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Lynnfield Public Library
mid-October 2023 Newsletter
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We are currently open Monday - Thursday 9am - 9pm, and Friday and Saturday 9am - 5pm. Please call 781-334-5411 or email lfd@noblenet.org at any time with any questions. We look forward to hearing from you!
Holidays and Closings: November 3: Delayed opening for staff training. The library will open at 1 PM
Access our online services anytime at lynnfieldlibrary.org |
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Tea Time |
Mondays | 9:30 - 11:00 AM |
Come by the library's reading room for tea or coffee, to read the papers, and meet your neighbors. We'll be providing hot water and tea, instant coffee, or cocoa for self-service beverages, and reading materials. You provide the company. Come down to the library, and make yourself at home.
Mondays, 9:30 - 11:00 am. Bringing your own reusable cups is encouraged. No registration required.
Adults
Library Reading Room |
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Read to a Dog | Monday, October 23rd |
3:30-4:30 PM |
Mitzi, a trained therapy dog, will be visiting the Lynnfield Library hoping to hear some great stories! Children may sign up for a 10-minute session and choose a book or selection from a book to read to her. Mitzi is a patient listener, so reading to her is good practice for readers who are still struggling a bit as well as pros.
This program is geared towards children in grades K-4. Registration required. Space is limited to 6 children. Time to read to Mitzi is limited, so please arrive early if you need time to pick out a book. We may not be able to accept children who are late to their appointment time. If registration is full, please email lfdyouth@noblenet.org to join the waitlist. When registering, please select an available time.
Grades K-4 Children's Room |
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| Tuesday, October 24 |
6:00-7:00 PM |
The Last Tuesday Book Club is the Lynnfield Library's fiction book group! October's book is Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson. Copies are available for pickup at the Library's Circulation desk. No Registration required.
**Please note that October's meeting will be held on October 24, not the last Tuesday of the month, which is Halloween.
Adults Mezzanine |
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Wednesdays | 10:00 - 10:30 AM |
Join Ms. Alex and Ms. Joan on Wednesdays, to sing songs and listen to stories! This story time will be held outside on the Lynnfield Town Common if the weather is nice. You are welcome to bring a blanket or chair to sit on. If it is too cold or rainy, story time will be held inside the library. No registration required.
Recommended for children ages 5 and under.
Lynnfield Common if weather allows, or Children's Room
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Curious About Cuisine | Wednesday, October 25 |
3:00-4:00 PM | Everyone loves food - even if they don't like cooking or baking it themselves. You don't have to be an avid home chef to attend Curious About Cuisine, all are welcome to learn a bit more about different cuisines and of course get a chance to taste them, too!
Join us as Lynnfield resident Cheryl WhiteDear presents: Sundays with the Family. Cheryl tells us, "In my family, Sunday is a day when a huge meal is prepared and the entire family puts everything aside to sit down and enjoy family time. It's all about the food! Food make the time spent together even more meaningful so there's plenty of good food, cross talk and harmony. All other issues are set aside as we connect with and love on each other." All are welcome. Registration is requested for headcount.
All ages
Mezzanine |
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Rise Up! Indigenous Music in North America | Wednesday, October 25 |
6:30-8:00 PM |
Join us as Craig Harris, music historian, percussionist, radio host, and author presents Rise Up! Indigenous Music in North America. More than powwow drums and wooden flutes, Indigenous music intersects with rock, blues, jazz, folk music, reggae, hip-hop, classical music, and more.
Playing drums/percussion since his teens, Harris has played with C.J. Chenier, Greg Brown, Jonathan Edwards, Rod MacDonald, Melanie, Mustard’s Retreat, Merl Saunders, Rick Danko (The Band), and Los Texmaniacs. After teaching in public/charter schools in Boston, Somerville, Chelsea, and Springfield, MA for 28 years, Harris launched Drum Away the Blues in 2009. Registration is requested for headcount.
All ages Lynnfield Meeting House |
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| Thursday, October 26 | 3:30-4:15 PM |
Make your very own wand to complete your witch or wizard costume (or just for fun)! Registration required.
Ages 6+
Children's Room
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Tuesday, October 31 | 2:30-3:30 PM |
Keeping up with new technology can be spooky, but we want to help! Come by the library o nOctober 31st from 2:30-3:30 PM for technology drop-in help.
Some things we can help you with: - eBooks and eAudiobooks
- Computer and/or smartphone basics
- Using the library catalog or library databases
- Social media basics
Some things we will not be able to help you with:
- Broken phones, computers, or devices
- Computer viruses
- Items that cannot be physically brought to the library
- Technology security or networking
Please bring your device, any of its accessories, and its charging cable with you. Registration recommended but not required.
Teens and Adults Mezzanine |
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Halloween Kid's Button Making Bonanza! | Tuesday, October 31 |
3:00-4:00 PM | Show off your style by making some buttons! Draw anything you'd like and turn your design into a button using a button maker. We'll also have some special spooky designs to celebrate Halloween!
Our button maker will be set up until 4:00, so stop by anytime from 3:00-4:00 to make a button.
Ages 3-10 Children's Room |
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Bill Sano Presents:
Whitney, Dionne, Aretha, and Ella:
Four Grand Divas of American Music
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Thursdays, November 2, November 9, November 16and Wednesday, November 22 |
10:00 AM-12:00 PM | Whitney Houston (1963-2012), daughter of a gospel singer, cousin of Dionne Warwick, sold over 200 million records in her short career. Forever facing addiction and personal problems her vocal impact on the world will never be forgotten.
Dionne Warwick (born 1940) is a first cousin to Whitney Houston. She will always be remembered for her interpretation of songs by Burt Bacharach and Hal David: “That’s What Friends are For” and “Do you know the way to San Jose”.
Aretha Franklin (1942-2018), Godmother to Whitney Houston, was born In Memphis, the daughter of a Baptist minister. She would forever be remembered as “The Queen of Soul.”
Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), dubbed “The First Lady of Song,” grew up in Harlem under very difficult circumstances. Credited with her ability at scat singing, Mel Torme pointed out that Ella didn’t invent scat singing, she just perfected it!
Adults
Lynnfield Meeting House |
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Paper Quilled Sunflower Kit | Thursday, November 2 |
2:00-4:00 PM |
Quilling is curling and twisting paper strips into an artistic design! You can make this cute little Thanksgiving decoration at home! Pick up: Thursday 11/2 from 2-4pm Registration required.
Children ages 8+
Pickup in the Children's Room |
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| Tuesday, November 7 |
3:30-4:00 |
Join Mindy Paper to paint your own cookie! Celebrate the season with this fall themed cookie. Participants will each get a paint their own large cookie using edible watercolors to create their own tasty masterpiece. Registration required.
Ages 4-10
Mezzanine
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VIRTUAL - An Introduction to Guastavino Architecture and Libraries |
Tuesday, November 7 | 7:00-8:00 PM |
What do the following buildings have in common? Bigelow Library - Boston Public Library - Biltmore Estate in North Carolina - Cathedral of St. John the Divine - Carnegie Library at Mt. Vernon Square and hundreds of others. They are built--at least partially--using the Guastavino Technique. Join Guastavino Alliance board member Rena Henderson to learn about this prolific architect and his Spanish building technique. For more information, check out the Guastavino Alliance. co-hosted with the Bigelow Free Library. Registration is through an outside link.
Adults Zoom |
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Wednesday, November 8th
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Do you swoon over enemies-turned-lovers? Do you read every Nora Roberts novel? Do you find yourself curled up with the latest bodice ripper more often than not? Join Lynnfield’s new romance novel book club! In November we will be reading Rebel by Beverly Jenkins.
Adults Mezzenine
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The Town of Lynnfield seeks input on use of Opioid Settlement Funds. Please take the following short survey. https://forms.gle/FnsXV9eoFiRrqyvr8 |
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Mass Department of Public Health: Community Health Equity Survey.
To improve the health of everyone in Massachusetts, we need to center the voices of people and communities who have been long denied an equal chance at health. The Community Health Equity Survey is an opportunity for residents to share their experiences and priorities to help shape the future of our health. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health will use survey results to improve our programs, make decisions about funding and resources, and support policies to improve health inequities. We will also share the results of the survey with partners across Massachusetts to support the important work they are doing to improve health in their communities.
The survey will be open from July 31, 2023 through early Fall 2023. Anyone aged 14 and older can take the survey. It takes approximately 15 to 30 minutes to complete and is available in 11 languages: Arabic, Cape Verdean Creole, Chinese (simplified), Chinese traditional, English, Haitian Creole, Khmer, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese. The survey will also be available in ASL later this summer.
Taking the survey is easy! Just click on this link to get started: www.mass.gov/healthsurvey
For more information about the Community Health Equity Initiative and the survey, please visit our website: www.mass.gov/CHEI |
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