Ashland Public Library
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Monday June 3 6:00pm - 7:30pm EDT
Monday Knit and Crochet Club *For Adults
Bring your knitting or crocheting project to our casual gathering where you can work, talk, and share ideas together. Watch the library calendar for special Saturday Workshops once per month. https://www.ashlandmass.com/calendar.aspx?EID=12445
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Monday June 3 6:30pm - 7:50pm EDT
ESL Conversation Group @ the Ashland Library
We're thrilled to have Martha Coleman joining us to lead our English as a Second Language Conversation Group here in Ashland! This group is created to help improve your English conversational skills, meet new people, and learn new English vocabulary. In each meeting, yo......More
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Tuesday June 4 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Virtual: Armchair Travel To Barcelona, Spain
Over 19 million visitors a year come to Barcelona for its vibrant culture, architectural marvels, beautiful beaches, amazing food and much more. See the sights from a recent visit, and also learn how history and geography make the Catalan region unlike any other part of......More
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Tuesday June 4 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Project ABC Play, Learn, and Grow Group for Ages 0 to 5
For ages 5 and under. A parent and child group offered by the Metrowest YMCA and the Early Childhood Alliance of Ashland & Framingham. A structured program to help prepare children for socialization and a school experience. https://www.ashlandmass.com/calendar.aspx?E......More
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Tuesday June 4 5:30pm - 6:00pm EDT
PJ Story Time with Ryan (and his stuffed animals!) *For Ages 3 and up
Come in your pajamas, and bring your favorite stuffed animals! We will read stories about a different one of Ryan's stuffed animals every week. https://www.ashlandmass.com/calendar.aspx?EID=12120
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Tuesday June 4 6:00pm - 6:45pm EDT
In Person - Gentle Yoga *For Adults
Join yoga instructor, Judy Thapa, in this weekly relaxing, end-of-day gentle yoga session. Please bring your own mat and water bottle. Let your tensions go and be ready to focus on yourself for 45 minutes. This series is for adults 18+. https://www.ashlandmass.com/calen......More
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Tuesday June 4 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Virtual - So You Want to be a Host Family: Learn About AFS Intercultural Programs USA
We're excited to join the Manchester-By-The-Sea Library for this informative and interesting program! AFS Intercultural Programs USA is an international youth exchange organization. Their programs foster transformation that lasts a lifetime. Today’s exchange students ar......More
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Wednesday June 5 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
Storytime Sprouts * For ages 0-3 with a caregiver
Join us for a fun and interactive story time filled with singing, reading, bounces, fingerplays, puppets, instruments, and more! This engaging program is designed to introduce young children to the joys of literature and music while promoting early literacy skills. For ......More
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Wednesday June 5 6:30pm - 7:30pm EDT
Virtual - Environmental Book Club: Watch "Chasing Ice" *For Adults
Please join us for the Environmental Book Club! Each month, we'll choose a topic related to climate change, sustainability, and/or what we can do to lessen our footprint. This month we'll be discussing the film "Chasing Ice" by Jeff Orlowski. https://www.ashlandmass.com......More
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Thursday June 6 10:30am - 11:15am EDT
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Thursday June 6 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Virtual: The Impressionists -- Imagining The Modern
Today, everyone loves the Impressionists, and 2024 is the 150th anniversary of the First Impressionist Exhibition, held in Paris in 1874. But many don’t know that the Impressionists and their avant-garde works were initially reviled by the critics and rejected by the pu......More
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Thursday June 6 6:30pm - 7:30pm EDT
HYBRID - Romance Book Club: Eastern European Romances *For Adults
We love our Romance Book Club! This year, we're doing something a bit different. We're picking places or regions and we challenge you to find books set there or by an author from there. This month we will be enjoying Romances set in Eastern Europe or written by an East......More
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Friday June 7 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
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Friday June 7 4:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
(In-Person Walk-In) Friday Afternoon Story and Craft *For Ages 4-7
Stop into the children's room for a program that is geared toward pre-school aged children and their caregivers. We will read a story and do a related craft project. https://www.ashlandmass.com/calendar.aspx?EID=12197
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Friday June 7 6:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
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Saturday June 8 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
A Meditative Outdoors Walk with Hannah Stein
Join fellow Ashlanders and Hannah Stein, Owner of Ashland REIKI & Wellness Center, on this lovely walk designed to increase your awareness of the relaxing and healing benefits of nature that you can discover right here in Ashland, Massachusetts! https://www.ashlandmass.......More
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Saturday June 8 10:00am - 5:00pm EDT
Boston Kids Comics Fest @ Northeastern University
The 4th annual Boston Kids Comics Festival, celebrating comics for children and the love of reading, is back and in person on Saturday, June 8th! This is a passion project of the Ashland Library Director and the Friends of the Ashland Library are happy to be a sponsor o......More
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Saturday June 8 10:00am - 4:00pm EDT
Friends of the Ashland Public Library Full Day Book Sale and Donation Day
Our Big Book Sale is back! Join us for the full day to pick up some wonderful books, movies, audiobooks and the beautiful Chinese Brush Paintings. We have thousands of gently used books if you're looking for something special for the adults, teens, and kids in your life......More
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Saturday June 8 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
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Sunday June 9 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Virtual: Asian Art Series: Art Across Asia - Expressions of Gender in Asian Art
Gender fluid and non-binary depictions have existed for thousands of years in Asian art. Explore works which support this belief in non-duality. Let's celebrate Pride Month with this important discussion! https://www.ashlandmass.com/calendar.aspx?EID=11741
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Monday June 10 6:00pm - 7:30pm EDT
Monday Knit and Crochet Club *For Adults
Bring your knitting or crocheting project to our casual gathering where you can work, talk, and share ideas together. Watch the library calendar for special Saturday Workshops once per month. https://www.ashlandmass.com/calendar.aspx?EID=12446
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Monday June 10 6:30pm - 7:30pm EDT
Card Making with Jan Poppendieck *For Adults
Come join us for an evening of card making with Jan. We will learn stamping and card making techniques using our huge stash of supplies. Jan will teach embossing, die cutting, proper stamping, and use of equipment individually and group techniques of creating unique car......More
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Monday June 10 6:30pm - 7:50pm EDT
ESL Conversation Group @ the Ashland Library
We're thrilled to have Martha Coleman joining us to lead our English as a Second Language Conversation Group here in Ashland! This group is created to help improve your English conversational skills, meet new people, and learn new English vocabulary. In each meeting, yo......More
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Monday June 10 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Virtual - Author Caitlin Cass Discusses "Suffrage Song The Haunted History of Gender, Race and Voting Rights in the U.S."
We hope you can join us for what is going to be a fascinating conversation with author Caitlin Cass on her book, "Suffrage Song: The Haunted History of Gender, Race and Voting Rights in the U.S." Part graphic novel, part map of the suffrage movement, this book tells the......More
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Tuesday June 11 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Virtual: Armchair Travel To Beijing, China
Beijing was the dynastic capital of China from the mid-13th century until the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1912. Beijing became the capital of the People's Republic of China in 1949. Explore the places that once belonged to the emperors of China. The traditional Beijing ......More
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Tuesday June 11 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Project ABC Play, Learn, and Grow Group for Ages 0 to 5
For ages 5 and under. A parent and child group offered by the Metrowest YMCA and the Early Childhood Alliance of Ashland & Framingham. A structured program to help prepare children for socialization and a school experience. https://www.ashlandmass.com/calendar.aspx?E......More
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Tuesday June 11 5:30pm - 6:00pm EDT
PJ Story Time with Ryan (and his stuffed animals!) *For Ages 3 and up
Come in your pajamas, and bring your favorite stuffed animals! We will read stories about a different one of Ryan's stuffed animals every week. https://www.ashlandmass.com/calendar.aspx?EID=12121
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Tuesday June 11 6:00pm - 6:45pm EDT
In Person - Gentle Yoga *For Adults
Join yoga instructor, Judy Thapa, in this weekly relaxing, end-of-day gentle yoga session. Please bring your own mat and water bottle. Let your tensions go and be ready to focus on yourself for 45 minutes. This series is for adults 18+. https://www.ashlandmass.com/calen......More
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Tuesday June 11 6:30pm - 7:30pm EDT
Virtual: Celebrate Pride Month: Author Chris Castellani, "Leading Man"
Go behind the scenes of Christopher Castellani's critically-acclaimed novel, "Leading Men", which dramatizes the tempestuous relationship between Tennessee Williams, his longtime partner Frank Merlo, and their protégé, an aspiring Swedish actress named Anja Bloom. It i......More
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Wednesday June 12 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
Storytime Sprouts * For ages 0-3 with a caregiver
Join us for a fun and interactive story time filled with singing, reading, bounces, fingerplays, puppets, instruments, and more! This engaging program is designed to introduce young children to the joys of literature and music while promoting early literacy skills. For ......More
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Wednesday June 12 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Bio/Memoir Book Club: Read 'Safe' *For Adults
For this month's Biography/Memoir Book Club we'll be discussing "Safe: A Memoir of Fatherhood, Foster Care, and the Risks We Take for Family" by Mark Daley. https://www.ashlandmass.com/calendar.aspx?EID=12847
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Wednesday June 12 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Virtual - Photography: The Art of Composition
Learn how to see a subject or scene in different ways. Create better images with confidence and creativity using 12 elements of composition, like lines, perspective, symmetry, depth and dimension and much more. Mastering technical aspects of photography is great, but yo......More