Independence Day observed

Independence Day 

Join Miss Jennie for an interactive storytime featuring stories, songs, rhymes and movement, followed by playtime. (ages birth-4, with a caregiver)

Join us for a special afternoon of mermagic crafting. Make a sand art necklace, a glittery mermaid clothespin doll and a creamy shell treat. Ages 3 and up, with a caregiver. Please pre-register.

Join us for fairy tales, experiments, crafts and more!  Ages 3 and up, with a caregiver. 

Join Miss Kelly from Absolute Dance School in Marlborough for a fun introduction to hip hop dance! Class will include an introduction to music and movement to a beat, stretching, strength building, and a few cool tricks. Children will also learn a short dance to show off their new skills! Ages 3+. 

This literacy program is provided by the MEFA. The organization emphasizes the importance of reading with children at home and how that directly impacts their long-term education. Parents are able to gain valuable access to different long term educational opportunities for their children.Special guest, Elmo, will act out a book with the children. All children will then have an opportunity to meet the character and have photos! Ages 2-6, with a caregiver. 

Create an adorable fairy house with our paints and sparkly doodads. Ages 3 and up, with a caregiver. Please pre-register.

Pop Up Art School will help you create a shadow box theater inspired by the animator Lottie Reiniger, a pioneer of silhouette animation.

Using the story of your choice, you will cut your own characters from paper and design your theater. The theater can be lit from behind by the light on a smart phone.

Show up at your next cosplay event with a headpiece that you designed and handcrafted. Pop-Up Art School will bring all the materials, tools and help you need to make a headpiece that will wow your friends! Open to teens/tweens going into grades 6-12. Space is limited and registration is required. 

Join Miss Jennie for an interactive storytime featuring stories, songs, rhymes and movement, followed by playtime. (ages birth-4, with a caregiver)

Make sweet creations inspired by your favorite myths, legends, and fairy tales. You'll get three pre-baked cupcakes to decorate with our supplies. At the end, we'll vote for our favorites. Grades 6-12. Registration is required. 

Join us for fairy tales, experiments, crafts and more!  Ages 3 and up, with a caregiver. 

Art Club  

What can a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster do when they have to leave their farm? Become world famous musicians, of course! CactusHead Puppets brings to life the hilarious tale of four farm animals who set out on the road to Bremen to pursue their dreams of stardom. Along the way, they encounter a fortune, foil some robbers, and learn how to work together in harmony. This production features lovable rod puppets, elaborate shadow scenes, and CactusHead puppets' signature sense of humor.

The program, Dance Me a Story, is an interactive story time that introduces literature through movement, music, and imagination.  Designed for children ages 2-6 years old, each session embarks children on a musical adventure centered around a popular fairy tale.  Students are guided through of the story using their bodies, voices, and minds to become a collaborating part of the storytelling. 

Join us for a snack and screening of Disney's live action Beauty & the Beast. Rated PG. All ages welcome.

This month the Adult Book Club is reading The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore 

“Written with a sparkling voice and breakneck pace, The Radium Girls fully illuminates the inspiring young women exposed to the “wonder” substance of radium, and their awe-inspiring strength in the face of almost impossible circumstances. Their courage and tenacity led to life-changing regulations, research into nuclear bombing, and ultimately saved hundreds of thousands of lives.

This program is free and open to the public.  Copies are available at the circulation desk. Learn more about the Book Club on our website.

Join Miss Jennie for an interactive storytime featuring stories, songs, rhymes and movement, followed by playtime. (ages birth-4, with a caregiver)

Create a dramatic fairy tale castle silhouette on a colorful background. Add dragons, witches, flying unicorns, or anything else you can imagine. You can follow along with our step-by-step sample, or give it your own unique twist. Registration is required.   

Join us for fairy tales, experiments, crafts and more!  Ages 3 and up, with a caregiver. 

Make your own mini terrium in a mason jar. We'll provide the supplies and you provide the creativity. Ages 3 and up, with a caregiver. Please pre-register.

Mad Science

This month the Adult Book Club is reading The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore 

“Written with a sparkling voice and breakneck pace, The Radium Girls fully illuminates the inspiring young women exposed to the “wonder” substance of radium, and their awe-inspiring strength in the face of almost impossible circumstances. Their courage and tenacity led to life-changing regulations, research into nuclear bombing, and ultimately saved hundreds of thousands of lives.

This program is free and open to the public.  Copies are available at the circulation desk. Learn more about the Book Club on our website.

Pretend you're a little kid again and indulge in some fantastical fun! Visit our creation stations to make "unicorn food," a magic mirror, and a ribbon crown. Then you can snack, watch the first episode of "Once Upon a Time" and enjoy the fairy tale atmosphere.  Cosplay encouraged!

Tumble down the rabbit hole in Lewis Carroll’s classic tale, Alice in Wonderland. Join Alice as she searches for the White Rabbit and tries to find her way out of Wonderland. Things get curiouser and curiouser as she meets the Mad Hatter at his unbirthday party, discusses the Jabberwocky poem with Humpty Dumpty, outwits Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, and tries to charm the intimidating Red Queen. This fantastical journey takes audiences on an imaginative adventure that asks the question: Who are you?

Join Miss Jennie for an interactive storytime featuring stories, songs, rhymes and movement, followed by playtime. (ages birth-4, with a caregiver)

Join Miss Kelly from Absolute Dance School in Marlborough for an exciting afternoon exploring Jazz Dance with a theatrical flair! Class includes an introduction to Jazz centered movement and staging with plenty of opportunity to express yourself. Children will learn a short dance as well! Ages 5+.

Make pretty paper luminaries with just a pushpin and some glue. Everyone will take home 2 LED flameless candles to illuminate your creations. 

Join us for fairy tales, experiments, crafts and more!  Ages 3 and up, with a caregiver. 

This month the Adult Book Club is reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury     

“In a society in which books are outlawed, Montag, a regimented fireman in charge of burning the forbidden volumes, meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read. Suddenly he finds himself a hunted fugitive, forced to choose not only between two women, but between personal safety and intellectual freedom.”

This program is free and open to the public.  Copies are available at the circulation desk. Learn more about the Book Club on our website.

This month the Adult Book Club is reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury     

“In a society in which books are outlawed, Montag, a regimented fireman in charge of burning the forbidden volumes, meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read. Suddenly he finds himself a hunted fugitive, forced to choose not only between two women, but between personal safety and intellectual freedom.”

This program is free and open to the public.  Copies are available at the circulation desk. Learn more about the Book Club on our website.

Read a book about a topic in science! No previous experience in the subject necessary; come to learn something new or to share your expertise! 

This month we are reading How To Invent Everything by Ryan North. Copies will be available at the circulation desk.

This program is free and open to the public ages 18+.

Labor Day

This month the Adult Book Club is reading Warlight by Michael Ondaatje

“A mesmerizing new novel that tells a dramatic story set in the decade after World War II through the lives of a small group of unexpected characters and two teenagers whose lives are indelibly shaped by their unwitting involvement.

This program is free and open to the public.  Copies are available at the circulation desk. Learn more about the Book Club on our website.

This month the Adult Book Club is reading Warlight by Michael Ondaatje

“A mesmerizing new novel that tells a dramatic story set in the decade after World War II through the lives of a small group of unexpected characters and two teenagers whose lives are indelibly shaped by their unwitting involvement.

This program is free and open to the public.  Copies are available at the circulation desk. Learn more about the Book Club on our website.

Read a book about a topic in science! No previous experience in the subject necessary; come to learn something new or to share your expertise! 

This month we are reading Spying On Whales by Nick Pyenson. Copies will be available at the circulation desk.

This program is free and open to the public ages 18+.

Columbus Day

This month the Adult Book Club is reading The Immortalists: a novel by Chloe Benjamin

“It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children--four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness--sneak out to hear their fortunes. Their prophecies inform their next five decades.  The Immortalists probes the line between destiny and choice, reality and illusion, this world and the next. It is a deeply moving testament to the power of story, the nature of belief, and the unrelenting pull of familial bonds.”

This program is free and open to the public.  Copies are available at the circulation desk. Learn more about the Book Club on our website.

This month the Adult Book Club is reading The Immortalists: a novel by Chloe Benjamin

“It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children--four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness--sneak out to hear their fortunes. Their prophecies inform their next five decades.  The Immortalists probes the line between destiny and choice, reality and illusion, this world and the next. It is a deeply moving testament to the power of story, the nature of belief, and the unrelenting pull of familial bonds.”

This program is free and open to the public.  Copies are available at the circulation desk. Learn more about the Book Club on our website.

Read a book about a topic in science! No previous experience in the subject necessary; come to learn something new or to share your expertise! 

This month we are reading Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History by Bill Schutt. Copies will be available at the circulation desk.

This program is free and open to the public ages 18+.

How does it work?

(1) Put items on hold using your CWMARS account. The Library is only able to fill requests for available Marlborough items.  Materials from other libraries are not yet available since the delivery system that transports them has not resumed service.  

(2) Wait for an email, text, or phone call that your items are ready to be picked up.

(3)  Book a pickup appointment window here or call us at (508) 624-6900. 

(4) Come to the parking lot/Witherbee Street entrance of the library during your appointment window. Your items and due date slip will be in a closed paper bag with your name on it. 

Other Guidelines:

• We ask you to please wear a mask and remain 6 feet apart from other patrons who are picking up library items, as well.
• Please feel free to return items in the outside bins when you arrive. We will quarantine them for 72 hours before returning them to the shelves. 
• If you miss your appointment, please call us at 508-624-6900 to schedule another. We will hold onto the items for one week.
• We are unable to do “shelf-checks” at this time, and cannot pull any books off the shelf on-demand.
• Board games, toys, Wifi hotspots, and other items from the “Library of Things” are not available at this time. 
• For your safety, we will not be opening the doors for any reason. If you need help, please call us at 508-624-6900.

How does it work?

(1) Put items on hold using your CWMARS account. The Library is only able to fill requests for available Marlborough items.  Materials from other libraries are not yet available since the delivery system that transports them has not resumed service.  

(2) Wait for an email, text, or phone call that your items are ready to be picked up.

(3)  Book a pickup appointment window.

(4) Come to the parking lot/Witherbee Street entrance of the library during your appointment window. Your items and due date slip will be in a closed paper bag with your name on it. 

Other Guidelines:

• We ask you to please wear a mask and remain 6 feet apart from other patrons who are picking up library items, as well.
• Please feel free to return items in the outside bins when you arrive. We will quarantine them for 72 hours before returning them to the shelves. 
• If you miss your appointment, please call us at 508-624-6900 to schedule another. We will hold onto the items for one week.
• We are unable to do “shelf-checks” at this time, and cannot pull any books off the shelf on-demand.
• Board games, toys, Wifi hotspots, and other items from the “Library of Things” are not available at this time. 
• For your safety, we will not be opening the doors for any reason. If you need help, please call us at 508-624-6900.

How does it work?

(1) Put items on hold using your CWMARS account. The Library is only able to fill requests for available Marlborough items.  Materials from other libraries are not yet available since the delivery system that transports them has not resumed service.  

(2) Wait for an email, text, or phone call that your items are ready to be picked up.

(3)  Book a pickup appointment window.

(4) Come to the parking lot/Witherbee Street entrance of the library during your appointment window. Your items and due date slip will be in a closed paper bag with your name on it. 

Other Guidelines:

• We ask you to please wear a mask and remain 6 feet apart from other patrons who are picking up library items, as well.
• Please feel free to return items in the outside bins when you arrive. We will quarantine them for 72 hours before returning them to the shelves. 
• If you miss your appointment, please call us at 508-624-6900 to schedule another. We will hold onto the items for one week.
• We are unable to do “shelf-checks” at this time, and cannot pull any books off the shelf on-demand.
• Board games, toys, Wifi hotspots, and other items from the “Library of Things” are not available at this time. 
• For your safety, we will not be opening the doors for any reason. If you need help, please call us at 508-624-6900.

How does it work?

(1) Put items on hold using your CWMARS account. The Library is only able to fill requests for available Marlborough items.  Materials from other libraries are not yet available since the delivery system that transports them has not resumed service.  

(2) Wait for an email, text, or phone call that your items are ready to be picked up.

(3)  Book a pickup appointment window.

(4) Come to the parking lot/Witherbee Street entrance of the library during your appointment window. Your items and due date slip will be in a closed paper bag with your name on it. 

Other Guidelines:

• We ask you to please wear a mask and remain 6 feet apart from other patrons who are picking up library items, as well.
• Please feel free to return items in the outside bins when you arrive. We will quarantine them for 72 hours before returning them to the shelves. 
• If you miss your appointment, please call us at 508-624-6900 to schedule another. We will hold onto the items for one week.
• We are unable to do “shelf-checks” at this time, and cannot pull any books off the shelf on-demand.
• Board games, toys, Wifi hotspots, and other items from the “Library of Things” are not available at this time. 
• For your safety, we will not be opening the doors for any reason. If you need help, please call us at 508-624-6900.

How does it work?

(1) Put items on hold using your CWMARS account. The Library is only able to fill requests for available Marlborough items.  Materials from other libraries are not yet available since the delivery system that transports them has not resumed service.  

(2) Wait for an email, text, or phone call that your items are ready to be picked up.

(3)  Book a pickup appointment window.

(4) Come to the parking lot/Witherbee Street entrance of the library during your appointment window. Your items and due date slip will be in a closed paper bag with your name on it. 

Other Guidelines:

• We ask you to please wear a mask and remain 6 feet apart from other patrons who are picking up library items, as well.
• Please feel free to return items in the outside bins when you arrive. We will quarantine them for 72 hours before returning them to the shelves. 
• If you miss your appointment, please call us at 508-624-6900 to schedule another. We will hold onto the items for one week.
• We are unable to do “shelf-checks” at this time, and cannot pull any books off the shelf on-demand.
• Board games, toys, Wifi hotspots, and other items from the “Library of Things” are not available at this time. 
• For your safety, we will not be opening the doors for any reason. If you need help, please call us at 508-624-6900.

How does it work?

(1) Put items on hold using your CWMARS account. The Library is only able to fill requests for available Marlborough items.  Materials from other libraries are not yet available since the delivery system that transports them has not resumed service.  

(2) Wait for an email, text, or phone call that your items are ready to be picked up.

(3)  Book a pickup appointment window.

(4) Come to the parking lot/Witherbee Street entrance of the library during your appointment window. Your items and due date slip will be in a closed paper bag with your name on it. 

Other Guidelines:

• We ask you to please wear a mask and remain 6 feet apart from other patrons who are picking up library items, as well.
• Please feel free to return items in the outside bins when you arrive. We will quarantine them for 72 hours before returning them to the shelves. 
• If you miss your appointment, please call us at 508-624-6900 to schedule another. We will hold onto the items for one week.
• We are unable to do “shelf-checks” at this time, and cannot pull any books off the shelf on-demand.
• Board games, toys, Wifi hotspots, and other items from the “Library of Things” are not available at this time. 
• For your safety, we will not be opening the doors for any reason. If you need help, please call us at 508-624-6900.

Veterans Day

This month the Adult Book Club is reading Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

“Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home.”

This program is free and open to the public.  Copies are available at the circulation desk. Learn more about the Book Club on our website.

This month the Adult Book Club is reading Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

“Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home.”

This program is free and open to the public.  Copies are available at the circulation desk. Learn more about the Book Club on our website.

Thanksgiving Day

Day after Thanksgiving 

Read a book about a topic in science! No previous experience in the subject necessary; come to learn something new or to share your expertise! 

This month we are reading Scatter, Adapt, and Remember by Annalee Newitz. Copies will be available at the circulation desk.

This program is free and open to the public ages 18+.

This month the Adult Book Club does not have a book to read. Instead we will be having a social hour to debut the 2021 book list!

This program is free and open to the public.  Copies are available at the circulation desk. Learn more about the Book Club on our website.

This month the Adult Book Club does not have a book to read. Instead we will be having a social hour to debut the 2021 book list!

This program is free and open to the public.  Copies are available at the circulation desk. Learn more about the Book Club on our website.

Christmas Day

Read a book about a topic in science! No previous experience in the subject necessary; come to learn something new or to share your expertise! 

This month we are reading The Order Of Time by Carlo Rovelli. Copies will be available at the circulation desk.

This program is free and open to the public ages 18+.