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Monday, August 16:00—7:30 PMMain LibraryLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Adult Knit-a-Bitters
Knit with the Knit-a-Bitters group! Bring a mask, your knitting materials, and socialize! Monday, August 17:00—8:00 PMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
VirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Hybrid Program: The 50th Anniversary of the Godfather
Come in person to view on our big screen or zoom from home! Back by popular demand! Frank Mandosa will discuss the Godfather movies! Movie Clips, trivia, popcorn & prizes! Registration is required! 2
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Wednesday, August 310:30 AM—12:00 PMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Mystery Book Club
LAL's Adult Services Librarian Sue Nakanishi is the facilitator of this group. Sue reserves the books before each meeting, checks them out to each member, and hands them out. Currently this group is not accepting new members. August's Book:…Learn More4
Thursday, August 410:30—11:30 AMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Summer Story Time: Ages 3-8
Join us for a summer story time series led by volunteer Laurel Puchalski, a dedicated member of the community and our Board of Trustees! Each session will have its own theme, with books, songs, and a craft! Registration for each session you plan to attend is recommended.…Learn More5
Friday, August 51:00—2:00 PMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
VirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Hybrid Program: S.J. Peddie, author of Sonny
Based on exclusive interviews before his death in 2020 at age 103, SONNY is the first and only authorized biography of legendary mob boss John "Sonny" Franzese, the head of the Columbo crime family and financier of the infamous film Deep Throat. An old school Mafioso, he kept silent on his nine decade career in organized crime, remaining loyal to the Mafia oath throughout 30 years in prison, until he finally agreed to talk to award-winning Newsday reporter S.…Learn More6
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Monday, August 86:00—7:30 PMMain LibraryLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Adult Knit-a-Bitters
Knit with the Knit-a-Bitters group! Bring a mask, your knitting materials, and socialize! Monday, August 87:00—8:00 PMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
VirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Hybrid Program: David Kruh, author of Inseparable
Local author David Kruh will be here to talk about his new book Inseparable! Sixty years ago, three inmates escaped from Alcatraz on a raft that they had constructed. What happened to them? Using a power point slide show, David will share the true story of the planning and execution of the escape, which was the inspiration for his book.…Learn More9
Tuesday, August 92:00—3:00 PMVirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Virtual Program: FDR's Four Freedoms
REGISTER HERE. **PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Meeting via email. **
On January 6, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt shared with the country his vision for a world founded on “four essential freedoms" -- freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.…Learn More10
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Thursday, August 1110:30—11:30 AMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Summer Story Time: Ages 3-8
Join us for a summer story time series led by volunteer Laurel Puchalski, a dedicated member of the community and our Board of Trustees! Each session will have its own theme, with books, songs, and a craft! Registration for each session you plan to attend is recommended.…Learn More12
Friday, August 122:00—3:00 PMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
VirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Hybrid Program: Concession Stand Crimes with Mystery Author Nicole Asselin
Murder at First Pitch mystery author Nicole Asselin will be at our library in person to talk about her new book Concession Stand Crimes. Nicole will be bringing copies of her two books to sell & sign for anyone that is interested. This program will be hybrid so participants do have that option.…Learn More13
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Monday, August 153:15—4:15 PMNichols VillageCommunity LocationsOffsite - Please see description for address, Groveland, MA, 01834
Nichols Village Book Club
Langley-Adams Library's Adult Service Librarian Sue Nakanishi facilitates this group that meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month
3:15pm-4:15 p. m. Sue reserves the books to be read, checks them out to each member & hands them out at the meetings. For more information please contact Sue 978-372-1732.…Learn MoreMonday, August 156:00—7:30 PMMain LibraryLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Adult Knit-a-Bitters
Knit with the Knit-a-Bitters group! Bring a mask, your knitting materials, and socialize! 16
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Wednesday, August 176:30—8:00 PMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Wednesday Night Book Club
Join us for a discussion of this month's book, These Precious Days: Essays by Ann Patchett. Wednesday, August 176:30—8:00 PMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Wednesday Night Book Club
Join us for a discussion of this month's book.
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Monday, August 226:00—7:30 PMMain LibraryLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Adult Knit-a-Bitters
Knit with the Knit-a-Bitters group! Bring a mask, your knitting materials, and socialize! Monday, August 227:00—8:30 PMVirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Virtual Book Club: Overbooked: A (Mostly) YA Book Club for Adults
This book club meets over Zoom. Are you an adult with a passion for YA and YA-ish books? Would you like to discuss these books with like-minded people? Then come to Overbooked and achieve these dreams! Books will be chosen by book club members…Learn More23
Tuesday, August 232:00—3:00 PMVirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Virtual Program: The Energy Crisis (of the 1970s)
REGISTER HERE. **PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Meeting via email. **
Have you heard the phrase: “not since the ‘70s” lately? On February 2, 1977, less than two weeks after assuming the Presidency, Jimmy Carter addressed the nation in a televised “fireside chat” to speak to Americans about the looming Energy Crisis.…Learn More24
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Thursday, August 2511:00 AM—12:00 PMVirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Hybrid Program: The Gilded World of Isabella Stewart Gardner
REGISTER HERE. **PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Meeting via email. **
We will also be showing this on the big screen at the library, so feel free to show up in person!
The life of Boston’s arts patroness typifies the lives of many of the wealthy and cultured Americans who lived during the Gilded Age of American history.…Learn MoreThursday, August 2511:00 AM—12:00 PMOutsideLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Mud Day! (Grades K-5)
You are invited to our very own Mud Day, led by Laurel Puchalski! She will be leading you through creating mud pies and more! Come to our Mud Cafe’ and play with squishy, squashy mud!
Serve the Specials of the day
In our mucky mud cafe’.
Pies and donuts, squishy stew;
Decorate a cake or two.…Learn More26
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Monday, August 296:00—7:30 PMMain LibraryLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Adult Knit-a-Bitters
Knit with the Knit-a-Bitters group! Bring a mask, your knitting materials, and socialize! Monday, August 297:00—8:00 PMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
VirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Hybrid Program: Mystery Author Vanessa Riley
Please join us for this hybrid program! Our guest author will be virtual and shown live on our big screen. Vanessa Riley of Kensington Books will be debuting her new Lady Worthing Historical Mystery series with us! Set in early Victorian London, Lady Abigail Worthing is confronted by multiple problems when she discovers the body of her neighbor Stapleton Henderson's estranged wife on her property.…Learn More30
Tuesday, August 302:00—3:00 PMVirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Virtual Program: The Life and Times of President Reagan
REGISTER HERE. **PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Meeting via email. **
Ronald Reagan, born in Tampico, Illinois in 1911, considered himself a Californian at heart.…Learn More31