Brief introduction to Capoeira as a culture and martial art
Learn about the instruments used in capoeira music and a few traditional capoeira songs
Demonstration of the art by our members
Basic capoeira movements workshop with audience participants
Closing game (participants can play Capoeira using what they learned in the workshop, includes singing / playing instruments from music lesson)
Read what other another library thought of this program:
I wanted to give a hearty recommendation for a program we held this week featuring the Mass Capoeira Culture Center from Webster, MA. The group presented an hour-long, highly interactive demonstration for families that was unique and engaging. The artists provided an overview of capoeira (a combination of Afro-Brazilian martial arts, music, dance, and language) and had kids play various traditional musical instruments while the audience clapped and sang-along. They taught kids the basic movements of the dance/martial art and then had them perform in pairs. They also demonstrated their warm-up movements and gave a performance of capoeira. The four artists were extremely encouraging and patient with kids ranging from ages 4 through 12. The kids were thrilled to participate in the movements and the adults enjoyed learning something new about a culture.
This program is open to all ages and registration is required. Each participant must register separately. Click the button below to register.
Come interact with some robots! Steve Norris has created many robots including robots that appeared in Transformers: Age of Extinction. Robots from the movie will be on display along with posters. Steve will be bringing additional robots that use computer vision to identify and follow people. These robots also have limited voice recognition, are able to speak, and can emote through various head and eye positions. The robots will be wandering around so you can interact with them.
Family Yoga with Maha Yoga
Next Session: Saturday, August 5 at 10AM
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 us for an event with historian Vincent Intondi memorializing the victims of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Vincent Intondi is a Professor of History and Director of the Institute for Race, Justice, and Civic Engagement at Montgomery College in Takoma Park, Maryland. From 2009-2017, Intondi was Director of Research for American University’s Nuclear Studies Institute in Washington, DC. Prior to teaching at Montgomery College, Intondi was an Associate Professor of History at Seminole State College in Sanford, Florida. Intondi regularly works with organizations exploring ways to include more diverse voices in the nuclear disarmament movement. His research focuses on the intersection of race and nuclear weapons. He is the author of the books, African Americans Against the Bomb: Nuclear Weapons, Colonialism, and the Black Freedom Movement (Stanford University Press, 2015) and Saving the World from Nuclear War: The June 12, 1982, Disarmament Rally and Beyond (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023).
This event is being held in person and on Zoom. Access the Zoom meeting by clicking the tab bellow.
Join us for an event with artist and curator Melvin Hardy memorializing the victims of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Melvin Hardy is an educator, political analyst and practitioner in the arts. He is credentialed at the United Nations, is an arts administrator, and sits on the boards of numerous arts, culture and humanities organizations. His reference groups include those advancing democracy, peace education as literacy, domestic and global economic development, and social mobility and cohesion in American society. He is a graduate of Columbia University's School of International Affairs (Economics and African Affairs).
The Hiroshima Children’s Drawings Committee formed in 2005 to restore and preserve the original portfolio of drawings and use the drawings and the story behind them as a powerful example of peace and reconciliation.
The event is offered by Bridgewater International City of Peace in collaboration with Massachusetts Peace Action.
The event is offered by Bridgewater International City of Peace in collaboration with Massachusetts Peace Action.
This event is being held in person and on Zoom. Access the Zoom meeting by clicking the tab bellow.
Produced by the Japan Confederation of A and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations
This exhibit will be featured in the Library through the month of August. Find it on our lower level's back hallway.
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.
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Donation Drive
School Supplies
Help our students thrive by donating through the month of August
Donations can be dropped off at the library any time we are open and will be donated to local Bridgewater schools.
Art Gallery
Family Meals: A Color Story
Flora T. Little Art Gallery August Artist
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.
National Dog Month
Celebrate our furry best friends with these canine titles.
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.
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
Art Among the Stacks
We’re looking for the cutest dog drawings to feature in our adult fiction room.
Calling all artists! Did you know August is national dog month? Celebrate by drawing your family pet, your favorite animated pup, or maybe a four-legged neighbor. Bring your drawing to the library for a chance to have it featured in our Art Among the Stacks gallery or our social media accounts.
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