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Want to walk through a story?! Head on over to Lake Street Park - 430 Lake Street in Shrewsbury - for a Storywalk®.
Want to walk through a story?! Head on over to Lake Street Park - 430 Lake Street in Shrewsbury - for a Storywalk®.
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email splreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email splreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
Tinker Time is a fun hands-on learning program for older toddlers and preschoolers. Together you and your child can explore a variety of age-appropriate STEAM and Early-Literacy stations.
This is a drop-in program. No registration is required, but please note that space is limited.
Tinker Time is a fun hands-on learning program for older toddlers and preschoolers. Together you and your child can explore a variety of age-appropriate STEAM and Early-Literacy stations.
This is a drop-in program. No registration is required, but please note that space is limited.
School is over - work off a little steam with videogames! We'll have some of the most popular multiplayer games for the Nintendo Switch, like Super Smash Bros, Mario Party, and Overcooked. Show up ready to play or just watch your friends!
For grades 5-12, no registration necessary.
School is over - work off a little steam with videogames! We'll have some of the most popular multiplayer games for the Nintendo Switch, like Super Smash Bros, Mario Party, and Overcooked. Show up ready to play or just watch your friends!
For grades 5-12, no registration necessary.
Have you ever questioned whether anything you learn in school will be useful? This self-improvement club is for you, because topics like productivity, mental and social wellness are 100% sure to be helpful for your future. Students in grades 5-8 are invited to join us on Fridays from 4:00-4:45 p.m. to explore self improvement, productivity, self reflection, and happiness. You will be sure to learn something useful while also having fun! These sessions are led by Arnav N. and Harish R. of Shrewsbury High School.
A new topic will be presented at each meeting. No registration necessary.
Have you ever questioned whether anything you learn in school will be useful? This self-improvement club is for you, because topics like productivity, mental and social wellness are 100% sure to be helpful for your future. Students in grades 5-8 are invited to join us on Fridays from 4:00-4:45 p.m. to explore self improvement, productivity, self reflection, and happiness. You will be sure to learn something useful while also having fun! These sessions are led by Arnav N. and Harish R. of Shrewsbury High School.
A new topic will be presented at each meeting. No registration necessary.
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email splreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email splreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
Join the Shrewsbury Public Library for our Movie Matinee! A different film will be screened monthly in person at the library on a Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
In March, we'll celebrate Women's History Month with a screening of Hidden Figures (2016 | Rated PG): "The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program."
No registration required.
Join the Shrewsbury Public Library for our Movie Matinee! A different film will be screened monthly in person at the library on a Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
In March, we'll celebrate Women's History Month with a screening of Hidden Figures (2016 | Rated PG): "The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program."
No registration required.
Join Miss Roxanne and Miss Sonja for muddy storytime fun! Activities will include songs, stories, and a take-home craft. (No registration required)
This program will take place at Lake Street Park in Shrewsbury. In the event of inclement weather, the storytime will be held a the Shrewsbury Public Library. Updates will be posted here and on the library's facebook page.
Join Miss Roxanne and Miss Sonja for muddy storytime fun! Activities will include songs, stories, and a take-home craft. (No registration required)
This program will take place at Lake Street Park in Shrewsbury. In the event of inclement weather, the storytime will be held a the Shrewsbury Public Library. Updates will be posted here and on the library's facebook page.
Calling all kids who love chess and kids who want to learn how to play chess!
Head to the Children's Program Room Mondays from 7-8PM and practice playing.
An instructor will be there to help!
No registration requried, but please arrive at 7pm for the best game play.
Calling all kids who love chess and kids who want to learn how to play chess!
Head to the Children's Program Room Mondays from 7-8PM and practice playing.
An instructor will be there to help!
No registration requried, but please arrive at 7pm for the best game play.
Join Miss Roxanne for this lively early-literacy music & movement program. There will be books, songs, rhymes, chants, and fingerplays. Program is intended for children 2 - 4 years old and their grownups. Siblings are welcome.
Tokens are required and will be available at the main floor circulation desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Join Miss Roxanne for this lively early-literacy music & movement program. There will be books, songs, rhymes, chants, and fingerplays. Program is intended for children 2 - 4 years old and their grownups. Siblings are welcome.
Tokens are required and will be available at the main floor circulation desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Peter Mui, the founder of the Fixit Clinic and Kathi Mirza, an Environmental Analyst for MassDEP, will join us to explain the nuts and bolts of hosting or attending a Fixit Clinic in your very own community! Peter will discuss the history, the resources his organization offers to get a clinic off the ground, and the repair movement. Kathi will discuss local sources that libraries and community members can access to support Fixit Clinic programming in the Commonwealth. Meena Jain, Director of the Ashland Library, will discuss the Fixit Clinics the APL has hosted and the impact they've had.
Please register for this event here to receive a Zoom link in the confirmation and reminder emails
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library and is a collaboration between a multitude of MA Libraries.
Peter Mui, the founder of the Fixit Clinic and Kathi Mirza, an Environmental Analyst for MassDEP, will join us to explain the nuts and bolts of hosting or attending a Fixit Clinic in your very own community! Peter will discuss the history, the resources his organization offers to get a clinic off the ground, and the repair movement. Kathi will discuss local sources that libraries and community members can access to support Fixit Clinic programming in the Commonwealth. Meena Jain, Director of the Ashland Library, will discuss the Fixit Clinics the APL has hosted and the impact they've had.
Please register for this event here to receive a Zoom link in the confirmation and reminder emails
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library and is a collaboration between a multitude of MA Libraries.
¿Buscas un espacio informal en el que puedas practicar tu Español y aprender más de las múltiples culturas que hablan este idioma?
Únete a nuestro club de conversación más los martes en la biblioteca pública de Shrewsbury a las 6:00 p.m.
Are you looking for a casual space in which you can practice your Spanish and learn more about the multiple cultures of those who speak that language?
Join our Spanish Conversation Club most Tuesdays at the Shrewsbury Public Library at 6:00 p.m.
¿Buscas un espacio informal en el que puedas practicar tu Español y aprender más de las múltiples culturas que hablan este idioma?
Únete a nuestro club de conversación más los martes en la biblioteca pública de Shrewsbury a las 6:00 p.m.
Are you looking for a casual space in which you can practice your Spanish and learn more about the multiple cultures of those who speak that language?
Join our Spanish Conversation Club most Tuesdays at the Shrewsbury Public Library at 6:00 p.m.
The Shrewsbury Public Library is excited to partner with the YMCA for a brand new leadership training program for high school students. This program will provide participants with leadership training, job readiness skills, and CPR & first aid training. All registrants will be required to complete a formal application that will be emailed to them.
Register through the YMCA HERE. There is still time to register!
Please note that all the sessions will be happening in the Meeting Room B at the Shrewsbury Public Library
The Shrewsbury Public Library is excited to partner with the YMCA for a brand new leadership training program for high school students. This program will provide participants with leadership training, job readiness skills, and CPR & first aid training. All registrants will be required to complete a formal application that will be emailed to them.
Register through the YMCA HERE. There is still time to register!
Please note that all the sessions will be happening in the Meeting Room B at the Shrewsbury Public Library
Anyone interested in genealogy (or family history) can now join the Shrewsbury Genealogy Club from the comfort of their home! The club will meet on Zoom the fourth Tuesday of every month starting at 7:15 p.m.
To register, email the Genealogy Club’s clubmaster, former SPL Assistant Director George Brown, at geobrown1940@gmail.com.
Anyone interested in genealogy (or family history) can now join the Shrewsbury Genealogy Club from the comfort of their home! The club will meet on Zoom the fourth Tuesday of every month starting at 7:15 p.m.
To register, email the Genealogy Club’s clubmaster, former SPL Assistant Director George Brown, at geobrown1940@gmail.com.
Join Miss Diana for Babies, Books, and Bubbles! This program includes books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, sign language, and of course bubbles!
This program is intended for children ages 0-2 years old, but everyone is welcome. Space is limited. Please get a token per family at the Children's Desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Join Miss Diana for Babies, Books, and Bubbles! This program includes books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, sign language, and of course bubbles!
This program is intended for children ages 0-2 years old, but everyone is welcome. Space is limited. Please get a token per family at the Children's Desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Join Miss Diana for Babies, Books, and Bubbles! This program includes books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, sign language, and of course bubbles!
This program is intended for children ages 0-2 years old, but everyone is welcome. Space is limited. Please get a token your family at the Children's Desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Join Miss Diana for Babies, Books, and Bubbles! This program includes books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, sign language, and of course bubbles!
This program is intended for children ages 0-2 years old, but everyone is welcome. Space is limited. Please get a token your family at the Children's Desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Woody Strode’s 1950s transformation from football star to actor was the harbinger of hard-edged Western heroes later played by Jim Brown and Fred Williamson. Sidney Poitier’s Buck and the Preacher provided a narrative helmed by a groundbreaking African American director and offered unconventionally rich roles for women. Mask moves from these discussions to consider blaxploitation Westerns and an analysis of Jeff Kanew’s hard-to-find 1972 documentary about an all-Black rodeo. The book addresses how these movies set the stage for modern-day "Westploitation" films like Django Unchained.
A first-of-its kind survey, Black Rodeo illuminates the figure of the Black cowboy while examining the intersection of African American film history and the Western.
About Mia Mask:
Mia Mask is the Mary Riepma Ross endowed chair of Film at Vassar College. She received her Ph.D. from New York University. At Vassar she teaches African American cinema, documentary history, and genre courses. She is the author of Divas on Screen: Black Women in American Film, published by University of Illinois Press (2009). Professor Mask edited the anthology Contemporary Black American Cinema, published by Routledge (2012). In 2014, she published the jointly edited collection Poitier Revisited: Reconsidering a Black Icon in the Obama Age (Bloomsbury). She has written film reviews and covered festivals for IndieWire.com, The Village Voice, Film Quarterly, Time Out New York, The Poughkeepsie Journal and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Her criticism was anthologized in Best American Movie Writing. Her cultural commentary has been featured on National Public Radio programs “Tell Me More,” “Marketplace” and “Morning Edition,” and in documentaries for the Smithsonian Channel, the Criterion Channel and CNN’s The Movies.
Please register here for this event and you'll receive the link in the confirmation and reminder emails - make sure to check your spam folder for them. The email will be coming from Zoom.
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library.
Woody Strode’s 1950s transformation from football star to actor was the harbinger of hard-edged Western heroes later played by Jim Brown and Fred Williamson. Sidney Poitier’s Buck and the Preacher provided a narrative helmed by a groundbreaking African American director and offered unconventionally rich roles for women. Mask moves from these discussions to consider blaxploitation Westerns and an analysis of Jeff Kanew’s hard-to-find 1972 documentary about an all-Black rodeo. The book addresses how these movies set the stage for modern-day "Westploitation" films like Django Unchained.
A first-of-its kind survey, Black Rodeo illuminates the figure of the Black cowboy while examining the intersection of African American film history and the Western.
About Mia Mask:
Mia Mask is the Mary Riepma Ross endowed chair of Film at Vassar College. She received her Ph.D. from New York University. At Vassar she teaches African American cinema, documentary history, and genre courses. She is the author of Divas on Screen: Black Women in American Film, published by University of Illinois Press (2009). Professor Mask edited the anthology Contemporary Black American Cinema, published by Routledge (2012). In 2014, she published the jointly edited collection Poitier Revisited: Reconsidering a Black Icon in the Obama Age (Bloomsbury). She has written film reviews and covered festivals for IndieWire.com, The Village Voice, Film Quarterly, Time Out New York, The Poughkeepsie Journal and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Her criticism was anthologized in Best American Movie Writing. Her cultural commentary has been featured on National Public Radio programs “Tell Me More,” “Marketplace” and “Morning Edition,” and in documentaries for the Smithsonian Channel, the Criterion Channel and CNN’s The Movies.
Please register here for this event and you'll receive the link in the confirmation and reminder emails - make sure to check your spam folder for them. The email will be coming from Zoom.
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library.
Did you know that improvisation isn't just for entertainment? Students who study improvisation train their minds to think more quickly and creatively in a variety of situations. They work better as a team and greatly improve their problem-solving skills. It's also a ton of fun! This improvisation workshop, led by Meredith Charles of Drama Out of the Box, is designed to challenge and inspire students to stretch their brains and limits. A great class for both the seasoned performer and those new to the world of theatre who are looking to try it out. This program will take place on March 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th - register for one or more sessions.
For grades 7-12. Registration required.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Shrewsbury Public Library
Did you know that improvisation isn't just for entertainment? Students who study improvisation train their minds to think more quickly and creatively in a variety of situations. They work better as a team and greatly improve their problem-solving skills. It's also a ton of fun! This improvisation workshop, led by Meredith Charles of Drama Out of the Box, is designed to challenge and inspire students to stretch their brains and limits. A great class for both the seasoned performer and those new to the world of theatre who are looking to try it out. This program will take place on March 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th - register for one or more sessions.
For grades 7-12. Registration required.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Shrewsbury Public Library
Join Miss Sonja in the Meeting Room for Wiggle Words! We will sing, dance, read stories, and have oodles of fun!
This program is intended for walking kiddos, but everyone is welcome. No tokens required.
Join Miss Sonja in the Meeting Room for Wiggle Words! We will sing, dance, read stories, and have oodles of fun!
This program is intended for walking kiddos, but everyone is welcome. No tokens required.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Shrewsbury Public Library.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Shrewsbury Public Library.
Tinker Time is a fun hands-on learning program for older toddlers and preschoolers. Together you and your child can explore a variety of age-appropriate STEAM and Early-Literacy stations.
This is a drop-in program. No registration is required, but please note that space is limited.
Tinker Time is a fun hands-on learning program for older toddlers and preschoolers. Together you and your child can explore a variety of age-appropriate STEAM and Early-Literacy stations.
This is a drop-in program. No registration is required, but please note that space is limited.
This Friday, we bring the art supplies, you bring the doodles. Drop in for some unstructured art fun with markers, colored pencils, tissue paper, pom poms, googly eyes, glitter, and whatever else is on the table.
For grades 5-12. No registration necessary.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Shrewsbury Public Library.
This Friday, we bring the art supplies, you bring the doodles. Drop in for some unstructured art fun with markers, colored pencils, tissue paper, pom poms, googly eyes, glitter, and whatever else is on the table.
For grades 5-12. No registration necessary.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Shrewsbury Public Library.
Have you ever questioned whether anything you learn in school will be useful? This self-improvement club is for you, because topics like productivity, mental and social wellness are 100% sure to be helpful for your future. Students in grades 5-8 are invited to join us on Fridays from 4:00-4:45 p.m. to explore self improvement, productivity, self reflection, and happiness. You will be sure to learn something useful while also having fun! These sessions are led by Arnav N. and Harish R. of Shrewsbury High School.
A new topic will be presented at each meeting. No registration necessary.
Have you ever questioned whether anything you learn in school will be useful? This self-improvement club is for you, because topics like productivity, mental and social wellness are 100% sure to be helpful for your future. Students in grades 5-8 are invited to join us on Fridays from 4:00-4:45 p.m. to explore self improvement, productivity, self reflection, and happiness. You will be sure to learn something useful while also having fun! These sessions are led by Arnav N. and Harish R. of Shrewsbury High School.
A new topic will be presented at each meeting. No registration necessary.
Head to the library to find the eggs!
Please read below as we are expecting to have a lot of fun and want everyone to have a nice and safe time.
No registration required.
Head to the library to find the eggs!
Please read below as we are expecting to have a lot of fun and want everyone to have a nice and safe time.
No registration required.
Want to walk through a story?! Head on over to Lake Street Park - 430 Lake Street in Shrewsbury - for a Storywalk®.
Want to walk through a story?! Head on over to Lake Street Park - 430 Lake Street in Shrewsbury - for a Storywalk®.
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email SPLreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email SPLreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
Nos reunimos el primer sábado de cada mes para debatir temas literarios y socioculturales a partir de la lectura de grandes autores latinoamericanos. El libro del mes de abril es El Alquimista de Paulo Coelho (disponible para préstamo en la biblioteca).
¿Preguntas? Beatriz Alvarado, Coordinadora Club de Libro: balvarado1@yahoo.com.
The Spanish Book Club meets on the first Saturday of every month to discuss literature and sociocultural issues based on the readings of great Latin American authors. The book of the month for April is The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (available from the library).
Questions? Contact Beatriz Alvarado, Book Club Coordinator at balvarado1@yahoo.com.
Nos reunimos el primer sábado de cada mes para debatir temas literarios y socioculturales a partir de la lectura de grandes autores latinoamericanos. El libro del mes de abril es El Alquimista de Paulo Coelho (disponible para préstamo en la biblioteca).
¿Preguntas? Beatriz Alvarado, Coordinadora Club de Libro: balvarado1@yahoo.com.
The Spanish Book Club meets on the first Saturday of every month to discuss literature and sociocultural issues based on the readings of great Latin American authors. The book of the month for April is The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (available from the library).
Questions? Contact Beatriz Alvarado, Book Club Coordinator at balvarado1@yahoo.com.
Are you interested in a brain teaser? A way to challenge your mind and have fun at the same time? Or maybe you just want to solve a new puzzle! If you said yes to any of these questions, consider joining our Rubik's Cube Club! This weekly club is led by Rama B, an SHS junior and an experienced puzzle solver. Each week we'll work on new cube puzzles, so feel free to attend as many meetings as you'd like.
Appropriate and fun for ages 8-88! Drop in, no registration necessary.
Are you interested in a brain teaser? A way to challenge your mind and have fun at the same time? Or maybe you just want to solve a new puzzle! If you said yes to any of these questions, consider joining our Rubik's Cube Club! This weekly club is led by Rama B, an SHS junior and an experienced puzzle solver. Each week we'll work on new cube puzzles, so feel free to attend as many meetings as you'd like.
Appropriate and fun for ages 8-88! Drop in, no registration necessary.
Celebrate World Autism Awareness Day by making a puzzle piece shaped craft. For kids ages 3+, while supplies last.
Celebrate World Autism Awareness Day by making a puzzle piece shaped craft. For kids ages 3+, while supplies last.
A program for our littlest patrons to explore the world around them! This sensory program will have children 0-2.9 years old explore through touch, sight, and sound.
This program is intended for you to engage 1 to 1 with your child.
No registration. Please take a token, one per family, available starting at 9:30am.
A program for our littlest patrons to explore the world around them! This sensory program will have children 0-2.9 years old explore through touch, sight, and sound.
This program is intended for you to engage 1 to 1 with your child.
No registration. Please take a token, one per family, available starting at 9:30am.
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email SPLreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email SPLreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
What's all the hoopla about hoopla?!
Are you looking for an alternative to Libby? Did you know your library card lets you download and stream with hoopla from the comfort of your own home? Bring your device to this in-person class and learn how to borrow digital books, audio, movies, and television series using hoopla.
At this time, hoopla is limited to Shrewsbury residents. Not a Shrewsbury resident? Here are some options:
1) Check with your home library to see if they subscribe to hoopla.
2) Register for a Boston Public Library e-card at https://www.bpl.org/ecard/ to access hoopla (10 borrows per month; audiobooks not available via BPL card).
Space is limited. Registration required.
What's all the hoopla about hoopla?!
Are you looking for an alternative to Libby? Did you know your library card lets you download and stream with hoopla from the comfort of your own home? Bring your device to this in-person class and learn how to borrow digital books, audio, movies, and television series using hoopla.
At this time, hoopla is limited to Shrewsbury residents. Not a Shrewsbury resident? Here are some options:
1) Check with your home library to see if they subscribe to hoopla.
2) Register for a Boston Public Library e-card at https://www.bpl.org/ecard/ to access hoopla (10 borrows per month; audiobooks not available via BPL card).
Space is limited. Registration required.
Calling all Pokemon Trainers! This trivia night is for you! How well do you know the Pokemon shows, movies, video games, and of course those amazing Pokemon themselves? Test your skills and see if you are the Pokemon Master!
Free pizza and drinks provide too!
Register your team. All ages welcome!
Calling all Pokemon Trainers! This trivia night is for you! How well do you know the Pokemon shows, movies, video games, and of course those amazing Pokemon themselves? Test your skills and see if you are the Pokemon Master!
Free pizza and drinks provide too!
Register your team. All ages welcome!
Calling all kids who love chess and kids who want to learn how to play chess!
Head to the Children's Program Room Mondays from 7-8PM and practice playing.
An instructor will be there to help!
No registration requried, but please arrive at 7pm for the best game play.
Calling all kids who love chess and kids who want to learn how to play chess!
Head to the Children's Program Room Mondays from 7-8PM and practice playing.
An instructor will be there to help!
No registration requried, but please arrive at 7pm for the best game play.
Join Miss Roxanne for this lively early-literacy music & movement program. There will be books, songs, rhymes, chants, and fingerplays. Program is intended for children 2 - 4 years old and their grownups. Siblings are welcome.
Tokens are required and will be available at the main floor circulation desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Join Miss Roxanne for this lively early-literacy music & movement program. There will be books, songs, rhymes, chants, and fingerplays. Program is intended for children 2 - 4 years old and their grownups. Siblings are welcome.
Tokens are required and will be available at the main floor circulation desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Join Miss Rashmi on this half day of school and learn how to make (and enjoy eating) snacks for Passover.
For kids in grades 1-4. Space is limited and pre-registration is required.
Join Miss Rashmi on this half day of school and learn how to make (and enjoy eating) snacks for Passover.
For kids in grades 1-4. Space is limited and pre-registration is required.
¿Buscas un espacio informal en el que puedas practicar tu Español y aprender más de las múltiples culturas que hablan este idioma?
Únete a nuestro club de conversación más los martes en la biblioteca pública de Shrewsbury a las 6:00 p.m.
Are you looking for a casual space in which you can practice your Spanish and learn more about the multiple cultures of those who speak that language?
Join our Spanish Conversation Club most Tuesdays at the Shrewsbury Public Library at 6:00 p.m.
¿Buscas un espacio informal en el que puedas practicar tu Español y aprender más de las múltiples culturas que hablan este idioma?
Únete a nuestro club de conversación más los martes en la biblioteca pública de Shrewsbury a las 6:00 p.m.
Are you looking for a casual space in which you can practice your Spanish and learn more about the multiple cultures of those who speak that language?
Join our Spanish Conversation Club most Tuesdays at the Shrewsbury Public Library at 6:00 p.m.
The Shrewsbury Public Library is excited to partner with the YMCA for a brand new leadership training program for high school students. This 4 week program will provide participants with leadership training, job readiness skills, and CPR & first aid training. All registrants will be required to complete a formal application that will be emailed to them.
Register through the YMCA HERE.
Please note that the sessions will be happening in the Meeting Room B at the Shrewsbury Public Library
The Shrewsbury Public Library is excited to partner with the YMCA for a brand new leadership training program for high school students. This 4 week program will provide participants with leadership training, job readiness skills, and CPR & first aid training. All registrants will be required to complete a formal application that will be emailed to them.
Register through the YMCA HERE.
Please note that the sessions will be happening in the Meeting Room B at the Shrewsbury Public Library
Join the SPL Movie Discussion Club every first Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm! Watch the Feature of the Month on your own time, then meet with us virtually to discuss.
April's Feature of the Month is Only God Forgives (2013, Rated R): "An American gangster who runs a Thai boxing club as a cover for a drug-smuggling operation seeks revenge for the murder of his brother, but his vendetta is complicated by an unstable policeman. Meanwhile, his crime-boss mother arrives in Bangkok to claim the body."
Here's the link to the movie on Kanopy. Shrewsbury residents* must log in with their library card to view the movie.
Registration is required. Registrants will receive an email the day prior to the discussion date with the Google Meet link. Intended for film fans 18 and older.
*Please Note: SPL’s Kanopy subscription is only accessible to Shrewsbury residents. Not a Shrewsbury resident? Here are some options:
1) Check with your home library to see if they subscribe to Kanopy.
2) Register for a Boston Public Library e-card at https://www.bpl.org/ecard/ to access Kanopy (6 credits per month).
3) Request a DVD or Blu-ray version of the movie through the CW MARS network here: https://bit.ly/3yh6XDB.
Join the SPL Movie Discussion Club every first Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm! Watch the Feature of the Month on your own time, then meet with us virtually to discuss.
April's Feature of the Month is Only God Forgives (2013, Rated R): "An American gangster who runs a Thai boxing club as a cover for a drug-smuggling operation seeks revenge for the murder of his brother, but his vendetta is complicated by an unstable policeman. Meanwhile, his crime-boss mother arrives in Bangkok to claim the body."
Here's the link to the movie on Kanopy. Shrewsbury residents* must log in with their library card to view the movie.
Registration is required. Registrants will receive an email the day prior to the discussion date with the Google Meet link. Intended for film fans 18 and older.
*Please Note: SPL’s Kanopy subscription is only accessible to Shrewsbury residents. Not a Shrewsbury resident? Here are some options:
1) Check with your home library to see if they subscribe to Kanopy.
2) Register for a Boston Public Library e-card at https://www.bpl.org/ecard/ to access Kanopy (6 credits per month).
3) Request a DVD or Blu-ray version of the movie through the CW MARS network here: https://bit.ly/3yh6XDB.
The Massachusetts Library Collaborative's 50+ Job Seekers Group meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, from 9:30am to 11:30am, via Zoom. If you are unemployed and actively looking, underemployed, seeking a new career direction, re-entering the job market after a long employment gap, or recently retired and looking for your "Encore Career", this networking group program is perfect for you! Remember, 85% of jobs are found through networking!
Join us in a professional forum for networking with peers in a safe and comfortable environment conducive to developing new relationships and developing skills and strategies to help in your career transition. Each meeting features a new topic. Meetings include a presentation and hands-on workshop on topics relevant to career transition, guest speakers, access to hiring managers, small group breakout rooms to network, and 1-on-1 coaching guidance. Participating on a regular basis will give job seekers the many tools and strategies needed for a successful job search.
Each biweekly meeting is facilitated by Deborah Hope, MBA, PCIC, an experienced executive career coach. Deborah is a former Fortune 500 executive, investment banker and entrepreneur. She transitioned to executive coaching over 12 years ago. Deborah has coached with Harvard Business School Executive Education programs and the Massachusetts Conference for Women. She has been trained or certified in a variety of coaching models and assessment tools. Deborah has facilitated 50+ job seekers networking groups since 2016.
This week's topic (April 5th) is creating a LinkedIn Profile. Register directly on Zoom HERE.
This topic will also be covered at the 6:00 p.m. meeting on April 12th; please register for only one of these two sessions.
This group is sponsored by more than 60 Massachusetts public libraries.
NOTE: This program will not be recorded.
The Massachusetts Library Collaborative's 50+ Job Seekers Group meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, from 9:30am to 11:30am, via Zoom. If you are unemployed and actively looking, underemployed, seeking a new career direction, re-entering the job market after a long employment gap, or recently retired and looking for your "Encore Career", this networking group program is perfect for you! Remember, 85% of jobs are found through networking!
Join us in a professional forum for networking with peers in a safe and comfortable environment conducive to developing new relationships and developing skills and strategies to help in your career transition. Each meeting features a new topic. Meetings include a presentation and hands-on workshop on topics relevant to career transition, guest speakers, access to hiring managers, small group breakout rooms to network, and 1-on-1 coaching guidance. Participating on a regular basis will give job seekers the many tools and strategies needed for a successful job search.
Each biweekly meeting is facilitated by Deborah Hope, MBA, PCIC, an experienced executive career coach. Deborah is a former Fortune 500 executive, investment banker and entrepreneur. She transitioned to executive coaching over 12 years ago. Deborah has coached with Harvard Business School Executive Education programs and the Massachusetts Conference for Women. She has been trained or certified in a variety of coaching models and assessment tools. Deborah has facilitated 50+ job seekers networking groups since 2016.
This week's topic (April 5th) is creating a LinkedIn Profile. Register directly on Zoom HERE.
This topic will also be covered at the 6:00 p.m. meeting on April 12th; please register for only one of these two sessions.
This group is sponsored by more than 60 Massachusetts public libraries.
NOTE: This program will not be recorded.
Join Miss Diana for Babies, Books, and Bubbles! This program includes books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, sign language, and of course bubbles!
This program is intended for children ages 0-2 years old, but everyone is welcome. Space is limited. Please get a token per family at the Children's Desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Join Miss Diana for Babies, Books, and Bubbles! This program includes books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, sign language, and of course bubbles!
This program is intended for children ages 0-2 years old, but everyone is welcome. Space is limited. Please get a token per family at the Children's Desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email SPLreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email SPLreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
Join Miss Diana for Babies, Books, and Bubbles! This program includes books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, sign language, and of course bubbles!
This program is intended for children ages 0-2 years old, but everyone is welcome. Space is limited. Please get a token your family at the Children's Desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Join Miss Diana for Babies, Books, and Bubbles! This program includes books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, sign language, and of course bubbles!
This program is intended for children ages 0-2 years old, but everyone is welcome. Space is limited. Please get a token your family at the Children's Desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Join Miss Sonja in the Meeting Room for Wiggle Words! We will sing, dance, read stories, and have oodles of fun!
This program is intended for walking kiddos, but everyone is welcome. No tokens required.
Join Miss Sonja in the Meeting Room for Wiggle Words! We will sing, dance, read stories, and have oodles of fun!
This program is intended for walking kiddos, but everyone is welcome. No tokens required.
Join Dr. Noor Ali for stories and activities celebrating Ramadan! (Admittance tokens required)
Join Dr. Noor Ali for stories and activities celebrating Ramadan! (Admittance tokens required)
This group is about a good book and a good discussion. Titles are selected from a variety of genres.
At this meeting, we will discuss People of the Book: A novel by Geraldine Brooks: "Inspired by a true story, People of the Book is at once a novel of sweeping historical grandeur and intimate emotional intensity, an ambitious, electrifying work by an acclaimed and beloved author" (https://geraldinebrooks.com/people-of-the-book/).
Copies of the book will be available for checkout at the front desk.
New members are welcome.
This group is about a good book and a good discussion. Titles are selected from a variety of genres.
At this meeting, we will discuss People of the Book: A novel by Geraldine Brooks: "Inspired by a true story, People of the Book is at once a novel of sweeping historical grandeur and intimate emotional intensity, an ambitious, electrifying work by an acclaimed and beloved author" (https://geraldinebrooks.com/people-of-the-book/).
Copies of the book will be available for checkout at the front desk.
New members are welcome.
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email SPLreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email SPLreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
Tinker Time is a fun hands-on learning program for older toddlers and preschoolers. Together you and your child can explore a variety of age-appropriate STEAM and Early-Literacy stations.
This is a drop-in program. No registration is required, but please note that space is limited.
Tinker Time is a fun hands-on learning program for older toddlers and preschoolers. Together you and your child can explore a variety of age-appropriate STEAM and Early-Literacy stations.
This is a drop-in program. No registration is required, but please note that space is limited.
A memory café is a welcoming place for people living with Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia AND their care partners.
The Memory Café will meet on the first and third Friday of every month from 2 - 3:30 PM in the library.
Celebrate Spring with Flowers! Plant a flower, make a butterfly and play flower trivia!
A memory café is a welcoming place for people living with Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia AND their care partners.
The Memory Café will meet on the first and third Friday of every month from 2 - 3:30 PM in the library.
Celebrate Spring with Flowers! Plant a flower, make a butterfly and play flower trivia!
Want access to e-books, audiobooks, magazines, and more, anytime and anywhere? You can with Libby! Bring your device, and join us for a class in the Learning Lab to get set up and familiar with the Libby app!
Space is limited. Registration required.
Want access to e-books, audiobooks, magazines, and more, anytime and anywhere? You can with Libby! Bring your device, and join us for a class in the Learning Lab to get set up and familiar with the Libby app!
Space is limited. Registration required.
Celebrate the end of the week by relaxing with a movie and snacks! Movie TBD, stop by the Teen Office if you have a good suggestion.
For grades 5-12, no registration necessary.
Celebrate the end of the week by relaxing with a movie and snacks! Movie TBD, stop by the Teen Office if you have a good suggestion.
For grades 5-12, no registration necessary.
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email SPLreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email SPLreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
Join local beekeeper and Auburn resident, John Hedley, one of over a thousand members of the Worcester County Beekeepers Association (a leader in beekeeping education for over 100 years), as he discusses interesting and important topics relating to bees and our environment. John will present on starting a beehive, collecting honey, the physical structure of a hive, bee chores in and out of a hive, the bee colony and its organization, and the importance of pollination.
This program is appropriate for all ages.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Shrewsbury Public Library.
Join local beekeeper and Auburn resident, John Hedley, one of over a thousand members of the Worcester County Beekeepers Association (a leader in beekeeping education for over 100 years), as he discusses interesting and important topics relating to bees and our environment. John will present on starting a beehive, collecting honey, the physical structure of a hive, bee chores in and out of a hive, the bee colony and its organization, and the importance of pollination.
This program is appropriate for all ages.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Shrewsbury Public Library.
Join Miss Sonja for singing, dancing, and stories in the fresh air. No registration or tokens needed. Geared toward kids age 1+. In the case of inclement weather the program will be canceled.
Join Miss Sonja for singing, dancing, and stories in the fresh air. No registration or tokens needed. Geared toward kids age 1+. In the case of inclement weather the program will be canceled.
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email SPLreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email SPLreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
Calling all kids who love chess and kids who want to learn how to play chess!
Head to the Children's Program Room Mondays from 7-8PM and practice playing.
An instructor will be there to help!
No registration requried, but please arrive at 7pm for the best game play.
Calling all kids who love chess and kids who want to learn how to play chess!
Head to the Children's Program Room Mondays from 7-8PM and practice playing.
An instructor will be there to help!
No registration requried, but please arrive at 7pm for the best game play.
Join Miss Roxanne for this lively early-literacy music & movement program. There will be books, songs, rhymes, chants, and fingerplays. Program is intended for children 2 - 4 years old and their grownups. Siblings are welcome.
Tokens are required and will be available at the main floor circulation desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Join Miss Roxanne for this lively early-literacy music & movement program. There will be books, songs, rhymes, chants, and fingerplays. Program is intended for children 2 - 4 years old and their grownups. Siblings are welcome.
Tokens are required and will be available at the main floor circulation desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Bring your cards and let's start trading!
Bring your cards and let's start trading!
Join us in the Learning Lab for Tech Tuesdays! This class, we will be covering Microsoft Word: Long Documents. Attendees will learn how to add page breaks, chapter titles, a table of contents, page numbers, headers, and footers, as well as how to add styles for a consistent appearance using Microsoft Word 2016. Laptops will be provided.
Space is limited; registration required.
Join us in the Learning Lab for Tech Tuesdays! This class, we will be covering Microsoft Word: Long Documents. Attendees will learn how to add page breaks, chapter titles, a table of contents, page numbers, headers, and footers, as well as how to add styles for a consistent appearance using Microsoft Word 2016. Laptops will be provided.
Space is limited; registration required.
The Shrewsbury Public Library is excited to partner with the YMCA for a brand new leadership training program for high school students. This 4 week program will provide participants with leadership training, job readiness skills, and CPR & first aid training. All registrants will be required to complete a formal application that will be emailed to them.
Register through the YMCA HERE.
Please note that the sessions will be happening in the Meeting Room B at the Shrewsbury Public Library
The Shrewsbury Public Library is excited to partner with the YMCA for a brand new leadership training program for high school students. This 4 week program will provide participants with leadership training, job readiness skills, and CPR & first aid training. All registrants will be required to complete a formal application that will be emailed to them.
Register through the YMCA HERE.
Please note that the sessions will be happening in the Meeting Room B at the Shrewsbury Public Library
People all over the world are tuning into meditation to help them lead a more peaceful and healthy life-style. Scientific studies have proven that the practice of meditation provides a deep relaxation to the body that helps reduce stress and tension. Meditation is the key to a more balanced life. Learn a simple and natural method of meditation that will help enhance your life. Please join Ajili Hodari, Esq longtime meditator, for this powerful program.
Ajili Hodari, Esq., Attended Michigan State University as a scholar athlete where he received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in Advertising. After a career in the printing and publishing industry in the San Francisco Bay area, he received his law degree from the University of Iowa in 1990. He began his practice of law in Columbus, Ohio. He now practices in Seattle, WA and manages his own firm, Hodari Law Office, PLLC. Ajili has spoken about all aspects of meditation in numerous venues throughout the country.
People all over the world are tuning into meditation to help them lead a more peaceful and healthy life-style. Scientific studies have proven that the practice of meditation provides a deep relaxation to the body that helps reduce stress and tension. Meditation is the key to a more balanced life. Learn a simple and natural method of meditation that will help enhance your life. Please join Ajili Hodari, Esq longtime meditator, for this powerful program.
Ajili Hodari, Esq., Attended Michigan State University as a scholar athlete where he received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in Advertising. After a career in the printing and publishing industry in the San Francisco Bay area, he received his law degree from the University of Iowa in 1990. He began his practice of law in Columbus, Ohio. He now practices in Seattle, WA and manages his own firm, Hodari Law Office, PLLC. Ajili has spoken about all aspects of meditation in numerous venues throughout the country.
Join Miss Diana for Babies, Books, and Bubbles! This program includes books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, sign language, and of course bubbles!
This program is intended for children ages 0-2 years old, but everyone is welcome. Space is limited. Please get a token per family at the Children's Desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Join Miss Diana for Babies, Books, and Bubbles! This program includes books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, sign language, and of course bubbles!
This program is intended for children ages 0-2 years old, but everyone is welcome. Space is limited. Please get a token per family at the Children's Desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email SPLreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email SPLreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
Join Miss Diana for Babies, Books, and Bubbles! This program includes books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, sign language, and of course bubbles!
This program is intended for children ages 0-2 years old, but everyone is welcome. Space is limited. Please get a token your family at the Children's Desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Join Miss Diana for Babies, Books, and Bubbles! This program includes books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, sign language, and of course bubbles!
This program is intended for children ages 0-2 years old, but everyone is welcome. Space is limited. Please get a token your family at the Children's Desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
The Massachusetts Library Collaborative's 50+ Job Seekers Group meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, from 9:30am to 11:30am, via Zoom. If you are unemployed and actively looking, underemployed, seeking a new career direction, re-entering the job market after a long employment gap, or recently retired and looking for your "Encore Career", this networking group program is perfect for you! Remember, 85% of jobs are found through networking!
Join us in a professional forum for networking with peers in a safe and comfortable environment conducive to developing new relationships and developing skills and strategies to help in your career transition. Each meeting features a new topic. Meetings include a presentation and hands-on workshop on topics relevant to career transition, guest speakers, access to hiring managers, small group breakout rooms to network, and 1-on-1 coaching guidance. Participating on a regular basis will give job seekers the many tools and strategies needed for a successful job search.
Each biweekly meeting is facilitated by Deborah Hope, MBA, PCIC, an experienced executive career coach. Deborah is a former Fortune 500 executive, investment banker and entrepreneur. She transitioned to executive coaching over 12 years ago. Deborah has coached with Harvard Business School Executive Education programs and the Massachusetts Conference for Women. She has been trained or certified in a variety of coaching models and assessment tools. Deborah has facilitated 50+ job seekers networking groups since 2016.
This week's topic (April 12th) is creating a LinkedIn Profile. Register directly on Zoom HERE.
This topic will also be covered at the 9:30 a.m. meeting on April 5th; please register for only one of these two sessions.
This group is sponsored by more than 60 Massachusetts public libraries.
NOTE: This program will not be recorded.
The Massachusetts Library Collaborative's 50+ Job Seekers Group meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, from 9:30am to 11:30am, via Zoom. If you are unemployed and actively looking, underemployed, seeking a new career direction, re-entering the job market after a long employment gap, or recently retired and looking for your "Encore Career", this networking group program is perfect for you! Remember, 85% of jobs are found through networking!
Join us in a professional forum for networking with peers in a safe and comfortable environment conducive to developing new relationships and developing skills and strategies to help in your career transition. Each meeting features a new topic. Meetings include a presentation and hands-on workshop on topics relevant to career transition, guest speakers, access to hiring managers, small group breakout rooms to network, and 1-on-1 coaching guidance. Participating on a regular basis will give job seekers the many tools and strategies needed for a successful job search.
Each biweekly meeting is facilitated by Deborah Hope, MBA, PCIC, an experienced executive career coach. Deborah is a former Fortune 500 executive, investment banker and entrepreneur. She transitioned to executive coaching over 12 years ago. Deborah has coached with Harvard Business School Executive Education programs and the Massachusetts Conference for Women. She has been trained or certified in a variety of coaching models and assessment tools. Deborah has facilitated 50+ job seekers networking groups since 2016.
This week's topic (April 12th) is creating a LinkedIn Profile. Register directly on Zoom HERE.
This topic will also be covered at the 9:30 a.m. meeting on April 5th; please register for only one of these two sessions.
This group is sponsored by more than 60 Massachusetts public libraries.
NOTE: This program will not be recorded.
Join Miss Sonja in the Meeting Room for Wiggle Words! We will sing, dance, read stories, and have oodles of fun!
This program is intended for walking kiddos, but everyone is welcome. No tokens required.
Join Miss Sonja in the Meeting Room for Wiggle Words! We will sing, dance, read stories, and have oodles of fun!
This program is intended for walking kiddos, but everyone is welcome. No tokens required.
Join Ed Londergan, author of Unlike Any Other, a biographical novel about Bathsheba Spooner, for this talk about Spooner's life and times. Bathsheba Spooner was the daughter of Timothy Ruggles, a general in the French and Indian War, president of the Stamp Act Congress, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and a leading loyalist in Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War; the epitome of upper class. Like her father, Bathsheba was smart, strong-willed, and a staunch British loyalist. Forced to marry a man she did not love, Bathsheba withstood her husband’s abuse for years until a young Continental soldier entered her life. But when this well-heeled mother of three small children discovered she was pregnant with the soldier’s child, her thoughts quickly turned to murder.
Ed Londergan is the author of the award-winning books, The Devils’ Elbow and The Long Journey Home. Having researched American history for many years, he is a frequent speaker with a focus on colonial Massachusetts. A graduate of Holy Cross, he lives in Warren, Massachusetts. For more information, visit: www.edlondergan.com
Sponsored by the Friends of the Shrewsbury Public Library.
Join Ed Londergan, author of Unlike Any Other, a biographical novel about Bathsheba Spooner, for this talk about Spooner's life and times. Bathsheba Spooner was the daughter of Timothy Ruggles, a general in the French and Indian War, president of the Stamp Act Congress, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and a leading loyalist in Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War; the epitome of upper class. Like her father, Bathsheba was smart, strong-willed, and a staunch British loyalist. Forced to marry a man she did not love, Bathsheba withstood her husband’s abuse for years until a young Continental soldier entered her life. But when this well-heeled mother of three small children discovered she was pregnant with the soldier’s child, her thoughts quickly turned to murder.
Ed Londergan is the author of the award-winning books, The Devils’ Elbow and The Long Journey Home. Having researched American history for many years, he is a frequent speaker with a focus on colonial Massachusetts. A graduate of Holy Cross, he lives in Warren, Massachusetts. For more information, visit: www.edlondergan.com
Sponsored by the Friends of the Shrewsbury Public Library.
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email SPLreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email SPLreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
Tinker Time is a fun hands-on learning program for older toddlers and preschoolers. Together you and your child can explore a variety of age-appropriate STEAM and Early-Literacy stations.
This is a drop-in program. No registration is required, but please note that space is limited.
Tinker Time is a fun hands-on learning program for older toddlers and preschoolers. Together you and your child can explore a variety of age-appropriate STEAM and Early-Literacy stations.
This is a drop-in program. No registration is required, but please note that space is limited.
School is over - work off a little steam with videogames! We'll have some of the most popular multiplayer games for the Nintendo Switch, like Super Smash Bros, Mario Party, and Overcooked. Show up ready to play or just watch your friends!
For grades 5-12, no registration necessary.
School is over - work off a little steam with videogames! We'll have some of the most popular multiplayer games for the Nintendo Switch, like Super Smash Bros, Mario Party, and Overcooked. Show up ready to play or just watch your friends!
For grades 5-12, no registration necessary.
If you are a fan of classic literature and love a pint o' Guinness while you're reading, join us for this conversation with author and professor at Trinity College, Christopher Morash, as he discusses his book, Dublin: A Writer's City, which unfolds a book-lover's map of this unique city, inviting us to experience what it means to live in a great city of literature. Beyond the ever-present footsteps of James Joyce's characters, Leopold Bloom, or Stephen Dedalus, around the city centre, an ordinary-looking residential street overlooking Dublin Bay, for instance, presents the house where Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney lived for many years; a few blocks away is the house where another Nobel Laureate, W. B. Yeats, was born. Just down the coast is the pier linked to yet another, Samuel Beckett, from which we can see the Martello Tower that is the setting for the opening chapter of Ulysses. But these are only a few. The book is heavily illustrated and features custom maps.
Christopher Morash is the Seamus Heaney Professor of Irish Writing, a post dedicated to the teaching and research of Irish writing, based in the School of English. He has published histories of Irish theatre and of Irish media, both extending from the 17th century to the present; he has also published on Irish Famine writing, and, most recently, on theories of space in relation to theatre. He is currently working on Yeats's theatre. Learn more about Christopher here.
Please register for this event here to receive a Zoom link in the confirmation and reminder emails
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library and is a collaboration between a multitude of MA Libraries.
If you are a fan of classic literature and love a pint o' Guinness while you're reading, join us for this conversation with author and professor at Trinity College, Christopher Morash, as he discusses his book, Dublin: A Writer's City, which unfolds a book-lover's map of this unique city, inviting us to experience what it means to live in a great city of literature. Beyond the ever-present footsteps of James Joyce's characters, Leopold Bloom, or Stephen Dedalus, around the city centre, an ordinary-looking residential street overlooking Dublin Bay, for instance, presents the house where Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney lived for many years; a few blocks away is the house where another Nobel Laureate, W. B. Yeats, was born. Just down the coast is the pier linked to yet another, Samuel Beckett, from which we can see the Martello Tower that is the setting for the opening chapter of Ulysses. But these are only a few. The book is heavily illustrated and features custom maps.
Christopher Morash is the Seamus Heaney Professor of Irish Writing, a post dedicated to the teaching and research of Irish writing, based in the School of English. He has published histories of Irish theatre and of Irish media, both extending from the 17th century to the present; he has also published on Irish Famine writing, and, most recently, on theories of space in relation to theatre. He is currently working on Yeats's theatre. Learn more about Christopher here.
Please register for this event here to receive a Zoom link in the confirmation and reminder emails
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library and is a collaboration between a multitude of MA Libraries.
The 1849 murder of Dr. George Parkman in Boston stands as one of the most—if not the most—sensational trials of the 19th century. This case has it all: a grisly murder, a dismembered corpse, a wealthy victim, a respected suspect, a questionable lead witness for the prosecution, and unusual court proceedings. Nearly 60,000 spectators were ushered through the Boston courtroom in 10-minute intervals. An all-out media blitz ensued, with journalists traveling from Europe to Boston to cover the trial. Ultimately, the case spawned books, documentaries and even an iPhone app. The forensics of the case—one of the first trials to allow scientific evidence as testimony, and the first to allow dental evidence—will be explored along with a brief history of the “Spunkers” Club, a secret group of body snatchers at the Harvard Medical School. We are going to examine the lawyers, the judges, the problems with the case, and its oddities. Among the many fascinating elements to this story are: first, the number of Harvard men involved in the case; and second, the rapidly changing social climate during which the trial takes place. The trial is also legally historic. This case established the legal standard of “proof beyond a reasonable doubt,” a requirement that has since been adopted by just about every state in the nation. And it all started in Boston with this case.
Justice Dennis J. Curran (ret.) served as a Massachusetts trial judge for 15 years. He is a graduate of Boston Latin School, the University of Pennsylvania (B.A. and M.A.) and the University of Virginia School of Law. He has received four statewide awards for his deep commitment and belief in the justice system and dedication to the law.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Shrewsbury Public Library.
The 1849 murder of Dr. George Parkman in Boston stands as one of the most—if not the most—sensational trials of the 19th century. This case has it all: a grisly murder, a dismembered corpse, a wealthy victim, a respected suspect, a questionable lead witness for the prosecution, and unusual court proceedings. Nearly 60,000 spectators were ushered through the Boston courtroom in 10-minute intervals. An all-out media blitz ensued, with journalists traveling from Europe to Boston to cover the trial. Ultimately, the case spawned books, documentaries and even an iPhone app. The forensics of the case—one of the first trials to allow scientific evidence as testimony, and the first to allow dental evidence—will be explored along with a brief history of the “Spunkers” Club, a secret group of body snatchers at the Harvard Medical School. We are going to examine the lawyers, the judges, the problems with the case, and its oddities. Among the many fascinating elements to this story are: first, the number of Harvard men involved in the case; and second, the rapidly changing social climate during which the trial takes place. The trial is also legally historic. This case established the legal standard of “proof beyond a reasonable doubt,” a requirement that has since been adopted by just about every state in the nation. And it all started in Boston with this case.
Justice Dennis J. Curran (ret.) served as a Massachusetts trial judge for 15 years. He is a graduate of Boston Latin School, the University of Pennsylvania (B.A. and M.A.) and the University of Virginia School of Law. He has received four statewide awards for his deep commitment and belief in the justice system and dedication to the law.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Shrewsbury Public Library.
Are you interested in a brain teaser? A way to challenge your mind and have fun at the same time? Or maybe you just want to solve a new puzzle! If you said yes to any of these questions, consider joining our Rubik's Cube Club! This weekly club is led by Rama B, an SHS junior and an experienced puzzle solver. Each week we'll work on new cube puzzles, so feel free to attend as many meetings as you'd like.
Appropriate and fun for ages 8-88! Drop in, no registration necessary.
Are you interested in a brain teaser? A way to challenge your mind and have fun at the same time? Or maybe you just want to solve a new puzzle! If you said yes to any of these questions, consider joining our Rubik's Cube Club! This weekly club is led by Rama B, an SHS junior and an experienced puzzle solver. Each week we'll work on new cube puzzles, so feel free to attend as many meetings as you'd like.
Appropriate and fun for ages 8-88! Drop in, no registration necessary.
Join Miss Roxanne for this lively early-literacy music & movement program. There will be books, songs, rhymes, chants, and fingerplays. Program is intended for children 2 - 4 years old and their grownups. Siblings are welcome.
Tokens are required and will be available at the main floor circulation desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Join Miss Roxanne for this lively early-literacy music & movement program. There will be books, songs, rhymes, chants, and fingerplays. Program is intended for children 2 - 4 years old and their grownups. Siblings are welcome.
Tokens are required and will be available at the main floor circulation desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Ever wondered what is inside different electronics? Now's your chance to open them up and see what's inside! No registration necessary, for ages 5+ with constant adult supervision.
Ever wondered what is inside different electronics? Now's your chance to open them up and see what's inside! No registration necessary, for ages 5+ with constant adult supervision.
¿Buscas un espacio informal en el que puedas practicar tu Español y aprender más de las múltiples culturas que hablan este idioma?
Únete a nuestro club de conversación más los martes en la biblioteca pública de Shrewsbury a las 6:00 p.m.
Are you looking for a casual space in which you can practice your Spanish and learn more about the multiple cultures of those who speak that language?
Join our Spanish Conversation Club most Tuesdays at the Shrewsbury Public Library at 6:00 p.m.
¿Buscas un espacio informal en el que puedas practicar tu Español y aprender más de las múltiples culturas que hablan este idioma?
Únete a nuestro club de conversación más los martes en la biblioteca pública de Shrewsbury a las 6:00 p.m.
Are you looking for a casual space in which you can practice your Spanish and learn more about the multiple cultures of those who speak that language?
Join our Spanish Conversation Club most Tuesdays at the Shrewsbury Public Library at 6:00 p.m.
The Massachusetts Library Collaborative's 50+ Job Seekers Group meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, from 9:30am to 11:30am, via Zoom. If you are unemployed and actively looking, underemployed, seeking a new career direction, re-entering the job market after a long employment gap, or recently retired and looking for your "Encore Career", this networking group program is perfect for you! Remember, 85% of jobs are found through networking!
Join us in a professional forum for networking with peers in a safe and comfortable environment conducive to developing new relationships and developing skills and strategies to help in your career transition. Each meeting features a new topic. Meetings include a presentation and hands-on workshop on topics relevant to career transition, guest speakers, access to hiring managers, small group breakout rooms to network, and 1-on-1 coaching guidance. Participating on a regular basis will give job seekers the many tools and strategies needed for a successful job search.
Each biweekly meeting is facilitated by Deborah Hope, MBA, PCIC, an experienced executive career coach. Deborah is a former Fortune 500 executive, investment banker and entrepreneur. She transitioned to executive coaching over 12 years ago. Deborah has coached with Harvard Business School Executive Education programs and the Massachusetts Conference for Women. She has been trained or certified in a variety of coaching models and assessment tools. Deborah has facilitated 50+ job seekers networking groups since 2016.
This week's topic (April 19th) covers LinkedIn and Personal Branding. Register directly on Zoom HERE.
This topic will also be covered at the 6:00 p.m. meeting on April 26th; please register for only one of these two sessions.
This group is sponsored by more than 60 Massachusetts public libraries.
NOTE: This program will not be recorded.
The Massachusetts Library Collaborative's 50+ Job Seekers Group meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, from 9:30am to 11:30am, via Zoom. If you are unemployed and actively looking, underemployed, seeking a new career direction, re-entering the job market after a long employment gap, or recently retired and looking for your "Encore Career", this networking group program is perfect for you! Remember, 85% of jobs are found through networking!
Join us in a professional forum for networking with peers in a safe and comfortable environment conducive to developing new relationships and developing skills and strategies to help in your career transition. Each meeting features a new topic. Meetings include a presentation and hands-on workshop on topics relevant to career transition, guest speakers, access to hiring managers, small group breakout rooms to network, and 1-on-1 coaching guidance. Participating on a regular basis will give job seekers the many tools and strategies needed for a successful job search.
Each biweekly meeting is facilitated by Deborah Hope, MBA, PCIC, an experienced executive career coach. Deborah is a former Fortune 500 executive, investment banker and entrepreneur. She transitioned to executive coaching over 12 years ago. Deborah has coached with Harvard Business School Executive Education programs and the Massachusetts Conference for Women. She has been trained or certified in a variety of coaching models and assessment tools. Deborah has facilitated 50+ job seekers networking groups since 2016.
This week's topic (April 19th) covers LinkedIn and Personal Branding. Register directly on Zoom HERE.
This topic will also be covered at the 6:00 p.m. meeting on April 26th; please register for only one of these two sessions.
This group is sponsored by more than 60 Massachusetts public libraries.
NOTE: This program will not be recorded.
Join Miss Diana for Babies, Books, and Bubbles! This program includes books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, sign language, and of course bubbles!
This program is intended for children ages 0-2 years old, but everyone is welcome. Space is limited. Please get a token per family at the Children's Desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Join Miss Diana for Babies, Books, and Bubbles! This program includes books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, sign language, and of course bubbles!
This program is intended for children ages 0-2 years old, but everyone is welcome. Space is limited. Please get a token per family at the Children's Desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Join Miss Diana for Babies, Books, and Bubbles! This program includes books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, sign language, and of course bubbles!
This program is intended for children ages 0-2 years old, but everyone is welcome. Space is limited. Please get a token your family at the Children's Desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Join Miss Diana for Babies, Books, and Bubbles! This program includes books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, sign language, and of course bubbles!
This program is intended for children ages 0-2 years old, but everyone is welcome. Space is limited. Please get a token your family at the Children's Desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
The Shrewsbury Garden Club is presenting Seed Starting! In this ever popular event, children will learn how to start plants from seeds and leave with several flats to grow at home!
This event is for children in pre-school through 5th grade.
Registration is required.
The Shrewsbury Garden Club is presenting Seed Starting! In this ever popular event, children will learn how to start plants from seeds and leave with several flats to grow at home!
This event is for children in pre-school through 5th grade.
Registration is required.
Join Ascentria Care Alliance’s Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program for a special info session at the Shrewsbury Public Library. The URM Program is the only foster care program in New England exclusively caring for unaccompanied refugee and immigrant children that have come to the US seeking safety without a parent or guardian. The URM Program cares for these children by recruiting, training, licensing, and supporting our own network of specially trained foster parents. This info session will help you learn about who our URM youth are, and how to become a foster parent, along with other ways you can help unaccompanied refugee minors. We have a dire need for foster parents, and hope you will consider joining us!
Join Ascentria Care Alliance’s Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program for a special info session at the Shrewsbury Public Library. The URM Program is the only foster care program in New England exclusively caring for unaccompanied refugee and immigrant children that have come to the US seeking safety without a parent or guardian. The URM Program cares for these children by recruiting, training, licensing, and supporting our own network of specially trained foster parents. This info session will help you learn about who our URM youth are, and how to become a foster parent, along with other ways you can help unaccompanied refugee minors. We have a dire need for foster parents, and hope you will consider joining us!
Join Miss Sonja in the Meeting Room for Wiggle Words! We will sing, dance, read stories, and have oodles of fun!
This program is intended for walking kiddos, but everyone is welcome. No tokens required.
Join Miss Sonja in the Meeting Room for Wiggle Words! We will sing, dance, read stories, and have oodles of fun!
This program is intended for walking kiddos, but everyone is welcome. No tokens required.
Celebrate Earth Day with a take-home kit. Kits are available starting at 10 a.m. until supplies last. Please only take 1 kit per child. Crafts are geared for kids 3+.
Celebrate Earth Day with a take-home kit. Kits are available starting at 10 a.m. until supplies last. Please only take 1 kit per child. Crafts are geared for kids 3+.
Gerald and Piggie are coming to the library for a special storytime! This program is geared for kids ages 3+ but all are welcome. (Admittance tokens required)
Gerald and Piggie are coming to the library for a special storytime! This program is geared for kids ages 3+ but all are welcome. (Admittance tokens required)
Did you know that gourmet mushrooms can cost $30 per pound in the store? Learn how to grow your own mushrooms using limited space. Presenter Isaiah Chavez is an accomplished mushroom farmer from Colorado.
Did you know that gourmet mushrooms can cost $30 per pound in the store? Learn how to grow your own mushrooms using limited space. Presenter Isaiah Chavez is an accomplished mushroom farmer from Colorado.
Tinker Time is a fun hands-on learning program for older toddlers and preschoolers. Together you and your child can explore a variety of age-appropriate STEAM and Early-Literacy stations.
This is a drop-in program. No registration is required, but please note that space is limited.
Tinker Time is a fun hands-on learning program for older toddlers and preschoolers. Together you and your child can explore a variety of age-appropriate STEAM and Early-Literacy stations.
This is a drop-in program. No registration is required, but please note that space is limited.
A memory café is a welcoming place for people living with Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia AND their care partners.
The Memory Café will meet on the first and third Friday of every month from 2 - 3:30 PM in the library.
Don't miss this multi-talented entertainer, Melodious Zach. Zach is a singer, song-writer, comedian and science-fiction fantasy story teller!
A memory café is a welcoming place for people living with Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia AND their care partners.
The Memory Café will meet on the first and third Friday of every month from 2 - 3:30 PM in the library.
Don't miss this multi-talented entertainer, Melodious Zach. Zach is a singer, song-writer, comedian and science-fiction fantasy story teller!
Have you ever wondered who picked your Fairtrade banana? Or why we can buy British strawberries in April? How far do you think your green beans travelled to get to your plate? And where do all the wonky carrots go? Above all, how do we stop worrying about our food choices and start making decisions that make a difference? In an effort to make sense of the complex food system we are all part of, Louise Gray decides to track the stories of our five-a-day, from farm to fruit bowl, and discover the impact that growing fruits and vegetables has on the planet. Join us for this very important discussion as we celebrate Earth Day 2023!
About Avocado Anxiety: Through visits to farms, interviews with scientists and trying to grow her own, Louise Gray digs up the dirt behind organic potatoes, greenhouse tomatoes, and a glut of courgettes. In each chapter, Louise answers a question about a familiar item in our shopping basket. Is plant protein as good as meat? Is foraged food more nutritious? Could bees be the answer to using fewer chemicals? How do we save genetic diversity in our apples? Are digital apps the key to reducing food waste? Is gardening good for mental health? And is the symbol of clean eating, the avocado, fuelling the climate crisis?
Louise Gray is a freelance writer who has worked for The Daily Telegraph, the BBC, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Country Life, The Spectator and Scottish Field. She has a deep knowledge of environmental issues and has chaired a number of debatesand spoken at public events. She wrote The Ethical Carnivore, which discusses the ethics of meat by only eating animals she has killed herself. It was shortlisted in the Fortnum and Mason Food Awards and won two awards at The Guild of Food Writers Awards, Best Food Book 2017 and Best Investigative Work.
Please register for this event here to receive a Zoom link in the confirmation and reminder emails
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library and is a collaboration between a multitude of MA Libraries.
Have you ever wondered who picked your Fairtrade banana? Or why we can buy British strawberries in April? How far do you think your green beans travelled to get to your plate? And where do all the wonky carrots go? Above all, how do we stop worrying about our food choices and start making decisions that make a difference? In an effort to make sense of the complex food system we are all part of, Louise Gray decides to track the stories of our five-a-day, from farm to fruit bowl, and discover the impact that growing fruits and vegetables has on the planet. Join us for this very important discussion as we celebrate Earth Day 2023!
About Avocado Anxiety: Through visits to farms, interviews with scientists and trying to grow her own, Louise Gray digs up the dirt behind organic potatoes, greenhouse tomatoes, and a glut of courgettes. In each chapter, Louise answers a question about a familiar item in our shopping basket. Is plant protein as good as meat? Is foraged food more nutritious? Could bees be the answer to using fewer chemicals? How do we save genetic diversity in our apples? Are digital apps the key to reducing food waste? Is gardening good for mental health? And is the symbol of clean eating, the avocado, fuelling the climate crisis?
Louise Gray is a freelance writer who has worked for The Daily Telegraph, the BBC, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Country Life, The Spectator and Scottish Field. She has a deep knowledge of environmental issues and has chaired a number of debatesand spoken at public events. She wrote The Ethical Carnivore, which discusses the ethics of meat by only eating animals she has killed herself. It was shortlisted in the Fortnum and Mason Food Awards and won two awards at The Guild of Food Writers Awards, Best Food Book 2017 and Best Investigative Work.
Please register for this event here to receive a Zoom link in the confirmation and reminder emails
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library and is a collaboration between a multitude of MA Libraries.
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email SPLreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email SPLreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
Join the Shrewsbury Public Library for our Movie Matinee! A different film will be screened monthly in person at the library on a Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
Enjoy a screening of Elvis (2022 | Rated PG-13): "The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker."
Join the Shrewsbury Public Library for our Movie Matinee! A different film will be screened monthly in person at the library on a Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
Enjoy a screening of Elvis (2022 | Rated PG-13): "The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker."
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email SPLreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
Free conversation circles are a great way to learn English in an informal, relaxed setting. This program is for adults who wish to improve their conversational skills; it is not an ESL class and does not cover grammar or have tests, quizzes, or homework.
In-person meetings are held:
Mondays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library
Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. at the library (Note: There is currently a waiting list for the Wednesday group.)
Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Church in Shrewsbury
Online meetings are held on Zoom:
Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you would like to attend some of these groups, please email SPLreference@cwmars.org and specify which groups you wish to attend and/or the groups for which you’d like to join the waiting list.
What is Teen Advisory? It's a way for you to connect with the library and make your voice heard. It's a chance to see your ideas and opinions come to life. It's an easy way to earn volunteer credit by attending monthly meetings. Join us to meet some new people, eat snacks, and help us make our Teen Room (and library) THE BEST!
For grades 5-12. Registration required.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Shrewsbury Public Library.
What is Teen Advisory? It's a way for you to connect with the library and make your voice heard. It's a chance to see your ideas and opinions come to life. It's an easy way to earn volunteer credit by attending monthly meetings. Join us to meet some new people, eat snacks, and help us make our Teen Room (and library) THE BEST!
For grades 5-12. Registration required.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Shrewsbury Public Library.
Join Miss Roxanne for this lively early-literacy music & movement program. There will be books, songs, rhymes, chants, and fingerplays. Program is intended for children 2 - 4 years old and their grownups. Siblings are welcome.
Tokens are required and will be available at the main floor circulation desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Join Miss Roxanne for this lively early-literacy music & movement program. There will be books, songs, rhymes, chants, and fingerplays. Program is intended for children 2 - 4 years old and their grownups. Siblings are welcome.
Tokens are required and will be available at the main floor circulation desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
¿Buscas un espacio informal en el que puedas practicar tu Español y aprender más de las múltiples culturas que hablan este idioma?
Únete a nuestro club de conversación más los martes en la biblioteca pública de Shrewsbury a las 6:00 p.m.
Are you looking for a casual space in which you can practice your Spanish and learn more about the multiple cultures of those who speak that language?
Join our Spanish Conversation Club most Tuesdays at the Shrewsbury Public Library at 6:00 p.m.
¿Buscas un espacio informal en el que puedas practicar tu Español y aprender más de las múltiples culturas que hablan este idioma?
Únete a nuestro club de conversación más los martes en la biblioteca pública de Shrewsbury a las 6:00 p.m.
Are you looking for a casual space in which you can practice your Spanish and learn more about the multiple cultures of those who speak that language?
Join our Spanish Conversation Club most Tuesdays at the Shrewsbury Public Library at 6:00 p.m.
The Shrewsbury Public Library is excited to partner with the YMCA for a brand new leadership training program for high school students. This 4 week program will provide participants with leadership training, job readiness skills, and CPR & first aid training. All registrants will be required to complete a formal application that will be emailed to them.
Register through the YMCA HERE.
Please note that the sessions will be happening in the Meeting Room B at the Shrewsbury Public Library
The Shrewsbury Public Library is excited to partner with the YMCA for a brand new leadership training program for high school students. This 4 week program will provide participants with leadership training, job readiness skills, and CPR & first aid training. All registrants will be required to complete a formal application that will be emailed to them.
Register through the YMCA HERE.
Please note that the sessions will be happening in the Meeting Room B at the Shrewsbury Public Library
Anyone interested in genealogy (or family history) can now join the Shrewsbury Genealogy Club from the comfort of their home! The club will meet on Zoom the fourth Tuesday of every month starting at 7:15 p.m.
To register, email the Genealogy Club’s clubmaster, former SPL Assistant Director George Brown, at geobrown1940@gmail.com.
Anyone interested in genealogy (or family history) can now join the Shrewsbury Genealogy Club from the comfort of their home! The club will meet on Zoom the fourth Tuesday of every month starting at 7:15 p.m.
To register, email the Genealogy Club’s clubmaster, former SPL Assistant Director George Brown, at geobrown1940@gmail.com.
Join Miss Diana for Babies, Books, and Bubbles! This program includes books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, sign language, and of course bubbles!
This program is intended for children ages 0-2 years old, but everyone is welcome. Space is limited. Please get a token per family at the Children's Desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
Join Miss Diana for Babies, Books, and Bubbles! This program includes books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, sign language, and of course bubbles!
This program is intended for children ages 0-2 years old, but everyone is welcome. Space is limited. Please get a token per family at the Children's Desk starting 30 minutes prior to the program.
