The new Library of Things is a growing collection of non-traditional items that can be checked out the same way as ordinary library media.
Items available for checkout include:
gaming and entertainment consoles, a sewing machine, a microscope, digital conversion hardware, and much more! Be on the lookout for new additions coming soon.
Belmont cardholders can check the availability and place a hold on any of our things by
visiting our website
. You can also call the reference desk, 617-993-2870, for more information or assistance.
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SHARE YOUR MOON MEMORIES
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. We will be celebrating this milestone during the summer, and as part of our celebration we will be interviewing people who have first-hand memories of this historic event. If you would like to be interviewed about your memories of the moon landing please contact,
nmccolm@minlib.net
or
jtzouvelis@wickedlocal.com
.
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MUSEUM PASS NEWS
We now have print-at-home passes for these five area museums:
Boston Children's Museum, Institute of Contemporary Art
,
DeCordova Sculpture Park
,
Einstein's Workshop
,
John F. Kennedy Museum
, and the
Plimoth Plantation
.
When you
book these passes online
, you will see an option to print, or email the pass to yourself for printing later. Don't worry if you don't have email or a printer, you can still come in to the library, as always, and we will be happy to print your reserved pass for you. You can still reserve any of our passes by phone or in person, if you prefer.
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Summer Reading Kick-Off Party!
Be sure to join us for the start of Summer Reading! We will be kicking things off with an all-day event on
June 25th
. This year's theme is
A Universe of Stories
and our party will be space-themed with events for all ages (kids, teens, and adults). Get ready to unleash your interplanetary discoverer at our event and all summer long!
Schedule of Events:
10:30am - Space Stories - Assembly Room
11:15am-12:00pm - Galaxy Craft - Assembly Room
2:00pm-3:30pm - Teen Screens! - Flett Room
Screenprint your own rad design to go along with the patches you'll be earning this summer, watch "Into The Spider-verse," and enjoy snacks at our teen summer reading kickoff event! For grades 6 to 12.
2:30pm-5pm - Planetarium at Beech Street. Join us at one of our four shows "under the stars" in a traveling planetarium! Each show is 20 minutes long and will explore the stars and planets of our galaxy. Registration required as each show can only accommodate
30 GUESTS
, please select a time below.
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Planetarium Times (Click a time to reserve your spot!)
2:30pm-5pm - While you wait for your planetarium time, or after you see the show, join us back at the library for a virtual reality experience. Also, if you have a Moon Memory you would like to tell we will be recording any stories you would like to share!
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Programs for the Summer:
Kids - Beads and Books
Summer reading is back, and it’s better than ever! Sign up anytime starting June 17th through August 16th, 2019. Not only can kids set their own reading goal and earn a book to keep as a prize, but now they can earn all kinds of beads for tracking the amount of time they spend reading - from fuzzy beads to sparkle beads to sports beads and more.
Prizes and beads are generously funded by the Friends of the Belmont Public Library.
Teens - Planetary Patches
Teens, this summer we’re challenging you to not just read, but to listen, write, draw, explore, and more! We have 20 different challenges for you to try and complete, and 20 different iron-on patches you can earn - try for them all, or chose the ones you like best! We will also have scratch tickets for check outs, with candy, cable bites, books and giant gummy worms as prizes!
Adults - Out-of-this-World Experiences
This summer read a book, watch a movie, attend a program, or listen to a CD/audio book and
tell us your opinion!
Each review is an entry to win one of our six Out-of-this-World experiences for you, your family, or that special someone. For additional ways to enter, try your hand at our Summer Reading Challenges!
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Movie Club: Jersey Boys
Viewing: Friday June 14th
6:30pm, Assembly Room
Discussion: Monday, June 17th
7pm, Flett Room
Dial M for Movies is the Library's movie club, hosted by Library Director Peter Struzziero. Join Peter for the film viewing - with popcorn of course - then come back later in the month to discuss the film.
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NEW CLUB:
Planet Paperback
In honor of the Summer Reading theme,
A Universe of Stories
, the Belmont Library is starting its first-ever Sci-Fi book club. We will focus on classic works and we might even screen a few film adaptions of these works.
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Belmont Cookbook Club
Tuesday, June 11th
7pm, Flett Room
Try our new Cookbook Club, run by librarians Ellen Girouard and Chris Tremblay. June's selection is
Everyday Cook by Alton Brown
, multiple copies of each book will be made available at the library. Choose a recipe to make and bring it to our potluck and discussion of the book.
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Registration is open for the June meeting. We will need a list of the ingredients used by all participants. We will be in contact the week before each meeting to find out what everyone is making! If you have any questions, contact Chris at
ctremblay@minlib.net.
Happy cooking!
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Senior Book Discussion Group--Hiroshima by John Hersey
Friday, June 14th
11am, Beech Street Center
The senior book discussion group will meet on Friday, June 14th at 11:00 AM in Classroom A at the Beech Street Center at 266 Beech Street in Belmont to discuss
Hiroshima
by John Hersey
.
The senior book discussion group is co-sponsored by the Belmont Public Library and the Belmont Council on Aging.
All are welcome to attend.
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Regular storytimes will resume in September
In the meantime...
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Starting Friday, June 21st
Baby Blastoff! Storytime
A galactic storytime for astronauts ages 0-2 with Children’s Librarian Rachel. Come play, sing songs, and listen to a universe of stories. It’ll be out of this world!
Fridays at 1:30 pm
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Be sure to visit us all summer long on
Thursdays at 4pm at the Belmont Farmers' Market for a special weekly storytime!
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Matt Heaton - Babies and Toddlers Concert
Wednesday, June 5th
10:30am, Assembly Room
Join acclaimed local musician Matt Heaton for this sing-along for babies and toddlers up to 24 months with original songs and classic favorites.
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Music and Movement with Rubi
Wednesday, June 12th
9:30am and 10:15am, Assembly Room
Monday, June 24th
9:30am and 10:15am, Assembly Room
For children ages 2-5, this active program will get kids (and their grownups) moving, dancing and having fun!
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Mindfulness for Preschoolers
Tuesday, June 18th
10:30am, Flett Room
Learn how to engage in mindful play by using all your senses with Sheryl White from Baby Kneads.
Recommended for children ages 3-6 and their caregivers. Sign up required, space is limited.
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Sulinha & Trio
Friday, June 28th
10:30am, Assembly Room
The music of Brazil is coming to Belmont! Come move, dance, and sing along with award winning musician Sulinha Boucher and her amazing band.
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Pride Prep
Monday, June 3rd
3pm to 4:30pm, Flett Room
It’s Pride month! Join us in getting ready for the parade on Saturday, June 8th. We’ll provide fabric paint, posters and markers, and other supplies so you can be prepared to celebrate the LGBTQIAP+ community at Boston Pride! For grades 6 to 12.
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Homework and Lemonade
Wednesday, June 5th
1:30pm to 3:30pm, Assembly Room
LAST HOMEWORK AND LEMONADE UNTIL NEXT SCHOOL YEAR!
Middle school students--come and eat snacks, do your homework and then play games, do crafts, or read books.
Free, drop-in for 5th-8th graders.
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Teen Advisory Board (TAB)
Friday, June 7th
3pm to 4:30pm, Flett Room
Attention teens, grades 9 and up! Looking for a new community service opportunity? Join the Teen Advisory Board. Meetings are held once a month during the school year on Friday afternoons, but you don't have to attend every month. We eat pizza, work on a volunteer project, and plan upcoming teen programs. Please email
rmoir@minlib.net
for more details.
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Learn to Play
Magic: The Gathering
and Open Play
Monday, June 10th
3:00pm to 5:00pm, Flett Room
Beginners, join us to learn how to play Magic The Gathering! We’ll provide the cards—which you can keep. Veteran players, we will have open play as well, and access to a deck building toolkit and lands if you need to round out your deck!
For grades 6 to 12.
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Final Exam Snack and Study
Monday, June 10th through Thursday, June 13th
3pm to 6pm, Assembly Room
Assembly Room (except on Tuesday June 11th, when it will be in the Flett Room)
Need a place to study for exams? Not enough space in your usual library study spots? No worries, the library will be opening the Assembly Room to teens from 3:00 to 6:00 pm, with light snacks provided. For grades 9 to 12.
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Dungeons and Dragons
Monday, June 17th
3pm to 5pm, Flett Room
Ever wanted to embark on your own epic quest? Here's your chance! The library is launching a Dungeons and Dragons campaign for teens! Beginners are welcome, and dice will be provided. For grades 7 to 12. Space is very limited,
sign up required.
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Creative Writing Club
Tuesday, June 18th
3pm to 4:30pm, Flett Room
Working on your first novel? Love to write? Or maybe you just want to try your hand at it? Join us for our new monthly Creative Writing Club! We’ll have writing challenges, time for you to share your writing if you want, group writing games, an old school typewriter for you to try out, and snacks and good company. For grades 6 to 12.
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Pride Self-Care Bags
Friday, June 21st
3pm to 4:30pm, Flett Room
Take that Pride spirit with you into the rest of the year with a self-care bag! We’ll provide everything you need to build a kit you can reach into whenever you need a little reminder that you are awesome and deserve to be pampered!
For grades 6 to 12.
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How to Write Great College Essays with Collegewise
Monday, June 24th
7pm to 8:30pm, Assembly Room
Many great kids write average (even bad) college essays—essays about "life lessons learned from football” or "how my trip to Europe broadened my cultural horizons.” Better tales are there for the writing. This workshop will show you what admissions officers really look for in great college essays, and offer suggestions for finding and sharing your best stories.
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Level Up: Teen Gaming
Wednesday, June 26th
3pm to 4pm, Flett Room
Join us for an afternoon of gaming on the new library Nintendo Switch and SNES Classic! We’ll have Mario Kart both old and new for you to try, as well as the brand new Super Smash Bros. Ultimate! For grades 6 to 12.
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Galaxy Slime for Tweens
Friday, June 28th
3pm to 4:30pm, Flett Room
Who doesn't love SLIME? Join us as we create our very own homemade galaxy slime!
For grades 4 to 6.
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Friends at the Belmont Farmers' Market
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Come visit us at the Belmont Farmers' Market on June 20th from 4pm to close! We will have cookbooks, gardening books, children's and adult fiction, and much more!
Grab some produce and grab a book!
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The Friends have planted lots of new bushes, hostas, lilies and irises this year. In order to keep them looking their best, our planters and new plantings need watering.
Can you spare a few hours to help water the Library's new garden beds? Please help the Friends and sign up
here.
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Pizza and Pride
Tuesday, June 4th
5-7pm, Beech Street
The Beech Street Center is excited to celebrate Gay Pride Month with our first “Pizza and Pride” program. Fenway Health and the LGBT Aging Project located in Boston recently came to the center to provide training to COA staff, other community members and staff from other town departments to help meet the needs of LGBT seniors.
To continue our outreach efforts, we are excited to show a screening of the award-winning film
Gen Silent.
Please join us for a light dinner of pizza and the movie. Make sure to stay afterward for a discussion of the film and share your thoughts and ideas.
This event is open to anyone within the Belmont and surrounding communities. Cost: Free, but donations towards food appreciated.
Thank you to the Belmont LGBTQ Alliance for their support running this program.
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Father's Day Strawberry Shortcake and Barbershop Quartet
Tuesday, June 18th
6pm, Beech Street
Is there anything better than summertime, strawberry shortcake, and a barbershop quartet? All are welcome to attend this Father’s Day event. Enjoy a summer evening listening to the sounds of the New Sound Assembly Chorus. As you’re singing and dancing along we’ll have tables set-up with all the fixins’ for strawberry shortcake including fresh whipped cream and summer strawberries. Don’t miss this event! Cost: Free, but donations towards food appreciated.
This event was generously sponsored by Comfort Keepers Woburn/Winchester.
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