Come join Acton's indie bookstore at the 3rd annual Kid's Graphic Novel Festival! Author/illustrator meet & greets Drawing demos Panel talks Design Your Own Cover Contest for kids with prizes Free to attend! A detailed schedule will be available at Kid's Graphic Novel Festival. Please register (free!)

Location: Back Lawn, Acton Memorial Library | 486 Main Street, Acton MA 01720 Celebrate Holi at the Library! Join the library for music, dancing, color throwing and a scavenger hunt! Delicious desserts and food for sale (bring cash or use Venmo) from Holi restaurant, Bedford, and West Side Creamery. Choreography by Shikha, who awed everyone at last years' Holi event with her music selection and performances. The Holi event is co-funded by Mass Cultural Council, The Dotcom Team LLC. the Friends of the Acton Libraries and the AML Foundation. The Dotcom Team LLC (dotcom-team.com) is a Technology Consulting & Staffing

Acton Conservation Trust (ACTO is looking for volunteers to help during our community service day on Sunday, May 4, 1:00 - 3:00 PM at Mount Hope Cemetery, 176 Central Street, Acton MA. This spring we will continue work to remove invasive growth in one of the conservation restrictions (CR) held by ACT. Family groups, scout groups, students and everyone else is welcome. No experience needed – we’ll show you what needs to be done. Click HERE for more information and registration.

Location: 2nd Floor Piano | Acton Memorial Library | 486 Main Street, Acton MA 01720 Mixing Jazz and Latin in eclectic arrangements of old and new, famous and obscure, hot and cool, Triology plays a wide variety of material with international influences. The members originate from three different continents and each brings their own unique experience to the music.Ranging from straight ahead swing to explorations of Latin rhythms and odd time signatures on Jazz tunes, standards, original compositions, folk melodies, and the occasional pop hit, Triology puts its unique imprint on the music. Bassist Tal Shalom-Kobi, drummer Renato Malavasi, and

All are invited to discuss “Taking Climate Action Together and Now!” with Dr. Juliette Rooney-Varga of the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.  The event is planned as an interactive discussion on climate action we can take now — as individuals, as communities, and as engaged citizens who want to protect our democracy and support effective climate policy that benefits all. Rooney-Varga’s research focuses on the nexus of climate change and sustainability science and decision support.   At U Mass Lowell, she is the Director of the Climate Change Initiative, and Co-Director of the RIST Institute for Sustainability and Energy. The event is at

Presentation by Betsy Szymczak - Open to all Someone once said that peonies are the “Show Girls” of the spring garden; with dahlias, it’s all about late summer-early fall “Royalty!" Following a brief history of the discovery of dahlias, you will learn how to select dahlia tubers, where to plant, how to water and fertilize. To stake or not to stake, to dig or not to dig – these are the questions! If you dig tubers, how to store, overwinter, and to wake them up for planting. A discussion of American Dahlia Society Classification and how to make cutting, enter