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ADULT PROGRAMS JULY 2024

Summer Reading 2024

Why should kids have all the fun? Did you know that the Taft Public Library offers reading prize programs during the summer for teens and adults too? Get in on it! For all the details including Summer Reading registration and our calendar of events visit www.taftpubliclibrary.org.

Upcoming Events:

To register for an event, click on the Library Event Calendar & Registration link at the top of the library’s homepage (www.taftpubliclibrary.org). 

Adult Handcrafting Group

Let’s get crafty! Join us on Wednesday, July 17 at 2 p.m. downstairs in the library and get your craft on. Bring your own craft project, whatever it might be, to work on while you visit.  Intended for adults. No registration is required. Crafts are not supplied. 

Adult Book Club

The Adult Book Club will meet again starting in September. Adult Book Clubs are typically held on the second Monday of the month. For upcoming book clubs contact the library at 508-473-3259 to request copies of the books or log in to your account from our website to request them through interlibrary loan. Upcoming books for the Adult Book Club are as follows:

September: Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid and The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

October: The Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley

November: The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel

December: Oh William! By Elizabeth Strout

Footnotes Nonfiction Book Club

The Footnotes Nonfiction Book Club typically meets downstairs in the library on a quarterly basis. This year the group will read five nonfiction titles. Those interested are asked to stop at the downstairs desk to sign the Footnotes registration sheet and pick up a copy of the latest book. Upcoming books in the Footnotes series:

Thursday, August 8 at 7 p.m.: A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan

October (date TBD): Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne

January (date TBD): American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the Puritans by Eve Laplante

March (date TBD): The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I by Douglas Brunt

June (date TBD): How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

German Conversation Club

(Note: German Conversation Club is on hiatus for the summer. It will return in September).  

Are you looking for a place to practice what German you remember or to improve your German vocabulary? Conversations in German is no pressure, just fun! Lead by Library Assistant (and Mendon resident) Monika Schmid, the group typically meets the last Monday of each month. Registration is required. To register, visit our website.

Friends of the Taft Public Library Meeting

The Friends of the Library meetings are typically held on the last Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. downstairs in the Art Holmes Community Room, unless it falls on a holiday or during a school vacation. All are welcome (and encouraged) to attend! If you plan on attending, it’s always a good idea to call the library at 508-473-3259 or email the Friends at [email protected] to confirm the date and time of the meeting. The group will do its best to post any meeting changes on the Taft Library website.

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS

JULY 2024

Summer Reading 2024

Can you believe it is already time for Summer Reading? Your friends at the Taft have been busy for months putting together a Summer Reading program that is sure to please. For every three hours of reading, children through grade 4 will be able to pick a prize from our treasure chest! To register please visit our website at www.taftpubliclibrary.org. 

July Events

July 15 - West Hill Dam Hike and Storytime at West Hill 10 a.m.

July 16 - Itty Bitty Storytime 9:30 a.m., Story and Craft 10:30 a.m., Mini Golf in the Library 12 - 4 p.m., Rolie Polie Guacamole at Town Beach 6:30 p.m.

July 17 - Read Around Town: Mendon Police Station 10:30 a.m.

July 18 - Egg Drop Challenge 10:30 a.m.

July 23 - Itty Bitty Storytime 9:30 a.m., Read Around Town at Southwick’s Zoo 11 a.m.

July 24 - Worm Race 10:30 a.m.

July 25 - Christmas in July with Santa at Town Beach 10 a.m., Jungle Jim 1 p.m.

July 29 - West Hill Dam Hike and Storytime at West Hill 10 a.m. 

July 30 - Coffee and Conversations 9:15 a.m., Puppet Storytime 10:30 a.m., Read Around Town at JJ’s Ice Cream 1 p.m., Balloon Creation Workshop with Ed the Wizard 4:30 p.m.

July 31 - Read Around Town: West Hill Dam 10:30 a.m. 

For more information and to register for these events please visit our website at www.taftpubliclibrary.org.