Category: happenings at the library

Yoga at the ACL on Mondays, 9-10 AM. Pre-registration is required; you can sign up here. There is no charge for yoga, but donations to the library are welcome and appreciated.

For now, ACL To-Go will still be offered. Please continue to make your book requests by using our online form. Our volunteers will contact you when your items are ready for pick up. Pick up times will be when the library is open (see above). Our free bicycle delivery service to Auburndale, West Newton, and… Continue reading ACL To-Go… ending July 13

We are so happy to see those of you who have made it downto the library in-person these last few weeks. We have somany new puzzles, games, and titles for young and old foryou to check out. And, robot coding kits (KIBO, Kubo, andCubetto) for use in the library! Please bear with us as we… Continue reading Our Summer Hours…

The ACL is exploring ways to expand our “Library of Things” collection. We currently have games, puzzles, and ukuleles, and hope to add more fun and useful things to our collection.  We would love to hear your thoughts on how we can grow our inventory of items to borrow. Please fill out this short survey… Continue reading Library of Things survey

Don’t worry if you are not ready to come visit the ACL in person yet. We will continue to offer our ACL To-Go services with Tuesday and Saturday morning pick up times between 10am-12pm, as well as free bicycle delivery to Auburndale, West Newton and Newton Lower Falls. Please continue to make your book requests… Continue reading ACL To-Go

We are so excited to launch ACL Express In-Person Browsing and to welcome you back into the library! Starting on Saturday, May 1, you can book 15 minute appointments to come visit the library in person on Thursday evenings between 5pm-7pm and Saturday afternoons between 2pm-4pm. Bookings can be made via this link (https://tinyurl.com/ACLBrowsing). Just… Continue reading ACL Express In-Person Browsing

Many thanks to the folks who have already filled out our re-opening survey. If you have not filled it out yet, please do so as it will help us with our re-opening plans. We are still closely monitoring the guidelines from the city and state as well as protocols from other local libraries regarding in-person… Continue reading Re-opening Plans!

Here is our Valentine’s Day Story Time! (https://youtu.be/llW2CcKoRbo) If you would like to order our Valentine Craft-to-Go, just enter that in our order form: https://tinyurl.com/ACLbookrequest You can choose Saturday, Feb. 6th or Tuesday, Feb. 9th to pick up your bag. We will call you when your craft-to-go is ready. Let us know if you need… Continue reading Valentine’s Day Storytime and Craft-order by noon February 5

Please note that the ACL will follow the Newton Public Schools (NPS) decision on closures. We want our volunteers to be safe during these days so a closure may affect our delivery schedule. Rest assured, we will get your book requests fulfilled/delivered as soon as it is safe to do so. NPS announcements are on… Continue reading Inclement Weather Reminder