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“Be a voice, not an echo.” ― Albert Einstein |
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The Library will be closed on Tuesday, July 4th, in observance of Independence Day. We will reopen on Wednesday, July 5th.
Don’t forget, you can always use our outdoor tables and free wifi, and you can access our digital collection from home any time!
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Ditch Your eWaste with Indie Cycle | |
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Saturday, July 8th, 10:00am-1:00pm, Library Parking Lot
Safely and securely dispose of all your used, broken, or unwanted electronics at the Tiverton Public Library!
Indie Cycle will be parked outside the library to help you responsibly recycle your electronic waste. Click below to learn more about what can and cannot be recycled.
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Check Out These Museum Passes | |
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Looking for fun places to take the kids this summer? Check out our museum passes!
Your library card can get you discounts at many attractions on the south coast, like…
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The Children's Museum of Greater Fall River – The museum provides an environment that encourages and inspires a love for the learning process, while strengthening family, education, and social bonds. Our pass provides a 50% discount on the regular admission fee for 4 people.
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The New Bedford Whaling Museum – Visit America's premier Whaling Museum featuring blue whales, sperm whales, whaling history, and education. Our pass provides a 50% discount on the regular admission fee for 4 people.
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Buttonwood Park Zoo – One of the finest small zoos in the country, with animals from home and around the world. Our pass provides FREE admission for up to 4 people.
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Find Your Voice at the Tiverton Libraries This Summer | |
Now Through August 19th
Read, listen, create, and participate with the Tiverton Public Libraries this summer, and enter for chances to win great prizes!
Anyone 18 and older is eligible to participate in the adult summer library experience. Just fill out a quick review of any library materials, programs, resources, or museum passes. The more reviews you submit, the more chances to win!
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Mondays, July 3rd and 31st, 6:00-7:00pm, Teen Room
The Crochet Club is now also open to adults!
Join Jordyn in the Teen Room as we learn to crochet. We'll be meeting every other Monday to work on crochet projects. All skill levels welcome!
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CreaTIV Craft: Kindness Rocks | |
Friday, July 21st, 3:30-4:30pm, Community Room
This summer's theme is "Find Your Voice." This month, we will use our voices to decorate rocks and write notes of kindness that we can share with neighbors.
Space and materials are limited. Please register to secure your spot.
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Tuesday, July 25th, 7:00-8:00pm, Learning Center
Calling all photographers! Find your voice (through your photos) and join us for a summer photography club. Use your smartphone or camera to capture photographs based on our themes: Tiverton’s Most Beautiful and Love My Library. Join us for a chat/critique session on Tuesday, July 25th, at 7:00pm. Tell us what kind of camera you used and what inspired you to shoot.
Optional: Submit your best photograph (print, no digital entries please) to Kristin Amaral by July 25th, and be entered into our summer contest. Special guest judge Jason Eckhardt will select two winners. Work to be displayed at our Share Your Voice - End of Summer Showcase. The winners also receive an extra entry into our adult summer reading program.
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Movie Night: Florence Foster Jenkins | |
Wednesday, July 26th, 6:00-8:00pm, Community Room
Join us for a free movie, popcorn, and drinks on the fourth Wednesday of the month. This month, we will watch Florence Foster Jenkins (2016; Rated PG-13; 1h, 51m), the story of a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Did you know? You can submit TWO raffle entries for the July movie night -- one for the movie and one for the program!
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Saturday, July 29th, 2:30-3:30pm, Community Room
Join artist and Tiverton Library Assistant Jason Eckhardt for a quick course on how to draw—and love it! Jason will explain the hows and whys of seeing, framing, shading, and more. A kit, including pencil, eraser, and drawing book will be provided for each participant.
Jason has been drawing all his life. He’s been a professional illustrator for over 40 years and won Best Editorial Cartoonist of the Year 4 years running from the New England Newspaper Association. He looks forward to sharing with you the tools to have fun with drawing!
Space is limited. Register below to secure your spot
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Living Literature Presents: Phenomenal Women | |
Monday, July 31st, 6:30-7:30pm, Community Room
Living Literature presents Phenomenal Women, a 45-minute, two-person readers theater-style medley of poetry, prose, and history that celebrates women. For this program, we showcase some of our favorite pieces from the 19th Amendment, Mothers & Daughters, and Pearls & Politics programs, celebrating women’s voices, both past and present, who inspire us!
This program does not require registration, but you may sign up below to receive email reminders.
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Monday, July 3rd, 6:30-7:30pm - Monthly Poetry Workshop
Tuesdays, 12:30-2:30pm - Weekly Watercolor Group
Wednesday, July 5th, 6:00-8:00pm - Crafters Circle
Saturday, July 8th, 10:00am-12:00pm - Sakonnet Writers Group
Tuesday, July 11th, 3:30-5:30pm - Find Your Voice with Acrylics
Wednesday, July 19th, 6:00-8:00pm - Cross Stitching Group
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Planning a trip this summer? Take the library with you! Listen to an audiobook on long drives using the Libby app, or keep the kids busy with some free movies from Kanopy.
Book an appointment to learn how. You can call Kristin at 401-625-6796 ext. 8 or click the button below.
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Can’t make it during the week? Drop-in on Saturday, July 8th or 22nd, for quick troubleshooting. Drop-in is first-come, first-served. Please check our website for drop-in hours. | |
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Tuesday, July 25th, 7:00-8:00pm, Learning Center
Calling all photographers! Find your voice (through your photos) and join us for a summer photography club. Use your smartphone or camera to capture photographs based on our themes: Tiverton’s Most Beautiful and Love My Library. Join us for a chat/critique session on Tuesday, July 25th, at 7:00pm. Tell us what kind of camera you used and what inspired you to shoot.
Optional: Submit your best photograph (print, no digital entries please) to Kristin Amaral by July 25th, and be entered into our summer contest. Special guest judge Jason Eckhardt will select two winners. Work to be displayed at our Share Your Voice - End of Summer Showcase. The winners also receive an extra entry into our adult summer reading program.
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New members are always welcome to any of our book groups. There’s something for everyone! Stop by the Information Desk at the library for a copy of the book.
Did you know? If you attend one of our book groups in July, you can submit TWO raffle entries - one for the book and one for the discussion!
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Bajah’s Book Club
Monday, July 10th, 12:30pm
Bajah’s Cat Café, 137 Main Road
Copies of the book are available at the library and at Bajah's Cat Café.
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Tiverton Public Library Book Group
Friday, July 14th, 10:30am
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Wednesday, July 19th, 6:00pm
Community Room
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YA Book Club for Adults
Monday, July 17th, 6:00pm
Teen Room
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Tiverton Senior Center Book Club
Please contact the Senior Center at
[email protected] or 401-625-6790 for meeting details.
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Union Public Library Book Group
August 17th, 1:00pm
Union Public Library
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YA Summer Reading at the Library: Find Your Voice! | |
This year at the Tiverton Public Library, BINGO cards will be available for the YA summer reading program, Find Your Voice!
Fill in five BINGO squares across, up and down, or diagonally to be entered in an end-of-summer raffle! BINGO squares can be filled in by attending library programs or fulfilling prompts at home or in your community.
When completed, you’ll be able to leave your BINGO card with your name and email in the Teen Room at the library to enter the raffle.
The raffle is for those entering 6th grade and leaving 12th grade!
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Monday, July 3, 6:30-7:30pm, Learning Center
Join the monthly poetry workshop for both teens and adults! This workshop is for poets of all skill levels.
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Thursday, July 6th, Teen Room
Stop by the Teen Room to grab a Take and Make project!
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Wednesdays, July 12th and 26th, 6:00-7:00pm, Learning Center
Find Your Voice by learning a new language! Together, we will learn and practice ASL, American Sign Language.
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Monday, July 17th, 6:00-7:00pm, Teen Room
This month we are meeting at the Tiverton Public Library to discuss the YA book Switch by A.S. King. Open to both adults and teens!
Copies of the book will be available at the Tiverton Public Library.
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Crash Course: How to College | |
Monday, July 24, 5:00-6:00pm, Learning Center
Are you in high school and thinking about college, or in college and need some support? Crash Course: How to College is here to help you! Join us to watch and discuss this video series.
[Image from https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse]
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Find Your Voice at the Tiverton Public Library |
Explore, create, and play at the library this summer. Stop by the Children's Room to meet our new library fish and pick up a game card for our summer raffle.
Please visit the Library Calendar for a complete list of upcoming events.
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Weekly, June 26th-August 19th
Recommended for ages 3+
Spot Ollie the Octopus exploring the Children's Room and receive a prize. One prize per child per week.
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Mondays in July, 10:30am-12:00pm, Children’s Room
Recommended for ages 5+
Drop by the library anytime between 10:30am and 12:00pm for a craft. There will be a new project each week.
Craft materials will be available on a first-come-first-served basis while supplies last.
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Thursdays in July, 10:30am–12:00pm, Library Lawn
Recommended for ages 3+
Stroll around the library and read a story. Afterward, explore our courtyard garden, learn about pollinator friends, and make nature crafts on the library lawn.
This program is weather-dependent. Please check the library's Facebook page for updates and cancellations.
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Fridays, July 14th and July 28th, 10:30am-12:00pm, Children’s Room
Recommended for ages 5+
Stop by the library to play with our LEGO collection and try this week's building challenge.
Bricks will be available on a first-come-first-served basis while supplies last.
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Saturdays in July, 10:30am-2:00pm, Library Lawn
Recommended for families
Stroll around the library and read a new story each week.
This program is weather-dependent. Please check the library's Facebook page for updates and cancellations.
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Saturday, July 15th, 10:30am-12:00pm
Recommended for families
Visit the library today and receive a FREE snowcone!
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Friends of Tiverton Libraries | |
Meeting of the Board of the Friends of Tiverton Libraries | |
The Friends of Tiverton Libraries will not be holding a meeting during the month of July.
Happy Summer!
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Our Book Nook continues to be popular, and you will always find something new being displayed.
We continue accepting donations (1 bag or small box per library visit please!), and favorites include mysteries, thrillers, crime, general fiction, biographies, memoirs, and children's books.
Thank you for supporting the Friends!
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Tuesdays, July 11th, 18th, and 25th, 11:00am-3:00pm, Union Public Library
Drop by the Union Library on Tuesdays to learn some fun nature facts and create in the outdoor craft center.
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Union Public Library Book, Bake, and Yard Sale | |
Saturday, July 15th, 9:00am-5:00pm, Chase-Cory House in Tiverton Four Corners, 3908 Main Road
Rain date: Sunday, July 16th
We’re accepting book donations through July 1st. Books need to be in clean and saleable condition. Please no encyclopedias, textbooks, VHS tapes, or audio cassettes.
Books may be dropped off at Union Library at 3832 Main Road during regular hours, Tuesdays 10-5 or Saturdays 10-1, or in the bin next to the book drop. Bins will also be available at Tiverton Public Library.
Questions? Call 624-2280 or 624-7830.
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Please bake for the Union Public Library Annual Book, Bake, and Yard Sale, Saturday, July 15th.
Goodies can be dropped off at the Chace-Cory House at 3908 Main Road after 8:00am.
No brownies please; they melt!
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Saturday, July 15th, 9:00am-5:00pm, Chase-Cory House in Tiverton Four Corners, 3908 Main Road
Rain date: Sunday, July 16th
In conjunction with our Annual Book and Bake Sale, we will be collecting items for our Yard Sale.
Items to donate include: jewelry, glassware, games, puzzles, baskets, small household items, toys, CDs, cassettes, linens, artwork, frames, and sports equipment. No clothing, VHS tapes, large furniture, or items in poor condition can be accepted.
Please call 624-6364 in the afternoons to schedule a dropoff of your items.
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Union Public Library Book Club | |
Thursday, August 17th, 1:00-2:00pm, Tiverton Public Library Learning Center
The Union Public Library Book Group will meet back at the Union Public Library on Thursday, August 17, at 1:00pm for a discussion of The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan. All are welcome to join.
Books will be available at both the Union Public Library and the Tiverton Public Library.
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