Acushnet Public Library232 Middle Road, Acushnet, Massachusetts 02743 | 508-998-0270https://acupl.org/
NOVEMBER 2025
November Greetings!
 
See below for more information on our plentiful programs in November!
  • Thanksgiving Centerpiece Workshop (Registration required)
  • Screening of the documentary "Women of Truth and Courage: The Widows of Kalangarai
  • Pie Baking is Fun (Registration required)
  • Drop-in Fall Craft
  • and more!!!! 
A friendly reminder, the library will be: 
CLOSED- Veterans Day, Tuesday, 11/11
 
:Thanksgiving Break: 
Wednesday, 11/26 early closure @ 3:00pm,
CLOSED Thursday, 11/27 & Friday, 11/28
 
May your Thanksgiving be abundant with reasons to feel grateful. 
~Elisabeth 

FRIENDS OF THE ACUSHNET PUBLIC LIBRARY SPONSORED PROGRAM

FEATURED CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING
LEGO Club - What will you build?
LEGO Club - What will you build?
  • Saturday, November 8, 11 am
  • Tuesday, November 18*, 2 pm  
* No School in Acushnet - Election Day 
Community Room
Drop by LEGO Club to show your skills, build with friends, and be creative! We supply the LEGOs. Ages 5 and up.

PACE - CFCE PLAY & LEARN
PACE - CFCE PLAY & LEARN
Thursday, November 13, 11 am
Community Room
Join your local Coordinated Family and Community Engagement (CFCE) Program for a Play and Learn program with Miss Gloria in the Acushnet Public Library Community Room. Play and Learn is just what it sounds like: We play while we learn, and we learn while we play!! This free parent-child event is scheduled for Thursday, November 13 at 11:00 am for families with children from birth to age six! We encourage you to register.  For more information and to register, contact Gloria Cardona at gcardona@paceccw.org.

Story Explorers Book Club & Young Adult Survey
 We need your help!
 
We're looking to update our Story Explorers Book Club for children (ages 6-8), and we want to know what you think!  
 
Click here: https://forms.gle/NtDMA6kXcPu3mDZ76
 
We're updating our Teens Book Club for young adults (ages 13-18), and we want to know what you think!
 
Click here: https://forms.gle/UEiEgwdG2xoWYsmN9
 
 

Connect with Others at Your Library
Readers' Groups
The tea girl of Hummingbird Lane : a novel by Lisa See
Readers' Group - Morning Edition
Thursday, November 6, 11:00 am
Community Room
This novel from number-one New York Times best-selling author Lisa See explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter, who has been abandoned and adopted by an American couple.
Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. There is ritual and routine, and it has been ever thus for generations. Then one day a jeep appears at the village gate - the first automobile any of them have seen - and a stranger arrives.
 
 
 
By any other name : a novel by Jodi Picoult
Readers' Group 
Thursday, November 6, 6:00 pm
Community Room
Across centuries, two women, Melina Green and Emilia Bassano, one a modern playwright and the other her Elizabethan ancestor, each fight societal expectations to have their voices heard on the stage in a world that silences female playwrights.
 
You can visit us to pick up a copy, place a hold, or ask a librarian to order a copy for you.
MOVIE MATINEE on Monday, November 10 @ 2 pm
Moonrise kingdom by 1969- Anderson, Wes
Moonrise Kingdom
 
This month, we will screen Moonrise Kingdom, Rated PG-13 (1 hours, 34 minutes) 
 
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. 
 
Movie Matinee is for Ages 18 +.  Bring a covered beverage if you like. 
KNITTING & CROCHETING GROUP on Monday, November 10 @ 6 pm
HISTORY COFFEE HOUR
NEW MATERIALS ARRIVE WEEKLY!
PLACE HOLDS ON ITEMS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN RELEASED YET.
Support Those in Need at Your Library
 
 Did you know the library has a food donation bin for the 
Shepherd's Pantry? Your donations of new, unopened,
dry and canned goods are accepted year-round.
 
Library Hours

Monday - Thursday, 10:30 am -7:30 pm
Friday, 1 pm - 5 pm
Saturday, 9:30 am - 2:30 pm
 
CLOSED- Veterans Day, Tuesday, 11/11
 
Thanksgiving Break,
Wednesday, 11/26 early closure @ 3:00pm,
CLOSED Thursday, 11/27 & Friday, 11/28
 
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Acushnet Public Library
232 Middle Road
Acushnet, Massachusetts 02743
508-998-0270

acupl.org/