Take your drawing off the page and into space with 3D pens! Make a unique three-dimensional drawing using our CreoPop 3D Printing Pens-the possibilities are endless! This freestyle class has no expectations-after a brief instruction, participants will have the opportunity to play and have some fun with your creativity. This program is appropriate for young adults in 5th-12th grade. Registration is required and space is limited.
Take your drawing off the page and into space with 3D pens! Make a unique three-dimensional drawing using our CreoPop 3D Printing Pens-the possibilities are endless! This freestyle class has no expectations-after a brief instruction, participants will have the opportunity to play and have some fun with your creativity. This program is appropriate for young adults in 5th-12th grade. Registration is required and space is limited.
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
Join Brandy Coffin, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner at Abundant Nourishment, as she teaches the foundations of a healthy diet and how to figure out which foods and ways of eating will nourish your body to support health and vitality. When you support your body, you feel well; energy increases, your mood is stable, stress and anxiety dissipate, headaches and digestive issues decrease.
You'll learn:
Sponsored by a generous donation from the Blackstone Public Library’s Gift Account.
Space is limited and registration is required!
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
Join Brandy Coffin, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner at Abundant Nourishment, as she teaches the foundations of a healthy diet and how to figure out which foods and ways of eating will nourish your body to support health and vitality. When you support your body, you feel well; energy increases, your mood is stable, stress and anxiety dissipate, headaches and digestive issues decrease.
You'll learn:
Sponsored by a generous donation from the Blackstone Public Library’s Gift Account.
Space is limited and registration is required!
We invite you to our new Afternoon Book Club! Join us on the last Tuesday of each month for a little tea and a lot of talk! The book chosen for February is Light Over London by Julia Kelly. Books are availalbe at the circulation desk. Please let us know if you require a large print or audio version of the selection.
Afternoon Book Club will meet on the last Tuesday of every month from 2 – 3 PM.
Enjoy an afternoon cup of tea!
Bring a friend - New members are always welcome!
We invite you to our new Afternoon Book Club! Join us on the last Tuesday of each month for a little tea and a lot of talk! The book chosen for February is Light Over London by Julia Kelly. Books are availalbe at the circulation desk. Please let us know if you require a large print or audio version of the selection.
Afternoon Book Club will meet on the last Tuesday of every month from 2 – 3 PM.
Enjoy an afternoon cup of tea!
Bring a friend - New members are always welcome!
Meet local Massachusetts author KATHERINE BRADFORD!
Learn the process of writing a book and how to get it published. Katherine will discuss where the idea for her book, Bones Among the Leaves, came from and other experiences she has had over the years related to writing. She’ll also talk about how she comes up with stories, crossing genres in search of new material, and how there are stories everywhere just waiting to be told!
Registration required. Register online or call the Blackstone Public Library at 508-883-1931.
Meet local Massachusetts author KATHERINE BRADFORD!
Learn the process of writing a book and how to get it published. Katherine will discuss where the idea for her book, Bones Among the Leaves, came from and other experiences she has had over the years related to writing. She’ll also talk about how she comes up with stories, crossing genres in search of new material, and how there are stories everywhere just waiting to be told!
Registration required. Register online or call the Blackstone Public Library at 508-883-1931.
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
Presented by Brandy Coffin, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and owner of Abundant Nourishment and Young Living Distributor.
Essential oils are becoming a popular alternative health modality. Learn how to get started using essential oils. This comprehensive class covers everything from the basics of how to use oil, as well which oils are best for various conditions.
This class covers the basics of essential oils:
Sponsored by a generous donation from the Blackstone Public Library’s Gift Account.
Space is limited and registration is required!
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
Presented by Brandy Coffin, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and owner of Abundant Nourishment and Young Living Distributor.
Essential oils are becoming a popular alternative health modality. Learn how to get started using essential oils. This comprehensive class covers everything from the basics of how to use oil, as well which oils are best for various conditions.
This class covers the basics of essential oils:
Sponsored by a generous donation from the Blackstone Public Library’s Gift Account.
Space is limited and registration is required!
Attracting Bees, Birds and Butterflies to Your Yard
Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 6:30 P.M.
Attracting Bees, Birds, and Butterflies to Your Yard: Did you know most native bees can't sting humans? Do you appreciate butterflies and birds ornamenting your yard? Pollinators all, these natives need only food, water, and shelter in order to become regular visitors. If you have containers, flower boxes, or a garden you already have almost everything you need to attract these beautiful and welcome neighbors.
Betty Sanders is a widely recognized speaker on gardening and environmental subjects. She has lectured at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, the Boston Flower Show, and at numerous garden clubs and civic groups throughout New England. A Lifetime Master Gardener, she is also a nationally accredited floral design judge. Her gardens have been open for the Garden Conservancy Garden Tour.
Betty examined her two acre home garden, she realized that the maintenance and upkeep was beginning to exceed the time and energy she had to give to it. Thinking back on the gardens she had constructed as a ‘corporate gypsy’ she realized that our gardens need to change as our lives do, even if we stay in the same place. Her latest garden, built to accompany their retirement dream home, is lawn free, two acres with a very heavy emphasis on native plants.
Wherever she is working in the garden, Betty considers it vital to eliminate virtually all herbicides and pesticides, respect the soil and encourage the use of more native plants in our landscapes. Her ‘Horticultural Hints’ appear monthly in the Mass Hort Leaflet magazine and on her website, www.BettyOnGardening.com.
Registration is required. This program is funded by a generous donation from the library’s Gift Account as authorized by the Board of Library Trustees.
Attracting Bees, Birds and Butterflies to Your Yard
Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 6:30 P.M.
Attracting Bees, Birds, and Butterflies to Your Yard: Did you know most native bees can't sting humans? Do you appreciate butterflies and birds ornamenting your yard? Pollinators all, these natives need only food, water, and shelter in order to become regular visitors. If you have containers, flower boxes, or a garden you already have almost everything you need to attract these beautiful and welcome neighbors.
Betty Sanders is a widely recognized speaker on gardening and environmental subjects. She has lectured at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, the Boston Flower Show, and at numerous garden clubs and civic groups throughout New England. A Lifetime Master Gardener, she is also a nationally accredited floral design judge. Her gardens have been open for the Garden Conservancy Garden Tour.
Betty examined her two acre home garden, she realized that the maintenance and upkeep was beginning to exceed the time and energy she had to give to it. Thinking back on the gardens she had constructed as a ‘corporate gypsy’ she realized that our gardens need to change as our lives do, even if we stay in the same place. Her latest garden, built to accompany their retirement dream home, is lawn free, two acres with a very heavy emphasis on native plants.
Wherever she is working in the garden, Betty considers it vital to eliminate virtually all herbicides and pesticides, respect the soil and encourage the use of more native plants in our landscapes. Her ‘Horticultural Hints’ appear monthly in the Mass Hort Leaflet magazine and on her website, www.BettyOnGardening.com.
Registration is required. This program is funded by a generous donation from the library’s Gift Account as authorized by the Board of Library Trustees.
Grim Reader's Society: Horror Book Club
You're invited to attend this unique book club designed especially for fans of the macabre!
Thursday, March 7 at 6:30 p.m.
The book selection for March is Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
Books are available at the circulation desk
Please register using the Eventkeeper online form
The Grim Reader's Society will meet on the first Thursday of every month (unless otherwise noted)
For more information, please contact Tressy Collier
Grim Reader's Society: Horror Book Club
You're invited to attend this unique book club designed especially for fans of the macabre!
Thursday, March 7 at 6:30 p.m.
The book selection for March is Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
Books are available at the circulation desk
Please register using the Eventkeeper online form
The Grim Reader's Society will meet on the first Thursday of every month (unless otherwise noted)
For more information, please contact Tressy Collier
Book Discussion Group
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 6:30 P.M.
The Library Book Discussion Group meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 6:30 P.M. The group will be discussing the novel Circling the Sun by Paula McLain. Books are available at the circulation desk. Please let us know if you require an audio version of the novel. New members are welcome.
Book Discussion Group
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 6:30 P.M.
The Library Book Discussion Group meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 6:30 P.M. The group will be discussing the novel Circling the Sun by Paula McLain. Books are available at the circulation desk. Please let us know if you require an audio version of the novel. New members are welcome.
The Whiskey Knights Band
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 6:30 P.M.
The Whiskey Knights is a 5-piece cover band that plays Rock and Funk from the 60's 70's and 80's. They play the songs you know and love!
Featuring
Jim Sutherland - Vocals
Wayne Boucher - Bass/Vocals
Mike Bruno - Guitar/Vocals
Daniel Lilly - Guitar/Vocals
Jake Schultz - Drums
Registration requested. Sponsored by the Friends of the Blackstone Public Library. Appropriate for adults and older children. Sponsored by Friends of the Blackstone Library.
The Whiskey Knights Band
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 6:30 P.M.
The Whiskey Knights is a 5-piece cover band that plays Rock and Funk from the 60's 70's and 80's. They play the songs you know and love!
Featuring
Jim Sutherland - Vocals
Wayne Boucher - Bass/Vocals
Mike Bruno - Guitar/Vocals
Daniel Lilly - Guitar/Vocals
Jake Schultz - Drums
Registration requested. Sponsored by the Friends of the Blackstone Public Library. Appropriate for adults and older children. Sponsored by Friends of the Blackstone Library.
Pets and Plants
Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 6:30 P.M.
Pets and Plants: Whether your pet is a cat, dog, chicken, or "other," your pet has the potential to be exposed to your plants indoors, outdoors, or both. There are many sources of information about plant toxicity, but they can often conflict with each other. This presentation will help you to understand what "toxic" and "poisonous" mean to your pets and will provide you with a method to evaluate the pet, the plant, and as horticultural practices to assess how much risk is involved in each situation.
This program is presented by Master Gardener April Daley. Before completing the Massachusetts Master Gardener training course in 2009, April was a veterinary nurse for 25 years. Working in mostly small animal hospitals, April worked for 10 years in Emergency and Critical Care and also has worked as a Wildlife Rehabilitator and in exotic animal medicine. She currently lives and gardens on an acre+ in Upton with a small flock of chickens, one beehive, and two rescue dogs.
Since becoming a Master Gardener, April served for six years on the board of the MMGA including terms as Education Coordinator and President. She has an Advanced Master Gardener Certificate in Weed Ecology awarded in conjunction with the University of Massachusetts and recently trained and volunteers with Worcester Tree Initiative as a Master Tree Steward.
April’s work experience also includes Keeper of the Bressingham Garden and Education Coordinator for Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Volunteer Coordinator and Environmental Educator for Mass Audubon Society, and lead gardener in a fine garden maintenance business. April currently works doing fine garden maintenance and is active in the MMGA as a student mentor, doing gardening and outreach and speaking on Weed Ecology, Keeping Bees, and Pets and Plants.
Registration is required. This program is funded by a generous donation from the library’s Gift Account as authorized by the Board of Library Trustees.
Pets and Plants
Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 6:30 P.M.
Pets and Plants: Whether your pet is a cat, dog, chicken, or "other," your pet has the potential to be exposed to your plants indoors, outdoors, or both. There are many sources of information about plant toxicity, but they can often conflict with each other. This presentation will help you to understand what "toxic" and "poisonous" mean to your pets and will provide you with a method to evaluate the pet, the plant, and as horticultural practices to assess how much risk is involved in each situation.
This program is presented by Master Gardener April Daley. Before completing the Massachusetts Master Gardener training course in 2009, April was a veterinary nurse for 25 years. Working in mostly small animal hospitals, April worked for 10 years in Emergency and Critical Care and also has worked as a Wildlife Rehabilitator and in exotic animal medicine. She currently lives and gardens on an acre+ in Upton with a small flock of chickens, one beehive, and two rescue dogs.
Since becoming a Master Gardener, April served for six years on the board of the MMGA including terms as Education Coordinator and President. She has an Advanced Master Gardener Certificate in Weed Ecology awarded in conjunction with the University of Massachusetts and recently trained and volunteers with Worcester Tree Initiative as a Master Tree Steward.
April’s work experience also includes Keeper of the Bressingham Garden and Education Coordinator for Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Volunteer Coordinator and Environmental Educator for Mass Audubon Society, and lead gardener in a fine garden maintenance business. April currently works doing fine garden maintenance and is active in the MMGA as a student mentor, doing gardening and outreach and speaking on Weed Ecology, Keeping Bees, and Pets and Plants.
Registration is required. This program is funded by a generous donation from the library’s Gift Account as authorized by the Board of Library Trustees.
New England’s General Stores with Ted Reinstein
Monday, March 18, 2019 at 6:30 PM
The general store, as old as America itself, harkens back to a simpler time and a more innocent and rural nation. The general store conjures a country-like place where kids come in to by penny candy, and adults to buy everything from swaths of fabric, to fresh vegetables, to four-penny nails. It was a place to pick up mail, the newspaper, and perhaps tarry a bit on a cold, winter’s morning to chat over a cup of coffee and a warm wood stove. Long before “Cheers,” the general store was the vital and inviting heart of a community, where everyone not only knew your name, but how you took that coffee, how many kids you had, and how’s your dad doing, anyway? And in tough times, it was a place that often treated customers like family, extending credit when no one else would. The general store was real-life Norman Rockwell—deeply woven into America’s cultural identity, an integral part of the nation’s self-portrait from its earliest days. Fact is, the general store is still very much here, and very much in business. What’s more, like the diner, it has seen a resurgence. In some places, it is even being reimagined for a new era.
Ted Reinstein has been a reporter for WCVB-TV/Boston’s “Chronicle”. In addition, he is a regular contributor for the station’s political roundtable show and writes a weekly opinion column. He is the author of Globe Pequot’s New England Notebook and the upcoming Wicked Pissed: New England's Most Famous Feuds. Registration is required. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Blackstone Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency and also by a generous donation from the Library’s Gift Account.
New England’s General Stores with Ted Reinstein
Monday, March 18, 2019 at 6:30 PM
The general store, as old as America itself, harkens back to a simpler time and a more innocent and rural nation. The general store conjures a country-like place where kids come in to by penny candy, and adults to buy everything from swaths of fabric, to fresh vegetables, to four-penny nails. It was a place to pick up mail, the newspaper, and perhaps tarry a bit on a cold, winter’s morning to chat over a cup of coffee and a warm wood stove. Long before “Cheers,” the general store was the vital and inviting heart of a community, where everyone not only knew your name, but how you took that coffee, how many kids you had, and how’s your dad doing, anyway? And in tough times, it was a place that often treated customers like family, extending credit when no one else would. The general store was real-life Norman Rockwell—deeply woven into America’s cultural identity, an integral part of the nation’s self-portrait from its earliest days. Fact is, the general store is still very much here, and very much in business. What’s more, like the diner, it has seen a resurgence. In some places, it is even being reimagined for a new era.
Ted Reinstein has been a reporter for WCVB-TV/Boston’s “Chronicle”. In addition, he is a regular contributor for the station’s political roundtable show and writes a weekly opinion column. He is the author of Globe Pequot’s New England Notebook and the upcoming Wicked Pissed: New England's Most Famous Feuds. Registration is required. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Blackstone Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency and also by a generous donation from the Library’s Gift Account.
Wine Bottle Vase Craft for Adults has been rescheduled to April 2 due to a scheduling conflict.
Wine Bottle Vase Craft for Adults has been rescheduled to April 2 due to a scheduling conflict.
Good Bugs and Bad Bugs
Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 6:30 P.M.
Good Bugs & Bad Bugs: Not all insects are bad for the garden. In fact, we rely on many to rid us of other unwanted invaders. This presentation describes some of the common beneficial and pest insects that gardeners encounter in New England. We will take a look their habits and their lifecycles as we discuss how their presence affects the success of our garden year.
Master Gardener Bonnie Power, has an MA in Zoology from Boston University and taught college level science courses for over twelve years before leaving teaching for industry. After she retired she began taking courses to augment her love of gardening by working on certification at Garden in the Woods in Framingham and by becoming a certified Master Gardener in the fall of 2016. In 2015 she began volunteering on a Facebook page for insect identification and began learning about insects. Out of these experiences she developed a talk aimed at gardeners to acquaint them with beneficial and pest species of insects and other arthropods.
Registration is required. This program is funded by a generous donation from the library’s Gift Account as authorized by the Board of Library Trustees.
Good Bugs and Bad Bugs
Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 6:30 P.M.
Good Bugs & Bad Bugs: Not all insects are bad for the garden. In fact, we rely on many to rid us of other unwanted invaders. This presentation describes some of the common beneficial and pest insects that gardeners encounter in New England. We will take a look their habits and their lifecycles as we discuss how their presence affects the success of our garden year.
Master Gardener Bonnie Power, has an MA in Zoology from Boston University and taught college level science courses for over twelve years before leaving teaching for industry. After she retired she began taking courses to augment her love of gardening by working on certification at Garden in the Woods in Framingham and by becoming a certified Master Gardener in the fall of 2016. In 2015 she began volunteering on a Facebook page for insect identification and began learning about insects. Out of these experiences she developed a talk aimed at gardeners to acquaint them with beneficial and pest species of insects and other arthropods.
Registration is required. This program is funded by a generous donation from the library’s Gift Account as authorized by the Board of Library Trustees.
Too Human is an acoustic music act with vocals, guitar, percussion and upright bass. They perform jazz standards as well as their own originals. Their program includes some of the great feeling songs from the American Songbook of the 20s, 30s and 40s such as “Pennies from Heaven”, “It Had To Be You”, “Nice Work If You Get It”, “All of Me”, “Sentimental Journey” and others.
Registration is required.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Blackstone Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency and also by a generous donation from the Library’s Gift Account.
Too Human is an acoustic music act with vocals, guitar, percussion and upright bass. They perform jazz standards as well as their own originals. Their program includes some of the great feeling songs from the American Songbook of the 20s, 30s and 40s such as “Pennies from Heaven”, “It Had To Be You”, “Nice Work If You Get It”, “All of Me”, “Sentimental Journey” and others.
Registration is required.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Blackstone Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency and also by a generous donation from the Library’s Gift Account.
Blackstone Valley Art Association Reception
Blackstone Valley Art Association Reception
Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale
Saturday, March 30, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 1 P.M.
Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale
Saturday, March 30, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 1 P.M.
The Blackstone Lions present FREE health screenings at the Blackstone Public Library!
Appropriate for:
?Screening tests are preventive health care measures that help to identify people with increased risk for a specific condition or disease before symptoms appear or before they realize they may be at risk.
The EYEMOBILE is a specially equipped RV designed to provide FREE health screenings for:
No registration required. Screenings provided on a first-come, first served basis. Contact Tony Catalano at 508-981-2931 with questions.
*Please Note: A screening does not take the place of complete physical or eye and hearing examinations. But a screening can assist you in determining if you are in need of a professional examination and whether that need is urgent or needed very soon.
BLACKSTONE PUBLIC LIBRARY – 86 MAIN STREET – BLACKSTONE, MA 01504
The Blackstone Lions present FREE health screenings at the Blackstone Public Library!
Appropriate for:
?Screening tests are preventive health care measures that help to identify people with increased risk for a specific condition or disease before symptoms appear or before they realize they may be at risk.
The EYEMOBILE is a specially equipped RV designed to provide FREE health screenings for:
No registration required. Screenings provided on a first-come, first served basis. Contact Tony Catalano at 508-981-2931 with questions.
*Please Note: A screening does not take the place of complete physical or eye and hearing examinations. But a screening can assist you in determining if you are in need of a professional examination and whether that need is urgent or needed very soon.
BLACKSTONE PUBLIC LIBRARY – 86 MAIN STREET – BLACKSTONE, MA 01504
Wine Bottle Vase Craft for Adults
Tuesday, April 2 (Previously scheduled for Tuesday, March 19, 2019)
Session 1 is at 3:00 P.M.
Session 2 is at 6:30 P.M.
Join Donna Ansell., Olivia Herbert, Lisa Cheever, and Ana Mendes in the crafting of a vase out of a wine bottle. Materials are provided. Registration is required. This program is funded by a generous donation from the library’s Gift Account as authorized by the Board of Library Trustees. Space is limited. Registration by telephone only.
Registration for Blacksonte residents begins on Monday, March 4
Registration for everyone else begins on Monday, March 11
Wine Bottle Vase Craft for Adults
Tuesday, April 2 (Previously scheduled for Tuesday, March 19, 2019)
Session 1 is at 3:00 P.M.
Session 2 is at 6:30 P.M.
Join Donna Ansell., Olivia Herbert, Lisa Cheever, and Ana Mendes in the crafting of a vase out of a wine bottle. Materials are provided. Registration is required. This program is funded by a generous donation from the library’s Gift Account as authorized by the Board of Library Trustees. Space is limited. Registration by telephone only.
Registration for Blacksonte residents begins on Monday, March 4
Registration for everyone else begins on Monday, March 11
Wine Bottle Vase Craft for Adults
Tuesday, April 2 (Previously scheduled for Tuesday, March 19, 2019)
Session 1 is at 3:00 P.M.
Session 2 is at 6:30 P.M.
Join Donna Ansell., Olivia Herbert, Lisa Cheever, and Ana Mendes in the crafting of a vase out of a wine bottle. Materials are provided. Registration is required. This program is funded by a generous donation from the library’s Gift Account as authorized by the Board of Library Trustees. Space is limited. Registration by telephone only.
Registration for Blacksonte residents begins on Monday, March 4
Registration for everyone else begins on Monday, March 11
Wine Bottle Vase Craft for Adults
Tuesday, April 2 (Previously scheduled for Tuesday, March 19, 2019)
Session 1 is at 3:00 P.M.
Session 2 is at 6:30 P.M.
Join Donna Ansell., Olivia Herbert, Lisa Cheever, and Ana Mendes in the crafting of a vase out of a wine bottle. Materials are provided. Registration is required. This program is funded by a generous donation from the library’s Gift Account as authorized by the Board of Library Trustees. Space is limited. Registration by telephone only.
Registration for Blacksonte residents begins on Monday, March 4
Registration for everyone else begins on Monday, March 11
