Events

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Start your new adventure with Dungeons & Dragons. New and experienced players 35 and under are welcome. We meet 5-7 on the Main Floor.

Contact Alex Jones at jones@sawyerfreelibrary.org.

July's book is Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett.   Pick up your copy at the Main Desk and join us at the Azorean for a rousing discussion.  

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

Learn to play ukelele in one easy lesson with teacher Don Rovero! This program is best for ages nine and up. Registration required

Page2Stage is a new book club based on the literary backgrounds for three plays in the 2018 Gloucester Stage season..  Book group members will meet in the Gloucester Stage lobby at 5:45pm to discuss the current book and then attend that night's performance.  $25 discounted tickets are available to registered participants by calling the box office at 978-281-4433

The book to be discussed on July 19 will be Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmund Rostand..  The play that night is Cyrano.  

Please register here in order to be eligible for a discounted ticket.  Remember that you must call the box office prior to the performance to reserve the ticket.   

Join us for a fun morning learing about different kinds of chickens from around the world! Learn about the unique characteristics of chickens from Spain, France, England & South America, and why different breeds lay different color eggs.

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

NEW!

Play a classic board game, try a new one, and meet fellow gamers.

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

Join Christy for baby lap sit in the Friend Room.

Join us as we read and discuss books about world issues and current events. For more information contact Alex Jones at jones@sawyerfreelibrary.org.

July's book is The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers.

Join Rick Roth, from Cape Ann Vernal Ponds Team, as he introduces us to amazing live snakes of all sizes! The morning will be full of hands on learning and fun as we find out about and meet live snakes, and some of them are from New England!

Come hang out in the Teen Corner and watch Black Panther with your friends. 

Teens 6th to 12th grades.

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Join us for an afternoon of fun building with Legos! Ages 6-12

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Start your new adventure with Dungeons & Dragons. New and experienced players 35 and under are welcome. We meet 5-7 on the Main Floor.

Contact Alex Jones at jones@sawyerfreelibrary.org.

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

It's Summertime! Join Ruthanne Paulson for a fantastic morning of song, dance, music and fun during Musical Storytime!

Come enjoy a fun morning of playtime, stories, songs, and donuts! 

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Play Minecraft with a small group of friends. Share your ideas and tricks. Grades 1-5 (or age 6 and up). If you sign up for both sessions, you may be asked to choose one in the event of a waitlist. 

Due to our child safety policy, at least one parent per session will need to volunteer to stay in the room the entire time of the program, from 3:30-4:30. 

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Join us for our Cooking Club here at Sawyer Free Library! Each month we'll pick a cookbook, order copies for everyone to checkout, everyone chooses a recipe, makes and brings it in. We ask that when you pick the recipe you contact Diana Cummings, cummings@sawyerfreelibrary.org with your choice, so everyone knows and makes a different recipe.

Come prepared with your appetite! We'll discuss the different recipes, pros and cons of the cookbook, what worked or didn't in the preparation,cooking, and transporting, etc.

This month we will be doing Heather Atwood's In Cod We Trust.  ?She will join us and discuss some of her experiences with the book. 

Space is limited, please register.

NEW!

Play a classic board game, try a new one, and meet fellow gamers.

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

Join us as Iris Weaver, Herbalist, explains foraging for herbs.

Don't miss this hilarious interactive intergenerational program for all ages!

John Root will demonstrate and discuss with the audience the mystery of crop circles!

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Stop by for a fun science activity. This program is for ages 3 and up with adult supervision. Family participation welcome! 

This month's choice is In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Start your new adventure with Dungeons & Dragons. New and experienced players 35 and under are welcome. We meet 5-7 on the Main Floor.

Contact Alex Jones at jones@sawyerfreelibrary.org.

August's book is Sing Unburied Sing by Jesmyn Ward.   Pick up your copy at the Main Desk and join us at the Azorean for a rousing discussion.  

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

Our Cookbook cooking club has been enjoyed by grown-ups, so now the kids will have a turn! If you and your child love to cook together, register for this new group! Best for age 8 and up. Multiple copies of a cookbook will be ordered, you choose a recipie from the book, make the dish, and bring it in to share with the group. When you choose your recipe please notify us by email to avoid duplicates (vitale@sawyerfreelibrary.org.) Bring your appetite, and we will discuss the different recipes, pros and cons, what worked or did not work in the prepartion & cooking, and how you changed the recipe, if you did.  Registration required. Around The World Cookbook by Abigail Johnson Dodge is being placed on hold, pick up a copy or make photocopies of recipe in the children's library.

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

City wide event for all children who will enter kindergarten in Fall 2018, and their families! Be entertained by the magic of Seamus Swift, a local child performing awesome magic, while your almost kindergartener signs up for a ibrary card! Refreshments and fun!

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Join us for an afternoon of fun building with Legos! Ages 6-12

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Start your new adventure with Dungeons & Dragons. New and experienced players 35 and under are welcome. We meet 5-7 on the Main Floor.

Contact Alex Jones at jones@sawyerfreelibrary.org.

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

Join us as we read and discuss books about world issues and current events.

August's book is There Was and There Was Not by Meline Toumani.

For more information contact Alex Jones at jones@sawyerfreelibrary.org.

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Join us for our Cooking Club here at Sawyer Free Library! Each month we'll pick a cookbook, order copies for everyone to checkout at the Main Desk, everyone chooses a recipe, makes and brings it in. We ask that when you pick the recipe you sign up for it online so everyone knows and makes a different recipe.

Come prepared with your appetite! We'll discuss the different recipes, pros and cons of the cookbooks, what worked or didn't in the preparation,cooking, and transporting, etc.

Space is limited, please register.

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

The Library will be hosting a traveling exhibit from the Commonwealth Museum, courtesy of William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Come and learn about Massachusetts history without having to travel to Boston!  The exhibit will be open until October 2nd.

A fun after school activity for preschool children ages 3-5. Each month we will do a hands-on activity with Science, Engineering, Technology, Arts, and/or Math.

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Play Minecraft with a small group of friends. Share your ideas and tricks. Grades 1-5 (or age 6 and up). If you sign up for both sessions, you may be asked to choose one in the event of a waitlist. 

Due to our child safety policy, at least one parent per session will need to volunteer to stay in the room the entire time of the program, from 3:30-4:30. 

This month's choice is In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

This four week session meets every other Tuesday. There will be a teacher available for beginners!

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

First meeting, come with a project, come to learn or come to make a group project!

Kids, bring Dad or any fun grown-up for a morning full of stories, rhymes, music, crafts, and donuts! Ages 0-6. All welcome. 

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Play Minecraft with a small group of friends. Share your ideas and tricks. Grades 1-5 (or age 6 and up). If you sign up for both sessions, you may be asked to choose one in the event of a waitlist. 

Due to our child safety policy, at least one parent per session will need to volunteer to stay in the room the entire time of the program, from 3:30-4:30. 

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

First meeting, come with a project, come to learn or come to make a group project!

Page2Stage is a new book club based on the literary backgrounds for three plays in the 2018 Gloucester Stage season..  Book group members will meet in the Gloucester Stage lobby at 5:45pm to discuss the current book and then attend that night's performance.  $25 discounted tickets are available to registered participants by calling the box office at 978-281-4433

The book to be discussed on September 20 will be Frederick Douglass by William McFeely..  The play that night is The Agitators.  

Please register here in order to be eligible for a discounted ticket.  Remember that you must call the box office prior to the performance to reserve the ticket.   

This is a public event, all are welcome!

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Join us for an afternoon of fun building with Legos! Ages 6-12

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

This four week session meets every other Tuesday. There will be a teacher available for beginners!

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

First meeting, come with a project, come to learn or come to make a group project!

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Play Minecraft with a small group of friends. Share your ideas and tricks. Grades 1-5 (or age 6 and up). If you sign up for both sessions, you may be asked to choose one in the event of a waitlist. 

Due to our child safety policy, at least one parent per session will need to volunteer to stay in the room the entire time of the program, from 3:30-4:30. 

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Join us for our Cooking Club here at Sawyer Free Library! Each month we'll pick a cookbook, order copies for everyone to checkout at the Main Desk, everyone chooses a recipe, makes and brings it in. We ask that when you pick the recipe you sign up for it online so everyone knows and makes a different recipe.

Come prepared with your appetite! We'll discuss the different recipes, pros and cons of the cookbooks, what worked or didn't in the preparation,cooking, and transporting, etc.

Space is limited, please register.

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

First meeting, come with a project, come to learn or come to make a group project!

DAR meeting. Presentation at 11:00 open to the public.

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

This four week session meets every other Tuesday. There will be a teacher available for beginners!

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

Kids, bring Dad or any fun grown-up for a morning full of stories, rhymes, music, crafts, and donuts! Ages 0-6. All welcome. 

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Play Minecraft with a small group of friends. Share your ideas and tricks. Grades 1-5 (or age 6 and up). If you sign up for both sessions, you may be asked to choose one in the event of a waitlist. 

Due to our child safety policy, at least one parent per session will need to volunteer to stay in the room the entire time of the program, from 3:30-4:30. 

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Drop in and create some Halloween crafts to take home!

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

This four week session meets every other Tuesday. There will be a teacher available for beginners!

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Join us for an afternoon of fun building with Legos! Ages 6-12

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Play Minecraft with a small group of friends. Share your ideas and tricks. Grades 1-5 (or age 6 and up). If you sign up for both sessions, you may be asked to choose one in the event of a waitlist. 

Due to our child safety policy, at least one parent per session will need to volunteer to stay in the room the entire time of the program, from 3:30-4:30. 

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

Kids, bring Dad or any fun grown-up for a morning full of stories, rhymes, music, crafts, and donuts! Ages 0-6. All welcome. 

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

A fun after school activity for preschool children ages 3-5. Each month we will do a hands-on activity with Science, Engineering, Technology, Arts, and/or Math.

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Play Minecraft with a small group of friends. Share your ideas and tricks. Grades 1-5 (or age 6 and up). If you sign up for both sessions, you may be asked to choose one in the event of a waitlist. 

Due to our child safety policy, at least one parent per session will need to volunteer to stay in the room the entire time of the program, from 3:30-4:30. 

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Join us for an afternoon of fun building with Legos! Ages 6-12

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Play Minecraft with a small group of friends. Share your ideas and tricks. Grades 1-5 (or age 6 and up). If you sign up for both sessions, you may be asked to choose one in the event of a waitlist. 

Due to our child safety policy, at least one parent per session will need to volunteer to stay in the room the entire time of the program, from 3:30-4:30. 

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

Kids, bring Dad or any fun grown-up for a morning full of stories, rhymes, music, crafts, and donuts! Ages 0-6. All welcome. 

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Play Minecraft with a small group of friends. Share your ideas and tricks. Grades 1-5 (or age 6 and up). If you sign up for both sessions, you may be asked to choose one in the event of a waitlist. 

Due to our child safety policy, at least one parent per session will need to volunteer to stay in the room the entire time of the program, from 3:30-4:30. 

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

A fun after school activity for preschool children ages 3-5. Each month we will do a hands-on activity with Science, Engineering, Technology, Arts, and/or Math.

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

Join us for an afternoon of fun building with Legos! Ages 6-12

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

You and your child are invited to a morning of playtime, bubbles, stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. This is a great way for your child to begin interacting with children his or her age. For ages 1-3. All are welcome.

Groups are open to Community and Early Intervention children between the ages of 18 and 36 months.  Registration is required.  To register for the group, please call Cape Ann Early Intervention at 978-921-1182, ext. 312.