The Maynard Voice

50+ Job Seekers Networking Group
2026-04-15 09:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Online, 2 Nason St, Maynard, MA, United States
Virtual. Register directly on Zoom HERE. The Library 50+ Job Seekers Networking Group meets via Zoom on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, from 9:30am to 11:30am. Informal networking takes place from 9am to 9:30am and 11:30am to noon. 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.

Kids Take & Make Kit: Owl Moon
2026-04-15 00:00 | Take and Make Kits, 2 Nason St, Maynard, MA, United States
This foam owl craft from Oriental Trading is perfect for International Dark Sky Week! Available beginning Wednesday, April 15 while supplies last. For ages 3-12. Questions? Contact Casey at cpetipas-haggerty@minlib. net or 978-897-1010 x106.

ADA Commission Meeting
2026-04-14 19:00 - 23:59 | The Trustees Room – 77 Nason Street Maynard MA 01754
https://www.townofmaynard-ma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=2565

Tree Committee Meeting
2026-04-14 19:00 - 23:59 | Finance Conference Room -No. 202 – 195 Main Street Maynard MA 01754
https://www.townofmaynard-ma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=2555

Planning Board Meeting
2026-04-14 19:00 - 22:00 | Soup Campbell Room – 195 Main Street Maynard MA 01754
https://www.townofmaynard-ma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=2373

10 Steps to Researching the History of Your House
2026-04-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Roosevelt Room, 2 Nason St, Maynard, MA, United States
Learn how to uncover the past of any home—whether it’s 20 years old or 200. House historian Marian Pierre-Louis will introduce where to find the deeds to your house, how to chain a deed, and locate other sources of information such as the US Federal Census records, maps and tax records.

English Conversation Group
2026-04-14 18:00 - 19:00 | Cullen Room, 2 Nason St, Maynard, MA, United States
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.

Night Sky Celebration
2026-04-14 18:00 - 19:00 | Storytime Room, 2 Nason St, Maynard, MA, United States
Celebrate Dark Sky Week with a night-sky themed story, crafts, a scavenger hunt, and more!For ages 3-12, Registration RequiredCo-sponsored by Green MaynardQuestions? Contact Casey at cpetipas-haggerty@minlib. net

Junior LEGO League
2026-04-14 15:30 - 16:30 | Storytime Room, 2 Nason St, Maynard, MA, United States
Junior LEGO League – Ages 4 and overKids will create innovative LEGO projectsYou could create most anythingWhen you put LEGOs togetherLike a Cosmic LEGO-fyerOr something even better!If you attend this activity you’ll get to:a. build rocketsb.

Council on Aging Meeting
2026-04-14 14:00 - 23:59 | Michael J. Gianotis Meeting Room – No. 201 – 195 Main Street Maynard MA 01754
https://www.townofmaynard-ma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=2562

Finance Committee Meeting
2026-04-13 19:00 - 23:59 | –
https://www.townofmaynard-ma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=2556

New England Butterflies
2026-04-13 19:00 - 20:00 | Online, 2 Nason St, Maynard, MA, United States
Virtual. Click HERE to register and receive the Zoom link. Starting in early March, Mourning Cloak Butterflies begin emerging from hibernation and start flying along forest lanes and woodland edges. By late March, tiny Spring Azures appear. Cabbage Whites and Black Swallowtails start flying over fields and visiting gardens by mid-April.

Green Meadow Building Committee Meeting
2026-04-13 17:45 - 23:59 | Owner’s Project Manager Office Trailer 5 Tiger DrMaynard, MA 01754 – Maynard MA 01754
https://www.townofmaynard-ma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=2563

Cookbook Club
2026-04-13 12:00 - 13:15 | Roosevelt Room, 2 Nason St, Maynard, MA, United States
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.

Spring Baby Storytime
2026-04-13 10:30 - 11:00 | Storytime Room, 2 Nason St, Maynard, MA, United States
Sing songs, listen to stories, and act out rhymes at this storytime for the youngest of library visitors. There will be toys available after storytime ends. Ages Birth-2 years, older siblings welcome. The Spring session is indoors in the Storytime Room, with windows open to increase air circulation and followed by play time.

Maynard Book Festival: Jenna Blum
2026-04-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Roosevelt Room, 2 Nason St, Maynard, MA, United States
Maynard Book Festival Author Talk: Jenna BlumJenna Blum is the New York Times and # 1 internationally bestselling author of novels Those Who Save Us, The Stormchasers, and The Lost Family; memoir Woodrow on the Bench; audiocourse “The Author at Work: The Art of Writing Fiction” and WWII podcast The Key of Love.

Maynard Book Festival: Historical Fiction Author Panel
2026-04-11 15:00 - 16:30 | Roosevelt Room, 2 Nason St, Maynard, MA, United States
Historical Fiction PanelJuliette Fay is an award-winning, bestselling author of historical and contemporary fiction. Her first published novel, Shelter Me, was designated as one of the ten best works of fiction in 2009 by the Massachusetts Center for the Book, an affiliate of the Library of Congress.

Maynard Book Festival: Doug Most
2026-04-11 13:00 - 14:00 | Roosevelt Room, 2 Nason St, Maynard, MA, United States
Maynard Book Festival Author Talk: Doug MostDoug Most is a veteran journalist in Massachusetts, author of three books, and now the Executive Editor and Assistant Vice President at Boston University. When he’s not working, he might be found running the streets of Needham, Mass.

Maynard Book Festival: Irene Latham and Charles Waters
2026-04-11 11:00 - 12:00 | Roosevelt Room, 2 Nason St, Maynard, MA, United States
Maynard Book Festival Author Talk: Irene Latham and Charles Waters discussing books for audiences grades 4-6Irene Latham is a grateful creator of many novels, poetry collections, and picture books, but her first love is poetry. Her poetry books include: Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship, a Charlotte Huck Honor, and African Town, winner of the 2023 Scott O’Dell Award, both co-written with her poetic-forever-friend Charles Waters.

Maynard Book Festival Workshop: The Streets Where They Lived
2026-04-11 10:30 - 12:00 | Trustees Room, 2 Nason St, Maynard, MA, United States
Beloved art teacher Sharon Santillo returns to Maynard to lead this special workshop. Using collage and a mix of art materials, we will build small accordion books (4” x 6”) celebrating the streets where our families have lived. We will use some of the book pages in our accordion books to list factual places and dates that are known, record little family stories passed down about these places, and end with your personal story of choice and chance, why you live where you do, whether it be close or far from home.

Drop-in Craft: Create Your Own Book Cover
2026-04-11 00:00 | Storytime Room, 2 Nason St, Maynard, MA, United States
Calling all young artists and authors! Take a blank book and put your own special stamp on it. Design a book cover with lots of fun materials. Then take home your book to draw pictures, write stories or keep a journal. All supplies provided. No registration needed, drop in any time 10-5.

Maynard Book Festival
2026-04-11 00:00 | Roosevelt Room, 2 Nason St, Maynard, MA, United States
Maynard Book Festival 2026

Maynard Book Festival: Luke O'Neil
2026-04-10 19:00 - 20:30 | Roosevelt Room, 2 Nason St, Maynard, MA, United States
Maynard Book Festival Author Talk: Luke O’NeilLuke O’Neil is the author of the acclaimed political and literary newsletter Welcome to Hell World and the book of the same name. His first collection of short fiction and poetry, A Creature Wanting Form, was published in 2023, and the follow-up, We Had It Coming, in November 2025.

Teen Craft: DIY Photo Holders
2026-04-10 15:30 - 16:15 | Storytime Room, 2 Nason St, Maynard, MA, United States
Make a photo holder from wire, air dry clay, and decorative elements like beads, gems, and more! For ages 11-18 (grades 6-12). No registration needed. Questions? Contact Casey at cpetipas-haggerty@minlib. net

The (Early Release) Friday Movie Club
2026-04-10 15:00 - 16:45 | Trustees Room, 2 Nason St, Maynard, MA, United States
The (Early Release) Friday Movie Club – Roosevelt Room – Ages 8 and overRelax after school and enjoy the movie, “Inspector Gadget. ” There’ll also be popcorn and snacks. If you sign up for this clubThings could really turn out goodWe’ll start off at the libraryAnd end up in Hollywood!If you come to this program, you’ll:a.

Toy Time
2026-04-10 10:30 - 11:30 | Storytime Room, 2 Nason St, Maynard, MA, United States
Toy Time – Ages 1 – 5There’s nothing that’s more funThan to play with toys, it’s trueFor every girl and boyAnd maybe adults too!At Toy Time kids will:a. meet like-minded toddlersb. build with blocksc. play with trainsd. participate in obstacle courses and paradese.

Presidential Series with Doodler Heather Rogers: James Madison
2026-04-10 10:30 - 11:30 | Online, 2 Nason St, Maynard, MA, United States
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.

AARP Tax Prep Assistance
2026-04-10 10:00 - 15:00 | Roosevelt Room, 2 Nason St, Maynard, MA, United States
AARP’s Tax-Aide program is the nation’s largest free, volunteer-run tax preparation and assistance program. It serves low and middle income taxpayers with special attention to those ages 60 and over.Call 978-760-9146 to set up an appointment.

Green Meadow Building Finance Subcommittee Meeting
2026-04-10 09:30 - 23:59 | –
https://www.townofmaynard-ma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=2560

Early Release Day
2026-04-10 00:00 - 23:59
