WESTFORD — Assistant Director of the J.V. Fletcher Library Kristina Leedberg has shared the most recent edition of “What’s Happening at the Library?” with WestfordCAT.
Unless otherwise noted, the following programs are made possible by the Friends of the Library.
News from the J.V. Fletcher Library, 50 Main St., Westford, MA (1-978-692-5555), http://www.westfordlibrary.org
If you have questions or need assistance, please call us at 978-399-2300 or send us an email at westfordlibrary@westfordma.gov.
Holiday Closure: In observance of Indigenous Peoples Day, the Library will be closed on Mon., Oct. 9, 2023. The Library will re-open on Tues., October 10 at 10:00 a.m.
Director’s Corner: Let Freedom Read! From September 30 through October 7 libraries across the Commonwealth will celebrate the freedom to read. Public libraries – a uniquely American democratic institution – celebrate the freedoms of expression and speech imbued in the Bill of Rights, and sometimes taken for granted. Enjoy your right to freely choose what you want to read by partaking of our many collections!
Friends of the J.V. Fletcher Library October Book Sale: Fri., Oct. 20, Sat., Oct. 21 and Sun., Oct. 22 A Friends Members Only Sale will be held on Friday evening from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. A Friends membership (which may be purchased at the door) is necessary for attending this sale. The entire public is invited Saturday for an all-day sale, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and for the $10.00 Bag Sale on Sunday, from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. So much stock! So little time!
WCAT News Office Hours: Wednesdays from 10-11 a.m. Managing Editor Ben Domaingue will host drop-in office hours in an effort to increase accessibility and availability for residents. Drop by and say hi, or bring your story ideas, questions, comments or concerns with how news is reported in Westford. No registration necessary. Changes and cancellations will be announced the prior Friday and posted on our Studio Calendar.
VIRTUAL JOB SEARCH HELP FOR 50 & OVER – JOB SEARCH HELP FOR 50 & OVER – Resumes: The Basics: Wed., Oct.11, 6:00 -8:00 p.m. The Massachusetts Library Collaborative’s 50+ Job Seekers Group meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m, and 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of the month from 6pm to 8pm, via Zoom. If you are unemployed and actively looking, underemployed, seeking a new career direction, re-entering the job market after a long employment gap, or recently retired and looking for your “Encore Career”, this networking group program is perfect for you! Register Here
YA Crafternoon: Monday, October 16 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Join us in the Meeting Room for a relaxing afternoon of crafting! For Grade 6 and up. Registration is helpful but drop-ins are always welcome.
Sweet Reads Book Club: Tuesday, October 24th at 6:30. Come for the desserts, stay for the discussion. This month we will read Small Spaces by Katherine Arden and enjoy some apple cider donuts. Registration is appreciated, but drop-ins are welcome. Copies of the book are available at the Main Desk. For Grade 6 and up.
Tricks and Treats with Robert Rivest (and a Library Spooky Walk), Wednesday, October 25 at 6:00 p.m. In this fun and interactive program, comic mime Robert Rivest performs a series of spooky, yet silly, Halloween stories where you will learn how to do mime tricks to create funny illusions and hilarious Halloween characters. Bring some ideas and suggestions because we will create a spooky story as a group with Robert. Come in costume – Robert might even help you to move and act like your costume characters to include them in the spooky stories. After the show (or before the show if you prefer), head outside and enjoy a silly spooky walk around the library. If it rains, we will plan to set something up inside. This program is for kids in grades K and up and is generously funded by the KDK Foundation in honor of Kurt Kelly. Online Registration for this program opens on October 9.
Story times are held in the Meeting Room. To accommodate a wider variety of participants there will be no registrations or reservations. All Story Times are Drop-In and scheduled Monday – Thursday. There are no story times on Indigenous Peoples Day (10/9/23) and the Thanksgiving holiday (11/23-23).
- Mother Goose – Mondays 10:30 to 11:00 a.m. – for babies up and kids up to age 5, September 25 through December 4.
- ABC and Me – Tuesdays 10:30 to 11:00 a.m. – for kids ages 2 to 5, October 3 through November 28.
- Book Bunch – Tuesdays 1:15-1:45 p.m. – for kids ages 3 to 5, October 3 through November 28.
- Wiggle Words – Wednesdays 10:30 to 11:00 a.m. – for kids ages 2 to 4, October 4 through November 29.
- Stay and Play – Thursdays 10:30-11:30 – for babies and kids up to age 5, October 5 through December 7.
Annual Magazine Giveaway Signup is now underway! Each fall we discard our oldest issues of magazines to make room for the incoming year, and we offer these discarded titles first to our patrons before we recycle them. We continue this tradition this year so we are now taking orders for our 2022 issues! If you would like any particular titles, contact Charles Schweppe. Call Information Services at 978-399-2304 or email him at cschweppe@westfordma.gov. This is a “first come, first serve” service. Titles will be ready by the end of the year, and you will be notified when your titles are ready, when you can retrieve them through at the Reference Desk.
MVLC APP: The Merrimack Valley Library Consortium Mobile App makes it quick and easy to access the library on the go! Search the catalog, download items, manage your account, access electronic resources, and view library events with your mobile device. Download your library barcode to always have it with you. Scan barcodes of items to determine availability at the library. Download the app at the following links: Google Play Store or the Apple App Store For assistance, please contact the Information Services Desk at (978) 399-2304.
Staff Recommends: This true story has so many twists and turns, you will have to remind yourself that you aren’t reading a novel. Check out, The Wager: a Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann. “From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, a mesmerizing story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty’s Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as “the prize of all the oceans,” it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The men, after being marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing 2500 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes. But then … six months later, another, even more decrepit craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways, and they had a very different story to tell. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes – they were mutineers. The first group responded with countercharges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous captain and his henchmen. It became clear that while stranded on the island the crew had fallen into anarchy, with warring factions fighting for dominion over the barren wilderness. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-death-for whomever the court found guilty could hang. The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by one of our greatest nonfiction writers.”
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