Updates from the G.A.R. Memorial Library
Saturday hours are almost back!
Beginning Saturday, September 12, the Library will now be open for curbside pickup on Saturdays from 9 AM -1 PM.
Submit to our Poet Tree!
During these uncertain times, why not rest awhile and dream beneath our Poet Tree! Please email us your favorite poem or a poem you wrote yourself and we will add it to our Poet Tree outside the library. Poems for all ages encouraged! Send submissions to: ask@westnewburylibrary.org.
The Poet Tree
Underneath the poet tree
Come and rest awhile with me
And watch the way the word web weaves
Between the shady story leaves.
The branches of the poet tree
Reach from the mountains to the sea.
So come and dream, or come and climb –
Just don't get hit by falling rhymes.
-Shel Silverstein
Upcoming Programs
All programs are virtual and require registration. Please visit our website (www.westnewburylibrary.org) and register via our event calendar or call (978-363-1105) or email the library at ask@westnewburylibary.org.
Thursday, September 10
Who Done It? Mystery Book Group
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Are you a Mystery fan? Ready to figure out who done it? Join this lively group and tackle a new kind of mystery each month. September’s read is Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers. Please contact the library by phone or email to sign up and join this group. All are welcome!
Wednesday, September 16
Creative Writing Club
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Do you write for fun? Are you a fan of fanfiction? Or are you a poet (and you didn't even know it)? Then join the Creative Writing Club for Teens and meet fellow writers! This club meets the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 3:30 pm. Email Kristen: kyoung@westnewburylibrary.org
Wednesday, September 23
Alternative Healing & Hypnosis
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Please join Andy Morris from A Better Life Hypnosis & Reiki for an exciting, informative and fun presentation on Alternative Healing. Andy will focus mainly on Hypnosis, but will also cover Reiki and EFT (Tapping).
Tuesday September 29
Family Storytime
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Miss Kate’s storytimes begin on Tuesday, September 29. Sign up each week for the link! Ages infant and up.
Monday, October 5
G.A.R. Book Group
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
This longstanding book club meets on the first Monday of each month. October’s read is Circe by Madeline Miller. All are welcome!
Tuesday, October 6
Stories, Stones and Superstitions of New England
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
This event was scheduled for last Fall but had to be canceled due to illness. We're excited to welcome Roxie Zwicker this year, virtually! Paid for with funds from The West Newbury Cultural Council. Take a virtual tour directly from the pages of Roxie’s three books on New England’s legendary graveyards. Learn about Colonial and Victorian burial customs and beliefs and the ghost stories from some of the most beautiful and some long forgotten cemeteries in the northeast. Learn the symbolism and stories behind some of New England’s oldest gravestones.
Tuesday, October 13 – November 17
Memoir Basics: Finding your Story
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
What is memoir? What's a theme and why does it matter? What would be the story of my memoir? Find answers to these questions and more with published writer and instructor Artemis Savory. The focus of this class is to begin brainstorming and outlining the story you want to write with other beginning writers. Sign up and prepare to learn all things memoir, perform writing exercises, and find your story. This is a 6 week class running on Tuesdays from October 13 - November 17. Class size is limited.