Mobile Build a Better World traveling librarian! We know that summer schedules don’t always mesh with library hours and summer parking opportunities, so if you are driving by the Chatham Elementary School on Wednesday mornings this summer, the Youth Services staff will offer a mobile Build a Better World check-in! A YS staff member will be at CES on Wednesdays from June 28th to August 30th from 8:00 to 10:00 am for summer reading registrations and check-ins only. Please note that we will not be able to conduct other library business at CES, and visiting the EPL should always be a part of your weekly summer routine… there are so many CSLP activities, events and resources just waiting for you and your family at the library! We hope this convenient stop will increase summer reading participation and underscore how important it is to avoid that “summer slide,” a tendency for students to lose reading achievement gains made over the previous school year.

Itsy Bitsy Yoga Tyke for Children 24 Mos to 4 Yrs - Enjoy practicing Yoga, discovering movement, and singing IBY rhymes in a child-friendly, relaxed environment. Join certified IBY facilitator Caroline McCutcheon for this unique bonding opportunity.  Registration is required for this six-week program. The Library is closed during IBY; registrants must enter the building at the side, rear door.

Itsy Bitsy Yoga Tot for Crawlers to 24 Mos - Enjoy practicing Yoga, discovering movement, and singing IBY rhymes in a child-friendly, relaxed environment. Join certified IBY facilitator Caroline McCutcheon for this unique bonding opportunity.  Registration is required for this six-week program. The Library is closed during IBY; registrants must enter the building at the side, rear door.

Itsy Bitsy Yoga Tyke for Newborns to Pre-Crawling Infants - Enjoy practicing Yoga, discovering movement, and singing IBY rhymes in a child-friendly, relaxed environment. Join certified IBY facilitator Caroline McCutcheon for this unique bonding opportunity.  Registration is required for this six-week program. The Library is closed during IBY; registrants must enter the building at the side, rear door.

The Eldredge Public Library will host an English Language and Conversation Class.  This is an opportunity for people to practice and improve their English.  This ESL conversation class is free and open to the public.  Please contact
Amy Andreasson at 508-945-5170 to register for the class or if you have any questions.  This class will run throughout the summer.

The Summer Fiction Writers Group will meet Thursdays, July 6 through September 14, 2017 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM . The purpose of this group is to help writers improve their fiction writing through respectful and unconstrained critiques from fellow writers. This group is limited to 8 members. Please contact Joe DeRosa (508-945-9107) for more information or to sign up for the group.

Samaritan Safe Place - A support group that honors and respects the needs of those who have lost someone to suicide.  No matter where you are in your grieving process, you are welcome.  It's time to begin healing your heart.  Call 508-548-7999 or ccsamaritans@verizon.net for details.  Sponsored by The Samaritians of Cape Cod and the Islands.  The New Chatham Safe Place Group will meet the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at the Eldredge Public Library.

Wee Read Storytime/Playgroup for Children 18 Mos. to 3 Yrs. with an Adult Companion - This early literacy program includes developmentally appropriate stories, songs, fingerplays, craft and play activities. Registration is required. This is not a drop-in format; by registering your child, you are committing to regular attendance for July and August. (Siblings may accompany the Wee Reader with YS staff approval. Please speak with Tammy.) Summer visitors who cannot commit to the full session are encouraged to speak with a YS staff member to see if there is a “visitor” slot available. The Library is closed at the start of Wee Read; registrants must enter the building at the side, rear door.

Everyone can write about their own experiences, but do you need tips to make them interesting? Is so, call Mal Ward at 508-945-4284

Drop-in Storytime for Children 3 to 5 Yrs.- Join us for a morning of stories, songs, and theme-related activities. This program targets the younger child; however, older siblings and children are always welcome. No registration is required. Note: Our door for storytime will close promptly at 10:30. If the door is closed, please do not enter the room until the craft portion of the program, as latecomers are a distraction.

Fairy House Workshop for Students in Grades K to 4 - Combine a little imagination with a lot of natural materials to create fairy houses with artist Cheryl Carlson- Perrow. Children in grades K to 2 must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is required.

Join us for a local history presentation by John Whelan : "Chatham at the Time of the Great War." He will focus on what Chatham was like during WWI and on the mood of the USA upon entering the war. He will include the Chatham Naval Air Station in Chathamport and the U-boat attack in Orleans in 1918. John will feature some of the popular music of the day and in particular, music about the war effort.

Mobile Build a Better World traveling librarian! We know that summer schedules don’t always mesh with library hours and summer parking opportunities, so if you are driving by the Chatham Elementary School on Wednesday mornings this summer, the Youth Services staff will offer a mobile Build a Better World check-in! A YS staff member will be at CES on Wednesdays from June 28th to August 30th from 8:00 to 10:00 am for summer reading registrations and check-ins only. Please note that we will not be able to conduct other library business at CES, and visiting the EPL should always be a part of your weekly summer routine… there are so many CSLP activities, events and resources just waiting for you and your family at the library! We hope this convenient stop will increase summer reading participation and underscore how important it is to avoid that “summer slide,” a tendency for students to lose reading achievement gains made over the previous school year.

There has been a long tumultuous relationship between the United States and Cuban governments. Two and one half years ago President Obama started significant changes to that relationship. In June 2017, in Little Havana, Miami, President Trump announced "reversals" to that policy. But what did he really announce and what are the ramifications? Cuba expert and former White House consultant Professor Ted Henken will address these issues, discuss the unprecedented social and economic changes, and the challenges faced by the Cuban people.

The Eldredge Public Library will host an English Language and Conversation Class.  This is an opportunity for people to practice and improve their English.  This ESL conversation class is free and open to the public.  Please contact
Amy Andreasson at 508-945-5170 to register for the class or if you have any questions.  This class will run throughout the summer.

The Summer Fiction Writers Group will meet Thursdays, July 6 through September 14, 2017 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM . The purpose of this group is to help writers improve their fiction writing through respectful and unconstrained critiques from fellow writers. This group is limited to 8 members. Please contact Joe DeRosa (508-945-9107) for more information or to sign up for the group.

Everyone can write about their own experiences, but do you need tips to make them interesting? Is so, call Mal Ward at 508-945-4284

Drop-in Storytime for Children 3 to 5 Yrs.- Join us for a morning of stories, songs, and theme-related activities. This program targets the younger child; however, older siblings and children are always welcome. No registration is required. Note: Our door for storytime will close promptly at 10:30. If the door is closed, please do not enter the room until the craft portion of the program, as latecomers are a distraction.

Friends of the Eldredge Public Library will hold their annual Books In Bloom cocktail party and reception on Sunday, August 27th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Come and enjoy the floral displays of 12 local designers who were asked to use as a theme their favorite novel, biography or poem. There are no rules - big, little, tall or short, one color, multi color - the sky will be their limit. Doors to the library will open at 5:00 for viewing and refreshments (hors d’oeuvres and cash bar.) Passport to Savings giveaways will be announced at 7:00 pm. Your $10 ticket is available now at the Library’s main desk or at the door on the 27th. This event is part of the fund raising events planned by the Friends of the Eldredge Public Library to help bring you the different offerings that make our library so special.

Mark Schneider will be here to talk about his latest book, Gerry Studds: America's First Openly Gay Congressman, which will be release in July.  Gerry Studds fought in Congress to allow gays to serve in the military, to fund AIDS research and care, and for marriage equality. He was a champion of coastal and ocean environmental measures, and worked effectively to protect the interests of American fishermen - including those in Chatham. He was among the most vocal opponents of President Reagan's wars in Central America. Perhaps most importantly, he left a vivid unpublished memoir of his life, both public and private, as a closeted gay man. Mark Schneider is a retired Professor of US History and the author of "Joe Moakley's Journey: from South Boston to El Salvador.

Mobile Build a Better World traveling librarian! We know that summer schedules don’t always mesh with library hours and summer parking opportunities, so if you are driving by the Chatham Elementary School on Wednesday mornings this summer, the Youth Services staff will offer a mobile Build a Better World check-in! A YS staff member will be at CES on Wednesdays from June 28th to August 30th from 8:00 to 10:00 am for summer reading registrations and check-ins only. Please note that we will not be able to conduct other library business at CES, and visiting the EPL should always be a part of your weekly summer routine… there are so many CSLP activities, events and resources just waiting for you and your family at the library! We hope this convenient stop will increase summer reading participation and underscore how important it is to avoid that “summer slide,” a tendency for students to lose reading achievement gains made over the previous school year.

The Eldredge Public Library will host an English Language and Conversation Class.  This is an opportunity for people to practice and improve their English.  This ESL conversation class is free and open to the public.  Please contact
Amy Andreasson at 508-945-5170 to register for the class or if you have any questions.  This class will run throughout the summer.

The Summer Fiction Writers Group will meet Thursdays, July 6 through September 14, 2017 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM . The purpose of this group is to help writers improve their fiction writing through respectful and unconstrained critiques from fellow writers. This group is limited to 8 members. Please contact Joe DeRosa (508-945-9107) for more information or to sign up for the group.

Everyone can write about their own experiences, but do you need tips to make them interesting? Is so, call Mal Ward at 508-945-4284

Attention all cookbook lovers! We invite you to join Reading in the Kitchen: A Cookbook Group at the Eldredge Public Library. We will meet the 1st Tuesday of each month to taste recipes and discuss cookbooks! Each month we will choose a cookbook. You let us know which recipe you will cook to share with the other members, and then we all meet to taste the recipes and talk about the cookbook and your cooking experience! A great way to meet fellow foodies and expand your cooking experience.

Cookbook selection to be announced soon. Copies will be available at the library approximately one month in advance. To sign up, please contact Lorna Dzialo at ldzialo@clamsnet.org or by calling the Front Desk 508-945-5170. Registration is required, this group cannot accommodate drop-ins.

Reference Librarian Amy Andreasson will present instructions for downloading free library ebooks to your Kindle Reader and tips for searching the Clams digital library site. Bring your questions regarding your Kindle, or call Amy (508-945-5170) if you need additional or extended help. Registration is required. Register online or call the library at 508-945-5170.  This class is not for Kindle Fire Users.  Please call Amy to set up a Kindle Fire instruction.

Reference Librarian Amy Andreasson will present instructions for downloading free library ebooks to your iPad and tips for searching the Clams digital library site. Bring your questions regarding your iPad, or call Amy (508-945-5170) if you need additional or extended help. Registration is required. Register online or call the library at 508-945-5170.

Join bestselling author Anne D. LeClaire as she shares with us her newly published book The Halo Effect. In this tour de force, a father, shaken by tragedy, tries to avenge his daughter’s murder—and restore his family’s shattered life. Anne has written eight novels, including Entering Normal, The Lavender Hour, and Leaving Eden, as well as her critically acclaimed memoir, Listening Below the Noise: The Transformative Power of Silence. Known for her exquisite and lyrical writing, the former op-ed columnist has been published in Redbook, the Boston Globe, Yoga Journal, and the New York Times.

The Eldredge Public Library will host an English Language and Conversation Class.  This is an opportunity for people to practice and improve their English.  This ESL conversation class is free and open to the public.  Please contact
Amy Andreasson at 508-945-5170 to register for the class or if you have any questions.  This class will run throughout the summer.

The Summer Fiction Writers Group will meet Thursdays, July 6 through September 14, 2017 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM . The purpose of this group is to help writers improve their fiction writing through respectful and unconstrained critiques from fellow writers. This group is limited to 8 members. Please contact Joe DeRosa (508-945-9107) for more information or to sign up for the group.

Samaritan Safe Place - A support group that honors and respects the needs of those who have lost someone to suicide.  No matter where you are in your grieving process, you are welcome.  It's time to begin healing your heart.  Call 508-548-7999 or ccsamaritans@verizon.net for details.  Sponsored by The Samaritians of Cape Cod and the Islands.  The New Chatham Safe Place Group will meet the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at the Eldredge Public Library.

Everyone can write about their own experiences, but do you need tips to make them interesting? Is so, call Mal Ward at 508-945-4284

The members meet to explore different writing genres. Share your work with the group, and receive guidance and feedback. Each year they publish an anthology of their work.

Chatham Great Books Discussion Group is for those who want to talk about outstanding writings in history, literarure, philosophy, politics, science, theology and other disciplines.  The group will use the "shared inquiry" approach to book discussion.  For more information please contact facilitator Rick Pike at 508-221-3240 or rickpikecapecod@yahoo.com.

Have you ever wandered through the woods and wondered who'd been there before?  New England's woods and wild places are full of stories: cannibalism in Vermont, Thoreau's cold and lonely night on Massachusetts' Mt. Greylock, an Eskimo in New Hampshire.  Based on the book Inns and Adventures by Alison O'Leary and Michael J. Tougias, Hidden Gems of New England takes audiences on virtual trips over mountains and through back roads of Vermont, New Hampshire and Western Massachusetts.  It's great inspiration for trip planning!  Find out about secluded swimming holes, old-growth forests, sites of hostage takings and cannibalism, adventure tourism, stunning vistas, our changing environment, and cozy inns.  The slide presentation is suitable for all ages.  Alison O'Leary is an award-winning travel writer and journalist and co-author with Michael Tougias on their latest collaboration So Close to Home: The True Story of an American Family's Fight for Survival During World War II. 

The Eldredge Public Library will host an English Language and Conversation Class.  This is an opportunity for people to practice and improve their English.  This ESL conversation class is free and open to the public.  Please contact
Amy Andreasson at 508-945-5170 to register for the class or if you have any questions.  This class will run throughout the summer.

The Summer Fiction Writers Group will meet Thursdays, July 6 through September 14, 2017 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM . The purpose of this group is to help writers improve their fiction writing through respectful and unconstrained critiques from fellow writers. This group is limited to 8 members. Please contact Joe DeRosa (508-945-9107) for more information or to sign up for the group.

Everyone can write about their own experiences, but do you need tips to make them interesting? Is so, call Mal Ward at 508-945-4284

The members meet to explore different writing genres. Share your work with the group, and receive guidance and feedback. Each year they publish an anthology of their work.

The Eldredge Public Library will host an English Language and Conversation Class.  This is an opportunity for people to practice and improve their English.  This ESL conversation class is free and open to the public.  Please contact
Amy Andreasson at 508-945-5170 to register for the class or if you have any questions.  This class will run throughout the summer.

Samaritan Safe Place - A support group that honors and respects the needs of those who have lost someone to suicide.  No matter where you are in your grieving process, you are welcome.  It's time to begin healing your heart.  Call 508-548-7999 or ccsamaritans@verizon.net for details.  Sponsored by The Samaritians of Cape Cod and the Islands.  The New Chatham Safe Place Group will meet the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at the Eldredge Public Library.

Everyone can write about their own experiences, but do you need tips to make them interesting? Is so, call Mal Ward at 508-945-4284

The members meet to explore different writing genres. Share your work with the group, and receive guidance and feedback. Each year they publish an anthology of their work.

Everyone can write about their own experiences, but do you need tips to make them interesting? Is so, call Mal Ward at 508-945-4284

The members meet to explore different writing genres. Share your work with the group, and receive guidance and feedback. Each year they publish an anthology of their work.

Attention all cookbook lovers! We invite you to join Reading in the Kitchen: A Cookbook Group at the Eldredge Public Library. We will meet the 1st Tuesday of each month to taste recipes and discuss cookbooks! Each month we will choose a cookbook. You let us know which recipe you will cook to share with the other members, and then we all meet to taste the recipes and talk about the cookbook and your cooking experience! A great way to meet fellow foodies and expand your cooking experience.

Cookbook selection to be announced soon. Copies will be available at the library approximately one month in advance. To sign up, please contact Lorna Dzialo at ldzialo@clamsnet.org or by calling the Front Desk 508-945-5170. Registration is required, this group cannot accommodate drop-ins.

Samaritan Safe Place - A support group that honors and respects the needs of those who have lost someone to suicide.  No matter where you are in your grieving process, you are welcome.  It's time to begin healing your heart.  Call 508-548-7999 or ccsamaritans@verizon.net for details.  Sponsored by The Samaritians of Cape Cod and the Islands.  The New Chatham Safe Place Group will meet the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at the Eldredge Public Library.

Everyone can write about their own experiences, but do you need tips to make them interesting? Is so, call Mal Ward at 508-945-4284

We has so much fun with Christopher Daley at our Lizzie Borden program, that we've asked him back to present the Haunted History of New England. The presentation melds historical fact together with legend and myth to produce an interesting and fascinating new look at events that really happened and the stories of haunting that followed them. The topics addressed in the lecture will be Mercy Brown "The Vampire" of Exeter Rhode Island, the cursed Freetown State Forest in Massachusetts, The horrors of the Lizzie Borden House in Fall River Massachusetts, Nine Men's Misery in Cumberland Rhode Island, a haunted forest in the wilds of Connecticut, the ghostly happenings at Mount Washington Hotel in New Hampshire, and evidence of ghosts at the John Alden House in Duxbury Massachusetts. Christopher Daley is currently a history teacher in the Silver Lake Regional School System in Kingston and has been lecturing on topics of historical interest for over 25 years. He has lectured all over New England at libraries, schools, historical societies and all sorts of clubs and organizations.

Everyone can write about their own experiences, but do you need tips to make them interesting? Is so, call Mal Ward at 508-945-4284

The members meet to explore different writing genres. Share your work with the group, and receive guidance and feedback. Each year they publish an anthology of their work.

Chatham Great Books Discussion Group is for those who want to talk about outstanding writings in history, literarure, philosophy, politics, science, theology and other disciplines.  The group will use the "shared inquiry" approach to book discussion.  For more information please contact facilitator Rick Pike at 508-221-3240 or rickpikecapecod@yahoo.com.

Samaritan Safe Place - A support group that honors and respects the needs of those who have lost someone to suicide.  No matter where you are in your grieving process, you are welcome.  It's time to begin healing your heart.  Call 508-548-7999 or ccsamaritans@verizon.net for details.  Sponsored by The Samaritians of Cape Cod and the Islands.  The New Chatham Safe Place Group will meet the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at the Eldredge Public Library.

Everyone can write about their own experiences, but do you need tips to make them interesting? Is so, call Mal Ward at 508-945-4284

The members meet to explore different writing genres. Share your work with the group, and receive guidance and feedback. Each year they publish an anthology of their work.

Everyone can write about their own experiences, but do you need tips to make them interesting? Is so, call Mal Ward at 508-945-4284

The members meet to explore different writing genres. Share your work with the group, and receive guidance and feedback. Each year they publish an anthology of their work.

Samaritan Safe Place - A support group that honors and respects the needs of those who have lost someone to suicide.  No matter where you are in your grieving process, you are welcome.  It's time to begin healing your heart.  Call 508-548-7999 or ccsamaritans@verizon.net for details.  Sponsored by The Samaritians of Cape Cod and the Islands.  The New Chatham Safe Place Group will meet the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at the Eldredge Public Library.

Everyone can write about their own experiences, but do you need tips to make them interesting? Is so, call Mal Ward at 508-945-4284

The members meet to explore different writing genres. Share your work with the group, and receive guidance and feedback. Each year they publish an anthology of their work.

Attention all cookbook lovers! We invite you to join Reading in the Kitchen: A Cookbook Group at the Eldredge Public Library. We will meet the 1st Tuesday of each month to taste recipes and discuss cookbooks! Each month we will choose a cookbook. You let us know which recipe you will cook to share with the other members, and then we all meet to taste the recipes and talk about the cookbook and your cooking experience! A great way to meet fellow foodies and expand your cooking experience.

Cookbook selection to be announced soon. Copies will be available at the library approximately one month in advance. To sign up, please contact Lorna Dzialo at ldzialo@clamsnet.org or by calling the Front Desk 508-945-5170. Registration is required, this group cannot accommodate drop-ins.

Everyone can write about their own experiences, but do you need tips to make them interesting? Is so, call Mal Ward at 508-945-4284

The members meet to explore different writing genres. Share your work with the group, and receive guidance and feedback. Each year they publish an anthology of their work.

Samaritan Safe Place - A support group that honors and respects the needs of those who have lost someone to suicide.  No matter where you are in your grieving process, you are welcome.  It's time to begin healing your heart.  Call 508-548-7999 or ccsamaritans@verizon.net for details.  Sponsored by The Samaritians of Cape Cod and the Islands.  The New Chatham Safe Place Group will meet the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at the Eldredge Public Library.

Everyone can write about their own experiences, but do you need tips to make them interesting? Is so, call Mal Ward at 508-945-4284

The members meet to explore different writing genres. Share your work with the group, and receive guidance and feedback. Each year they publish an anthology of their work.

The members meet to explore different writing genres. Share your work with the group, and receive guidance and feedback. Each year they publish an anthology of their work.

Everyone can write about their own experiences, but do you need tips to make them interesting? Is so, call Mal Ward at 508-945-4284

The members meet to explore different writing genres. Share your work with the group, and receive guidance and feedback. Each year they publish an anthology of their work.

Attention all cookbook lovers! We invite you to join Reading in the Kitchen: A Cookbook Group at the Eldredge Public Library. We will meet the 1st Tuesday of each month to taste recipes and discuss cookbooks! Each month we will choose a cookbook. You let us know which recipe you will cook to share with the other members, and then we all meet to taste the recipes and talk about the cookbook and your cooking experience! A great way to meet fellow foodies and expand your cooking experience.

Cookbook selection to be announced soon. Copies will be available at the library approximately one month in advance. To sign up, please contact Lorna Dzialo at ldzialo@clamsnet.org or by calling the Front Desk 508-945-5170. Registration is required, this group cannot accommodate drop-ins.

Samaritan Safe Place - A support group that honors and respects the needs of those who have lost someone to suicide.  No matter where you are in your grieving process, you are welcome.  It's time to begin healing your heart.  Call 508-548-7999 or ccsamaritans@verizon.net for details.  Sponsored by The Samaritians of Cape Cod and the Islands.  The New Chatham Safe Place Group will meet the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at the Eldredge Public Library.

Everyone can write about their own experiences, but do you need tips to make them interesting? Is so, call Mal Ward at 508-945-4284

The members meet to explore different writing genres. Share your work with the group, and receive guidance and feedback. Each year they publish an anthology of their work.

Everyone can write about their own experiences, but do you need tips to make them interesting? Is so, call Mal Ward at 508-945-4284

The members meet to explore different writing genres. Share your work with the group, and receive guidance and feedback. Each year they publish an anthology of their work.

Samaritan Safe Place - A support group that honors and respects the needs of those who have lost someone to suicide.  No matter where you are in your grieving process, you are welcome.  It's time to begin healing your heart.  Call 508-548-7999 or ccsamaritans@verizon.net for details.  Sponsored by The Samaritians of Cape Cod and the Islands.  The New Chatham Safe Place Group will meet the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at the Eldredge Public Library.

Everyone can write about their own experiences, but do you need tips to make them interesting? Is so, call Mal Ward at 508-945-4284

Everyone can write about their own experiences, but do you need tips to make them interesting? Is so, call Mal Ward at 508-945-4284