HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE LYNNFIELD LIBRARY IN APRIL 2017 Holidays & Closings Monday, April 17 - Closed for Patriot’s Day Monday, April 24 - Close at 7:00 p.m. for Town Meeting Mondays, April 3, 10 & 24 (Officer Storytime) Time for Stories. 10:00 a.m. Ages 2-5. Join us for stories, fingerplays, songs and a craft. No registration required. Wednesdays, April 5, 12, 19 & 26 Mother Goose Storytime. 10:00 a.m. Ages birth-24 months. Join us for a lap-sit storytime filled with songs, stories, fingerplays and nursery rhymes, followed by a group playtime. No registration required. Fridays, April 7, 14, 21 & 28 Songs & Stories. NEW TIME 10:30 a.m. Now at a NEW TIME! Come and sing songs, hear stories, and have fun! Craft and group playtime will follow. Ages birth to 4 years old. No registration required. Tuesday 4/4 Technology Petting Zoo. 3:30 p.m. Ever wanted to try out the latest and greatest in technology for kids? Come to the library and give our new technology a spin. Choose from our KIBO robots to our LEGO WeDo kits, and watch our 3D printer in action. All ages. No registration required. Tuesday 4/4 Meeting of the Board of Trustees. 6:30 p.m. All are welcome! Wednesday 4/5 Pokémon Go Lure Drops & Trading Card Game. 2:00 p.m. Come and join other Pokémon trainers as you compete to see who is the very best! We will drop two lures for an hour of Pokémon catching fun! The trainer who catches the top CP Pokémon during this time will be awarded a prize! And while you are waiting for those Pokémon to appear, try your hand at learning the Pokémon Trading Card Game! All ages. No registration required. Wednesday 4/5 Curious About Cuisine. 2:00 p.m. This month we’re scooping into the topic of Homemade Ice Cream! Free and open to the public. No registration required. Meeting held on the library mezzanine - newcomers are always welcome! Thursday 4/6 Bill Sano presents, “Broadway’s Two Stephens”. 10:00 am - noon. Please join us for another fun musical lecture series led by the one and only, Bill Sano! This Spring the topic for the four-installment series is, "Broadway's Two Stephens: Stephen Sondheim and Stephen Schwartz". Lectures held at the Meeting House on the Common. Free and open to the public, no registration is required. Light refreshments will be served. Series generously sponsored by the Friends of the Lynnfield Library. Thursday 4/6 Trivia Thursday. 3:00 p.m. Come and challenge your friends and test your mastery of useful and useless knowledge! Tweens & Teens. No registration required.
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HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING AT
THE LYNNFIELD LIBRARY IN
APRIL 2017
Holidays & Closings
Monday, April 17 -
Closed for Patriot’s Day
Monday, April 24 -
Close at 7:00 p.m. for
Town Meeting
Mondays, April 3, 10 & 24 (Officer Storytime) Time for Stories. 10:00 a.m.
Ages 2-5. Join us for stories, fingerplays, songs and a craft.
Tuesday 4/11 Cooking Class. 3:00 p.m. Come and learn to make your own snack! We will supply all
the deliciousness, you supply the appetite! Tweens & Teens. No registration.
Thursday 4/13 Family Resource Network Storytime. 10:00 a.m. Join staff members from the Family Resource
Network for 45 minutes of fun and learning. We will gather to sing, do a craft, read a book, and maybe even
bring out the parachute. Ages 2-4. No registration required.
Thursday 4/13 Bill Sano presents, “Broadway’s Two Stephens”. 10:00 am - noon. Please join us for another
fun musical lecture series led by the one and only, Bill Sano! This Spring the topic is, "Broadway's
Two Stephens: Stephen Sondheim and Stephen Schwartz". Lectures held at the Meeting House on
the Common. Free and open to the public, no registration is required. Light refreshments will be
served. Series generously sponsored by the Friends of the Lynnfield Library.
Thursday 4/13 Youth Advisory Board Meeting. 3:00 p.m. Let your voice be
heard! Join our youth advisory board and help us plan awesome library events,
talk about books and movies, socialize with friends and much much more!
Snacks will be served. Tweens & Teens. No registration required.
Friday 4/14 Egg Dyeing Party. 11:30 a.m. Make your very own colored and festive eggs!
We will provide all the materials, you supply the imagination!
All ages. No registration required.
Wednesday 4/19 Pokémon Go Lure Drops & Trading Card Game. 3:00 p.m. Come and join other
Pokémon trainers as you compete to see who is the very best! We will drop two lures for an hour of
Pokémon catching fun! The trainer who catches the top CP Pokémon during this time will be
awarded a prize! And while you are waiting for those Pokémon to appear, try your hand at learning
the Pokémon Trading Card Game! All ages. No registration required.
Thursday 4/20 BookLovers. 6:30 p.m. This month we’re discussing Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters at the End by Atul Gawande. Newcomers are always welcome to join us on the
mezzanine. No registration required.
Thursday 4/20 Bill Sano presents, “Broadway’s Two Stephens”. 10:00 am - noon. Please join us
for another fun musical lecture series led by the one and only, Bill Sano! This is the last program in
the series, "Broadway's Two Stephens: Stephen Sondheim and Stephen Schwartz". Lectures held at
the Meeting House on the Common. Free and open to the public, no registration is required.
Light refreshments will be served.
Series generously sponsored by the Friends of the Lynnfield Library.
For more information about any of the Children and Young Adult events and programs, call the library at
781.334.5411 and speak to Jonathan or Pam. For Adult programs speak to the staff at the Reference Desk. 2017
Monday 4/24 Officer Storytime. 10:00 a.m. Our normal Monday storytime will be visited by
a very special guest, a local police officer! Come and hear stories about policemen and learn
all about what an officer does. Ages 2-5. No registration required.
Monday 4/24 Songbirds of the Northeast. 3:00 p.m. Naturalist John Root will share photographs and
recordings of our region’s songbirds. John will discuss the role of song in these birds' lives as
well as their diet, social behavior, and other adaptations they’ve made for survival. During the
lecture he will also share tips and ideas on how to provide an attractive habitat for songbirds in
your own backyard. Held at the Meeting House on the Common. Free and open to the public,
no registration is required. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Lynnfield Cultural Council, a local agency with is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, with additional funding provided by the Friends of the Lynnfield Library.
Tuesday 4/25 Toddler Tech: KIBO Robots. 10:30 a.m. Come and learn the basics of
coding and problem solving while having fun! Those interested are encouraged to
register due to a limited number of KIBO robots. Ages 2-5. Registration requested:
Tuesday 4/25 Tech Time. 3:00 p.m. Come and learn the basics of various technologies from 3D
modeling to Video Game creation! Tweens & Teens. No registration required.
Wednesday 4/26 STEAM School for Preschoolers, by Curious Kids Lynnfield. 1:00 p.m. Join us in the
Children’s Room for a FREE class that integrates concepts of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts
and Math into a storytime. Ages 3-4. Registration is required (limited to 10 children).
Visit lynnfieldlibrary.org/curious-kids-lynnfield for full details and a link to register. Generously
funded by Lynnfield Cultural Council.
Thursday 4/27 Afternoon Anime. 3:00 p.m. Do you love anime? Come and watch some of our
favorites and share yours! Snacks will be provided Tweens & Teens. No registration required
AROUND THE LIBRARY
Tax Season is Here
The Lynnfield Public Library has Massachusetts Tax Forms available on the Tax Table outside the Genealogy Room on the first floor under the mezzanine. We have received Federal 1040 and 1040EZ Forms & Instructions and1040A Forms & Instructions.
Please contact the Reference Department at 781.334.5411 or [email protected] to check on the availability of forms.
