Lawrence Loves – Issue 19

Appointments are available on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve

Spend winter break with the library! We have a slew of online programs happening in the next few weeks. We even have appointments to visit us during the day on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Just visit our Event Calendar to book an appointment. Please note that the library will be closed on December 25 and 26.

First on our slate of upcoming programs is an all-ages Animal Crossing program on Monday, December 28 at 1 PM. There’s only one spot left to visit the library’s island, Athenaeum, and meet its occupants Pepper, Reneigh, Patty, Static, and more! You’ll need a Nintendo Switch Online account and Discord to participate. To register for this program, visit our website. To chat about Animal Crossing and learn more about our Animal Crossing program guidelines, join us on Discord! To be friends with the library on Nintendo Switch Online, our friend code is SW-4125-4566-5513.

Join us for a free writing program for teens and young adults

We still have a few spots left for our writing program for teens and young adults. On Tuesday, December 29 at 3:30, author Bethany Snyder will lead an online writing prompt class. Participants will be encouraged (but not required!) to share their work. Sign up on our website in advance!

Also on Tuesday, December 29 at 7 PM, we’re offering our free meditation class taught by Pepperell resident Brian Findlay, a longtime meditation practitioner. You can find information on how to attend on our Event Calendar.

More gaming!

Have you been missing our in-person Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournaments? Well, you’re in luck because on Wednesday, December 30, we’ll be hosting our first online tourney! You’ll need a Nintendo Switch Online account and a Discord account to participate. Register on our website and we’ll email you all of the information you need to play.

The LGBTQ+ Youth Group is moving to Tuesdays!

New year, new day of the week for our LGBTQ+ Youth Group! We’ll be meeting on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 5:30 PM via Zoom. Please register in advance.

Also, in the new year, we’re offering a free Zumba class via Zoom. We’re calling it “Zoomba”! Sign up for the class, which is being held on Saturday, January 9 at 11 AM. Make sure you wear comfortable clothes and have some water handy.

Don’t forget that we still offer curbside pickup. The library is open to the public by appointment: to browse the collection, use a computer, the fax machine, copier, or to study. Click here to book an appointment.

Here are some tips to deal with isolation and quarantine. If you are stuck at home, and there’s anything we can do at the library to help, give us a call at 978-433-0330! Stay safe everybody! And if you miss us, you can watch our virtual Tree Lighting!

Catch up on some of Miss Jennifer’s storytimes on Facebook:

Miss Jennifer reads Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw (Lawrence Library/Facebook)

Miss Jennifer reads Knock Knock by Tammi Sauer (Lawrence Library/Facebook)

Miss Jennifer reads L Is for Love by Stacy McAnulty (Lawrence Library/Facebook)

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Our free meditation class is held every Tuesday, via Zoom, at 7 PM

Are you feeling stressed out? Join us via Zoom next Tuesday, November 10 to learn meditation techniques to help you with mindful breathing. Visit our Event Calendar listing for details on how to join this free class!

A reminder that the library is open to the public by appointment only. You can book an appointment to browse the collection; use a computer, fax, or copier; or book a slot for work/study through our online Event Calendar or by calling 978-433-0330. Please note: No one will be admitted to the library without an appointment.

The library will be closed on Wednesday, November 11 in observance of Veterans Day.

Now, onto the roundup of upcoming library programs and links we’ve shared on social media! All links were functional as of November 6, 2020.

Library Programs

Join our new Dungeons & Dragons campaign!

Join brave adventurers as we begin our next virtual Dungeons & Dragons campaign, The Lost Mine of Phandelver! This is an adult (18+) program run using Roll20 and Discord. Sessions for this campaign run every second and fourth Wednesday of the month with a start date of November 11. There are currently three slots available for new players. Click here to register.

Mark Lotterhand’s nature and aerial photography will be on exhibit in our Art Gallery October 10 – November 20. Take a look at his work in this promo video, and make a browsing appointment through our online calendar to see his show in person.

Our program Suffragettes and Corselettes is being held on November 9 at 6:30 PM. Click on the image to be brought to the registration page.

What exactly does the women’s right to vote have to do with underwear? Find out on November 9 at 6:30 PM in Suffragettes and Corselettes presented by the Grounded Goodwives. In this fun and funny Zoom presentation, they give you a tour of the wild fashion of the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries and show how social change is wrought in all facets of our society – including our underwear!

Learn how to make your own kombucha on November 13 at 6:30 PM. Click on the image for the registration link!

On November 13 at 6:30 PM you can learn how to make that fizzy, tart, good-for-your-gut healthy drink kombucha at home with the Grounded Goodwives. In this online presentation, you can learn how to make DIY Kombucha, by fermenting your own sweet tea and making it fizzy and delicious.

Our next LGBTQ+ Youth Group meets on November 18 at 5:30 via Zoom

Our next LGBTQ+ Youth Group meeting is happening on Wednesday, November 18. Register in advance for the online version of our LGBTQ+ youth group! We welcome teens and young adults to chat in a safe and welcoming environment. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Click on the image to register for Christmas in the Colonies being held on December 11 at 6:30 PM via Zoom.

Celebrate Christmas the old fashioned way! The Grounded Goodwives will bring you back to colonial times when Christmas was illegal in Boston with their presentation Christmas In the Colonies being held on December 11 at 6:30 PM. Register online for the Zoom link.

Register now for Art to Go and reserve a creative project in a bag to pick up curbside beginning on November 30. The bags will include all the materials you will need for a fun project. All you need to do is add your own imagination! Project Bags will be available to pick during our curbside hours. Ages 3 & up.

Books and Education

Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: A Selection of Primary Sources (ProQuest) Check out this great new resource from ProQuest – it features primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history. The intention is to support a wide range of students, as well as independent researchers and anyone interested in learning more about the foundation of ongoing racial injustice in the U.S. – and the fights against it. Access to the website is free and available to anyone!

Wowbrary (Wowbrary) Find out what’s new in our collection! You can sign up for a weekly email update from Wowbrary.

Storytime

Miss Jennifer reads I Don’t Want To Be a Frog by Dev Petty (Lawrence Library/Facebook)

Miss Jennifer is reads The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson (Lawrence Library/Facebook)

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Visit our No So Spooky Trail until October 31!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Come visit our trail for a self-guided Not So Spooky Story and scavenger hunt. Our trail is open dawn to dusk and is located behind the library. It’s handicapped accessible!

Did you know that in addition to our Facebook page, you can also find us on Instagram and Twitter? If you take any pictures of the Not So Spooky Trail, tag us! We’d love to see your photos.

Now, onto the roundup of links we’ve shared on social media! All links were functional as of October 24, 2020.

Library Programs

Mark Lotterhand’s nature and aerial photography will be on exhibit in our Art Gallery October 10 – November 20. Take a look at his work in this promo video, and make a browsing appointment through our online calendar to see his show in person.

On October 31st at 1 PM, the Historical Fiction Book Club will be hosting its last in-person meeting of the year. We’ll be meeting in our outdoor back garden for a casual, friendly discussion of The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich. You can register online for this book club.

Our next LGBTQ+ Youth Group meeting is happening on Wednesday, November 4 and we’re planning to play Smash Bros. on Nintendo Switch! You’ll need a Nintendo Switch Online account and a Discord account. Email Amy Lordan at alordan@cwmars.org if you’d like to join us!

Our Nonfiction Book Club will be meeting online on November 5 to discuss This Much Country by Kristin Knight Pace. We have a few paperback copies available, register online if you would like to pick one up!

Our program Suffragettes and Corselettes is being held on November 9 at 6:30 PM. Click on the image to be brought to the registration page.

What exactly does the women’s right to vote have to do with underwear? Find out on November 9 at 6:30 PM in Suffragettes and Corselettes presented by the Grounded Goodwives. In this fun and funny zoom presentation, they give you a tour of the wild fashion of the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries and show how social change is wrought in all facets of our society – including our underwear!

Learn how to make your own kombucha on November 13 at 6:30 PM. Click on the image for the registration link!

On November 13 at 6:30 PM you can learn how to make that fizzy, tart, good-for-your-gut healthy drink kombucha at home with the Grounded Goodwives. In this online presentation, you can learn how to make DIY Kombucha, by fermenting your own sweet tea and making it fizzy and delicious.

Click on the image to register for Christmas in the Colonies being held on December 11 at 6:30 PM via Zoom.

Celebrate Christmas the old fashioned way! The Grounded Goodwives will bring you back to colonial times when Christmas was illegal in Boston with their presentation Christmas In the Colonies being held on December 11 at 6:30 PM. Register online for the Zoom link.

Books and Education

Wowbrary (Wowbrary) Find out what’s new in our collection! You can sign up for a weekly email update from Wowbrary.

Local Interest

Safety Tips: Halloween 2020 (Town of Pepperell) Halloween update from the Town of Pepperell: “The Pepperell Select Board hopes that everyone in town can enjoy a safe Halloween season. The pandemic has raised our concerns about traditional Halloween activities, many of which are considered higher risk. Please review the Massachusetts Department of Public Health guidelines about activities. The Select Board strongly encourages people to make safe choices involving members of a group, social distancing, frequent sanitizing, and wearing face coverings.”

A handout with guidelines for a safe Halloween. For a PDF version, click on the image.

Storytime

A reminder that we are taking Storytime from Facebook into your home! Storytime videos featuring a new letter will be posted on Facebook every Thursday. If you registered for storytime bundles, Letter E Storytime bundles are now ready for curbside pickup. Click here if you want to add your name to the waitlist.

Miss Jennifer reads If You Give a Dog a Donut by Laura Numeroff (Lawrence Library/Facebook)

Miss Jennifer reads Kevin Henkes’ A Parade of Elephants (Lawrence Library/Facebook)

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This fall we are taking Storytime from Facebook into your home! Storytime videos featuring a new letter will be posted on Facebook every Thursday. Register for this program and you can stop by the library during browsing or curbside hours to pick up a storytime bundle including a library book already checked out to you and a craft for you to continue Storytime at home!

We are excited to share that Mark Lotterhand’s nature and aerial photography will be on exhibit in our Art Gallery October 10 – November 20. Take a look at his work in this promo video, and make a browsing appointment through our online calendar to see his show in person.

In other news, interlibrary loan via the Commonwealth Catalog, AKA ComCat, is back! You can place interlibrary loan requests for items held by other library networks again! We can place the hold for you, or you can place holds yourself online.

A reminder that the library will be closed on Monday, October 12 in observance of Columbus Day. Now, onto the roundup of links we’ve shared on social media! All links were functional as of October 9, 2020.

Library Programs

On October 13, we’ll be talking with Erik Edstrom, the author of the new book Un-American: A Soldier’s Reckoning of Our Longest War. Edstrom graduated from West Point 2007 and was deployed as an infantry platoon leader to Kandahar, Afghanistan. Send us your questions ahead of time by emailing dberry@cwmars.org. Please register for this event by October 12th.

We’ll be wearing purple on October 15 and we hope you’ll join us!

Register in advance for the online version of our LGBTQ+ youth group! We welcome teens and young adults to chat in a safe and welcoming environment. Our next meeting is happening on Wednesday, October 21. Please note that we’ve moved the start time to 5:30 PM for this hour-long program.

Next weekend your pre-orders will be available for pick up

Join the Grounded Goodwives for their cooking demonstration “Hidden Veggies” via zoom. In this cook-a-long, these wonderful ladies will entice you to get the family together to make Zucchini Cookies. Register online for this October 23rd event.

On October 31st at 1 PM, the Historical Fiction Book Club will be hosting its last in-person meeting of the year. We’ll be meeting in our outdoor back garden for a casual, friendly discussion of The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich. You can register online for this book club.

Our Nonfiction Book Club will be meeting online on November 5 to discuss This Much Country by Kristin Knight Pace. We have a few paperback copies available, register online if you would like to pick one up!

Books

Boston Book Festival (Boston Book Festival) The Boston Book Festival is in full swing, with lots of free online programming, now through October 25.

Wowbrary (Wowbrary) Find out what’s new in our collection! You can sign up for a weekly email update from Wowbrary.

Local Interest

Better Know a Ballot (Better Know a Ballot)

Vote 411 (Vote411.org) Get all the info you need about voting in Massachusetts.

Storytime

Miss Jennifer reads Amelia Bedelia’s First Apple Pie by Herman Parish (Lawrence Library/Facebook)

Miss Jennifer reads Butterfly Butterfly: A Book of Colors by Petr Horáček (Lawrence Library/Facebook)

 Miss Jennifer reads A Castle Full of Cats by Ruth Sanderson (Lawrence Library/Facebook)

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Happy Library Card Sign-up Month! A reminder that you can sign up for a library card using our online form. You can also sign up in person at the library, but you’ll need to make an appointment using our Event Calendar.

Another great way to celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month is by signing up for a Boston Public Library eCard! The Boston Public Library (BPL) eCards are available to anyone who lives, resides part-time to attend school, owns property, or works in Massachusetts. With the BPL eCard, you’ll get expanded access to eResources like Hoopla and Kanopy. Visit their website for all of the details and to sign up!

Now, onto the roundup of links we’ve shared on social media! All links were functional as of September 19, 2020.

New! Work/study in the library appointments! Sign up on our website.

Library Programs

We made the paper! Julia Malakie of the Lowell Sun took a bunch of fun photos of our annual tie-dye party. Check out the slideshow on the Sentinel & Enterprise website.

Historical Fiction Book Club meets on September 29

The Economics of Climate Change (Lawrence Library/Facebook) On September 26 at 7 PM, Madhavi Venkatesan, an academic economist and environmental activist, will lead a discussion on the relationship between economics and sustainability: social justice, environmental justice, and economic equity. Please register online for this event.

Great White Sharks (Lawrence Library/Facebook) On September 23 at 6:30 PM, the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, a New England non-profit, takes you on a dive into the science behind white shark conservation and biology, and its impacts on public safety. This family-friendly, online presentation is sponsored by the Nashoba Conservation Trust and the Lawrence Library. This is an online presentation via Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent out the week before and the day before the presentation. Please register for this event!

LGBTQ+ Youth Group (Lawrence Library) Register in advance for the online version of our LGBTQ+ youth group! We welcome teens and young adults to chat in a safe and welcoming environment. Our next meeting is happening on Wednesday, October 7. Please note that we’ve moved the start time to 5:30 PM for this hour-long program.

National Voter Registration Day (National Voter Registration Day) Are you registered to vote? If not, stop by the library on Tuesday, September 22 between 4-6 PM (outside) to fill out a registration form!

Zoom Meditation (Lawrence Library/Facebook) Join us for a free, online guided meditation from the comfort of your home, led by Brian! Register on our Event Calendar.

Books and Education

Learn at Home with PBS Kids (PBS)

Wowbrary (Wowbrary) Find out what’s new in our collection! You can sign up for a weekly email update from Wowbrary.

Local Interest

Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area (Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area/Constant Contact)

Storytime

Letter Storytimes (Lawrence Library/Facebook) New Letter Storytimes! New story posted every Thursday. Register at our website to pick up a library book and activities for storytime at home.

Miss Jennifer Reads Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis (Lawrence Library/Facebook)

Miss Jennifer reads Roy Digs Dirt by David Shannon (Lawrence Library/Facebook)

Travel

Virtual Visit to Chile (Global Road Warrior) Are you looking for trips to dream about? Virtually visit Chile on our Global Road Warrior database to begin planning your adventure!