Join us to learn about New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance, who rescues and studies turtles, including the Northern Diamondback Terrapin and the Box Turtle. Crafts to follow. No registration required.
Candy Bar Bingo
Registration Opens TODAY: July 27
Event Date: Thursday, August 10 at 1:00PM
Join us for candy bar bingo... no need to bring anything!
This program is for kids in grades 1-6.
Registration is required. Click the button below to register.
Join us for a free family yoga class, presented by Maha Yoga. Family Yoga is a perfect way to get everyone together all while being an active participant!
Details:
We recommend kids be at least 8 years old and/or older or kids that can follow directions along with their parents.
Please bring your own yoga mat and dress in comfortable clothes.
Registration:
Registration is required.
If you wish to attend multiple classes, please register for EACH CLASS.
Join Triumph for Read & Draw Art Class! Fun and creative, social and skill building, this five week program is for children ages 3-6 and registration is required. To register, call Nancy at 508-822-5388 ext. 208 or email her at ntilbe@triumphinc.org. Space is limited.
Lego Free Build
Fridays from 12 to 2PM through August
Come in and build with our Legos! This program is drop in and parents will need to remain with their children and supervise.
Big Ryan
Wednesday, August 2 at 10:30AM
Come in and have some fun with Big Ryan! Big Ryan's toddler program focuses on puppet play, music, and movement. This program usually runs for about 25 to 30 minutes. No registration required.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Bridgewater Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Teen Anime Club
Wednesday, August 2 at 4:00PM
Socialize with friends, enjoy snacks, and watch the latest streamed anime with our premium Crunchyroll subscription. Check out the newest manga and graphic novel before they hit the shelves!
No registration required, feel free to drop in.
Sketching with Shane
Monday, July 31 at 4:00PM
Drop in and draw. Teens and tweens are welcome to meet in this informal session to watch, learn, and draw. No experience necessary.
No registration required, feel free to drop in.
Register for this
upcoming adult art class.
Spaces are limited!
Painted Flowers Wine Glass Workshop
Registration Opens August 1 at 9AM Event Date: Saturday, August 19 at 11AM
Join artist Allison Andrews and learn how to paint flowers on wine glasses! Create hand painted wine glasses that are easy to make and beautiful when finished. Choose the flowers and colors of your choice. All supplies will be provided as well as step-by-step instruction from Allison. Each student will receive glasses to paint. This is a 2 hour class.
Registration is required, click the tab below to register.
Join artist Korie Ellis (@fallingofftrees) for the opening reception of her show Family Meals: A Color Story.
This exhibit acts as a very special documentation of family meals, honoring all of the time spent preparing, cooking, and enjoying the time we get to sit together. All dyes were created from left over food items such as avocados, onion skins, pomegranates, and tea bags. With 3 small children and very busy schedules, I would not be able to enjoy my life nearly as much without the support of my partner, and the family members who offer their helping hands. My way of showing thanks has always been through cooking healthy food and nourishing those whom I love. Creating color and transferring it onto cloth will keep these moments alive, out of the trash, and act as a showcase of my undying love and deep appreciation for it all.
Korie Ellis is a Natural Dyer based in New Bedford, MA. She has spent her last few years diving into the realm of creating natural color on textiles derived from kitchen scraps, flowers, and plant matter. Most of the materials used are scraps she cooks with, dye plants grown in her garden, or plant donations that friends and family leave on her doorstep. Her education consists of experimentation, reading books on natural dyes, and taking workshops from other dyers. With the ideology of "make of the most of what's around" she focuses much of her dyeing on using what is typically found to be waste, and transforming it into color that lasts through proper pretreatment and the intersection of art and science. Textiles provide her a way of documenting color as moments in time, preserving a special memory, and honoring the aging process that connects us to the natural world.
Summer Scares
Find all the 2023 Summer Scares teen picks, and some frighteningly good readalikes, here!
When you place a book on hold it gets shipped to the Bridgewater Public Library free of charge. You will then be notified when it is available for pickup! You can also look for these titles as e-books & audiobooks using the Libby and Hoopla Apps.
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Newly Added Summer Reading Prize!
Use your badges for a chance to win 2 tickets to Mystic Aquarium
Have you been racking up those reading minutes? Use your earned tickets in Beanstack for a chance to win two (2) passes to Mystic Aquarium. Each pass admits one person for free. This prize is for kids ages 0-12.
Mystic Aquarium has generously donated these tickets. We would like to thank them and all of our sponsors for helping to make summer reading a success.
🌞 Summer Reading 🌞
Track your reading minutes using Beanstack for a chance to win wicked cool prizes!
This program is open to all ages with two age brackets: 0-12 and 13+
Track your reading by using Beanstack to log your reading minutes to earn badges & the chance to win prizes. Parents can read to their kids and log for them.
Any type of reading counts: audiobooks, graphic novels, magazines, etc.
For kids who read 2 hours in a week, there will be a weekly drawing where they can win a bag of books.
There will also be a word of the week hidden in the children's room each week, so additional tickets can be earned by participating and entering the keyword in Beanstack.
Winners of the ticketed drawings will be notified by email on Tuesday, August 15. Prize winners will have 10 business days to pick up the prize before another winner is chosen.
Thank you to all our sponsors who have donated prizes to our summer reading program this year!
Free Golf with Prisco's
Prisco's Market & Deli has generously offered a FREE game of mini golf to children ages 3-12 who read three (3) books this summer. Limit one free game per child. Grab a form from the Library, fill it out, and bring it to Prisco's Market & Deli to redeem your FREE game. Must be redeemed in 2023 season.
Featured Resource
Easton Children Museum
Museum Passes
At the Bridgewater Public Library, we offer the following museum and recreation passes to save on museum visits and recreational trips. The passes offer reduced or free cost admission.
Click the button below to view and reserve a pass today.
