The Library will be closed Saturday, September 2 and Monday, September 4 for the Labor Day Holiday.
Ongoing Monthly Library Events
Helen Symonds Book Group
The Helen Symonds Book Group meets in the Library Program Room at 1:00 PM on the first Wednesday of every month. Please call the library at (508) 634-2209 to request a copy of the book and come join the discussion.
This month’s meeting will be Wednesday, September 6th at 1:00 PM. The discussion book will be “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot.
Coloring Tuesday
Coloring is for adults, too! Join us for a relaxing time coloring in the Reference Area of the Library on Tuesday, September 12 and Tuesday, September 26 from 10-11 AM. We will provide colored pencils and coloring sheets or you may bring your own.
CookBook Club
Please join us on Monday, Sept. 25th at 6:30pm when the Cookbook Club will make a dinner using our favorite hometown or church potluck cookbook. Please call the library at 508-634-2209 to reserve a place at the table.
Museum Pass of the Month: Museum of Science
They have a very special exhibit – Defeating Disease. Learn about Boston’s historic connection to polio and what polio treatment was like at Boston Children’s Hospital during outbreaks in the first half of the 20th century. Please visit our website at http://www.hopedale-ma.gov/bancroft-memorial-library/pages/museum-passes... for a full list of available museum passes.
Wednesday Knitting & Crocheting Group
Wednesday nights from 6:00 until 7:45pm
The Friends of the Hopedale Library are pleased to present two upcoming FREE events at the Bancroft Memorial Library.
“Wicked Pissed: New England’s Most Famous Feuds” with Ted Reinstein of Chronicle will take place on Wednesday, September 27th at 6:30 PM. Packed with his trademark humor and insight, consummate storyteller and native New Englander Ted Reinstein brings to life the fights, spats, and arguments that have peppered area life for centuries. From sports to politics, food to finance, aviation to engineering, to bitter disputes over simple boundaries themselves, some of New England’s feuds will undoubtedly outlast the region’s ancient low stone walls! The talk will be followed by a Q & A session and a book signing. Books will be available for purchase. To reserve your spot, please call the library at 508-634-2209 or stop by the front desk by Monday, September 25th.
Ted Reinstein has been a reporter for Chronicle, WCVB-TV/Boston’s award- winning and America’s longest-running, locally produced nightly news magazine since 1997. He is also a regular contributor for the station’s political roundtable show and writes a weekly opinion column. Mr. Reinstein has hosted shows on the Discovery Channel, HGTV and the Travel Channel.
“A Supernatural Evening with Jeff Belanger” will take place on Wednesday, October 4th at 6:30 PM. Mr. Belanger will present first-hand accounts, photographs, audio, and even video from some of the many haunted locales he has investigated. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and even share your own personal ghost encounters. Books will be available for sale. To reserve your spot, please sign up at the library front desk or call 508-634-2209 by Monday, October 2nd.
Bellingham resident Jeff Belanger knows all about things that go bump in the night. He is the author of a dozen books on the paranormal (published in six languages) including the best sellers The World’s Most Haunted Places, Our Haunted Lives, Who’s Haunting the White House (for children), and Picture Yourself Legend Tripping. He’s the founder of Ghostvillage.com, the Web’s most popular paranormal destination according to Google.com, and a noted speaker and media personality. He’s also the host of the Cable/Web talk show 30 Odd Minutes which is available in over 3 million homes in the United States. Mr. Belanger has written for newspapers like The Boston Globe and is the series writer and researcher for Ghost Adventures on the Travel Channel. He›s been a guest on more than 200 radio and television programs including: The History Channel, The Travel Channel, PBS, NECN, Living TV (UK), The Maury Show, The CBS News Early Show, FOX, NBC, ABC, and CBS affiliates, National Public Radio, The BBC, Australian Radio Network, and Coast to Coast AM.
For more information about these events or The Friends of the Hopedale Library, please call 508-634-2209.
Friends of the Hopedale Library Meeting
The Friends of the Hopedale Library meetings are usually held on the first Tuesday morning of each month, however their next meeting will be in the Library Reference Room on Tuesday, September 12 at 10:00 am due to the Labor Day Holiday.
Hopedale History Exhibits
Hopedale Historian Dan Malloy has created two photo exhibits of historic houses in Hopedale.
In the main level Reference area, the display is of “Early Hopedale Homes.” Starting with the “Big House” built in the 1700’s where the early community lived when they came to Hopedale, these homes date from around 1800 to the middle of the 19th century. Some of these are “before and after” pictures as several of the homes have recently been torn down.
In the Meeting Room on the basement level are pictures of “Colonial Revival Homes” with information about the Colonial Revival design movement in the United States. Hopedale has many fine examples of this type of architecture built in the late 1800’s through the 1930s. Colonial Revival architecture sought to follow American colonial architecture of the period around the Revolutionary War and draws strongly from Georgian architecture of Great Britain.
Dan has also created a notebook of houses in Hopedale, come see if your home is included. It is located with the “Early Hopedale Homes” pictures.
News from the Marjorie Hattersley Children’s Room
Bancroft Memorial Library’s 2017 Summer Reading Program was a success with 186 children, from preschool thru grade 9, taking part in “Build a Better World”. Our special thanks for the generosity of the Friends of the Hopedale Library and the Museum of Science, and the helpfulness of the Hopedale Community House Staff.
Regular storytimes will resume in September.
“Tell Me a Story”, for children age 3-6 years, will meet on Tuesdays at 3:30pm, beginning September 12.
“Tot Time”, for little ones, age 18 months to 3 years, will meet on Thursday mornings at 11 am, beginning Sept. 14.
Be sure to be on the look-out in September for the library’s annual “Check It Out” contest for grades K-3. During this 4 week contest, children are urged to visit the Library to check out a book and earn points for their class. The winning class will win a pizza dinner and special evening event chosen just for them at the Library. We will have a visit in October from local author, Arielle Wilson, who will read her new picture book, The Lonely Rabbit. We›ll also be announcing details for our Halloween celebration.
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September, 2017
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