Book/Poetry Readings
Words and Music: A Changing of the Guard
West Medford Community Center 111 Arlington St., Medford, MAThe West Medford Community Center begins a new season of its Words and Music program with "A Changing of the Guard," introducing the City of Medford's second poet laureate, Vijaya Sundaram, who began her two-year term on July 1. In the first hour's Words segment, Vijaya will join her predecessor, Terry E. Carter, for a …
Monday Morning Mysteries: Acqua Alta
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Public Library begins a new season of Monday Morning Mysteries book group meetings, gathering to discuss "Acqua Alta" by Donna Leon. The group will meet on the first Monday of the month from October through June (this month's meeting is a week later than normal due to the Labor Day holiday on September …
Tuesday Night Book Group: Fly Girls
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Public Library's Tuesday Night Book Group begins its 2023-24 schedule with a meeting to discuss "Fly Girls" by Keith O'Brien. Books will be available approximately four weeks in advance. Please register through the library's online calendar. The group meets monthly on the second Tuesday. The title for next month's meeting, on October 10, will …
Grades 4-5 Book Club: Pawcasso
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Public Library's book club for fourth- and fifth-graders meets to discuss "Pawcasso" by Remy Lai. Registration is required through the library's online calendar. The book is available for pickup at the Children’s Desk about one month in advance.
Author Talk: Heather Wolf – Find More Birds
Virtual MAThe Medford Public Library is co-sponsoring a virtual talk by author Heather Wolf about her new book "Find More Birds: 111 Surprising Ways to Spot Birds Wherever You Are." Seeing more birds than you ever imagined and witnessing exciting avian drama is possible — whether you’re on the go or in your own neighborhood, local park, …
Author Talk: Lydia Moland – A Radical American Life
Medford Historical Society & Museum 10 Governors Avenue, Medford, MA, United StatesThe Medford Historical Society & Museum presents Colby College philosophy professor Lydia Moland for a talk on "A Radical American Life," hew new biography of abolitionist Lydia Maria Child, one of Medford’s most famous 19th-century personalities. Born in 1802, Child grew up near her father’s famous Medford bakery and would have witnessed evidence of slavery’s …
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Grades 2-3 Book Club: Mr. Wolf’s Class
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Public Library's book club for second- and third-graders meets to discuss "Mr. Wolf’s Class" by Aron Nels Steinke. Register through the library's online calendar, then swing by 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 …
Author Talk: Erica Cirino – Thicker Than Water
Virtual MAThe Medford Public Library is co-sponsoring an online talk by Erica Cirino, a photojournalist, scientist, writer and artist, about her book "Thicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis.” As plastic pollution piles up, time to negotiate real solutions is running out; meanwhile, plastics’ impacts on Earth and our health grows worse. …
Grade 1 Book Club: When Grandpa Gives You a Toolbox
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Public Library’s First Grade Book Club meets to discuss “When Grandpa Gives You a Toolbox" by Jamie L.B. Deenihan. 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.
Afternoon Tea and Author Talk: Louise Hare – Harlem After Midnight
Virtual MAThe Medford Public Library is co-sponsoring an online afternoon tea and author talk with Louise Hare about her book “Harlem After Midnight.” This evocative, twisting new novel from the author of "Miss Aldridge Regrets" is a must read for anyone who loves historical fiction, mysteries, and jazz music from the 1930s. In the book, a …
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