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Forbes Library Weekly Events - March 24, 2023
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March 27, 2023
From: Forbes Library2022 Massachusetts Book Awards:
A Reading by Local Honorees
Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 6 pm
Join us for an evening of readings from local honorees of this year's Mass Book Awards, presented by Forbes Library and the Center for the Book: Gary Metras, Rebecca Olander, Lesléa Newman, Ruth Ozeki, and Martín Espada.
Be there in person or watch the livestream!
April 4 is Library Giving Day. Your gift to Forbes Library provides the community with new knowledge, new adventures, new friends, and it feeds a bunch of fish, including Paco.
This year, your impact is doubled with $10,000 in matching funds from the Friends of Forbes!
Make your gift on our website.
Teen Take-Home Art Kit: Crochet Bookmarks
In honor of National Crochet Month, teens can take home a kit that includes everything they'll need to learn how to crochet! Each kit contains a crochet hook, yarn, and links to video tutorials for crochet basics and a fun bookmark project. This kit is designed for patrons ages 12+, and can be picked up in the YA Room.
Crafternoon for Kids
Saturday, March 25, 2023, 3 pm
Join us in the community room for an afternoon of creativity! We'll have everything you need to use your imagination and make an open-ended craft. Ages 4+.
VIRTUAL: Learn All about Fixit Clinics!
Tuesday, March 28, 2023, 1 pm
Please register to attend this virtual program.
We are partnering with Peter Mui, the founder of the Fixit Clinic and Kathi Mirza, an Environmental Analyst for MassDEP, to bring you the nuts and bolts of hosting or attending a Fixit Clinic in your very own community! Peter will discuss the history, the resources his organization offer to get a clinic off the ground, and the repair movement. Kathi will discuss local sources that libraries and community members can access to support Fixit Clinic programming in the Commonwealth. Meena Jain, Director of the Ashland Library, will discuss the Fixit Clinics the APL has hosted and the impact they've had.
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