Swap Event: Trade Your Old Trash Stickers for Orange Overflow BagsBring your stickers and count the dollar value ahead of time, please. Organized by the Maynard DPW.
Maynard Public Library
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This English class is for advanced beginners and intermediate level students. The class focuses on everyday words and idioms which students will likely hear in their daily lives. A topic for discussion is offered in each class. Grammar is not emphasized.
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Swap Event: Trade Your Old Trash Stickers for Orange Overflow BagsBring your stickers and count the dollar value ahead of time, please. Organized by the Maynard DPW. |
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Swap Event: Trade Your Old Trash Stickers for Orange Overflow BagsBring your stickers and count the dollar value ahead of time, please. Organized by the Maynard DPW.
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We welcome anyone who knits, crochets, embroiders, quilts, mends, etc. — please join us! |
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Knitting and crochet. Participants may bring their dinner if they choose. |
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Junior LEGO League – Ages 4 and over. Kids will create innovative LEGO projects. You could create most anything / When you put LEGOs together / Like a Cosmic LEGO-fyer / Or something even better! If you attend this activity you’ll get to: a.
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This English class is for advanced beginners and intermediate level students. The class focuses on everyday words and idioms which students will likely hear in their daily lives. A topic for discussion is offered in each class. Grammar is not emphasized.
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Once a month, join Ms. Casey in the Storytime Room for a variety of toys, sensory experiences, and activities that encourage fine & gross motor skills. We encourage participants to dress for a mess!For Ages 2-4, Registration required. |
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Outdoor Storytime at Memorial Park – (rain location – Story Room) – Ages 3 and overEnjoy great stories while basking in the beauties of natureEverybody’s seen a parkWe all know how one looksThere’s grass and birds and treesBut guess what ours has. .. ..
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Author Richard Higgins will present an illustrated lecture, “Thoreau and the Language of Trees,” based on his 2017 book of that name from the University of California Press. Henry Thoreau loved trees and saw and wrote about them as few others have. |
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Virtual. Register directly on Zoom HERE. You can sign up for one session or for all!Welcome to our yearlong series in which “America’s Preeminent Presidential Doodler”, Heather Rogers, shares facts, factoids, and fun illustrations about the presidents of these United States. |
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Come build with Lego at the library! We’ll have some simple challenges available to try but this will be a drop-in free build time. Stay for 10 minutes or two hours!Ages 4 and up (due to choking risks with Lego-if caregiver determines it is appropriate, younger children may participate). |
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4 events,Spice Club Kits are now available. Pick up a kit containing a spice sample and a booklet with spice information and recipes at the Circulation Desk. Have fun cooking!If you’d like to join in a potluck lunch and discussion, they are usually on the 4th Saturday of the month.
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This is the monthly meeting of the Cookbook Club. All are welcome!Pick up a copy of the featured cookbook at the Circulation Desk, try a recipe or two and then prepare a dish for our shared potluck lunch and discussion. Visit the Cookbook Club page at https://www.
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From award-winning, starred-review author Heather B. Moore comes a powerful portrait of eight American women whose courage and conviction drove them to smash stereotypes and build a nation – we’ll be discussing Her America, released just a few weeks ago. |
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Junior LEGO League – Ages 4 and over. Kids will create innovative LEGO projects. You could create most anything / When you put LEGOs together / Like a Cosmic LEGO-fyer / Or something even better! If you attend this activity you’ll get to: a. |
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We welcome anyone who knits, crochets, embroiders, quilts, mends, etc. — please join us!
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Meet Finn the Reading Dog. Okay, Finn won’t read to you but you can read to Finn! If you sign for for this, you’ll: a. Get your own ten minute one-on-one reading session with Finn b. Get to pet and bond with a truly caring canine c. |
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Outdoor Storytime at Memorial Park – (rain location – Story Room) – Ages 3 and overEnjoy great stories while basking in the beauties of natureEverybody’s seen a parkWe all know how one looksThere’s grass and birds and treesBut guess what ours has. .. ..
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Knitting and crochet. Participants may bring their dinner if they choose.
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Virtual. Register directly on Zoom HERE. Love Mysteries and Thrillers but not sure what to read next? Join bestselling author, Hank Phillippi Ryan, for this quarterly session of her recommendations of some of the best of mystery/thrillers out there! We’re sure you’ll find something to like from Hank’s many enthusiastic reviews. |
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Do you love building with Lego? Level up your building skills with Zoob! Zoob are an open ended construction toy consisting of plastic pieces that click and snap together to create 2D and 3D structures and shapes that move. We’ll have some simple challenges to try or you can use your own creativity to see […] |
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Sing songs, listen to stories, and act out rhymes at this storytime for the youngest of library visitors. Storytime lasts for 25-30 minutes, followed by playtime for about 30 minutes. Ages Birth-2 years, older siblings welcome. The Fall season begins on Monday, September 21 and runs through Monday, December 14, 2026, except for Monday, October […]
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Sing songs, listen to stories, and act out rhymes at this storytime for the youngest of library visitors. Storytime lasts for 25-30 minutes, followed by playtime for about 30 minutes. Ages Birth-2 years, older siblings welcome. The Fall season begins on Monday, September 21 and runs through Monday, December 14, 2026, except for Monday, October […]
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Join Heather Wolf, author of Find More Birds: 111 Surprising Ways to Spot Birds Wherever You Are and Birding at the Bridge: In Search of Every Bird on the Brooklyn Waterfront, as she discusses what we can look for with Fall migration happening right now! Come with your questions because, as always, Heather will share beautiful […] |
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Junior LEGO League – Ages 4 and over. Kids will create innovative LEGO projects. You could create most anything / When you put LEGOs together / Like a Cosmic LEGO-fyer / Or something even better! If you attend this activity you’ll get to: a.
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Enjoy the movie in one of our comfortable movie chairs! Popcorn and cookies served!Film Description: When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child, but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15-year-old girl, they find themselves […]
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This is the September meeting of the library’s book discussion group Book Mill. The group will meet in-person at the library but will also have a Zoom option available for those who prefer to join from home. This month we will be discussing Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. |
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Big Kid Book Club – grades 4 – 6Listen to the hottest chapter books and have insightful discussionsIf you join the Big Kid Book ClubYou can stand up tall and proudAnd get to hear the hottest booksLittle kids not allowed!If you join this club you’ll get to:a. |
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Outdoor Storytime at Memorial Park – (rain location – Story Room) – Ages 3 and overEnjoy great stories while basking in the beauties of natureEverybody’s seen a parkWe all know how one looksThere’s grass and birds and treesBut guess what ours has. .. .. |
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The (Early Release) Friday Movie Club – Roosevelt Room – Ages 8 and over. Relax after school and enjoy the movie, “Inspector Gadget. ” There’ll also be popcorn and snacks. If you sign up for this club/ Things could really turn out good/ We’ll start off at the library/ And end up in Hollywood! If you come to this program, […] |
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Drop by to build with and explore marble runs! We’ll have a few sets to test your building skills and creativity, or you can create your own marble challenge games using basic craft supplies. Ages 3 to 10. We will have small marbles available for use, so caregivers will need to be mindful of […]
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This is the monthly discussion for Spice Club. All are welcome!At the beginning of the month (usually 1st Mondays), pick up a spice club kit at Circulation or download the recipe booklet from https://www. maynardpubliclibrary. org/spice. You can also choose your own recipe.
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David Kruh, a former Big Dig spokesperson, will tell the WHOLE story of of country’s most expensive construction job. How Boston, straining for space to grow, cut down hills and filled in swamps and widened streets until the city was stalled in perpetual gridlock,. |
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Sing songs, listen to stories, and act out rhymes at this storytime for the youngest of library visitors. Storytime lasts for 25-30 minutes, followed by playtime for about 30 minutes. Ages Birth-2 years, older siblings welcome. The Fall season begins on Monday, September 21 and runs through Monday, December 14, 2026, except for Monday, October […]
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Sing songs, listen to stories, and act out rhymes at this storytime for the youngest of library visitors. Storytime lasts for 25-30 minutes, followed by playtime for about 30 minutes. Ages Birth-2 years, older siblings welcome. The Fall season begins on Monday, September 21 and runs through Monday, December 14, 2026, except for Monday, October […]
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Back by popular demand, author Randi Minetor! Join us to discuss the “Death on Mount Washington: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness on the Northeast’s Highest Peak”. Randi is the author of eight books (working on the 9th!) in the non-fiction “Death in the National Parks” series, explores the fatal mistakes people make when they venture […] |
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Junior LEGO League – Ages 4 and over. Kids will create innovative LEGO projects. You could create most anything / When you put LEGOs together / Like a Cosmic LEGO-fyer / Or something even better! If you attend this activity you’ll get to: a.
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Join us for a virtual Q&A with Joseph Lee, author of the 2026 Massachusetts Great Reads title Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity. Copies of the book are available at the library circulation desk (while supplies last). |
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Meet Finn the Reading Dog. Okay, Finn won’t read to you but you can read to Finn! If you sign for for this, you’ll: a. Get your own ten minute one-on-one reading session with Finn b. Get to pet and bond with a truly caring canine c.
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Meet Finn the Reading Dog. Okay, Finn won’t read to you but you can read to Finn! If you sign for for this, you’ll: a. Get your own ten minute one-on-one reading session with Finn b. Get to pet and bond with a truly caring canine c. |
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Outdoor Storytime at Memorial Park – (rain location – Story Room) – Ages 3 and overEnjoy great stories while basking in the beauties of natureEverybody’s seen a parkWe all know how one looksThere’s grass and birds and treesBut guess what ours has. .. .. |
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Come visit our booth at Maynard Fest! We’ll be doing library card signups and playing games.
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The Friends of the Library will hold their largest book sale of the year with thousands of books, DVDs, music CDs and puzzles for sale. There will be items in a wide range of genres (fiction, history, cookbooks, animals, classics, mystery, art, psychology, business, sports, sci-fi/fantasy, biography, gardening) for all ages. |
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The Friends of the Library will hold their largest book sale of the year with thousands of books, DVDs, music CDs and puzzles for sale. There will be items in a wide range of genres (fiction, history, cookbooks, animals, classics, mystery, art, psychology, business, sports, sci-fi/fantasy, biography, gardening) for all ages. |
