Events Search and Views Navigation
May 2024
Haitian Heritage Month: Bilingual Children’s Book Read
The City of Medford continues its series of Haitian Heritage Month events with a Haitian Creole/English Children’s Book read/lap sit read by Dr. Mariette Ayala, followed by Haitian Arts and Crafts to match the stories read. The series concludes next Saturday, May 18, with a Create Your Own Haitian Art workshop at the Medford Family Network and a Haitian Flag Day Celebration at Andrews Middle School. The series is a collaboration between the City of Medford’s Health Department, Medford Family…
Find out more »Tuesday Night Book Group: The Many Daughters of Alfong Moy
The Medford Public Library's Tuesday Night Book Group meets to discuss "The Many Daughters of Alfong Moy" by Jamie Ford. Books will be available approximately four weeks in advance. Please register through the library's online calendar.
Find out more »Historical Fiction Brook Group: Shrines of Gaiety
The Medford Public Library's Historical Fiction Brook Group meets to discuss "Shrines of Gaiety" by Kate Atkinson. Register through the library's online calendar. This will be the group's last meeting until the fall.
Find out more »Grades 4-5 Book Club: Twin Cities
The Medford Public Library's book club for fourth- and fifth-graders meets in the Maker Space to discuss "Twin Cities" by José Pimienta. The book will be available for pickup at the Children’s Desk about one month in advance. Please note that this event is only for those in grades 4 or 5. Registration is required through the library's online calendar.
Find out more »Teen Poetry Club
The Medford Public Library presents the fifth meeting of its Teen Poetry Club led by Vijaya Sundaram, Medford’s poet laureate. Students in middle school and high school are invited to take the mic and shine a light on the issues that matter most to you, with passion, lyricism and force. The club meets once a month to read and discuss the work of great poets, while crafting and performing members' own work. Participants also will read, memorize, and recite poems…
Find out more »Bridgerton High Tea
Lady Whistledown and the Medford Public Library cordially invite you to Bridgerton High Tea in celebration of the release of Season 3 of the Netflix romance series, which debuts on May 16. Come donned in Regency Era costume, or your finest jeans, and enjoy free tea, scones, tea sandwiches, and a discussion of the book "Romancing Mister Bridgerton" by Julia Quinn. Register through the library's online calendar.
Find out more »Grades 2-3 Book Club: Good Dog, McTavish
The Medford Public Library's book club for second- and third-graders meets to discuss "Good Dog, McTavish" by Meg Rosoff. Register through the library's online calendar, then visit the library to pick up a copy of the book, which will be available starting approximately one month in advance. Please note: This club is only for children in second or third grade.
Find out more »Author Talk: Camilla Evergreen – How to Find Love When You’re Weird
The Medford Public Library is co-sponsoring an online chat with romance author Camilla Evergreen, whose book “How to Find Love When You’re Weird” makes it clear that people on the spectrum,(in fact, ALL people), are worthy of love and an HEA (happily ever after). In fact, the library would posit, that it’s the very neurodiverse characteristics that make someone even more attractive to the right person. Visit the library's online calendar for the the Zoom link.
Find out more »Grade 1 Book Club: If I Built a Car
The Medford Public Library’s First Grade Book Club meets to discuss "If I Built a Car" by Chris Van Dusen. Please note that this club is only for children in first grade. Registration is required through the library's online calendar. Books will be available at the library approximately one month in advance.
Find out more »Climate Change Book Group: Braiding Sweetgrass
The Medford Public Library's Climate Change Book Group, "Planet and Pages," meets to discuss “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings — asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass — offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. Stop by the library to snag your copy. Led by green entrepreneur Clare Flaherty, owner of Trove Green Provisions…
Find out more »