Fall Baby Time

Join us Monday mornings in the fall for a story time designed specifically for children 2 years and under. We'll sing songs, learn rhymes and fingerplays, read baby friendly board books, and bond with other little ones and their guardians in a nurturing and safe environ......More

Join us Monday mornings in the fall for a story time designed specifically for children 2 years and under. We'll sing songs, learn rhymes and fingerplays, read baby friendly board books, and bond with other little ones and their guardians in a nurturing and safe environment.

306 Main Street, Sturbridge, MA, 01566, US

Make-It Mondays: Woolly Bear Caterpillars

Kids will use yarn and pipe cleaners to make their own friendly, fuzzy woolly bear caterpillars.

306 Main Street, Sturbridge, MA, 01566, US

Fall Toddler Time

Join us on Tuesday mornings for a play-based story time where each week brings a little something different. Toddlers will work on valuable skills with their caregivers and socialize with kids their own age.

306 Main Street, Sturbridge, MA, 01566, US

Afternoon Book Group - Life: A Love Story

Join the Afternoon Book Group on the second Tuesday of each month at 1:00pm.This month's book is Life: A Love Story by Elizabeth Berg.About the book (from Amazon):As ninety-two-year-old Florence "Flo" Greene nears the end of her life, she writes a letter to Ruthie, the ......More

Join the Afternoon Book Group on the second Tuesday of each month at 1:00pm.This month's book is Life: A Love Story by Elizabeth Berg.About the book (from Amazon):As ninety-two-year-old Florence "Flo" Greene nears the end of her life, she writes a letter to Ruthie, the woman who grew up next door to her, describing the items Flo is leaving Ruthie in her will. But as it goes on, telling surprising stories about those “little” things Flo will leave behind (What could possibly be the worth of a rubber band kept in a matchbox tied up in red ribbon?), an unforgettable portrait of the life she has lived emerges.The letter starts off as an autobiography in things, but it turns out to do much more than that: ultimately, it will transform Flo and those around her. In the time she has left, Flo decides to take herself up on tiny dares. She encourages Ruthie to reconsider her impending divorce by sharing a startling, long-buried secret about her own perfect-seeming marriage. Flo has never had a pedicure before now, and as long as she's going to a beauty parlor, she arranges to have a blue streak put in her hair, too. And as these adventures lead her to make new friends, Flo helps them, too, find the fulfillment that living a full life has led her to understand.

306 Main Street, Sturbridge, MA, 01566, US

Puzzle Swap

Puzzle Swap. You can bring puzzles to swap, or just come and take puzzles that people have already donated.We are accepting puzzles of all sizes and for all age groups! Bring donated puzzles starting October 26, or on the day of the swap.There will be a puzzle set up fo......More

Puzzle Swap. You can bring puzzles to swap, or just come and take puzzles that people have already donated.We are accepting puzzles of all sizes and for all age groups! Bring donated puzzles starting October 26, or on the day of the swap.There will be a puzzle set up for people to work on cooperatively during the 2 hours.

306 Main Street, Sturbridge, MA, 01566, US

Veterans' Day

306 Main Street, Sturbridge, MA, 01566, US

USS Constitution: History & the 1812 Marine Guard

This presentation will focus on the history of the USS Constitution as well as weaponry, clothing, and uniforms of the period.Henry Rodrigues of the 1812 Marine Guard has served as President of the corporation since 2018. He is currently serving in the role of Captain o......More

This presentation will focus on the history of the USS Constitution as well as weaponry, clothing, and uniforms of the period.Henry Rodrigues of the 1812 Marine Guard has served as President of the corporation since 2018. He is currently serving in the role of Captain of the Marine Detachment aboard USS Constitution. Henry is a retired US Navy Chief Petty Officer, having served for 24 years including a tour of duty aboard USS Constitution. He will be joined by Laura McCarthy who will present on the textiles.Historic Marine Education, Inc. is an all-volunteer, educational, 501(c)3 corporation headquartered at the oldest Marine barracks in the United States, located in the Charlestown Navy Yard – Boston, Massachusetts. Their primary mission is to educate the public about all aspects of early 19th century life with a particular focus on maritime heritage and the U.S. Marines.

306 Main Street, Sturbridge, MA, 01566, US

Fall Story Time

Stories, songs, rhymes, and a craft. This program is designed for children ages 3 to 5 but open to kids of all ages.

306 Main Street, Sturbridge, MA, 01566, US

Fall Baby Time

Join us Monday mornings in the fall for a story time designed specifically for children 2 years and under. We'll sing songs, learn rhymes and fingerplays, read baby friendly board books, and bond with other little ones and their guardians in a nurturing and safe environ......More

Join us Monday mornings in the fall for a story time designed specifically for children 2 years and under. We'll sing songs, learn rhymes and fingerplays, read baby friendly board books, and bond with other little ones and their guardians in a nurturing and safe environment.

306 Main Street, Sturbridge, MA, 01566, US

Fall Toddler Time

Join us on Tuesday mornings for a play-based story time where each week brings a little something different. Toddlers will work on valuable skills with their caregivers and socialize with kids their own age.

306 Main Street, Sturbridge, MA, 01566, US

World Building Book Club: Kill the Farm Boy

The World Building Book Group discusses science fiction, fantasy, and other speculative fiction titles that provide rich, layered imaginary worlds populated with diverse forms of life. Selected titles will encourage readers to explore different possibilities and spark c......More

The World Building Book Group discusses science fiction, fantasy, and other speculative fiction titles that provide rich, layered imaginary worlds populated with diverse forms of life. Selected titles will encourage readers to explore different possibilities and spark curiosity about the world around them.This month's book is Kill the Farm Boy by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne.Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, a hero, the Chosen One, was born . . . and so begins every fairy tale ever told.This is not that fairy tale.There is a Chosen One, but he is unlike any One who has ever been Chosened.And there is a faraway kingdom, but you have never been to a magical world quite like the land of Pell.There, a plucky farm boy will find more than he’s bargained for on his quest to awaken the sleeping princess in her cursed tower. First there’s the Dark Lord, who wishes for the boy’s untimely death . . . and also very fine cheese. Then there’s a bard without a song in her heart but with a very adorable and fuzzy tail, an assassin who fears not the night but is terrified of chickens, and a mighty fighter more frightened of her sword than of her chain-mail bikini. This journey will lead to sinister umlauts, a trash-talking goat, the Dread Necromancer Steve, and a strange and wondrous journey to the most peculiar “happily ever after” that ever once-upon-a-timed.

306 Main Street, Sturbridge, MA, 01566, US

Basic Tech Help

Free tech assistance! Bring your own device or use our available computers. Making an appointment is encouraged and can be done so here: Make a Tech Help AppointmentWe can assist with: Printing, E-mailing, Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite, word processing, digitizin......More

Free tech assistance! Bring your own device or use our available computers. Making an appointment is encouraged and can be done so here: Make a Tech Help AppointmentWe can assist with: Printing, E-mailing, Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite, word processing, digitizing photos and scanning documents, setting up eBooks and audio books through Libby onto your tablet or smartphone, device setup and updates, basic smartphone and tablet use, accessing Library databases and resources, and more. Need help with something else? Just ask! Please note: This is BASIC tech assistance. We cannot repair broken devices, recover lost passwords, or enter your private information (such as a bank number) online. Please have your passwords on hand.

306 Main St, Sturbridge, MA, 01566, US

Armchair Travelers Book Group - The Overstory

The Armchair Travelers Book Group meets monthly on the third Wednesday at 6:30pm.This month's book is The Overstory by Richard Powers. The discussion will be led by Francesca DePalma.About the book (from Amazon):An Air Force loadmaster in the Vietnam War is shot out of ......More

The Armchair Travelers Book Group meets monthly on the third Wednesday at 6:30pm.This month's book is The Overstory by Richard Powers. The discussion will be led by Francesca DePalma.About the book (from Amazon):An Air Force loadmaster in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan. An artist inherits a hundred years of photographic portraits, all of the same doomed American chestnut. A hard-partying undergraduate in the late 1980s electrocutes herself, dies, and is sent back into life by creatures of air and light. A hearing- and speech-impaired scientist discovers that trees are communicating with one another. These four, and five other strangers―each summoned in different ways by trees―are brought together in a last and violent stand to save the continent’s few remaining acres of virgin forest.

306 Main Street, Sturbridge, MA, 01566, US