Library Hours
Main Library
Mon-Thu: 9:30 am - 9 pm
Fri-Sat: 9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Sun: 1:00 - 5:00 pm
CLOSED on Veterans Day Sunday,
Nov 11 AND Veterans Day Observed
Monday, Nov 12
CLOSING EARLY
5 pm, Weds, Nov 21
CLOSED on Thanksgiving
Thursday, Nov 22
MacKay Branch
Mon: 1 pm - 5 pm
Wed: 1 pm - 8 pm
Fri: 10 am - 5 pm
Closed Sun, Tue, Thu, & Sat
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All of our book groups are free and open to all!
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MacKay Mystery Book Group
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Evening Book Group 
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Novel Conversations
Book Group
Holiday Party!
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Knit Lit Book Group 
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Ebooks, magazines, movies, TV shows, music, and audiobooks are available anytime on your computer or mobile device!
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With so many November events and a great schedule for early December, we didn't want you to miss the latest news from the library!
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Saturday, November 10 at 2:00 p.m.
For years, Lowell-based photographer Liz Cardosa has journeyed around the world, capturing life in motion in different countries to create the kind of images that convey a story.
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Tuesday, November 13 at 7:00 p.m.
 Read, Engage, And Come Together!
Join Keith West and hone your civility skills in the days leading up to Thanksgiving with a moderated discussion on Hunger in America, an issue that can make us all more thankful this year. Bring canned goods to donate to our local food bank! Advance registration is requested but not required.
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Thursday, November 15 at 6:00 p.m.
The authors of East Side of Addiction will lead a discussion that focuses on risk factors for developing the disease of addiction, the feelings from which alcohol/drugs provide relief, and the various forms denial takes in keeping a person addicted.
Copies of the book will be on sale at the event or reserve a copy ahead of time through our
catalog.
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Sunday, November 18 at 2:00 pm
A Place at the Table
shows us how hunger poses serious economic, social and cultural implications for our nation, and that it could be solved once and for all, if the American public decides - as they have in the past - that making healthy food available and affordable is in the best interest of us all.
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Thursday, December 6 at 7:00 pm
On December 6, 1917, six million pounds of munitions and aviation fuel destined for the battlefields of France exploded, destroying nearly half the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia and killing over 2000 people. Dr. Lee Poirier will share the background behind the disaster and how help rushed in from all over New England and particularly from Boston and the surrounding area.
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Teens REACT: TED Talks
Thursday, November 15 at 4:00 p.m.
Join us at the Library for our Teens REACT TED Talk afternoon. We will gather around the screen with some popcorn to watch and discuss TED talks around this month's Civic Engagement theme: Poverty and Hunger.
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Edible Art: Apple Rose Tarts
Tuesday, November 20 at 4:00 p.m.
Come to the Main Library to learn how to make a new and delicious piece of edible art every month. Open to middle and high school students and the homeschool equivalent.
This month, join us to learn how to make a no-bake tart topped with an apple rose!
Register now!
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Thursday, November 29 at 4:00 p.m. at the Main Library
Welcome to The MIC (Make It! Club), where you'll be able to make and take home an awesome DIY project, snack, or dessert each month. Youth entering grades 5-8 and homeschooled teens welcome!
This month, you'll make a personalized journal from unique materials! Registration begins November 8.
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Mondays
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10:00 a.m.
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Toddler Rhyme Time (ages 1-2)
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11:00 a.m.
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Preschool Storytime (ages 3-6) |
Tuesdays
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10:00 a.m.
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Stay and Play (ages 1+)
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Wednesdays
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10:00 a.m.
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Yoga Storytime (ages 3-5)
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11:00 a.m.
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Merrily We Sing Along (all ages) |
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10:00 a.m. |
Play Space (ages 2-3) |
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7:00 p.m. |
Peace Out Pajama
Drop-in Storytime (all ages)
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Fridays
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10:00 a.m. |
Drop-in Baby Storytime (infants)
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10:30 a.m. |
Drop-in Storytime at MacKay (ages 2-6) |
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11:00 a.m. |
Toddler Rhyme Time (ages 1-2) |
Special Saturday morning fun!
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Featured Kids' Programs
Wednesday, November 14 at 4:00 p.m.
 Join us for REACT Storytime where we will read a story, have a discussion, and do a fun interactive game that promotes understanding! Recommended for ages 5-10.
This month, we will be discussing poverty and hunger.
Gingerbread Festival
Saturday, December 1 at 10:30 a.m.
 Join us for our annual celebration with stories, songs, and crafts. Decorate a gingerbread cookie! Play pin the button on a gingerbread person! Drop in for all ages.
Sunday, December 2 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
 The Annual Holiday Prelude and Tree Lighting Ceremony includes delightful music, scrumptious treats, face painting, horse drawn hay rides, and tractor rides are all to be enjoyed while waiting for Santa to arrive! The library will be reading stories throughout in the Little Red Schoolhouse right across from the Common.
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Thursday, December 6 at 7:00 pm
Join the Friends to become more involved in your public library and to make new friends! The Friends meet on the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the McCarthy Meeting Room at the library.
There's always something going on at the Library. Come learn how you can be part of it!
Book Sale Drop-off
Saturday, December 1 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
The CFOL can benefit when you shop at Amazon - at no additional cost to you! Please designate the Chelmsford Friends of the Library as the nonprofit you wish to support and the CFOL will receive 0.5% of the purchase price from your eligible AmazonSmile purchases.
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Message from the Trustees
This year's
Make Your Impact Campaign will focus on community outreach - On the Move with CPL. With your help, we will fund a mobile Pop-up Library van that will visit schools, playgrounds, senior housing, farmer's markets and community events.
Our Make Your Impact campaign kicks off on November 27th, 2018, as part of the nation-wide "Giving Tuesday" movement. Get the wheels rolling and make your donation now!
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Nov. 17
Dec. 8, 10:30
