Important Messages
Register online for the Adult Summer Reading Program Groundbreaking Reads, then read a book, log on, write a short review and be entered to win a raffle at the end of the summer!
To register for individual programs, call the library at 508-885-7513
or email Denise at dfarmosa@cwmars.org
Thursday, July 11, 2013 Brainstorming: An Act of Mentalism! by mentalist, Rory Raven!
From 6:30-8:00 pm adults and teens are invited to have Rory read your mind, bend your spoon, and leave you talking about it for the rest of your life.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013 *Create Mosaic Mirrors
at the Richard Sugden Library, Spencer. The participants will learn about the history of mosaics and will create and take home a completed mosaic mirror. Adults are invited to join us from 6:30-8:00 pm for this fun creative program. Sponsored by the Friends of the Richard Sugden Library. Pre-registration required. Call 508-885-7513, or email dfarmosa@cwmars.org to pre-register.
Thursday, July 18, 2013 Groove Trane
brings the cool sounds of Jazz music to the Richard Sugden Library, Spencer from 6:30-8:00 pm. Adults are invited to enjoy the free music. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Spencer local cultural council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Thursday, July 25, 2013 Dig Out Old Photos
will be held from 6:00-7:00 pm in the Richard Sugden Library Meeting Room, Spencer.
Tuesday, August 1, 2013 *Tina Bemis
from 6:30-8:00 pm at the Richard Sugden Library, Spencer
Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 Conversational French Club
Adults are invited to attend a conversational French Club the FIRST TUESDAY of each month from 6:30-8:00 pm. Come practice your conversational French in the Richard Sugden Library Meeting Room. Different themes inspire conversation each month.
Thursday, August 8, 2013 Egyptian Mummies
SJ Wolf will present a PowerPoint presentation on Egyptian Mummies! Adults/Teens are invited to attend this interesting topic from 6:30-8:00 pm. S.J. Wolfe is the author of Mummies in Nineteenth-Century America; Ancient Egyptians as Artifacts (McFarland, 2009). She has presented numerous papers and colloquia on Egyptian mummies in America at the American Antiquarian Society, and other museums, libraries and historical societies.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 *Christie Higgenbottom presents "Pot Herbs, Sallads, and Roots: Kitchen Gardens in the Early 19th Century"
is a slide-illustrated lecture presenting the role played by kitchen gardens in the lives of rural New Englanders in the early nineteenth century. Using the re-created gardens of Old Sturbridge Village as examples and documentation from period landscape illustrated and printed sources, Christie will discuss both typical and more progressive garden styles and cultural practices, vegetable and herb varieties, preservation techniques, and seed-saving practices. This presentation will be held from 6:30-7:30 pm. Pre-registration required. Call 508-885-7513, or email dfarmosa@cwmars.org to pre-register.