☃️January 2023 Newsletter☃️
Cooking with Chef Kelcy!
*ONLINE VIA ZOOM*
Thursday, January 12th 6:30 - 7:30pm

 Join Chef Kelcy as she welcomes you into her home to learn one of her favorite cozy winter meals, melt in your mouth Apple and Onion Pork Roast!
Registration is required. Click here to sign up!
Friday Morning Movies
10:30am - 12:30pm
All are welcome, no sign up required, light refreshments
will be served.
January 6th - Top Gun (Maverick)
January 13th - Ticket to Paradise
January 20th - The Woman King
Memory Café: Puppies from Cape Ann Animal Aid!
Tuesday, January 24th 10:30 - 11:30am

Our first ever Memory Café event! Cape Ann Animal Aid will be bringing puppies to visit the Library. All are welcome!
Registration is required. Click here to sign up!
Calling all Knitters (and other Yarnies) to Knit Nights at the Library!
Tuesday, January 17th 6:00 - 7:30pm
Grab your project bag and head on over to the Library for a monthly evening of fun conversation, laughter, companionship, and creation. Come make new friends and expand your fiber horizons with us!
No Registration Required.
Attention Libby and OverDrive users!
Beginning 1/4/2023, you'll need to enter your library PIN to access OverDrive/Libby accounts. All MVLC libraries are implementing this change.The PIN is the same password that you use to sign into individual accounts in the library catalog.

Questions? Please call 978-468-5577 or email the library at: info@hwlibrary.org
🚚 Home Delivery for Wenham Residents📚
 
Wenham residents, if you are unable to visit the library in person, you may request that library items be brought to your home.To request this service and inquire about eligibility, please call Jane Wolff at the Library: 978-468-5577, x616. (We hope to offer this service to Hamilton residents as well later in 2023.)

This service is brought to you with federal funds provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
⏳ Beginning January 3rd, look for our new Memory Kits for individuals living with Alzheimer’s or dementia and their caregivers. We will also be adding some circulating assistive technology items such as digital type enlargers and sound magnifiers. Launchpads also available for checkout!

This service is brought to you with federal funds provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
*RESCHEDULED FROM DECEMBER*
"From Liverpool to Abbey Road", presented by Beatles Scholar and Storyteller Vinnie B
*ONLINE VIA ZOOM*
Thursday, January 26th 6:00 - 8:00pm

This lecture will follow in the footsteps of The Beatles as they embark on their historic journey from Liverpool, to their remarkable final recordings at Abbey Road Studios!
Registration is required. Click here to sign up!
American Ancestors - Services and Resources Genealogy!
*ONLINE VIA ZOOM*
Thursday, January 19th 6:30 - 7:30pm
American Ancestors will discuss the services and resources available to individuals researching their genealogy. Claire Vail, Vice President of Digital Strategy and Communications, will host.

Registration is required. Click here to sign up!
Friends of the Hamilton-Wenham Public Library
Annual Membership Drive
Just as a reminder, you may join or renew your Friends membership in January! Click here for more information!
📚January Book Clubs 📚

The Patton Homestead Book Club will next meet on January 3rd at 3:00pm at the Library. We will be discussing "The Namesake", by Jhumpa Lahiri.

The Wednesday Night Book Club will next meet on January 4th at 7:00pm. We will be reading and discussing "Anxious People", by Fredrik Backman.

Literary Luncheon will next meet on January 17th at 11:00am. We will be reading and discussing "Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker", by Jennifer Chiaverini.

Book clubs are open to all and titles are available for check out at the library!
👨‍👨‍👧‍👧Children's Events for January
Saturday, January 7th at 11:00am
Celebrate PEACE Storytime: Honoring Dr. King
Join us as we celebrate peace through stories, songs, and poems-- then learn how to fold a peace dove! No Registration Required.

Thursday, January 12th at 2:00pm
Puppet Story Time
Where will the mouse make her cozy house?
No Registration Required.

Thursdays at 6:30pm
Special Days at Night! We'll share a book, make music, and have fun!
January 19th - Popcorn Day
January 26th - Jules Feiffer's Birthday
No Registration Required.

Click here for more fun events in the Children's Room!
January Closures

The library will be closed Monday, January 16th for
Martin Luther King Jr. Day