Your Stuffed Animals Can Sleep Over! Details TBD, but this early evening event will be a kiddie crowd pleasure for sure: Storytime for all in our PAJAMAS! Photo ops with our beloved Curious George! Stuffed animal sleepover and online documented “late nite” library frolic! Stay tuned…
Category: happenings at the library
Thanking our June ACL Volunteers
These folks donated their time and talents at the ACL over the month of June. Next time you see one of them around town, give them a big ol’ hearty THANKS! AnnaMaria Abernathy, Anne Alsmeyer, Jessica Avery, Debbie Bowen, Susan Cassidy, Nancy Caulfield, Ellen Chu, Michele Davis,Barb Day, Joanne Dixon, Mary Freeman, Diana Fisher Gomberg, Barry Goldstein, Dana Hanson, Rosemary Hinteregger, Suruchi Kaul, Lenna Kutner, Celia Kwartler, Janet Linder, Amanda Loftus, Joanne Lyons, Carie Michael, Liz Miller, Robyn Phillips, Nancy… Continue reading Thanking our June ACL Volunteers
Japanese for beginners of all ages! Info Chat/Brainstorming Session–Thursday, July 11, 7:30 pm
Have you ever wanted to learn Japanese but didn’t know where to start? Do you want to learn how to read manga or watch anime inJapanese, or how to have a conversation with a native speaker? Local resident and Japanese translator Scott Wilson is planning on holding Japanese classes at the Auburndale Community Library. If you’re interested, stop by at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday,… Continue reading Japanese for beginners of all ages! Info Chat/Brainstorming Session–Thursday, July 11, 7:30 pm
Magic Card Club–Pizza Appreciation Party for the Crew–Thursday July 11-6 pm
Magic never takes a vacation–join us for Magic Club at the ACL all summer long on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings (note–the ACL closes at noon during the summer months, so get an early move-on folks!). The intrepid Magic crew brings life and vitality to the ACL through thick and thin and we’re having a pizza party for them on… Continue reading Magic Card Club–Pizza Appreciation Party for the Crew–Thursday July 11-6 pm
Closed for July 4th Holiday
The library will be closed on Thursday July 4th and Saturday July 6th. We will re-open with summer hours on Tuesday, July 8: Tuesdays 10 am – 3 pm Thursdays 3 pm – 8 pm Saturdays 10 am – noon (note reduced Saturday hours) Happy 4th of July from your friends at the ACL!
ACL Lego Club–Are We Still Feeling It?
Lego Club is still theoretically on for Tuesdays at 2:00 pm, but we haven’t seen many takers lately–is there a parent of a Lego enthusiast in our community who would like to breathe some life back into this beloved ACL tradition? Contact Dana at danakhanson@gmail.com if you’re interested. Our humble beginnings are chronicled in a parental blog entry… Continue reading ACL Lego Club–Are We Still Feeling It?
Gearing Up for Summertime at the ACL
Summertime at the ACL is high season! We’ll enjoy longer daylight hours, lazier schedules, hot summer reads, and cool AC–we’ll be looking forward to seeing our neighbors all summer long. We’ll have regular hours through June and then our summer schedule will look like this: July & August at the ACL Summer Hours (regular hours through the… Continue reading Gearing Up for Summertime at the ACL
Closed Saturday May 25
We’re closed for the holiday weekend and will reopen on Tuesday May 28th. Need to renew a book? Just leave a message on our answering machine — 617-552-7158).
Author Talk: Jane Roper Double Time: How I Survived–and Mostly Thrived–Through the First Three Years of Mothering Twins Wednesday May 15th at 7:30 pm
Join us at the Auburndale Community Library for a fun night with author Jane Roper! On Wednesday, May 15th at 7:30 pm Jane will share some of her humorous, honest, and thought provoking, stories from her book Double Time: How I Survived — and Mostly Thrived — Through the First Three Years of Mothering Twins which has just been released in paperback.… Continue reading Author Talk: Jane Roper Double Time: How I Survived–and Mostly Thrived–Through the First Three Years of Mothering Twins Wednesday May 15th at 7:30 pm
From the Front Desk…
Bags n’ bumper stickers n’ books! Flaunt your ACL pride with a sassy tote or bumper sticker. Always available at the front desk. Also, we periodically “weed” recent hot reads from our shelves and put them on our little book cart for sale before they are passed along downstairs to the Friends’ quarterly sales. Check ’em… Continue reading From the Front Desk…