On Stage and Screen: David Won, tenor; Timothy Steele, piano

Do you like songs from Broadway and movie classics?  

Come hear songs like Speak Softly, Love from The Godfather, Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Bring Him Home from Les Miserables, Maria from West Side Story and many more!

The Magic of Butterflies with

Blake Dinius, Entomologist Educator

Want to reduce stress? Exercise more? Butterfly watching is a meditative experience that will get you

out in nature and achieving those goals. You can find over 100 species of butterflies in Massachusetts.

All ages are welcome. Join us for some butterfly crafts before the presentation begins.

The History of the Baker Chocolate Company: A Sweet History

Local historian Anthony Sammarco details the delicious saga of Massachusetts's Baker Chocolate Company, from Hannon's mysterious disappearance and the famed La Belle Chocolatiere advertising campaign to cacao bean smuggling sparked by Revolutionary War blockades. Both bitter and sweet, this tale is sure to tickle your taste buds.

Baby Play Group

Meet new parents in a space with age appropriate toys for ages 0-12 months.  Registration required.

Storytime with Marissa

Ages 0-5 are welcome to join Marissa for 30 minutes of stories, participatory songs, and fingerplays that support early literacy. Registration is required. Please sign up for each week you are interested in attending. 

Read to Wally

Drop by the Children's Studio to meet and read to Wally, a Rhodesian Ridgeback! He is very patient and has very soft ears. This is a first come, first served event. Caregivers to remain in Children's Library.

Read to Spider

Read to Spider, a certified therapy dog!  You may bring a book or choose one from the library. No registration required. First come, first served. Caregivers to remain in Children's Library.

Take and Make: Bumblebee Paper Plate Craft

Register for your kit to make a friendly bumblebee paper plate craft! Bees are important pollinators of flowers, fruit and vegetables, and crops.

Thank you to the Norwell Garden Club for this month's craft!

Music Makers with Miss Bethany

Join early educator Bethany Gavin for 30 minutes of music and early literacy. Registration required.

Yoga Storytime

Explore books and yoga poses at this storytime! Led by Christine of Little Bee Yoga. Ages 2-6 with caregiver. Registration required, please bring your own yoga mat.

Drop In Memorial Day Poppy Craft

Drop by the Children's Studio to make a torn paper red poppy in honor of Memorial Day. All ages welcome, although smaller children will need help from their caregiver. Dress for mess just in case!

Read to Skipper

Come meet Skipper, a therapy dog in training who loves pats and being read to! Register for a 15-minute slot for one-on-one reading time with Skipper and his handler. Registration required.

Massachusetts Native Plants Scavenger Hunt

Try to find all the native Massachusetts plants hidden around the Children's Room! Can you spot the bumblebee?

Dungeons and Dragons One Shot:  

A Wild Sheep Chase

Information:

• Sessions last from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Although they may last until 6 p.m. if players are willing)

• Beginner friendly: No commitment, no need to bring anything

• Pre-made characters available (Change flavor as much as you want!)

• You can come in with your own character, but it must be finished (Flavor allowed but no homebrew mechanics)

Email the DM Logan at loganmellace@gmail.com if you have any questions! Once you sign up, Logan will email you the rules as well. Or email the YA Librarian Brooke at bvitagliano@norwell.ocln.org.

This program is for those in 6th to 8th grade.

Dungeons and Dragons One Shot: A Chance Encounter (2)

Information:

• Sessions last from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Although they may last until 6 p.m. if players are willing)

• Beginner friendly: No commitment, no need to bring anything

• Pre-made characters available (Change flavor as much as you want!)

• You can come in with your own character, but it must be finished (Flavor allowed but no homebrew mechanics)

Email the DM Logan at loganmellace@gmail.com if you have any questions! Once you sign up, Logan will email you the rules as well. Or email the YA Librarian Brooke at bvitagliano@norwell.ocln.org.

This program is for those in 9th to 12th grade.

Teen Advisory Group (TAG!)

Calling all Teens!! Join the Norwell Public Library TAG (Teen Advisory Group) and receive teen volunteer hours. During TAG meetings, there will be further discussion on teen programming, the teen room space, and more. Registration is strongly suggested. Pizza and Switch Video Games will be provided to those who register! 

This will be our last meeting before the summer time. TAG will start back up in September! 

Dungeons and Dragons One Shot: A Wild Sheep Chase (3)

Missed the first Wild Sheep Chase? Now's your chance to try (or explore again)! 

Click Register for more Information or 

Email the DM Logan at loganmellace@gmail.com if you have any questions! Once you sign up, Logan will email you the rules as well. Or email the YA Librarian Brooke at bvitagliano@norwell.ocln.org

This program is for those in 6th to 8th grade.

Dungeons and Dragons One Shot: The Mystic Circle (4)

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Email the DM Logan at loganmellace@gmail.com if you have any questions! Once you sign up, Logan will email you the rules as well. Or email the YA Librarian Brooke at bvitagliano@norwell.ocln.org

This program is for those in 9th to 12th grade.

Let's Make Cake Pops! Teens only

Join the YA Librarian in making cake-pops! Each individual in attendance will be shown how to make a cake-pop. If you have an allergy please inform Brooke the YA Librarian of said allergy by reaching out to bvitagliano@norwell.ocln.org or stop by the Adult and Teen Services desk.

This program is for those in 6th to 12th grade.

Take and Make: Umbrella Craft

This month's take and make is a Paper Umbrella Craft. Those who register will have their craft kits put to the side for pick up at the circulation desk. This craft is intended for Teens. Adults and Children are welcome to sign up, but children will need assistance in assembly. Pick up your kit at the main circulation desk starting May 20th to May 24th. 

If you will not be able to make the pick up window please call the front desk to allow others the chance to receive the craft! 

Dungeons and Dragons One Shot: An Urgent Rescue (5)

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Email the DM Logan at loganmellace@gmail.com if you have any questions! Once you sign up, Logan will email you the rules as well. Or email the YA Librarian Brooke at bvitagliano@norwell.ocln.org

This program is for those in 9th to 12th grade.

Dungeons and Dragons One Shot:

A Dark Veil Falls (6)

Click Register for more Information or 

Email the DM Logan at loganmellace@gmail.com if you have any questions! Once you sign up, Logan will email you the rules as well. Or email the YA Librarian Brooke at bvitagliano@norwell.ocln.org

This program is for those in 9th to 12th grade.

Swifty Friendship Bracelets

Want to make friendship bracelets? Join us May 22nd in creating your very own! Plenty of various bead colors will be available to choose from. 

Though the title is inspired by Taylor Swift and her fan's bracelet creations, anyone is welcome to join and participate. 

This program is for those in 6th to 12th grade.

Teens Only:

Video Games Club

Calling all teen gamers! Join us for the Video Games Club here at Norwell Public Library. Every month we will select from a group of switch games to play together ranging from Mariokart to Cuphead. If there's a special game you wish to see on the list be sure to tell Brooke the Teen Librarian. Must be rated E, E10+ or T to be accepted. This program is for grades 6th to 12th. Snacks will be provided to those in attendance!

Tai Chi

Join us for Tai Chi at the Norwell Public Library!

Basic Technology Help

One-on-One technology help. Have a question about email, the internet, using your phone, accessing library eBooks, or streaming movies through Kanopy? Bring your own device or use a library computer. No appointment needed.

South of Boston Board Game Meetup

The Norwell Public Library is excited to host the South of Boston Board Game Meetup The group began as an inclusive community of board gamers in the South Shore area and beyond. Their goal is to bring people together to share their love of board games in a welcoming and friendly environment. This free event is open to junior high aged teens, and adults of all ages. 

Please RSVP via Meetup Group  if you can!

This group is for all knitters, beginners, and experts alike!😊 Crochet and other crafts are welcome!

We have a selection of yarn and kits for beginners. Drop-ins welcome! Registration is optional.

Please join Kathy Berry, a self-proclaimed humanitarian, at the Norwell Public Library for her presentation, “Unlikely Friends: Tales from Refugee Campuses on Lesvos.” Treating herself to her first trip to Greece in 2017, she explored the country for a couple of weeks; then spent three weeks volunteering at a Refugee Campus on the island of Lesvos. Kathy found profound fulfillment and life perspective during her time at the Refugee Campus.

Peter Mandel hunts his stories and photos in the world's far corners, including Antarctica, India, Egypt, Patagonia, the fjords of Norway, the mountain pathways of Japan, and the deserts of Africa.

He'll show slides of his most extreme travel experiences —surviving a coup in Ecuador, visiting a ‘city’ of penguins at the South Pole, and more!

Skipper the Therapy Dog

Take a break from the stress of life and relax with a therapy dog, Skipper. All ages welcome!

No registration is required. 

Follow Skipper on Instagram

skipper_the_clipper.

New workshop series. Learn how to use mindfulness beyond meditation practices. Understand what

mindfulness is, what it means, how to practice it and why it matters. You can participate in session one, two, or all three workshops (in any order) and gain usable insights.

Photographer and Pilot, Margot Cheel invites you to see the world from a unique perspective. For her presentation, she will take everyone on a “flight” over Boston’s South Shore, down to the Cape and Islands.

Margot's photos will be on display in the meeting room for the month of May.

Animal food production, which encompasses raising livestock for meat, dairy products and eggs, as well as commercial fishing, has serious environmental impacts. You will learn how animal food production results in greenhouse gases and pollution, while using lots of land and water. Eating a healthy plant-based diet can lower your environmental footprint, while improving your health.

American Fiction is a 2023 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Cord Jefferson in his feature directorial debut. Based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett, it follows a frustrated novelist-professor who writes an outlandish satire of stereotypical "Black" books, only for it to be mistaken for serious literature by the liberal elite and published to high sales and critical praise. 

Pizza dinner will start at 5:30pm - feel free to bring a side dish to share. The film starts at 5:45pm.

Author Talk: Peter Abrahams AKA Spencer Quinn

Peter Abrahams is an American author of crime fiction and suspense novels. Abrahams writes Echo Falls Mysteries and standalone novels under his own name as well as well as the Chet & Bernie Mysteries and under the pen name of Spencer Quinn. Stephen King has called Abrahams his “favorite American suspense novelist.”

Copies of  Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge will be available to check out at the circ desk.

Literary Circle Book Group: The Dictionary of Lost Words

We will be reading: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams.

In 1901, the word ‘Bondmaid’ was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it.

Books will be on hold at circulation desk.