A virtual event in partnership with Mass Audubon and Communities Responding to Extreme Weather (CREW).

It's here! “The Chewy Decimal Library Cooking Show”

Ready to cook something fun, simple and delicious? The Chewy Decimal Cooking Show, brought to you by The Friends of the Eastham Library, features Eastham’s own Elaine Lipton preparing some of her favorite international meals.  In this lesson, Elaine prepares two dishes from India: Shrimp Curry and Gajar-Ka-Halva (a delicious, nutritious carrot dessert)

The first episode of Chewy Decimal will be aired on Your Tube and Local Cable Channels 11 and 18, Saturday, April 17 at 1:00.

Then at 1:45, join us for a live Zoom chat with Elaine.  Please pre-register.   Be ready with your questions & comments!

     Happy spring! As a warm-up to the development of our "Pondside Patio" for families (complete with pollination stations) come by the library to grab a make-your-own butterfly kit! While supplies last. Sponsored by the Friends of the Eastham Library.

     Let's learn about pollinators today at our virtual story time on Instagram. 

     Let's have some fun with Legos and friends in a timed virtual Lego building event! We will build our own version of the same item for a 5 minute time-span, and share our work. Next, we will make another item for a 4 minute time-span, then share what we made. Then, we will make another item for 3 minutes, the next one for 2 minutes, and finally, make the last one for 1 minute. A few rules apply - 1.) no mini-figures allowed 2.) no platforms allowed, 3.) no pieces already put together. Just have a mound of Legos on hand, include a space to build and you are ready for the challenge! Register at easthamlibrary.org and a Zoom link will be sent to you. Please let us know if you would like us to supply a starter kit of 50 basic Lego blocks by e-mailing fmcloughlin@clamsnet.org.

Blood Drive - By appointment only

Call 508-86BLOOD (508-862-5663 to schedule your appointment )

For more informaiton Nicholas G. Xiarhos Blood Donor Center - Cape Cod Healthcarewww.capecodhealth.org › ways-to-give › blood-center

Learn Ways to Become a Better Recycler       REGISTER HERE  Pre-registration is required. 

Are you confused about goes in your trash bin and what goes in your recycling bin in Eastham? You’re not alone! Join Keep Massachusetts Beautiful’s Talking Trash & Recycling program on Thursday, May 6 at 7 pm via Zoom to learn what really happens to trash and recyclables here in Massachusetts. 

You will learn ways to reduce the amount of trash you generate, improve your recycling habits, and make small changes to lead a more sustainable lifestyle. You’ll also get an overview of MassDEP’s innovative RecycleSmartMA education program.

This interactive program is delivered in 45-50 minutes, with 15-30 additional minutes for questions and answers at the end. 

REGISTER HERE  Pre-registration is required. 

Join Ehris Urban and Velya Jancz-Urban of Grounded Goodwife for an uplifting look at the history of the bra in America!

Eastham and Truro Public Libraries offer an uplifting virtual presentation of the history of the brassiere in America. Presented by the charming mother-daughter duo, Ehris Urban and Velya Jancz-Urban, their presentation will trace the path of the bra in American herstory, from corsets (which lifted breasts to artificial heights by pushing from below instead of lifting from above) to the 1913 invention of the first modern bra by socialite Mary Phelps Jacob (using two pocket handkerchiefs and some pink ribbon), to the bullet bra of the 40s, to modern-day pillow cup push-up plunge bras. This presentation illustrates how women’s bodies have been cinched, flattened down, and lifted up over the last century. According to Ehris and Velya, “You can discover a lot about women in history by how much cleavage was showing, and the era’s ideal breast shape.” It’s sure to be a good time, so please save the date and the zoom link in your calendar for May 25, 2021 at 7:00 pm

No registration is necessary.

Zoom link to join the program is here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82375994188?pwd=T29UTlhvdUFFQTMzdXdjNk9mUFlHZz09

Meeting ID: 823 7599 4188

"Tails and Tails", the 2021 Summer Reading Program, runs until August 19, with the summer reading challenge winners determined on Friday, August 20. All are invited to join the challenge. Sign up on-line @

     Fran Raleigh of the Barnstable County Master Gardener's group will lead a 30-40 minute intergenerational talk about local pollinators - how to attract them and encourage them to stay. 

Garden Tour - Tentative Date

     Jerry Schneider returns for a children's program about butterfly habits and lives. Enjoy Jerry's beautiful slide show, and end by decorating your own t-shirt! Ages 5 - 15