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New Database: The New York Times

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Georgetown patrons can now enjoy New York Times | All Access at home and in the library!

Access in the library involves creating an account or logging into your NYTimes.com account for full access. Access at home involves entering your Georgetown library card number and library PIN (usually last four digits of your phone number) and redeem code on next page. Create or log in with a NYT account. Code provides access for 24 hours. Return to this page after 24 hours for a new code and log in for continued access.

Your access includes everything The New York Times offers:

● News: Understand the world with original reporting from 1,700 journalists
● Games: Spelling Bee, Wordle, The Crossword and more.
● Cooking: Recipes, advice and inspiration for any occasion.
● Wirecutter: Independent reviews for thousands of products
● The Athletic: In-depth, personalized sports journalism.

Find this database and more at our Online Resources section! You can always find this section when you click the Services menu on our home page. 

Author Alena Dillon Visit – Wednesday, November 29 at 6:30PM

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The Friends of the Georgetown Peabody Library are pleased to host author Alena Dillon for an author talk and book signing on Wednesday, November 29 at 6:30PM. Refreshments will be served.

Alena Dillon is the author of Mercy House, a Library Journal Best Book of 2020, The Happiest Girl in the World, a Good Morning America pick, My Body Is A Big Fat Temple, a memoir of pregnancy and early parenting, and Eyes Turned Skyward, a dual timeline WWII novel about the Women Airforce Service Pilots. Alena’s novels have been optioned for television, and her shorter work has appeared in publications including The Daily Beast, LitHub, River Teeth, Slice Magazine, The Rumpus, and Bustle. She teaches creative writing and lives on the North Shore of Boston with her husband, children, and black lab.

 

 

 

 

Artist Reception – Maureen DeSisto

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The Library is pleased to exhibit artist Maureen DeSisto’s work for the month of November. There will be a reception on Monday, November 27 at 6:30pm. All are welcome to attend.

A life-long Methuen resident, Maureen studied with Bill Swank of Salem NH and attended Mass. College of Art in Boston earning a BFA in Illustration and AAS in Commercial Art at Chamberlayne JR. College of Boston. She is a Board member of the Greater Haverhill Art Association. Two of her paintings of historic Methuen are in Methuen’s Enterprise Bank’s permanent collection.

Her website is https://maureen-desisto-acrylic-painter.com/

You can view her artist statement HERE.

Virtual Author Talk: Tess Gerritsen & Paul Doiron

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On Monday, November 20 at 7PM, bestselling author Tess Gerritsen will discuss her brand new book, The Spy Coast, in conversation with bestselling author Paul Doiron. A retired CIA operative in small-town Maine tackles the ghosts of her past in this fresh take on the spy thriller.

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

Virtual: Funeral Planning

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Please join us on Thursday, November 9 at 7PM for an in depth conversation and Q&A session with funeral director and former funeral home owner, Rick Dewhirst.

After leaving the traditional model of reactive funeral care, Rick Dewhirst embarked on a more proactive form of funeral education and practice – one that can help individuals, couples, and organizations with navigating the often confusing and emotionally laden world of funeral planning. His goal and the purpose of this presentation is to help illuminate the many options and choices we all have and to ease the process and often difficult experience of providing ourselves and loved ones a meaningful, sensible, and cost effective funeral plan.

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

Good Luck Kyle!

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Our Teen Librarian, Kyle Coston, has accepted a position at the Somerville Public Library. His last day in Georgetown will be on Saturday, October 28.

We welcome the Georgetown community to come into the library on Friday, October 27 or Saturday, October 28 to say their farewells and congratulate Kyle on his new position.

Kyle reinvigorated our teen programming with offerings of Dungeons & Dragons, monthly craft opportunities, gaming on our Switch, de-stress with dogs, and more. Kyle was awarded an ‘Awesome Georgetown’ grant in which he put together a book wagon that librarians can bring to the schools and other events in town to promote the library.

The staff, the Friends, and the Trustees all wish him the best in his new job and thank him for all that he has done.

Georgetown’s Got Talent! (Local Author Event)

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On Saturday, October 14 at 10AM, come meet authors from Georgetown and nearby! Authors will talk about and sell their books during this event. Hosted by the Friends of the Georgetown Peabody Library. Refreshments will be served.
 
The following authors will be in attendance:

Richard Appel

Dyan deNapoli

Paul Janson

Terry Palardy

2023 Friends Fall Book Sale

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The Friends of the Georgetown Peabody Library will be having their Annual Fall Book Sale starting Thursday, September 14 through Sunday, September 17. 

Thursday, September 14 from 10AM to 5 PM

Friday, September 15 from 10 AM to 5 PM

Saturday, September 16 from 9 AM to 1 PM 

Sunday, September 17 from 1 PM to 4 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, September 6 to Wednesday, September 13 during library hours. Please do not drop off donations outside when we are closed!! We cannot accept phone books, encyclopedias/dictionaries, outdated computer manuals, textbooks, Readers Digests, or VHS tapes. Books should be gently used, clean, and free from mold.

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

Summer Concerts at the Library 2023

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Starting on Wednesday, July 26 until August 9, performers will be showcasing their talent on the library lawn. All are welcome to attend these concerts!

Please bring lawn chairs or blankets. If the weather does not cooperate, the concert will be inside in the library’s Meeting Room.

Please click on the performers below or go to our event calendar for more information on these concerts.

CANCELED – Wednesday, July 19 at 6:30 pm – Knock on Wood   – CANCELED
Wednesday, July 26 at 6:30 pm – Tsunami Of Sound
Wednesday, August 2 at 6:30 pm – Tokyo Tramps
Wednesday, August 9 at 6:45 pm – Clandestine Jazz Collective

Virtual Author Talk: Nancy Horan

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Join Nancy Horan and Therese Fowler on Wednesday, June 28 at 7PM via Zoom as they discuss Nancy’s new book, The House of Lincoln which will be published June 6.

Register directly on Zoom HERE. Presented by Burlington in partnership with public libraries throughout Massachusetts.

About the book: A sweeping historical novel, which tells the story of Abraham Lincoln’s ascendance from rumpled lawyer to U.S. president to the Great Emancipator through the eyes of a young asylum-seeker who arrives in Lincoln’s home of Springfield from Madeira, Portugal. 

About the author: In addition to her new book, Nancy Horan is the author Loving Frank (2007) which chronicles a little-known chapter in the life of legendary American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and his client, Mamah Cheney, and Under the Wide and Starry Sky (2014) which explores the unlikely relationship of Robert Louis Stevenson and his spirited American wife, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson.  A native Midwesterner, Nancy Horan was a Chicago journalist before turning to fiction writing. She now lives with her husband on an island in Puget Sound.