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Your Library Card... is probably the best 'bang for your buck' around! Where else can you get books, magazines, CDs, audiobooks, DVDs, downloadable titles - to say nothing about all of the kits and games - all for FREE? Oh, and don't forget the programming! Don't have a card? Get one. Not using yours? WHY NOT?!
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Story Time (3 & 4 year olds) Mondays, starting September 11 @ 10:15 am Picture books, big books, flannel board stories, rhymes with movement, and more. Caregivers do not accompany children. Drop-in, no registration needed. |
Patty Cake for Babies (birth to 17 mo.) Mondays, starting September 11 @ 11:00 am Nursery rhymes with movement, board books, finger plays, and more. For babies (newborn to 17 months) with a parent/caregiver. Drop-in, no registration needed. |
Story Time for 5 & 6 Year Olds Mondays, starting September 11 @ 4:30 pm Stories and more for the Kindergarten crowd. Caregivers do not accompany children. Drop-in, no registration needed |
Toddler Time (18 mo. to 3 years)
Wednesdays, starting September 13 @ 10:15 am Simple picture books, big books, finger plays, songs and movement for children 18-35 months with a parent/caregiver. Drop-in, no registration needed. |
Lego Days (kids of all ages)
Tuesdays, starting September 12 @ 4:00 pm Come in and build with Lego for an hour. Completed projects will be displayed in the children's room. Drop-in, no registration needed. |
Chess Club (ages 6 an older)
Every Other Monday, Starting September 11 at 6:00 pm Doug Southall leads a chess club for children age six and older, approximately every two weeks. Each meeting will begin with a brief lesson on some aspect of the game, followed by free play. |
Science Club (ages 6 and older) Tuesday, September 20 @ 4:00 pm Fun science-themed activities & experiments. Dress to make a mess. For age 6 and older. Please register on our calendar. |
Children's Yoga Class (ages 3-6)
Monday, September 25 @ 11:00 am Miss Christine from Little Bee Yoga Co. is excited to share the magic of yoga with John Curtis Library families!! Partner with your little yogi in super fun poses, games, music, stories, breathing exercises, meditation, and guided relaxations that help to strengthen their bodies, minds and souls. Each class is 45 minutes. The class is geared toward younger children, but all ages are welcome. Please bring a yoga mat or towel. Drop-in--no registration needed. |
IN PERSON: How to Write a Novel Wednesday, September 6 @ 6:30 pm Join local author Steve White as he guides you through the steps of writing a novel. From the initial idea to getting your thoughts down on paper through to publishing, this is the workshop you need! |
IN PERSON & VIA ZOOM -- Board of Library Trustees Meeting Thursday, September 7 @ 4:15 pm Monthly Board of Library Trustees Meeting, held in person and via Zoom. The agenda and information about online access is posted 48 hours in advance on the Town's webpage: https://www.hanover-ma.gov/board-of-library-trustees |
VIRTUAL: Unleash Your Potential with A.I.
Tuesday, September 12 @ 10:00 am Do you have questions about how you can use AI to maximize your resources and play with your creative juices? Then this workshop is for you! It is suitable for participants of all technology experience levels, from beginners to advanced. Jennifer Gehly He is a visionary tech entrepreneur and the founder of WebGlowAI. Thanks to the Ashland Public Library for sharing this program! |
IN PERSON: Ethics for When Science Fiction Becomes Reality: Gene Editing as Medicine
Tuesday, September 12 @ 6:30 pm Science fiction movies like Jurassic Park and GATTACA have explored the idea of gene editing for decades, and it was fiction. Science and society question where and how this technology should be applied, with one key area being as a therapy to cure otherwise incurable diseases. Zollie Yavarow is a science communicator and patient advocate focused on rare disease and gene therapy. She earned her PhD in Pharmacology and MA in Bioethics and Science Policy from Duke University in 2022. |
VIRTUAL: Heather Wolf, Find More Birds: 111 Surprising Ways to Spot Birds Wherever You Are
Wednesday, September 13 @ 7:00 pm This one is for our bird and nature lovers! Author Heather Wolf will be with us discussing her new book. A gorgeously photographed trove of 111 ingenious tips for seeing more birds wherever you are—from crowd favorites (hummingbirds, owls, eagles) to species you’ve never spotted before. Whether you’re strolling down the block or parking your car, you never know what will surprise you next!
HEATHER WOLF is a Brooklyn-based birder, photographer, and educator. She works with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology as a web developer, teaches birding classes at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and gives walks and talks for various organizations in New York City and beyond.
Thanks to the Ashland Public Library for sharing this program! |
VIRTUAL: Erica Cirino, Thicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastics Crisis
Monday, September 18 @ 7:00 pm Much of what you’ve heard about plastic pollution may be wrong. Instead of a great island of trash, the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch is made up of manmade debris spread over hundreds of miles of sea. Recycling is more complicated than we were taught: less than nine percent of the plastic we create is reused, and the majority ends up in the ocean. Erica Cirino is a science writer and artist exploring the intersection of the human and nonhuman worlds. Her widely published photojournalistic works depict the numerous ways people connect to nature—wild creatures in particular—and shape planet Earth. Thanks to the Ashland Public Library for sharing this program! |
VIRTUAL: Oxygen on Mars!
Tuesday, September 19 @ 7:00 pm The Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment (MOXIE) is an instrument onboard NASA’s Perseverance rover, currently exploring Mars. In 2021, MOXIE successfully produced oxygen from the carbon dioxide that comprises ~95% of the martian atmosphere, demonstrating, for the first time, the ability to harvest and process existent resources on other planetary bodies. Piyush Khopkar is part of the MOXIE and the Mars 2020- Perseverance Rover mission team, developing the tools to analyze mission data. Piyush has served as a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador since 2016, joyfully sharing the excitement of space exploration through public presentations and outreach. Thanks to the Wayland Free Public Library for sharing this program! |
VIRTUAL: Louise Hare, Harlem After Midnight
Wednesday, September 20 @ 3:00 pm "Harlem After Midnight" just came out on August 29th and is a must read for anyone who loves historical fiction, mysteries, and jazz music from the 1930s ! A body falls from a town house window in Harlem, and it looks just like the newest singer at the Apollo…in this evocative, twisting new novel from the author of Miss Aldridge Regrets. Louise Hare is a London-based author. Her debut novel, This Lovely City, was published in the UK to wide acclaim, and was a Between the Covers Book Club Pick on BBC Two. She has an MA in creative writing from the University of London. Thanks to the Ashland Public library for sharing this program! |
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