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Middle Earth Walking Challenge

All Day 5/1 - 9/30
All Library Locations
Library Location: All Library Locations
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:
Now is your chance to help Bilbo cross Middle Earth by walking from The Shire to The Lonely Mountain to steal from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Can you walk 950 miles to complete the adventure? Walking logs can be picked up at any location beginning Ma...

Community Quilt

All Day 9/5 - 9/30
Sixteen Acres Branch
Library Location: Sixteen Acres Branch
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Help us build a Community Quilt to be displayed in the  Sixteen Acres Branch Library. Each quilt square you decorate will be added to the quilt and displayed on the wall. Draw pictures, write poems or a paragraph, now is your chance to leave you...

Knot Just Knitters

10:00am - 11:30am
East Springfield Branch
Library Location: East Springfield Branch
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Whether you knit, crochet, cross-stitch, or crewel, these groups are the place for you. New members are welcome, and current members are often willing to share their skills. Some yarn and needles can be provided, but donations are always welcome.

Canvas Cafe

10:30am - 12:00pm
East Forest Park Branch
Registration Open
Registration
Library Location: East Forest Park Branch
Room: Café Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:
Join in on a morning of fun while completing a painting from start to finish. Using the step-by-step method, we will create a painting using brushes as well as some non-traditional tools. All supplies will be provided.  Limited to 12 participant...

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Registration Required

Registration for this event is required.

Chair Yoga

11:30am - 12:15pm
East Forest Park Branch
Library Location: East Forest Park Branch
Room: EFP Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:
Join us for 45 minutes of chair yoga. Using gentle stretching while seated, chair yoga allows adults of all abilities to improve flexibility and balance. Instructor Cindy Senk, a certified accessible yoga teacher, will lead the class. Ages 18+...

Knot Just Knitters

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Mason Square Branch
Library Location: Mason Square Branch
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Whether you knit, crochet, cross-stitch, or crewel, these groups are the place for you. New members are welcome, and current members are often willing to share their skills. Some yarn and needles can be provided, but donations are always welcome.

Open Sew

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Mason Square Branch
Library Location: Mason Square Branch
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Classes & Workshops, Technology,
Event Details:
Join us every Friday for Open Sew at the Mason Square Library! Bring your sewing projects and join a community of crafters to learn, create, and socialize. Open Sew is open to all skill levels, from beginners to experts. Whether you're looking t...

Drop-In Chess

1:00pm - 3:00pm
East Forest Park Branch
Library Location: East Forest Park Branch
Room: Café Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Games
Event Details:
Open to adult and teen chess players of all abilities, from complete beginners to the more advanced. Play for learning or for friendly competitive play. Just come for fun! You don't need to bring any game equipment - all materials including boards an...

Not Your Ordinary Coloring Club

1:00pm - 5:00pm
Indian Orchard Branch
Library Location: Indian Orchard Branch
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts

School getting you stressed? Want to hang out with other artists? Join our Not Your Ordinary Coloring Club. We supply the artist-quality crayons, pencils and pens and coloring pages, to spark your creativity. Just drop by and color your stress away. (Please ask for supplies in the Children's Room.)

Home City Families Playgroup

1:30pm - 2:30pm
East Forest Park Branch
Library Location: East Forest Park Branch
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children
Program Type: Storytimes & Playgroups

Join us for stories, songs, movement, fingerplays, a craft and playtime. No registration required. Adult must accompany children. Presented in collaboration with Home City Families. For ages 12 mos. - 6 years, siblings welcome.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Teen (and Tween!) Gaming Club

2:00pm - 4:30pm
East Forest Park Branch
Library Location: East Forest Park Branch
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Games
Event Details:
It's time to start the weekend with some games! We will have a Nintendo Switch running for up to 4 players, board games, cards, and legos available. Light refreshments provided. Tweens and teens ages 9-18 welcome! Bring a friend or make one while you...

Switch Gaming On Fridays

3:00pm - 5:00pm
Indian Orchard Branch
Library Location: Indian Orchard Branch
Room: IO Community Room
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Games
Event Details:
On Fridays we will play Mario Kart, Mario Party and Super Smash Bros Ultimate, on our brand new Switch. 3-5pm....

Gaming Fridays

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Forest Park Branch
Library Location: Forest Park Branch
Room: FP Community Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Games
Event Details:
End of the week blues got you down? Visit the Forest Park branch on Fridays after school for some gaming fun in the teen area! We'll have a variety of board and card games along with our Nintendo Switch! For t(w)eens, ages 11-18. From 3:30-4:30pm.&nb...

Fun with Snap Circuits!

All Day
Indian Orchard Branch
Library Location: Indian Orchard Branch
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Games, Technology
Event Details:
Have fun exploring our Snap Circuit sets. Light things up! Make them move!  Make at least 200 different circuits. For ages 12 and up, 7 and up with supervision. ...

Art & Craft Supply Swap (Early Birds)

10:30am - 11:30am
East Forest Park Branch
Library Location: East Forest Park Branch
Room: EFP Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Do you have a stash of art and craft supplies just sitting around, now we're not home all the time? Bring those unused supplies to a community swap and find new treasures to bring home! Donations accepted in advance - see important details on our web...

Restoration City Church

11:30am - 12:30pm
Indian Orchard Branch
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Location: Indian Orchard Branch
Room: IO Community Room
Purpose of Meeting
A 12-week gathering for individuals interested in the creative and performing arts. To learn, create, and participate in different genres of acting, dance, music, and visual arts. All for the outcome of ministering to the community through the hope a...

Art & Craft Supply Swap (General)

11:30am - 1:00pm
East Forest Park Branch
Library Location: East Forest Park Branch
Room: EFP Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Do you have a stash of art and craft supplies just sitting around, now we're not home all the time? Bring those unused supplies to a community swap and find new treasures to bring home! Donations accepted in advance - see important details on our web...

Acrylic Paint Pour

12:00pm - 2:00pm
Forest Park Branch
Registration Open
Registration
Library Location: Forest Park Branch
Room: FP Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:
Enjoy traditional painting but want to try something new? Visit the Forest Park Branch and make a fluid acrylic masterpiece! Adults 18+. Supplies are limited, registration required....

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Required

Registration for this event is required.

Drumming Circle

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Sixteen Acres Branch
Registration Open
Registration
Library Location: Sixteen Acres Branch
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Performances, Storytimes & Playgroups
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 90
Event Details:
Join us for an outdoor drumming circle with experienced facilitator Donna McArdle. Adults, teens and families with children preschool and up are welcome to try out drums and percussion instruments at this joyful community program. Weekly registration...

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Tabletop RPG Club

1:00pm - 3:30pm
Central Library
Registration Open
Registration
Library Location: Central Library
Room: CL Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Games
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:
If you love collaborative storytelling and role-playing, join the Tabletop RPG Club! We'll be playing long campaigns of Dungeons & Dragons and other games that interest the members. These sessions are for experienced players who are able to commi...

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Required

Registration for this event is required.

Plant Communities of Massachusetts

12:00pm - 3:00pm
Central Library
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Location: Central Library
Room: CL Community Room
Purpose of Meeting
The Conservation Lecture Series shares the “Plant Communities of Massachusetts” talk at libraries around the state, free of charge. The talk offers audiences an overview of the extraordinary diversity of native plant communities and shares plants' ha...

Home City Families: Family Storytime

10:30am - 11:30am
Indian Orchard Branch
Library Location: Indian Orchard Branch
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children
Program Type: Storytimes & Playgroups

Join us for stories, songs, movement, fingerplays, a craft and playtime. No registration required. Adult must accompany children. Presented in collaboration with Home City Families. For ages 12 mos. - 6 years, siblings welcome.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Makerspace Collaboratory Drop-In

2:00pm - 4:30pm
East Forest Park Branch
Library Location: East Forest Park Branch
Room: Makerspace
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Technology

From traditional crafts to digital tinkering, the East Forest Park Makerspace is your place to create, invent, and learn. Each week we will have a drop-in project or two based on a theme.