Interested in donating? Email baskets@rowleylibrary.org or call 978-500-2455 for more information, or find the donation form HERE. All money raised will go to fund programs at the Rowley Library like the Summer Reading Program, kids’ yoga, author readings, music and craft programs, the monthly book club and more!

Drop in- registration is not required. We will be showing this Zoom event at the library in our Large Meeting Room on our big-screen TV.

If you would like to watch this event at home, register HERE. A link will be emailed to you.

Explore the three phases of the Italian Renaissance; the proto-Renaissance in the work of Giotto, Duccio, and the Lorenzetti brothers; the Renaissance as illustrated in the painting of Masaccio, Piero della Francesca, and Botticelli and the sculpture of Donatello; while Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael will illustrate the High Renaissance. Led by Martha Chiarchiaro, owner of Seeing History, who has brought history to life through the art of the times for more than 30 years. Learn more HERE.

**THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Meeting via email. Please register on our web site here.** 

Retired marine and World War II research analyst Tim Kelleher will talk about the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and its mission of finding and identifying the remains of missing U.S. service members and to provide the fullest possible accounting of missing personnel for their families. The agency uses everything from satellites to map battlefields from World War II, to DNA in a single tooth to find and identify heroes who have been missing for as much as 80 years. Learn more HERE.

This program is sponsored by the Tewksbury Public Library and is offered in cooperation with other area libraries.

Drop in- registration is not required. We will be showing this Zoom event at the library in our Large Meeting Room on our big-screen TV.

If you would like to watch this event at home, register HERE. A link will be emailed to you. 

New England has nurtured countless women who shook off traditional gender roles to forge their own destinies. Author Patricia Harris will give her popular presentation, “Lessons from Trailblazing New England Women,” based on her new book, New England’s Notable Women: Stories and Sites of Trailblazers and Achievers. Learn more HERE.

**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Meeting via email.**

To get the link, please register HERE.

Got a brick-wall ancestor? FAN research—research into an ancestor’s Friends, Associates and Neighbors might help you answer your research questions. Sometimes the paper trail fails us and crucial information about place of origin or parents’ names is not found in documents pertaining to our ancestors. However, research into our ancestor’s social network and extended family can often help us to break through these brick walls. Led by Julie Roberts Szczepankiewicz, a genealogist, writer, and speaker with nearly 30 years of experience in researching her family’s origins in Poland, Germany, the U.S. and Canada. Learn more HERE.

This program is offered in cooperation with the Tewksbury Public Library and other area libraries.

Drop in- registration is not required. We will be showing this Zoom event at the library in our Large Meeting Room on our big-screen TV.

If you would like to watch this event at home, register HERE. A link will be emailed to you.

The disappearance of a twenty-one-year-old woman from a Massachusetts suburb became one of the most discussed crimes of the twentieth century. The discussion intensified when the public learned that she worked as a prostitute in Boston’s notorious red-light district, the “Combat Zone,” and was linked by a trail of blood to a famous professor from Tufts University. Author Don Stradley will discuss his new book, Boston Tabloid: The Killing of Robin Benedict, about this grim and fascinating story. Learn more HERE.

This program is offered in cooperation with the Tewksbury Public Library and other area libraries.

Drop in- registration is not required. We will be showing this Zoom event at the library in our Large Meeting Room on our big-screen TV.

If you would like to watch this event at home, register HERE. A link will be emailed to you.

You may never have given those funny painted statues much thought but the history of nutcrackers involves the development of tools from the Stone Age to the Industrial Age. Their story encompasses the political changes of Communist-era Germany, a Russian ballet and American G.I.s. These are all elements in the history of the charming, colorful creations we enjoy today. Led by art historian Mary Woodward, who serves as a guide at several Historic New England properties. Learn more HERE.

Offered in cooperation with the Tewksbury Public Library.

Enjoy knitting and crocheting at the Rowley Library! Drop in to our large meeting room for the entire time or whenever you can. All levels are welcome, beginner to expert – we will all help each other. Watch our calendar for future dates! If you would like to be added to this group's email list to be notified of upcoming dates and info., email Amy at aroderick@rowleylibrary.org.

We are also available to help virtually - any puzzles can be sent to history@rowleylibrary.org. Or try using our databases - HeritageQuest Online can be accessed from home, and Ancestry.com is available in the library. Visit our resources page for more suggestions. Or call 978-948-2850 for more assistance.

Save the Date! Our annual Holiday Cookie Walk and Basket Raffle will take place on Saturday, December 17th at the library. Let us take care of your holiday baking...preorder tins filled with a delicious mix of holiday cookies (sign up going out late November for your orders). All proceeds help support library programming and initiatives.

We're in need of volunteer bakers. If you're able to help please sign up HERE. For every dozen cookies baked, you'll get a free basket raffle ticket as a token of our appreciation. Please contact friendsboard@rowleylibrary.org with any questions. 

The Friends of the Rowley Library will meet on Wednesday, December 7th at 7pm at the library.  Come share your ideas or just sit in to see if you would be interested in getting involved in fundraising or volunteering. We hope to see you there!

Pick up a T-mobile hotspot to get free Wifi on your trip (continental US only) or provide Wifi for visiting guests. Now you can borrow one for 3 weeks! Three-week hotspots are available on a first-come first-served basis - see if one is available HERE. Or reserve one of our 1-week hotspots HERE.

We have many new items in our Library of Things! Most items check out for 1 week and must be picked up and returned inside at the Rowley Library.

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The Museum's collection includes the largest grouping of works by native son and renowned marine artist, Fitz Henry Lane, as well as work by other prominent painters and sculptors who lived on, visited or were inspired by Cape Ann, as well as contemporary Cape Ann artists and fine and decorative arts and artifacts from the major industries of the area—the fisheries and granite quarrying. Don't miss their special exhibit, Window on the Marsh, which ends on Nov. 27! Check their web site for a full list of displays and their hours.

You can now reserve your passes online- and view and print them from home! Make sure you get a discount pass from us BEFORE purchasing your tickets. Check our Museum Passes page to get a complete list of museums, and to see what's currently available- by museum or by date. Reserve passes up to 2 months in advance. All our museums accept passes printed from home or displayed on a device except the State Parks Pass, which must be picked up and returned. Please check the museum's current hours and policies on their web sites before your visit.

We have been proud to show off so many local artists and collectors in the past! If you would be interested in displaying your work in the future, either on our walls or in our display case, please contact us.

To learn more about RMLP or some of its new programs, please visit their web site.

Each month in the Children's Room, you'll be able to participate in a themed scavenger hunt for a special bookmark and a guessing game to win a prize!

Scavenger Hunt: The squirrels mistook our scavenger hunt clues for nuts and hid them around the room! Can you help us find them? Find the clues and answer our questions to win a prize.

Guessing Game: It would appear that a squirrel has stashed his acorns in the Children's Room! Could you help us count how many he has for the Winter? Prizes will be awarded to the closest guesses in two age groups: 5 years & younger | 6 to 12 years.

Teen Guessing Game: We spilled our tootsie rolls into this jar, and now we can't get it open. We want to share them, but we don't know how many pieces we have. Can you help us? Prizes will be awarded to the two closest guesses. For tweens & teens ages 12+

Interested in participating? Look at our website here for more information on how to get your LitCrate!

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