On Tuesday, August 12 at 2PM via Zoom, Julia Greene, Municipal Assistance Coordinator from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, will discuss how to cut down on waste and how to recycle correctly. Julia will give practical advice on how you can improve your efforts to reduce, re-use and recycle in your day-to-day life in order to make a positive impact on our environment. Bring your questions as they’ll be time for Q&A too.

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

RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.

Join this webinar on Tuesday, June 18 at 10AM to learn about the individuals who brought books into existence and of those who first experimented in the art of printing, design, and binding. Who were the renegade book-makers who changed the course of history?

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

RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.

Adam Smyth is Professor of English Literature and the History of the Book at Balliol College, Oxford University. He works on the connections between literature and material texts, particularly in the 16th and 17th centuries, but also more widely. He is the author of four books (most recently, Material Texts in Early Modern England (2018)), and the editor or co-editor of four collections of essays (including Book Parts, with Dennis Duncan). Adam is a founder member of the 39 Steps Press printing collective, based in a barn in Oxfordshire. He co-hosts the literary podcast and sometime radio show LitBits. He writes regularly for the London Review of Books.

Join this webinar on Thursday, May 9 at 7PM to learn about eastern coyote biology, how coyotes use suburban areas, and how communities can take effective steps to coexist with coyotes.

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

The program will be recorded and a link to the recording will be shared with everyone who registers. 

This talk will be presented by MassWildlife’s Black Bear and Furbearer Biologist, Dave Wattles, PhD. Dave has been studying and working with large mammals in Massachusetts since 2006 when he began collaring and studying moose for his graduate work at UMass Amherst. He has 15 years of experience conducting black bear research and has been the Black Bear and Furbearer Biologist with the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) since 2016.

Calling all caffeine fiends! Join Rob Fitzgibbon on Saturday, April 20 at 10AM as he teaches the art of coffee cupping; the practice of observing the taste and aroma of brewed coffee. Sample and savor various, freshly brewed roasts and learn how and why body, flavor, and aftertaste differ by coffee-growing region.

Registration is required for this event. LIMIT OF 12 PEOPLE. Register below:

Join author Brendan Slocumb on Sunday, March 24 at 4PM via Zoom as he discusses his latest novel, Symphony of Secrets.

Register HERE. Presented in partnership with a variety of Massachusetts Libraries.

A gripping page-turner about a professor who uncovers a shocking secret about the most famous American composer of all time—that his music was stolen from a young Black composer named Josephine Reed. Determined to uncover the truth and right history’s wrongs, Bern Hendricks will stop at nothing to finally give Josephine the recognition she deserves.

About the Author: Brendan Nicholaus Slocumb was raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and holds a degree in music education (with concentrations in violin and viola) from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. For more than twenty years he has been a public and private school music educator and has performed with orchestras throughout the Northeast. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Join John Kotch, a black belt instructor originally trained in Isshin-Ryu Karate, on Saturday, March 23 from 10AM to 12PM. The instruction will include techniques used by various martial arts styles, military and law enforcement for the singular purpose of personal, self-defense. The following will be covered: improving self-awareness; hand and foot techniques; hold-breaks, ground techniques and basic weapons defense.

This is an active participation activity so please dress appropriately. Participants may choose to just observe if so desired.

Please Note: High School students are permitted to attend, but must sign a waiver if under 18 years of age. Click here for the waiver form.

Limited enrollment (max 20). Registration is required. 

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On Thursday, February 29 at 7PM via Zoom, join author and photographer Margie Patlak for a virtual discussion on the lessons we can learn from nature about life and death. Her talk will be illustrated with her striking photos of the alluring Maine coast. Patlak’s emotionally compelling presentation will be followed by an opportunity for questions, comments, and discussion.

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

RECORDING NOTE: The program will be recorded and a link to the recording will be shared with everyone who registers. 

On Monday, February 26 at 7PM via Zoom, authors Ali Hazelwood, Nikki Payne, and Denise Williams will discuss their latest romance novels in this unforgettable panel discussion followed by audience Q&A.

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

RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.