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Wednesday, July 54:00—5:00 PMFireplace RoomG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Drop-In Chess Club

Drop-In Chess Club Drop-in Chess Club for ages 8-98, all abilities. Come learn how to play, or sharpen your game, in a laid-back, positive, atmosphere.
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Thursday, July 610:30—11:30 AMLibrary LawnG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Thursday Crafts with Kate and Kelly: Tie Dyed T-Shirts!

Thursday Crafts with Kate and Kelly: Tie Dyed T-Shirts!Try your hand at creating a cool piece of art that you can wear!  All materials provided, including gloves. Please wear clothing that is ok to be stained by the dyes. This event appropriate for rising 2nd to 8th graders. This event Sponsored by The…Learn More

Thursday, July 612:00—1:00 PMZoom

Chickens In The Garden

Chickens are a wonderful addition to any garden because they provide eggs, wonderful fertilizer, and lots of company! Learn the ins and outs of housing, feeding, and tending chickens, and meet a couple of the ladies (hens). Led by Gretel Anspach, a Trustee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, a Lifetime Master Gardener with the Massachusetts Master Gardener Association, and a recently-retired systems engineer for Raytheon.…Learn More
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Monday, July 1011:30 AM—12:00 PMChildren's RoomG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Music with Mrs. K

DrumJoin Mrs. K (Katrina Mancini) from Family Community Connections for a fun interactive music class. We'll sing songs, play instruments, dance with scarves and more. Meant for children - infants to age 8. Class will be held in the Children's Room. Please register here.…Learn More

Monday, July 104:00—5:00 PMChildren's RoomG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985
Library LawnG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Rainforest Reptile Show

Rainforest Reptile ShowRainforest Reptile Show Sponsored by the Friends of the West Newbury LibraryJoin us for a fun, informative  hour full of live animals.   Let's hope that the alligatoris well behaved!  Ages 5 and up.  Sponsored by the Friends of the West Newbury Library.
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Tuesday, July 1110:00—10:30 AMChildren's RoomG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985
Library LawnG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Family Story Time

Family Story TimeCome join Miss Kate for a fun storytime. Let's have fun listening to stories, singing songs, doing fingerplays and playing a game. If it's nice, we'll meet outside  in the back of the Children's Room. You can pick up a craft kit at the library and enjoy creating something at home.…Learn More

Tuesday, July 114:30—6:00 PMTeen RoomG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Dungeons & Dragons Club

Dungeons & Dragons ClubHave you ever wanted to learn how to play Dungeons & Dragons? The old-school, role-play, dice rolling, imagination expanding  game is coming to West Newbury Library. Tuesdays 4:30 - 6 pm starting June 6th. Drop-in and see if you want to join us on our Quest! Use one of our ready-made characters, or roll your own.…Learn More
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Wednesday, July 124:00—5:00 PMFireplace RoomG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Drop-In Chess Club

Drop-In Chess Club Drop-in Chess Club for ages 8-98, all abilities. Come learn how to play, or sharpen your game, in a laid-back, positive, atmosphere.
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Thursday, July 1310:30—11:30 AMLibrary LawnG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Thursday Crafts with Kate and Kelly: Sewing Projects

Thursday Crafts with Kate and Kelly: Sewing ProjectsCome try an easy sewing craft, or bring a sewing project of your own to work on and problem solve. This event Sponsored by The Friends of West Newbury Library
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Friday, July 1410:00—10:30 AMChildren's RoomG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985
Library LawnG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Family Story Time

Family Story TimeCome join Miss Kate for a fun storytime. Let's have fun listening to stories, singing songs, doing fingerplays and playing a game.  If it's nice we'll meet outside under the tree in back of the Children's Room.  You can pick up a craft kit  and enjoy creating something at home.…Learn More
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Monday, July 1711:30 AM—12:00 PMChildren's RoomG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Music with Mrs. K

DrumJoin Mrs. K (Katrina Mancini) from Family Community Connections for a fun interactive music class. We'll sing songs, play instruments, dance with scarves and more. Meant for children - infants to age 8. Class will be held in the Children's Room. Please register here.…Learn More

Monday, July 172:00—3:00 PMChildren's RoomG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985
Library LawnG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Puppet Story Time

Puppet Story Time Come enjoy a Puppet Story Time with Patricia Leigh Baltzer . Through Me To You Puppetry invites you to join Newton and the gang for Puppet Story Time! Newton and his puppet friends take turns reading stories and singing songs with the kids. At the end of the 30 minute show, the kids are invited to say hi to Newton and give him a high-five.…Learn More

Monday, July 174:00—7:00 PMLibraryG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

One Up Games: Family Gaming and Virtual Reality

One Up Games: Family Gaming and Virtual RealityOne Up Games will bring a variety of next-gen consoles and gaming monitors. They bring all the popular games along with a mixture of classic and retro games. This program allows children, or adult patrons to play what they wish, with the freedom to move to any system and play any game.…Learn More
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Tuesday, July 1810:00—10:30 AMChildren's RoomG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985
Library LawnG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Family Story Time

Family Story TimeCome join Miss Kate for a fun storytime. Let's have fun listening to stories, singing songs, doing fingerplays and playing a game. If it's nice, we'll meet outside  in the back of the Children's Room. You can pick up a craft kit at the library and enjoy creating something at home.…Learn More

Tuesday, July 184:30—6:00 PMTeen RoomG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Dungeons & Dragons Club

Dungeons & Dragons ClubHave you ever wanted to learn how to play Dungeons & Dragons? The old-school, role-play, dice rolling, imagination expanding  game is coming to West Newbury Library. Tuesdays 4:30 - 6 pm starting June 6th. Drop-in and see if you want to join us on our Quest! Use one of our ready-made characters, or roll your own.…Learn More

Tuesday, July 187:00—8:00 PMZoom

The Forgotten Literary Life of New England Villages

Whatever did New Englanders do on long winter evenings before cable, satellite and the internet? In the decades before and after the Civil War, our rural ancestors used to create neighborhood events to improve their minds. Community members -- male and female -- would compose and read aloud homegrown, handwritten literary "newspapers" full of keen verbal wit.…Learn More
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Wednesday, July 194:00—5:00 PMFireplace RoomG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Drop-In Chess Club

Drop-In Chess Club Drop-in Chess Club for ages 8-98, all abilities. Come learn how to play, or sharpen your game, in a laid-back, positive, atmosphere.

Wednesday, July 197:00—8:00 PMZoom

A Boston Harbor Islands Adventure

Author Stephanie Schorow will discuss her new book, A Boston Harbor Islands Adventure: The Great Brewster Journal of 1891, in this ZOOM webinar. About The Book: In July 1891, four intrepid women from Lowell, Massachusetts, set off for Great Brewster Island in Boston Harbor for an adventure they would remember all their lives.…Learn More
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Thursday, July 2010:30—11:30 AMLibrary LawnG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Thursday Crafts with Kate and Kelly: Bookbags and Ball Caps -Fabric Painting

Thursday Crafts with Kate and Kelly: Bookbags and Ball Caps -Fabric PaintingDecorate your own Bookbag or Ballcap with fabric paints and markers. We have all the materials. Please wear clothing that is ok to get stained by the fabric paints. This event Sponsored by The Friends of West Newbury Library

Thursday, July 2012:00—1:00 PMZoom

Discover The Unknown World Of Beavers With The Mass Audubon

Few animals can change entire landscapes like beavers can. The American Beaver is an incredible wetland engineer and can be found throughout Massachusetts transforming their habitats. This online presentation will cover beaver family life, range, lodge and dam maintenance, and how they contribute to the biodiversity of open spaces.…Learn More

Thursday, July 2012:00—1:00 PMFireplace RoomG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Who Done It? Mystery Book Group

Who Done It?   Mystery Book GroupAre you a Mystery fan? Ready to find out who done it? Join this lively group and tackle a new kind of mystery each month. We begin at the beginning and read the first book in a series. For July we are reading and discussing Decked by Carol HIggins Clark.…Learn More
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Friday, July 2110:00—10:30 AMChildren's RoomG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985
Library LawnG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Family Story Time

Family Story TimeCome join Miss Kate for a fun storytime. Let's have fun listening to stories, singing songs, doing fingerplays and playing a game.  If it's nice we'll meet outside under the tree in back of the Children's Room.  You can pick up a craft kit  and enjoy creating something at home.…Learn More

Friday, July 212:00—3:00 PMZoom

Great Writers -- A Look At The Life & Works of Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie is the most famous mystery writer in the world. In fact, the Guinness Book of World Records goes further and lists Christie as the best-selling novelist of all time. Her novels have sold roughly 2 billion copies, and her estate claims that her works come third in the rankings of the world's most-widely published books, behind only Shakespeare's works and the Bible.…Learn More
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Monday, July 2411:30 AM—12:00 PMChildren's RoomG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Music with Mrs. K

DrumJoin Mrs. K (Katrina Mancini) from Family Community Connections for a fun interactive music class. We'll sing songs, play instruments, dance with scarves and more. Meant for children - infants to age 8. Class will be held in the Children's Room. Please register here.…Learn More

Monday, July 244:00—5:00 PMChildren's RoomG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985
Library LawnG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Wildlife Encounters

Wildlife Encounters Wildlife Encounters  presents Global Animal TourWe will go on an “imaginary safari around the world!” Meet animals whose ancestors lived in a variety of habitats and places on Earth, while discovering their amazing adaptations, learning their eco-contributions and learning their personal stories.…Learn More
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Tuesday, July 2510:00—10:30 AMChildren's RoomG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985
Library LawnG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Family Story Time

Family Story TimeCome join Miss Kate for a fun storytime. Let's have fun listening to stories, singing songs, doing fingerplays and playing a game. If it's nice, we'll meet outside  in the back of the Children's Room. You can pick up a craft kit at the library and enjoy creating something at home.…Learn More

Tuesday, July 254:00—5:00 PMChildren's RoomG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Family Legos

Pile of LegosFamily Legos Join Miss Kate and create a wonderful Lego scene. We provide the Legos and you bring your imagination. We will display it for the next month and you can come in and play with your own creation. Families welcome. Drop in for 5 minutes or come for the whole hour.…Learn More

Tuesday, July 254:30—6:00 PMTeen RoomG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Dungeons & Dragons Club

Dungeons & Dragons ClubHave you ever wanted to learn how to play Dungeons & Dragons? The old-school, role-play, dice rolling, imagination expanding  game is coming to West Newbury Library. Tuesdays 4:30 - 6 pm starting June 6th. Drop-in and see if you want to join us on our Quest! Use one of our ready-made characters, or roll your own.…Learn More
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Wednesday, July 263:30—5:30 PMTeen RoomG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Spot the Robotic Dog - Code and Circuit Program

Spot the Robotic Dog - Code and Circuit ProgramLearn to code with Code and Circuit from Amesbury, as you command Spot the Robotic Dog created by Boston Dynamics. Space is limited for this program to ensure individualized attention and training with Spot. This program is for rising 5th - 8th graders.…Learn More

Wednesday, July 264:00—5:00 PMFireplace RoomG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Drop-In Chess Club

Drop-In Chess Club Drop-in Chess Club for ages 8-98, all abilities. Come learn how to play, or sharpen your game, in a laid-back, positive, atmosphere.

Wednesday, July 267:00—8:00 PMZoom

"Cooking with Scraps" with Cookbook Author and Sustainability Warrior Lindsay-Jean Hard - Via Zoom

Do you feel bad about throwing away (or even composting) food scraps that could be used? Well, feel guilty no more! Lindsay-Jean Hard is here to help us learn how we can make use of those scraps, keep them out of landfills, and still have enough left-over for our compost pile! Pulling from her book "Cooking with Scraps", Lindsay-Jean will be answering all of our questions about minimizing (or, in a perfect world, eliminating) food wastage! This program is hosted by the Ashland Public Library in partnership with other area libraries.…Learn More
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Thursday, July 2710:30—11:30 AMLibraryG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Learn All About Monarchs

Learn All About MonarchsAs a bioindicator species, a health of the Monarch population can be indicative of larger concerns in our ecosystem. Join local herbalist and Monarch Way Station gardener Hannah Sparks as she demonstrates how to rear monarch caterpillars (from egg to butterfly) and discusses the importance of growing Monarch Way Station gardens.…Learn More
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Friday, July 2810:00—10:30 AMChildren's RoomG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985
Library LawnG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Family Story Time

Family Story TimeCome join Miss Kate for a fun storytime. Let's have fun listening to stories, singing songs, doing fingerplays and playing a game.  If it's nice we'll meet outside under the tree in back of the Children's Room.  You can pick up a craft kit  and enjoy creating something at home.…Learn More
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Monday, July 3111:30 AM—12:00 PMChildren's RoomG.A.R. Memorial Library490 Main Street, West Newbury, MA, 01985

Music with Mrs. K

DrumJoin Mrs. K (Katrina Mancini) from Family Community Connections for a fun interactive music class. We'll sing songs, play instruments, dance with scarves and more. Meant for children - infants to age 8. Class will be held in the Children's Room. Please register here.…Learn More