Register on the program page on our website. FOR TEENS!!! For one night only, Acton Memorial Library will open its doors to ghouls and teens alike. Come to this free, after hours event and prepare to be scared! Activities will include a showing of a horror movie, crafts, games, campfire stories, and, for the bravest of you, entry into our haunted stacks! Enter into our Costume Contest to win a prize and take pictures with your friends in our photo booth! Register ahead of time to become eligible to receive a Door Prize on entry! Suitable for grades 5 through

AB Forward is the committee to create a strategic plan for the future of the Acton-Boxborough Regional School District. AB Forward requests community feedback about reorganization options at one of three community forums: Tuesday, Oct 21 at the ABRHS auditorium Monday, Oct 27 at the Blanchard Memorial School gym Thursday, Oct 30  - Virtual (registration and link TBD)    

Are you looking for an early education program that fosters a love for learning and the outdoors? The Infant Toddler Children's Center is hosting its Annual Enrollment Open House on Saturday, November 1st, from 9 a.m. to Noon. We invite you to learn about our unique nature-based curriculum and discover how we inspire a lifelong love of learning.

Kick off your holiday shopping at Acton Congregational Church's First Annual Handmade Harvest Market! We're bringing together a variety of professional artisans and enthusiastic shoppers for a wonderful day of creativity and community. Admission: $3 adults, Free for students and children Proceeds benefit the local Missions and Outreach activities of ACC.

“Hockomock” in Algonquin means "land where spirits dwell” and is a revered Wampanoag sacred site, and later a “Devil’s Swamp” for English settlers. Join Dan Boudillion and Bettina Abe for a 2-mile hike at Hockomock Swamp, a Massachusetts Wildlife Management Area in Raynham, Mass. There is much lore surrounding the history of Hockomock Swamp, beginning in the 1600s. The area is the largest freshwater swamp in the state and is known for sightings of floating orbs of light, ghostly voices, and phantom drums linked to its past as an ancient burial ground and a natural fortress during King Phillip’s War.

Nepal: Jeanette's trip to Nepal during a revolution! Nov 1 6-8 pm Jeanette Staley, a Vermont-based artist and activist, had just arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal when a revolution broke out! She'll share with us her experience with art-making in Kathmandu, a brief hike in Nargokot, meeting an elephant in Chitwan, her visit to a rural school of the lowest caste on the south eastern plains of Nepal and what happened when a revolution not only broke out near where she was in lock down, but was successful!  She'll show us photos and other media and artifacts she collected, and of course, share stories of her wonderful adventures... Please park in

Sign up on the program page on our website. Bring a dish from the cookbook to share—and come hungry! This month's book is: "Does this taste funny?: recipes our family loves" by Stephen Colbert and Evie McGee Colbert Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities are available upon request by emailing WACL@actonma.gov. Please note that the West Acton Citizens’ Library has limited accessibility. More accessible programs are offered at the Acton Memorial Library.

Register on the program page on our website.  Bring a dish from the cookbook to share—and come hungry! This month's book is: "Does this taste funny?: recipes our family loves" by Stephen Colbert and Evie McGee Colbert Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities are available upon request by emailing library@actonma.gov.

The book Path of Souls: the Native American Death Journey gives evidence of shamanic soul travel to the Milky Way in mound cultures.  Are there traces of such structures and travel in Nashobah?  Yes. Nashobah historian, Dan Boudillion, will explore local structures that mirror the arrangements identified by Gregory Little in the book and which may have been used for similar purposes. Friends of Pine Hawk events are free but for talks like this registration is encouraged at https://tinyurl.com/2025-Pinehawk.

Register on the program page on our website. Writing Club is a free group for prose, poetry and non-fiction writers to come together, connect, share and create in a welcoming environment. Join the conversation, work on optional weekly prompts or use the time to work on an existing project that your passionate about. All writing levels welcome! Optional Prompt: Write 1-3 paragraphs about a book, film, or tv show you enjoy and why you enjoy it. Do the same on a piece of media you do not enjoy and explain why you don't enjoy it. Then write at least one