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Wednesday, May 110:45 AM—12:00 PMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Mystery Book Club
Are you a mystery reader? Come join us for some lively discussion about murder, mystery and whodunit! Refreshments are served - open to everyone!Langley-Adams Adult Services Librarian Sue Nakanishi is the facilitator of this group. Please contact her at 978-372-1732 (or stop by the library) if interested in joining this group.
Wednesday, May 13:00—4:00 PMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Italian Conversation Group
Italian Conversation Group meets at the Library on Wednesdays at 3pm. Please contact Sue at snakanishi@langleyadamslib. org for information!
Wednesday, May 17:00—8:00 PMVirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Virtual: Armchair Travel To Tanzania
Register for Zoom here!**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email. **Travel with Jack Holmes on safari in Tanzania and search for wildlife in the National Parks -- Serengeti, Tarangire, Ngorongoro Crater, and other far out places.…Learn More2
Thursday, May 211:00—11:45 AMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Preschool Story Time with Laurel!
Come to this drop-in preschool story time led by Laurel Puchalski! Laurel is one of our wonderful Trustees, but she also owed her very own preschool for many years. Story time will include books, songs, and a craft! Thursday, May 27:00—8:30 PMVirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Virtual: Digital Decluttering: organize and free up storage space
Register here for Zoom!Wondering how to easily delete all those emails? Tired of the “running out of space” messages on your phone? Log on and learn how to declutter your devices with best-selling author and organizing humorist Jamie Novak. During this virtual program she’ll guide you through a live tidy up and share the one thing you need to delete from your phone today.…Learn More3
Friday, May 311:00 AM—12:00 PMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Open Play at the Library (Ages 0-5)
Open Play at the Library (Ages 0-5)Friday, May 33:30—4:45 PMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Dungeons & Dragons Club (Ages 10+)
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Monday, May 61:30—3:00 PMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Open Play at the Library (Ages 0-5)
Open Play at the Library (Ages 0-5)Monday, May 66:00—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, May 66:30—8:00 PMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
VirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Hybrid Program: Gregory Peck - From Ahab to Atticus
REGISTER HERE FOR ZOOM. Come see Frank in person or Zoom from home! Presented by Frank Mandosa!Explore the life and career of Gregory Peck, one of the 20th century’s most iconic stars. From his many screen performances to his theatrical endeavors to his personal tragedies to his charity work, this is one actor whose impact on cinema is felt to this day.…Learn More7
Tuesday, May 77:00—8:00 PMVirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Virtual: Brunch with Empty Nest Kitchen
Register here for Zoom!Description TBA!
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Wednesday, May 86:00—7:30 PMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Hybrid Meeting: Board of Library Trustees
Open to the public. When the agenda is posted, you can view it on grovelandma. com.
Wednesday, May 87:00—8:00 PMVirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Virtual: A True Story Of Navigating The Complications Of Mental Illness & Homelessness
Register here for Zoom. **PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email. **In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, author and mental health advocate Cheryl Landes will discuss her new memoir, The Best I Can Do: A True Story of Navigating the Complexities of Mental Illness and Homelessness.…Learn More9
Thursday, May 910:15—11:00 AMOutsideLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Goats to Go Library Tour (All Ages)
The Langley-Adams Library and The Groveland COA are inviting all ages to join us for our 2nd Annual Goats To Libraries Spring Tour Program! This special event will be held behind the library in the parking lot. If the tent is up by then, the goats will be under the tent.…Learn More
Thursday, May 911:00—11:45 AMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Preschool Story Time with Laurel!
Come to this drop-in preschool story time led by Laurel Puchalski! Laurel is one of our wonderful Trustees, but she also owed her very own preschool for many years. Story time will include books, songs, and a craft! 10
Friday, May 1011:00 AM—12:00 PMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Open Play at the Library (Ages 0-5)
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Monday, May 131:30—3:00 PMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Open Play at the Library (Ages 0-5)
Open Play at the Library (Ages 0-5)Monday, May 136:00—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, May 137:00—8:00 PMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
VirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Hybrid Program: Author Amanda Skenandore Discusses The Medicine Woman of Galveston
REGISTER HERE FOR ZOOM. Come to the library and be part of our live audience or Zoom from home!Author Amanda Skenandore discusses her new historical novel, The Medicine Woman of Galveston. A downtrodden female doctor takes up with a traveling medicine show to support her disabled son, joining a German giantess, a bowlegged musician, an indentured Creek poet, and a handsome tinker under the thumb of a charismatic but menacing swindler on a collision course with the deadliest natural disaster in American history – the Galveston Hurricane of 1900.…Learn More14
Tuesday, May 143:15—4:15 PMNichols VillageCommunity LocationsOffsite - Please see description for address, Groveland, MA, 01834
Nichols Village Book Club ** Special Date
Nichols Village Book Club meets in the arts & crafts room (lower level). 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.…Learn More
Tuesday, May 147:00—8:00 PMVirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Virtual: Reimagined Gardens with Deborah Chud
Register here for Zoom!Reimagined Gardens is about garden makeovers. Following a brief discussion of the features of wild landscapes fundamental to naturalistic landscape design, Deborah takes you inside her process of reimagination. The modest scale of the plantings she reimagines makes them relevant to most people's garden dilemmas.…Learn More
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Wednesday, May 156:30—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. For more information, call Lauren at the Library at 978-372-1732.
Wednesday, May 157:00—8:15 PMVirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Virtual: The Mississippi Burning Trials -- The Hunt for Justice (Great Trials Series)
Register for Zoom here!**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email. ** Prominent Nazi leaders were prosecuted in military tribunals, marking a turning point between classical and contemporary international law.…Learn More16
Thursday, May 1611:00—11:45 AMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Preschool Story Time with Laurel!
Come to this drop-in preschool story time led by Laurel Puchalski! Laurel is one of our wonderful Trustees, but she also owed her very own preschool for many years. Story time will include books, songs, and a craft! Thursday, May 167:00—8:00 PMVirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Virtual: Home Security with Officer Gillis
Register here for Zoom!Are you doing everything you can to feel safe in your home? Join the presentation by Officer Gillis, who will share some tips to keep your home more secure. Every little bit will help!Aidan Gillis, an officer with 9 years of service in the department, currently holds the role of Community Engagement and Social Media officer.…Learn More17
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Saturday, May 18All DayGroveland Town HallCommunity LocationsOffsite - Please see description for address, Groveland, MA, 01834
Meeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Mystery Book Con -- Thanks to Kensington Publishing and Langley-Adams Library
Our library is thrilled to be co-hosting this special FREE event with Kensington Publishing Corp. We have a nice mix of cozy, crime fiction and thriller authors (from Canada, Michigan, Tennessee, Georgia, New York. .. ) coming! Jabberwocky Bookshop (Newburyport) will be on hand to sell copies of the authors' books! Because we want to make sure we have enough swag bags, etc.…Learn More
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Monday, May 201:30—3:00 PMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Open Play at the Library (Ages 0-5)
Open Play at the Library (Ages 0-5)Monday, May 204:00—4:45 PMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Feelings Yoga with Caitlin McCann
Feelings Yoga with Caitlin McCann (Ages 4-9)Monday, May 206:00—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, May 207:00—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!Books will be chosen by book club members ahead of time and can be picked…Learn More21
Tuesday, May 2111:00—11:30 AMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Clemenzi Music Singalong (Early Childhood)
Clemenzi Music Singalong (Early Childhood)Tuesday, May 217:00—8:15 PMVirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Virtual: The Audacious Adventures of Nellie Bly
Register here for Zoom!In late 1889, a young reporter named Nelly Bly set out to accomplish what others had only dreamed of, to make the fantasy of Jules Verne's novel Around the World in Eighty Days a reality. Seventy-two days after departing Hoboken, she arrived back in New Jersey on January 25th, 1890--the first person--man or woman--to circle the globe with such speed.…Learn More
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Wednesday, May 224:00—5:00 PMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
OutsideLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Plant a Tree and Do a Craft! (All Ages)
Spring is finally here!Come join us on May 22nd for a fun tree planting time and a craft! Steve Collins from Collins Family Tree will be here to help us plant two Beach Plum Trees. Kids can come watch and ask questions about planting trees from an expert! This will be followed by a craft in the meeting room! All youth ages are welcome to attend this program.…Learn MoreWednesday, May 227:00—8:00 PMVirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Virtual: A History Of Dance In Movies
Register here for Zoom!**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email. ** The movies and dancing are a partnership born in heaven. From its very beginnings, the new medium of motion pictures turned toward dance as one of best ways to showcase its unique ability to make movement come alive.…Learn More23
Thursday, May 2311:00 AM—12:00 PMMeeting RoomLangley-Adams Library185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834
Open Play at the Library (Ages 0-5)
Open Play at the Library (Ages 0-5)Thursday, May 236:30—8:15 PMVirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Virtual: Foods of New York
Register here for Zoom!Have you ever wondered about how potato chips were created, how Nathan’s hot dogs became an American staple, why pizza is red, white and green, how immigrants preserved their foods without refrigeration and all the flavorful foods we eat today that were brought from all over the world? This presentation will answer these questions and many others.…Learn More
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Monday, May 27All Closed
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Tuesday, May 287:00—8:15 PMVirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Virtual: Hidden Gems - A photographic journey off the beaten path in New England
Register here for Zoom!Take a trip with New England photographer Bruce Magnuson and explore sites in the region that are off the beaten path. The Rutland Prison Camp and Dana Common are linked to the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir in Central Massachusetts, which now supplies much of the drinking water for Eastern Massachusetts.…Learn More29
Wednesday, May 297:00—8:00 PMVirtualYou will receive a link after you register for this program.
Virtual: New Yorker Cartoonist Bob Eckstein Shares His Favorite Museums and Cartoons
Register here for Zoom!Museum Enthuiasts, this one is for you! Join author Bob Eckstein as he celebrates the book birthday of his most recent release, "Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums: Stories and Memorable Moments from People Who Love Museums".…Learn More30
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