The survey for the next long range plan for the Richards Memorial Library will close on Saturday, April 6. There has been a good number of responses but we could use a few more. Please take the time to fill out the brief survey to help us determine what services to bring you over the next five years. The survey can be found on the library’s website: www.rmlonline.org or at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9H7VJ37 Thank you for taking the survey and for supporting the library.
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As we prepare for The Avengers: Endgame movie coming soon, we invite Marvel enthusiasts to join us to discuss the movies, answer some trivia, and have some snacks on Saturday, April 20 from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. We will be dividing in teams for the first part and then having a head-to-head challenge to declare a winner. Limited to 24 people ages ten through adult.
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Cathy Firicano will be conducting a special art program, Picasso Guitars, for kids in grades one through five on Saturday April 6, at 11 am. Register by calling Cathy at 508-643-9469. Spring school vacation week. April 14 -21, will be a busy one in the children's Department. The library will be closed Monday, Patriots Day, but the rest of the week we will be running like marathoners. - Tuesday, April 16, join friends, 6 years and older, for a Lego Building session at 10 am.
- The Teen Cake Decorating program will be held at 1 pm on Tuesday, April 16. Registration was required and the class is full.
- If you are 7 or older, register for an All About Trading Cards program, on Wednesday, April 17, at 4 pm.
- We'll have a Cinderella Sing-a Long and Princess Tea at 10 am on Thursday, April 18. This program is for children 4-8 years old and registration is required.
- Miss Meg will be here on Friday, April 19 for Music and Movement at 9:45 am for the 0-3 year old set and 10:30 am for the 3-6 year olds.
- Stop by the library on Saturday, April 20, between 10 am and 4 pm to make a spring craft. Join the fun at your public library!
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- The United States and the Middle East: A 3-part series with Prof. Gary Hylander at 7 pm on Thursdays, April 4, 18 and May 2.
- Brain Health Workshop on Friday, April 5, at 10:30 am. Take Cogniciti's Brain Health Assessment. For this hour long program you'll just need to know how to click with a mouse and type on a computer. The workshop will consist of a memory assessment..You will get a base line of how your memory is now compared to others in your age group and with your education. Put on by the Cogniciti group.
- Spring Craft: Wednesday, April 10, at 7 pm. Sew and embroider either a bunny or a bird for spring.
- Easy Walks in Massachusetts with Marjorie Turner Hollman on Thursday, April 25, at 6:30 pm. Learn where you can find easy walking trails, great railtrails, beautiful views of the Blackstone River, Ten Mile River, short walks to sweeping vistas along the Upper Charles, and the Neponset River watersheds, and more.
- Poetry, Short Prose and Acoustic Music Open Mike is Sunday, April 28 at 1:30 pm. You are invited to share your talents or enjoy the talents of others. Snacks provided by the Friends.
Coming in May: Aaron Krerowicz will talk about the Beatles' Let it Be, on Thursday, May 16 at 6:30 pm and Allison O'Leary will be here at 7 pm on Thursday, May 23 to talk on Hikes through History.
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Book Discussion, Tues. April 9, at 1:30 pm: The Alice Network
by Kate Quinn
In 1947, pregnant Charlie St. Clair, an American college girl banished from her family, arrives in London to find out what happened to her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, and meets a former spy who, torn apart by betrayal, agrees to help her on her mission.
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Book Discussion, Mon. April 22, 6 pm: Before We were Yours
by Lisa Wingate
Learning that her grandmother was a victim of the corrupt Tennessee Children's Home Society, attorney and aspiring politician Avery Stafford delves into her family's past and begins to wonder if some things are best kept secret.
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SAILS has added 25 magazines to the OverDrive catalog. These can be read with either the Libby or OverDrive app on your tablet, computer, ereader or phone.These titles are always available.There is no waiting list to read a magazine, and they will not count against a reader's checkout limit. New on Biblioboard: We have uploaded two (and maybe three by the time you read this) local books: The Angle Tree Garden Club 50th anniversary book, the 10 years of Open Mike Poetry book, and Memoirs of a 20th Century Physician by Dale G. Friend. You can check out how to add your own books by clicking on the NA Voices tab on the website or by talking to Maggie. SAILS library patrons can discover a remarkable true story through the largest global digital book club, Big Library Read. From April 1–15, booklovers can borrow, read and discuss Abu Bakr al Rabeeah and Winnie Yeung’s heartbreaking yet hopeful Homes: A Refugee Story ebook from their public library with no waitlists or holds. Homes: A Refugee Story chronicles the struggles of the al Rabeeah family who left their home in Iraq for Syria in hope of a safer life – just before the Syrian civil war broke out. Abu Bakr, one of eight children, was ten years old when the violence began on the streets around him: car bombings, attacks on his mosque and school, firebombs late at night. Homes tells of the strange juxtaposition of growing up as a typical teenager in a war zone: horrific, unimaginable events punctuated by normalcy – soccer, cousins, video games, friends.
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Adult Ongoing Programs
Friends Meeting: 7 pm on Wed., April 3. Trustee's Meeting: 7 pm on Thurs. April 11. North Needlers: 7 pm on Tues. 4/9 & 4/23. Writer's Group: 6 pm on Monday, 4/1. Grieving Mother's Group: 10:30 am, on Sat., April 13.
Children's Ongoing Programs
Time for Tales at 10 am for children 3 to 6: Tuesdays, 4/2, 4/9, 4/23, 4/30 Toddlertime at 10 am for children 1-3: Mondays, 4/1, 4/8, 4/22, 4/29 and Thursdays, 4/4, 4/11, 4/25 Crafty Saturday from 10 to 4, 4/20
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