Scrabble and Snacks

Do you love to play Scrabble, but have trouble finding opponents to play with? Adults are invited to show off their wordsmithing skills. Snacks will be provided. https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/scrabble-and-snacks-15/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

Explorers' Club: Engineering Eggs-stravaganza

The Explorers' club will take on a series of challenges that are “eggs-tra” fun! ! Practice your problem solving and flex your creative muscles designing and building with friends. Open to children in grades k-4. Registration required. https://sterlinglibrary.assabe......More

The Explorers' club will take on a series of challenges that are “eggs-tra” fun! ! Practice your problem solving and flex your creative muscles designing and building with friends. Open to children in grades k-4. Registration required. https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/explorers-club-engineering-eggs-stravaganza/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

Teen Helper: Explorers' Club Engineering

Volunteer to assist with an elementary STEM program! Open to ages 12-18, registration required. https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/teen-helper-explorers-club-engineering/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

Cookbook Club

Find fast but delicious recipes this month at the Conant Public Library's Cookbook Club! Join us as we sample recipes from Piecemeal by Kathryn Pauline. Piecemeal offers 120 recipes built on 30 main components, each taking anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes to make. Choos......More

Find fast but delicious recipes this month at the Conant Public Library's Cookbook Club! Join us as we sample recipes from Piecemeal by Kathryn Pauline. Piecemeal offers 120 recipes built on 30 main components, each taking anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes to make. Choose a recipe from the cookbook, prepare it at home, then bring it to the library to share with others. Cookbooks are available at the library for checkout; please let us know which recipe you have chosen so we can avoid duplicates.  Note: This is a potluck event; neither the food nor the facilities have been inspected by the state or by a local health agency. https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/cookbook-club-15/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

Write Time

Do you like to write? Come meet with others who do, too! We will have fun generating ideas through brainstorming games and freewriting. Let’s encourage each other to write something wonderful! This month’s meeting will also offer our writers a chance to contribute to ......More

Do you like to write? Come meet with others who do, too! We will have fun generating ideas through brainstorming games and freewriting. Let’s encourage each other to write something wonderful! This month’s meeting will also offer our writers a chance to contribute to the National Poetry Month bulletin board. If desired, writers may bring a short poem to share. Open to young writers ages 9-14; registration required. https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/write-time/

Lower Level Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

Author Heather Wolf Discusses "Find More Birds: 111 Surprising Ways to Spot Birds Wherever You Are"

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library and in partnership with a multitude of MA libraries. Please join us on zoom Wednesday, April 24th at 7pm-8pm as we celebrate Earth Month (really, year!). We thought this would be the perfect time t......More

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library and in partnership with a multitude of MA libraries. Please join us on zoom Wednesday, April 24th at 7pm-8pm as we celebrate Earth Month (really, year!). We thought this would be the perfect time to bring author Heather Wolf to you. Heather Wolf will be discussing her latest book "Find More Birds: 111 Surprising Ways to Spot Birds Wherever You Are". It will be a fascinating conversation about being in the moment and noticing the wonderful and varied birds around us. And, this time, we'll focus more on Q&A, although we hope that Heather will share amazing pics of her neighborhood birds with us! Register here:  https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4717055280652/WN_cneXYhyWTg-WaimPXkdeRQ https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/author-heather-wolf-discusses-find-more-birds-111-surprising-ways-to-spot-birds-wherever-you-are/

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Spring Hat Door Decoration

 Make your own pretty floral hat door decoration to welcome Spring! Only a few materials and a little glue will result in a gorgeous decoration to hang on your front door. Sterling residents will be given priority in registration; after one week, open spots will be g......More

 Make your own pretty floral hat door decoration to welcome Spring! Only a few materials and a little glue will result in a gorgeous decoration to hang on your front door. Sterling residents will be given priority in registration; after one week, open spots will be given to non-residents in the order that they registered. https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/spring-hat-door-decoration/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

Adult True Crime Book Club: Lost Girls by Robert Kolker

Do you love a true crime thriller? Come to the Conant Public Library on Thursday, April 25th at 6:30 pm and join your fellow true crime enthusiasts for this true crime book club. We’ll once again take a deep dive into a book, this time into Lost Girls by Robert Kolker......More

Do you love a true crime thriller? Come to the Conant Public Library on Thursday, April 25th at 6:30 pm and join your fellow true crime enthusiasts for this true crime book club. We’ll once again take a deep dive into a book, this time into Lost Girls by Robert Kolker, which is one of Slate’s Best Nonfiction Books of the Past 25 Years. Kolker provides a literary account of the lives and presumed serial killings of five “Craigslist” prostitutes, whose bodies were found on the same Long Island beach in 2010. Based on the New York Magazine cover story. Books will be available at the circulation desk. https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/adult-true-crime-book-club-lost-girls-by-robert-kolker/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

Choose Your Own Adventure Book Club

Do your kids enjoy book club, but struggle to finish the book on time with all their other commitments? If so, then our new Choose Your Own Adventure book club is for them! Kids in grades 2 to 5 are invited to the library for an interactive book club, no advance readi......More

Do your kids enjoy book club, but struggle to finish the book on time with all their other commitments? If so, then our new Choose Your Own Adventure book club is for them! Kids in grades 2 to 5 are invited to the library for an interactive book club, no advance reading required. As we read Deborah Lerme Goodman’s The Magic of the Unicorn aloud, attendees will have multiple opportunities to decide where the story goes. After we read the story we will make our own good-luck talismans.  https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/choose-your-own-adventure-book-club/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

Homeschool Art and Fun: Fairy Houses and Gnome Homes

Come join other homeschoolers to make fairy houses and gnome homes! Using a multimedia approach, children will fashion their own home for tiny friends. The library will provide all the materials for this open ended activity. Tuesday,  April 30th at 1 pm. For ages 6-16......More

Come join other homeschoolers to make fairy houses and gnome homes! Using a multimedia approach, children will fashion their own home for tiny friends. The library will provide all the materials for this open ended activity. Tuesday,  April 30th at 1 pm. For ages 6-16 (parents are welcome and encouraged to assist children with their projects). https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/homeschool-art-and-fun-fairy-houses-and-gnome-homes/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

Fit Lit Book Club

Enjoy a fun book discussion while also getting some exercise! The Conant Public Library’s Fit Lit Book Club will meet at the Cider Mill entrance of the Sterling Rail Trail on Tuesday, April 30th at 6:00pm (weather permitting). Participants should read The Midnight Lib......More

Enjoy a fun book discussion while also getting some exercise! The Conant Public Library’s Fit Lit Book Club will meet at the Cider Mill entrance of the Sterling Rail Trail on Tuesday, April 30th at 6:00pm (weather permitting). Participants should read The Midnight Library by Matt Haig prior to the walk. We will enjoy a discussion of this number one best-selling book that explores the choices that go into a life well-lived. Books are available at the library for checkout. https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/fit-lit-book-club-6/

Sterling Rail Trail

Babytime

Come enjoy an interactive story time with your baby that includes early literacy fun with books, songs, fingerplays and body movement. Ages 0-18 months. Every Wednesday in May at 10:30 am (May 1,8,15,22,29). https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/ba......More

Come enjoy an interactive story time with your baby that includes early literacy fun with books, songs, fingerplays and body movement. Ages 0-18 months. Every Wednesday in May at 10:30 am (May 1,8,15,22,29). https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/babytime-34/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

Picture Book Club

The Picture Book Club will read The World’s Best Class Plant by Liz Garton Scanlon. Come explore that book and a few more with friends, then choose a baby plant of your own to take home and make a special place for it to live! Books can be checked out at the library (......More

The Picture Book Club will read The World’s Best Class Plant by Liz Garton Scanlon. Come explore that book and a few more with friends, then choose a baby plant of your own to take home and make a special place for it to live! Books can be checked out at the library (participants do not need to bring their copy to the meeting). Registration is required. Open to children in grades k-2. https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/picture-book-club-11/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

Teen Volunteers

Teens seeking service opportunities can help with program preparation and keeping library materials in order. Come help out and get to know the library! Volunteers may also register online to help out at these children’s programs: Paint Times, Explorers’ Club, Stuffed......More

Teens seeking service opportunities can help with program preparation and keeping library materials in order. Come help out and get to know the library! Volunteers may also register online to help out at these children’s programs: Paint Times, Explorers’ Club, Stuffed Animal Sleepover. Open to young people in grades 6-12. https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/teen-volunteers-5/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

Nibbling on Native Plants

Have you ever been in your backyard or in the surrounding woods, and wondered, Can I eat that plant? Join us as we welcome expert forager Russ Cohen as he presents a slideshow featuring native edible wild plants suitable for nibbling on and for planting in your own ba......More

Have you ever been in your backyard or in the surrounding woods, and wondered, Can I eat that plant? Join us as we welcome expert forager Russ Cohen as he presents a slideshow featuring native edible wild plants suitable for nibbling on and for planting in your own backyard. In addition to providing identification keys and foraging guidelines, Russ will bring samples of foraged goodies and drinks to try. This program will be held at the Sterling Senior Center. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Sterling Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency. https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/nibbling-on-native-plants/

Sterling Senior Center 36 Muddy Pond Rd, Sterling, MA, 01564

Preschool Storytime

Enjoy stories, songs, and crafts with friends at the library! Mondays at 10:30 am; 5-week session begins May 6th (no meeting 5/27). For children ages 3-6 (siblings of other ages welcome but must be registered) with caregivers.  https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinterac......More

Enjoy stories, songs, and crafts with friends at the library! Mondays at 10:30 am; 5-week session begins May 6th (no meeting 5/27). For children ages 3-6 (siblings of other ages welcome but must be registered) with caregivers.  https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/preschool-storytime-56/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

Toddler Storytime

Enjoy stories, songs, and crafts with friends at the library! Tuesdays at 10:30 am; 6-week session begins May 7th. For children ages 18 months-3 years (siblings of other ages welcome but must be registered) with their caregivers https://sterlinglibrary.assabetintera......More

Enjoy stories, songs, and crafts with friends at the library! Tuesdays at 10:30 am; 6-week session begins May 7th. For children ages 18 months-3 years (siblings of other ages welcome but must be registered) with their caregivers https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/toddler-storytime-53/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

Adult Felting - Beehives

Create an adorable felted beehive at the Conant Public Library! Join instructor Laura Darrow as we create this fun spring project from felt. Sterling residents will be given priority for registration; after one week, non-residents will be added in the order that they ......More

Create an adorable felted beehive at the Conant Public Library! Join instructor Laura Darrow as we create this fun spring project from felt. Sterling residents will be given priority for registration; after one week, non-residents will be added in the order that they registered. This program is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Conant Public Library. https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/adult-felting-beehives/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

Adult Felting - Beehives

Create an adorable felted beehive at the Conant Public Library! Join instructor Laura Darrow as we create this fun spring project from felt. Sterling residents will be given priority for registration; after one week, non-residents will be added in the order that they ......More

Create an adorable felted beehive at the Conant Public Library! Join instructor Laura Darrow as we create this fun spring project from felt. Sterling residents will be given priority for registration; after one week, non-residents will be added in the order that they registered. This program is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Conant Public Library. https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/adult-felting-beehives-2/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

Babytime

Come enjoy an interactive story time with your baby that includes early literacy fun with books, songs, fingerplays and body movement. Ages 0-18 months. Every Wednesday in May at 10:30 am (May 1,8,15,22,29). https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/ba......More

Come enjoy an interactive story time with your baby that includes early literacy fun with books, songs, fingerplays and body movement. Ages 0-18 months. Every Wednesday in May at 10:30 am (May 1,8,15,22,29). https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/babytime-35/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

Adult Coloring - Color by Sticker

Adults are invited to take their coloring to the next level with Color-by-Sticker! Enjoy fun, vibrant designs while chatting with others. All supplies provided. https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/adult-coloring-color-by-sticker/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

Teen Volunteer: Paint Time Helper

Come help painters complete their  projects! Replenish and deliver supplies, offer encouragement, and help set up and clean up. Open to youth ages 12-18. https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/teen-volunteer-paint-time-helper-7/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

Family Paint Time - Giraffe

Come to the library and paint along as we create a portrait of a giraffe! Ages 5 and up; under 10 must have a supervising caregiver, who gets to paint along! https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/family-paint-time-giraffe/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

Teen Volunteer: Paint Time Helper

Come help painters complete their  projects! Replenish and deliver supplies, offer encouragement, and help set up and clean up. Open to youth ages 12-18. https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/teen-volunteer-paint-time-helper-8/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

Family Paint Time - Giraffe

Come to the library and paint along as we create a portrait of a giraffe! Ages 5 and up; under 10 must have a supervising caregiver, who gets to paint along! https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/family-paint-time-giraffe-2/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

Musictime

Children and their grownups are invited to share music together with songs, dance, and instrument play! A 6-week session of MusicTime on Thursdays at 10:30 am will begin May 9th. Open to children 18 months-5 years with caregivers. https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinte......More

Children and their grownups are invited to share music together with songs, dance, and instrument play! A 6-week session of MusicTime on Thursdays at 10:30 am will begin May 9th. Open to children 18 months-5 years with caregivers. https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/musictime-66/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

No-Bake Lemon Icebox Pie

Adults are invited to the library to make Lemon Icebox Pie. This refreshing dessert will provide a festive way to welcome the warmer spring weather. All ingredients will be provided. Please bring a bowl and large spoon for mixing. Sterling residents will be given prio......More

Adults are invited to the library to make Lemon Icebox Pie. This refreshing dessert will provide a festive way to welcome the warmer spring weather. All ingredients will be provided. Please bring a bowl and large spoon for mixing. Sterling residents will be given priority in registration; after one week, open spots will be given to non-residents in the order that they registered. https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/no-bake-lemon-icebox-pie/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564

Friends of the Library Meeting

All are welcome to join the Friends of the Conant Library at their monthly board meeting. https://sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/friends-of-the-library-meeting-12/

Baker Room Conant Public Library, 4 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling, MA, 01564