Inspiration flows with Kwame Alexander
Kira Seamon’s celebration of the arts
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Last August, Dedham-based artist Kira Seamon made her “Stained Glass Sky” debut at the Wellesley Free Library. Since then, Kira’s work has splashed color on the walls of several libraries, including Medfield’s. For a special reception, Kira spent the afternoon of February 14 in the Dailey Room, where she...
Library welcomes new director, Meena Jain
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
There’s been a new face among the staff of the Medfield Public Library. After saying goodbye to their former director in October of last year, the library is delighted to introduce Meena Jain as their new director.
As a young professional, Meena’s aunt told her that libraries would be gone...
Library workshop tinkers with STEAM
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
When the Medfield Public Library opened their STEAM Room in the fall of 2017, they also opened a door of unlimited possibilities for classes and educational opportunities. To utilize the STEAM Room’s high-performance 3D printer, the library hosted a 3D design workshop for students.
Five children joined circulation supervisor Matt...
Gamers compete at Medfield Library tournament
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
After a long school week, Saturday is the perfect day for students to unwind and decompress. For one particular group of students, that means participating in a Super Smash Bros. tournament at the Medfield Public Library for the chance to win a $25 gift card.
While the library isn’t thought...
Library hosts toddler playtime
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
In the past year, the Medfield Public Library staff has been hard at work to introduce new and exciting programs to the community. Even in just the last few months, the library held a grand opening of the STEAM room, also known as the Makerspace, celebrated its centennial,...
Library offers teen ornament-making craft
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With just a few more days left until school vacation, the Medfield Public Library offered teens a relaxing and casual evening of ornament making with polymer clay. With the help of Bri Ozanne, the library’s adult services and technology librarian assistant, the tweens and teens worked on handmade clay creations while...
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‘Parachute Play’ celebrates season’s first snowfall
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Every month, the Medfield Public Library’s Children’s Department hosts a program that combines literacy with gross and fine motor skills development. It’s a program thoroughly enjoyed by toddlers and their caregivers, and undoubtedly a perfect program to attract the town’s youngest readers to the library.
Through the Medfield Coordinated Family...
Zullo Gallery hosts holiday exhibit
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Tucked away from the street next to the Medfield Public Library is the town’s favorite spot to see local an emerging artists’ work. Zullo Gallery Center for the Arts, a quaint and well-kept second story gallery, welcomes the community to visit their 2017 Holiday Exhibit for a taste of...
The infinite loop of up cycling to combat the cold
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
As the chill of the November evening whipped at the Medfield Public Library, a handful of workshop-goers were making creations to combat the cold. Adult services and technology librarian assistant Bri Ozanne led an infinity scarf workshop on the brisk night of November 7 to show participants how to...
Rick Fink Jr. exhibiting MSH photos
Through November, local photographer Rick Fink Jr. is presenting his collection of 12 fine art prints at Starbucks in Medfield showing the inside of the Medfield State Hospital. These images are the store’s latest installment on the “Art Wall,” which features a different artist’s work each month.
“We are excited to include these photographs of the...
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Vine Lake Trust receives prestigious honor
In Tuscaloosa on June 24, the Association of Gravestone Studies’ (AGS) Board of Trustees, at their Annual Reception and Banquet, awarded Vine Lake Preservation Trust with The 2017 Oakley Certificate of Merit "for the significant care and extensive educational programming" to Medfield's historic Vine Lake Cemetery.
The award consists of a certificate as well as the...
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Local author discusses surviving medical trauma
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
After suffering a massive stroke as a result of a ruptured brain aneurysm, Astrid Hendren laid in bed, listening to her doctor describe the malformation at the tip of her brain stem. The doctor told the 32-year-old patient: “We’ll try to fix it, but if I can’t get to...
Library director says goodbye to Medfield
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Medfield prides itself on a fantastic library, with a huge selection of books and media, phenomenal activities, and a caring staff. One of the people who makes the Medfield Public Library such a treasured place is the director, Kristen Chin, known as Kris around the library. As much as...
Medfield photographer’s stunning shots grace library
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Photography is much more than just snapping a few pictures and posting it to social media; a photographer understands his or her camera, seeks photo-worthy occasions, and is able to evoke an appreciation for something that a person may have never noticed before. Medfield resident Chuck Ferullo accomplishes all...
Ferullo photography exhibited at library
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Through the end of the summer, the Medfield Public Library will be hosting a beautiful array of photographs from around the world, all taken by Medfield's Chuck Ferullo.
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Crafter’s World hosts castle building event
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Imagine living in the Cinderella Castle in the middle of the Magic Kingdom. How about Windsor Castle in England, owned by the Royal Family? Perhaps the Hohenzollern Castle in Germany? Then, of course, there are even some castles in New England for those wanting to stay local. While many...
Medfield Library hosts tie-dye event
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Children at the Medfield Public Library customized their clothes with pops of color at the library’s tie-dye event in the Craft Room. Led by instructor Brenda, children transformed their plain white clothes into beautiful, colorful creations. “There’s no such things as a bad tie-dye, just one you might not...
Sign language a hit at Medfield Library
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Charlotte Cassidy loves teaching children sign language, and so when she had the chance to share her knowledge of the language at the Medfield Public Library, she immediately acceded. On July 11, 13, 18 and 20, children ages six to ten gathered in the Children’s Room of the library...
Spring craft blossoms creativity
