These changes are designed to streamline service and make it easier for you to find the assistance you need. Thank you for your patience during the transition!

 

The Friends of TCPL are a nonprofit volunteer group dedicated to raising funds and awareness for the library. Find out more and learn how to donate through the Library website.  The Friends of TCPL also run the Friends Bookstore, in which profits from selling gently used books go towards funding library services and programming! With the community's support and the dedication of volunteers, the Friends bookstore has expanded their hours on Thursdays to include Thursday mornings from 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM! Updated bookstore hours are listed below and viewable through our online calendar! Donations of gently used books, CDs & DVDs are always welcome. A donation bin is available in the Main Library atrium. The Friends bookstore is also expanding their reach to the North Quincy Library - Stop by North Quincy Library to view our new self-service bookstore! 

 

 

The Friends of the Thomas Crane Public Library invite current members and the public to join them at their 2025 Annual Meeting on Tuesday, May 6 from 6:30 - 8:30 PM in the historic Richardson Building. The meeting will begin at 6:30 PM, followed by special guest speaker Linda Coombs, author and historian from the Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard, at 7 PM. Most recently, she’s published Colonization and the Wampanoag Story, a children's book about the discovery of America as told from the perspective of the New England Indigenous Nations.

 

Linda Coombs (Aquinnah Wampanoag) began her museum career in an internship at the Boston Children’s Museum, and later working there in the Native American Program.  She and her colleague Paulla Dove Jennings (Narragansett) wrote children’s books for a museum series highlighting aspects of southern New England tribal cultures. Coombs also worked for 30 years in the Wampanoag Indigenous Program (WIP) of Plimoth Plantation, including 15 years as WIP’s Associate Director; and 9 years at the Aquinnah Cultural Center.  Presently she does independent museum consulting and cultural presentations.

 

Art Exhibits at the Thomas Crane Public Library returns with a special showcase featuring artwork created by the clients at Aspire Health Alliance's Discovery Day Treatment program for Mental Health Awareness Month in May! The exhibit will run from Monday, May 12 until Friday, May 30, 2025 on the top floor of the Main Library on 40 Washington St.!

 

“We are thrilled to launch the Thomas Crane Public Library’s 2025 Art Exhibit series,” said Susan Coakley, President and CEO of Aspire Health Alliance. “Working with the library, we want to showcase the great talents of our clients in the Discovery and reduce stigma associated with mental health, especially during May’s Mental Health Awareness month.” Aspire’s Discovery Day Treatment program is a life-changing, community-based group therapy program for adults with long-term mental health challenges and designed to help support an individual’s behavioral health through therapeutic group treatment and milieu therapy, including a vibrant art therapy program in which clients created the beautiful art for this exhibit. Celebrating 100 years of service in 2026, Aspire Health Alliance provides services for children, teens, and adults experiencing serious emotional challenges, behavioral issues, and substance abuse. Designated as a Community Behavioral Health Center by the State of Massachusetts. Aspire has outpatient clinics across the South Shore in Quincy, Braintree and Marshfield. They have services across the continuum of care including early intervention services for infants, toddlers and their families; day treatment, intensive wrap-around services, and residential services. There is no health without mental health.

 

For more information or to access services, call 617-847-1950.

If you are in a mental health crisis, call 800-528-4890.