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Meet your new Youth Services Librarian, Leah, in the Community room to build your child’s early literacy skills with stories, rhymes, and songs. Stick around after storytime to meet other families and play in a warm, social environment. For kids of all ages and their caregivers.
Learn tai chi with instructor Kelley Brophy! Originally developed for self-defense, tai chi has evolved into a graceful form of exercise that's now used for stress reduction and a variety of other health conditions. Often described as meditation in motion, tai chi promotes serenity through gentle, flowing movements. Tai chi is an ancient Chinese tradition that, today, is practiced as a graceful form of exercise. It involves a series of movements performed in a slow, focused manner and accompanied by deep breathing. Tai chi is low impact and puts minimal stress on muscles and joints, making it generally safe for all ages and fitness levels.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Norton Public Library.
Bring a handiwork project and share patterns and tips with other crafters! Whether you knit or crochet, are an expert or a beginner, all participants are welcome. The group is proud to make garments and blankets for charities.
Dance party! Are you interested in a fun workout for everybody and every body? Zumba instructor Kelley Brophy will lead this free Zumba class for teens-seniors. Join us for one or all of the classes! No registration required.
How Zumba® works: We take the "work" out of workout, by mixing low-intensity and high-intensity moves for an interval-style, calorie-burning dance fitness party. Once the Latin and World rhythms take over, you'll see why Zumba® Fitness classes are often called exercise in disguise. Super effective? Check. Super fun? Check and check.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Norton Public Library.
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Certified Functional Aging Specialist and wellness instructor Kelley Brophy will present her recently released book "Your Time to Shine". Attendees will receive free copies of Kelley's book and "The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle" by Steven Pressfield (while supplies last). After the presentation, Kelley will lead a half-hour Tai Chi class and a half-hour Zumba Gold class.
Let’s sing, dance, and move to the groove! Enjoy a variety of fun songs, movement activities, and even musical instruments. Ages 0-5.
This program is presented by Marsha Wright from Self Help Inc.’s CFCE.
Readers in grades 4-8, this club is for you! Each month we'll choose a book to read, then we'll meet to discuss it and anything else we read that month. Over the course of the year, we'll read fiction, graphic novels, nonfiction, poetry - and YOU'LL get to help choose! Feel free to bring peanut-free snacks, and we'll provide some, too.
The book for January is "Me and Marvin Gardens," by Amy Sarig King. Click here to request a copy through the library catalog, or ask for a copy at the front desk.
January 8 Glow-in-the-Dark Geometry
January 15 Bouncy Dice Explosion
January 22 Spy Training
January 29 Time of Your Life
February 5 Crazy Card Club
February 12 Flying Marshmallows
February 26 Let's Get Loud
March 5 Toilet Paper Olympics
NOTE: This program is FULL. Stay tuned in the coming months for Season 2 of Crazy 8s!
Meet your new Youth Services Librarian, Leah, in the Community room to build your child’s early literacy skills with stories, rhymes, and songs. Stick around after storytime to meet other families and play in a warm, social environment. For kids of all ages and their caregivers.
Bring a handiwork project and share patterns and tips with other crafters! Whether you knit or crochet, are an expert or a beginner, all participants are welcome. The group is proud to make garments and blankets for charities.
Join us for a rollicking, hands-on, joyful baby lapsit, where we'll share rhymes, songs, and books with our littlest readers. This program is geared toward babies from birth through early walking age (approx. 0-18 months). If you plan to bring an older sibling, please bring a baby doll for them so they can participate with their own baby. If your older children aren't quite old enough to participate that way, consider joining us for Family Storytime, which engages a wider range of ages and activity levels.
Learn tai chi with instructor Kelley Brophy! Originally developed for self-defense, tai chi has evolved into a graceful form of exercise that's now used for stress reduction and a variety of other health conditions. Often described as meditation in motion, tai chi promotes serenity through gentle, flowing movements. Tai chi is an ancient Chinese tradition that, today, is practiced as a graceful form of exercise. It involves a series of movements performed in a slow, focused manner and accompanied by deep breathing. Tai chi is low impact and puts minimal stress on muscles and joints, making it generally safe for all ages and fitness levels.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Norton Public Library.
Do you enjoy thought-provoking books, learning about history and current events, and lively discussion? The Men’s Book Group is for you!
The group meets the first Monday of the month at 6:30 PM.
For more information please contact Robert Keating at rkeating88@comcast.net
Great Decisions is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. Join us for an 8-week discussion group led by Bob Tosca. This group will meet Tuesdays from January 22 to April 30 (eight meetings total held every other week; off weeks are reserved for possible snow dates).
Registration begins December 18; a materials fee of $25.00 is due at registration (includes Great Decisions Briefing Book).
2019 Discussion Topics:
January 22: Refugees and Global Migration
February 5: The Middle East: Regional Disorder
February 19: Nuclear negotiations: Back to the Future?
March 5: The Rise of Populism in Europe
March 19: Decoding U.S.-China Trade
April 2: Cyber Conflicts and Geopolitics
April 16: The United States and Mexico: Partnership Tested
April 30: State of the State Department and Diplomacy
Upcoming program
January 8 Glow-in-the-Dark Geometry
January 15 Bouncy Dice Explosion
January 22 Spy Training
January 29 Time of Your Life
February 5 Crazy Card Club
February 12 Flying Marshmallows
February 26 Let's Get Loud
March 5 Toilet Paper Olympics
NOTE: This program is FULL. Stay tuned in the coming months for Season 2 of Crazy 8s!
Friends of the Norton Public Library meet the first Tuesday of each month unless otherwise noted. Everyone is welcome.
Join us for our monthly Morning Book Group the first Wednesday of the month at 10:30 AM. All are welcome!
This month we are reading Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan.
Request a copy through our online library catalog here.
Meet up with the Norton MOMS Club to dance, sing, play, and learn with Miss Chrissy! Enjoy silly songs, movement, shaker eggs, dancing scarves, rhythm sticks, fingerplay, sign language, story time and more at this action-packed program geared toward kids ages 0-5 and their caregivers.
If you have any questions or would like to learn more about the Norton MOMS Club, this is a great chance.
Open to all--you do not have to be a member (or even a mom) to come to this event.
Preschool Play and Learn is a monthly parent and child playgroup. Activities include free play with toys and activities, circle time, and crafts. Each group offers floor and table activities. Children ages 2.9-5 will have the opportunity to play together as well as individually.
Presented by Gina from Self Help Inc.'s CFCE.
Bring a handiwork project and share patterns and tips with other crafters! Whether you knit or crochet, are an expert or a beginner, all participants are welcome. The group is proud to make garments and blankets for charities.
Starring Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy, First Man is the riveting story of NASA’s mission to land a man on the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the years 1961-1969. A visceral, first-person account, based on the book by James R. Hansen, the movie will explore the sacrifices and the cost—on Armstrong and on the nation—of one of the most dangerous missions in history.
Universal Pictures; PG-13; 141 minutes
Dance party! Are you interested in a fun workout for everybody and every body? Zumba instructor Kelley Brophy will lead this free Zumba class for teens-seniors. Join us for one or all of the classes! No registration required.
How Zumba® works: We take the "work" out of workout, by mixing low-intensity and high-intensity moves for an interval-style, calorie-burning dance fitness party. Once the Latin and World rhythms take over, you'll see why Zumba® Fitness classes are often called exercise in disguise. Super effective? Check. Super fun? Check and check.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Norton Public Library.
Jared Eamons, the son of a small-town Baptist pastor, must overcome the fallout after being outed as gay to his parents. His father and mother struggle to reconcile their love for their son with their beliefs. Fearing a loss of family, friends and community, Jared is pressured into attending a conversion therapy program. While there, Jared comes into conflict with its leader and begins his journey to finding his own voice and accepting his true self. Starring Lucas Hedges, Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman.
Focus Features; R; 111 minutes
Silly Science and Mystical Math is a monthly STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, & Math) program for children ages 3.5 through 6.
Presented by Gina McGarrigle and Marsha Wright from Self Help Inc. CFCE.
Kids and teens from 4th grade-12th grade, come join your new Youth Services Librarian, Leah, to make Valentines, brainstorm about a potential game show event, share your dreams and ideas for the library, and make friends while making a difference. Peanut-free snacks are welcome, and we'll provide some, too.
The Junior Friends of the Norton Library is a community service group designed to let youth take an active role in library programming, promotion, fundraising, and decision-making. Members will have opportunities to help improve the library by decorating the Children’s Room, keeping the children’s and young adult book collections tidy, planning events, contributing to book, music, movie, and video game selection, and more.
January 8 Glow-in-the-Dark Geometry
January 15 Bouncy Dice Explosion
January 22 Spy Training
January 29 Time of Your Life
February 5 Crazy Card Club
February 12 Flying Marshmallows
February 26 Let's Get Loud
March 5 Toilet Paper Olympics
NOTE: This program is FULL. Stay tuned in the coming months for Season 2 of Crazy 8s!
Monthly public meeting of the Board of Library Trustees.
Meet your new Youth Services Librarian, Leah, in the Community room to build your child’s early literacy skills with stories, rhymes, and songs. Stick around after storytime to meet other families and play in a warm, social environment. For kids of all ages and their caregivers.
Bring a handiwork project and share patterns and tips with other crafters! Whether you knit or crochet, are an expert or a beginner, all participants are welcome. The group is proud to make garments and blankets for charities.
Calling all builders! Wouldn't it be awesome to have hundreds and hundreds of different pieces to choose from for your LEGO creations? Drop in to hang out with friends and build with our huge LEGO collection.
All ages. No registration required.
Join us for a rollicking, hands-on, joyful baby lapsit, where we'll share rhymes, songs, and books with our littlest readers. This program is geared toward babies from birth through early walking age (approx. 0-18 months). If you plan to bring an older sibling, please bring a baby doll for them so they can participate with their own baby. If your older children aren't quite old enough to participate that way, consider joining us for Family Storytime, which engages a wider range of ages and activity levels.
Great Decisions is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. Join us for an 8-week discussion group led by Bob Tosca. This group will meet Tuesdays from January 22 to April 30 (eight meetings total held every other week; off weeks are reserved for possible snow dates).
Registration begins December 18; a materials fee of $25.00 is due at registration (includes Great Decisions Briefing Book).
2019 Discussion Topics:
January 22: Refugees and Global Migration
February 5: The Middle East: Regional Disorder
February 19: Nuclear negotiations: Back to the Future?
March 5: The Rise of Populism in Europe
March 19: Decoding U.S.-China Trade
April 2: Cyber Conflicts and Geopolitics
April 16: The United States and Mexico: Partnership Tested
April 30: State of the State Department and Diplomacy
Upcoming program
Budding artists ages 6-12 can sign up for a hands-on visual arts experience over February vacation. Join local artist Sandy Churchill for a painting class, where we’ll learn about artist Georges Seurat and create our own seaside scenes in the pointillism style using acrylic paint and mixed media.
Space is limited - register starting February 5th by calling Leah at 508-286-2696 or by emailing leah@sailsinc.org.
Join us for a warm and friendly hour of open playtime in the Community Room.
We'll bring the toys and activities, you bring the friends!
Calling all builders! Wouldn't it be awesome to have hundreds and hundreds of different pieces to choose from for your LEGO creations? Drop in to hang out with friends and build with our huge LEGO collection.
All ages. No registration required.
Bring a handiwork project and share patterns and tips with other crafters! Whether you knit or crochet, are an expert or a beginner, all participants are welcome. The group is proud to make garments and blankets for charities.
Join in the fun at the Norton Library Pokemon Club!
Bring your Pokémon decks and trading cards--we will provide Pokémon playing mats. Fun for all ages and experience levels!
New this month: Mason will be offering a clinic for the first half hour of the club! For a $1 donation to the library, kids can learn how to make decks. Please bring at least 15 energy cards (one or two types of energy) to use in the clinic.
Participants are welcome to bring peanut-free snacks. Note: We will be playing the Trading Card Game, not the Pokemon video games.
Dance party! Are you interested in a fun workout for everybody and every body? Zumba instructor Kelley Brophy will lead this free Zumba class for teens-seniors. Join us for one or all of the classes! No registration required.
How Zumba® works: We take the "work" out of workout, by mixing low-intensity and high-intensity moves for an interval-style, calorie-burning dance fitness party. Once the Latin and World rhythms take over, you'll see why Zumba® Fitness classes are often called exercise in disguise. Super effective? Check. Super fun? Check and check.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Norton Public Library.
Where do you start when creating a character and how do you make that fictional person strong enough to carry an entire story? In this hands-on workshop for young writers, author Anna Staniszewski will guide you in creating dynamic characters with wants, needs, and goals that make them leap off the page. At the end, each participant will come away with a one-of-a-kind character whose story is just waiting to be told.
Let’s sing, dance, and move to the groove! Enjoy a variety of fun songs, movement activities, and even musical instruments. Ages 0-5.
This program is presented by Marsha Wright from Self Help Inc.’s CFCE.
Learn tai chi with instructor Kelley Brophy! Originally developed for self-defense, tai chi has evolved into a graceful form of exercise that's now used for stress reduction and a variety of other health conditions. Often described as meditation in motion, tai chi promotes serenity through gentle, flowing movements. Tai chi is an ancient Chinese tradition that, today, is practiced as a graceful form of exercise. It involves a series of movements performed in a slow, focused manner and accompanied by deep breathing. Tai chi is low impact and puts minimal stress on muscles and joints, making it generally safe for all ages and fitness levels.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Norton Public Library.
Readers in grades 4-8, this club is for you! Each month we'll choose a book to read, then we'll meet to discuss it and anything else we read that month. Over the course of the year, we'll read fiction, graphic novels, nonfiction, poetry - and YOU'LL get to help choose! Feel free to bring peanut-free snacks, and we'll provide some, too.
We'll vote on the book for February at our January meeting. Check here after January 29th to see what we'll read next.
Join us for a free one-hour workshop where you will receive a Brain Health Assessment, which provides older adults who are 50+ a brain health report, as well as tips on how to stay brain healthy! Community Engagement Specialists will be on hand to lend support, but basic computer keyboard and mouse skills are required.
Please register at the library or contact Amanda at 508-286-2695 or amanda.viana@sailsinc.org. Please note: registration is only used to gauge attendance; no personal information will be collected.
To date, Cogniciti has visited over 500+ senior and community centers across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom to start the conversation on brain health and memory changes. Cogniciti is a for-profit subsidiary of Baycrest Health Sciences.
Join us for a free one-hour workshop where you will receive a Brain Health Assessment, which provides older adults who are 50+ a brain health report, as well as tips on how to stay brain healthy! Community Engagement Specialists will be on hand to lend support, but basic computer keyboard and mouse skills are required.
Please register at the library or contact Amanda at 508-286-2695 or amanda.viana@sailsinc.org. Please note: registration is only used to gauge attendance; no personal information will be collected.
To date, Cogniciti has visited over 500+ senior and community centers across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom to start the conversation on brain health and memory changes. Cogniciti is a for-profit subsidiary of Baycrest Health Sciences.
January 8 Glow-in-the-Dark Geometry
January 15 Bouncy Dice Explosion
January 22 Spy Training
January 29 Time of Your Life
February 5 Crazy Card Club
February 12 Flying Marshmallows
February 26 Let's Get Loud
March 5 Toilet Paper Olympics
NOTE: This program is FULL. Stay tuned in the coming months for Season 2 of Crazy 8s!
Meet your new Youth Services Librarian, Leah, in the Community room to build your child’s early literacy skills with stories, rhymes, and songs. Stick around after storytime to meet other families and play in a warm, social environment. For kids of all ages and their caregivers.
Join us as Dr. Gary Hylander, PhD discusses the tragic sinking of the Navy vessel USS Indianapolis, which led to the greatest single loss of life at sea in the history of the U.S. Navy. At 12:14 a.m. July 30, 1945, after delivering parts for the first atomic bomb to the U.S. air base at Tinian, the Indianapolis was torpedoed by the Imperial Japanese Navy, sinking in 12 minutes. Of the 1,196 crewmen aboard, approximately 300 went down with the ship. The remaining 900 men faced exposure, dehydration, saltwater poisoning and shark attacks while floating with few lifeboats and almost no food or water. The controversy over who was responsible for the tragedy of the USS Indianapolis would continue until 2001.
Dr. Gary Hylander, PhD is a scholar and professor who has taught at Stonehill College and Framingham State University and lectured for many cultural and educational forums including the Norton Institute for Continuing Education (NICE).
Program and refreshments sponsored by the Friends of the Norton Public Library.
Bring a handiwork project and share patterns and tips with other crafters! Whether you knit or crochet, are an expert or a beginner, all participants are welcome. The group is proud to make garments and blankets for charities.
Great Decisions is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. Join us for an 8-week discussion group led by Bob Tosca. This group will meet Tuesdays from January 22 to April 30 (eight meetings total held every other week; off weeks are reserved for possible snow dates).
Registration begins December 18; a materials fee of $25.00 is due at registration (includes Great Decisions Briefing Book).
2019 Discussion Topics:
January 22: Refugees and Global Migration
February 5: The Middle East: Regional Disorder
February 19: Nuclear negotiations: Back to the Future?
March 5: The Rise of Populism in Europe
March 19: Decoding U.S.-China Trade
April 2: Cyber Conflicts and Geopolitics
April 16: The United States and Mexico: Partnership Tested
April 30: State of the State Department and Diplomacy
Upcoming program
January 8 Glow-in-the-Dark Geometry
January 15 Bouncy Dice Explosion
January 22 Spy Training
January 29 Time of Your Life
February 5 Crazy Card Club
February 12 Flying Marshmallows
February 26 Let's Get Loud
March 5 Toilet Paper Olympics
NOTE: This program is FULL. Stay tuned in the coming months for Season 2 of Crazy 8s!
Join us for our monthly Morning Book Group the first Wednesday of the month at 10:30 AM. All are welcome!
This month we are reading Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao.
Request a copy through our online library catalog here.
Dr. Don Shirley is a world-class African-American pianist, who is about to embark on a concert tour in the Deep South in 1962. In need of a driver and protection, Shirley recruits Tony Lip, a tough-talking bouncer from an Italian-American neighbourhood in the Bronx. Despite their differences, the two men soon develop an unexpected bond while confronting racism and danger in an era of segregation. Starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali.
Universal Pictures; PG-13; 130 minutes
The American Red Cross will hold a Community Blood Drive at the Norton Public Library.
"Give something that means something! Every 2 seconds someone needs blood. Every donation you give helps us do more of what we do. Thank you!"
For an appointment please call 1-800-RED CROSS (733-2767) or visitredcrossblood.org
Great Decisions is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. Join us for an 8-week discussion group led by Bob Tosca. This group will meet Tuesdays from January 22 to April 30 (eight meetings total held every other week; off weeks are reserved for possible snow dates).
Registration begins December 18; a materials fee of $25.00 is due at registration (includes Great Decisions Briefing Book).
2019 Discussion Topics:
January 22: Refugees and Global Migration
February 5: The Middle East: Regional Disorder
February 19: Nuclear negotiations: Back to the Future?
March 5: The Rise of Populism in Europe
March 19: Decoding U.S.-China Trade
April 2: Cyber Conflicts and Geopolitics
April 16: The United States and Mexico: Partnership Tested
April 30: State of the State Department and Diplomacy
Upcoming program
Great Decisions is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. Join us for an 8-week discussion group led by Bob Tosca. This group will meet Tuesdays from January 22 to April 30 (eight meetings total held every other week; off weeks are reserved for possible snow dates).
Registration begins December 18; a materials fee of $25.00 is due at registration (includes Great Decisions Briefing Book).
2019 Discussion Topics:
January 22: Refugees and Global Migration
February 5: The Middle East: Regional Disorder
February 19: Nuclear negotiations: Back to the Future?
March 5: The Rise of Populism in Europe
March 19: Decoding U.S.-China Trade
April 2: Cyber Conflicts and Geopolitics
April 16: The United States and Mexico: Partnership Tested
April 30: State of the State Department and Diplomacy
Upcoming program
Join us for our monthly Morning Book Group the first Wednesday of the month at 10:30 AM. All are welcome!
This month we are reading As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner.
Request a copy through our online library catalog here.
Great Decisions is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. Join us for an 8-week discussion group led by Bob Tosca. This group will meet Tuesdays from January 22 to April 30 (eight meetings total held every other week; off weeks are reserved for possible snow dates).
Registration begins December 18; a materials fee of $25.00 is due at registration (includes Great Decisions Briefing Book).
2019 Discussion Topics:
January 22: Refugees and Global Migration
February 5: The Middle East: Regional Disorder
February 19: Nuclear negotiations: Back to the Future?
March 5: The Rise of Populism in Europe
March 19: Decoding U.S.-China Trade
April 2: Cyber Conflicts and Geopolitics
April 16: The United States and Mexico: Partnership Tested
April 30: State of the State Department and Diplomacy
Upcoming program
Great Decisions is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. Join us for an 8-week discussion group led by Bob Tosca. This group will meet Tuesdays from January 22 to April 30 (eight meetings total held every other week; off weeks are reserved for possible snow dates).
Registration begins December 18; a materials fee of $25.00 is due at registration (includes Great Decisions Briefing Book).
2019 Discussion Topics:
January 22: Refugees and Global Migration
February 5: The Middle East: Regional Disorder
February 19: Nuclear negotiations: Back to the Future?
March 5: The Rise of Populism in Europe
March 19: Decoding U.S.-China Trade
April 2: Cyber Conflicts and Geopolitics
April 16: The United States and Mexico: Partnership Tested
April 30: State of the State Department and Diplomacy
Upcoming program
Join us for our monthly Morning Book Group the first Wednesday of the month at 10:30 AM. All are welcome!
This month we are reading The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone.
Request a copy through our online library catalog here.
Join us for our monthly Morning Book Group the first Wednesday of the month at 10:30 AM. All are welcome!
This month we are reading The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis.
Request a copy through our online library catalog here.
The library will close at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, November 27, and reopen at 10:00 AM on Saturday, November 30 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
The library will be close early at 1:00pm Tuesday, December 24 and close Wednesday, December 25 in observance of the Christmas holiday.
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