Storytime is at the South Shore Mall on the first Monday of each month. We'll be in the Children's Play area by the Food Court. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. There will be books, songs and movement with Miss Elisabeth, plus a Take-and-Make craft .
"First Mondays at the Mall" Storytime for Children continues monthly through May.
781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Storytime is at the South Shore Mall on the first Monday of each month. We'll be in the Children's Play area by the Food Court. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. There will be books, songs and movement with Miss Elisabeth, plus a Take-and-Make craft .
"First Mondays at the Mall" Storytime for Children continues monthly through May.
781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Tim Lourenco transiiton coordinator at Braintree High School will speak on guardianship and adult services.
Tim Lourenco transiiton coordinator at Braintree High School will speak on guardianship and adult services.
Hello fellow adults! Do you enjoy playing board games? Then have we got a cool program for you! Twice Monthly Board Game Nights for Adults!
Hello fellow adults! Do you enjoy playing board games? Then have we got a cool program for you! Twice Monthly Board Game Nights for Adults!
It's Voting Day for adults, and No School in Braintree today. Children and families can come by the Children's Room today for Craft-a-Palooza, or try a board games or build with LEGOs. Featuring a new oversize game of Tic-Tac-Toe, and blue shapes to form into pictures. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
It's Voting Day for adults, and No School in Braintree today. Children and families can come by the Children's Room today for Craft-a-Palooza, or try a board games or build with LEGOs. Featuring a new oversize game of Tic-Tac-Toe, and blue shapes to form into pictures. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong learning Institute at UMass Boston. participants must be pre-registered OLLI members.
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong learning Institute at UMass Boston. participants must be pre-registered OLLI members.
Do you have a plan to help maximize your retirement income and avoid outliving your savings? Join us for a special presentation while we discuss the following important topics for those in or nearing retirement:
Do you have a plan to help maximize your retirement income and avoid outliving your savings? Join us for a special presentation while we discuss the following important topics for those in or nearing retirement:
Join experienced yoga instructor Jennifer Lynn to stretch and breathe deep. Jennifer returns with session of mindfulness, relaxation, games and simple yoga poses for kids. This class will be fun and engaging for kids 1-5 years old. Siblings are welcome.
Please bring a yoga mat, towel or use a library carpet square. No registration is needed .
Instructor Jennifer Lynn is the owner of Nurtured Roots LLC and is an experienced wellness coach, Yoga and Mindfulness Instructor.
Program made possible by the use of State Aid Funds .
Join experienced yoga instructor Jennifer Lynn to stretch and breathe deep. Jennifer returns with session of mindfulness, relaxation, games and simple yoga poses for kids. This class will be fun and engaging for kids 1-5 years old. Siblings are welcome.
Please bring a yoga mat, towel or use a library carpet square. No registration is needed .
Instructor Jennifer Lynn is the owner of Nurtured Roots LLC and is an experienced wellness coach, Yoga and Mindfulness Instructor.
Program made possible by the use of State Aid Funds .
Baby and Me Movement & Mindfulness
Join Jennifer Lynn in this Baby & Me Movement and Mindfulness classs. Jennifer offers a warm and supportive environment for parents and caregivers to connect with their newborns and infants, as well as with other adults in their community, through gentle movement, song and discussion.
Class is for newborn babies to pre-crawling and their parents/caregivers. No registration is needed.
Workshop made possible through the use of State Aid for Library funds
Baby and Me Movement & Mindfulness
Join Jennifer Lynn in this Baby & Me Movement and Mindfulness classs. Jennifer offers a warm and supportive environment for parents and caregivers to connect with their newborns and infants, as well as with other adults in their community, through gentle movement, song and discussion.
Class is for newborn babies to pre-crawling and their parents/caregivers. No registration is needed.
Workshop made possible through the use of State Aid for Library funds
Thelma
Thelma: When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.
PG-13 2024 ‧ Comedy/Action ‧ 1h 39m. This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
Thelma
Thelma: When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.
PG-13 2024 ‧ Comedy/Action ‧ 1h 39m. This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
Thelma
Thelma: When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.
PG-13 2024 ‧ Comedy/Action ‧ 1h 39m. This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
Thelma
Thelma: When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.
PG-13 2024 ‧ Comedy/Action ‧ 1h 39m. This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
Book in a Bag is like a subscription box. You sign up each month to get a teen book and some goodies, but the catch is that it's free! Because you're borrowing a library book for a month (but you get to keep the goodies!) The books and themes are picked by the Teen Librarian with help from the Teen Advisory Group. Book in a Bag pickup is always on a Thursday. Books may be picked up & checked out from the Circulation Desk (they'll be in a special bag!).
November's theme is "Heists". Spoiler free hint about the book: "a cutthroat competition brings together the world's best thieves"
Program for grades 7-12, Registration Required. After October 31st, register by calling the Teen Room at 781-848-0405, ext. 4415. Supplies limited.
Book in a Bag is like a subscription box. You sign up each month to get a teen book and some goodies, but the catch is that it's free! Because you're borrowing a library book for a month (but you get to keep the goodies!) The books and themes are picked by the Teen Librarian with help from the Teen Advisory Group. Book in a Bag pickup is always on a Thursday. Books may be picked up & checked out from the Circulation Desk (they'll be in a special bag!).
November's theme is "Heists". Spoiler free hint about the book: "a cutthroat competition brings together the world's best thieves"
Program for grades 7-12, Registration Required. After October 31st, register by calling the Teen Room at 781-848-0405, ext. 4415. Supplies limited.
Are you learning to speak English? Would you like to practice speaking English with other learners? Do you know someone who is learning English and would like to practice?
We are starting an English Conversation group for people of all nationalities who would like a place to practice their English language and conversation skills. No registration, just come when you can!
English Conversation Circle is not a class! It is a time for English language learners to gather at the library to practice speaking together in English. English Conversation Circle is best for intermediate to advanced learners, but beginners are welcome.
Free and open to the public. For more information email Jean at jkennedy@braintreema.gov.
Are you learning to speak English? Would you like to practice speaking English with other learners? Do you know someone who is learning English and would like to practice?
We are starting an English Conversation group for people of all nationalities who would like a place to practice their English language and conversation skills. No registration, just come when you can!
English Conversation Circle is not a class! It is a time for English language learners to gather at the library to practice speaking together in English. English Conversation Circle is best for intermediate to advanced learners, but beginners are welcome.
Free and open to the public. For more information email Jean at jkennedy@braintreema.gov.
Like to play Scrabble?
Join us every Thursday night for open Scrabble play. Bring a friend or make new ones here. All players are welcome!
Play starts promptly at 6:30 pm Labor Day through mid-June and at 6:00 pm after Father's Day in June through Labor Day.
Like to play Scrabble?
Join us every Thursday night for open Scrabble play. Bring a friend or make new ones here. All players are welcome!
Play starts promptly at 6:30 pm Labor Day through mid-June and at 6:00 pm after Father's Day in June through Labor Day.
Artificial Intelligence & Chat GPT. What is it all about?!?
Virtual Reality. Chatbots. Deep Fakes. Do you sometimes feel like the technological world is moving too fast? And do you really know what any of these terms mean to you, never mind all of humanity? Take a breath and enjoy an in-person, real presentation on artificial intelligence. You might not want to use these things, but you should know what they are. So come learn in a fun and supportive manner! (Not to mention, it changes every day!) Bring your opinions and questions! Great for beginners, skeptics, and anyone worried about the fate of humanity.
Artificial Intelligence & Chat GPT. What is it all about?!?
Virtual Reality. Chatbots. Deep Fakes. Do you sometimes feel like the technological world is moving too fast? And do you really know what any of these terms mean to you, never mind all of humanity? Take a breath and enjoy an in-person, real presentation on artificial intelligence. You might not want to use these things, but you should know what they are. So come learn in a fun and supportive manner! (Not to mention, it changes every day!) Bring your opinions and questions! Great for beginners, skeptics, and anyone worried about the fate of humanity.
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong Learning Institue at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registed OLLI members.
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong Learning Institue at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registed OLLI members.
Children and their care-givers may stop in on Fridays anytime between 10 am and noon to play with toys, puppets, blocks and for social interaction. For little ones through age 5.
Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children and their care-givers may stop in on Fridays anytime between 10 am and noon to play with toys, puppets, blocks and for social interaction. For little ones through age 5.
Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Storytime with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Storytime with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Veteran's Day
Veteran's Day
Storytime with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Storytime with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Storytime with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Storytime with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong learning Institute at UMass Boston. participants must be pre-registered OLLI members.
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong learning Institute at UMass Boston. participants must be pre-registered OLLI members.
Please Note: Tuesday we meet on the Lower Level at the Scrabble Tables
Please Note: Tuesday we meet on the Lower Level at the Scrabble Tables
Join experienced yoga instructor Jennifer Lynn to stretch and breathe deep. Jennifer returns with session of mindfulness, relaxation, games and simple yoga poses for kids. This class will be fun and engaging for kids 1-5 years old. Siblings are welcome.
Please bring a yoga mat, towel or use a library carpet square. No registration is needed .
Instructor Jennifer Lynn is the owner of Nurtured Roots LLC and is an experienced wellness coach, Yoga and Mindfulness Instructor.
Program made possible by the use of State Aid Funds .
Join experienced yoga instructor Jennifer Lynn to stretch and breathe deep. Jennifer returns with session of mindfulness, relaxation, games and simple yoga poses for kids. This class will be fun and engaging for kids 1-5 years old. Siblings are welcome.
Please bring a yoga mat, towel or use a library carpet square. No registration is needed .
Instructor Jennifer Lynn is the owner of Nurtured Roots LLC and is an experienced wellness coach, Yoga and Mindfulness Instructor.
Program made possible by the use of State Aid Funds .
Baby and Me Movement & Mindfulness
Join Jennifer Lynn in this Baby & Me Movement and Mindfulness classs. Jennifer offers a warm and supportive environment for parents and caregivers to connect with their newborns and infants, as well as with other adults in their community, through gentle movement, song and discussion.
Class is for newborn babies to pre-crawling and their parents/caregivers. No registration is needed.
Workshop made possible through the use of State Aid for Library funds
Baby and Me Movement & Mindfulness
Join Jennifer Lynn in this Baby & Me Movement and Mindfulness classs. Jennifer offers a warm and supportive environment for parents and caregivers to connect with their newborns and infants, as well as with other adults in their community, through gentle movement, song and discussion.
Class is for newborn babies to pre-crawling and their parents/caregivers. No registration is needed.
Workshop made possible through the use of State Aid for Library funds
This month's selection is I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara OR Lab Girl by Hope Jahren. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, November 13th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara (nonfiction)
For more than ten years, a mysterious and violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California before moving south, where he perpetrated ten sadistic murders. Then he disappeared, eluding capture by multiple police forces and some of the best detectives in the area.
Three decades later, Michelle McNamara, a true crime journalist who created the popular website TrueCrimeDiary.com, was determined to find the violent psychopath she called "the Golden State Killer." Michelle pored over police reports, interviewed victims, and embedded herself in the online communities that were as obsessed with the case as she was.
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark—the masterpiece McNamara was writing at the time of her sudden death—offers an atmospheric snapshot of a moment in American history and a chilling account of a criminal mastermind and the wreckage he left behind. It is also a portrait of a woman’s obsession and her unflagging pursuit of the truth. Utterly original and compelling, it has been hailed as a modern true crime classic—one which fulfilled Michelle's helping unmask the Golden State Killer.
OR
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren (nonfiction)
Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in which she’s studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Her first book is a revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is also so much more.
Lab Girl is a book about work, love, and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. It is told through Jahren’s stories: about her childhood in rural Minnesota with an uncompromising mother and a father who encouraged hours of play in his classroom’s labs; about how she found a sanctuary in science, and learned to perform lab work done “with both the heart and the hands”; and about the inevitable disappointments, but also the triumphs and exhilarating discoveries, of scientific work.
Yet at the core of this book is the story of a relationship Jahren forged with a brilliant, wounded man named Bill, who becomes her lab partner and best friend. Their sometimes rogue adventures in science take them from the Midwest across the United States and back again, over the Atlantic to the ever-light skies of the North Pole and to tropical Hawaii, where she and her lab currently make their home.
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
This month's selection is I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara OR Lab Girl by Hope Jahren. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, November 13th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara (nonfiction)
For more than ten years, a mysterious and violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California before moving south, where he perpetrated ten sadistic murders. Then he disappeared, eluding capture by multiple police forces and some of the best detectives in the area.
Three decades later, Michelle McNamara, a true crime journalist who created the popular website TrueCrimeDiary.com, was determined to find the violent psychopath she called "the Golden State Killer." Michelle pored over police reports, interviewed victims, and embedded herself in the online communities that were as obsessed with the case as she was.
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark—the masterpiece McNamara was writing at the time of her sudden death—offers an atmospheric snapshot of a moment in American history and a chilling account of a criminal mastermind and the wreckage he left behind. It is also a portrait of a woman’s obsession and her unflagging pursuit of the truth. Utterly original and compelling, it has been hailed as a modern true crime classic—one which fulfilled Michelle's helping unmask the Golden State Killer.
OR
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren (nonfiction)
Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in which she’s studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Her first book is a revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is also so much more.
Lab Girl is a book about work, love, and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. It is told through Jahren’s stories: about her childhood in rural Minnesota with an uncompromising mother and a father who encouraged hours of play in his classroom’s labs; about how she found a sanctuary in science, and learned to perform lab work done “with both the heart and the hands”; and about the inevitable disappointments, but also the triumphs and exhilarating discoveries, of scientific work.
Yet at the core of this book is the story of a relationship Jahren forged with a brilliant, wounded man named Bill, who becomes her lab partner and best friend. Their sometimes rogue adventures in science take them from the Midwest across the United States and back again, over the Atlantic to the ever-light skies of the North Pole and to tropical Hawaii, where she and her lab currently make their home.
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
Niche Academy Customer Check-In (dept. heads)
Niche Academy Customer Check-In (dept. heads)
TAG Monthly Meeting! Join us in the Teen Room!
New and returning members welcome- meet new friends and get involved in your community!
Interested in future meetings or volunteer opportunities for grades 6-12? Email the Teen Librarian at the email below!
After October 31st, register by calling the Teen Room at 781-848-0405, ext. 4415.
TAG Monthly Meeting! Join us in the Teen Room!
New and returning members welcome- meet new friends and get involved in your community!
Interested in future meetings or volunteer opportunities for grades 6-12? Email the Teen Librarian at the email below!
After October 31st, register by calling the Teen Room at 781-848-0405, ext. 4415.
Are you learning to speak English? Would you like to practice speaking English with other learners? Do you know someone who is learning English and would like to practice?
We are starting an English Conversation group for people of all nationalities who would like a place to practice their English language and conversation skills. No registration, just come when you can!
English Conversation Circle is not a class! It is a time for English language learners to gather at the library to practice speaking together in English. English Conversation Circle is best for intermediate to advanced learners, but beginners are welcome.
Free and open to the public. For more information email Jean at jkennedy@braintreema.gov.
Are you learning to speak English? Would you like to practice speaking English with other learners? Do you know someone who is learning English and would like to practice?
We are starting an English Conversation group for people of all nationalities who would like a place to practice their English language and conversation skills. No registration, just come when you can!
English Conversation Circle is not a class! It is a time for English language learners to gather at the library to practice speaking together in English. English Conversation Circle is best for intermediate to advanced learners, but beginners are welcome.
Free and open to the public. For more information email Jean at jkennedy@braintreema.gov.
Staff Meeting
Staff Meeting
Thayer Public Library is excited to collaborate with Atlantic Symphony Orchestra for a community concert.
Atlantic Symphony Orchestra is proud to present a community concert featuring renowned Italian pianist Francesco Attesti, in his only perfromance on the South Shore this year.
Join as for a free 60- mintute program featruing audience favorites, including Bach, Chopin, Schubert, Piazzolla and Liszt.
ASO is now in it's 28th year, perfroming and presenting orchestral, chamber and solo concerts throughout the South Shore. For more information on ASO's season, see
AtlanticSymphony.org
Free and open to all
Thayer Public Library is excited to collaborate with Atlantic Symphony Orchestra for a community concert.
Atlantic Symphony Orchestra is proud to present a community concert featuring renowned Italian pianist Francesco Attesti, in his only perfromance on the South Shore this year.
Join as for a free 60- mintute program featruing audience favorites, including Bach, Chopin, Schubert, Piazzolla and Liszt.
ASO is now in it's 28th year, perfroming and presenting orchestral, chamber and solo concerts throughout the South Shore. For more information on ASO's season, see
AtlanticSymphony.org
Free and open to all
Like to play Scrabble?
Join us every Thursday night for open Scrabble play. Bring a friend or make new ones here. All players are welcome!
Play starts promptly at 6:30 pm Labor Day through mid-June and at 6:00 pm after Father's Day in June through Labor Day.
Like to play Scrabble?
Join us every Thursday night for open Scrabble play. Bring a friend or make new ones here. All players are welcome!
Play starts promptly at 6:30 pm Labor Day through mid-June and at 6:00 pm after Father's Day in June through Labor Day.
This month's discussion book The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Josha.
It’s the spring of 1969, and Lakshmi, now married to Dr. Jay Kumar, directs the Healing Garden in Shimla. Malik has finished his private school education. At twenty, he has just met a young woman named Nimmi when he leaves to apprentice at the Facilities Office of the Jaipur Royal Palace. Their latest project: a state-of-the-art cinema.
Malik soon finds that not much has changed as he navigates the Pink City of his childhood. Power and money still move seamlessly among the wealthy class, and favors flow from Jaipur’s Royal Palace, but only if certain secrets remain buried. When the cinema’s balcony tragically collapses on opening night, blame is placed where it is convenient. But Malik suspects something far darker and sets out to uncover the truth. As a former street child, he always knew to keep his own counsel; it’s a lesson that will serve him as he untangles a web of lies.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
This month's discussion book The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Josha.
It’s the spring of 1969, and Lakshmi, now married to Dr. Jay Kumar, directs the Healing Garden in Shimla. Malik has finished his private school education. At twenty, he has just met a young woman named Nimmi when he leaves to apprentice at the Facilities Office of the Jaipur Royal Palace. Their latest project: a state-of-the-art cinema.
Malik soon finds that not much has changed as he navigates the Pink City of his childhood. Power and money still move seamlessly among the wealthy class, and favors flow from Jaipur’s Royal Palace, but only if certain secrets remain buried. When the cinema’s balcony tragically collapses on opening night, blame is placed where it is convenient. But Malik suspects something far darker and sets out to uncover the truth. As a former street child, he always knew to keep his own counsel; it’s a lesson that will serve him as he untangles a web of lies.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong Learning Institue at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registed OLLI members.
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong Learning Institue at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registed OLLI members.
Children and their care-givers may stop in on Fridays anytime between 10 am and noon to play with toys, puppets, blocks and for social interaction. For little ones through age 5.
Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children and their care-givers may stop in on Fridays anytime between 10 am and noon to play with toys, puppets, blocks and for social interaction. For little ones through age 5.
Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
The TPL Writers Group meeting meets one Saturday a month, September-November and January-June on a drop-in basis. No registration required.
Meet others who love to write! Share tips, and get/give encouragement and support to other area writers. The TPL Writers Group meets informally to talk about works in progress and the writing and publishing process. Reading briefly from your own work is optional.
Sponsored by the Thayer Public Library; meetings are facilitated by a librarian or another member of the group.
The TPL Writers Group meeting meets one Saturday a month, September-November and January-June on a drop-in basis. No registration required.
Meet others who love to write! Share tips, and get/give encouragement and support to other area writers. The TPL Writers Group meets informally to talk about works in progress and the writing and publishing process. Reading briefly from your own work is optional.
Sponsored by the Thayer Public Library; meetings are facilitated by a librarian or another member of the group.
Decoupage Oyster Shell Trinket Dish
Join us for a fun and crafty workshop with artist Mandy, where she will show you how to make a beautiful trinket holder using an oyster shell!
Get ready to explore your creativity and turn a simple shell into a useful adn beautiful accessory for your trinkets. This workshop is perfect for adults looking to have fun while learning a new craft.
Registration is required and limited to 15 participants. Registration will begin on Friday, November 1, 2024 at 9:00 AM. Register by calling the Reference Desk at 781-848-0405, ext. 4417.
Free and supplies are provided
This program is made possible through State Library Aid Funds
Decoupage Oyster Shell Trinket Dish
Join us for a fun and crafty workshop with artist Mandy, where she will show you how to make a beautiful trinket holder using an oyster shell!
Get ready to explore your creativity and turn a simple shell into a useful adn beautiful accessory for your trinkets. This workshop is perfect for adults looking to have fun while learning a new craft.
Registration is required and limited to 15 participants. Registration will begin on Friday, November 1, 2024 at 9:00 AM. Register by calling the Reference Desk at 781-848-0405, ext. 4417.
Free and supplies are provided
This program is made possible through State Library Aid Funds
Concert Series ~ Hungrytown Baroque/Indie Folk Artists
Thayer Public Library presents Hungrytown
Hungrytown is the musical and married duo of singer Rebecca Hall and multi-instrumentalist and producer Ken Anderson. They swapped their New York offices to live and make music in the hills of New England in 2004. Rebecca creates and sings simple, melodic and achingly beautiful songs, weaving modern themes into traditional song structures. Supported by a variety of instruments, including banjo, mandolin, guitar and harmonica, their music evokes the classic folk songwriters of the 1960s and '70s, whille their lyrics often speak in modern perspectives.
Hungrytown tours extensively in the USA and abroad.
Free and all are welcome
This program is made possible through State Library Aid Funds
Concert Series ~ Hungrytown Baroque/Indie Folk Artists
Thayer Public Library presents Hungrytown
Hungrytown is the musical and married duo of singer Rebecca Hall and multi-instrumentalist and producer Ken Anderson. They swapped their New York offices to live and make music in the hills of New England in 2004. Rebecca creates and sings simple, melodic and achingly beautiful songs, weaving modern themes into traditional song structures. Supported by a variety of instruments, including banjo, mandolin, guitar and harmonica, their music evokes the classic folk songwriters of the 1960s and '70s, whille their lyrics often speak in modern perspectives.
Hungrytown tours extensively in the USA and abroad.
Free and all are welcome
This program is made possible through State Library Aid Funds
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Trustee Board Meeting
Trustee Board Meeting
Join us Monday November 18th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian (SFF/Horror/Western)
"Sadie Grace is wanted for witchcraft, dead (or alive). And every hired gun in Kansas is out to collect the bounty on her head, including bona fide witch hunter Old Tom and his mysterious, mute ward, Rabbit.
On the road to Burden County, they’re joined by two vagabond cowboys with a strong sense of adventure – but no sense of purpose – and a recently widowed school teacher with nothing left to lose. As their posse grows, so too does the danger.
Racing along the drought-stricken plains in a stolen red stagecoach, they encounter monsters more wicked than witches lurking along the dusty trail. But the crew is determined to get that bounty, or die trying."
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
Join us Monday November 18th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian (SFF/Horror/Western)
"Sadie Grace is wanted for witchcraft, dead (or alive). And every hired gun in Kansas is out to collect the bounty on her head, including bona fide witch hunter Old Tom and his mysterious, mute ward, Rabbit.
On the road to Burden County, they’re joined by two vagabond cowboys with a strong sense of adventure – but no sense of purpose – and a recently widowed school teacher with nothing left to lose. As their posse grows, so too does the danger.
Racing along the drought-stricken plains in a stolen red stagecoach, they encounter monsters more wicked than witches lurking along the dusty trail. But the crew is determined to get that bounty, or die trying."
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong Learning Institue at UMass Boston. participants must be pre-registered OLLI Members.
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong Learning Institue at UMass Boston. participants must be pre-registered OLLI Members.
This program is sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Istitute at Umass Boston. participants must be pre-registered OLLI members.
This program is sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Istitute at Umass Boston. participants must be pre-registered OLLI members.
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong learning Institute at UMass Boston. participants must be pre-registered OLLI members.
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong learning Institute at UMass Boston. participants must be pre-registered OLLI members.
Knitting Group
Join the Thayer Public Library’s informal knitting group!
Bring your knitt, crochet, or fabric project and enjoy the company of other knitters every 3rd Tuesday from 7-8:30pm (6:30-7:45pm in the Summer).
Basic skills are needed and help may be available from other knitters.
Beginners to experts are welcome.
No registration necessary. Walk – ins welcome!
Knitting Group
Join the Thayer Public Library’s informal knitting group!
Bring your knitt, crochet, or fabric project and enjoy the company of other knitters every 3rd Tuesday from 7-8:30pm (6:30-7:45pm in the Summer).
Basic skills are needed and help may be available from other knitters.
Beginners to experts are welcome.
No registration necessary. Walk – ins welcome!
Join experienced yoga instructor Jennifer Lynn to stretch and breathe deep. Jennifer returns with session of mindfulness, relaxation, games and simple yoga poses for kids. This class will be fun and engaging for kids 1-5 years old. Siblings are welcome.
Please bring a yoga mat, towel or use a library carpet square. No registration is needed .
Instructor Jennifer Lynn is the owner of Nurtured Roots LLC and is an experienced wellness coach, Yoga and Mindfulness Instructor.
Program made possible by the use of State Aid Funds .
Join experienced yoga instructor Jennifer Lynn to stretch and breathe deep. Jennifer returns with session of mindfulness, relaxation, games and simple yoga poses for kids. This class will be fun and engaging for kids 1-5 years old. Siblings are welcome.
Please bring a yoga mat, towel or use a library carpet square. No registration is needed .
Instructor Jennifer Lynn is the owner of Nurtured Roots LLC and is an experienced wellness coach, Yoga and Mindfulness Instructor.
Program made possible by the use of State Aid Funds .
Baby and Me Movement & Mindfulness
Join Jennifer Lyn in this Baby & Me movement and mindfulness classs. Jennifer offers a warm and supportive environment for parents and caregivers to connect with their newborns and infants, as well as with other adults in their community, through gentle movement, song and discussion.
Class is for newborn babies to pre-crawling and their parents/caregivers. No registration is needed.
Workshop made possible througth the use of State Aid for Library funds
Baby and Me Movement & Mindfulness
Join Jennifer Lyn in this Baby & Me movement and mindfulness classs. Jennifer offers a warm and supportive environment for parents and caregivers to connect with their newborns and infants, as well as with other adults in their community, through gentle movement, song and discussion.
Class is for newborn babies to pre-crawling and their parents/caregivers. No registration is needed.
Workshop made possible througth the use of State Aid for Library funds
How to Draw Pokemon
Join us for a fun and engaging art class where you'll learn to draw your favorite Pokémon characters, including Pikachu! An art teacher from Pop up Art School will guide you with step-by-step instructions using basic shapes, making it easy for all skill levels. As you draw, enjoy playing Pokémon trivia and showcase your knowledge. Perfect for Pokémon fans and budding artists alike. For ages 8 to 12. Due to limited supplies, Registration is required before the session and is limited to 15 participants. Register by calling the Children's Room at 781-848-0405, ext. 4425.
How to Draw Pokemon
Join us for a fun and engaging art class where you'll learn to draw your favorite Pokémon characters, including Pikachu! An art teacher from Pop up Art School will guide you with step-by-step instructions using basic shapes, making it easy for all skill levels. As you draw, enjoy playing Pokémon trivia and showcase your knowledge. Perfect for Pokémon fans and budding artists alike. For ages 8 to 12. Due to limited supplies, Registration is required before the session and is limited to 15 participants. Register by calling the Children's Room at 781-848-0405, ext. 4425.
Braintree Community Partnership Meeting
Braintree Community Partnership Meeting
Are you learning to speak English? Would you like to practice speaking English with other learners? Do you know someone who is learning English and would like to practice?
We are starting an English Conversation group for people of all nationalities who would like a place to practice their English language and conversation skills. No registration, just come when you can!
English Conversation Circle is not a class! It is a time for English language learners to gather at the library to practice speaking together in English. English Conversation Circle is best for intermediate to advanced learners, but beginners are welcome.
Free and open to the public. For more information email Jean at jkennedy@braintreema.gov.
Are you learning to speak English? Would you like to practice speaking English with other learners? Do you know someone who is learning English and would like to practice?
We are starting an English Conversation group for people of all nationalities who would like a place to practice their English language and conversation skills. No registration, just come when you can!
English Conversation Circle is not a class! It is a time for English language learners to gather at the library to practice speaking together in English. English Conversation Circle is best for intermediate to advanced learners, but beginners are welcome.
Free and open to the public. For more information email Jean at jkennedy@braintreema.gov.
For Tweens and Teens only!
Ages 11+
Fabric, colorful paper, beads and glass baubles are the media up for grabs in this workshop. Each jar comes with one LED tea light.
Register by calling the Teen Room at 781-848-0405, ext. 4415.
For Tweens and Teens only!
Ages 11+
Fabric, colorful paper, beads and glass baubles are the media up for grabs in this workshop. Each jar comes with one LED tea light.
Register by calling the Teen Room at 781-848-0405, ext. 4415.
Printing with Paint program for ages 7 up. Come make some decorative prints by using produce (apples, celery, potatoes) and pinecones (along with other things from nature) and dipping them in paint. Try different patterns! Try using celery to make a painted rose, or a funny face! Limited to the first 25 to arrive, ages 7 and up.
Printing with Paint program for ages 7 up. Come make some decorative prints by using produce (apples, celery, potatoes) and pinecones (along with other things from nature) and dipping them in paint. Try different patterns! Try using celery to make a painted rose, or a funny face! Limited to the first 25 to arrive, ages 7 and up.
Annual meeting
Annual meeting
Like to play Scrabble?
Join us every Thursday night for open Scrabble play. Bring a friend or make new ones here. All players are welcome!
Play starts promptly at 6:30 pm Labor Day through mid-June and at 6:00 pm after Father's Day in June through Labor Day.
Like to play Scrabble?
Join us every Thursday night for open Scrabble play. Bring a friend or make new ones here. All players are welcome!
Play starts promptly at 6:30 pm Labor Day through mid-June and at 6:00 pm after Father's Day in June through Labor Day.
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong Learning Institue at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registed OLLI members.
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong Learning Institue at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registed OLLI members.
Children and their care-givers may stop in on Fridays anytime between 10 am and noon to play with toys, puppets, blocks and for social interaction. For little ones through age 5.
Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children and their care-givers may stop in on Fridays anytime between 10 am and noon to play with toys, puppets, blocks and for social interaction. For little ones through age 5.
Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Storytime with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Storytime with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
This program is sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Institite at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registered OLLI members. Call 617-287-7312 or email ollireg@gmail.com for more information.
This program is sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Institite at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registered OLLI members. Call 617-287-7312 or email ollireg@gmail.com for more information.
Thanksgiving is the theme for Storytime today, with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Thanksgiving is the theme for Storytime today, with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
This month's title is The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening by Ari Shapiro.
"The Best Strangers in the World is a witty, poignant book that captures Ari Shapiro's love for the unusual, his pursuit of the unexpected, and his delight at connection against the odds."--Ronan Farrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and New York Times-bestselling author of Catch and Kill and War on Peace.
From the beloved host of NPR's All Things Considered, a stirring memoir-in-essays that is also a lover letter to journalism.
In his first book, broadcaster Ari Shapiro takes us around the globe to reveal the stories behind narratives that are sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking, but always poignant. He details his time traveling on Air Force One with President Obama, or following the path of Syrian refugees fleeing war, or learning from those fighting for social justice both at home and abroad.
As the self-reinforcing bubbles we live in become more impenetrable, Ari Shapiro keeps seeking ways to help people listen to one another; to find connection and commonality with those who may seem different; to remind us that, before religion, or nationality, or politics, we are all human. The Best Strangers in the World is a testament to one journalist's passion for Considering All Things--and sharing what he finds with the rest of us.
Book club books will be available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome.
This month's title is The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening by Ari Shapiro.
"The Best Strangers in the World is a witty, poignant book that captures Ari Shapiro's love for the unusual, his pursuit of the unexpected, and his delight at connection against the odds."--Ronan Farrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and New York Times-bestselling author of Catch and Kill and War on Peace.
From the beloved host of NPR's All Things Considered, a stirring memoir-in-essays that is also a lover letter to journalism.
In his first book, broadcaster Ari Shapiro takes us around the globe to reveal the stories behind narratives that are sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking, but always poignant. He details his time traveling on Air Force One with President Obama, or following the path of Syrian refugees fleeing war, or learning from those fighting for social justice both at home and abroad.
As the self-reinforcing bubbles we live in become more impenetrable, Ari Shapiro keeps seeking ways to help people listen to one another; to find connection and commonality with those who may seem different; to remind us that, before religion, or nationality, or politics, we are all human. The Best Strangers in the World is a testament to one journalist's passion for Considering All Things--and sharing what he finds with the rest of us.
Book club books will be available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome.
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong Learning Institue at UMass Boston. participants must be pre-registered OLLI Members.
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong Learning Institue at UMass Boston. participants must be pre-registered OLLI Members.
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong learning Institute at UMass Boston. participants must be pre-registered OLLI members.
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong learning Institute at UMass Boston. participants must be pre-registered OLLI members.
Introducing Silent Book Club, a different kind of book club!
Open social time (aka optional grab your coffee, snack, talk to a friend you brought or met) 7:00-7:30pm.. Silent Reading book club time 7:30-8:30pm. Reading locations in the Reading Room, Cafe, & Newspaper corner.
Do you miss silent reading time, like when we were kids? Silent Book Club is exactly that- a traditional-styled book club that’s low-pressure, social-optional, and no homework. You read what you want. It’s a book club for those with an already busy calendar or already full TBR that just need planned time to sit & read!
There’s no assigned book. You can bring something you’re already in the middle of, or grab something from the shelves that you’ve been meaning time get to. Like it enough to check it out? Just bring your library card, but you don’t need a card to read while you’re here.
Introducing Silent Book Club, a different kind of book club!
Open social time (aka optional grab your coffee, snack, talk to a friend you brought or met) 7:00-7:30pm.. Silent Reading book club time 7:30-8:30pm. Reading locations in the Reading Room, Cafe, & Newspaper corner.
Do you miss silent reading time, like when we were kids? Silent Book Club is exactly that- a traditional-styled book club that’s low-pressure, social-optional, and no homework. You read what you want. It’s a book club for those with an already busy calendar or already full TBR that just need planned time to sit & read!
There’s no assigned book. You can bring something you’re already in the middle of, or grab something from the shelves that you’ve been meaning time get to. Like it enough to check it out? Just bring your library card, but you don’t need a card to read while you’re here.
Join experienced yoga instructor Jennifer Lynn to stretch and breathe deep. Jennifer returns with session of mindfulness, relaxation, games and simple yoga poses for kids. This class will be fun and engaging for kids 1-5 years old. Siblings are welcome.
Please bring a yoga mat, towel or use a library carpet square. No registration is needed .
Instructor Jennifer Lynn is the owner of Nurtured Roots LLC and is an experienced wellness coach, Yoga and Mindfulness Instructor.
Program made possible by the use of State Aid Funds .
Join experienced yoga instructor Jennifer Lynn to stretch and breathe deep. Jennifer returns with session of mindfulness, relaxation, games and simple yoga poses for kids. This class will be fun and engaging for kids 1-5 years old. Siblings are welcome.
Please bring a yoga mat, towel or use a library carpet square. No registration is needed .
Instructor Jennifer Lynn is the owner of Nurtured Roots LLC and is an experienced wellness coach, Yoga and Mindfulness Instructor.
Program made possible by the use of State Aid Funds .
Baby and Me Movement & Mindfulness
Join Jennifer Lynn in this Baby & Me Movement and Mindfulness classs. Jennifer offers a warm and supportive environment for parents and caregivers to connect with their newborns and infants, as well as with other adults in their community, through gentle movement, song and discussion.
Class is for newborn babies to pre-crawling and their parents/caregivers. No registration is needed.
Workshop made possible through the use of State Aid for Library funds.
Baby and Me Movement & Mindfulness
Join Jennifer Lynn in this Baby & Me Movement and Mindfulness classs. Jennifer offers a warm and supportive environment for parents and caregivers to connect with their newborns and infants, as well as with other adults in their community, through gentle movement, song and discussion.
Class is for newborn babies to pre-crawling and their parents/caregivers. No registration is needed.
Workshop made possible through the use of State Aid for Library funds.
Because of the Thanksgiving Holiday, the Readers' Group Book Club is meeting one week later on December 4th for the November meeting. Also, the group does not have a regular meeting in the month of December.
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
Because of the Thanksgiving Holiday, the Readers' Group Book Club is meeting one week later on December 4th for the November meeting. Also, the group does not have a regular meeting in the month of December.
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
Storytime is at the South Shore Mall on the first Monday of each month. We'll be in the Children's Play area by the Food Court. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. There will be books, songs and movement with Miss Elisabeth, plus a Take-and-Make craft .
"First Mondays at the Mall" Storytime for Children continues monthly through May.
781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Storytime is at the South Shore Mall on the first Monday of each month. We'll be in the Children's Play area by the Food Court. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. There will be books, songs and movement with Miss Elisabeth, plus a Take-and-Make craft .
"First Mondays at the Mall" Storytime for Children continues monthly through May.
781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Possible staff training (dept. heads) -- OverDrive/Libby
Possible staff training (dept. heads) -- OverDrive/Libby
Hello fellow adults! Do you enjoy playing board games? Then have we got a cool program for you! Twice Monthly Board Game Nights for Adults!
Hello fellow adults! Do you enjoy playing board games? Then have we got a cool program for you! Twice Monthly Board Game Nights for Adults!
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong Learning Institue at UMass Boston. participants must be pre-registered OLLI Members.
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong Learning Institue at UMass Boston. participants must be pre-registered OLLI Members.
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong learning Institute at UMass Boston. participants must be pre-registered OLLI members.
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong learning Institute at UMass Boston. participants must be pre-registered OLLI members.
Join Madelyn at 4:00 for Storytime. She’ll present a story, a song and a craft to make. Madelyn is a Braintree Girl Scout and also a High School student . This Storytime is part of fulfilling requirements to earn an advanced level Girl Scout badge. All her activities for the badge are focusing on literacy for Braintree children. Best for children age 3- 5, but open to children of all ages.
Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org. No registration needed.
Join Madelyn at 4:00 for Storytime. She’ll present a story, a song and a craft to make. Madelyn is a Braintree Girl Scout and also a High School student . This Storytime is part of fulfilling requirements to earn an advanced level Girl Scout badge. All her activities for the badge are focusing on literacy for Braintree children. Best for children age 3- 5, but open to children of all ages.
Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org. No registration needed.
Join experienced yoga instructor Jennifer Lynn to stretch and breathe deep. Jennifer returns with session of mindfulness, relaxation, games and simple yoga poses for kids. This class will be fun and engaging for kids 1-5 years old. Siblings are welcome.
Please bring a yoga mat, towel or use a library carpet square. No registration is needed .
Instructor Jennifer Lynn is the owner of Nurtured Roots LLC and is an experienced wellness coach, Yoga and Mindfulness Instructor.
Program made possible by the use of State Aid Funds .
Join experienced yoga instructor Jennifer Lynn to stretch and breathe deep. Jennifer returns with session of mindfulness, relaxation, games and simple yoga poses for kids. This class will be fun and engaging for kids 1-5 years old. Siblings are welcome.
Please bring a yoga mat, towel or use a library carpet square. No registration is needed .
Instructor Jennifer Lynn is the owner of Nurtured Roots LLC and is an experienced wellness coach, Yoga and Mindfulness Instructor.
Program made possible by the use of State Aid Funds .
Baby and Me Movement & Mindfulness
Join Jennifer Lynn in this Baby & Me Movement and Mindfulness classs. Jennifer offers a warm and supportive environment for parents and caregivers to connect with their newborns and infants, as well as with other adults in their community, through gentle movement, song and discussion.
Class is for newborn babies to pre-crawling and their parents/caregivers. No registration is needed.
Workshop made possible through the use of State Aid for Library funds
Baby and Me Movement & Mindfulness
Join Jennifer Lynn in this Baby & Me Movement and Mindfulness classs. Jennifer offers a warm and supportive environment for parents and caregivers to connect with their newborns and infants, as well as with other adults in their community, through gentle movement, song and discussion.
Class is for newborn babies to pre-crawling and their parents/caregivers. No registration is needed.
Workshop made possible through the use of State Aid for Library funds
Tonight's movie is The Fabulous Four starring Bette Midler, Susan Sarandon, Megan Mullally and Sheryl Lee Ralph. The Fabulous Four is an uproarious comedy about a group of life-long friends (Sarandon, Mullally and Ralph) who travel to Key West, Fla., to be bridesmaids in the surprise wedding of their best college girlfriend Marilyn (Midler). Over the course of one outrageous trip, sisterhoods are rekindled, the past resurfaces and there are enough sparks, raunch and romance to change all their lives in unexpected ways.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
Tonight's movie is The Fabulous Four starring Bette Midler, Susan Sarandon, Megan Mullally and Sheryl Lee Ralph. The Fabulous Four is an uproarious comedy about a group of life-long friends (Sarandon, Mullally and Ralph) who travel to Key West, Fla., to be bridesmaids in the surprise wedding of their best college girlfriend Marilyn (Midler). Over the course of one outrageous trip, sisterhoods are rekindled, the past resurfaces and there are enough sparks, raunch and romance to change all their lives in unexpected ways.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
Tonight's movie is The Fabulous Four starring Bette Midler, Susan Sarandon, Megan Mullally and Sheryl Lee Ralph. The Fabulous Four is an uproarious comedy about a group of life-long friends (Sarandon, Mullally and Ralph) who travel to Key West, Fla., to be bridesmaids in the surprise wedding of their best college girlfriend Marilyn (Midler). Over the course of one outrageous trip, sisterhoods are rekindled, the past resurfaces and there are enough sparks, raunch and romance to change all their lives in unexpected ways.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
Tonight's movie is The Fabulous Four starring Bette Midler, Susan Sarandon, Megan Mullally and Sheryl Lee Ralph. The Fabulous Four is an uproarious comedy about a group of life-long friends (Sarandon, Mullally and Ralph) who travel to Key West, Fla., to be bridesmaids in the surprise wedding of their best college girlfriend Marilyn (Midler). Over the course of one outrageous trip, sisterhoods are rekindled, the past resurfaces and there are enough sparks, raunch and romance to change all their lives in unexpected ways.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
Because of the Thanksgiving Holiday, we are meeting one week later for the November meeting. Also, the group does not regularly meet the month of December.
Tonight we'll discuss West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge.
“Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes…”
Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave.
It’s 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver Southern California’s first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo. Behind the wheel is the young Dust Bowl rowdy Woodrow. Inspired by true events, the tale weaves real-life figures with fictional ones, including the world’s first female zoo director, a crusty old man with a past, a young female photographer with a secret, and assorted reprobates as spotty as the giraffes.
Part adventure, part historical saga, and part coming-of-age love story, West with Giraffes explores what it means to be changed by the grace of animals, the kindness of strangers, the passing of time, and a story told before it’s too late.
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
Because of the Thanksgiving Holiday, we are meeting one week later for the November meeting. Also, the group does not regularly meet the month of December.
Tonight we'll discuss West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge.
“Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes…”
Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave.
It’s 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver Southern California’s first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo. Behind the wheel is the young Dust Bowl rowdy Woodrow. Inspired by true events, the tale weaves real-life figures with fictional ones, including the world’s first female zoo director, a crusty old man with a past, a young female photographer with a secret, and assorted reprobates as spotty as the giraffes.
Part adventure, part historical saga, and part coming-of-age love story, West with Giraffes explores what it means to be changed by the grace of animals, the kindness of strangers, the passing of time, and a story told before it’s too late.
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
Are you learning to speak English? Would you like to practice speaking English with other learners? Do you know someone who is learning English and would like to practice?
We are starting an English Conversation group for people of all nationalities who would like a place to practice their English language and conversation skills. No registration, just come when you can!
English Conversation Circle is not a class! It is a time for English language learners to gather at the library to practice speaking together in English. English Conversation Circle is best for intermediate to advanced learners, but beginners are welcome.
Free and open to the public. For more information email Jean at jkennedy@braintreema.gov.
Are you learning to speak English? Would you like to practice speaking English with other learners? Do you know someone who is learning English and would like to practice?
We are starting an English Conversation group for people of all nationalities who would like a place to practice their English language and conversation skills. No registration, just come when you can!
English Conversation Circle is not a class! It is a time for English language learners to gather at the library to practice speaking together in English. English Conversation Circle is best for intermediate to advanced learners, but beginners are welcome.
Free and open to the public. For more information email Jean at jkennedy@braintreema.gov.
Like to play Scrabble?
Join us every Thursday night for open Scrabble play. Bring a friend or make new ones here. All players are welcome!
Play starts promptly at 6:30 pm Labor Day through mid-June and at 6:00 pm after Father's Day in June through Labor Day.
Like to play Scrabble?
Join us every Thursday night for open Scrabble play. Bring a friend or make new ones here. All players are welcome!
Play starts promptly at 6:30 pm Labor Day through mid-June and at 6:00 pm after Father's Day in June through Labor Day.
Children and their care-givers may stop in on Fridays anytime between 10 am and noon to play with toys, puppets, blocks and for social interaction. For little ones through age 5.
Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children and their care-givers may stop in on Fridays anytime between 10 am and noon to play with toys, puppets, blocks and for social interaction. For little ones through age 5.
Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Storytime with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Storytime with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Shop for holiday gifts at the library, and support our local authors! The TPL Writers Group presents the second annual Local Author Book Fair at Thayer Public Library on Saturday, Dec. 7, 10:30 am-12 pm. Stop in for complimentary hot cider and to chat with local authors from Braintree and other area towns. 10% of proceeds to benefit The Friends of Thayer Public Library.
Note to Authors: If you are interested in being selected to offer books for sale, please fill out the online application form by Saturday, Nov. 2. Preference will be given to regular members of the TPL Writers Group, authors who have new books out since last year's fair, and to authors living in Braintree and surrounding communities. Authors will be approved and confirmed six weeks in advance. Table space for the book fair is limited. Whole tables or half tables will be assigned.
Note to Others: Please register if you would like to receive an automated event reminder a few days before. No registration is needed to browse and shop at the fair.
Shop for holiday gifts at the library, and support our local authors! The TPL Writers Group presents the second annual Local Author Book Fair at Thayer Public Library on Saturday, Dec. 7, 10:30 am-12 pm. Stop in for complimentary hot cider and to chat with local authors from Braintree and other area towns. 10% of proceeds to benefit The Friends of Thayer Public Library.
Note to Authors: If you are interested in being selected to offer books for sale, please fill out the online application form by Saturday, Nov. 2. Preference will be given to regular members of the TPL Writers Group, authors who have new books out since last year's fair, and to authors living in Braintree and surrounding communities. Authors will be approved and confirmed six weeks in advance. Table space for the book fair is limited. Whole tables or half tables will be assigned.
Note to Others: Please register if you would like to receive an automated event reminder a few days before. No registration is needed to browse and shop at the fair.
Piano recital for students 5-18 to showcase their hard work.
Piano recital for students 5-18 to showcase their hard work.
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Storytime with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Storytime with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong Learning Institue at UMass Boston. participants must be pre-registered OLLI Members.
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong Learning Institue at UMass Boston. participants must be pre-registered OLLI Members.
Storytime with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Storytime with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Possible staff training (dept. heads) -- OverDrive/Libby
Possible staff training (dept. heads) -- OverDrive/Libby
Join us for a Merry Paint & Mocktail Night! Learn to paint a seasonal wreath using watercolors and then add your own personal touch by decorating with metallic markers.
Pop up Art School will show you step-by-step how to create this tranquil winter scene.
Even if you are a beginner, you will leave the class with a painting you'll be proud to hang on your wall.
While you are painting, you may also enjoy a delicious mocktail. Supplies included
Registration is required and limited to first 30 participants. Must be 18+ years old
Join us for a Merry Paint & Mocktail Night! Learn to paint a seasonal wreath using watercolors and then add your own personal touch by decorating with metallic markers.
Pop up Art School will show you step-by-step how to create this tranquil winter scene.
Even if you are a beginner, you will leave the class with a painting you'll be proud to hang on your wall.
While you are painting, you may also enjoy a delicious mocktail. Supplies included
Registration is required and limited to first 30 participants. Must be 18+ years old
Please Note: Tuesday we meet on the Lower Level at the Scrabble Tables
Please Note: Tuesday we meet on the Lower Level at the Scrabble Tables
Join experienced yoga instructor Jennifer Lynn to stretch and breathe deep. Jennifer returns with session of mindfulness, relaxation, games and simple yoga poses for kids. This class will be fun and engaging for kids 1-5 years old. Siblings are welcome.
Please bring a yoga mat, towel or use a library carpet square. No registration is needed .
Instructor Jennifer Lynn is the owner of Nurtured Roots LLC and is an experienced wellness coach, Yoga and Mindfulness Instructor.
Program made possible by the use of State Aid Funds .
Join experienced yoga instructor Jennifer Lynn to stretch and breathe deep. Jennifer returns with session of mindfulness, relaxation, games and simple yoga poses for kids. This class will be fun and engaging for kids 1-5 years old. Siblings are welcome.
Please bring a yoga mat, towel or use a library carpet square. No registration is needed .
Instructor Jennifer Lynn is the owner of Nurtured Roots LLC and is an experienced wellness coach, Yoga and Mindfulness Instructor.
Program made possible by the use of State Aid Funds .
Baby and Me Movement & Mindfulness
Join Jennifer Lynn in this Baby & Me Movement and Mindfulness classs. Jennifer offers a warm and supportive environment for parents and caregivers to connect with their newborns and infants, as well as with other adults in their community, through gentle movement, song and discussion.
Class is for newborn babies to pre-crawling and their parents/caregivers. No registration is needed.
Workshop made possible through the use of State Aid for Library funds
Baby and Me Movement & Mindfulness
Join Jennifer Lynn in this Baby & Me Movement and Mindfulness classs. Jennifer offers a warm and supportive environment for parents and caregivers to connect with their newborns and infants, as well as with other adults in their community, through gentle movement, song and discussion.
Class is for newborn babies to pre-crawling and their parents/caregivers. No registration is needed.
Workshop made possible through the use of State Aid for Library funds
This month's selection is Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, December 11th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood
"I dare you not to fall wildly in love with Grace...It's a book about love, about grace, about even when we fall from those we love we can always find our way home...You will laugh on the first page and you will keep laughing until you're crying on the last page." ―Jenna Bush Hager, The Today Show's #ReadwithJenna
Bernadette, Eleanor Oliphant, Rosie, Ove . . . meet Amazing Grace Adams, the funny, touching, unforgettable story of an invisible everywoman pushed to the brink--who finally pushes back.
Grace Adams gave birth, blinked, and now suddenly she is forty-five, perimenopausal and stalled--the unhappiest age you can be, according to the Guardian. And today she's really losing it. Stuck in traffic, she finally has had enough. To the astonishment of everyone, Grace gets out of her car and simply walks away.
Grace sets off across London, armed with a 200 cake, to win back her estranged teenage daughter on her sixteenth birthday. Because today is the day she'll remind her daughter that no matter how far we fall, we can always get back up again. Because Grace Adams used to be amazing. Her husband thought so. Her daughter thought so. Even Grace thought so. But everyone seems to have forgotten. Grace is about to remind them . . . and, most important, remind herself.
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
This month's selection is Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, December 11th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood
"I dare you not to fall wildly in love with Grace...It's a book about love, about grace, about even when we fall from those we love we can always find our way home...You will laugh on the first page and you will keep laughing until you're crying on the last page." ―Jenna Bush Hager, The Today Show's #ReadwithJenna
Bernadette, Eleanor Oliphant, Rosie, Ove . . . meet Amazing Grace Adams, the funny, touching, unforgettable story of an invisible everywoman pushed to the brink--who finally pushes back.
Grace Adams gave birth, blinked, and now suddenly she is forty-five, perimenopausal and stalled--the unhappiest age you can be, according to the Guardian. And today she's really losing it. Stuck in traffic, she finally has had enough. To the astonishment of everyone, Grace gets out of her car and simply walks away.
Grace sets off across London, armed with a 200 cake, to win back her estranged teenage daughter on her sixteenth birthday. Because today is the day she'll remind her daughter that no matter how far we fall, we can always get back up again. Because Grace Adams used to be amazing. Her husband thought so. Her daughter thought so. Even Grace thought so. But everyone seems to have forgotten. Grace is about to remind them . . . and, most important, remind herself.
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
TAG Monthly Meeting! Join us in the Teen Room!
New and returning members welcome- meet new friends and get involved in your community!
Interested in future meetings or volunteer opportunities for grades 6-12? Email the Teen Librarian at the email below!
TAG Monthly Meeting! Join us in the Teen Room!
New and returning members welcome- meet new friends and get involved in your community!
Interested in future meetings or volunteer opportunities for grades 6-12? Email the Teen Librarian at the email below!
Book in a Bag is like a subscription box. You sign up each month to get a teen book and some goodies, but the catch is that it's free! Because you're borrowing a library book for a month (but you get to keep the goodies!) The books and themes are picked by the Teen Librarian with help from the Teen Advisory Group. Book in a Bag pickup is always on a Thursday. Books may be picked up & checked out from the Circulation Desk (they'll be in a special bag!).
December's theme is "Disney". This month each bag will contain a different twisted Disney tale.
Program for grades 7-12, Registration Required. Supplies limited.
Book in a Bag is like a subscription box. You sign up each month to get a teen book and some goodies, but the catch is that it's free! Because you're borrowing a library book for a month (but you get to keep the goodies!) The books and themes are picked by the Teen Librarian with help from the Teen Advisory Group. Book in a Bag pickup is always on a Thursday. Books may be picked up & checked out from the Circulation Desk (they'll be in a special bag!).
December's theme is "Disney". This month each bag will contain a different twisted Disney tale.
Program for grades 7-12, Registration Required. Supplies limited.
Are you learning to speak English? Would you like to practice speaking English with other learners? Do you know someone who is learning English and would like to practice?
We are starting an English Conversation group for people of all nationalities who would like a place to practice their English language and conversation skills. No registration, just come when you can!
English Conversation Circle is not a class! It is a time for English language learners to gather at the library to practice speaking together in English. English Conversation Circle is best for intermediate to advanced learners, but beginners are welcome.
Free and open to the public. For more information email Jean at jkennedy@braintreema.gov.
Are you learning to speak English? Would you like to practice speaking English with other learners? Do you know someone who is learning English and would like to practice?
We are starting an English Conversation group for people of all nationalities who would like a place to practice their English language and conversation skills. No registration, just come when you can!
English Conversation Circle is not a class! It is a time for English language learners to gather at the library to practice speaking together in English. English Conversation Circle is best for intermediate to advanced learners, but beginners are welcome.
Free and open to the public. For more information email Jean at jkennedy@braintreema.gov.
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
"Kids Explore Nature " is a new monthly program with Miss Elisabeth. Each month we'll talk and learn about an aspect of local nature. In December, we'll talk about tracks made in the snow and mud. We'll share what we've seen, learn a variety of tracks made by local animals, and press some pretend tracks on clay. For children ages 5 - 12. Held in the Children's Room, in the Stained Glass Tower.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
"Kids Explore Nature " is a new monthly program with Miss Elisabeth. Each month we'll talk and learn about an aspect of local nature. In December, we'll talk about tracks made in the snow and mud. We'll share what we've seen, learn a variety of tracks made by local animals, and press some pretend tracks on clay. For children ages 5 - 12. Held in the Children's Room, in the Stained Glass Tower.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Like to play Scrabble?
Join us every Thursday night for open Scrabble play. Bring a friend or make new ones here. All players are welcome!
Play starts promptly at 6:30 pm Labor Day through mid-June and at 6:00 pm after Father's Day in June through Labor Day.
Like to play Scrabble?
Join us every Thursday night for open Scrabble play. Bring a friend or make new ones here. All players are welcome!
Play starts promptly at 6:30 pm Labor Day through mid-June and at 6:00 pm after Father's Day in June through Labor Day.
This month's discussion book Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See.
According to Confucius, “an educated woman is a worthless woman,” but Tan Yunxian—born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separations, and loneliness—is being raised by her grandparents to be of use. Her grandmother is one of only a handful of female doctors in China, and she teaches Yunxian the pillars of Chinese medicine, the Four Examinations—looking, listening, touching, and asking—something a man can never do with a female patient.
From a young age, Yunxian learns about women’s illnesses, many of which relate to childbearing, alongside a young midwife-in-training, Meiling. The two girls find fast friendship and a mutual purpose—despite the prohibition that a doctor should never touch blood while a midwife comes in frequent contact with it—and they vow to be forever friends, sharing in each other’s joys and struggles. No mud, no lotus, they tell themselves: from adversity beauty can bloom.
But when Yunxian is sent into an arranged marriage, her mother-in-law forbids her from seeing Meiling and from helping the women and girls in the household. Yunxian is to act like a proper wife—embroider bound-foot slippers, recite poetry, give birth to sons, and stay forever within the walls of the family compound, the Garden of Fragrant Delights.
How might a woman like Yunxian break free of these traditions and lead a life of such importance that many of her remedies are still used five centuries later? How might the power of friendship support or complicate these efforts? A captivating story of women helping each other, Lady Tan’s Circle of Women is a triumphant reimagining of the life of one person who was remarkable in the Ming dynasty and would be considered remarkable today.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
This month's discussion book Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See.
According to Confucius, “an educated woman is a worthless woman,” but Tan Yunxian—born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separations, and loneliness—is being raised by her grandparents to be of use. Her grandmother is one of only a handful of female doctors in China, and she teaches Yunxian the pillars of Chinese medicine, the Four Examinations—looking, listening, touching, and asking—something a man can never do with a female patient.
From a young age, Yunxian learns about women’s illnesses, many of which relate to childbearing, alongside a young midwife-in-training, Meiling. The two girls find fast friendship and a mutual purpose—despite the prohibition that a doctor should never touch blood while a midwife comes in frequent contact with it—and they vow to be forever friends, sharing in each other’s joys and struggles. No mud, no lotus, they tell themselves: from adversity beauty can bloom.
But when Yunxian is sent into an arranged marriage, her mother-in-law forbids her from seeing Meiling and from helping the women and girls in the household. Yunxian is to act like a proper wife—embroider bound-foot slippers, recite poetry, give birth to sons, and stay forever within the walls of the family compound, the Garden of Fragrant Delights.
How might a woman like Yunxian break free of these traditions and lead a life of such importance that many of her remedies are still used five centuries later? How might the power of friendship support or complicate these efforts? A captivating story of women helping each other, Lady Tan’s Circle of Women is a triumphant reimagining of the life of one person who was remarkable in the Ming dynasty and would be considered remarkable today.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
Children and their care-givers may stop in on Fridays anytime between 10 am and noon to play with toys, puppets, blocks and for social interaction. For little ones through age 5.
Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children and their care-givers may stop in on Fridays anytime between 10 am and noon to play with toys, puppets, blocks and for social interaction. For little ones through age 5.
Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Are you interested in tracing your family's history? Are you working on your genealogy and want to meet up with others who are working on their family trees? Then join us at the Thayer Public Library's Genealogy Club. All are welcome from novice to expert. Come learn about the resources that the library has to offer. We can compare notes and stories as well as help each other with research.
Guest Speaker: Michael J. Proctor, State Historian, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, and a director in the Southeastern Branch of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, Inc., on Genealgy Research in the Maritime Provinces.
Registration is requested, but not required. Register to be on the Genealogy Club email list to learn about genealogy webinars and special eents throughout the year.
Are you interested in tracing your family's history? Are you working on your genealogy and want to meet up with others who are working on their family trees? Then join us at the Thayer Public Library's Genealogy Club. All are welcome from novice to expert. Come learn about the resources that the library has to offer. We can compare notes and stories as well as help each other with research.
Guest Speaker: Michael J. Proctor, State Historian, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, and a director in the Southeastern Branch of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, Inc., on Genealgy Research in the Maritime Provinces.
Registration is requested, but not required. Register to be on the Genealogy Club email list to learn about genealogy webinars and special eents throughout the year.
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
"Little Learners Look at Nature" is a new monthly program with Miss Elisabeth. Each month we'll talk and learn about an aspect of local nature. In December, we'll talk about tracks made in the snow and the mud. We'll share what we've seen, learn what shape tracks are made by local animals, and press some pretend racks in a Play-doh type mixture. Best for ages 3 to 5, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room, in the Storytime corner.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
"Little Learners Look at Nature" is a new monthly program with Miss Elisabeth. Each month we'll talk and learn about an aspect of local nature. In December, we'll talk about tracks made in the snow and the mud. We'll share what we've seen, learn what shape tracks are made by local animals, and press some pretend racks in a Play-doh type mixture. Best for ages 3 to 5, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room, in the Storytime corner.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Trustee Board Meeting
Trustee Board Meeting
Join us Monday December 16th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
The Starter Villain by John Scalzi (Science Fiction)
"Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine.
Sure, there are the things you'd expect. The undersea volcano lairs. The minions. The plots to take over the world. The international networks of rivals who want you dead.
Much harder to get used to...are the the sentient, language-using, computer-savvy cats.
And the fact that in the overall organization, they're management..."
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
Join us Monday December 16th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
The Starter Villain by John Scalzi (Science Fiction)
"Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine.
Sure, there are the things you'd expect. The undersea volcano lairs. The minions. The plots to take over the world. The international networks of rivals who want you dead.
Much harder to get used to...are the the sentient, language-using, computer-savvy cats.
And the fact that in the overall organization, they're management..."
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong Learning Institue at UMass Boston. participants must be pre-registered OLLI Members.
This program is sponsored by OSHER Lifelong Learning Institue at UMass Boston. participants must be pre-registered OLLI Members.
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
The public is invited to the Annual Meeting of Sustainable Braintree, a 501c3 nonprofilt. Sustainable Braintree is a community advocacy group committed to helping Braintree residents, community groups, businesses and local government, conserve energy, promote clean and renewable energy, protect and restore the environment and live healthy, sustainable lifestyles. We welcome members of the public to our meeting to learn about initiatives of the organization and participate in our events. Learn more, https://sustainablebraintree.org/
Agenda:
1) Guest speaker, Hillary Waite, Town of Braintree Director of Stormwater Division
2) Organizational updates and election of officers
Contact: Rachel Horak, rachel@sustainablebraintree.org
The public is invited to the Annual Meeting of Sustainable Braintree, a 501c3 nonprofilt. Sustainable Braintree is a community advocacy group committed to helping Braintree residents, community groups, businesses and local government, conserve energy, promote clean and renewable energy, protect and restore the environment and live healthy, sustainable lifestyles. We welcome members of the public to our meeting to learn about initiatives of the organization and participate in our events. Learn more, https://sustainablebraintree.org/
Agenda:
1) Guest speaker, Hillary Waite, Town of Braintree Director of Stormwater Division
2) Organizational updates and election of officers
Contact: Rachel Horak, rachel@sustainablebraintree.org
Knitting Group
Join the Thayer Public Library’s informal knitting group!
Bring your knitt, crochet, or fabric project and enjoy the company of other knitters every 3rd Tuesday from 7-8:30pm (6:30-7:45pm in the Summer).
Basic skills are needed and help may be available from other knitters.
Beginners to experts are welcome.
No registration necessary. Walk – ins welcome!
Knitting Group
Join the Thayer Public Library’s informal knitting group!
Bring your knitt, crochet, or fabric project and enjoy the company of other knitters every 3rd Tuesday from 7-8:30pm (6:30-7:45pm in the Summer).
Basic skills are needed and help may be available from other knitters.
Beginners to experts are welcome.
No registration necessary. Walk – ins welcome!
**Special Date Due to December Holiday Closings**
Introducing Silent Book Club, a different kind of book club!
Open social time (aka optional grab your coffee, snack, talk to a friend you brought or met) 7:00-7:30pm.. Silent Reading book club time 7:30-8:30pm. Reading locations in the Reading Room, Cafe, & Newspaper corner.
Do you miss silent reading time, like when we were kids? Silent Book Club is exactly that- a traditional-styled book club that’s low-pressure, social-optional, and no homework. You read what you want. It’s a book club for those with an already busy calendar or already full TBR that just need planned time to sit & read!
There’s no assigned book. You can bring something you’re already in the middle of, or grab something from the shelves that you’ve been meaning time get to. Like it enough to check it out? Just bring your library card, but you don’t need a card to read while you’re here.
**Special Date Due to December Holiday Closings**
Introducing Silent Book Club, a different kind of book club!
Open social time (aka optional grab your coffee, snack, talk to a friend you brought or met) 7:00-7:30pm.. Silent Reading book club time 7:30-8:30pm. Reading locations in the Reading Room, Cafe, & Newspaper corner.
Do you miss silent reading time, like when we were kids? Silent Book Club is exactly that- a traditional-styled book club that’s low-pressure, social-optional, and no homework. You read what you want. It’s a book club for those with an already busy calendar or already full TBR that just need planned time to sit & read!
There’s no assigned book. You can bring something you’re already in the middle of, or grab something from the shelves that you’ve been meaning time get to. Like it enough to check it out? Just bring your library card, but you don’t need a card to read while you’re here.
Join experienced yoga instructor Jennifer Lynn to stretch and breathe deep. Jennifer returns with session of mindfulness, relaxation, games and simple yoga poses for kids. This class will be fun and engaging for kids 1-5 years old. Siblings are welcome.
Please bring a yoga mat, towel or use a library carpet square. No registration is needed .
Instructor Jennifer Lynn is the owner of Nurtured Roots LLC and is an experienced wellness coach, Yoga and Mindfulness Instructor.
Program made possible by the use of State Aid Funds .
Join experienced yoga instructor Jennifer Lynn to stretch and breathe deep. Jennifer returns with session of mindfulness, relaxation, games and simple yoga poses for kids. This class will be fun and engaging for kids 1-5 years old. Siblings are welcome.
Please bring a yoga mat, towel or use a library carpet square. No registration is needed .
Instructor Jennifer Lynn is the owner of Nurtured Roots LLC and is an experienced wellness coach, Yoga and Mindfulness Instructor.
Program made possible by the use of State Aid Funds .
Baby and Me Movement & Mindfulness
Join Jennifer Lynn in this Baby & Me Movement and Mindfulness classs. Jennifer offers a warm and supportive environment for parents and caregivers to connect with their newborns and infants, as well as with other adults in their community, through gentle movement, song and discussion.
Class is for newborn babies to pre-crawling and their parents/caregivers. No registration is needed.
Workshop made possible through the use of State Aid for Library funds
Baby and Me Movement & Mindfulness
Join Jennifer Lynn in this Baby & Me Movement and Mindfulness classs. Jennifer offers a warm and supportive environment for parents and caregivers to connect with their newborns and infants, as well as with other adults in their community, through gentle movement, song and discussion.
Class is for newborn babies to pre-crawling and their parents/caregivers. No registration is needed.
Workshop made possible through the use of State Aid for Library funds
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Are you learning to speak English? Would you like to practice speaking English with other learners? Do you know someone who is learning English and would like to practice?
We are starting an English Conversation group for people of all nationalities who would like a place to practice their English language and conversation skills. No registration, just come when you can!
English Conversation Circle is not a class! It is a time for English language learners to gather at the library to practice speaking together in English. English Conversation Circle is best for intermediate to advanced learners, but beginners are welcome.
Free and open to the public. For more information email Jean at jkennedy@braintreema.gov.
Are you learning to speak English? Would you like to practice speaking English with other learners? Do you know someone who is learning English and would like to practice?
We are starting an English Conversation group for people of all nationalities who would like a place to practice their English language and conversation skills. No registration, just come when you can!
English Conversation Circle is not a class! It is a time for English language learners to gather at the library to practice speaking together in English. English Conversation Circle is best for intermediate to advanced learners, but beginners are welcome.
Free and open to the public. For more information email Jean at jkennedy@braintreema.gov.
OCLN Members Network Meeting
OCLN Members Network Meeting
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Like to play Scrabble?
Join us every Thursday night for open Scrabble play. Bring a friend or make new ones here. All players are welcome!
Play starts promptly at 6:30 pm Labor Day through mid-June and at 6:00 pm after Father's Day in June through Labor Day.
Like to play Scrabble?
Join us every Thursday night for open Scrabble play. Bring a friend or make new ones here. All players are welcome!
Play starts promptly at 6:30 pm Labor Day through mid-June and at 6:00 pm after Father's Day in June through Labor Day.
Children and their care-givers may stop in on Fridays anytime between 10 am and noon to play with toys, puppets, blocks and for social interaction. For little ones through age 5.
Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children and their care-givers may stop in on Fridays anytime between 10 am and noon to play with toys, puppets, blocks and for social interaction. For little ones through age 5.
Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Drop in any day December 9 through December 23, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Today is the last day to stop by, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Children may come make an easy Paper Snow Globe Scene . Today is the last day to stop by, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
No D&D tonight due to Christmas holiday closings.
Tuesdays • 6:00-8:30pm • Conference Room A • One shot D&D/TTRPG (Adult Program)
Registration is Required. The party if limited to 6 players and is currently full. See our Event Calendar for registration info.
We roll for initiative
We fight monsters
We quest with our party
Registration continues until all 6 spots are full, then we are onto the waitlist.
No D&D tonight due to Christmas holiday closings.
Tuesdays • 6:00-8:30pm • Conference Room A • One shot D&D/TTRPG (Adult Program)
Registration is Required. The party if limited to 6 players and is currently full. See our Event Calendar for registration info.
We roll for initiative
We fight monsters
We quest with our party
Registration continues until all 6 spots are full, then we are onto the waitlist.
Christmas Day
Christmas Day
It's School Vacation Week and the library is providing a Polar Bear Craft for children to come make. Drop in any day during vacation, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
It's School Vacation Week and the library is providing a Polar Bear Craft for children to come make. Drop in any day during vacation, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Like to play Scrabble?
Join us every Thursday night for open Scrabble play. Bring a friend or make new ones here. All players are welcome!
Play starts promptly at 6:30 pm Labor Day through mid-June and at 6:00 pm after Father's Day in June through Labor Day.
Like to play Scrabble?
Join us every Thursday night for open Scrabble play. Bring a friend or make new ones here. All players are welcome!
Play starts promptly at 6:30 pm Labor Day through mid-June and at 6:00 pm after Father's Day in June through Labor Day.
It's School Vacation Week, so children and families may stop in today between 10 am and noon to use board games, LEGO's or make a simple craft. For children of all ages.
Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
It's School Vacation Week, so children and families may stop in today between 10 am and noon to use board games, LEGO's or make a simple craft. For children of all ages.
Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
It's School Vacation Week and the library is providing a Polar Bear Craft for children to come make. Drop in any day during vacation, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
It's School Vacation Week and the library is providing a Polar Bear Craft for children to come make. Drop in any day during vacation, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
This recent release features Bea, a girl sees imaginary friends - including one that is purple, friendly and huge. Bea's dad is in the hospital, so she is staying with her grandmother . Can you guess what movie it is? Each child will receive a free figurine or cup that goes with this movie. Movie items donated by AMC Theatres, Braintree.
Released in theaters in 2024 by Paramount. Rated PG, 104 minutes.
Held in Logan Auditorium.
This recent release features Bea, a girl sees imaginary friends - including one that is purple, friendly and huge. Bea's dad is in the hospital, so she is staying with her grandmother . Can you guess what movie it is? Each child will receive a free figurine or cup that goes with this movie. Movie items donated by AMC Theatres, Braintree.
Released in theaters in 2024 by Paramount. Rated PG, 104 minutes.
Held in Logan Auditorium.
It's School Vacation Week and the library is providing a Polar Bear Craft for children to come make. Drop in any day during vacation week, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
It's School Vacation Week and the library is providing a Polar Bear Craft for children to come make. Drop in any day during vacation week, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
It's School Vacation Week and the library is providing a Polar Bear Craft for children to come make. Drop in any day during vacation week, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
It's School Vacation Week and the library is providing a Polar Bear Craft for children to come make. Drop in any day during vacation week, 10:00 am on. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Ages 9-12
Come make a bracelet with us!
No registration required. While supplies last. Held in Logan Auditorium.
Ages 9-12
Come make a bracelet with us!
No registration required. While supplies last. Held in Logan Auditorium.
Learn to code with experts from Code Wiz, during School Vacation Week. For ages 7 - 12. Registration required, by calling the Children's Room at 781-848-0405 x 4425. There is a limit of 20 youth. The class is from 3:00 p.m. to 5 p.m., in Logan Auditorium.
Code Wiz will be offering hands-on experience that introduces youth to the exciting world of coding and game development. Today, Code Wiz will be conducting a Minecraft game development workshop! During this interactive session, kids will actively participate in tech-oriented activities through Minecraft modding, making learning both fun and educational!
Youth will have a chance to try programs in Minecraft, Roblox, Animation and other programming languages. Code Wiz will provide workstations for kids to immerse themselves in coding, promoting creativity and problem-solving skills. Code Wiz will provide laptops for the workshop.
Code Wiz is an organization that holds classes at their location, at 275 Hancock St #206, Quincy, and provides programs at libraries.
All programs at Thayer Public Library are free to the public.
Learn to code with experts from Code Wiz, during School Vacation Week. For ages 7 - 12. Registration required, by calling the Children's Room at 781-848-0405 x 4425. There is a limit of 20 youth. The class is from 3:00 p.m. to 5 p.m., in Logan Auditorium.
Code Wiz will be offering hands-on experience that introduces youth to the exciting world of coding and game development. Today, Code Wiz will be conducting a Minecraft game development workshop! During this interactive session, kids will actively participate in tech-oriented activities through Minecraft modding, making learning both fun and educational!
Youth will have a chance to try programs in Minecraft, Roblox, Animation and other programming languages. Code Wiz will provide workstations for kids to immerse themselves in coding, promoting creativity and problem-solving skills. Code Wiz will provide laptops for the workshop.
Code Wiz is an organization that holds classes at their location, at 275 Hancock St #206, Quincy, and provides programs at libraries.
All programs at Thayer Public Library are free to the public.
It's School Vacation Week and the library is providing a Polar Bear Craft for children to come make. Today is New Year's Eve, it's available 10:00 am till closing. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
It's School Vacation Week and the library is providing a Polar Bear Craft for children to come make. Today is New Year's Eve, it's available 10:00 am till closing. Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
possible Children's Program
possible Children's Program
Hold for Library -- no afternoon or evening bookings
Hold for Library -- no afternoon or evening bookings
No D&D tonight due to New Years holiday closings.
Tuesdays • 6:00-8:30pm • Conference Room A • One shot D&D/TTRPG (Adult Program)
Registration is Required. The party if limited to 6 players and is currently full. See our Event Calendar for registration info.
We roll for initiative
We fight monsters
We quest with our party
Registration continues until all 6 spots are full, then we are onto the waitlist.
No D&D tonight due to New Years holiday closings.
Tuesdays • 6:00-8:30pm • Conference Room A • One shot D&D/TTRPG (Adult Program)
Registration is Required. The party if limited to 6 players and is currently full. See our Event Calendar for registration info.
We roll for initiative
We fight monsters
We quest with our party
Registration continues until all 6 spots are full, then we are onto the waitlist.
Library Closed Today.
Happy New Year!
Library Closed Today.
Happy New Year!
Storytime is at the South Shore Mall on the first Monday of each month. We'll be in the Children's Play area by the Food Court. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. There will be books, songs and movement with Miss Elisabeth, plus a Take-and-Make craft .
"First Mondays at the Mall" Storytime for Children continues monthly through May.
781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Storytime is at the South Shore Mall on the first Monday of each month. We'll be in the Children's Play area by the Food Court. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. There will be books, songs and movement with Miss Elisabeth, plus a Take-and-Make craft .
"First Mondays at the Mall" Storytime for Children continues monthly through May.
781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
This progam is sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registered OLLI members. Call 617-287-7312 or email ollireg@gmail.com for more information.
This progam is sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registered OLLI members. Call 617-287-7312 or email ollireg@gmail.com for more information.
This month's selection is The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, January 810th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, crime and debacle that unfolds in the close-knit community. Months earlier, Martha documented the details of an alleged rape committed by two of the town’s most respected gentlemen—one of whom has now been found dead in the ice. But when a local physician undermines her conclusion, declaring the death to be an accident, Martha is forced to investigate the shocking murder on her own.
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
This month's selection is The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, January 810th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, crime and debacle that unfolds in the close-knit community. Months earlier, Martha documented the details of an alleged rape committed by two of the town’s most respected gentlemen—one of whom has now been found dead in the ice. But when a local physician undermines her conclusion, declaring the death to be an accident, Martha is forced to investigate the shocking murder on her own.
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
TAG Monthly Meeting! Join us in the Teen Room!
New and returning members welcome- meet new friends and get involved in your community!
Interested in future meetings or volunteer opportunities for grades 6-12? Email the Teen Librarian at the email below!
TAG Monthly Meeting! Join us in the Teen Room!
New and returning members welcome- meet new friends and get involved in your community!
Interested in future meetings or volunteer opportunities for grades 6-12? Email the Teen Librarian at the email below!
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
Hold for possible program
Hold for possible program
This month's discussion book is The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley.
Julian Jessop, an eccentric, lonely artist and septuagenarian believes that most people aren't really honest with each other. But what if they were? And so he writes—in a plain, green journal—the truth about his own life and leaves it in his local café. It's run by the incredibly tidy and efficient Monica, who furtively adds her own entry and leaves the book in the wine bar across the street. Before long, the others who find the green notebook add the truths about their own deepest selves—and soon find each other In Real Life at Monica's Café.
The Authenticity Project's cast of characters—including Hazard, the charming addict who makes a vow to get sober; Alice, the fabulous mommy Instagrammer whose real life is a lot less perfect than it looks online; and their other new friends—is by turns quirky and funny, heartbreakingly sad and painfully true-to-life. It's a story about being brave and putting your real self forward—and finding out that it's not as scary as it seems. In fact, it looks a lot like happiness.
The Authenticity Project is just the tonic for our times that listeners are clamoring for—and one they will take to their hearts and listen to with unabashed pleasure.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn what's happering every month!
This month's discussion book is The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley.
Julian Jessop, an eccentric, lonely artist and septuagenarian believes that most people aren't really honest with each other. But what if they were? And so he writes—in a plain, green journal—the truth about his own life and leaves it in his local café. It's run by the incredibly tidy and efficient Monica, who furtively adds her own entry and leaves the book in the wine bar across the street. Before long, the others who find the green notebook add the truths about their own deepest selves—and soon find each other In Real Life at Monica's Café.
The Authenticity Project's cast of characters—including Hazard, the charming addict who makes a vow to get sober; Alice, the fabulous mommy Instagrammer whose real life is a lot less perfect than it looks online; and their other new friends—is by turns quirky and funny, heartbreakingly sad and painfully true-to-life. It's a story about being brave and putting your real self forward—and finding out that it's not as scary as it seems. In fact, it looks a lot like happiness.
The Authenticity Project is just the tonic for our times that listeners are clamoring for—and one they will take to their hearts and listen to with unabashed pleasure.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn what's happering every month!
Hold for possible program
Hold for possible program
Are you interested in tracing your family's history? Are you working on your genealogy and want to meet up with others who are working on their family trees? Then join us at the Thayer Public Library's Genealogy Club. All are welcome from novice to expert. Come learn about the resources that the library has to offer. We can compare notes and stories as well as help each other with research.
Guest Speaker Ashley Cataldo, Curator of Manuscripts at the American Antiquarian Society.
This will be a hybrid event, in person at the library or on Zoom. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link. Register to be on the Genealogy Club email list to learn about genealogy webinars and special eents throughout the year.
Are you interested in tracing your family's history? Are you working on your genealogy and want to meet up with others who are working on their family trees? Then join us at the Thayer Public Library's Genealogy Club. All are welcome from novice to expert. Come learn about the resources that the library has to offer. We can compare notes and stories as well as help each other with research.
Guest Speaker Ashley Cataldo, Curator of Manuscripts at the American Antiquarian Society.
This will be a hybrid event, in person at the library or on Zoom. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link. Register to be on the Genealogy Club email list to learn about genealogy webinars and special eents throughout the year.
"Little Learners Look at Nature" is a monthly program with Miss Elisabeth. Each month we'll talk and learn about an aspect of local nature. We'll share what we've seen outside. Best for ages 3 to 5, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room, in the Storytime corner.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
"Little Learners Look at Nature" is a monthly program with Miss Elisabeth. Each month we'll talk and learn about an aspect of local nature. We'll share what we've seen outside. Best for ages 3 to 5, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room, in the Storytime corner.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Join us Monday January 13th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is an either or month...
The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman (Fantasy)
A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, only to find he’s too late. The king died two weeks ago at the Battle of Camlann, leaving no heir, and only a handful of the knights of the Round Table survive.
They aren’t the heroes of legend, like Lancelot or Gawain. They’re the oddballs of the Round Tables, from the edges of the stories, like Sir Palomides; the Saracen Knight; and Sir Dagonet, Arthur’s fool, who was knighted as a joke. They’re joined by Nimue, who was Merlin’s apprentice until she turned on him and buried him under a hill. Together this ragtag fellowship will set out to rebuild Camelot in a world that has lost its balance.
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
Join us Monday January 13th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is an either or month...
The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman (Fantasy)
A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, only to find he’s too late. The king died two weeks ago at the Battle of Camlann, leaving no heir, and only a handful of the knights of the Round Table survive.
They aren’t the heroes of legend, like Lancelot or Gawain. They’re the oddballs of the Round Tables, from the edges of the stories, like Sir Palomides; the Saracen Knight; and Sir Dagonet, Arthur’s fool, who was knighted as a joke. They’re joined by Nimue, who was Merlin’s apprentice until she turned on him and buried him under a hill. Together this ragtag fellowship will set out to rebuild Camelot in a world that has lost its balance.
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
This progam is sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registered OLLI members. Call 617-287-7312 or email ollireg@gmail.com for more information.
This progam is sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registered OLLI members. Call 617-287-7312 or email ollireg@gmail.com for more information.
Hold for possible program
Hold for possible program
Hold for possible program
Hold for possible program
Storytime with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Storytime with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
The TPL Writers Group meeting meets one Saturday a month, September-November and January-June on a drop-in basis. No registration required.
Meet others who love to write! Share tips, and get/give encouragement and support to other area writers. The TPL Writers Group meets informally to talk about works in progress and the writing and publishing process. Reading briefly from your own work is optional.
Sponsored by the Thayer Public Library; meetings are facilitated by a librarian or another member of the group.
The TPL Writers Group meeting meets one Saturday a month, September-November and January-June on a drop-in basis. No registration required.
Meet others who love to write! Share tips, and get/give encouragement and support to other area writers. The TPL Writers Group meets informally to talk about works in progress and the writing and publishing process. Reading briefly from your own work is optional.
Sponsored by the Thayer Public Library; meetings are facilitated by a librarian or another member of the group.
Library Closed Today.
Happy Birthday MLK, Jr.
Library Closed Today.
Happy Birthday MLK, Jr.
Storytime with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Storytime with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
This progam is sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registered OLLI members. Call 617-287-7312 or email ollireg@gmail.com for more information.
This progam is sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registered OLLI members. Call 617-287-7312 or email ollireg@gmail.com for more information.
Storytime with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Storytime with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
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Tonight's book is The Housemaid by Freida McFadden.
Every day I clean the Winchesters’ beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor.
I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew’s handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it’s hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina’s life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband.
I only try on one of Nina’s pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it’s like. But she soon finds out… and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it’s far too late.
But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don’t know who I really am. They don’t know what I’m capable of…
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
Tonight's book is The Housemaid by Freida McFadden.
Every day I clean the Winchesters’ beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor.
I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew’s handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it’s hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina’s life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband.
I only try on one of Nina’s pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it’s like. But she soon finds out… and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it’s far too late.
But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don’t know who I really am. They don’t know what I’m capable of…
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
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"Kids Explore Nature " is a new monthly program with Miss Elisabeth. Each month we'll talk and learn about an aspect of local nature. For children ages 5 - 12. Held in the Children's Room, in the Stained Glass Tower.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
"Kids Explore Nature " is a new monthly program with Miss Elisabeth. Each month we'll talk and learn about an aspect of local nature. For children ages 5 - 12. Held in the Children's Room, in the Stained Glass Tower.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
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All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
This month's title is The Wager by David Grann.
Book club books will be available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome.
This month's title is The Wager by David Grann.
Book club books will be available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome.
This progam is sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registered OLLI members. Call 617-287-7312 or email ollireg@gmail.com for more information.
This progam is sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registered OLLI members. Call 617-287-7312 or email ollireg@gmail.com for more information.
Introducing Silent Book Club, a different kind of book club!
Open social time (aka optional grab your coffee, snack, talk to a friend you brought or met) 7:00-7:30pm.. Silent Reading book club time 7:30-8:30pm. Reading locations in the Reading Room, Cafe, & Newspaper corner.
Do you miss silent reading time, like when we were kids? Silent Book Club is exactly that- a traditional-styled book club that’s low-pressure, social-optional, and no homework. You read what you want. It’s a book club for those with an already busy calendar or already full TBR that just need planned time to sit & read!
There’s no assigned book. You can bring something you’re already in the middle of, or grab something from the shelves that you’ve been meaning time get to. Like it enough to check it out? Just bring your library card, but you don’t need a card to read while you’re here.
Introducing Silent Book Club, a different kind of book club!
Open social time (aka optional grab your coffee, snack, talk to a friend you brought or met) 7:00-7:30pm.. Silent Reading book club time 7:30-8:30pm. Reading locations in the Reading Room, Cafe, & Newspaper corner.
Do you miss silent reading time, like when we were kids? Silent Book Club is exactly that- a traditional-styled book club that’s low-pressure, social-optional, and no homework. You read what you want. It’s a book club for those with an already busy calendar or already full TBR that just need planned time to sit & read!
There’s no assigned book. You can bring something you’re already in the middle of, or grab something from the shelves that you’ve been meaning time get to. Like it enough to check it out? Just bring your library card, but you don’t need a card to read while you’re here.
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Hold for possible Children's program
Storytime is at the South Shore Mall on the first Monday of each month. We'll be in the Children's Play area by the Food Court. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. There will be books, songs and movement with Miss Elisabeth, plus a Take-and-Make craft .
"First Mondays at the Mall" Storytime for Children continues monthly through May.
781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Storytime is at the South Shore Mall on the first Monday of each month. We'll be in the Children's Play area by the Food Court. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. There will be books, songs and movement with Miss Elisabeth, plus a Take-and-Make craft .
"First Mondays at the Mall" Storytime for Children continues monthly through May.
781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Hello fellow adults! Do you enjoy playing board games? Then have we got a cool program for you! Monthly Board Game Nights for Adults!
Hello fellow adults! Do you enjoy playing board games? Then have we got a cool program for you! Monthly Board Game Nights for Adults!
This progam is sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registered OLLI members. Call 617-287-7312 or email ollireg@gmail.com for more information.
This progam is sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registered OLLI members. Call 617-287-7312 or email ollireg@gmail.com for more information.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
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Are you interested in tracing your family's history? Are you working on your genealogy and want to meet up with others who are working on their family trees? Then join us at the Thayer Public Library's Genealogy Club. All are welcome from novice to expert. Come learn about the resources that the library has to offer. We can compare notes and stories as well as help each other with research.
Guest Speaker: Michael J. Proctor, State Historian, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants
Registration is requested, but not required. Register to be on the Genealogy Club email list to learn about genealogy webinars and special eents throughout the year.
Are you interested in tracing your family's history? Are you working on your genealogy and want to meet up with others who are working on their family trees? Then join us at the Thayer Public Library's Genealogy Club. All are welcome from novice to expert. Come learn about the resources that the library has to offer. We can compare notes and stories as well as help each other with research.
Guest Speaker: Michael J. Proctor, State Historian, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants
Registration is requested, but not required. Register to be on the Genealogy Club email list to learn about genealogy webinars and special eents throughout the year.
"Little Learners Look at Nature" is a monthly program with Miss Elisabeth. Each month we'll talk and learn about an aspect of local nature. We'll share what we've seen outside. Best for ages 3 to 5, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room, in the Storytime corner.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
"Little Learners Look at Nature" is a monthly program with Miss Elisabeth. Each month we'll talk and learn about an aspect of local nature. We'll share what we've seen outside. Best for ages 3 to 5, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room, in the Storytime corner.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Join us Monday February 10th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
Noor by Nnedi Okorafor (SFF, Afrofuturist)
From Africanfuturist luminary Okorafor comes a new science fiction novel of intense action and thoughtful rumination on biotechnology, destiny, and humanity in a near-future Nigeria.
Anwuli Okwudili prefers to be called AO. To her, these initials have always stood for Artificial Organism. AO has never really felt...natural, and that's putting it lightly. Her parents spent most of the days before she was born praying for her peaceful passing because even in-utero she was wrong. But she lived. Then came the car accident years later that disabled her even further. Yet instead of viewing her strange body the way the world views it, as freakish, unnatural, even the work of the devil, AO embraces all that she is: A woman with a ton of major and necessary body augmentations. And then one day she goes to her local market and everything goes wrong.
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
Join us Monday February 10th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
Noor by Nnedi Okorafor (SFF, Afrofuturist)
From Africanfuturist luminary Okorafor comes a new science fiction novel of intense action and thoughtful rumination on biotechnology, destiny, and humanity in a near-future Nigeria.
Anwuli Okwudili prefers to be called AO. To her, these initials have always stood for Artificial Organism. AO has never really felt...natural, and that's putting it lightly. Her parents spent most of the days before she was born praying for her peaceful passing because even in-utero she was wrong. But she lived. Then came the car accident years later that disabled her even further. Yet instead of viewing her strange body the way the world views it, as freakish, unnatural, even the work of the devil, AO embraces all that she is: A woman with a ton of major and necessary body augmentations. And then one day she goes to her local market and everything goes wrong.
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
This progam is sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registered OLLI members. Call 617-287-7312 or email ollireg@gmail.com for more information.
This progam is sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registered OLLI members. Call 617-287-7312 or email ollireg@gmail.com for more information.
This month's selection is The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, February 12th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing development, the last thing they expected to uncover was a human skeleton. Who the skeleton was and how it got buried there were just two of the long-held secrets that had been kept for decades by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side, sharing ambitions and sorrows.
National Jewish Book Award for Book Club Award (2023), PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2024), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2023), NAACP Image Award Nominee for Fiction (2024), Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Award (2023), Libby Award for Best Adult Fiction (2023)
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
This month's selection is The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, February 12th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing development, the last thing they expected to uncover was a human skeleton. Who the skeleton was and how it got buried there were just two of the long-held secrets that had been kept for decades by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side, sharing ambitions and sorrows.
National Jewish Book Award for Book Club Award (2023), PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2024), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2023), NAACP Image Award Nominee for Fiction (2024), Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Award (2023), Libby Award for Best Adult Fiction (2023)
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
TAG Monthly Meeting! Join us in the Teen Room!
New and returning members welcome- meet new friends and get involved in your community!
Interested in future meetings or volunteer opportunities for grades 6-12? Email the Teen Librarian at the email below!
TAG Monthly Meeting! Join us in the Teen Room!
New and returning members welcome- meet new friends and get involved in your community!
Interested in future meetings or volunteer opportunities for grades 6-12? Email the Teen Librarian at the email below!
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This month's discussion book is Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench.
Taking a curtain call with a live snake in her wig...
Cavorting naked through the Warwickshire countryside painted green...
Acting opposite a child with a pumpkin on his head...
These are just a few of the things Dame Judi Dench has done in the name of Shakespeare.
For the very first time, Judi opens up about every Shakespearean role she has played throughout her seven-decade career, from Lady Macbeth and Titania to Ophelia and Cleopatra. In a series of intimate conversations with actor & director Brendan O'Hea, she guides us through Shakespeare's plays with incisive clarity, revealing the secrets of her rehearsal process and inviting us to share in her triumphs, disasters, and backstage shenanigans.
Interspersed with vignettes on audiences, critics, company spirit and rehearsal room etiquette, she serves up priceless revelations on everything from the craft of speaking in verse to her personal interpretations of some of Shakespeare's most famous scenes, all brightened by her mischievous sense of humour, striking level of honesty and a peppering of hilarious anecdotes, many of which have remained under lock and key until now.
Instructive and witty, provocative and inspiring, this is ultimately Judi's love letter to Shakespeare, or rather, The Man Who Pays The Rent.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters!
This month's discussion book is Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench.
Taking a curtain call with a live snake in her wig...
Cavorting naked through the Warwickshire countryside painted green...
Acting opposite a child with a pumpkin on his head...
These are just a few of the things Dame Judi Dench has done in the name of Shakespeare.
For the very first time, Judi opens up about every Shakespearean role she has played throughout her seven-decade career, from Lady Macbeth and Titania to Ophelia and Cleopatra. In a series of intimate conversations with actor & director Brendan O'Hea, she guides us through Shakespeare's plays with incisive clarity, revealing the secrets of her rehearsal process and inviting us to share in her triumphs, disasters, and backstage shenanigans.
Interspersed with vignettes on audiences, critics, company spirit and rehearsal room etiquette, she serves up priceless revelations on everything from the craft of speaking in verse to her personal interpretations of some of Shakespeare's most famous scenes, all brightened by her mischievous sense of humour, striking level of honesty and a peppering of hilarious anecdotes, many of which have remained under lock and key until now.
Instructive and witty, provocative and inspiring, this is ultimately Judi's love letter to Shakespeare, or rather, The Man Who Pays The Rent.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters!
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Storytime with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Storytime with books, songs, movement and a craft with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Library Closed Today.
Happy Birthday, Presidents!
Library Closed Today.
Happy Birthday, Presidents!
This progam is sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registered OLLI members. Call 617-287-7312 or email ollireg@gmail.com for more information.
This progam is sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registered OLLI members. Call 617-287-7312 or email ollireg@gmail.com for more information.
Possible large children's program or performer. Could be with the teen librarian and teen volunteers.
Possible large children's program or performer. Could be with the teen librarian and teen volunteers.
Possible large children's program or performer. Could be with the teen librarian and teen volunteers.
Possible large children's program or performer. Could be with the teen librarian and teen volunteers.
Hold for possible program
Hold for possible program
During February School Vacation Week. This program may be moved to a different date if teen librarian and teen volunteers have a program during this time.
Possible Make a Bird-Feeder Pinecone, for birds to eat from.Share what you've seen outside this Winter. "Kids Explore Nature " is a new monthly program with Miss Elisabeth. Each month we'll talk and learn about an aspect of local nature. For children ages 5 - 12. Today's is held in Logan Auditorium.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
During February School Vacation Week. This program may be moved to a different date if teen librarian and teen volunteers have a program during this time.
Possible Make a Bird-Feeder Pinecone, for birds to eat from.Share what you've seen outside this Winter. "Kids Explore Nature " is a new monthly program with Miss Elisabeth. Each month we'll talk and learn about an aspect of local nature. For children ages 5 - 12. Today's is held in Logan Auditorium.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
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It's School Vacation Week, so families may stop in today between 10 am and noon to use board games, LEGO's or make a simple craft. For children of all ages.
Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
It's School Vacation Week, so families may stop in today between 10 am and noon to use board games, LEGO's or make a simple craft. For children of all ages.
Held in the Children's Room. For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
The TPL Writers Group meeting meets one Saturday a month, September-November and January-June on a drop-in basis. No registration required.
Share tips, and get/give encouragement and support to other area writers. The TPL Writers Group meets informally to talk about works in progress and the writing and publishing process. Reading briefly from your own work is optional. Meet others who love to write!
Sponsored by the Thayer Public Library; meetings are facilitated by a librarian or another member of the group.
The TPL Writers Group meeting meets one Saturday a month, September-November and January-June on a drop-in basis. No registration required.
Share tips, and get/give encouragement and support to other area writers. The TPL Writers Group meets informally to talk about works in progress and the writing and publishing process. Reading briefly from your own work is optional. Meet others who love to write!
Sponsored by the Thayer Public Library; meetings are facilitated by a librarian or another member of the group.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
This month's title will be announced shortly.
Book club books will be available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome.
This month's title will be announced shortly.
Book club books will be available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome.
This progam is sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registered OLLI members. Call 617-287-7312 or email ollireg@gmail.com for more information.
This progam is sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UMass Boston. Participants must be pre-registered OLLI members. Call 617-287-7312 or email ollireg@gmail.com for more information.
Introducing Silent Book Club, a different kind of book club!
Open social time (aka optional grab your coffee, snack, talk to a friend you brought or met) 7:00-7:30pm.. Silent Reading book club time 7:30-8:30pm. Reading locations in the Reading Room, Cafe, & Newspaper corner.
Do you miss silent reading time, like when we were kids? Silent Book Club is exactly that- a traditional-styled book club that’s low-pressure, social-optional, and no homework. You read what you want. It’s a book club for those with an already busy calendar or already full TBR that just need planned time to sit & read!
There’s no assigned book. You can bring something you’re already in the middle of, or grab something from the shelves that you’ve been meaning time get to. Like it enough to check it out? Just bring your library card, but you don’t need a card to read while you’re here.
Introducing Silent Book Club, a different kind of book club!
Open social time (aka optional grab your coffee, snack, talk to a friend you brought or met) 7:00-7:30pm.. Silent Reading book club time 7:30-8:30pm. Reading locations in the Reading Room, Cafe, & Newspaper corner.
Do you miss silent reading time, like when we were kids? Silent Book Club is exactly that- a traditional-styled book club that’s low-pressure, social-optional, and no homework. You read what you want. It’s a book club for those with an already busy calendar or already full TBR that just need planned time to sit & read!
There’s no assigned book. You can bring something you’re already in the middle of, or grab something from the shelves that you’ve been meaning time get to. Like it enough to check it out? Just bring your library card, but you don’t need a card to read while you’re here.
Tonight we'll discuss James by Percival Everett.
While many narrative set pieces of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river’s banks, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin…), Jim’s agency, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light.
Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a “literary icon” (Oprah Daily), and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime, James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature.
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
Tonight we'll discuss James by Percival Everett.
While many narrative set pieces of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river’s banks, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin…), Jim’s agency, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light.
Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a “literary icon” (Oprah Daily), and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime, James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature.
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
Hold for possible program
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Hold for possible program
Storytime is at the South Shore Mall on the first Monday of each month. We'll be in the Children's Play area by the Food Court. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. There will be books, songs and movement with Miss Elisabeth, plus a Take-and-Make craft .
"First Mondays at the Mall" Storytime for Children continues monthly through May.
781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Storytime is at the South Shore Mall on the first Monday of each month. We'll be in the Children's Play area by the Food Court. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. There will be books, songs and movement with Miss Elisabeth, plus a Take-and-Make craft .
"First Mondays at the Mall" Storytime for Children continues monthly through May.
781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Hello fellow adults! Do you enjoy playing board games? Then have we got a cool program for you! Monthly Board Game Nights for Adults!
Hello fellow adults! Do you enjoy playing board games? Then have we got a cool program for you! Monthly Board Game Nights for Adults!
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
Are you interested in tracing your family's history? Are you working on your genealogy and want to meet up with others who are working on their family trees? Then join us at the Thayer Public Library's Genealogy Club. All are welcome from novice to expert. Come learn about the resources that the library has to offer. We can compare notes and stories as well as help each other with research.
Guest speaker Seema Kenney of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists with a talk on “Getting Into Genealogy.”
Registration is requested, but not required. Register to be on the Genealogy Club email list to learn about genealogy webinars and special eents throughout the year.
Are you interested in tracing your family's history? Are you working on your genealogy and want to meet up with others who are working on their family trees? Then join us at the Thayer Public Library's Genealogy Club. All are welcome from novice to expert. Come learn about the resources that the library has to offer. We can compare notes and stories as well as help each other with research.
Guest speaker Seema Kenney of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists with a talk on “Getting Into Genealogy.”
Registration is requested, but not required. Register to be on the Genealogy Club email list to learn about genealogy webinars and special eents throughout the year.
Erin Go Bragh Songs from and about Ireland Join us March 8th at 3pm to kick off the Spring Concert Series
To kick off the Spring Concert Series the Thayer Public Library has a special event celebrating St. Patrick's Day with enchanting songs from and about Ireland.
Experience the spirit of Ireland through a captivating musical journey featuring traditional Irish tunes, that take you back a hundred years or more. Many are sing alongs that have become part of the great American songbook.
Our talented musician David Polansky will serenade you with the soul-stirring sounds of the Emerald Isle, and a couple of songs that are hysterically funny .
Mark your calendars, invite your friends and family, and get ready for an unforgettable St. Patrick's Day celebration filled with songs that will warm your heart and lift your spirits.
Join David Polansky with his trumpet, keyboard and warm vocals for an hour of rollicking fun.
Light refreshments will be served. Program made possible through the use of State Aid Funds
Erin Go Bragh Songs from and about Ireland Join us March 8th at 3pm to kick off the Spring Concert Series
To kick off the Spring Concert Series the Thayer Public Library has a special event celebrating St. Patrick's Day with enchanting songs from and about Ireland.
Experience the spirit of Ireland through a captivating musical journey featuring traditional Irish tunes, that take you back a hundred years or more. Many are sing alongs that have become part of the great American songbook.
Our talented musician David Polansky will serenade you with the soul-stirring sounds of the Emerald Isle, and a couple of songs that are hysterically funny .
Mark your calendars, invite your friends and family, and get ready for an unforgettable St. Patrick's Day celebration filled with songs that will warm your heart and lift your spirits.
Join David Polansky with his trumpet, keyboard and warm vocals for an hour of rollicking fun.
Light refreshments will be served. Program made possible through the use of State Aid Funds
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
This month's selection is Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, March 12th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
Sally Milz is a sketch writer for "The Night Owls," the late-night live comedy show that airs each Saturday. With a couple of heartbreaks under her belt, she’s long abandoned the search for love, settling instead for the occasional hook-up, career success, and a close relationship with her stepfather to round out a satisfying life.
Enter Noah Brewster, a pop music sensation with a reputation for dating models, who signed on as both host and musical guest for this week’s show. Dazzled by his charms, Sally hits it off with Noah instantly, and as they collaborate on one sketch after another, she begins to wonder whether there might actually be sparks flying. But this isn’t a romantic comedy; it’s real life. And in real life, someone like him would never date someone like her...right?
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
This month's selection is Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, March 12th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
Sally Milz is a sketch writer for "The Night Owls," the late-night live comedy show that airs each Saturday. With a couple of heartbreaks under her belt, she’s long abandoned the search for love, settling instead for the occasional hook-up, career success, and a close relationship with her stepfather to round out a satisfying life.
Enter Noah Brewster, a pop music sensation with a reputation for dating models, who signed on as both host and musical guest for this week’s show. Dazzled by his charms, Sally hits it off with Noah instantly, and as they collaborate on one sketch after another, she begins to wonder whether there might actually be sparks flying. But this isn’t a romantic comedy; it’s real life. And in real life, someone like him would never date someone like her...right?
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
TAG Monthly Meeting! Join us in the Teen Room!
New and returning members welcome- meet new friends and get involved in your community!
Interested in future meetings or volunteer opportunities for grades 6-12? Email the Teen Librarian at the email below!
TAG Monthly Meeting! Join us in the Teen Room!
New and returning members welcome- meet new friends and get involved in your community!
Interested in future meetings or volunteer opportunities for grades 6-12? Email the Teen Librarian at the email below!
This month's discussion book is A woman is no Man by Etaf Rum.
"Where I come from, we’ve learned to silence ourselves. We’ve been taught that silence will save us. Where I come from, we keep these stories to ourselves. To tell them to the outside world is unheard of—dangerous, the ultimate shame.”
Palestine, 1990. Seventeen-year-old Isra prefers reading books to entertaining the suitors her father has chosen for her. Over the course of a week, the naïve and dreamy girl finds herself quickly betrothed and married, and is soon living in Brooklyn. There Isra struggles to adapt to the expectations of her oppressive mother-in-law Fareeda and strange new husband Adam, a pressure that intensifies as she begins to have children—four daughters instead of the sons Fareeda tells Isra she must bear.
Brooklyn, 2008. Eighteen-year-old Deya, Isra’s oldest daughter, must meet with potential husbands at her grandmother Fareeda’s insistence, though her only desire is to go to college. Deya can’t help but wonder if her options would have been different had her parents survived the car crash that killed them when Deya was only eight. But her grandmother is firm on the matter: the only way to secure a worthy future for Deya is through marriage to the right man.
But fate has a will of its own, and soon Deya will find herself on an unexpected path that leads her to shocking truths about her family—knowledge that will force her to question everything she thought she knew about her parents, the past, and her own future.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters!
This month's discussion book is A woman is no Man by Etaf Rum.
"Where I come from, we’ve learned to silence ourselves. We’ve been taught that silence will save us. Where I come from, we keep these stories to ourselves. To tell them to the outside world is unheard of—dangerous, the ultimate shame.”
Palestine, 1990. Seventeen-year-old Isra prefers reading books to entertaining the suitors her father has chosen for her. Over the course of a week, the naïve and dreamy girl finds herself quickly betrothed and married, and is soon living in Brooklyn. There Isra struggles to adapt to the expectations of her oppressive mother-in-law Fareeda and strange new husband Adam, a pressure that intensifies as she begins to have children—four daughters instead of the sons Fareeda tells Isra she must bear.
Brooklyn, 2008. Eighteen-year-old Deya, Isra’s oldest daughter, must meet with potential husbands at her grandmother Fareeda’s insistence, though her only desire is to go to college. Deya can’t help but wonder if her options would have been different had her parents survived the car crash that killed them when Deya was only eight. But her grandmother is firm on the matter: the only way to secure a worthy future for Deya is through marriage to the right man.
But fate has a will of its own, and soon Deya will find herself on an unexpected path that leads her to shocking truths about her family—knowledge that will force her to question everything she thought she knew about her parents, the past, and her own future.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters!
St. Patrick's Day is the theme today, at Storytime with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
St. Patrick's Day is the theme today, at Storytime with Miss Elisabeth. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. Held in the Children's Room.
For questions: 781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Join us Monday March 17th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
When Among Crows by Veronica Roth (Fantasy)
Step into a city where monsters feast on human emotions, knights split their souls to make their weapons, and witches always take more than they give.
Pain is Dymitr’s calling. To slay the monsters he’s been raised to kill, he had to split his soul in half to make a sword from his own spine. Every time he draws it, he gets blood on his hands.
Pain is Ala’s inheritance. When her mother died, a family curse to witness horrors committed by the Holy Order was passed onto her. The curse will claim her life, as it did her mother’s, unless she can find a cure.
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
Join us Monday March 17th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
When Among Crows by Veronica Roth (Fantasy)
Step into a city where monsters feast on human emotions, knights split their souls to make their weapons, and witches always take more than they give.
Pain is Dymitr’s calling. To slay the monsters he’s been raised to kill, he had to split his soul in half to make a sword from his own spine. Every time he draws it, he gets blood on his hands.
Pain is Ala’s inheritance. When her mother died, a family curse to witness horrors committed by the Holy Order was passed onto her. The curse will claim her life, as it did her mother’s, unless she can find a cure.
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
This month's title will be announced shortly.
Book club books will be available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome.
This month's title will be announced shortly.
Book club books will be available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome.
Introducing Silent Book Club, a different kind of book club!
Open social time (aka optional grab your coffee, snack, talk to a friend you brought or met) 7:00-7:30pm.. Silent Reading book club time 7:30-8:30pm. Reading locations in the Reading Room, Cafe, & Newspaper corner.
Do you miss silent reading time, like when we were kids? Silent Book Club is exactly that- a traditional-styled book club that’s low-pressure, social-optional, and no homework. You read what you want. It’s a book club for those with an already busy calendar or already full TBR that just need planned time to sit & read!
There’s no assigned book. You can bring something you’re already in the middle of, or grab something from the shelves that you’ve been meaning time get to. Like it enough to check it out? Just bring your library card, but you don’t need a card to read while you’re here.
Introducing Silent Book Club, a different kind of book club!
Open social time (aka optional grab your coffee, snack, talk to a friend you brought or met) 7:00-7:30pm.. Silent Reading book club time 7:30-8:30pm. Reading locations in the Reading Room, Cafe, & Newspaper corner.
Do you miss silent reading time, like when we were kids? Silent Book Club is exactly that- a traditional-styled book club that’s low-pressure, social-optional, and no homework. You read what you want. It’s a book club for those with an already busy calendar or already full TBR that just need planned time to sit & read!
There’s no assigned book. You can bring something you’re already in the middle of, or grab something from the shelves that you’ve been meaning time get to. Like it enough to check it out? Just bring your library card, but you don’t need a card to read while you’re here.
Join us for a discussion of Democracy Awakening by Heather Cox Richardson.
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At a time when the very foundations of American democracy seem under threat, the lessons of the past offer a road map for navigating a moment of political crisis. In Democracy Awakening, acclaimed historian Heather Cox Richardson delves into the tumultuous journey of American democracy, tracing the roots of Donald Trump’s “authoritarian experiment” to the earliest days of the republic. She examines the historical forces that have led to the current political climate, showing how modern conservatism has preyed upon a disaffected population, weaponizing language and promoting false history to consolidate power.
With remarkable clarity and the same accessible voice that brings millions to her newsletter, Letters from an American, Richardson wrangles a chaotic news feed into a story that pivots effortlessly from the Founders to the abolitionists to Nixon to the January 6 insurrection. An essential read for anyone concerned about the state of America, Democracy Awakening is more than a history book; it’s a call to action. Richardson reminds us that democracy requires constant vigilance and participation from all of us, showing how we, as a nation, can take the lessons of the past to secure a more just and equitable future.
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
Join us for a discussion of Democracy Awakening by Heather Cox Richardson.
At a time when the very foundations of American democracy seem under threat, the lessons of the past offer a road map for navigating a moment of political crisis. In Democracy Awakening, acclaimed historian Heather Cox Richardson delves into the tumultuous journey of American democracy, tracing the roots of Donald Trump’s “authoritarian experiment” to the earliest days of the republic. She examines the historical forces that have led to the current political climate, showing how modern conservatism has preyed upon a disaffected population, weaponizing language and promoting false history to consolidate power.
With remarkable clarity and the same accessible voice that brings millions to her newsletter, Letters from an American, Richardson wrangles a chaotic news feed into a story that pivots effortlessly from the Founders to the abolitionists to Nixon to the January 6 insurrection. An essential read for anyone concerned about the state of America, Democracy Awakening is more than a history book; it’s a call to action. Richardson reminds us that democracy requires constant vigilance and participation from all of us, showing how we, as a nation, can take the lessons of the past to secure a more just and equitable future.
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
Storytime is at the South Shore Mall on the first Monday of each month. We'll be in the Children's Play area by the Food Court. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. There will be books, songs and movement with Miss Elisabeth, plus a Take-and-Make craft .
"First Mondays at the Mall" Storytime for Children continues monthly through May.
781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Storytime is at the South Shore Mall on the first Monday of each month. We'll be in the Children's Play area by the Food Court. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. There will be books, songs and movement with Miss Elisabeth, plus a Take-and-Make craft .
"First Mondays at the Mall" Storytime for Children continues monthly through May.
781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Hello fellow adults! Do you enjoy playing board games? Then have we got a cool program for you! Monthly Board Game Nights for Adults!
Hello fellow adults! Do you enjoy playing board games? Then have we got a cool program for you! Monthly Board Game Nights for Adults!
This month's selection is Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, April 9th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn't heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo. Overnight, the world is theirs. Not even twenty-five years old, Sam and Sadie are brilliant, successful, and rich, but these qualities won't protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts.
Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love. Yes, it is a love story, but it is not one you have read before.
British Book Award Nominee for Pageturner (2024), ALA Alex Award Nominee (2023), Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction (2022), Book of the Month Book of the Year Award (2022), Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Award Nominee (2022)
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
This month's selection is Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, April 9th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn't heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo. Overnight, the world is theirs. Not even twenty-five years old, Sam and Sadie are brilliant, successful, and rich, but these qualities won't protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts.
Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love. Yes, it is a love story, but it is not one you have read before.
British Book Award Nominee for Pageturner (2024), ALA Alex Award Nominee (2023), Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction (2022), Book of the Month Book of the Year Award (2022), Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Award Nominee (2022)
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
TAG Monthly Meeting! Join us in the Teen Room!
New and returning members welcome- meet new friends and get involved in your community!
Interested in future meetings or volunteer opportunities for grades 6-12? Email the Teen Librarian at the email below!
TAG Monthly Meeting! Join us in the Teen Room!
New and returning members welcome- meet new friends and get involved in your community!
Interested in future meetings or volunteer opportunities for grades 6-12? Email the Teen Librarian at the email below!
Hold for possible poetry event
Hold for possible poetry event
This month's discussion book The Woman by Kristen Hannah.
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.
As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is overwhelmed by the chaos and destruction of war. Each day is a gamble of life and death, hope and betrayal; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant. In war, she meets—and becomes one of—the lucky, the brave, the broken, and the lost.
But war is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran friends. The real battle lies in coming home to a changed and divided America, to angry protesters, and to a country that wants to forget Vietnam.
The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on all women who put themselves in harm’s way and whose sacrifice and commitment to their country has too often been forgotten. A novel about deep friendships and bold patriotism, The Women is a richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose idealism and courage under fire will come to define an era.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters!
This month's discussion book The Woman by Kristen Hannah.
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.
As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is overwhelmed by the chaos and destruction of war. Each day is a gamble of life and death, hope and betrayal; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant. In war, she meets—and becomes one of—the lucky, the brave, the broken, and the lost.
But war is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran friends. The real battle lies in coming home to a changed and divided America, to angry protesters, and to a country that wants to forget Vietnam.
The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on all women who put themselves in harm’s way and whose sacrifice and commitment to their country has too often been forgotten. A novel about deep friendships and bold patriotism, The Women is a richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose idealism and courage under fire will come to define an era.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters!
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Join us Monday April 14th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next books are...
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladtone (SFF, AAPI)
Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future.
Except the discovery of their bond would mean death for each of them. There's still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win that war.
AND
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (SFF)
Centuries before, robots of Panga gained self-awareness, laid down their tools, wandered, en masse into the wilderness, never to be seen again. They faded into myth and urban legend.
Now the life of the tea monk who tells this story is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of "what do people need?" is answered. But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how. They will need to ask it a lot. Chambers' series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter?
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
Join us Monday April 14th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next books are...
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladtone (SFF, AAPI)
Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future.
Except the discovery of their bond would mean death for each of them. There's still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win that war.
AND
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (SFF)
Centuries before, robots of Panga gained self-awareness, laid down their tools, wandered, en masse into the wilderness, never to be seen again. They faded into myth and urban legend.
Now the life of the tea monk who tells this story is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of "what do people need?" is answered. But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how. They will need to ask it a lot. Chambers' series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter?
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
Hold for possible poetry event
Hold for possible poetry event
Are you interested in tracing your family's history? Are you working on your genealogy and want to meet up with others who are working on their family trees? Then join us at the Thayer Public Library's Genealogy Club. All are welcome from novice to expert. Come learn about the resources that the library has to offer. We can compare notes and stories as well as help each other with research.
Guest speaker: Phyllis Donohoe on photo and document organization.
Registration is requested, but not required. Register to be on the Genealogy Club email list to learn about genealogy webinars and special eents throughout the year.
Are you interested in tracing your family's history? Are you working on your genealogy and want to meet up with others who are working on their family trees? Then join us at the Thayer Public Library's Genealogy Club. All are welcome from novice to expert. Come learn about the resources that the library has to offer. We can compare notes and stories as well as help each other with research.
Guest speaker: Phyllis Donohoe on photo and document organization.
Registration is requested, but not required. Register to be on the Genealogy Club email list to learn about genealogy webinars and special eents throughout the year.
Library Closed Today.
Honoring our Patriots!
Library Closed Today.
Honoring our Patriots!
Tonight it's The Authenticity Project by Claire Pooley up for discussion!
Julian Jessop, an eccentric, lonely artist and septuagenarian believes that most people aren't really honest with one another. But what if they were? And so he writes—in a plain, green journal—the truth about his own life and leaves it in his local café. It's run by the incredibly tidy and efficient Monica, who furtively adds her own entry and leaves the book in the wine bar across the street. Before long, the others who find the green notebook add the truths about their own deepest selves—and soon find each other In Real Life at Monica's Café.
The Authenticity Project's cast of characters—including Hazard, the charming addict who makes a vow to get sober; Alice, the fabulous mommy Instagrammer whose real life is a lot less perfect than it looks online; and their other new friends—is by turns quirky and funny, heartbreakingly sad and painfully true-to-life. It's a story about being brave and putting your real self forward—and finding out that it's not as scary as it seems. In fact, it looks a lot like happiness.
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
Tonight it's The Authenticity Project by Claire Pooley up for discussion!
Julian Jessop, an eccentric, lonely artist and septuagenarian believes that most people aren't really honest with one another. But what if they were? And so he writes—in a plain, green journal—the truth about his own life and leaves it in his local café. It's run by the incredibly tidy and efficient Monica, who furtively adds her own entry and leaves the book in the wine bar across the street. Before long, the others who find the green notebook add the truths about their own deepest selves—and soon find each other In Real Life at Monica's Café.
The Authenticity Project's cast of characters—including Hazard, the charming addict who makes a vow to get sober; Alice, the fabulous mommy Instagrammer whose real life is a lot less perfect than it looks online; and their other new friends—is by turns quirky and funny, heartbreakingly sad and painfully true-to-life. It's a story about being brave and putting your real self forward—and finding out that it's not as scary as it seems. In fact, it looks a lot like happiness.
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
This month's title will be announced shortly.
Book club books will be available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome.
This month's title will be announced shortly.
Book club books will be available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome.
Introducing Silent Book Club, a different kind of book club!
Open social time (aka optional grab your coffee, snack, talk to a friend you brought or met) 7:00-7:30pm.. Silent Reading book club time 7:30-8:30pm. Reading locations in the Reading Room, Cafe, & Newspaper corner.
Do you miss silent reading time, like when we were kids? Silent Book Club is exactly that- a traditional-styled book club that’s low-pressure, social-optional, and no homework. You read what you want. It’s a book club for those with an already busy calendar or already full TBR that just need planned time to sit & read!
There’s no assigned book. You can bring something you’re already in the middle of, or grab something from the shelves that you’ve been meaning time get to. Like it enough to check it out? Just bring your library card, but you don’t need a card to read while you’re here.
Introducing Silent Book Club, a different kind of book club!
Open social time (aka optional grab your coffee, snack, talk to a friend you brought or met) 7:00-7:30pm.. Silent Reading book club time 7:30-8:30pm. Reading locations in the Reading Room, Cafe, & Newspaper corner.
Do you miss silent reading time, like when we were kids? Silent Book Club is exactly that- a traditional-styled book club that’s low-pressure, social-optional, and no homework. You read what you want. It’s a book club for those with an already busy calendar or already full TBR that just need planned time to sit & read!
There’s no assigned book. You can bring something you’re already in the middle of, or grab something from the shelves that you’ve been meaning time get to. Like it enough to check it out? Just bring your library card, but you don’t need a card to read while you’re here.
Rotary Lunch Meeting
Rotary Lunch Meeting
Concert Series
Storytime is at the South Shore Mall on the first Monday of each month. We'll be in the Children's Play area by the Food Court. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. There will be books, songs and movement with Miss Elisabeth, plus a Take-and-Make craft .
This is our last Storytime for Children at the Mall, for this school year.
781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
Storytime is at the South Shore Mall on the first Monday of each month. We'll be in the Children's Play area by the Food Court. Best for ages 2 1/2 to 4, but open to children of all ages. There will be books, songs and movement with Miss Elisabeth, plus a Take-and-Make craft .
This is our last Storytime for Children at the Mall, for this school year.
781 848-0405 ext 4425, childrens@braintree.OCLN.org
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Hello fellow adults! Do you enjoy playing board games? Then have we got a cool program for you! Monthly Board Game Nights for Adults!
Hello fellow adults! Do you enjoy playing board games? Then have we got a cool program for you! Monthly Board Game Nights for Adults!
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
![Remarkably Bright Creatures [Book]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81X7rAcaQkL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg)
This month's discussion book Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt.
After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.
Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.
Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late.
Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters!
This month's discussion book Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt.
After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.
Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.
Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late.
Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters!
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
This month's selection is None of This is True by Lisa Jewell. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, May 14. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins.
A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix’s children’s school. Josie has been listening to Alix’s podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for her series. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life.
Josie’s life appears to be strange and complicated, and although Alix finds her unsettling, she can’t quite resist the temptation to keep making the podcast. Slowly she starts to realise that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it, Josie has inveigled her way into Alix’s life—and into her home.
But, as quickly as she arrived, Josie disappears. Only then does Alix discover that Josie has left a terrible and terrifying legacy in her wake, and that Alix has become the subject of her own true crime podcast, with her life and her family’s lives under mortal threat.
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
This month's selection is None of This is True by Lisa Jewell. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, May 14. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins.
A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix’s children’s school. Josie has been listening to Alix’s podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for her series. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life.
Josie’s life appears to be strange and complicated, and although Alix finds her unsettling, she can’t quite resist the temptation to keep making the podcast. Slowly she starts to realise that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it, Josie has inveigled her way into Alix’s life—and into her home.
But, as quickly as she arrived, Josie disappears. Only then does Alix discover that Josie has left a terrible and terrifying legacy in her wake, and that Alix has become the subject of her own true crime podcast, with her life and her family’s lives under mortal threat.
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
TAG Monthly Meeting! Join us in the Teen Room!
New and returning members welcome- meet new friends and get involved in your community!
Interested in future meetings or volunteer opportunities for grades 6-12? Email the Teen Librarian at the email below!
TAG Monthly Meeting! Join us in the Teen Room!
New and returning members welcome- meet new friends and get involved in your community!
Interested in future meetings or volunteer opportunities for grades 6-12? Email the Teen Librarian at the email below!
Are you interested in tracing your family's history? Are you working on your genealogy and want to meet up with others who are working on their family trees? Then join us at the Thayer Public Library's Genealogy Club. All are welcome from novice to expert. Come learn about the resources that the library has to offer. We can compare notes and stories as well as help each other with research.
Registration is requested, but not required. Register to be on the Genealogy Club email list to learn about genealogy webinars and special eents throughout the year.
Are you interested in tracing your family's history? Are you working on your genealogy and want to meet up with others who are working on their family trees? Then join us at the Thayer Public Library's Genealogy Club. All are welcome from novice to expert. Come learn about the resources that the library has to offer. We can compare notes and stories as well as help each other with research.
Registration is requested, but not required. Register to be on the Genealogy Club email list to learn about genealogy webinars and special eents throughout the year.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Join us Monday May 19th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
Jade City by Fonda Lee (Fantasy, AAPI)
The Kaul family is one of two crime syndicates that control the island of Kekon. It's the only place in the world that produces rare magical jade, which grants those with the right training and heritage superhuman abilities.
The Green Bone clans of honorable jade-wearing warriors once protected the island from foreign invasion--but nowadays, in a bustling post-war metropolis full of fast cars and foreign money, Green Bone families like the Kauls are primarily involved in commerce, construction, and the everyday upkeep of the districts under their protection.
When the simmering tension between the Kauls and their greatest rivals erupts into open violence in the streets, the outcome of this clan war will determine the fate of all Green Bones and the future of Kekon itself.
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
Join us Monday May 19th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
Jade City by Fonda Lee (Fantasy, AAPI)
The Kaul family is one of two crime syndicates that control the island of Kekon. It's the only place in the world that produces rare magical jade, which grants those with the right training and heritage superhuman abilities.
The Green Bone clans of honorable jade-wearing warriors once protected the island from foreign invasion--but nowadays, in a bustling post-war metropolis full of fast cars and foreign money, Green Bone families like the Kauls are primarily involved in commerce, construction, and the everyday upkeep of the districts under their protection.
When the simmering tension between the Kauls and their greatest rivals erupts into open violence in the streets, the outcome of this clan war will determine the fate of all Green Bones and the future of Kekon itself.
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
Library Closed Today.
Happy Memorial Day!
Library Closed Today.
Happy Memorial Day!
Introducing Silent Book Club, a different kind of book club!
Open social time (aka optional grab your coffee, snack, talk to a friend you brought or met) 7:00-7:30pm.. Silent Reading book club time 7:30-8:30pm. Reading locations in the Reading Room, Cafe, & Newspaper corner.
Do you miss silent reading time, like when we were kids? Silent Book Club is exactly that- a traditional-styled book club that’s low-pressure, social-optional, and no homework. You read what you want. It’s a book club for those with an already busy calendar or already full TBR that just need planned time to sit & read!
There’s no assigned book. You can bring something you’re already in the middle of, or grab something from the shelves that you’ve been meaning time get to. Like it enough to check it out? Just bring your library card, but you don’t need a card to read while you’re here.
Introducing Silent Book Club, a different kind of book club!
Open social time (aka optional grab your coffee, snack, talk to a friend you brought or met) 7:00-7:30pm.. Silent Reading book club time 7:30-8:30pm. Reading locations in the Reading Room, Cafe, & Newspaper corner.
Do you miss silent reading time, like when we were kids? Silent Book Club is exactly that- a traditional-styled book club that’s low-pressure, social-optional, and no homework. You read what you want. It’s a book club for those with an already busy calendar or already full TBR that just need planned time to sit & read!
There’s no assigned book. You can bring something you’re already in the middle of, or grab something from the shelves that you’ve been meaning time get to. Like it enough to check it out? Just bring your library card, but you don’t need a card to read while you’re here.
Tonight there will be lots to discuss about: The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA by Liza Mundy
![The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA [Book]](https://prodimage.images-bn.com/pimages/9780593238172_p0_v2_s1200x630.jpg)
Created in the aftermath of World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency relied on women even as it attempted to channel their talents and keep them down. Women sent cables, made dead drops, and maintained the agency’s secrets. Despite discrimination—even because of it—women who started as clerks, secretaries, or unpaid spouses rose to become some of the CIA’s shrewdest operatives.
They were unlikely spies—and that’s exactly what made them perfect for the role. Because women were seen as unimportant, pioneering female intelligence officers moved unnoticed around Bonn, Geneva, and Moscow, stealing secrets from under the noses of their KGB adversaries. Back at headquarters, women built the CIA’s critical archives—first by hand, then by computer. And they noticed things that the men at the top didn’t see. As the CIA faced an identity crisis after the Cold War, it was a close-knit network of female analysts who spotted the rising threat of al-Qaeda—though their warnings were repeatedly brushed aside.
After the 9/11 attacks, more women joined the agency as a new job, targeter, came to prominence. They showed that data analysis would be crucial to the post-9/11 national security landscape—an effort that culminated spectacularly in the CIA’s successful effort to track down bin Laden in his Pakistani compound.
Propelled by the same meticulous reporting and vivid storytelling that infused Code Girls, The Sisterhood offers a riveting new perspective on history, revealing how women at the CIA ushered in the modern intelligence age, and how their silencing made the world more dangerous
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
Tonight there will be lots to discuss about: The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA by Liza Mundy
Created in the aftermath of World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency relied on women even as it attempted to channel their talents and keep them down. Women sent cables, made dead drops, and maintained the agency’s secrets. Despite discrimination—even because of it—women who started as clerks, secretaries, or unpaid spouses rose to become some of the CIA’s shrewdest operatives.
They were unlikely spies—and that’s exactly what made them perfect for the role. Because women were seen as unimportant, pioneering female intelligence officers moved unnoticed around Bonn, Geneva, and Moscow, stealing secrets from under the noses of their KGB adversaries. Back at headquarters, women built the CIA’s critical archives—first by hand, then by computer. And they noticed things that the men at the top didn’t see. As the CIA faced an identity crisis after the Cold War, it was a close-knit network of female analysts who spotted the rising threat of al-Qaeda—though their warnings were repeatedly brushed aside.
After the 9/11 attacks, more women joined the agency as a new job, targeter, came to prominence. They showed that data analysis would be crucial to the post-9/11 national security landscape—an effort that culminated spectacularly in the CIA’s successful effort to track down bin Laden in his Pakistani compound.
Propelled by the same meticulous reporting and vivid storytelling that infused Code Girls, The Sisterhood offers a riveting new perspective on history, revealing how women at the CIA ushered in the modern intelligence age, and how their silencing made the world more dangerous
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Hello fellow adults! Do you enjoy playing board games? Then have we got a cool program for you! Monthly Board Game Nights for Adults!
Hello fellow adults! Do you enjoy playing board games? Then have we got a cool program for you! Monthly Board Game Nights for Adults!
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Join us Monday June 9th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
The Jasmine Throne by Tashi Suri (Fantasy, LGBTQ+)
The beginning a new trilogy set in a world inspired by the history and epics of India, in which a captive princess and a maidservant in possession of forbidden magic become unlikely allies on a dark journey to save their empire from the princess's traitor brother.
Imprisoned by her dictator brother, Malini spends her days in isolation in the Hirana: an ancient temple that was once the source of the powerful, magical deathless waters — but is now little more than a decaying ruin.
Priya is a maidservant, one among several who make the treacherous journey to the top of the Hirana every night to clean Malini’s chambers. She is happy to be an anonymous drudge, so long as it keeps anyone from guessing the dangerous secret she hides.
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
Join us Monday June 9th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
The Jasmine Throne by Tashi Suri (Fantasy, LGBTQ+)
The beginning a new trilogy set in a world inspired by the history and epics of India, in which a captive princess and a maidservant in possession of forbidden magic become unlikely allies on a dark journey to save their empire from the princess's traitor brother.
Imprisoned by her dictator brother, Malini spends her days in isolation in the Hirana: an ancient temple that was once the source of the powerful, magical deathless waters — but is now little more than a decaying ruin.
Priya is a maidservant, one among several who make the treacherous journey to the top of the Hirana every night to clean Malini’s chambers. She is happy to be an anonymous drudge, so long as it keeps anyone from guessing the dangerous secret she hides.
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
This month's selection is The Celebrants by Steven Rowley. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, June 11th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
A Big Chill for our times, celebrating decades-long friendships and promises—especially to ourselves—by the bestselling and beloved author of The Guncle.
It’s been a minute—or five years—since Jordan Vargas last saw his college friends, and twenty-eight years since their graduation when their adult lives officially began. Now Jordan, Jordy, Naomi, Craig, and Marielle find themselves at the brink of a new decade, with all the responsibilities of adulthood, yet no closer to having their lives figured out. Though not for a lack of trying. Over the years they’ve reunited in Big Sur to honor a decades-old pact to throw each other living “funerals,” celebrations to remind themselves that life is worth living—that their lives mean something, to one another if not to themselves. But this reunion is different. They’re not gathered as they were to bolster Marielle as her marriage crumbled, to lift Naomi after her parents died, or to intervene when Craig pleaded guilty to art fraud. This time, Jordan is sitting on a secret that will upend their pact.
A deeply honest tribute to the growing pains of selfhood and the people who keep us going, coupled with Steven Rowley’s signature humor and heart, The Celebrants is a moving tale about the false invincibility of youth and the beautiful ways in which friendship helps us celebrate our lives, even amid the deepest challenges of living.
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2023), Read With Jenna pick
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
This month's selection is The Celebrants by Steven Rowley. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, June 11th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
A Big Chill for our times, celebrating decades-long friendships and promises—especially to ourselves—by the bestselling and beloved author of The Guncle.
It’s been a minute—or five years—since Jordan Vargas last saw his college friends, and twenty-eight years since their graduation when their adult lives officially began. Now Jordan, Jordy, Naomi, Craig, and Marielle find themselves at the brink of a new decade, with all the responsibilities of adulthood, yet no closer to having their lives figured out. Though not for a lack of trying. Over the years they’ve reunited in Big Sur to honor a decades-old pact to throw each other living “funerals,” celebrations to remind themselves that life is worth living—that their lives mean something, to one another if not to themselves. But this reunion is different. They’re not gathered as they were to bolster Marielle as her marriage crumbled, to lift Naomi after her parents died, or to intervene when Craig pleaded guilty to art fraud. This time, Jordan is sitting on a secret that will upend their pact.
A deeply honest tribute to the growing pains of selfhood and the people who keep us going, coupled with Steven Rowley’s signature humor and heart, The Celebrants is a moving tale about the false invincibility of youth and the beautiful ways in which friendship helps us celebrate our lives, even amid the deepest challenges of living.
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2023), Read With Jenna pick
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
This is our last TAG Monthly Meeting of the school year! Join us in the Teen Room!
New and returning members welcome- meet new friends and get involved in your community!
Interested in future meetings or volunteer opportunities for grades 6-12? Email the Teen Librarian at the email below!
This is our last TAG Monthly Meeting of the school year! Join us in the Teen Room!
New and returning members welcome- meet new friends and get involved in your community!
Interested in future meetings or volunteer opportunities for grades 6-12? Email the Teen Librarian at the email below!
This month's discussion book is The Secret Life of Sunflowers by Marta Molnar.
When Hollywood auctioneer Emsley Wilson finds her famous grandmother's diary while cleaning out her New York brownstone, the pages are full of surprises. The first surprise is, the diary isn't her grandmother's. It belongs to Johanna Bonger, Vincent van Gogh's sister-in-law.
Johanna inherited Vincent van Gogh's paintings. They were all she had, and they weren't worth anything. She was a 28-year-old widow with a baby in the 1800s, without any means of supporting herself, living in Paris where she barely spoke the language. Yet she managed to introduce Vincent's legacy to the world.
The inspiration couldn't come at a better time for Emsley. With her business failing, an unexpected love turning up in her life, and family secrets unraveling, can she find answers in the past?
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters!
This month's discussion book is The Secret Life of Sunflowers by Marta Molnar.
When Hollywood auctioneer Emsley Wilson finds her famous grandmother's diary while cleaning out her New York brownstone, the pages are full of surprises. The first surprise is, the diary isn't her grandmother's. It belongs to Johanna Bonger, Vincent van Gogh's sister-in-law.
Johanna inherited Vincent van Gogh's paintings. They were all she had, and they weren't worth anything. She was a 28-year-old widow with a baby in the 1800s, without any means of supporting herself, living in Paris where she barely spoke the language. Yet she managed to introduce Vincent's legacy to the world.
The inspiration couldn't come at a better time for Emsley. With her business failing, an unexpected love turning up in her life, and family secrets unraveling, can she find answers in the past?
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters!
Are you interested in tracing your family's history? Are you working on your genealogy and want to meet up with others who are working on their family trees? Then join us at the Thayer Public Library's Genealogy Club. All are welcome from novice to expert. Come learn about the resources that the library has to offer. We can compare notes and stories as well as help each other with research.
Registration is requested, but not required. Register to be on the Genealogy Club email list to learn about genealogy webinars and special eents throughout the year.
Are you interested in tracing your family's history? Are you working on your genealogy and want to meet up with others who are working on their family trees? Then join us at the Thayer Public Library's Genealogy Club. All are welcome from novice to expert. Come learn about the resources that the library has to offer. We can compare notes and stories as well as help each other with research.
Registration is requested, but not required. Register to be on the Genealogy Club email list to learn about genealogy webinars and special eents throughout the year.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Library Closed Today.
Juneteenth!
Library Closed Today.
Juneteenth!
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Tonight's meeting starts at 6:45 due to the Library's change to Summer Hours.
David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence, when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper.
Based on extensive research in both American and British archives, 1776 is the story of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size, and color, farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, no-accounts, and mere boys turned soldiers. And it is the story of the British commander, William Howe, and his highly disciplined redcoats, who looked on their rebel foes with contempt and fought with a valor too little known. But it is the American commander-in-chief who stands foremost: Washington, who had never before led an army in battle.
The darkest hours of that tumultuous year were as dark as any Americans have known. Especially in our own tumultuous time, 1776 is powerful testimony to how much is owed to a rare few in that brave founding epoch, and what a miracle it was that things turned out as they did.
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
Tonight's meeting starts at 6:45 due to the Library's change to Summer Hours.
David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence, when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper.
Based on extensive research in both American and British archives, 1776 is the story of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size, and color, farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, no-accounts, and mere boys turned soldiers. And it is the story of the British commander, William Howe, and his highly disciplined redcoats, who looked on their rebel foes with contempt and fought with a valor too little known. But it is the American commander-in-chief who stands foremost: Washington, who had never before led an army in battle.
The darkest hours of that tumultuous year were as dark as any Americans have known. Especially in our own tumultuous time, 1776 is powerful testimony to how much is owed to a rare few in that brave founding epoch, and what a miracle it was that things turned out as they did.
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
Library Closed Today.
Happy Independence Day!
Library Closed Today.
Happy Independence Day!
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
This month's selection is Tom Lake by Anne Patchett. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, July 9th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.
Tom Lake is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents have led before their children were born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart. As in all of her novels, Ann Patchett combines compelling narrative artistry with piercing insights into family dynamics. The result is a rich and luminous story, told with profound intelligence and emotional subtlety, that demonstrates once again why she is one of the most revered and acclaimed literary talents working today.
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
This month's selection is Tom Lake by Anne Patchett. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, July 9th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.
Tom Lake is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents have led before their children were born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart. As in all of her novels, Ann Patchett combines compelling narrative artistry with piercing insights into family dynamics. The result is a rich and luminous story, told with profound intelligence and emotional subtlety, that demonstrates once again why she is one of the most revered and acclaimed literary talents working today.
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
We're starting 15 minutes earlier tonight because of the Library's summer hours.
This month's discussion book has not yet been chosen by the group.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters!
We're starting 15 minutes earlier tonight because of the Library's summer hours.
This month's discussion book has not yet been chosen by the group.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters!
Hold for Camp tour of library for Kiddosland, with Elisabeth. Elementary school age.
Hold for Camp tour of library for Kiddosland, with Elisabeth. Elementary school age.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
SFF Book Club meets an hour earlier for summer hours
Join us Monday July 21st @6:30-7:45pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (SciFi)
Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space—and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family in the far reaches of the universe—in this light-hearted debut space opera from a rising sci-fi star.
Life aboard the Wayfarer is chaotic and crazy—exactly what Rosemary wants. It’s also about to get extremely dangerous when the crew is offered the job of a lifetime. Tunneling wormholes through space to a distant planet is definitely lucrative and will keep them comfortable for years. But risking her life wasn’t part of the plan. In the far reaches of deep space, the tiny Wayfarer crew will confront a host of unexpected mishaps and thrilling adventures that force them to depend on each other. To survive, Rosemary’s got to learn how to rely on this assortment of oddballs—an experience that teaches her about love and trust, and that having a family isn’t necessarily the worst thing in the universe.
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
SFF Book Club meets an hour earlier for summer hours
Join us Monday July 21st @6:30-7:45pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (SciFi)
Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space—and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family in the far reaches of the universe—in this light-hearted debut space opera from a rising sci-fi star.
Life aboard the Wayfarer is chaotic and crazy—exactly what Rosemary wants. It’s also about to get extremely dangerous when the crew is offered the job of a lifetime. Tunneling wormholes through space to a distant planet is definitely lucrative and will keep them comfortable for years. But risking her life wasn’t part of the plan. In the far reaches of deep space, the tiny Wayfarer crew will confront a host of unexpected mishaps and thrilling adventures that force them to depend on each other. To survive, Rosemary’s got to learn how to rely on this assortment of oddballs—an experience that teaches her about love and trust, and that having a family isn’t necessarily the worst thing in the universe.
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
Tonight's meeting will start 30 minutes earlier due to the Library's summer hours.
Join us tonight for a discussion of Colin Whitehead's The Underground Railroad.
Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. An outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is on the cusp of womanhood—where greater pain awaits. And so when Caesar, a slave who has recently arrived from Virginia, urges her to join him on the Underground Railroad, she seizes the opportunity and escapes with him.
In Colson Whitehead's ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is no mere metaphor: engineers and conductors operate a secret network of actual tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil. Cora embarks on a harrowing flight from one state to the next, encountering, like Gulliver, strange yet familiar iterations of her own world at each stop.
As Whitehead brilliantly re-creates the terrors of the antebellum era, he weaves in the saga of our nation, from the brutal abduction of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day. The Underground Railroad is both the gripping tale of one woman's will to escape the horrors of bondage—and a powerful meditation on the history we all share.
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
Tonight's meeting will start 30 minutes earlier due to the Library's summer hours.
Join us tonight for a discussion of Colin Whitehead's The Underground Railroad.
Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. An outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is on the cusp of womanhood—where greater pain awaits. And so when Caesar, a slave who has recently arrived from Virginia, urges her to join him on the Underground Railroad, she seizes the opportunity and escapes with him.
In Colson Whitehead's ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is no mere metaphor: engineers and conductors operate a secret network of actual tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil. Cora embarks on a harrowing flight from one state to the next, encountering, like Gulliver, strange yet familiar iterations of her own world at each stop.
As Whitehead brilliantly re-creates the terrors of the antebellum era, he weaves in the saga of our nation, from the brutal abduction of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day. The Underground Railroad is both the gripping tale of one woman's will to escape the horrors of bondage—and a powerful meditation on the history we all share.
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Please Note: we are meeting earlier for July & August because the library is on summer hours
Please Note: we are meeting earlier for July & August because the library is on summer hours
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
This month's selection is The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, August 13th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the world’s most prolific art thief, Stéphane Breitwieser.
In this spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, the best-selling author of The Stranger in the Woods brings us into Breitwieser’s strange world—unlike most thieves, he never stole for money, keeping all his treasures in a single room where he could admire them.
For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Stéphane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly eight years—in museums and cathedrals all over Europe—Breitwieser, along with his girlfriend who worked as his lookout, stole more than three hundred objects, until it all fell apart in spectacular fashion.
Audie Award Nominee for Best Non-Fiction Narrator (2024), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2023)
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
This month's selection is The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, August 13th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the world’s most prolific art thief, Stéphane Breitwieser.
In this spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, the best-selling author of The Stranger in the Woods brings us into Breitwieser’s strange world—unlike most thieves, he never stole for money, keeping all his treasures in a single room where he could admire them.
For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Stéphane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly eight years—in museums and cathedrals all over Europe—Breitwieser, along with his girlfriend who worked as his lookout, stole more than three hundred objects, until it all fell apart in spectacular fashion.
Audie Award Nominee for Best Non-Fiction Narrator (2024), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2023)
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
We're starting 15 minutes earlier tonight because of the Library's summer hours.
This month's discussion book has not yet been chosen by the group.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn what's happering every month!
We're starting 15 minutes earlier tonight because of the Library's summer hours.
This month's discussion book has not yet been chosen by the group.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn what's happering every month!
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
SFF Book Club meets an hour earlier for summer hours
Join us Monday August 18th @6:30-7:45pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones (Horror/Fantasy, Native American)
You won’t find a more hardcore eighties-slasher-film fan than high school senior Jade Daniels. And you won’t find a place less supportive of girls who wear torn T-shirts and too much eyeliner than Proofrock, nestled eight thousand feet up a mountain in Idaho, alongside Indian Lake, home to both Camp Blood – site of a massacre fifty years ago – and, as of this summer, Terra Nova, a second-home celebrity Camelot being carved out of a national forest.
That’s not the only thing that’s getting carved up, though – this, Jade knows, is the start of a slasher. But what kind? Who’s wearing the mask? Jade’s got an encyclopedic recall of every horror movie on the shelf, but… will that help her survive? Can she get a final girl trained enough to stop all this from happening? Does she even want to?
Isn’t a slasher exactly what her hometown deserves?
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
SFF Book Club meets an hour earlier for summer hours
Join us Monday August 18th @6:30-7:45pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones (Horror/Fantasy, Native American)
You won’t find a more hardcore eighties-slasher-film fan than high school senior Jade Daniels. And you won’t find a place less supportive of girls who wear torn T-shirts and too much eyeliner than Proofrock, nestled eight thousand feet up a mountain in Idaho, alongside Indian Lake, home to both Camp Blood – site of a massacre fifty years ago – and, as of this summer, Terra Nova, a second-home celebrity Camelot being carved out of a national forest.
That’s not the only thing that’s getting carved up, though – this, Jade knows, is the start of a slasher. But what kind? Who’s wearing the mask? Jade’s got an encyclopedic recall of every horror movie on the shelf, but… will that help her survive? Can she get a final girl trained enough to stop all this from happening? Does she even want to?
Isn’t a slasher exactly what her hometown deserves?
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Tonight's meeting will start 30 minutes earlier due to the Library's summer hours.
Joins us for the discussion of My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante.
Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Elena Ferrante’s four-volume story spans almost sixty years, as its main characters, the fiery and unforgettable Lila and the bookish narrator, Elena, become women, wives, mothers, and leaders, all the while maintaining a complex and at times conflicted friendship. This first novel in the series follows Lila and Elena from their fateful meeting as ten-year-olds through their school years and adolescence.
Through the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighborhood, a city, and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between two women.
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
Tonight's meeting will start 30 minutes earlier due to the Library's summer hours.
Joins us for the discussion of My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante.
Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Elena Ferrante’s four-volume story spans almost sixty years, as its main characters, the fiery and unforgettable Lila and the bookish narrator, Elena, become women, wives, mothers, and leaders, all the while maintaining a complex and at times conflicted friendship. This first novel in the series follows Lila and Elena from their fateful meeting as ten-year-olds through their school years and adolescence.
Through the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighborhood, a city, and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between two women.
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
Library Closed Today.
Happy Labor Day!
Library Closed Today.
Happy Labor Day!
Please Note: we are meeting on Tuesday this month because of the holiday
Please Note: we are meeting on Tuesday this month because of the holiday
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
This month's selection is Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, September 10th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
“‘Let us descend,’ the poet now began, ‘and enter this blind world.’” — Inferno, Dante Alighieri
Let Us Descend is a reimagining of American slavery, as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching. Searching, harrowing, replete with transcendent love, the novel is a journey from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation.
Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader’s guide through this hellscape. As she struggles through the miles-long march, Annis turns inward, seeking comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother. Throughout, she opens herself to a world beyond this world, one teeming with of earth and water, of myth and history; spirits who nurture and give, and those who manipulate and take. While Ward leads readers through the descent, this, her fourth novel, is ultimately a story of rebirth and reclamation.
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
This month's selection is Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, September 10th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
“‘Let us descend,’ the poet now began, ‘and enter this blind world.’” — Inferno, Dante Alighieri
Let Us Descend is a reimagining of American slavery, as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching. Searching, harrowing, replete with transcendent love, the novel is a journey from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation.
Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader’s guide through this hellscape. As she struggles through the miles-long march, Annis turns inward, seeking comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother. Throughout, she opens herself to a world beyond this world, one teeming with of earth and water, of myth and history; spirits who nurture and give, and those who manipulate and take. While Ward leads readers through the descent, this, her fourth novel, is ultimately a story of rebirth and reclamation.
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
This month's discussion book has not yet been chosen by the group.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters!
This month's discussion book has not yet been chosen by the group.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters!
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Join us Monday September 15th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey (SciFi)
How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is about to end.
The Carryx—part empire, part hive—have waged wars of conquest for centuries, destroying or enslaving species across the galaxy. Now, they are facing a great and deathless enemy. The key to their survival may rest with the humans of Anjiin.
Caught up in academic intrigue and affairs of the heart, Dafyd Alkhor is pleased just to be an assistant to a brilliant scientist and his celebrated research team. Then the Carryx ships descend, decimating the human population and taking the best and brightest of Anjiin society away to serve on the Carryx homeworld, and Dafyd is swept along with them.
They are dropped in the middle of a struggle they barely understand, set in a competition against the other captive species with extinction as the price of failure. Only Dafyd and a handful of his companions see past the Darwinian contest to the deeper game that they must play to survive: learning to understand—and manipulate—the Carryx themselves.
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
Join us Monday September 15th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey (SciFi)
How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is about to end.
The Carryx—part empire, part hive—have waged wars of conquest for centuries, destroying or enslaving species across the galaxy. Now, they are facing a great and deathless enemy. The key to their survival may rest with the humans of Anjiin.
Caught up in academic intrigue and affairs of the heart, Dafyd Alkhor is pleased just to be an assistant to a brilliant scientist and his celebrated research team. Then the Carryx ships descend, decimating the human population and taking the best and brightest of Anjiin society away to serve on the Carryx homeworld, and Dafyd is swept along with them.
They are dropped in the middle of a struggle they barely understand, set in a competition against the other captive species with extinction as the price of failure. Only Dafyd and a handful of his companions see past the Darwinian contest to the deeper game that they must play to survive: learning to understand—and manipulate—the Carryx themselves.
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
The library will be closed on the third Wednesday of September for a staff development day.
The library will be closed on the third Wednesday of September for a staff development day.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Hello fellow adults! Do you enjoy playing board games? Then have we got a cool program for you! Monthly Board Game Nights for Adults!
Hello fellow adults! Do you enjoy playing board games? Then have we got a cool program for you! Monthly Board Game Nights for Adults!
This month's selection is The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, October 8th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
ASecrets. Lies. Murder. Let the festivities begin...
It’s the opening night of The Manor, and no expense, small or large, has been spared. The infinity pool sparkles; crystal pouches for guests’ healing have been placed in the Seaside Cottages and Woodland Hutches; the “Manor Mule” cocktail (grapefruit, ginger, vodka, and a dash of CBD oil) is being poured with a heavy hand. Everyone is wearing linen.
But under the burning midsummer sun, darkness stirs. Old friends and enemies circulate among the guests. Just outside the Manor’s immaculately kept grounds, an ancient forest bristles with secrets. And the Sunday morning of opening weekend, the local police are called. Something’s not right with the guests. There’s been a fire. A body’s been discovered.
THE FOUNDER * THE HUSBAND * THE MYSTERY GUEST * THE KITCHEN HELP
It all began with a secret, fifteen years ago. Now the past has crashed the party. And it’ll end in murder at… The Midnight Feast.
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
This month's selection is The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, October 8th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
ASecrets. Lies. Murder. Let the festivities begin...
It’s the opening night of The Manor, and no expense, small or large, has been spared. The infinity pool sparkles; crystal pouches for guests’ healing have been placed in the Seaside Cottages and Woodland Hutches; the “Manor Mule” cocktail (grapefruit, ginger, vodka, and a dash of CBD oil) is being poured with a heavy hand. Everyone is wearing linen.
But under the burning midsummer sun, darkness stirs. Old friends and enemies circulate among the guests. Just outside the Manor’s immaculately kept grounds, an ancient forest bristles with secrets. And the Sunday morning of opening weekend, the local police are called. Something’s not right with the guests. There’s been a fire. A body’s been discovered.
THE FOUNDER * THE HUSBAND * THE MYSTERY GUEST * THE KITCHEN HELP
It all began with a secret, fifteen years ago. Now the past has crashed the party. And it’ll end in murder at… The Midnight Feast.
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
This month's discussion book has not yet been chosen by the group.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters!
This month's discussion book has not yet been chosen by the group.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters!
Library Closed Today.
Library Closed Today.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Join us Monday October 20th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
The Spite House by Johnny Compton (Horror, Paranormal)
Eric Ross is on the run from a mysterious past with his two daughters in tow. Having left his wife, his house, his whole life behind in Maryland, he’s desperate for money–it’s not easy to find safe work when you can’t provide references, you can’t stay in one place for long, and you’re paranoid that your past is creeping back up on you.
When he comes across the strange ad for the Masson House in Degener, Texas, Eric thinks they may have finally caught a lucky break. The Masson property, notorious for being one of the most haunted places in Texas, needs a caretaker of sorts. The owner is looking for proof of paranormal activity. All they need to do is stay in the house and keep a detailed record of everything that happens there. Provided the house’s horrors don’t drive them all mad, like the caretakers before them.
OR
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Horror, Fantasy)
After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will find—her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí knows little about the region.
Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But she’s also tough and smart, with an indomitable will, and she is not afraid: Not of her cousin’s new husband, who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems to be fascinated by Noemí; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemí’s dreams with visions of blood and doom.
Her only ally in this inhospitable abode is the family’s youngest son. Shy and gentle, he seems to want to help Noemí, but might also be hiding dark knowledge of his family’s past. For there are many secrets behind the walls of High Place. The family’s once colossal wealth and faded mining empire kept them from prying eyes, but as Noemí digs deeper she unearths stories of violence and madness. And Noemí, mesmerized by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to ever leave this enigmatic house behind.
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
Join us Monday October 20th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
The Spite House by Johnny Compton (Horror, Paranormal)
Eric Ross is on the run from a mysterious past with his two daughters in tow. Having left his wife, his house, his whole life behind in Maryland, he’s desperate for money–it’s not easy to find safe work when you can’t provide references, you can’t stay in one place for long, and you’re paranoid that your past is creeping back up on you.
When he comes across the strange ad for the Masson House in Degener, Texas, Eric thinks they may have finally caught a lucky break. The Masson property, notorious for being one of the most haunted places in Texas, needs a caretaker of sorts. The owner is looking for proof of paranormal activity. All they need to do is stay in the house and keep a detailed record of everything that happens there. Provided the house’s horrors don’t drive them all mad, like the caretakers before them.
OR
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Horror, Fantasy)
After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will find—her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí knows little about the region.
Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But she’s also tough and smart, with an indomitable will, and she is not afraid: Not of her cousin’s new husband, who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems to be fascinated by Noemí; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemí’s dreams with visions of blood and doom.
Her only ally in this inhospitable abode is the family’s youngest son. Shy and gentle, he seems to want to help Noemí, but might also be hiding dark knowledge of his family’s past. For there are many secrets behind the walls of High Place. The family’s once colossal wealth and faded mining empire kept them from prying eyes, but as Noemí digs deeper she unearths stories of violence and madness. And Noemí, mesmerized by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to ever leave this enigmatic house behind.
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Hello fellow adults! Do you enjoy playing board games? Then have we got a cool program for you! Monthly Board Game Nights for Adults!
Hello fellow adults! Do you enjoy playing board games? Then have we got a cool program for you! Monthly Board Game Nights for Adults!
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Library Closed Today.
Library Closed Today.
This month's selection is The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, November 12th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
A woman risks everything to end her family’s centuries-old curse, solve her mother’s disappearance, and find love in this mesmerizing novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Spells for Forgetting.
In the small mountain town of Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow is waiting for fate to find her. The Farrow women are known for their thriving flower farm—and the mysterious curse that has plagued their family line. The whole town remembers the madness that led to Susanna Farrow’s disappearance, leaving June to be raised by her grandmother and haunted by rumors.
It’s been a year since June started seeing and hearing things that weren’t there. Faint wind chimes, a voice calling her name, and a mysterious door appearing out of nowhere—the signs of what June always knew was coming. But June is determined to end the curse once and for all, even if she must sacrifice finding love and having a family of her own.
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
This month's selection is The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, November 12th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
A woman risks everything to end her family’s centuries-old curse, solve her mother’s disappearance, and find love in this mesmerizing novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Spells for Forgetting.
In the small mountain town of Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow is waiting for fate to find her. The Farrow women are known for their thriving flower farm—and the mysterious curse that has plagued their family line. The whole town remembers the madness that led to Susanna Farrow’s disappearance, leaving June to be raised by her grandmother and haunted by rumors.
It’s been a year since June started seeing and hearing things that weren’t there. Faint wind chimes, a voice calling her name, and a mysterious door appearing out of nowhere—the signs of what June always knew was coming. But June is determined to end the curse once and for all, even if she must sacrifice finding love and having a family of her own.
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Join us Monday November 17th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence (Fantasy)
A boy has lived his whole life trapped within a vast library, older than empires and larger than cities.
A girl has spent hers in a tiny settlement out on the Dust where nightmares stalk and no one goes.
The world has never even noticed them. That's about to change.
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
Join us Monday November 17th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence (Fantasy)
A boy has lived his whole life trapped within a vast library, older than empires and larger than cities.
A girl has spent hers in a tiny settlement out on the Dust where nightmares stalk and no one goes.
The world has never even noticed them. That's about to change.
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Library Closed Today.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Library Closed Today.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Library Closed Today.
Thanksgiving Break
Library Closed Today.
Thanksgiving Break
Library Closed Today.
Thanksgiving Break
Library Closed Today.
Thanksgiving Break
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Hello fellow adults! Do you enjoy playing board games? Then have we got a cool program for you! Monthly Board Game Nights for Adults!
Hello fellow adults! Do you enjoy playing board games? Then have we got a cool program for you! Monthly Board Game Nights for Adults!
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library and is intended foar an adult audience.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
This movie series is presented by the generous funding of the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
This month's selection is Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, April 10th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
A memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.
Michelle Zauner tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother’s particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother’s tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food.
As she grew up, moving to the East Coast for college, finding work in the restaurant industry, and performing gigs with her fledgling band—and meeting the man who would become her husband—her Koreanness began to feel ever more distant, even as she found the life she wanted to live. It was her mother’s diagnosis of terminal cancer, when Michelle was twenty-five, that forced a reckoning with her identity and brought her to reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history her mother had given her.
NAIBA Book of the Year for Nonfiction, Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir & Autobiography, Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Award Nominee, New York Times Best-Selling memoir
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
This month's selection is Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, April 10th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
A memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.
Michelle Zauner tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother’s particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother’s tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food.
As she grew up, moving to the East Coast for college, finding work in the restaurant industry, and performing gigs with her fledgling band—and meeting the man who would become her husband—her Koreanness began to feel ever more distant, even as she found the life she wanted to live. It was her mother’s diagnosis of terminal cancer, when Michelle was twenty-five, that forced a reckoning with her identity and brought her to reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history her mother had given her.
NAIBA Book of the Year for Nonfiction, Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir & Autobiography, Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Award Nominee, New York Times Best-Selling memoir
Copies of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.
This month's discussion book has not yet been chosen by the group.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters!
This month's discussion book has not yet been chosen by the group.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters!
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Join us Monday December 15th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis (Science Fiction)
Truth is a human right.
It’s fall 2007. A well-timed leak has revealed that the US government might have engaged in first contact. Cora Sabino is doing everything she can to avoid the whole mess, since the force driving the controversy is her whistleblower father. Even though Cora hasn’t spoken to him in years, his celebrity has caught the attention of the press, the Internet, the paparazzi, and the government—and with him in hiding, that attention is on her. She neither knows nor cares whether her father’s leaks are a hoax, and wants nothing to do with him—until she learns just how deeply entrenched her family is in the cover-up, and that an extraterrestrial presence has been on Earth for decades.
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
Join us Monday December 15th @7:00-8:00pm in the Reading Room for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Visitors and new members are always welcome! Registration is not required, but an email stating that you plan to attend is appreciated.
Our next book is...
Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis (Science Fiction)
Truth is a human right.
It’s fall 2007. A well-timed leak has revealed that the US government might have engaged in first contact. Cora Sabino is doing everything she can to avoid the whole mess, since the force driving the controversy is her whistleblower father. Even though Cora hasn’t spoken to him in years, his celebrity has caught the attention of the press, the Internet, the paparazzi, and the government—and with him in hiding, that attention is on her. She neither knows nor cares whether her father’s leaks are a hoax, and wants nothing to do with him—until she learns just how deeply entrenched her family is in the cover-up, and that an extraterrestrial presence has been on Earth for decades.
Copies of the regular print edition will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting. Ebook and audiobook can be found on the Libby app. Plan ahead - don't forget you can place & suspend your holds!
All readers are always welcome! Questions or having trouble borrowing a copy of the book? Email Christina!
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
Book club books are available at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level about a month before the meeting and are due back on the evening of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters to learn everything new each month!
Library Closed Today.
Merry Christmas!
Library Closed Today.
Merry Christmas!
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
All Players are welcome!
The teaching sessions have ended. But if you would like to learn to play, please email me and I can help get you started.
