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Medfield Library Upcoming Activities...
These Medfield Library Activities are from Jan 6th - Feb. 1st, 2020.
Medfield Library announces upcoming activities 1/6/2020 - 2/1/2020
Parachute Play
Monday, Jan. 6, 10:15-10:55 a.m. and 11:00-11:40 a.m.
Free; registration required
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Children and caregivers can ring around the parachute with music, games, a story, and a craft. Sponsored by Walpole Coordinated Family and Community Engagement. Ages 2 - 5 with a caregiver. Please register as space is limited.
Love Letters to Strangers - Adult Event
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Thursday, Jan. 9, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Free; no registration required
Let's start the new year by doing something nice for others! More Love Letters is a group that organizes letter-writing drives for people in need of encouragement and moral support. Recipients include those suffering from depression, terminal illness, and loss, among other things. Join us for an hour of camaraderie and community while we all write a handwritten note or two to someone who could use a little love.
Feel free to bring yourself a cozy beverage to enjoy. We'll provide the cookies!
You do not need to register for this event, but if you'd like an email reminder, click feel free to register.
For more information about More Love Letters, visit moreloveletters.com
smART Club for K & 1st Grade
Thursday, Jan. 9, 4:00-5:15 p.m.
Free; registration required
Kindergarten & 1st Graders can join other kids their age for a surprise, creative learning activity! Please register as space is limited.
Dungeons & Dragons Club
Friday, Jan. 10, 3:00-6:00 p.m.
Free; no registration required
Join our ongoing group of D&D-ers. Don't know how to play? Come learn! All levels welcome. Meets bi-weekly on Fridays of each month. Led by Dungeon Master Jay. Open to grades 6 and up.
Memoir Book Club
Tuesday, Jan. 14, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Free; no registration required
Join us to discuss The Year of Less by Cait Flanders. "The Year of Less is a self-help memoir that documents my life for the first twelve months of my two-year shopping ban. At every stage, I learned that the less I consumed, the more fulfilled I felt. But the challenge became a lifeline when, in the course of the year, I found myself in situations that turned my life upside down. It was then that I realized why I had always turned to shopping, alcohol, and food—and what it had cost me. Unable to reach for my usual vices, I changed habits I’d spent years perfecting and discovered what truly mattered to me. Blending my story with insight and practical guidance, The Year of Less will leave you questioning what you’re holding on to in your own life—and, quite possibly, lead you to your own path of less." -Cait Flanders
New members are always welcome. Copies are available at the library.
Knitting Clinic & Club
Thursday, Jan. 16, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Free; no registration required
The Knitting Club is back and better than ever! Knitters of all skill levels from never-held-a-pair-of-needles to I-make-sweaters-for-all-my-relatives are welcome in this drop-in social session. Our resident Master Knitter, Cindy, will always be around and ready to help you get started on your first-ever attempt at knitting, or to help you decipher a complicated pattern, fix a mistake, or just to talk about how much you love to knit!
Knitting Clinic and Club will meet on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month. There's no need to register (just drop by anytime!) but if you would like to get an email reminder, please feel free to register.
Beginners: we'll have needles and yarn to get you started. You can even check them out and take them home, so don't forget your library card!
Make It & Take It
Thursday, Jan. 16, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Free; no registration required
Join Erica the Teen Librarian and make cool stuff while eating junk food and listening to music. Open to grades 5 and up. Registration is encouraged but not required.
smART Club for 2nd & 3rd Grade
Thursday, Jan. 16, 4:00-5:15 p.m.
Free; registration required
2nd & 3rd Graders can join other kids their age for a creative learning activity. Today we’re making Model Magic Sculptures. Please register as space is limited.
Eco-Centric Book Club
Thursday, Jan. 16, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Free; no registration required
Join us to discuss This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein. Klein argues that the changes to our relationship with nature and one another that are required to respond to the climate crisis humanely should not be viewed as grim penance, but rather as a kind of gift—a catalyst to transform broken economic and cultural priorities and to heal long-festering historical wounds. And she documents the inspiring movements that have already begun this process: communities that are not just refusing to be sites of further fossil fuel extraction but are building the next, regeneration-based economies right now.
New members always welcome! Copies are available at the library.
Family Create, Play, & Learn
Saturday, Jan. 18, 11:00-4:00 p.m.
Free; no registration required
Drop into the Children’s Room anytime between 11:00-4:00 pm and play with a variety of different activities! Legos, games, crafts, puzzles or activity sheets... there are so many possibilities! Ages 3 and up with a caregiver.
Beginning Reader Book Club
Tuesday, Jan. 21, 4:30-5:15 p.m.
Free; registration required
Children just learning to read will work through a book together followed by a craft or activity. Sometimes we'll all read aloud at the same time, sometimes we'll take turns. Nobody ever has to read alone, if they don't want to! The book for this meeting is Pete the Cat's Groovy Bake Sale by James Dean. Pick up a copy at the Children’s Desk ahead of time so your new reader can enjoy and become familiar with it at their own pace. Please register as space is limited.
Handmade Books - Adult Craft Workshop
Tuesday, Jan. 21, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Free; registration required
It's a new year, or a blank slate, as they say...the perfect time to create a unique, totally custom blank book to use however you see fit! Make a hard or soft cover book that you can use as a desk calendar, a scrap book, a bullet journal, a diary, a sketchbook, or a pocket-sized grocery list keeper. The details are up to you! Feel free to bring fun papers, blank calendar print outs, or any other page inserts that will make your book useful to YOU. If you don't have anything to bring, that's okay, too.
We'll have everything you need, but come with a general idea of what function you'd like your book to serve.
Please register as space is limited.
Fiction Book Club
Tuesday, Jan. 21, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Free; no registration required
Join us to discuss Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford.
“For twelve-year-old Ernest Young, a charity student at a boarding school, the chance to go to the World's Fair feels like a gift. But only once he's there, amid the exotic exhibits, fireworks, and Ferris wheels, does he discover that he is the one who is actually the prize. The half-Chinese orphan is astounded to learn he will be raffled off--a healthy boy "to a good home."... (Set) against a rich backdrop of post-Victorian vice, suffrage, and celebration, Love and Other Consolations is an enchanting tale about innocence and devotion--in a world where everything, and everyone, is for sale." -Goodreads
New members are always welcome. Copies are available at the library.
Mystery Book Club
Thursday, Jan. 23, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Free; no registration required
For this Mystery Book Club book, we're reading and discussing Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger.
"A respected mystery writer turns his attention to the biggest mystery of all: God. An award-winning author for his long-running Cork O’ Connor series, Krueger aims higher and hits harder with a standalone novel that shares much with his other work.... 'the awful grace of God,' as it manifests itself within the novel, would try the faith of the most devout believer. Yet, ultimately, the world of this novel is one of redemptive grace and mercy, as well as unidentified corpses and unexplainable tragedy. A novel that transforms narrator and reader alike.” Source: Kirkus Reviews (starred)
New members are always welcome. Copies available at the library!
Make It & Take It
Thursday, Jan. 23, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Free; no registration required
Join Erica the Teen Librarian and make cool stuff while eating junk food and listening to music. Open to grades 5 and up. Registration is encouraged but not required.
smART Club for 4th & 5th Grade
Thursday, Jan. 23, 4:30-5:15 p.m.
Free; registration required
4th & 5th Graders can join other kids their age for a creative learning activity! Today we’re making Shimmering Icicles from recycled materials. Please register as space is limited.
PJ Storytime
Thursday, Jan. 23, 6:30-7:15 p.m.
Free; no registration required
Join us in the Children’s Room in your pajama best! Enjoy a read aloud and a craft or activity to end the night right. Ages 3 & up with a caregiver.
Jennifer Shaw Cronin Author Talk
Thursday, Jan. 23, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Free; registration required
Join us for an evening with Medfield author, Jennifer Shaw Cronin, who will speak to us about finding the courage to write and about her own daily writing practice.
She will also do a reading from her newly published novel, Under the Hidden Moon. Copies will be available for sale and signing! Please register to save your seat for this very special event!
Lego Club
Friday, Jan. 24, 4:30-5:15 p.m.
Free; registration required
Use your imagination and build with our collection of Legos. We'll even put your creation on display for all to see! Kids ages 5 and up welcome. Please register as space is limited.
Family Create, Play, & Learn
Saturday, Jan. 25, 11:00-4:00 p.m.
Free; no registration required
Drop into the Children’s Room anytime between 11:00-4:00 pm and play with a variety of different activities! Legos, games, crafts, puzzles or activity sheets... there are so many possibilities! Ages 3 and up with a caregiver.
Friends 1/2 Price Bookstore Sale
Saturday, Jan. 25, 10:00-5:00 p.m.
Bargain prices; no registration required
Come in anytime the library is open and check out the great selection of On the last Saturday of the month everything is 1/2 price! Stop by the Friends Bookstore at the library and get any items for half price on the last Saturday of every month! The Bookstore is open whenever the library is open, so come in anytime and check out the great selection of books, DVDs, CDs and more.
Music Makers
Monday, Jan. 27, 10:30-11:00 a.m. & 11:05-11:35 a.m.
Free; registration required
Enhance your child's love of music during this 30 minute bonding time. Share songs, dance, and movement activities to excite your budding musician. Ages 0-5 with a caregiver. Please register as space is limited. Registration begins January 13th.
Quilted Coffee Sleeves
Thursday, Jan. 30, 10:30-1:30 p.m.
Free; registration required
Save your hands, Save the Earth! For this project we'll use leftover fabric scraps to make a tiny, reusable coffee cup quilt. Keep it in your purse or glovebox and conserve a little bit of cardboard every time you stop for a latte.
This is a great project for all skill levels, even if you've never used a sewing machine before! Experienced sewists will probably have time to make two! Please register as space is limited.
Make It & Take It
Thursday, Jan. 30, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Free; no registration required
Join Erica the Teen Librarian and make cool stuff while eating junk food and listening to music. Open to grades 5 and up.
Storyteller, Kurt Jackson
Thursday, Jan. 30, 7:00-7:45 p.m.
Free; no registration required
Join our favorite storyteller and longtime MAP teacher for an extra special performance. Kurt will pay tribute to silent film icon, Charlie Chaplin, and will tell a story with the use of body language and physical comedy. Pajamas welcome! Ages 4 and up with a caregiver.
Family Create, Play, & Learn
Saturday, Feb. 1, 11:00-4:00 p.m.
Free; no registration required
Drop into the Children’s Room anytime between 11:00-4:00 pm and play with a variety of different activities! Legos, games, crafts, puzzles or activity sheets... there are so many possibilities! Ages 3 and up with a caregiver.
Medfield Library announces recurring activities
The STEAM Room – Medfield Library’s Makerspace
Open during Library’s open hours
Staffed Hours: Wednesdays, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Free; no registration required
Patrons of all ages can drop in to use the Makerspace whenever the library is open! However, on Wednesdays from 3:00-5:00 pm, library staff is also there to help with the equipment, tools and toys we have available. We've got a sewing machine, vinyl cutter, 3D pens, and jewelry making, embroidery & duct tape craft supplies-just to name a few! We'll also have a craft or activity set up and ready to go if you're unsure of what to try. And don’t forget, the STEAM Room is open and available for use anytime that the library is open for everyone aged 16+ and/or children accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Storytime - Pattycake Place
Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10:15-10:30 a.m.
Free; no registration required
Ages 0 - 24 months. This music-based storytime for babies and their caregiver is full of songs, rhymes and movement activities. Perfect for pre-walkers. Please note, there are No Storytimes on Feb. 19 & 20.
Storytime - Toddler Time
Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10:45-11:00 a.m.
Free; no registration required
Ages 18 - 36 months. This music-based storytime for toddlers and their caregiver is full of songs, rhymes and movement activities. Best for busy toddlers. Please note, there are No Storytimes on Feb. 19 & 20.
Storytime - All Together Now
Wednesdays and Thursdays, 11:15-11:30 a.m.
Free; no registration required
Ages 0 – 36 months. This music-based storytime for babies/toddlers and their caregiver is full of songs, rhymes and movement activities. Ideal for siblings. Please note, there are No Storytimes on Feb. 19 & 20.
Storytime - Preschool Pageturners
Wednesdays and Thursdays, 11:45-12:15 p.m.
Free; no registration required
Ages 3 – 5. This program for preschoolers is designed to encourage the love of books that help develop important early literacy skills. Participants are encouraged to separate from their caregiver for the first part of the program, but we ask for help with our craft at the end. Please note, there are No Storytimes on Feb. 19 & 20.
To register for these programs or for more information, call the library at 508-359-4544 or visit http://ww.medfieldpubliclibrary.org/events. All events are FREE thanks to the Friends of the Medfield Public Library and take place at the Library unless otherwise noted.
Bernadette Foley
Head of Children’s Services
Medfield Memorial Public Library
