Board of Library Trustees meeting

Board of Library Trustees meeting https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/board-of-library-trustees-meeting-7/

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Virtual Musical Storytelling: Dragons Love Tacos (with Powers Music School)

The Musical Storytelling Program at Powers Music School presents Dragons Love Tacos, based on the book by Adam Rubin. https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/musical-storytelling-dragons-love-tacos-with-powers-music-school/

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Practice your English

Practice speaking English in a supportive environment. This conversation circle led by Maureen begins on Monday, January 4th and runs through March 15th. The group will not meet on January 18th for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and February 15th for Presidents Day. Plea......More

Practice speaking English in a supportive environment. This conversation circle led by Maureen begins on Monday, January 4th and runs through March 15th. The group will not meet on January 18th for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and February 15th for Presidents Day. Please send any questions to Lauren at lpfendner@minlib.net. https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/practice-your-english-9/

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Practice your English

Practice speaking English in a supportive environment.  This conversation circle led by Moira begins on Monday, January 4th and runs through March 15th. The group will not meet on January 18th for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and February 15th for Presidents Day......More

Practice speaking English in a supportive environment.  This conversation circle led by Moira begins on Monday, January 4th and runs through March 15th. The group will not meet on January 18th for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and February 15th for Presidents Day.  Please send any questions to Corinne at ccoveney@minlib.net. https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/practice-your-english-20/

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Virtual Storytime for Ages 0-5

Short stories and songs will be performed for young library patrons. Sign up to get the Zoom link! https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-storytime-for-ages-0-5/

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Virtual Storytime for Ages 0-5

Short stories and songs will be performed for young library patrons. Sign up to get the Zoom link! https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-storytime-for-ages-0-5-2/

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Sweet Sap: Making Maple Sugar -- A Virtual Program for All Ages from Habitat

Explore the historical, current and revolutionary new practices in harvesting that sweet Maple sap and turning it into syrup and sugar. Learn the important role that sweet syrup plays in some national economies – did you know Canada maintains a strategic Maple syrup r......More

Explore the historical, current and revolutionary new practices in harvesting that sweet Maple sap and turning it into syrup and sugar. Learn the important role that sweet syrup plays in some national economies – did you know Canada maintains a strategic Maple syrup reserve? This course is taught by Mass Audubon Habitat's Barbara Bates.  https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/sweet-sap-making-maple-sugar-a-virtual-program-for-all-ages-from-habitat/

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Virtual Music and Movement with Rubi

We miss seeing Rubi in person, but she will be here virtually for us on Zoom. For children ages 2-5, this active program will get kids (and their grownups) moving, dancing and having fun! https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-music-and......More

We miss seeing Rubi in person, but she will be here virtually for us on Zoom. For children ages 2-5, this active program will get kids (and their grownups) moving, dancing and having fun! https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-music-and-movement-with-rubi-20/

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Tai Chi - Online!

Tai Chi practitioner and coach, Aisling O'Shea, will guide you through this beautiful and low impact form of martial art and meditation. No equipment necessary; just wear comfortable clothing! This class will provide an overview of the basic concepts of Tai Chi and Qi......More

Tai Chi practitioner and coach, Aisling O'Shea, will guide you through this beautiful and low impact form of martial art and meditation. No equipment necessary; just wear comfortable clothing! This class will provide an overview of the basic concepts of Tai Chi and Qi Gong. These movements may be adapted for standing, walking, or sitting. This program will be held online through Zoom; please register for each class individually to receive the link to join. Questions? Email Lauren at lpfendner@minlib.net. For an overview of what these classes will cover, or for practice between sessions, watch these Tai Chi recordings on the library's YouTube channel. https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/tai-chi-online-13/

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Practice your English

Practice speaking English in a supportive environment. This conversation circle led by Maureen begins on Monday, January 4th and runs through March 15th. The group will not meet on January 18th for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and February 15th for Presidents Day. Plea......More

Practice speaking English in a supportive environment. This conversation circle led by Maureen begins on Monday, January 4th and runs through March 15th. The group will not meet on January 18th for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and February 15th for Presidents Day. Please send any questions to Lauren at lpfendner@minlib.net. https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/practice-your-english-10/

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Practice your English

Practice speaking English in a supportive environment.  This conversation circle led by Moira begins on Monday, January 4th and runs through March 15th. The group will not meet on January 18th for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and February 15th for Presidents Day......More

Practice speaking English in a supportive environment.  This conversation circle led by Moira begins on Monday, January 4th and runs through March 15th. The group will not meet on January 18th for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and February 15th for Presidents Day.  Please send any questions to Corinne at ccoveney@minlib.net. https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/practice-your-english-21/

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Virtual Storytime for Ages 0-5

Short stories and songs will be performed for young library patrons. Sign up to get the Zoom link! https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-storytime-for-ages-0-5-3/

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Virtual Storytime for Ages 0-5

Short stories and songs will be performed for young library patrons. Sign up to get the Zoom link! https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-storytime-for-ages-0-5-4/

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Better Through Books: Race, Justice & The Law Panel Discussion

Join us for a discussion on race, justice, and the law with esteemed lawyers Professor Renee Landers and Raymond Wilkes with moderator Attorney Dovie King. We will explore some of the history of legislation promoting civil rights, works of restorative justice to right......More

Join us for a discussion on race, justice, and the law with esteemed lawyers Professor Renee Landers and Raymond Wilkes with moderator Attorney Dovie King. We will explore some of the history of legislation promoting civil rights, works of restorative justice to right historical wrongs, and what more should be done to promote true equity. This program is co-sponsored by Belmont Against Racism in conjunction with Belmont Public Library’s Better Through Books: Healing Community Together Community Read featuring Say I’m Dead: A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets, and Love by E. Dolores Johnson. Please register below to receive the Zoom invitation; for optimal context, please view the Lynching of Henry Gilbert video found here. Renée M. Landers is Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School and is the Faculty Director of the school’s Health and Biomedical Law Concentration and the Masters of Science in Law Life Sciences program. President of the Boston Bar Association in 2003-2004, she was the first woman of color and the first law professor to serve in that position. She has worked in private practice and served as Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Policy Development at the U.S. Department of Justice during the Clinton Administration. Professor Landers is the author of articles on the potential for Massachusetts health care reform initiatives to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health care and aspects of the Affordable Care Act. In addition to health care, Landers has written on diversity in the legal profession and privacy and is a regular commentator on legal developments in constitutional law, health law, and administrative law for media organizations. Recently, she was named among the “2020 Top Women of Law” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Attorney Raymond Wilkes is a Legal Fellow with the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts. CRRJ conducts research and support policy initiatives on anti-civil rights violence in the United States, and other injustices, during the period 1930-1970. Attorney Wilkes manages the project’s current and incoming cases, along with supervising its student investigators. His work with CRRJ includes conducting police trainings, supervising attorney investigators, and fostering partnerships with other civil rights organizations. In addition to his work with CRRJ, Attorney Wilkes serves as an advisor to Northeastern University's Restorative and Transformative Justice Task Force and as an adjunct professor at Southern University Law Center. Dovie King is an award-winning public interest lawyer committed to social justice. She draws from her personal upbringing as the daughter of immigrants in devoting her legal career to helping marginalized communities. This includes representing undocumented immigrants, people of color, Spanish-speakers and survivors of domestic violence. Currently, Dovie is the Director of SOAR for Justice and a Contributing Writer for Law at the Margins. She is formerly a Member of the Belmont Human Rights Commission, Town Meeting and the Affirmative Action & Diversity Officer for the Belmont Democratic Town Committee. Dovie earned her BA in Political Science and Latin American Studies at Brown University, and her JD at Northeastern University School of Law. https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/better-through-books-race-justice-the-law-panel-discussion/

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Virtual Concert with Matt Heaton

We miss our monthly concerts with Matt Heaton, but we are so excited to get to see him on our Zoom account! Sing and dance along at home with Matt's classic and original songs. Register online. https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-con......More

We miss our monthly concerts with Matt Heaton, but we are so excited to get to see him on our Zoom account! Sing and dance along at home with Matt's classic and original songs. Register online. https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-concert-with-matt-heaton-10/

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Practice your English

Practice speaking English in a supportive environment. This conversation circle led by Maureen begins on Monday, January 4th and runs through March 15th. The group will not meet on January 18th for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and February 15th for Presidents Day. Plea......More

Practice speaking English in a supportive environment. This conversation circle led by Maureen begins on Monday, January 4th and runs through March 15th. The group will not meet on January 18th for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and February 15th for Presidents Day. Please send any questions to Lauren at lpfendner@minlib.net. https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/practice-your-english-11/

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Practice your English

Practice speaking English in a supportive environment.  This conversation circle led by Moira begins on Monday, January 4th and runs through March 15th. The group will not meet on January 18th for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and February 15th for Presidents Day......More

Practice speaking English in a supportive environment.  This conversation circle led by Moira begins on Monday, January 4th and runs through March 15th. The group will not meet on January 18th for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and February 15th for Presidents Day.  Please send any questions to Corinne at ccoveney@minlib.net. https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/practice-your-english-22/

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Virtual Storytime for Ages 0-5

Short stories and songs will be performed for young library patrons. Sign up to get the Zoom link! https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-storytime-for-ages-0-5-5/

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Virtual Storytime for Ages 0-5

Short stories and songs will be performed for young library patrons. Sign up to get the Zoom link! https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-storytime-for-ages-0-5-6/

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Belmont Book Discussion: Queenie

We're reading Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams for this month's Belmont Book Discussion.  Queenie Jenkins is a young Jamaican British woman in London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly in......More

We're reading Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams for this month's Belmont Book Discussion.  Queenie Jenkins is a young Jamaican British woman in London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. She works at a national newspaper, where she's forced to compare herself to her white middle class peers. After a messy break up from her long-term white boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places...including several hazardous men who do a good job of occupying brain space and a bad job of affirming self-worth. As Queenie careens from one questionable decision to another, she finds herself wondering, "What are you doing? Why are you doing it? Who do you want to be?" – all of the questions today's woman must face in a world trying to answer them for her. -- adapted from the publisher's summary This program for adults will be held online through Zoom. Register to receive the link to join. Copies of the book will be available for pickup at the library. Questions? Email Allison at asmith@minlib.net. https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/belmont-book-discussion-5/

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Untold Stories Book Club (for teens)

A book club for teens by teens! This month, we explore the theme, "Facing Adversity," with a selection list curated by the librarian in collaboration with the library's Teen Advisory Board. You may pick your own book from the list and place a hold on the title. Regist......More

A book club for teens by teens! This month, we explore the theme, "Facing Adversity," with a selection list curated by the librarian in collaboration with the library's Teen Advisory Board. You may pick your own book from the list and place a hold on the title. Registration is required for the Zoom Link. A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi | Find the Book We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson | Find the Book The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson | Find the Book Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt | Find the Book Brave Enough by Kati Gardner | Find the Book The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney | Find the Book This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp | Find the Book Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman | Find the Book Know My Name by Chanel Miller | Find the Book A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman | Find the Book The Burning Tigris by Peter Balakian | Find the Book Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper | Find the Book Parachutes by Kelly Yang | Find the Book Please email askbelmontya@minlib.net for content warnings. https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/untold-stories-book-club-for-teens-2/

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Tai Chi - Online!

Tai Chi practitioner and coach, Aisling O'Shea, will guide you through this beautiful and low impact form of martial art and meditation. No equipment necessary; just wear comfortable clothing! This class will provide an overview of the basic concepts of Tai Chi and Qi......More

Tai Chi practitioner and coach, Aisling O'Shea, will guide you through this beautiful and low impact form of martial art and meditation. No equipment necessary; just wear comfortable clothing! This class will provide an overview of the basic concepts of Tai Chi and Qi Gong. These movements may be adapted for standing, walking, or sitting. This program will be held online through Zoom; please register for each class individually to receive the link to join. Questions? Email Lauren at lpfendner@minlib.net. For an overview of what these classes will cover, or for practice between sessions, watch these Tai Chi recordings on the library's YouTube channel. https://belmontpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/tai-chi-online-15/

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