Using Native Plants in Your Yard and Garden – Saturday, April 15 at 11AM

Have you ever wanted to create a beautiful oasis in your backyard while supporting local flora and fauna?? Join Ellen, a plant fanatic and pollinator lover, to learn about the many ways you can create beautiful and beneficial pollinator habitats in just a few steps. Creating pollinator habitat has never been more important; by adding just a few native plants to your landscape you can create habitat for hundreds of different kinds of beneficial insects. Discover what plants support native insects and wildlife, including different native bees, butterflies, and birds!!

Ellen Scheid has been in the garden since she was a young child with her father. She studied Natural Resource Management and Ecology at Indiana University, where her interest in native plants began. She has worked on building beneficial habitats for insects and wildlife for the past four years throughout the Northeast. She now works as an Outdoor Gardener at New England Botanic Garden where her work is focused on landscaping with native plants. She also works with private homeowners to create beneficial landscapes and alternative lawns with native plants.

This program is supported by a grant from the Georgetown Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Attendees will receive a native plant plug to plant in their yard. Please register so we know how many plugs to buy! Register here:

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Tinker Play Group

Thursdays, April 13 and May 11 from 10:00 – 11:00.  Families with children ages 2 and up are invited to “tinker” with a variety of materials provided.  The materials will include STEM and sensory items for younger children based on the books Loose Parts by Lisa Daly and Miriam Beloglovsky and other preschool STEM resources.   It will be a relaxed program where kids will have an opportunity to explore the materials at their own pace while interacting with their adults and peers.

Sock Drive – March 31 until April 10

Starting Friday, March 31 until Monday, April 10, the Georgetown Peabody Library is pleased to be a location drop-off for a sock drive to benefit homeless veterans. You will find the drop-off box right in our main entrance vestibule.

Please donate new socks to benefit the Veterans Northeast Outreach Center. VNEOC has been helping veterans and their families since 1985. They currently service Essex, Middlesex and Barnstable Counties and parts of New Hampshire. 

This drive is in connection with Eastern Essex District Veterans Services.

2023 Friends Spring Book Sale

The Friends of the Georgetown Peabody Library will be having their Annual Spring Book Sale starting Friday, March 31 through Monday, April 3

Friday, March 31 from 10 AM to 5 PM

Saturday, April 1 from 9 AM to 1 PM 

Sunday, April 2 from 1 PM to 4 PM – Bag Sale! $5 to fill a bag

Monday, April 3 from 2 PM to 7 PM – Bag Sale! $5 to fill a bag

Proceeds from the book sale benefit library programs and museum passes. 

Donations may be brought into the library starting on Wednesday, March 22 to Wednesday, March 29 during library hours. Donations can include books, DVDs, CDs, puzzles, board games, audiobooks. They must all be gently used and free from mold. Ask yourself would you be willing to give this to a family member or friend before you decide to donate to the library.

Volunteers are needed for the Book Sale. For more information, email the Friends at georgetownfol@gmail.com

Virtual Program: The History of America’s Kitchens

On Monday, March 20 at 7PM via Zoom, Historic New England curator Nancy Carlisle will discuss how the American kitchen has evolved from the seventeenth-century to the present. From the colonial period to the present, the kitchen has been a source of nourishment and comfort. The way Americans have lived with their kitchens has changed dramatically over the course of three centuries.

Drawing on her book America’s Kitchens, co-authored with Melinda Narardinov, Ms. Carlisle will discuss the technological and social changes that have taken place in this room and suggest how these innovations have transformed kitchen work and changed women’s lives. 

Rescheduled due to program cancelled back in February.

Register directly on Zoom HEREThis virtual event is a collaboration between several libraries.

 

 

 

 

Minute Madness 2023

UPDATE: We had a tough competitor with Burlington and unfortunately, we are not heading to the Championship this year. 😞😞😞 Great job to everyone who signed up for this challenge and logged their minutes. We had a total of 161 people read 168,574 minutes! There’s always next year!

It’s tournament time! Help us defend our championship title from last year by out-reading 20 other Massachusetts libraries. Log your minutes/hours read as we fight for a spot in the Minute Madness final in March.

REGISTER HERE or you can download the Beanstack app to sign up and log minutes/hours through your phone!

Please note, if you participated in this program last year through Beanstack you do not need to create a new account! Use the same one as last year. If you need help, check out this Beanstack Cheat Sheet or email Sarah at scognata@georgetownpl.org.

Starting March 1, log your reading as we fight with 20 other libraries for a spot on the Minute Madness bracket.

On March 8, sixteen libraries will compete in a bracket-style tournament. This means our library will be playing head-to-head against one other library. The winner moves forward to the next round. On March 15, eight libraries will compete in a bracket-style tournament. 4 libraries will proceed to the “Fierce Four”.

On March 22, 4 libraries compete in a bracket-style tournament for the chance to compete in the Championship round. The following week, March 29, the top two libraries will fight for the top spot. The library with the most minutes read will be the Minute Madness champion!

Books, audiobooks, graphic novels, magazines and newspapers all count towards our total.

Would you rather participate through a paper sheet? No problem! A paper log is available for pickup at the Circulation and Children’s Desks. Please make sure to bring the sheet back to the library before the end of each round so your minutes can be counted!

Virtual Program: Ireland Travelogue

Dana Zaiser’s presentation on Monday, March 13 at 7PM via Zoom will focus on his 2017 “Castles and Manors” trip to Ireland. Sharing his extensive knowledge, Dana  will offer many humorous stories from multiple travels.  His plan is to transport attendees,  through this presentation, to the Emerald Isle. 

The visit includes stops at the Rock of Cashel, Ring of Kerry, Kylemoor Abbey, Phoenix Park, and the Irish Potato Famine Museum, among others. And what trip to Ireland would be complete without a tour of the Guinness brewery.  Erin go Bragh!

Register directly on Zoom HEREThis virtual event is a collaboration between several libraries.

 

 

 

Virtual Program: Women in Jazz

On Tuesday, March 7 at 7PM via Zoom, celebrate Women’s History Month with a special look at Women in Jazz. Lecturer and master flutist Galen Abdur-Razzaq will highlight the influence women have had on the evolution of jazz and their significant contributions to the art form, while performing some of their music.

Women have been involved in jazz since the early 1920s, not just as vocalists, but as instrumentalists, composers and arrangers. Learn about some of these great female artists. Galen studied at the Berklee College of Music and holds a Master’s Degree in fine arts and education from Rutgers University. He has performed internationally and domestically for more than 30 years and is best known for his smooth, rich sound.

Register on Zoom HERE. Please type “GEORGETOWN” in the “City” field, even if you do not live in Georgetown.

Hosted by the following libraries: Chelmsford Public Library, Haverhill Public Library, Georgetown Peabody Library, Peabody Institute Library of Danvers, Swampscott Public Library, and Tewksbury Public Library.