Enjoy the Outdoors This Summer with the SPL! | |
Not sure where to start for your journey outside? Check out what the library has to offer! | | |
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ELL Urban Gardening Kit
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Raised Bed Gardening for Beginners by Tammy Wylie
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Let's Get Gardening by DK Books
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Beginner Gardening Step by Step by Emma Tennant
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Tiny Space Gardening with Recipes by Amy Pennington
- Kit Includes: a garden shovel, soil scoop, and foam kneeling pad
Cultural Passes
- Boston Harbor Island Ferry
- Massachusetts State Parks (DCR)
- Trustees of Reservations (with deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum)
- Zoo New England
2023 Gardening Workshops with Green City Growers
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Wednesday, August 16 at 5pm at the Central Library
Thursday, August 17 at 2pm at the East Branch
Thursday, August 17 at 3:30pm at the West Branch
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Stop by the libraries for three afternoons of games,
sweet treats, music, and prizes!
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Wednesday, August 16 at 6:30pm at the West Branch | |
Gather for a night of spooky storytelling at the West Branch!
Sign up to read your favorite urban legend and enjoy a night of
spooky tales in the West Branch backyard.
Registration is suggested, but to guarantee a chance to
read, sign up before the program.
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Wednesday, August 16 at 7:30pm on the Central Library Lawn | |
Join us for a screening of Disney/Pixar's Turning Red on the lawn in
front of the library. Bring a blanket or some beach chairs, a
picnic dinner or some snacks, and make a night of it! The movie
will start around 7:30, or as soon as it's dark enough.
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Tusday, August 22 at 7pm on Zoom | |
Join Special Agent Julia Cowley for a look inside
FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit.
Cowley will discuss how and why she became an FBI profiler, what profiling
is (and isn’t), and some of the most memorable cases in her career.
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Wednesday, August 23 at 6:30pm in the Central Library Auditorium | |
Come for a frightening evening of chills and thrills as we count down Massachusetts' most haunted places and events in horror-filled detail.
Fans of the podcasts Morbid and Lore won't want to miss this!
Presented by Summer Scares 2023.
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Saturdays, beginning September 16 at 10am
in the Central Library Auditorium
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The Somerville Public Library in partnership with St. Mark Community Education Program is offering a free, 10 week U.S. Citizenship Preparation class. The class will prepare students for the citizenship interview including
the 100 civics questions, the reading & writing sections, and interview questions based on the filed N-400 application.
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This month's recommendations are our favorite beach reads!
Looking for recommendations? Check out our
What Should I Read Next? reading recommendation service!
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A romance novel that's also a heist! Glamour, intrigue, and a scorching hot romance is the perfect recipe for a beach read, exciting enough you won't fall asleep in the sun, the only danger is you'll finish before your vacation is finished!
Recommended by Brigid, Community Services Librarian
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Lucky You by Carl Hiaasen | |
When twentysomething JoLane Lucks wins half the Florida state lottery, she soon learns there's another winning ticket—held by lifelong criminal Bode Gazzer, who'll stop at nothing to get the whole jackpot for himself. What makes this a beach read?--Like all beach reads, Lucky You is easy and fast-paced; plus someone actually dies on the beach.
Recommended by Kevin, Reference Librarian
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This book was chosen by Libby and Overdrive as Big Library Read's book club pick for July. A perfect beach read, this touching and witty page-turner is follows Natalie Walker home to the beach town of Santa Cruz, California for the first time in 15 years where she hopes to reunite with her estranged siblings after the death of their mom.
Recommended by Bethany, Reference Librarian
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Jurassic Park by Michel Crichton | |
My beach read is sandy mass-market paperback thriller who pages are soft from being read in the salt air. I'm recommending Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, a rare example of a title where the book and the movie are equally excellent.
Recommended by Karen, Deputy Director
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Ever wonder what goes on in the most remote depths of the ocean? How Far the Light Reaches by queer biracial science journalist Sabrina Imbler takes the reader on a remarkable exploration-- combining illuminating descriptions of ten ocean creatures attempting to survive in ecologically-threatened environments with parallel experiences of being marginalized in a sometimes hostile world.
Recommended by Carrie, Reference Librarian
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After heart surgery, Sunny wants to do things she's never done before and become someone new. Set at the beach during summer vacation, this book has all the issues -- friends, parents, health, LGBTQ+, adventure, breaking the rules -- and it's a fabulous, sweet, heartbreaking, empowering read.
Recommended by Alison, Children's Librarian
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