On Monday, May 2 at 7PM, Curator in Chief Michael Frank will share this collection of efforts that capture (or try to capture) the likenesses of politicians, favorite entertainers, or historic figures. Some of these pieces have accidentally ended up portraying faces we recognize. 

Register HERE. This virtual program is a collaboration between the libraries the public libraries of Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, and Methuen.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Groveland Cultural Council, a local council that is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency, as well as the Town of Groveland. 

Join us on Wednesday, April 27 at 7PM via Zoom for this informative and engaging workshop where we will learn strategies to slash our grocery bill while eating nutritiously. Get ready to feel energized with healthy nutrient rich foods and saving money! Specific action strategies, interactive game questions and recipe resources will be included.

As a registered dietitian and nutrition expert, Jill Patterson also brings her background of menu planning on a budget for school systems, consulting for grocery store chains, and being a cost conscious shopper herself.

Register on Zoom HERE. This virtual program is a collaboration between the libraries of Georgetown, Newburyport, and Rockport. This is a three part series:

• April 27: Save at the Supermarket!
• May 25: Solutions for Better Heart Health
• June 8: Eat This, Not That

The Friends of the Georgetown Peabody Library and the Boxford Town Library are pleased to host author Stephen Puleo and hear him discuss his latest book, Voyage of Mercy on Saturday, April 23 at 10:30AM.

Following the presentation will be a book signing from 12pm until 12:45pm. Book sales will be handled by the book distributor: at the back of library’s Meeting Room will include Voyage of Mercy and other Puleo titles as well.

About the Author: Stephen Puleo is an author, historian, teacher, public speaker, and communications professional. He has published seven narrative history books, including his most recent: Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine, and the Remarkable Story of America’s First Humanitarian Mission, published in March 2020. He is at work on his eighth book, which will also be published by St. Martins. Learn more about Puleo HERE.

About the Book: More than 5,000 ships left Ireland during the great potato famine in the last 1840s, transporting the starving and the destitute away from their stricken homeland. The first vessel to sail in the other direction, to help the millions unable to escape, was the USS Jamestown, a converted warship, which left Boston in March 1847 loaded with precious food for Ireland.

Captain Robert Bennet Forbes and the crew of the USS Jamestown began a massive eighteen-month demonstration of soaring goodwill against the backdrop of unfathomable despair – one nations’ struggle to survive, and another’s effort to provide a lifeline. Forbes’ undertaking inspired a nationwide outpouring of relief that was unprecedented in size and scope, the first instance of an entire nation extending a hand to a foreign neighbor for purely humanitarian reasons. It showed the world that national generosity and brotherhood were not signs of weakness, but displays of quiet strength and moral certitude.

On Thursday, April 21 at 11AM via Zoom, NASA Solar System Ambassador Pat Monteith will lead you through the journeys of Katherine Johnson and some of the other pioneering women and courageous female astronauts at NASA including women who are training to go on a 3-year mission to Mars.

Monteith received a BA in Math with the hope of working in Mission Control for NASA. But, as happens with most of us, life took a different turn. Over the years her interest in Space Science never waned and after retiring from her full-time job, she became a NASA Solar System Ambassador. Over the past 6 years, Monteith has conducted more than 50 programs for youth, families and adults about the Moon, Mars, the ISS, Women of NASA, the James Webb Telescope and more.

Register directly on Zoom HERE. This virtual program is a collaboration between the libraries of Georgetown and Tewksbury. Sponsored by the Friends of the Tewksbury Public Library.