Check out the 2022 Youth Media Awards. You can borrow the award winners from the library.
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Virtual Program: Behind-The-Scenes Tour Of The New England Patriots Hall Of Fame
Attention New England Patriots fans! Join Patriots Hall of Fame staff for a live virtual tour of the Hall of Fame on Tuesday, February 1 at 7 PM via Zoom. Get an inside look at some of their unique artifacts! Bring your questions as an interactive Q&A session will follow.
About the Patriots Hall of Fame: The Kraft family’s investment in The Patriots Hall of Fame presented by Raytheon Technologies accomplishes its goal of giving Patriots fans a unique, technologically advanced venue to relive and celebrate great moments and great players. The Hall is a modern “museum” that takes guests through Patriots and New England football history in a cutting-edge way, utilizing amazing video and audio to tap into fans’ emotions in a manner never before seen in a sports museum. It also works to freshen the experience with new exhibits and renovations.
Register directly on Zoom HERE. This virtual program is a collaboration between the libraries of Georgetown, Billerica, North Reading and Tewksbury. Sponsored by the Friends of the Tewksbury Library.
Virtual Program: Living the Simplified Life
In this interactive program on Friday, January 28 at 11 AM via Zoom with Professional Organizer Eileen Kelly Reed, you will: (1) consider the impacts of clutter in every part of your life (there’s WAY more than you think!); (2) explore our belief systems around what’s ‘enough;’ (3) examine the benefits of a quest for less; and (4) learn proven strategies you can use to simplify your life.
Are you ready to break free and start living the simplified life? Eileen Reed is the Owner & COO (Chief Organizing Officer) of “Simplify with Eileen Organizing.” With a 25-year career in office management, sales training and high tech staffing, Eileen’s organizing skills have been honed by developing effective systems and repeatable processes to maximize time, function and efficiency. Learn more about Eileen HERE.
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.
Virtual Program: The Epic Adventures of a Massachusetts Bird Photographer
Award-winning nature photographer Peter Christoph presents a narrated slideshow of his favorite bird photographs all taken right here in Massachusetts where he lives via Zoom on Wednesday, January 26 at 11 AM. His program is both entertaining and informative as he shares stories of his photographic adventures and the techniques he uses to capture his images as well as his favorite places to take photos of birds in their natural habitat.
Christoph is a well-known speaker who has presented to the Photographic Society of America (PSA), New England Camera Club Council (NECCC,) and the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC), in addition to Mass Audubon, the National Wildlife Refuge System, numerous camera clubs, birding clubs, and libraries. The past president of the Camera Club of Central New England, Christoph has received many prestigious national and international awards and medals. He’s published three nature photography books, including his latest, The Art of Bird Photography. Learn more about Christoph HERE.
Register directly on Zoom HERE. Presented in collaboration with the Tewksbury Library. Sponsored by the Friends of the Tewksbury Library.
Take & Make: Needle Felted Gnomes
This kit will have all the tools and materials needed to make a little gnome for the winter.
With 30 kits available, this kit is first come, first serve for adults and teens! Ask at the Circulation Desk for a kit during our open hours starting on Monday, December 20!
Virtual Program: Christmas in Ireland
Join Sean Murphy, a teacher of Irish history, music and dance, for a presentation on the history of Christmas in Ireland via Zoom on Wednesday, December 22 at 7 PM. Murphy was born and raised in Dublin and moved to Massachusetts in 2005.
Explore how Christmas has historically been celebrated in the Emerald Isle and how it is celebrated by many today. The presentation will incorporate recorded music and video to create a holiday friendly atmosphere. The history of the emergence of the Christian annual celebration in Ireland and elsewhere will be discussed along with how some of the earlier pagan traditions across Europe, including in Ireland, became incorporated.
Register directly on Zoom HERE. Presented in collaboration with the Tewksbury Library, the Stevens Memorial Library in North Andover, and the T.O.H.P. Burnham Free Library in Essex. Sponsored by the Friends of the Tewksbury Library.
NASA @ My Library Challenge
Starting Wednesday December 1, we will be joining @NASA @zoobean @STARLibraries and @AmericanLibraryAssociation in the NASA @ My Library Reading Challenge! This is an all ages reading challenge with fun activities thrown in to learn more about the new James Webb Space Telescope!
Participate all throughout December to help your library win a collection of programming materials!
Register at georgetownpl.beanstack.org
Beginner’s Book Club
Students in kindergarten through 3rd grade are invited to participate in a Beginner’s Book Club at the library to discuss Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner. Monday, December 20 at 4:00. The book will be provided and read together (independent reading skills are not required). Join us for a book discussion and questions, along with jokes, riddles, and a craft! Space is limited and registration is required.
Masks are required in the library.
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Wi-Fi Hotspots Available to Borrow!
Did you know that the Library has seven hotspots available to borrow? A mobile hotspot is light and portable, which makes it quick and convenient to access the Internet anytime, in locations where T-Mobile wireless network is available. Anyone age 18+ with a library card in good standing can borrow a Wi-Fi hotspot. There are no fees for the device or service.
Hotspots may be borrowed for one week and renewed once if there is no waiting list. Devices must be picked up and returned to the Georgetown Peabody Library.
Those who wish to borrow a hotspot must agree to and sign the Mobile Hotspot Lending Policy
Ban the Bomb (An International Poster Exhibit) by Stephen Lewis
The Georgetown Peabody Library welcomes an exhibit of posters from the collection of Stephen Lewis for the month of December. More than two dozen “Ban the Bomb” posters will be on display which protest development, testing, retention and use of nuclear weapons.
Lewis has a collection of 9,200 posters which he exhibits regularly around Massachusetts. He can be reached at lewisposters@gmail.com. The exhibit is free and open to the public during regular library hours, when community meetings or library programs are not in progress.
This project is supported in part by a grant from the Georgetown Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, and by donations from: Carpenters State Council and SEIU Local 3.