Now that COVID-19 case counts have dropped, we have aligned with the Town to drop the mask mandate for most areas of the building. Please continue to mask in the Children's Room to protect our vulnerable population of unvaccinated youth. While masks throughout the rest of the building are optional at this time, we encourage visitors to follow CDC guidelines, which are to mask regardless of vaccination status.
Eating and drinking is also allowed, in a bring-a-snack way, more than a have-a-pizza-delivered way.
The Library will resume offering programs and meeting room use as follows. All dates are targets and dependent on diminishing COVID-19 case numbers in the Town of Grafton.
Monday February 14
- Meeting room use for small group study, proctoring, tutoring of youth over age 5 (rooms 117, 124, 125, 202, 228, 229) resumes
Monday February 28
- In-person Library-sponsored programs for teens and adults resumes
- Meeting rooms for public use for all ages, including booking 219 and the Community room for gatherings of 10+, resumes
Monday April 4
- In-person Library-sponsored programs for school-age children ages 5 & up resumes
- Computers and wall manipulatives in the Children’s Room
Monday May 2
- In-person Library sponsored programs for children ages 0-4 resumes
Please note the Library is not available for after-hours meeting or Facility Rental at this time as we are still waiting for installation of the gate to close off the Common Level after hours.
I'm excited to bring back the Farmer's Market, Ukulele 101 and other programming so long as numbers remain low. Have a safe and healthy March forward into Spring!
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We completed more punch list work in February: lighting tweaks, carpet tile repair. The donor clock was installed in our New Book Room. Additional barcode scanners were installed to the materials return, but a computer failed, so one intake has been out of order. Please return materials outside whenever possible. The Donor Wall was installed and will be unveiled at a date to be determined; we are still waiting for additional signage.
Check out construction photos in our Construction album on our Facebook Page! |
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Upcoming Library Planning & Building
Committee Meetings
Library Planning and Building Committee meets on the first Monday of the month. Next meeting:
Monday, March 7, 2022 6 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join the Zoom Meeting:
Meeting ID: 817 4555 6188
Passcode: 361649
One tap mobile: +16465588656,,81745556188#,,,,*361649# US (New York)
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ANNUAL BOSTON BRUINS
PJ DRIVE
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Our donation bin will be in the lobby.
February 1 - March 31
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MARCH IS
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
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Song of a Captive Bird by Jasmin Darznik
A spellbinding debut novel about the trailblazing Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad, who defied society's expectations to find her voice and her destiny. "Remember the flight, for the bird is mortal." All through her childhood in Tehran, Forugh Farrokhzad is told that Persian daughters should be quiet and modest. She is taught only to obey, but she always finds ways to rebel, gossiping with her sister among the fragrant roses of her mother's walled garden, venturing to the forbidden rooftop to roughhouse with her three brothers, writing poems to impress her strict, disapproving father, and sneaking out to flirt with a teenage paramour over café
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glacé. During the summer of 1950, Forugh's passion for poetry takes flight, and tradition seeks to clip her wings. Forced into a suffocating marriage, Forugh runs away and falls into an affair that fuels her desire to write and to achieve freedom and independence. Forugh's poems are considered both scandalous and brilliant; she is heralded by some as a national treasure, vilified by others as a demon influenced by the West. She perseveres, finding love with a notorious filmmaker and living by her own rules, at enormous cost. But the power of her writing only grows stronger amid the upheaval of the Iranian revolution. Inspired by Forugh Farrokhzad's verse, letters, films, and interviews, and including original translations of her poems, this haunting novel uses the lens of fiction to capture the tenacity, spirit, and conflicting desires of a brave woman who represents the birth of feminism in Iran, and who continues to inspire generations of women around the world."
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The Borrower Services and Reference staff invites you to
check out a book from our Women's Month display.
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BLACKSTONE VALLEY LIBRARIES
MUSEUM PASSES
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If Grafton Public Library does not have a museum pass available on the day you would like to go, check the Blackstone Valley Libraries network.
The libraries of the Blackstone Valley collaboratively offer passes to cultural
and educational sites throughout the area and beyond. Every resident of a participating town with a valid C/WMARS library card has access to the passes at these participating libraries.
Here’s how it works:
Pick up the pass you want at its owning library the day you plan on using it. Enjoy your trip!
If required, return the pass to the library where you picked it up the day after you use it or the next day the library is open. Passes must be returned in person at the library’s circulation desk--please do not drop your pass in a book return!
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With Scholastic Teachables, you have unlimited access to Educator-Created and Expert-Vetted Teaching Materials and Unlimited online access to the best classroom-tested printables.
View a tutorial by our very own, Kristin P!
Find the Teachables database link here, then log in with your library card number and password. |
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Old Sturbridge Village, the largest outdoor history museum in the Northeast, depicts a rural New England town of the 1830s. Step inside more than 40 original buildings, and explore homes, meetinghouses, a district school, country store, bank, working farm, three water-powered mills, and trade shops – all situated on more than 200 scenic acres. Talk with authentically costumed historians and see heritage breed farm animals. Discover the endless ways to immerse yourself in the Village.
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See all of our upcoming LIVE and PASSIVE PROGRAM events, including Children & Teens: |
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See what is
happening
around town:
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Wednesdays Mar 2, Mar 9,
Mar 16, Mar 23, Mar 30
6:30-8:00 PM
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Virtual Felted Bird Virtual Art Class for Adults |
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Book Discussion: Not Just for Young Adults Book Group |
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Book Discussion:
Daytimers' Book Group
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Book Discussion: GPL Mystery Book Group |
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Wed, Mar 16
12:00 - 5:30 PM
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Book Discussion: Reads Well With Others Book Group |
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Book Discussion: Inspirational Book Group |
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Teen - for grades 6-12 and their caregivers
Children - for ages 0-grade 5 and their caregivers
Wowbrary - weekly new releases of library materials in digital and physical formats.
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FRIENDS OF THE
GRAFTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Board Meetings via Zoom are announced on Facebook:
Join the Friends for their monthly Board Meeting!
NEXT MEETING:
Tuesday March 8, 2022 via Zoom
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Have recommendations of ebooks the Library should purchase?
Need reference, research, reader's advisory or information and referral help?
Have questions?
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