There is something whimsical about coming to the library after hours, seeing the lines of books against a dark night sky and waiting to get warm after standing in the cold.
But people gathered outside Westwood Public Library on a recent Friday night, weren’t there to just check out books, but to experience “Winter...
By Isabell Macrina
Sherborn Library brought a warm feeling to a snowy day hosting the Caravan Puppets during their Winterfest event, Puppets with a Purpose. The Community Room became a crowded theater packed with kids and adults to enjoy a good old-fashioned puppet show and support a good cause with their donations.
By Isabell Macrina
Everyone is guilty of having a few broken things around the house that they just can’t get rid of, either for sentimental reasons or stubborn ones. The Repair Café at Dover’s Caryl Community Center was just the place for people to bring these items for the chance of having them fixed.
By Isabell Macrina
Walpole Library hosted Pop Up Art School this past week for a unique craft lesson, making teacups and saucers from old book pages! With tables covered in paint-coated tablecloths and the materials laid out in front of everyone, the class began.
Erica from...
By Isabell Macrina
One of the services offered at Medfield Public Library is their classes, often to learn a new art skill or create something useful. This past week they offered a beginner sewing class, to learn how to use sewing machines like the one they have in their makerspace, and available to check...
By Isabell Macrina
Everyone is guilty of having a few broken things around the house that they just can’t get rid of, either for sentimental reasons or stubborn ones. The Repair Café at Dover’s Caryl Community Center was just the place for people to bring these items for the chance of having them fixed.
By Isabell Macrina
With winter winds making it feel ten degrees colder outside than it truly is, people could use a respite to think of warmer spring times ahead. Sherborn Library was happy to host Ensemble Fiato, a Metrowest area woodwind quartet, for a quartet chamber concert.
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By Isabell Macrina
In remembrance of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the people of Walpole gathered on the night of the 19th despite the 27-degree weather to host a vigil to remember him and the hard work he put into the Civil Rights Movement. Led by the local church leaders, community...
By Isabell Macrina
Westwood Public Library was fully packed Thursday night to hear from the legendary coach of Ivy League women’s basketball, Kathy Delaney-Smith, who first coached at Westwood High School and later Harvard. Her famed “Act As If” philosophy has given her the distinction of the winningest coach of any sport in Ivy...
By Isabell Macrina
In remembrance of the civil rights leader who paved the way for change, Needham High School in partnership with the Needham Diversity Initiative and Needham Interfaith Clergy Association put on a program for Martin Luther King Jr. Day Observance. This program, entitled “We The People,” honored his message of peace. It...
By Isabell Macrina
Even with temperatures dropping below double digits, people drove out to Sherborn Library on Sunday to bundle in the warm Community Room and attended the crafting class, Stitching a Modern Day Sampler. The workshop, led by Ann Bausman, is an embroidery class made for people who are just beginning as well...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
Winter break during the school year can be a tough time to entertain and educate children, who wants to learn when there’s snow on the ground? Walpole Public Library took (WPL) a fun approach to give kids fun activities and a way to encourage more reading, family bingo! The...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
On December 16th, 1775 the world was changed forever as one of the most famous and influential authors of all time, Jane Austen, was born and started a legacy in her life that would change romance novels forever. Now, literature fans all over the world joined together to celebrate...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
Walpole Historical Society stepped back in time to celebrate the holidays this year with their Christmas Open House. The building in Walpole Center was done up with Christmas décor and staff and volunteers done up in vintage wear to ring in the season.
Over mulled cider, Christmas cookies, and...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
With the new year fast approaching, it is important to take time and look at the year we all had. Westwood Public Library (WPL) found a fun way to reflect on the year, with a trivia competition! Ready to test your knowledge on the key pop-culture moments, librarian Rosie...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
Art has been at the center of communities since the dawn of civilization. Imagine a water ripple, where the first ring influences everything around it, that is what the Impressionist movement did to the art scene in Paris and beyond. Jane Blair from ArtMatters came to Walpole Public Library...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
Theres nothing quite as American as football on Thanksgiving. Each year, Dover hosts the traditional Turkey Bowl at Chickering Playfields kicks the fall break off with a whistle blow. The Turkey Bowl is a flag football game, as the name might suggest, for kids in kindergarten through fifth grade...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
Needham Free Public Library (NFPL) hosted local author Doug Most to discuss his latest novel “Launching Liberty: The Epic Race to Build the Ships That Took America to War.” This historical novel tells the story of President Franklin D. Roosevelt partnering with industrialist Henry Kaiser to create a fleet...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
Westwood Public Library welcomed New York Times best seller Peter Swanson, author of “The Kind Worth Killing” and “Eight Perfect Murders” to talk about his new book and the one he broke the mold for, “Kill Your Darlings” and the process that goes into his writing.
Swanson was a...
