ZOOM Bedtime Stories Storytime

Bedtime Stories

MONDAYS starting in January

7:00—7:20 PM

Zoom

End your child's day with a calming story. We'll be using Zoom, but the content will be audio only--no screens to keep anyone awake. 

Registration Required! When you register, you will receive a zoom link.

Please register for each storytime individually

Registration is required.

Register using our online calendar

Baby and Toddler Storytime

Tuesday Mornings, 9:30 am-10 am.

Zoom

Join us for Baby Toddler Storytime on Tuesdays at 9:30am on Zoom!

Stories, songs, rhymes, and movement for infants and toddlers!

Registration Required! When you register, you will receive a Zoom link.

Please register for each storytime individually

Sponsored by the Acton Memorial Library Foundation.

Registration is required.

Register using our online calendar

SINGALONG STORYTIME

WEDNESDAYS

10:30—11:00 AM

Zoom

Join Mr Robert and his guitar on Zoom for Music & Movement & Stories! We'll sing songs and dance, go on bear hunts, dive down to the bottom of the ocean, fly to the moon, and read the best books ever!

Registration Required! When you register, you will receive a zoom link.

Please register for each storytime individually.

Registration is required.

Register using our online calendar

Early Release Programs

Wednesdays

2-4 PM

Zoom

Every Wednesday afternoon, we'll have a different program, including: STEM + STEAM workshops, book clubs, chess clubs, crafting/maker workshops for older kids, Minecraft, Pokemon Trading Card Game, drawing, creative writing, and RPGs. 

Or suggest one yourself!

This winter, all of our youth programs will be on Zoom. Please register for each program individually.

Registration is required.

Register using our online calendar

Preschool Storytime

Thursdays

10:00—11:00 AM

Zoom

Interactive Storytime with Miss Elise geared toward preschoolers ages 3 and up. All are welcome!

Picture Books, singing and movement!

Registration Required! When you register you will receive a zoom link.

Thursday mornings 10 am - 11 am. 

Please register for each storytime individually.

Registration is required.

Register using our online calendar

Preschool Crafting - Take and Zoom and Make

THURSDAYS-Starting January 13th.

11:00—11:30 AM

Zoom

Please join us online for preschool crafting! 

All materials will be provided and may be picked up in the Children's Room on the Friday of the week before. You will also need crayons or colored pencils, and glue sticks or tape. Please register to receive the Zoom link for each workshop individually. This will also reserve your materials.

Sponsored by the Acton Memorial Library Foundation.

Registration is required.

Register using our online calendar

Dungeons & Dragons for teens ONLINE!

SELECT SATURDAYS

Zoom

10am -12pm

Join us for D&D! Teens in grades 7 and up welcome (also open to adults with teens!)

We meet the first and third of every month. Registration is required in advance to play. Please register for each session you are coming to.

In the winter we will be holding D&D on Zoom!

Contact: Robert Carter rcarter@minlib.net

Registration is required.

Register using our online calendar

Teen Program: Reading the Landscape –Nature Connection Program (with materials to pick up)

Wednesday, January 5

6:30 PM

via Zoom

This program is for youth

ages 11-18.

Reading the Landscape – 

Make observations, create, and tell stories based on animal tracks & signs. 

Nature Connection programs provide a chance to explore nature through hands-on engagement and mindful practices; helping us connect with ourselves, each other, and the natural world around us. 

The Nature Connection will provide materials for the program available for pick up from the library. 

Program will take place via zoom, please register to recieve the zoom link and information for kit pick up!

This program was made possible by The Acton Memorial Library Foundation.

Questions? contact ACTadultservices@minlib.net

Registration is required.

Register using our online calendar

Acton Movie Nights-

On Kanopy and Zoom

SERIES OF FIVE

7:00—8:00 PM

via Zoom

WEDNESDAYS

JANUARY DATES

12 & 26th

• WATCH—the selected movies on Kanopy, a free video streaming service! Watch whenever works for you-
• REGISTER- to join us for the discussion at our calendar! We'll send you a Zoom link!

Click on the above flyer to expand!

This series of five films started in December, and will conclude in January.

Join us for as many of the discussions as you would like!

New to Kanopy? Here's information on how to create an account on Kanopy. 

Questions? Reach out to us at actadultservices@minlib.net

DISCUSSIONS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS

Discussion date on Zoom: Wednesday January 12 at 7 p.m.

The Tree (2010). A mystical drama of loss and rebirth in the Australian countryside. Dawn (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and her four young children struggle to make sense of life after her husband’s death. Official Closing Night Selection at the Cannes Film Festival.

Discussion date on Zoom: Wednesday January 26 at 7 p.m

Last Train Home (2009). Every spring, 130 million migrant workers in China journey to their home villages for the New Year’s holiday. This epic spectacle of mass travel—the world’s largest human migration—reveals a country caught between its rural past and industrial future.

Acton Movie Nights are free, lively evening movie discussions, currently held on Zoom but later in person (we hope!) at the Library.

This program was made possible by The Acton Memorial Library Foundation.

Registration is required.

More information and REGISTRATION at our online calendar

Faith and Folktales: Russian Storytelling Through Image

THURSDAY, JANUARY 13

7:00—8:30 PM

Zoom

Join us over ZOOM for "Faith and Folktales: Russian Storytelling Through Image" with the Museum of Russian Icons

Over the centuries Russian artists perfected the use of visual language to tell stories and teach tradition through picture. Russian Iconographers, creators of Orthodox religious art, would use form and color to depict complex beliefs and messages. These same techniques were later used by secular artists to depict history, fairy tales, folklore, and scenes of daily life. This program will explore Russian visual story telling using icons and folk art from the collection of the Museum of Russian Icons.

This program was made possible by The Acton Memorial Library Foundation.

Registration is required.

Register using our online calendar

Craft Night : NIGHT SKY PAINTING

WEDNESDAY, January 19

7:00-8:00 PM

Zoom

This program is open for participants aged 16+.

Night Sky

Canvas Painting

Join Pop Art School for a fun canvas painting event. Follow step-by-step to create a magical star-filled night sky with silhouettes of a hillside and trees. It's amazing what you can create with some simple brush techniques!

Please note: registration for this program includes a take home kit. Pick up for this kit will be available a week prior, so please be sure to enter a valid email address, as a zoom room code and class instructions will be sent using this email address.

This program was made possible by The Acton Memorial Library Foundation.

Registration is required.

Register using our online calendar