Acushnet Public Library: March into Spring at ACUPL!

March 2026

Greetings!

We hope you fared well during the February storms! Look below for March's programs.

*Featured Programming*

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Spring Mini Abstract Floral Watercolor Class with Lana Quann

Saturday, March 28, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Registration is required. Age 16+

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Building on the success of our first Youth Art Exhibition, we are pleased to announce our first Art Exhibition for ages 18 and up. Individuals may submit one piece of artwork by the March 7 deadline. Please share your talents with the greater Acushnet Library community and us. We reserve the right to limit entries due to space constraints. Paint, pencil, photography, and more are accepted. Please remember this is a public space, so avoid bringing fragile items.

The Art Exhibition will run from Saturday, March 14, 2026, through Saturday, March 28, 2026. Library visitors will have an opportunity to cast their votes for their favorites.

*Special Announcement*

Winter Storytime will end on Wednesday, 3/11, and will resume with Miss Elisabeth on Wednesday, 4/1.

~Elisabeth

MARCH'S FEATURED PROGRAMS

WINTER STORYTIME WILL END 3/11

& WILL RESUME 4/1 WITH MISS ELISABETH.

LEGO Club - What will you build?

Colorful Toy Blocks On Yellow Background

LEGO Club - What will you build?

Saturday, March 7 @ 11 am
Wednesday, March 18, 4 pm

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, March 12, 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, March 12 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.

Drop-in Button Making Session

Button Making Session
Friday, March 6, 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Young Adult Area
Drop by the Young Adult area and create a unique button. You choose the paper and design and help create a button to wear or share. Ages 6 and up. While supplies last.

Connect with Others at Your Library

Readers' Groups

Readers' Group - Morning Edition
Thursday, March 5, 11:00 am
Community Room

Two families, generations apart, are forever changed by a heartbreaking injustice in this poignant novel, inspired by a true story, for readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale. Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family's Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge--until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children's Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents--but they quickly realize the dark truth.

Looking ahead to the April 2nd meeting, the group will discuss The Alice Network by Kate Quinn.

Readers' Group
Thursday, March 5, 6:00 pm
Community Room

"A four-year-old Mi'kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mystery that haunts the survivors, unravels a family, and will remain unsolved for nearly fifty years, July 1962. A Mi'kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the family's youngest child, vanishes. She is last seen by her six-year-old brother, Joe, sitting on a favorite rock at the edge of a berry field. Joe will remain distraught by his sister's disappearance for years to come...this showstopping debut by a vibrant new voice in fiction is a riveting novel about the search for truth, the shadow of trauma, and the persistence of love across"-- Provided by publisher.

Looking ahead to the April 2 meeting, the group will discuss Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer.

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, March 9 @ 2 pm

Regretting You

This month, we will screen Regretting You, Rated PG-13 (1 hour, 56 minutes)

Regretting You is based on the novel of the same name by Colleen Hoover. A mother and daughter must grapple with what's left after a devastating accident reveals a shocking betrayal and forces them to confront family secrets, redefine love, and rediscover themselves.

Movie Matinee is for Ages 18 +. Bring a covered beverage if you like.

KNITTING & CROCHETING GROUP on Monday, March 9 @ 6 pm

HISTORY COFFEE HOUR Thursday, 3/26 at 11 am

NEW MATERIALS ARRIVE WEEKLY!

Support Those in Need at Your Library

19th Annual Boston Bruins PJ Drive Begins
February 1 - March 31, During Library Hours
Circulation Desk
From February 1 through March 15, Cradles to Crayons®, the Boston Bruins, the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, and Wonderfund are coming together with organizations in your community to collect new pajamas for local children living in low-income and homeless situations. Together, we are looking to collect 10,000 pairs of pajamas. By supporting the PJ Drive, you will directly provide new pajamas to the children who need them most, helping them stay warm for a good night’s sleep. Over the years, Acushnet Library patrons have donated more than 310 pairs of pajamas to children in the Greater New Bedford area. This year, we hope to collect 50 pairs. We will accept donations through March 31.

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

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