4:30PM, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington. Free. (Kids)
• ‘Wicked City’, 8PM, Depot Theatre, Westport. $25. (Theater)
• Book Discussion Series: China’s Transformation – Before the Deluge. 5:30PM, Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester. Free. (Books)
• Marjorie Cady Memorial Writers Group, 10AM–12PM, Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury. Free. (Writing)
• East Montpelier Historical Societies Meeting. 6pm, East Calais Community Building, East Calais. (History)
• Red Cross Blood Drive, 11:30-5:30pm, Vermont College, Montpelier. (Blood Drive)
• Open Cardgames!, 6pm – 11pm, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington. (Gaming)
• CLiF Presentation, 12:30pm, Greensboro. (Kids)
• CLiF Presentation, 10am, Jeudvine Library, Hardwick. (Kids)
• Leaf Cutter Ants, 11am, Monshire Museum of Science, Norwich. (Kids)
• Who Sank The Boat, 3pm, Monshire Museum of Science, Norwich. (Kids)
• Contemporary Fiction Book Group – Beowulf, 7:00 PM, South Burlington. (Reading)
• Monday Night Magic, 6pm – 9pm, Village Pizza, Montpelier. (Gaming)
• Mini Painting, 6:00pm – 8:30pm, The Gamers Grotto, Bennington. (Gaming)
• Cartoon Studies New Summer Workshop: Animation for Cartoonists with Scott Dikkers, August 15, 2011 to August 19, 2011, Center for Cartoon Studies, White River Junction. (Cartoons)

 

Geek Things for August 5th

• Name That Movie!, 5–6PM, The CineClub, Savoy Theater, Montpelier. $2.50. (Movie)
• Queen City Ghostwalk, 8–9PM, Burlington City Hall Park, Burlington. $14. (Ghosts)
• ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The ’40s Musical’, 6:30PM, Maple Street Park, Essex. Free. (Theater)
• ‘The Little Mermaid and the Prince’, 7:30PM, Adamant Music School, Adamant. Free; reservations recommended. (Kids)
• ‘The Princess and the Pea’, 12PM, McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester. $9.50. (Theater)
• Owl Prowl & Night Ghost Hike, 6:45–8:45PM, Little River State Park, Waterbury. $2-3; call to confirm. (Outdoors)
• ‘Staying Found’. Meet at B-Side Playground. 11AM–12PM, Little River State Park, Waterbury. $2-3; call to confirm; bring a compass if you have one. (Orienteering)
• The Great Vermont Corn Maze, 10AM, 1404 Wheelock Rd., Danville. $9-12; free for ages 4 and under. (Maze)
• FNM – Friday Night Magic – Type 2 / Standard – $8 Entry Fee, 6pm – 11pm, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington. (Gaming)
• Friday Night Magic — Varying Format, 6pm – 10pm, The Gamer’s Grotto, Bennington. (Gaming)
• Turtle Discovery, 11am, Monshire Museum of Science, Norwich. (Kids)
• Creeping Colors, 3pm, Monshire Museum of Science, Norwich. (Kids)
• Creation Supernatural Convention, Aug 5 – 7, 2011, Boston, MA (Conventions)
• Mysterium, Aug 5 – 7, 2011, Boston, MA (Conventions)
• Paranormal Research Society Field Trip to Salem, Aug 5 – 7, 2011, Salem, MA (Ghosts)
• Planetarium presentation 11:00, Fairbanks Museum. St. Johnsbury. $5/person (Astronomy)

BakuretsuCon

Anime fans in Vermont have one convention where they can call home: Bakuretsucon. The website for this year’s convention is now up online, with registration for regular guests and artists now open. The convention will be held this year at the Hampton Inn & Conference Center in Colchester from October 20th through the 23rd.

Memberships are now avaliable at $40 through September 1st. Children from 7-12 are $30, and a children’s form must be filled out for them. The convention is also looking for volunteers, with generous reimbursements off of the ticket price.

Guests this year include Greg Ayres, Chris Ayres, Chris Cason, S.S. Icarus, Scott Melzer (NoN.D.E. Fanfilms) and Jon Miller (NoN.D.E. Fanfilms).

Run by the Anime Society of Vermont, Bakuretsu Con has everything an anime fan could look for, Vendors, Artists Alley, Panels, Workshops, Hall Cosplay Contest, Cosplay Chess, Import Video Games, Guests, Game Shows, Board Gaming area, a Japanese Cafe, Manga library, and some of the friendliest attendees you’ve ever seen, according to their website.

For more information, visit http://www.bakuretsucon.org.

Geek Things for July 13th

• Book Sale, 9:30AM–5:30PM, Stowe Free Library, Stowe. Free. (Books)
• Community Bike Shop, 5–8PM, Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington. Donations accepted. (Bikes)
• Family Fun Night, 7–9PM, Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Quechee. $6-8; preregister. (Outdoors)
• Walk Williston – Lisa Dunne leads a 1.3-mile nature hike. 5–7PM, Five Tree Hill, Williston. Free. (Outdoors)
• Green Mountain College Morning Speaker Series – “Green Science,” 9–10AM, The Station, Poultney. Free. (Talk)
• Burlington Downtown & Waterfront Plan: Developing innovative and practical solutions to transportation problems. 7–8:30PM, Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington. Free. (Transportation)
• Karen Lipinczyk & Brenda Egbert – “Labyrinths: What They Are and How to Build One,” 6:30PM, Bradford Public Library, Bradford. Free. (Labyrinths)
• Summer Speaker Series, 4PM, President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site, Plymouth. $8. (Talk)
• Yestermorrow Summer Lecture Series – “Future Components: A Primer on the Impact of Digital Technology on Design/Build.” 7–9PM, Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Waitsfield. Free. (Design)
• ‘I’ll Be Back Before Midnight’, 8PM, McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester. $29.50-38.50. (Theater)
• Readings at the Athenaeum – Katie Hays and Baron Wormser, 7:30PM, St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, St. Johnsbury. Free. (Reading)
• Magic Booster Draft – $12, 6pm – 11pm, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington. (Gaming)
• Pathfinder Society, 6:30pm – 11:00pm, Game Lounge, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington. (Gaming)
• Magnets, 11:00 a.m., Monshire Museum of Science, Norwich. (Kids)
• Who Sank the Boat? 3:00 p.m., Monshire Museum of Science, Norwich. (Kids)
• Learn About NOOK Color!, 6:00 PM, Barnes and Noble, South Burlington. (eReaders)
• Planetarium presentation, 11am-12pm, Fairbank Museum, St. Johnsbury. $5/person. (Astronomy)
• Red Cross Blood Drive. 12-5:30pm, Northfield High School, Northfield. (Blood Drive)
• Naruto, 4:30pm – 8:00pm, The Gamer’s Grotto, Bennington. (Gaming)
• Wednesday Night Board gaming at Triple Play, 6:00pm – 10:30pm, Triple Play, Lebanon, New Hampshire. (Gaming)
• D&D Encounter, 6:00pm – 8:30pm, The Gamers Grotto, Bennington. (Gaming)
• L5R Night at Triple Play, 6:30pm – 10:00pm, Triple Play, Lebanon. (Gaming)

Geek Things for July 12th

• Book Sale, 12–7PM, Stowe Free Library, Stowe. Free. (Books)
• Green Drinks, 6–8PM, The Skinny Pancake, Montpelier. Free. (Environmentalism)
• Bus Tour of St. Albans Raid Sites – Historian Howard Coffin, 9AM, Brownell Library in Essex Junction. $10; space is limited; preregister; bring a bag lunch. (History)
• Radio Amateurs of Northern Vermont Ham Radio Club Meeting, 7–9PM, O’Brien Civic Center, South Burlington. Free. (Radio)
• ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’, 10AM, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury. Free. (Movies)
• Ben & Jerry’s Outdoor Movie Festival – Dispicable Me, 9PM at Ben & Jerry’s, Burlington. Free. (Movies)
• ‘I’ll Be Back Before Midnight’, 8PM, McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester. $29.50-38.50. (Theater)
• Creative Writing Group, 10:30AM, Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington. Free. (Writing)
• Boardgame Night, 6pm – 11pm, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington. (Gaming)
• HeroClix!, 7:30pm – 11:00pm, Game Lounge, Burlington. (Gaming)
• Anne Stuart & Kristina Douglas – Paranormal Romance Signing, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, The Galaxy Bookshop, Hardwick. (Authors)
• Hoopster Glider, 11:00 a.m., Monshire Museum of Science, Norwich. (Kids)
• Honeybees, 3:00 p.m., Monshire Museum of Science, Norwich. (Kids)
• Author Appearance: George RR Martin, 7pm, Barnes and Noble Burlington, MA (Game of Thrones)
• Explore the OmniGlobe, Life in Pixels: using data imagry to explore the world, 10:30 am – 11:00 am, Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury. (Astronomy)

Geek Things for July 6th

• Chittenden County Philatelic Club, 6:15PM, GE Healthcare Building, South Burlington. Free. (Stamps)
• Computer Lesson, 9:30AM, Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington. $5 donation. (Computers)
• College Observatory Public Viewing Night. Call for a status report in case of inclement weather. 9–10:30PM, McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury College, Middlebury. Free. (Astronomy)
• ‘Frankenstein and Friends’, 12–1PM, Battery Park, Burlington. Free. (Kids)
• Green Mountain College Morning Speaker Series – “Now Showing: A Tiny Theater Dreams Big,”, 9–10AM, The Station, Poultney. Free. (Talk)
• Institute for Lifelong Education at Dartmouth Summer Lecture Series – “Corruption: Pervasive, Persistent and Virulent”, 9AM–12PM, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover. $20. (Talk)
• Kate Kenny – “The War That Wasn’t: Patented Inventions During the Civil War.” 7–10PM, Noyes House Museum, Morrisville. Donations accepted. (History)
• Summer Speaker Series – Calvin Coolidge, 4PM, President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site, Plymouth. $8. (Talk)
• Yestermorrow Summer Lecture Series – “Organic Architecture Guild: A Common Vision for Sustainable Design.” 7–9PM, Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Waitsfield. Free. (Architecture)
• ‘I’ll Be Back Before Midnight’, 8PM, McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester. $29.50-38.50. (Theater)
• Readings at the Athenaeum – Gish Jen, 7:30PM, St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, St. Johnsbury. Free. (Reading)
• Magic Booster Draft – $12, 6pm – 11pm, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington. (Gaming)
• Straw Rockets, 11:00 a.m., Monshire Museum of Science, Norwich. (Kids)
• Kitchen Chemistry, 3:00 p.m., Monshire Museum of Science, Norwich. (Kids)
• Come ALearn About New NOOK Simple Touch!, 6:00 PM, South Burlington. (eReaders)
• Advance Screening of “Torchwood: Miracle Day”, http://nescifievents.org/?p=2662, 6pm – 8pm, Cambridge, MA (Screening)
• Planetarium presentation – Monster Telescopes, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm, Fairbanks Museum, St. Johnsbury. $5/person. (Science)
• Naruto, 4:30pm – 8:00pm, The Gamer’s Grotto, Bennington. (Gaming)
• Wednesday Night Board gaming at Triple Play, 6:00pm – 10:30pm, Triple Play, Lebanon, New Hampshire. (Gaming)
• D&D Encounter, 6:00pm – 8:30pm, The Gamers Grotto, Bennington. (Gaming)

Geek Things for June 28th

• Community Farm Work Day, 4–6PM, Community Farm, St. Johnsbury. Free. (Farms)
• Public Forum – How Vermont will meet its energy needs far into the future, 6–9PM, Cafeteria, Colchester High School, Colchester. Free. (Energy)
• Efficiency Vermont Meeting, 8-10am, Board Room. 8–10AM, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington. Free. (Energy)
• Green Drinks, 6-8pm, Lake Lobby, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington. Free. (Environmentalism)
• Historic Tours, 9AM–5PM, Wilson Castle, Proctor. $10. (Castle)
• ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’, 10AM, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury. Free. (Films)
• Tuesday Night at the Movies – Nosferatu. A piano player provides accompaniment. Open discussion follows. 7PM, Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield. $8. (Films)
• Game Day, 9:30–10:30AM, Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington. Free. (Kids)
• Open Computer Time, 3–4:30PM, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington. Free. (Teens)
• Creative Writing Group, 10:30AM, Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington. Free. (Writing)
• Willem Lange & Mary Azarian – A Dream of Dragons: A Saga in Verse, 7PM, Bear Pond Books, Montpelier. Free. (Books)
• Boardgame Night, 6pm – 11pm, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington. (Gaming)
• HeroClix!, 7:30pm – 11:00pm, Quarterstaff Games, Game Lounge, Burlington. (Gaming)
• CliF Presentation, Richford Daycamp, Richford, (Kids)
• Magnets, 11:00 a.m., Monshire Museum of Science, Norwich. (Kids)
• Who Sank the Boat? 3:00 p.m., Monshire Museum of Science, Norwich. (Kids)
• Vermont Book Shop Book Discussion, 7:30 – 11:59pm, 51 Main @ The Bridge, Middlebury. (Books)
• Red Cross Blood Drive. 12:30-5:30pm, Bethel White Church, Bethel. (Blood Drive)

Geek Things for May 24th

• Exit 16 Traffic Study Meeting, 5–7PM, Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Colchester. Free. (Transportation)
• Raptor Encounter, 11AM, Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Quechee. Regular admission, $8.50-10.50; free for kids 3 and under. (BirdS)
• Talk to the Trainer, 2PM, Vermont Institute of Natural Science Quechee. Regular admission, $8.50-10.50; free for kids 3 and under. (Birds)
• Creative Tuesdays, 3–5PM, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington. Free. (Kids)
• Open Computer Time, 3–4:30PM, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington. Free. (Teens)
• Science & Stories – Worms. 11AM, ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center, Burlington. Regular admission, $9.50-12.50; free for kids 2 and under. (Kids)
• Boardgame Night, 6pm – 11pm, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington. (Gaming)
• HeroClix!, 7:30pm – 11:00pm, Game Lounge, Burlington. (Gaming)
• Open Mic Night, 7:00 pm, The Galaxy Bookshop, Hardwick. (Writing)
• Author Appearance: China Miéville, 6pm, Cambridge, MA (Authors)