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| The David & Joyce Milne Public Library is developing a new strategic plan for the next five years (2027 - 2032), and we want to hear from you!
Our community survey is now open, and we encourage everyone to participate. Your feedback will help guide the library's priorities, services, programs, collections, and spaces for years to come. Whether you use the library every week, visit occasionally, or haven't stopped by in a while, your perspective is valuable.
Please take a few minutes to complete the survey and share your thoughts about the future of the library. |
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Everyone
|  | From The Spruces to Lehovec: A Guided Journey as a Site of Resistance and Remembrance
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Saturday, August 8th 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
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 | Walking the Natural Bridge as a Mohican Landscape |
Sunday, August 9th 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | | |
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Tweens & Teens
|  | Shrinky Dink Charms |
Tuesday, August 11th 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | | |
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Tweens & Teens
|  | Crafternoon! Shell-a-Palooza |
Wednesday, August 12th 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | |
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Families & Kids
|  | Garden w/ Ashni from Mumbet's Freedom Farm |
Thursday, August 13th 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
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Adults 21+
|  | Make Your Own CBD Lotion |
Saturday, August 15th 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Sign-Ups Required |
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Now Showing: Ferdinand 🎬
| Join us Friday, August 7th at 2:00 p.m. for a showing of the 2017 film, "Ferdinand."
In this winning animated comedy, a gentle bull named Ferdinand lives a happy life as the pet of a loving family in Spain. When he is captured and forced to participate in bullfights, he plots to escape and return home with the help of some animal pals.
Free popcorn will be available! Kids under 10 will need a grown-up with them, so please plan to stay and watch the movie with your kid(s). |
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Take a Guided Journey Right in Town! 🍃 |
Join us Saturday, August 8th at 11:00 a.m. for a guided journey focused on resistance and remembrance at The Spruces.
This guided ‘living archive walk’ travels from The Spruces parking area along the Mohawk Trail multi‑use path and Hoosic River Nature Trail to the Lehovec Natural Area, treating the river corridor as a contested memory landscape rather than mere scenery.
Participants will learn to read the riverbanks and adjacent fields as a layered archive. Along the way, the group will search for botanical markers such as periwinkle clusters, yucca, and cedar. |
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Walk the Natural Bridge with Us! 🌲
| Join us Sunday, August 9th at 11:00 a.m. for a walk and picnic at the Natural Bridge located in North Adams!
This guided journey aims to connect the park’s marble quarry, industrial dam, and former sculpture garden to deeper Mohican histories of hunting, gathering, travel, and spiritual practice along the Housatonic River Valley.
This walk invites participants to experience the arch in two registers at once: as a dramatic geological formation shaped over millennia and as a landmark within a living Indigenous landscape. |
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Get Crafty this Crafternoon! |
Time to make stuff Wednesday, August 12th at 1:00 p.m.! We have a bunch of cool shells you can combine with air-dry clay and other materials to make critters, windchimes, or whatever you want!
Kids under 10 will need a grown-up with them, so please plan to stay and participate with your kids.
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Garden 101 for Kiddos! 🌱
| Join Ashni from Mumbet's Freedom Farm, Thursday, August 14th at 11:00 a.m., as she shares her expertise with us about farming, plants, vegetables, and more!
We're planning to be outside in the courtyard unless it's raining very hard, so dress accordingly.
Per Milne policy, kids under 10 will need a grownup with them. |
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DIY CBD Lotion Workshop |
This event is for adults ages 21 and up.
Learn about the benefits of CBD in this two hour workshop with Bekki Dawson, founder and owner of Imperfectly Purple Saturday, August 15th at 12:00 p.m. Bekki will guide you through a craft where you learn to make your own lotion that includes CBD and its benefits to you.
This event is for adults ages 21 and up. Registration is required. Snacks and refreshments will be provided.
Imperfectly Purple is a Black, woman-owned small business located in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. |
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Storytimes | Baby & Toddler: Mondays at 10:30 a.m.
Songs and stories aimed at babies and toddlers, but older kids are welcome too.
Pre-K: Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.
We'll be reading lots of picture books for the pre-K age group; any age kids are welcome to join. |
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Chapter Two Books | August Hours
Wed. 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Thu. 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Fri. 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sat. 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sun. 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Mon. 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Tues. 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
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