Learn about Hanukkah — a fun-filled eight-day festival celebrated by people all around the word who practice the Jewish faith — on Thursday, December 15 at 7PM via Zoom from the Lappin Foundation. 

The Lappin Foundation is a Massachusetts-based non-profit organization that provides exciting programs for children, teens and adults that spark an interest in Jewish living and learning, as well as foster positive relationships through education with individuals of all faiths. The Foundation’s core mission is to enhance Jewish identity across generations. Learn more about the Foundation HERE.

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

NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 24 hours of the program.

Visit magnificently decorated conservatories and mansions and beautifully lit gardens during the holiday season! This presentation on Tuesday, December 13 at 7PM via Zoom includes Longwood Gardens, Winterthur, Newport Mansions, Blithewold, and others.

Register on Zoom HERE.

This program is a collaboration between the Newburyport Public Library, the Langley Adams Library in Groveland, the Merrimac Public Library, the Groton Public Library, the Georgetown Peabody Library, and the Rockport Public Library.

Jana Milbocker is the principal of Enchanted Gardens, a lecturer, and an 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.

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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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.

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.

Newspapers can provide a wealth of information to help you fill in gaps in your family history research. This presentation on Monday, September 26 at 7PM via Zoom will explain how to search for newspapers online, beginning with the digitized newspapers typically available through library websites.

Led by Janeen Bjork, who has found thousands of elusive items for her family, her students’ families, and her client’s families for more than a decade. She will demonstrate how to access both free and fee online newspaper resources, including their interfaces, and the best practices for searching on your own. Learn more about Bjork HERE.

Register directly on Zoom HERE. Presented in collaboration with the Tewksbury Public Library/Tewksbury Genealogy Group.

Book bans are on the rise across the country as states seemingly compete to see who can place the most restrictions on free speech. As this latest wave of censorship activity continues to build, what is your role as a library user? In this interactive Zoom webinar on Thursday, September 22 at 7PM during Banned Books Week, you’ll learn about why intellectual freedom is important and what you can do to support libraries, library workers, and free expression during these challenging times.

Presented by Martin Garnar, PhD, director of the Amherst College Library, chair of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Intellectual Freedom Committee, and editor of the 10th edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual. 

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