Monday Morning Stories and Songs
Mondays at 10:00 am
Join us for a high-energy story time! We’ll mix things up with a combination of stories for listening and songs for dancing. This program will be held indoors during the winter, then move back outdoors when the weather gets warmer.
Monday, February 27 @ 4:00 pm on Zoom
Cinephiles, join us for our film series! Watch a movie at home and then join Film History & Media studies Professor MV for a virtual discussion on the last Monday of the month. Join us this month for a discussion of Carlos Sorin's Historias Mínimas, available to request through the Minuteman Network. Please visit our website to learn more and email glesellier@minlib.net to register for the Zoom meeting.
Tuesdays at 10:00 am
Here’s a chance for the little ones to learn their A-B-C’s. We’ll start with stories and songs that feature our letter of the week. Then we’ll do some simple crafts with the special letter – tracing, stamping, cutting, gluing, and coloring. Each child can bring something with them that starts with the letter of the week – we’ll do a mini show & tell along with stories. This week's letter is Y.
Tuesday, February 28 at 6:30 pm hybrid in person and on Zoom
Join us for a hybrid discussion of Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell. Copies available at the library, or borrow digitally. Please email glesellier@minlib.net to register.
National Park Service – Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
Wednesday, March 1 at 12:00 pm on Zoom
Online in collaboration with the Tewksbury Public Library, enjoy a virtual lunchtime lecture from the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site in Brookline, entitled “Olmsted’s Life and Legacy.” While the world knows him today as the foremost American landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted would live a full life well before designing open green spaces. Examine Olmsted’s life from his early years up until his final days. Led by Community and Youth Engagement Coordinator Isabel Schulman. Please click here to receive the Zoom link. This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 24 hours of the program.
Wednesday, March 1 at 7:00 pm on Zoom
Join us for an overview on hydroponics. Have you ever been curious about this form of gardening? Blackstone Valley Veggie Gardens will be talking about the benefits of hydroponics and answering any questions you might have about this soil-less form of gardening. This program will be held over Zoom. Please visit our website to register and receive the meeting link.
Thursday, March 2 at 1:00 pm on Zoom
Join us for a virtual Zoom discussion of The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra. Copies available at the library, or borrow digitally. Please email cstirling@minlib.net to register and receive the Zoom link.
Fridays at 10:00 am
Join us for a cozy storytime filled with lap bounces, rhymes, songs, and simple stories. Geared toward infants and young toddlers with their grownups. This program will be held indoors during the winter, then move outdoors when the weather gets warmer.
Art Opening Reception: Lisa Hayden
Tuesday, March 7 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm
Lisa Hayden, a contemporary artist from Northboro, will be exhibiting a collection of paintings from March 3 to May 2 at the Bacon Free Library. With an abstracted take on the natural world and a strong love of the ocean, she brings the outdoors inside through art. Join us on March 7 for an opening reception, which is free and open to the public. Learn more about Lisa Hayden at her website.
Wednesday, March 8 at 10:30 am
Be prepared to laugh, dance, sing, and jam your way through 30 minutes of non-stop family fun! This performance is geared for kids ages 1–7, but fun for the whole family. With modern takes on children’s classics and classic original tunes, you’ll be humming and bopping your way all the way home. Please visit our website to register.
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