Discover Art at Your Library!
Kids can Bring Home an Art Activity and Use Your Library Card to Checkout Books on the Art Activity's Theme
Available for Youth Ages while supplies last and no registration is required for this free activity.
Discover Art at Your Library!
Kids can Bring Home an Art Activity and Use Your Library Card to Checkout Books on the Art Activity's Theme
Available for Youth Ages while supplies last and no registration is required for this free activity.
Bring along your current project or start a new one as you chat with fellow knitters.
Bring along your current project or start a new one as you chat with fellow knitters.
Do you find it hard to craft at home? Too many distractions or not enough space?
Bring your latest project (knitting, crocheting, sewing, jewelry-making, etc) to do in our meeting room with like-minded crafters.
Casual, friendly and fun!
Do you find it hard to craft at home? Too many distractions or not enough space?
Bring your latest project (knitting, crocheting, sewing, jewelry-making, etc) to do in our meeting room with like-minded crafters.
Casual, friendly and fun!
For patrons ages 18 - 26.
Create a cute soft little plush of a love letter, with a real note inside! A love note can be for a partner, friend, family or even a pet!
For patrons ages 18 - 26.
Create a cute soft little plush of a love letter, with a real note inside! A love note can be for a partner, friend, family or even a pet!
Join us to learn and play Dungeons and Dragons. Beginners and experts are welcome.
For ages 12+.
Join us to learn and play Dungeons and Dragons. Beginners and experts are welcome.
For ages 12+.
PTO Meeting focused on fundraising and educational programming.
PTO Meeting focused on fundraising and educational programming.
Bring your toddler by the Lawler Branch for some stories and fun activities!
Bring your toddler by the Lawler Branch for some stories and fun activities!
Pushing the Generations Forward- Do you want to figure out a way to define your purpose in life? Do you have personal goals that you want to achieve, but not sure about the structure to achieve them? Would you like to know how most businesses strategically plan for long term success, and how these same techniques can be applied to your life personally? Then you have come to the right place.
Pushing the Generations Forward- Do you want to figure out a way to define your purpose in life? Do you have personal goals that you want to achieve, but not sure about the structure to achieve them? Would you like to know how most businesses strategically plan for long term success, and how these same techniques can be applied to your life personally? Then you have come to the right place.
Make new friends by joining our Scrabble group and expand your vocabulary!
Make new friends by joining our Scrabble group and expand your vocabulary!
Join us for tea as we discuss our favorite authors and books. A different tea will be featured every month (with alternative teas available.)
Join us for tea as we discuss our favorite authors and books. A different tea will be featured every month (with alternative teas available.)
Join us at the New Bedford Main Library's Youth Services on AHA Night!
Enter in the Black History Month Drawing Contest, craft with Little People's College, and more. All families are welcome for this free event and no registration is required. Hope to see you there!
Join us at the New Bedford Main Library's Youth Services on AHA Night!
Enter in the Black History Month Drawing Contest, craft with Little People's College, and more. All families are welcome for this free event and no registration is required. Hope to see you there!
Join us for stories and a fun craft!
Join us for stories and a fun craft!
Get some one-on-one tech help from your friendly library staff.
Get some one-on-one tech help from your friendly library staff.
What can you build?
All ages are welcome with no registration required.
Hope to see you there!
What can you build?
All ages are welcome with no registration required.
Hope to see you there!
All families are welcome to join us at Youth Services for a special story time with a park ranger from New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park!
There is no registration required for this free event. Hope to see you there!
All families are welcome to join us at Youth Services for a special story time with a park ranger from New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park!
There is no registration required for this free event. Hope to see you there!
Hang out at a monthly Gundam build event at the library. Open to all Gundam fans and modelers. All skill levels welcome. Learn new tips and tricks or share your own tips. Bring your own supplies.
Hang out at a monthly Gundam build event at the library. Open to all Gundam fans and modelers. All skill levels welcome. Learn new tips and tricks or share your own tips. Bring your own supplies.
Bring your modeling supplies and hang out at a monthly Gundam build event at the library.
Open to all Gundam fans and modelers. All skill levels welcome. Learn new tips and tricks or share your own.
Bring your modeling supplies and hang out at a monthly Gundam build event at the library.
Open to all Gundam fans and modelers. All skill levels welcome. Learn new tips and tricks or share your own.
Bring along your current project or start a new one as you chat with fellow knitters.
Bring along your current project or start a new one as you chat with fellow knitters.
Do you find it hard to craft at home? Too many distractions or not enough space?
Bring your latest project (knitting, crocheting, sewing, jewelry-making, etc) to do in our meeting room with like-minded crafters.
Casual, friendly and fun!
Do you find it hard to craft at home? Too many distractions or not enough space?
Bring your latest project (knitting, crocheting, sewing, jewelry-making, etc) to do in our meeting room with like-minded crafters.
Casual, friendly and fun!
Intro to Working Out - This course is offered through the City of New Bedford for City of New Bedford Employees only. Registration is required prior to this event. Please reach out to the Personnel Department via email with any questions: personnel@newbedford-ma.gov
Intro to Working Out - This course is offered through the City of New Bedford for City of New Bedford Employees only. Registration is required prior to this event. Please reach out to the Personnel Department via email with any questions: personnel@newbedford-ma.gov
For patrons ages 18 - 26.
Not a fan of Valentine’s Day? Does the sight of hearts make you queasy? Do heart-shaped candies taste bittersweet to you? Drop by the Lawler Branch for all your Anti-Valentines needs and get together with fellow young adults who feel the same way.
For patrons ages 18 - 26.
Not a fan of Valentine’s Day? Does the sight of hearts make you queasy? Do heart-shaped candies taste bittersweet to you? Drop by the Lawler Branch for all your Anti-Valentines needs and get together with fellow young adults who feel the same way.
Book Club held via zoom
Book Club held via zoom
Bring your toddler by the Lawler Branch for some stories and fun activities!
Bring your toddler by the Lawler Branch for some stories and fun activities!
Calling all crafters! Join our monthly crafting club and do a new project each month. All supplies provided by the library.
Calling all crafters! Join our monthly crafting club and do a new project each month. All supplies provided by the library.
All families are welcome to meet us at Rotch Jones Duff House’s mansion, parlors, or gardens (depending on the weather) for story time and take home craft.
There is no registration for this free event.
Hope to see you there!
All families are welcome to meet us at Rotch Jones Duff House’s mansion, parlors, or gardens (depending on the weather) for story time and take home craft.
There is no registration for this free event.
Hope to see you there!
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of the month.
Join us for casual & friendly book discussions.
February's Book Choice: The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves
From GoodReads.com: What if you had a second chance at first love?
Annika Rose likes being alone.
She feels lost in social situations, saying the wrong thing or acting the wrong way. She just can't read people. She prefers the quiet solitude of books or playing chess to being around others. Apart from Jonathan. She liked being around him, but she hasn't seen him for ten years. Until now that is. And she's not sure he'll want to see her again after what happened all those years ago.
Annika Rose likes being alone.
Except that, actually, she doesn't like being alone at all.
The Girl He Used to Know is an uplifting novel full of surprising revelations that keep you turning the page. Perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes, Gail Honeyman, Jill Santopolo and Sliding Doors.
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of the month.
Join us for casual & friendly book discussions.
February's Book Choice: The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves
From GoodReads.com: What if you had a second chance at first love?
Annika Rose likes being alone.
She feels lost in social situations, saying the wrong thing or acting the wrong way. She just can't read people. She prefers the quiet solitude of books or playing chess to being around others. Apart from Jonathan. She liked being around him, but she hasn't seen him for ten years. Until now that is. And she's not sure he'll want to see her again after what happened all those years ago.
Annika Rose likes being alone.
Except that, actually, she doesn't like being alone at all.
The Girl He Used to Know is an uplifting novel full of surprising revelations that keep you turning the page. Perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes, Gail Honeyman, Jill Santopolo and Sliding Doors.
Turn colored dots on your canvas into abstract art with just one swipe!
No pre-registration required. Drop-ins welcome while supplies last.
Ages 8+ with their caregiver.
Turn colored dots on your canvas into abstract art with just one swipe!
No pre-registration required. Drop-ins welcome while supplies last.
Ages 8+ with their caregiver.
Cardio Karate - This course is offered through the City of New Bedford for City of New Bedford Employees only. Registration is required prior to this event. Please reach out to the Personnel Department via email with any questions: personnel@newbedford-ma.gov
Cardio Karate - This course is offered through the City of New Bedford for City of New Bedford Employees only. Registration is required prior to this event. Please reach out to the Personnel Department via email with any questions: personnel@newbedford-ma.gov
Make new friends by joining our Scrabble group and expand your vocabulary!
Make new friends by joining our Scrabble group and expand your vocabulary!
What will you paint?
All families are welcome to paint while supplies last and no registration is required for this free event.
What will you paint?
All families are welcome to paint while supplies last and no registration is required for this free event.
For patrons in grades 6 through 12.
Talk about your favorite Japanese-style comic or animated series with fellow teens while watching episodes of various anime, courtesy of Crunchyroll!
Meets on the third Thursday of every month.
For patrons in grades 6 through 12.
Talk about your favorite Japanese-style comic or animated series with fellow teens while watching episodes of various anime, courtesy of Crunchyroll!
Meets on the third Thursday of every month.
Join us for stories and a fun craft!
Join us for stories and a fun craft!
Get some one-on-one tech help from your friendly library staff.
Get some one-on-one tech help from your friendly library staff.
What can you build?
All ages are welcome with no registration required.
Hope to see you there!
What can you build?
All ages are welcome with no registration required.
Hope to see you there!
This is our monthly weekend craft club for elementary school aged children where they make a craft to take home.
Meets on the first and third Saturday of every month.
This is our monthly weekend craft club for elementary school aged children where they make a craft to take home.
Meets on the first and third Saturday of every month.
Bond with your children and help promote healthy habits with family yoga at the library. All ages are welcome!
This program is supported in part by a grant from the New Bedford Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
Bond with your children and help promote healthy habits with family yoga at the library. All ages are welcome!
This program is supported in part by a grant from the New Bedford Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
Do you find it hard to craft at home? Too many distractions or not enough space?
Bring your latest project (knitting, crocheting, sewing, jewelry-making, etc) to do in our meeting room with like-minded crafters.
Casual, friendly and fun!
Do you find it hard to craft at home? Too many distractions or not enough space?
Bring your latest project (knitting, crocheting, sewing, jewelry-making, etc) to do in our meeting room with like-minded crafters.
Casual, friendly and fun!
For patrons ages 18 - 26.
Escape your everyday struggles and become part of a mystical adventure!
Character creation is closed, but spectators are welcome!
For patrons ages 18 - 26.
Escape your everyday struggles and become part of a mystical adventure!
Character creation is closed, but spectators are welcome!
Have you always wanted to try Dungeons and Dragons but never had a chance? Are you a veteran player but looking for a new party?
Join our new D & D Adventuerer's League for players 18+.
Have you always wanted to try Dungeons and Dragons but never had a chance? Are you a veteran player but looking for a new party?
Join our new D & D Adventuerer's League for players 18+.
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
We provide support to grandparents raising grandchildren with monthly support groups, information, special programs and referral services.
You are not alone, there are many others just like you who have taken on the extraordinary responsibility of raising their grandchildren.
You deserve support and praise.
Support Group Meeting Schedule
3rd Tuesday of Every Month
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
We provide support to grandparents raising grandchildren with monthly support groups, information, special programs and referral services.
You are not alone, there are many others just like you who have taken on the extraordinary responsibility of raising their grandchildren.
You deserve support and praise.
Support Group Meeting Schedule
3rd Tuesday of Every Month
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Bring your toddler by the Lawler Branch for some stories and fun activities!
Bring your toddler by the Lawler Branch for some stories and fun activities!
"Book Buddies" is a free, drop in story time program with no registration required.
Children (ages 0-8 years old) can be read to by library staff in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.
Please check our monthly calendar for the next Book Buddies Event!
Hope to see you there!
"Book Buddies" is a free, drop in story time program with no registration required.
Children (ages 0-8 years old) can be read to by library staff in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.
Please check our monthly calendar for the next Book Buddies Event!
Hope to see you there!
Make a cool geometric painting!
No pre-registration necessary. Drop-ins welcome while supplies last.
Ages 8+ with their caregiver.
Make a cool geometric painting!
No pre-registration necessary. Drop-ins welcome while supplies last.
Ages 8+ with their caregiver.
Cardio Karate - This course is offered through the City of New Bedford for City of New Bedford Employees only. Registration is required prior to this event. Please reach out to the Personnel Department via email with any questions: personnel@newbedford-ma.gov
Cardio Karate - This course is offered through the City of New Bedford for City of New Bedford Employees only. Registration is required prior to this event. Please reach out to the Personnel Department via email with any questions: personnel@newbedford-ma.gov
Make new friends by joining our Scrabble group and expand your vocabulary!
Make new friends by joining our Scrabble group and expand your vocabulary!
Join us for monthly book club! You can pick up the book at the Wilks Library.
Upcoming Books:
February - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
March - The Gilded Years by Karin Tanabe
April - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
May - Madam by Debby Applegate
June - One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
July - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
August - The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
September - The Tin Ticket by Deborah J. Swiss
October - The Winners by Fredrik Backman
November - The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
December - Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe by Jenny Colgan
Join us for monthly book club! You can pick up the book at the Wilks Library.
Upcoming Books:
February - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
March - The Gilded Years by Karin Tanabe
April - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
May - Madam by Debby Applegate
June - One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
July - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
August - The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
September - The Tin Ticket by Deborah J. Swiss
October - The Winners by Fredrik Backman
November - The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
December - Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe by Jenny Colgan
Get some one-on-one tech help from your friendly library staff.
Get some one-on-one tech help from your friendly library staff.
What can you build?
All ages are welcome with no registration required.
Hope to see you there!
What can you build?
All ages are welcome with no registration required.
Hope to see you there!
Local artist Adrian Colon will share tips and techniques to help you draw comics!
Paper and pencils provided by the library.
Ages 13+ (caregivers welcome).
Space is limited so please sign up by contacting the Wilks Library or via this form: bit.ly/3RdiXOU
Local artist Adrian Colon will share tips and techniques to help you draw comics!
Paper and pencils provided by the library.
Ages 13+ (caregivers welcome).
Space is limited so please sign up by contacting the Wilks Library or via this form: bit.ly/3RdiXOU
Discover Art at Your Library!
Kids can Bring Home an Art Activity and Use Your Library Card to Checkout Books on the Art Activity's Theme
Available for Youth Ages while supplies last and no registration is required for this free activity.
Discover Art at Your Library!
Kids can Bring Home an Art Activity and Use Your Library Card to Checkout Books on the Art Activity's Theme
Available for Youth Ages while supplies last and no registration is required for this free activity.
Bring along your current project or start a new one as you chat with fellow knitters.
Bring along your current project or start a new one as you chat with fellow knitters.
Do you find it hard to craft at home? Too many distractions or not enough space?
Bring your latest project (knitting, crocheting, sewing, jewelry-making, etc) to do in our meeting room with like-minded crafters.
Casual, friendly and fun!
Do you find it hard to craft at home? Too many distractions or not enough space?
Bring your latest project (knitting, crocheting, sewing, jewelry-making, etc) to do in our meeting room with like-minded crafters.
Casual, friendly and fun!
Intro to Working Out - This course is offered through the City of New Bedford for City of New Bedford Employees only. Registration is required prior to this event. Please reach out to the Personnel Department via email with any questions: personnel@newbedford-ma.gov
Intro to Working Out - This course is offered through the City of New Bedford for City of New Bedford Employees only. Registration is required prior to this event. Please reach out to the Personnel Department via email with any questions: personnel@newbedford-ma.gov
Community Partners event for members of the Access to Recovery team in New Bedford
Community Partners event for members of the Access to Recovery team in New Bedford
For patrons ages 18 - 26.
Escape your everyday struggles and become part of a mystical adventure!
Character creation is closed, but spectators are welcome!
For patrons ages 18 - 26.
Escape your everyday struggles and become part of a mystical adventure!
Character creation is closed, but spectators are welcome!
A free, open to the public, educational workshop on Taxes in Retirement
A free, open to the public, educational workshop on Taxes in Retirement
Bring your toddler by the Lawler Branch for some stories and fun activities!
Bring your toddler by the Lawler Branch for some stories and fun activities!
"Book Buddies" is a free, drop in story time program with no registration required.
Children (ages 0-8 years old) can be read to by library staff in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.
Please check our monthly calendar for the next Book Buddies Event!
Hope to see you there!
"Book Buddies" is a free, drop in story time program with no registration required.
Children (ages 0-8 years old) can be read to by library staff in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.
Please check our monthly calendar for the next Book Buddies Event!
Hope to see you there!
Cardio Karate - This course is offered through the City of New Bedford for City of New Bedford Employees only. Registration is required prior to this event. Please reach out to the Personnel Department via email with any questions: personnel@newbedford-ma.gov
Cardio Karate - This course is offered through the City of New Bedford for City of New Bedford Employees only. Registration is required prior to this event. Please reach out to the Personnel Department via email with any questions: personnel@newbedford-ma.gov
Take our introductory and advanced Cricut classes and learn how to use the Cricut to make your own paper and vinyl crafts. Upon completion of both of these courses, you will be free to use the library's Cricut machines on your own at any time. Both classes are required for unsupervised use of the Cricut.
No prior registration required. All classes will be held in the CreateLab on the 2nd floor.
Take our introductory and advanced Cricut classes and learn how to use the Cricut to make your own paper and vinyl crafts. Upon completion of both of these courses, you will be free to use the library's Cricut machines on your own at any time. Both classes are required for unsupervised use of the Cricut.
No prior registration required. All classes will be held in the CreateLab on the 2nd floor.
Lecture on Black History hosted by the New Bedford Historical Society
Lecture on Black History hosted by the New Bedford Historical Society
For patrons in grades 6 through 12.
Hang out with friends and play games at the library!
Meets on the first Thursday of every month.
For patrons in grades 6 through 12.
Hang out with friends and play games at the library!
Meets on the first Thursday of every month.
Join us for stories and a fun craft!
Join us for stories and a fun craft!
What can you build?
All ages are welcome with no registration required.
Hope to see you there!
What can you build?
All ages are welcome with no registration required.
Hope to see you there!
This is our monthly weekend craft club for elementary school aged children where they make a craft to take home.
Meets on the first and third Saturday of every month.
This is our monthly weekend craft club for elementary school aged children where they make a craft to take home.
Meets on the first and third Saturday of every month.
Discover Art at Your Library!
Kids can Bring Home an Art Activity and Use Your Library Card to Check out Books on the Art Activity's Theme
Available for Youth Ages while supplies last and no registration is required for this free activity.
Discover Art at Your Library!
Kids can Bring Home an Art Activity and Use Your Library Card to Check out Books on the Art Activity's Theme
Available for Youth Ages while supplies last and no registration is required for this free activity.
Do you find it hard to craft at home? Too many distractions or not enough space?
Bring your latest project (knitting, crocheting, sewing, jewelry-making, etc) to do in our meeting room with like-minded crafters.
Casual, friendly and fun!
Do you find it hard to craft at home? Too many distractions or not enough space?
Bring your latest project (knitting, crocheting, sewing, jewelry-making, etc) to do in our meeting room with like-minded crafters.
Casual, friendly and fun!
Intro to Working Out - This course is offered through the City of New Bedford for City of New Bedford Employees only. Registration is required prior to this event. Please reach out to the Personnel Department via email with any questions: personnel@newbedford-ma.gov
Intro to Working Out - This course is offered through the City of New Bedford for City of New Bedford Employees only. Registration is required prior to this event. Please reach out to the Personnel Department via email with any questions: personnel@newbedford-ma.gov
Join us to learn and play Dungeons and Dragons. Beginners and experts are welcome.
For ages 12+.
Join us to learn and play Dungeons and Dragons. Beginners and experts are welcome.
For ages 12+.
PTO Meeting focused on fundraising and educational programming.
PTO Meeting focused on fundraising and educational programming.
What will you paint?
All families are welcome to paint while supplies last and no registration is required for this free event.
What will you paint?
All families are welcome to paint while supplies last and no registration is required for this free event.
Cardio Karate - This course is offered through the City of New Bedford for City of New Bedford Employees only. Registration is required prior to this event. Please reach out to the Personnel Department via email with any questions: personnel@newbedford-ma.gov
Cardio Karate - This course is offered through the City of New Bedford for City of New Bedford Employees only. Registration is required prior to this event. Please reach out to the Personnel Department via email with any questions: personnel@newbedford-ma.gov
Take our introductory and advanced Cricut classes and learn how to use the Cricut to make your own paper and vinyl crafts. Upon completion of both of these courses, you will be free to use the library's Cricut machines on your own at any time. Both classes are required for unsupervised use of the Cricut.
No prior registration required. All classes will be held in the CreateLab on the 2nd floor.
Take our introductory and advanced Cricut classes and learn how to use the Cricut to make your own paper and vinyl crafts. Upon completion of both of these courses, you will be free to use the library's Cricut machines on your own at any time. Both classes are required for unsupervised use of the Cricut.
No prior registration required. All classes will be held in the CreateLab on the 2nd floor.
Join us for tea as we discuss our favorite authors and books. A different tea will be featured every month (with alternative teas available.)
Join us for tea as we discuss our favorite authors and books. A different tea will be featured every month (with alternative teas available.)
Join us for Animal Ambassador Encounter Programs from the Buttonwood Park Zoo at the Main Library's Youth Services
Discover animals from your local zoo! Each event will have a surprise animal ambassador to meet & learn about. All ages are welcome for this free event while space is available.
Join us for Animal Ambassador Encounter Programs from the Buttonwood Park Zoo at the Main Library's Youth Services
Discover animals from your local zoo! Each event will have a surprise animal ambassador to meet & learn about. All ages are welcome for this free event while space is available.
Presentation/Training
Presentation/Training
Join us for stories and a fun craft!
Join us for stories and a fun craft!
What can you build?
All ages are welcome with no registration required.
Hope to see you there!
What can you build?
All ages are welcome with no registration required.
Hope to see you there!
All families are welcome to join us at Youth Services for a special story time with a park ranger from New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park!
There is no registration required for this free event. Hope to see you there!
All families are welcome to join us at Youth Services for a special story time with a park ranger from New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park!
There is no registration required for this free event. Hope to see you there!
Hang out at a monthly Gundam build event at the library. Open to all Gundam fans and modelers. All skill levels welcome. Learn new tips and tricks or share your own tips. Bring your own supplies.
Hang out at a monthly Gundam build event at the library. Open to all Gundam fans and modelers. All skill levels welcome. Learn new tips and tricks or share your own tips. Bring your own supplies.
Bring your modeling supplies and hang out at a monthly Gundam build event at the library.
Open to all Gundam fans and modelers. All skill levels welcome. Learn new tips and tricks or share your own.
Bring your modeling supplies and hang out at a monthly Gundam build event at the library.
Open to all Gundam fans and modelers. All skill levels welcome. Learn new tips and tricks or share your own.
Do you find it hard to craft at home? Too many distractions or not enough space?
Bring your latest project (knitting, crocheting, sewing, jewelry-making, etc) to do in our meeting room with like-minded crafters.
Casual, friendly and fun!
Do you find it hard to craft at home? Too many distractions or not enough space?
Bring your latest project (knitting, crocheting, sewing, jewelry-making, etc) to do in our meeting room with like-minded crafters.
Casual, friendly and fun!
Intro to Working Out - This course is offered through the City of New Bedford for City of New Bedford Employees only. Registration is required prior to this event. Please reach out to the Personnel Department via email with any questions: personnel@newbedford-ma.gov
Intro to Working Out - This course is offered through the City of New Bedford for City of New Bedford Employees only. Registration is required prior to this event. Please reach out to the Personnel Department via email with any questions: personnel@newbedford-ma.gov
Book Club held via zoom
Book Club held via zoom
Calling all crafters! Join our monthly crafting club and do a new project each month. All supplies provided by the library.
Calling all crafters! Join our monthly crafting club and do a new project each month. All supplies provided by the library.
All families are welcome to meet us at Rotch Jones Duff House’s mansion, parlors, or gardens (depending on the weather) for story time and take home craft.
There is no registration for this free event.
Hope to see you there!
All families are welcome to meet us at Rotch Jones Duff House’s mansion, parlors, or gardens (depending on the weather) for story time and take home craft.
There is no registration for this free event.
Hope to see you there!
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of the month.
Join us for casual & friendly book discussions.
March's Book Choice: The Color of Water by James McBride
From GoodReads.com:
Touches readers of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and identity, and a lyrical valentine to a mother from her son.
Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared "light-skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve black children. James McBride, journalist, musician and son, explores his mother's past, as well as his own upbringing and heritage, in a poignant and powerful debut, The Color Of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother.
The son of a black minister and a woman who would not admit she was white, James McBride grew up in "orchestrated chaos" with his eleven siblings in the poor, all-black projects of Red Hook, Brooklyn. "Mommy," a fiercely protective woman with "dark eyes full of pep and fire," herded her brood to Manhattan's free cultural events, sent them off on buses to the best (and mainly Jewish) schools, demanded good grades and commanded respect. As a young man, McBride saw his mother as a source of embarrassment, worry, and confusion--and reached thirty before he began to discover the truth about her early life and long-buried pain.
In The Color of Water, McBride retraces his mother's footsteps and, through her searing and spirited voice, recreates her remarkable story. The daughter of a failed itinerant Orthodox rabbi, she was born Rachel Shilsky (actually Ruchel Dwara Zylska) in Poland on April 1, 1921. Fleeing pogroms, her family emigrated to America and ultimately settled in Suffolk, Virginia, a small town where anti-Semitism and racial tensions ran high. With candor and immediacy, Ruth describes her parents' loveless marriage; her fragile, handicapped mother; her cruel, sexually-abusive father; and the rest of the family and life she abandoned.
At seventeen, after fleeing Virginia and settling in New York City, Ruth married a black minister and founded the all-black New Brown Memorial Baptist Church in her Red Hook living room. "God is the color of water," Ruth McBride taught her children, firmly convinced that life's blessings and life's values transcend race. Twice widowed, and continually confronting overwhelming adversity and racism, Ruth's determination, drive and discipline saw her dozen children through college--and most through graduate school. At age 65, she herself received a degree in social work from Temple University.
Interspersed throughout his mother's compelling narrative, McBride shares candid recollections of his own experiences as a mixed-race child of poverty, his flirtations with drugs and violence, and his eventual self-realization and professional success. The Color of Water touches readers of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and identity, and a lyrical valentine to a mother from her son.
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of the month.
Join us for casual & friendly book discussions.
March's Book Choice: The Color of Water by James McBride
From GoodReads.com:
Touches readers of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and identity, and a lyrical valentine to a mother from her son.
Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared "light-skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve black children. James McBride, journalist, musician and son, explores his mother's past, as well as his own upbringing and heritage, in a poignant and powerful debut, The Color Of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother.
The son of a black minister and a woman who would not admit she was white, James McBride grew up in "orchestrated chaos" with his eleven siblings in the poor, all-black projects of Red Hook, Brooklyn. "Mommy," a fiercely protective woman with "dark eyes full of pep and fire," herded her brood to Manhattan's free cultural events, sent them off on buses to the best (and mainly Jewish) schools, demanded good grades and commanded respect. As a young man, McBride saw his mother as a source of embarrassment, worry, and confusion--and reached thirty before he began to discover the truth about her early life and long-buried pain.
In The Color of Water, McBride retraces his mother's footsteps and, through her searing and spirited voice, recreates her remarkable story. The daughter of a failed itinerant Orthodox rabbi, she was born Rachel Shilsky (actually Ruchel Dwara Zylska) in Poland on April 1, 1921. Fleeing pogroms, her family emigrated to America and ultimately settled in Suffolk, Virginia, a small town where anti-Semitism and racial tensions ran high. With candor and immediacy, Ruth describes her parents' loveless marriage; her fragile, handicapped mother; her cruel, sexually-abusive father; and the rest of the family and life she abandoned.
At seventeen, after fleeing Virginia and settling in New York City, Ruth married a black minister and founded the all-black New Brown Memorial Baptist Church in her Red Hook living room. "God is the color of water," Ruth McBride taught her children, firmly convinced that life's blessings and life's values transcend race. Twice widowed, and continually confronting overwhelming adversity and racism, Ruth's determination, drive and discipline saw her dozen children through college--and most through graduate school. At age 65, she herself received a degree in social work from Temple University.
Interspersed throughout his mother's compelling narrative, McBride shares candid recollections of his own experiences as a mixed-race child of poverty, his flirtations with drugs and violence, and his eventual self-realization and professional success. The Color of Water touches readers of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and identity, and a lyrical valentine to a mother from her son.
Cardio Karate - This course is offered through the City of New Bedford for City of New Bedford Employees only. Registration is required prior to this event. Please reach out to the Personnel Department via email with any questions: personnel@newbedford-ma.gov
Cardio Karate - This course is offered through the City of New Bedford for City of New Bedford Employees only. Registration is required prior to this event. Please reach out to the Personnel Department via email with any questions: personnel@newbedford-ma.gov
Visit Youth Services to decorate your own treasure box. Available while supplies last.
Visit Youth Services to decorate your own treasure box. Available while supplies last.
For patrons in grades 6 through 12.
Talk about your favorite Japanese-style comic or animated series with fellow teens while watching episodes of various anime, courtesy of Crunchyroll!
Meets on the third Thursday of every month.
For patrons in grades 6 through 12.
Talk about your favorite Japanese-style comic or animated series with fellow teens while watching episodes of various anime, courtesy of Crunchyroll!
Meets on the third Thursday of every month.
Join us for stories and a fun craft!
Join us for stories and a fun craft!
What can you build?
All ages are welcome with no registration required.
Hope to see you there!
What can you build?
All ages are welcome with no registration required.
Hope to see you there!
Learn how to use Ancestry Library Edition to develop your family histories and genealogy skills.
Learn how to use Ancestry Library Edition to develop your family histories and genealogy skills.
This is our monthly weekend craft club for elementary school aged children where they make a craft to take home.
Meets on the first and third Saturday of every month.
This is our monthly weekend craft club for elementary school aged children where they make a craft to take home.
Meets on the first and third Saturday of every month.
Bond with your children and help promote healthy habits with family yoga at the library. All ages are welcome!
This program is supported in part by a grant from the New Bedford Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
Bond with your children and help promote healthy habits with family yoga at the library. All ages are welcome!
This program is supported in part by a grant from the New Bedford Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
Discover Art at Your Library!
Kids can Bring Home an Art Activity and Use Your Library Card to Check out Books on the Art Activity's Theme
Available for Youth Ages while supplies last and no registration is required for this free activity.
Discover Art at Your Library!
Kids can Bring Home an Art Activity and Use Your Library Card to Check out Books on the Art Activity's Theme
Available for Youth Ages while supplies last and no registration is required for this free activity.
Do you find it hard to craft at home? Too many distractions or not enough space?
Bring your latest project (knitting, crocheting, sewing, jewelry-making, etc) to do in our meeting room with like-minded crafters.
Casual, friendly and fun!
Do you find it hard to craft at home? Too many distractions or not enough space?
Bring your latest project (knitting, crocheting, sewing, jewelry-making, etc) to do in our meeting room with like-minded crafters.
Casual, friendly and fun!
Intro to Working Out - This course is offered through the City of New Bedford for City of New Bedford Employees only. Registration is required prior to this event. Please reach out to the Personnel Department via email with any questions: personnel@newbedford-ma.gov
Intro to Working Out - This course is offered through the City of New Bedford for City of New Bedford Employees only. Registration is required prior to this event. Please reach out to the Personnel Department via email with any questions: personnel@newbedford-ma.gov
Ken Gloss from the Brattle Bookshop in Cambridge will be here in person to talk about the value of old books and provide appraisals. Feel free to bring an old book from home for a free appraisal, this night is guarenteed to be full of surprises! This presentation will also be available on Zoom for a from home experience.
Ken Gloss from the Brattle Bookshop in Cambridge will be here in person to talk about the value of old books and provide appraisals. Feel free to bring an old book from home for a free appraisal, this night is guarenteed to be full of surprises! This presentation will also be available on Zoom for a from home experience.
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
We provide support to grandparents raising grandchildren with monthly support groups, information, special programs and referral services.
You are not alone, there are many others just like you who have taken on the extraordinary responsibility of raising their grandchildren.
You deserve support and praise.
Support Group Meeting Schedule
3rd Tuesday of Every Month
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
We provide support to grandparents raising grandchildren with monthly support groups, information, special programs and referral services.
You are not alone, there are many others just like you who have taken on the extraordinary responsibility of raising their grandchildren.
You deserve support and praise.
Support Group Meeting Schedule
3rd Tuesday of Every Month
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
"Book Buddies" is a free, drop in story time program with no registration required.
Children (ages 0-8 years old) can be read to by library staff in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.
Please check our monthly calendar for the next Book Buddies Event!
Hope to see you there!
"Book Buddies" is a free, drop in story time program with no registration required.
Children (ages 0-8 years old) can be read to by library staff in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.
Please check our monthly calendar for the next Book Buddies Event!
Hope to see you there!
