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We've got your summer fun covered!
Come visit – we have great reads, fun programs and big smiles to brighten
your day. |
Animal World Experience Friday, August 4, 11:00 am Matt Gabriel will introduce a selection of wild animals and teach the audience about their lives and habitats. After the presentation, there will be an extra hour for audience members to hold and pet some of the animals. Right now, this program is full, but you can still add your name to the waitlist! |
Teddy Bear Yoga Wednesday, August 9, 11:00 am Join us outside - with your Teddy Bear, of course - for some Yoga with Miss Christine from Little Bee Yoga. Please register; Note that registration will open July 7. |
Mad Science--Radical Robots Wednesday, August 9, 3:00 pm For children ages 8 to 12 only Children become wrapped up in the world of robotics! Volunteers act out a robot, remote control device, and an automaton. A reading and writing robot draw shapes, detects objects, and tracks lines. Children circulate learning centers to control an automaton through sound, move a robot through a maze, and use wireless controls to move bug-like devices! A soft and snuggly robotic seal pup is passed around for all to pet. Children build the Robot Hand to take home. This workshop is for children ages 8 to 12 only and there are limited spaces. Please only register children within this age range. |
Ongoing Storytimes at John Curtis Free Library
Picture Book Time (for 3 & 4 year old) -- Monday, August 7 & 14 at 10:15 am Patty-Cake (for babies newborn to 18 months) -- Monday, August 7 & 14 at 11:00 am Toddler Time (for 18-35 months old) -- Wednesday, August 9 & 16 at 10:15 am Pajama Storytime (Toddlers to age 5) -- Tuesday August 8 & 15 at 7:00 pm |
Ongoing -- Lego Day!
Tuesday, August 8 & 15 at 4:00 pm Make whatever you like, then display your creations in the Children's Room! |
Ongoing -- Makerspace
Friday, August 11 & 18 at 11:00 am - 1:00 pm More opportunities to get creative! Use our materials to make whatever you like! |
WEBINAR: A Trip to Ireland's Castles and Manors Tuesday, August 1 at 10:30 am Take an armchair travel trip to Ireland with world traveler Dan Zaiser, who loves sharing his exciting travel experiences with library audiences. After a day of traveling through the Irish countryside, stay at an old castle and historic country manor. Then visit the City of Dublin, Ring of Kerry, Rock of Cashel, the Irish Potato Famine Museum and Kylemore Abbey. And what trip to Ireland would be complete without a tour of the Guinness Brewery? Register directly on Zoom HERE. NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 24 hours of the program. Thanks to the Tewksbury Public Library for sharing this program! |
WEBINAR: Author Talk: White House by the Sea Tuesday, August 1 at 7:00 pm Author Kate Storey will discuss her brand new book, which provides a sweeping history of an American dynasty that has left an indelible mark on our nation’s politics and culture. Hyannis Port is synonymous with the Kennedy family. It is where America’s most storied political family has come to celebrate, bond, play, and grieve. With extraordinary access to the Kennedy family, journalist Kate Storey gives us a remarkably intimate and poignant look at the rhythms of an American dynasty. Register directly on Zoom HERE. NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 24 hours of the program. Thanks to the Tewksbury Public Library for sharing this program! |
WEBINAR: Giants of Science Series. Enrico Fermi
Wednesday, August 2 at 7:00 pm Enrico Fermi, born in September 1901, was an Italian and naturalized-American physicist. In 1938 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons. In January 1939, after receiving the Nobel Prize he moved to Columbia University and eventually the University of Chicago where he led the first controlled nuclear chain reaction. Enjoy an engaging and informative presentation on the life and work of this world changing physicist. Register directly on Zoom HERE. NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 24 hours of the program. Thanks to the Tewksbury Public library for sharing this program! |
WEBINAR: Seed Saving
Thursday, August 4 at Noon During this presentation we will talk about the reasons for saving your own seeds and learn some of the basic techniques for ensuring genetic purity. We will include discussions about the home garden plants from which seeds can be easily saved and stored for future use. Led by Gretel Anspach, a Trustee of the MA Horticultural Society, a Lifetime Master Gardener with the MA Master Gardener Association. She won the MMGA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016. Gretel established and maintains a 20,000 square foot food production garden that has provided fresh produce to the Marlboro and Maynard Food Pantries for the last ten years. Register directly on Zoom HERE. NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 24 hours of the program. Thanks to the Tewksbury Public Library for sharing this program! |
WEBINAR: Job Search Help Series. Leveraging Your Presence on LinkedIn
Monday, August 7 at 2:00 pm Get LinkedIn advice straight from the horse's mouth. Join LinkedIn Customer Success Manager Mike Fogarty for tips and best practices for enhancing your LinkedIn profile to showcase your skills and leverage your network for that next job opportunity. Please come prepared with your LinkedIn profile open, as Mike will walk through elements of your profile that you can optimize before leaving our virtual room. Register directly on Zoom HERE. NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 24 hours of the program. Thanks to the Tewksbury Public Library for sharing this program! |
WEBINAR: Author Talk: Q&A with Romance Author, Tracey Livesay Monday, August 7 at 7:00 pm August is Romance Novels Month! We are so excited to be chatting with romance author Tracey Livesay! We loved her book "American Royalty" and are celebrating the book birthday of "The Duchess Effect". Bring your questions because we're going to have a rapid fire Q&A! Register directly on Zoom HERE. NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 24 hours of the program. Thanks to the Ashland Public Library for sharing this program! |
WEBINAR: Demystifying the "Big 3" Free Digital Sites for Genealogists
Monday, August 7 at 7:00 pm As you grumble about the ever-increasing costs of the commercial databases, do you sometimes admit to yourself that you don’t value free sites as much as you should? With a whole truckload of formerly copyright-protected, now freely-available, materials out there, let’s visit these three and a few additional favorites. Linda B. MacIver is an educator, lecturer, librarian, and genealogy researcher. Linda is the former Secretary and Civil Records Director for Federal Records for the MA Genealogical Council and a member of the MA Society of Genealogists (MSOG) and the Essex (MA) Society of Genealogists (ESOG.) Register directly on Zoom HERE. NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 24 hours of the program. Thanks to the Tewksbury Public Library for sharing this program! |
WEBINAR: Author Talk: Q&A with Gail Sahar, Author of Blame & Political Attitudes
Wednesday, August 9 at 7:00 pm Have you been asking yourself "what does culture war even mean" and "what does it mean to be 'woke'?" Please join us for this conversation with Professor Gail Sahar, author of "Blame and Political Attitudes: The Psychology of America’s Culture War". Questions about the causes of events, from terrorist attacks to mass shootings to economic and public health crises dominate conversations across the US. Recent research in social psychology outlines the process we use to identify the causes of such events, reveals how we determine who is responsible, & documents the far-reaching consequences. Gail Sahar is the Jane Oxford Keiter Professor of Psychology at Wheaton College in Norton, MA. She earned her Ph.D. at UCLA and has been teaching social and political psychology while researching attitudes toward controversial social issues for over 25 years. Please register for this event HERE. Thanks to the Ashland Public Library for sharing this program! |
WEBINAR: Inside the Mysterious Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping
Friday, August 11 at Noon Explore the trial of Richard Hauptmann, the accused kidnapper of the baby of aviator Charles Lindbergh. The Hauptmann trial is among the most famous trials of the 20th century. Led by the Honorable Dennis J. Curran, retired Massachusetts Superior Court Justice. Curran is a member of the national Board of Advisors of The Lincoln Forum, a Life Member of the Surratt Society, and a Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and has taught at Tufts University, Roger Williams University School of Law, and Brown University. Register directly on Zoom HERE. NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 24 hours of the program. Thanks to the Tewksbury Public Library for sharing this program! |
IN PERSON!! The Civil War in the Collections of the Hanover Historical Society
Wednesday, August 16 at 6:30 pm
Join Hanover Historical Society intern Sophie Jones, a Hanover resident and student at the University of Maryland, for a talk about Hanover and the Civil War.
Drawing on the Historical Society's collection of objects, photographs, documents and items related to the Civil War, the talk will present some of the prominent figures and the battles they were involved in, letters from soldiers, the founding of the town's Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) post. and other significant events that took place during and shortly after the war. |
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