September 2024
4GoodVibes Virtual Spooky Makers Market
4GoodVibes is presenting a 10-day Virtual Spooky Makers Market. The event, running from September 20 to 29, will feature more than 65 vendors offering handmade items, plus live shopping, raffles, games, and more, all via the Virtual Makers Markets Facebook group. Vendors can ship to you or some offer local pickup at the 4GoodVibes shop on Main Street in South Medford. Vendor fee is $25; apply using the market's online form.
Find out more »Matt & Shannon Heaton Virtual Guided Session
Medford musicians Matt and Shannon Heaton begin their fall season of Virtual Guided Sessions. Tune learners, second instrument players, or anyone who enjoys traditional Irish music are welcome for moderately paced Irish tunes — jigs, reels and more — upbeat chat, and connection with other trad music lovers. Resources/tunes lists can be found on Shannon’s website. Join the global community in the live session via YouTube. Cost is free, but virtual tip jars are available via PayPal or through Venmo at ShannonHeatonMusic. The Virtual…
Find out more »4GoodVibes Virtual Spooky Makers Market Conclusion
4GoodVibes concludes its 10-day Virtual Spooky Makers Market. The event, running from September 20 to 29, will feature more than 65 vendors offering handmade items, plus live shopping, raffles, games, and more, all via the Virtual Makers Markets Facebook group. Vendors can ship to you or some offer local pickup at the 4GoodVibes shop on Main Street in South Medford.
Find out more »October 2024
Ways to Have a Green Holiday Season for Families
The Medford Public Library is co-sponsoring the online program "Ways to Have a Green Holiday Season for Families" with Sarah Robertson-Barnes, founder of the blog Sustainable in the Suburbs. Embracing the rhythms of winter is key to creating eco-conscious holiday traditions. Rather than getting carried away by the holiday rush, use this time as an opportunity to create the kind of holiday season you truly want – one focused on the magic of family and togetherness instead of stuff. A…
Find out more »Virtual Author Talk: Madeline Martin
The Medford Public Library is co-sponsoring an online program with historical fiction author Madeline Martin. Martin is a New York Times, USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly, and internationally bestselling author of historical fiction and historical romance with books that have been translated into over 25 different languages. Her 2023 book, "The Keeper of Hidden Books," is heartwarming story about the power of books to bring us together, inspired by the true story of the underground library in WWII Warsaw. Martin also…
Find out more »African Art Lecture Series
The Medford Public Library continues its second Sunday series of online lectures meant as an introduction to African Art, its variety of forms, the depth of its history, and how it became an important player first in Western culture and continues to be important in a global world. Today's session will focus on African Art in the medieval world–1000-1600 CE: The Trans-Saharan trade, Igbo-Ukwu, Ife, Benin, Djenné, Lalibela, and Great Zimbabwe. Register using the link on the library's online calendar.…
Find out more »Virtual Author Talk: Ricardo Diseño and Steve Mockus – Eerie Legends
The Medford Public Library is co-sponsoring a talk with artist Ricardo Diseño and writer Steve Mockus about their latest book, “Eerie Legends: An Illustrated Exploration of Creepy Creatures, the Paranormal, and Folklore from around the World.” It's a fascinating and frightening collection of folk tale monsters, ghosts, and other scary things that dwell in the dark. Register through the library's online calendar to receive the Zoom link.
Find out more »Matt & Shannon Heaton Virtual Guided Session
Medford musicians Matt and Shannon Heaton host their monthly third Saturday Virtual Guided Session. Tune learners, second instrument players, or anyone who enjoys traditional Irish music are welcome for moderately paced Irish tunes — jigs, reels and more — upbeat chat, and connection with other trad music lovers. Resources/tunes lists can be found on Shannon’s website. Join the global community in the live session via YouTube. Cost is free, but virtual tip jars are available via PayPal or through Venmo at ShannonHeatonMusic.
Find out more »The Origins and Evolution of Project 2025
Project 2025 has been in the news lately, but for some, it seemed to come out of nowhere. In this online program co-sponsored by the Medford Public Library, join Professor Brian Conley of Suffolk University to delve into the history of this document and its origins during the Reagan years. Edwin Feulner, who led the Heritage Foundation when the book was first written as “Mandate for Leadership,” explains that the idea for such a policy book originated at a 1979…
Find out more »A History of Shipwrecks with Captain Greg Ketchen
The Medford Public Library is co-sponsoring the program "A History of Shipwrecks" with Captain Greg Ketchen. This talk will focus primarily on historic shipwrecks that have occurred south and east of Massachusetts. The region has been called the Graveyard of the North Atlantic with more than 3,000 wrecks here since European sailors first began exploring these shores. Because of the hazards experienced while sailing these waters, Massachusetts was the 18th-century birthplace of the modern United States Coast Guard. Advances in…
Find out more »November 2024
Matt & Shannon Heaton Virtual Guided Session
Medford musicians Matt and Shannon Heaton host their monthly third Saturday Virtual Guided Session. Tune learners, second instrument players, or anyone who enjoys traditional Irish music are welcome for moderately paced Irish tunes — jigs, reels and more — upbeat chat, and connection with other trad music lovers. Resources/tunes lists can be found on Shannon’s website. Join the global community in the live session via YouTube. Cost is free, but virtual tip jars are available via PayPal or through Venmo at ShannonHeatonMusic.
Find out more »December 2024
Matt & Shannon Heaton Virtual Guided Session
Medford musicians Matt and Shannon Heaton host their monthly third Saturday Virtual Guided Session. Tune learners, second instrument players, or anyone who enjoys traditional Irish music are welcome for moderately paced Irish tunes — jigs, reels and more — upbeat chat, and connection with other trad music lovers. Resources/tunes lists can be found on Shannon’s website. Join the global community in the live session via YouTube. Cost is free, but virtual tip jars are available via PayPal or through Venmo at ShannonHeatonMusic.
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