WESTFORD — Assistant Director of the J.V. Fletcher Library Kristina Leedberg has shared the most recent edition of “What’s Happening at the Library?”
News from the J.V. Fletcher Library, 50 Main St., Westford, MA (1-978-692-5555), http://www.westfordlibrary.org
Unless otherwise noted, the following programs are made possible by the Friends of the Library.
Director’s Corner: Westford patrons check download thousands of e-books, audiobooks, and magazines from our shared MVLC Overdrive collection. The only downside to this wildly popular service is that as popularity has grown, so have the hold lists. We now have solution for reducing those hold lists for Westford patrons – Overdrive Advantage! OverDrive’s Advantage program allows us to purchase additional copies of bestselling titles exclusively for Westford patrons. You won’t need to do anything differently when placing a hold; we do hope you notice that you are waiting as long for bestselling titles.
Mother Goose Time: Tuesdays – 10:30-11:15 a.m.: Mother Goose story time OUTSIDE for the summer on Tuesday mornings in July and August. This is a great early literacy program for you and your littlest ones. Get them started with reading fundamentals like rhymes, finger plays, and stories. We will move inside if it rains. No registration required. Please note, the last Mother Goose for the summer will be held on Tuesday, August 13.
Summer Crafternoon: Monday, August 5 at 3:00 p.m. in the Meeting Room For 5th grade and up. Join us to get crafty on select Mondays through the summer! All materials provided. Register here.
Camp Read-A-Lot: Monday, August 5 at 6:30 p.m. Stories, songs, fingerplays, and roasted marshmallows over a (fake) campfire in the Meeting Room. All ages. No registration required.
Middle Grade Book Club: (RESCHEDULED from 7/31) August 6 at 3:00 p.m. The Middle Grade Book Club is open to grades 5 through 8. For our next meeting, we will discuss Greenwild by Pari Thomson. Copies of the book will be available for registered attendees at the Main Desk prior to the meetings. Register here.
Adult Nonfiction Book Club: Tuesday, August 6 at 6:30 p.m. – We’ll meet in the downstairs Meeting Room to discuss Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown. Copies are available at Main Desk. No registration required. Email Charles Schweppe for more information.
VIRTUAL JOB SEARCH HELP FOR 50 & OVER –Self-Assessment, Wednesday, August 7, 9:30 -11:30 a.m. The Massachusetts Library Collaborative’s 50+ Job Seekers Group meets on biweekly the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., 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.
Party Band Concert: Thursday, August 8 at 6:00 p.m., Library Back Lawn
The Party Band is an original brass band embodying homegrown, unadulterated, unplugged fun. Their mission is to bring people together, celebrate the gift of being alive, and make the world a better place through the joys of quality live music in a way that is accessible to everyone. Originating in Lowell, MA, The Party Band has traveled the country blasting brass for fun, festivals, community events, schools, weddings, protests, and nightclub shows since their inception in 2013. The band has recorded three albums of original brass music inspired by the sounds of New Orleans and folk music from across Planet Earth. The Party Band believes it is important to be a force for good in the world, and to celebrate every day like the party that it is. No registration required. This concert is a collaboration with the adult and young adult summer reading programs and generously funded by the Friends of the Library.
Pirate Magic Show with Captain Robbie Bones: Monday, August 12 at 1:00 p.m. in the Meeting Room Set sail with pirate Captain Robbie Bones: magician and juggler extraordinaire. Learn to speak pirate and laugh like a rogue! This pirate, magic, juggling show will have you laughing all the way to Davey Jones Locker. Program is best for kids ages 4 and up (older kids are of course welcome!). Robb is guaranteed to make you laugh, a lot. Register here.
Middle Grade Book Club: Tuesday, August 13 at 3:00 p.m. in the Meeting Room The Middle Grade Book Club is open to grades 5 through 8. For our next meeting, we will discuss The Misfits: A Royal Conundrum by Lisa Yee. Copies of the book will be available for registered attendees at the Main Desk prior to the meetings. Register here.
Kids Summer Reading Grand Finale with the amazing Toe Jam Puppet Band Wednesday, Aug 14 at 2:00 p.m. The grand finale to summer reading just would not be the same without the Toe Jam Puppet Band! Put it on your calendars – this rocking high-energy show is packed with original music, crammed with laughs, and overflowing with fun. Bring a blanket and enjoy the fun outside in the grass behind the library and celebrate all the great reading you did this summer. If it rains, we will be in the Meeting Room. No registration required.
Staff Recommends: If your summer vacation includes a trip to the Grand Canyon, you won’t want to miss A Walk in the Park: the True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kebin Fadarko, “The Grand Canyon is an American treasure, visited by more than 6 million people a year, many of whom are rendered speechless by its vast beauty, mystery, and complexity. Now, in A Walk in the Park, author Kevin Fedarko chronicles his year-long effort to find a 750-mile path along the length of the Grand Canyon, through a vertical wilderness suspended between the caprock along the rims of the abyss and the Colorado River, which flows along its bottom. Consisting of countless cliffs and steep drops, plus immense stretches with almost no access to water, and the fact that not a single trail links its eastern doorway to its western terminus, this jewel of national parks is so challenging that when Fedarko departed fewer people had completed the journey in one single hike than had walked on the moon. The intensity of the effort required him to break his trip into several legs, each of which held staggering dangers and unexpected discoveries. Accompanying Fedarko through this sublime yet perilous terrain is the award-winning photographer Peter McBride, who captures the stunning landscape in breathtaking photos. Together, they encounter long-lost Native American ruins, the remains of Old West prospectors’ camps, present day tribal activists, and signs that commercial tourism is impinging on the park’s remote wildness.”
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