Acton Memorial Library

Zoom Event Author of multiple historical fiction novels featuring strong women (including The Kennedy Debutante, The Girl In White Gloves: A Novel of Grace Kelly, The Paris Bookseller, and All You Have to Do is Call, Kerri Maher visits to discuss her latest writing. This is a virtual program. Registration required, click here to sign up: bit.ly/41n9H1o About the book: Chicago, early 1970s. Who does a woman call when she needs help? Jane. The best-known secret in the city, Jane is an underground health clinic composed entirely of women helping women, empowering them to embrace their futures by offering reproductive counseling and safe, illegal abortions.

Location: Meeting Room, Acton Memorial Library | 486 Main Street, Acton MA 01720 Learn how to create your own family archive and the basics of how to leave a digital legacy for future generations. Topics covered include the basics of archival storage, digital preservation, organizing your materials, and storytelling. About the presenter: Rhonda Chadwick is the author of the book Secrets from the Stacks, which reveals how to store, digitize and preserve documents to create a family archive and leave a personal legacy.  As a trained archivist, she has worked at numerous libraries, archives, and museums throughout southern New England, including

Zoom This program is virtual. To register to go: https://tinyurl.com/kdhcm5sh We're so excited to chat with Mike Reardon, a Guinness Ambassador - a highly trained beer expert and storyteller who captivates Guinness lovers and audiences with the beer, culinary, and cultural history of this fantastic beer. So, sit back, relax, grab a pint (if you're over 21), and join us for this wonderful discussion to close out St. Paddy's Day month!

FOR TEENS!!! Need to earn some volunteer hours? You can do it easily by stopping by to write a haiku or two for the Acton Sustainability Office! These haikus will be printed and put up along a nature walk trail in town, so you will have the opportunity to see your haiku out in the wild! Register now to receive volunteer hours. Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. Please reach out to library@actonma.gov and include a description of the accommodation you will need, including as much detail as you can and include a way we can

Location: Meeting Room, Acton Memorial Library | 486 Main Street, Acton MA 01720 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. Feel free to join in person or on Zoom, all writing levels welcome! Optional Prompt: Write or start a short piece based on a mystery in your life that you’ve never quite solved Zoom Link: https://actonma.zoom.us/j/82305069042 Zoom Meeting ID: 823 0506 9042

Zoom Virtual program, sign up here for zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/u5pst9yu In partner with the Tewksbury Public Library. Dr. Catherine (“Katie”) Brown is the Massachusetts State Epidemiologist and Public Health Veterinarian, and current President of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists. She plays a key role at the state and national level in monitoring and responding to infectious disease threats, and has been involved with avian influenza for over 20 years. She will give a clear and authoritative overview of the nation's current situation and the risk that avian influenza presents.

West Acton Citizens' Library, 21 Windsor Avenue, Acton, MA, 01720 Sign up for a 15-minute 1:1 tech help session. Please bring your device and any questions you might have! Registration is required! 1:30 slot: https://actonmemoriallibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/tech-help-at-west-acton-citizens-library-1-30pm-slot-35/ 1:45 slot: https://actonmemoriallibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/tech-help-at-west-acton-citizens-library-1-45pm-slot-47/ 2:00 slot: https://actonmemoriallibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/tech-help-at-west-acton-citizens-library-2-00pm-slot-11/ 2:15 slot: https://actonmemoriallibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/tech-help-at-west-acton-citizens-library-2-15pm-slot-47/

Location: West Acton Citizens' Library | 21 Windsor Avenue, Acton MA 01720 Join your fellow community members at the West Acton Citizens' Library for a lively book discussion led by our Librarians. Limited copies of the book in multiple formats will be available at the West Acton branch. First come, first serve. All are welcome! Defiance of the Patriots By Benjamin L. Carp On the evening of December 16, 1773, a group of disguised Bostonians boarded three merchant ships and dumped more than forty-six tons of tea into Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party, as it later came to be known,

Location: West Acton Citizens' Library | 21 Windsor Avenue, Acton MA 01720 Adult Program. Join to learn more about making a flower arrangement, with time to make your own to take home! Registration required: https://actonmemoriallibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/flower-arrangement/ 

Location: Conference Room, Acton Memorial Library | 486 Main Street, Acton MA 01720 Adult Program. Join to learn more about making a flower arrangement, with time to make your own to take home! Registration Required: https://actonmemoriallibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/adult-programming-hold-5/