For ages Pre-K to entering 4th gradeMusic at the Blissful is more than just a children’s concert! It not only entertains young minds but helps children grow mentally, physically, emotionally, cognitively, and with language while building a sense of community and kindness both within families and between families.
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Stop by the library on Wednesday afternoons between 2:00 and 3:00 for a 15-minute one-on-one appointment in the Lecture Hall. For kids entering grades K-2Kids need to catch up on math, so let’s make summer count! Crazy 8s activities – like Glow-in-the-Dark Geometry and Beach Ball Party – are designed for kids of all math abilities. It’s so much fun that it doesn’t feel like learning! There will be a different activity each week. **This session of the Conversation Group will begin on June 3. Registration will occur in mid May. If you would like to show that you are interested in this session, please USE THIS LINKLooking to practice your English speaking skills? Join a free conversation group with English At Large to practice your English speaking skills |
3 events,For ages 3-5, siblings welcome. Join Ms. Kathryn for stories, songs, and rhymes for preschoolers! Stick around afterwards for play time with neighbors. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program. For ages 3-5, siblings welcome. Join Ms. Kathryn for stories, songs, and rhymes for preschoolers! Stick around afterwards for play time with neighbors. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program. For ages 3-5, siblings welcome.End your day with story time! Enjoy bedtime stories, songs, rhymes, and more with Miss Maryanne, then spend time reading together as a family. Come in your PJs, bring a blanket and a stuffie and "camp out" with us!Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program. |
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1 event,For babies ages 0-12 months and their caregivers. No older siblings, please. Join Ms. Maryanne for a short story time with songs, rhymes, and fingerplays. After the story time, stay and relax with other caregivers. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program. |
3 events,For ages 1-2, siblings welcome. Sing, play, dance, and share stories, rhymes, and games just right for toddlers. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program. For kids entering grades 3 & 4Calling all builders and creators. Let your imagination run wild while putting your engineering skills to the test with Ms. Kathryn. Today’s special project: ScribblebotsWe will provide the supplies needed to build motorized doodling, scribbling, drawing bots. For kids entering grades 2-8Calling all chess players! Woman International Master of Chess and MA Chess Association Director Kateryna Odnorozhenko will help you analyze your games, offer professional guidance, and answer questions to help you improve your skills. |
3 events,Stop by the library on Wednesday afternoons between 2:00 and 3:00 for a 15-minute one-on-one appointment in the Lecture Hall. For kids entering grades K-2Kids need to catch up on math, so let’s make summer count! Crazy 8s activities – like Glow-in-the-Dark Geometry and Beach Ball Party – are designed for kids of all math abilities. It’s so much fun that it doesn’t feel like learning! There will be a different activity each week. **This session of the Conversation Group will begin on June 3. Registration will occur in mid May. If you would like to show that you are interested in this session, please USE THIS LINKLooking to practice your English speaking skills? Join a free conversation group with English At Large to practice your English speaking skills |
4 events,For ages 3-5, siblings welcome. Join Ms. Kathryn for stories, songs, and rhymes for preschoolers! Stick around afterwards for play time with neighbors. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program. For ages 3-5, siblings welcome. Join Ms. Kathryn for stories, songs, and rhymes for preschoolers! Stick around afterwards for play time with neighbors. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program. For kids aged 7 and up, teens, and adults. Join us for a delightful afternoon of magic!Magician Jim Munsey will bring his fun-filled show to Beebe Library. We'll have comedy, surprises, magic (of course!), mystery, mentalism, and more! Prepare to be fooled.
Plaza Jazz returns to Thursday nights! This week, Annie and the Fur Trappers will be performing on the Plaza. INspire Cafe will offer snacks and refreshments for sale. Performer bios: Annie and the Fur Trappers are a Boston-based traditional jazz and blues band. |
2 events,If you love knitting, embroidery, crocheting and more, join Lisa's crafty community group! This program is being held weekly in the lecture hall. For entering grades 1-4. Use paint to turn a rock into an adopted pet with Ms. Ariel. * To ensure there is space for attendees in the target age bracket, no younger siblings at this program, please. ** Wear clothes that can get messyRegistration is required and will open one week prior to the program. |
1 event,For middle and high schoolers (entering grades 5-12 in fall). Design and decorate your own canvas tote bag with Ms. Annie. We’ll provide the totes and markers, you bring the creativity!Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program. |
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4 events,For all ages & families. Mirror, mirror, on the wall, what’s the best scavenger hunt of all? In this two-part game, you’ll search for different fairy tale symbols and use them to decode a secret message! Just visit the Youth Desk to begin your own “once upon a time. For babies ages 0-12 months and their caregivers. No older siblings, please. Join Ms. Maryanne for a short story time with songs, rhymes, and fingerplays. After the story time, stay and relax with other caregivers. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program. For kids entering grades K-2 & an adultCalling all animal lovers! Explore different habitats with Ms. Annie and discover the amazing animals that call it home! Plus, enjoy a themed activity and craft. At this Critter Club, we’ll “travel” to the savannah to search for critters living in the grasslands. Click here to register. We're at it again! We keep having so much fun with Loretta and Susan that we had to keep bringing them back for encore performances. And, this time, they are focusing on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. |
3 events,For all ages & families. Mirror, mirror, on the wall, what’s the best scavenger hunt of all? In this two-part game, you’ll search for different fairy tale symbols and use them to decode a secret message! Just visit the Youth Desk to begin your own “once upon a time. For ages 1-2, siblings welcome. Sing, play, dance, and share stories, rhymes, and games just right for toddlers. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program.
Click here to register and submit questions for the author.Join us for a thrilling evening with acclaimed author Karin Slaughter as we chat about her North Falls series, consisting of We Are All Guilty Here, in which two teenage girls vanish in rural Georgia, and her upcoming sequel, The Secrets We Hide. |
5 events,For all ages & families. Mirror, mirror, on the wall, what’s the best scavenger hunt of all? In this two-part game, you’ll search for different fairy tale symbols and use them to decode a secret message! Just visit the Youth Desk to begin your own “once upon a time. Stop by the library on Wednesday afternoons between 2:00 and 3:00 for a 15-minute one-on-one appointment in the Lecture Hall. For middle and high schoolers (entering grades 5-12 in fall). Come by the library for monthly themed activities, snacks, and more! Bring your friends or come solo and make new friends! Stay for the full hour or just part of it - your choice!July Theme: Pizza Party! Pizza in the morning, pizza in the evening, For kids entering grades K-2Kids need to catch up on math, so let’s make summer count! Crazy 8s activities – like Glow-in-the-Dark Geometry and Beach Ball Party – are designed for kids of all math abilities. It’s so much fun that it doesn’t feel like learning! There will be a different activity each week. **This session of the Conversation Group will begin on June 3. Registration will occur in mid May. If you would like to show that you are interested in this session, please USE THIS LINKLooking to practice your English speaking skills? Join a free conversation group with English At Large to practice your English speaking skills |
4 events,For all ages & families. Mirror, mirror, on the wall, what’s the best scavenger hunt of all? In this two-part game, you’ll search for different fairy tale symbols and use them to decode a secret message! Just visit the Youth Desk to begin your own “once upon a time. For ages 3-5, siblings welcome. Join Ms. Kathryn for stories, songs, and rhymes for preschoolers! Stick around afterwards for play time with neighbors. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program.
Click here to register and submit questions for the author. In her ambitious new memoir, Migrant Heart: Essays About Things I Can’t Forget, beloved bestselling author Reyna Grande illuminates the hidden cost of the American Dream and the complex journey of healing that follows survival.
Plaza Jazz returns to Thursday nights! This week, Phil Sargent will be performing on the Plaza. Performer bios: Phil Sargent is a composer and performer who is as eclectic as he is prolific. With a mastery of and deep admiration for the musical traditions stemming from Jazz, Classical, Americana, and the rich tonalities and metric |
3 events,For all ages & families. Mirror, mirror, on the wall, what’s the best scavenger hunt of all? In this two-part game, you’ll search for different fairy tale symbols and use them to decode a secret message! Just visit the Youth Desk to begin your own “once upon a time. If you love knitting, embroidery, crocheting and more, join Lisa's crafty community group! This program is being held weekly in the lecture hall. For entering grades K-2. Inspired by Monet’s water lilies, create beautiful paintings with watercolors. * Wear clothes that can get messyRegistration is required and will open one week prior to the program. |
2 events,For all ages & families. Mirror, mirror, on the wall, what’s the best scavenger hunt of all? In this two-part game, you’ll search for different fairy tale symbols and use them to decode a secret message! Just visit the Youth Desk to begin your own “once upon a time. This program is in person at Breakheart Reservation - Wakefield Entrance (100 Hemlock Road in Wakefield) Read a book from our Nature Booklist and then join the librarians and fellow nature-loving community members for a walk around Breakheart Reservation. |
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3 events,For babies ages 0-12 months and their caregivers. No older siblings, please. Join Ms. Maryanne for a short story time with songs, rhymes, and fingerplays. After the story time, stay and relax with other caregivers. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program. For entering grades 3-4. Make a shoebox home for the Fair Folk! Using a variety of supplies, create a garden any fairy, gnome, or wee one will want to settle down in. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program. Click here to register. We're thrilled to welcome Gracia Collins Rich, Independent Scholar, Author and Avid Reader to our virtual stage. She will be discussing the extraordinary efforts of Black Americans whose invaluable contributions during the Revolutionary War helped bring about U. |
3 events,For ages 1-2, siblings welcome. Sing, play, dance, and share stories, rhymes, and games just right for toddlers. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program. For kids entering grades 3 & 4Calling all builders and creators. Let your imagination run wild while putting your engineering skills to the test with Ms. Kathryn. Today’s special project: Handheld FansWe will provide the supplies needed to build your own battery powered fan. Take part in Tiny Art: The Wildflower Project. If you like to craft, knit, crochet, sew, create your own unique flower that will be added to the wildflower patch. Register to receive materials. This in-person crafting session will allow you to meet some of your fellow crafters and be guided through how to make a |
3 events,Stop by the library on Wednesday afternoons between 2:00 and 3:00 for a 15-minute one-on-one appointment in the Lecture Hall. For kids entering grades K-2Kids need to catch up on math, so let’s make summer count! Crazy 8s activities – like Glow-in-the-Dark Geometry and Beach Ball Party – are designed for kids of all math abilities. It’s so much fun that it doesn’t feel like learning! There will be a different activity each week. **This session of the Conversation Group will begin on June 3. Registration will occur in mid May. If you would like to show that you are interested in this session, please USE THIS LINKLooking to practice your English speaking skills? Join a free conversation group with English At Large to practice your English speaking skills |
3 events,For ages 3-5, siblings welcome. Join Ms. Kathryn for stories, songs, and rhymes for preschoolers! Stick around afterwards for play time with neighbors. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program. For kids ages 6 and up ONLY (please no little siblings for the safety of them and the animals).Kids only, no adults, please. Adults are welcome to wait in the youth room.Calling all animal lovers: In this hands-on, interactive program, you'll learn fun facts and stories about unique and interesting animals. Plaza Jazz returns to Thursday nights! This week, The Late Risers will be performing on the Plaza. Performer bios: "The Late Risers are the musical equivalent of blue skies and glorious sunshine – one of the most accomplished and joyful bands in the Boston area!"Established in 2014, The Late Risers are a Traditional Jazz group led by trumpet |
2 events,If you love knitting, embroidery, crocheting and more, join Lisa's crafty community group! This program is being held weekly in the lecture hall. For middle and high schoolers (entering grades 5-12 in fall) & family members. Put your trivia knowledge to the test! Compete with (or against) your crew for the chance to win delicious prizes and Official Bragging Rights. Teams can be up to 6 people. |
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2 events,For babies ages 0-12 months and their caregivers. No older siblings, please. Join Ms. Maryanne for a short story time with songs, rhymes, and fingerplays. After the story time, stay and relax with other caregivers. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program. For incoming grades K-2 & an adultCalling all animal lovers! Explore different habitats with Ms. Annie and discover the amazing animals that call it home! Plus, enjoy a themed activity and craft. At this Critter Club, we’ll “travel” to the rainforest to search for critters living in this humid, green habitat. |
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