Seasonal craft kits will be available to pick up. A new craft kit will be in the kids room starting on the following Mondays. The kits will be available all week or until they run out. Due to limited supplies one kit per child.
11/12 DIY Calendar – The tradition is back. Decorate the blank calendar and give it as a gift, or keep it for yourself.
12/5 Winter Woodland – Decorate the mini trees provided. It makes a great centerpiece.
12/12 Winter Luminary – Decorate a beautiful luminary.
A story about success: Did you know over 450 children and their families have visited our StoryWalk® since it began?
A story about impact: Did you know that StoryWalks® promote literacy, wellness, and help children learn?
A story about opportunity: The Library is making our StoryWalk® a permanent installation. On Giving Tuesday (November 29), we will be raising $3,000 to complete this project. It is an opportunity for our community and for YOU to support our children and families.
If you would rather not donate online, you may come to the Library on Tuesday, November 29 between 10AM and 8PM and donate via check made out to Friends of the Georgetown Peabody Library.
We will be updating our progress on Giving Tuesday and you can track our success by visiting these Facebook sites: Georgetown Peabody Library, Friends of the GPL, Georgetown MA News, Georgetown MA Parents and Community, Town of Georgetown. Every gift matters! Join us and tell the story of how you made a difference!
The Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society will be here with some cute cats and kittens. Join us for a morning of pets, cuddles, and general cat admiration. Meet some adoptable cats and get answers to all of your kitty questions. Cats… books… what better way to spend your Saturday morning?
This is a drop in event, not a lecture. Please note that this is not an adoption event. People wishing to adopt will need to go through the process outlined on the MRFRS website or call MRFRS at 978-462-0760.
On Wednesday, November 2 at 7PM via Zoom, Peter Mandel, an award-winning adventure travel journalist for The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, National Geographic Kids, and The Boston Globe, will show slides of his most extreme travel experiences: surviving a coup in Ecuador, visiting a ‘city’ of penguins at the South Pole, fishing for piranha on Brazil’s Rio Negro, floating in the Goodyear Blimp, sailing on an Arctic icebreaker, camping in the African bush, and kayaking to the Statue of Liberty. He’ll deliver the scoop on how travel turns to prose on today’s magazine and newspaper pages.
This virtual event is a collaboration between several libraries. Register below:
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Are you a Friends of the Library member? Are you interested in becoming a member? Are you curious on what the Friends do to support the library? Join the Friends for a coffee/tea social where Friends members and librarians will highlight the services the library provides. Snacks provided!
Learn the story of how a local break-in became a national scandal on Thursday, October 27 at 7PM via Zoom, and how it profoundly changed the way Americans think about their political institutions.
Fifty years after the break-in at the Democratic headquarters at the Watergate Hotel, we still do not know the full story of how the burglary came to happen. What we DO know is that the events that followed, culminating in President Nixon’s resignation in August of 1974, continue to hold lessons about the nature of power that seem to resonate ever more strongly as the years go by.
Led by Daniel Breen, a Senior Lecturer in Legal Studies at Brandeis University, and a recipient of the Louis Brandeis Award for Excellence in Teaching. While his primary academic interests lay in the law and politics of the Early Republic, he also holds a Ph.D. in American History and enjoys lecturing on a wide variety of subjects.
Register directly on Zoom HERE. This virtual event is a collaboration between several libraries.
Winter story times begin the week of January 9 . Check the event calendar for more information.
Tuesdays 10:00 – 10:30 Bouncing Books and Babies for 6 months through 2 1/2 years
Tuesdays 11:00 – 11:30 Gosling Gathering for 2 to 5 years
Wednesdays twice a month (See calendar for dates) 6:45 – 7:30 PJ Story Time – wear your pajamas
Fridays 10:00 – 10:30 Family Outdoor Story Time
Join the Garden Friends of Georgetown on Tuesday, October 11 at 6:15PM for a FallScaping workshop. Add beauty to your garden in the sweet, golden days of autumn with flowers, shrubs, trees and vines that shine during this season. Discover plants with colorful blooms, rich foliage and dramatic seed heads, and learn strategies that will guide you in designing a vibrant fall garden.
Jana Milbocker is the principal of Enchanted Gardens, a lecturer and author. She combines horticulture, design, and travel tips to educate, inspire and delight both new and seasoned gardeners. Jana loves to visit gardens and historic sites in the U.S. and abroad, and share her trips through her books, photos and blog. She published The Garden Tourist: 120 Destination Gardens and Nurseries in the Northeast in 2018, The Garden Tourist’s New England in 2020, and The Garden Tourist’s Florida in 2021. The 2-acre garden surrounding her Victorian home features more than 140 varieties of trees and shrubs, perennial gardens, peony and rose beds, water features and shady retreats.
Trained as a graphic designer, Jana brings years of critical design thinking, clarity and cohesiveness to her landscape solutions. Her professional experience includes twenty five years as an art director and designer. Jana holds a BFA from Syracuse University, an MBA from Boston College, and coursework in horticulture and landscape design.
Protect your investment in your garden tools by keeping them in good working order and helping them last longer. In this workshop on Saturday, October 1 at 10AM, Tom Falzareno will show you some best practices for cleaning, maintaining, and sharpening your tools.
Attendees may bring a small tool of their own on which to try applying techniques they learn in the workshop.
Sponsored by the Georgetown Native Species Planting Project and the Georgetown Peabody Library.
International Cardboard Challenge is October 1st. Celebrate a day early at the library. Friday September 30 from 3:00 – 4:30. Families and students of all ages are invited to drop in and create a masterpiece with cardboard. The materials will be provided by the library. Just bring your imagination.
