Do you have questions about using your laptop, smartphone, iPad, or other devices? The Edgartown Library is partnering with the Edgartown Council on Aging to provide tech time sessions every month at the Anchors. Call 508-627-4368 to sign up for a 20-minute session.

You can also stop by the library during our open hours for tech help, or schedule a tech appointment by clicking here.

In these workshops, participants will have an opportunity to build a poem prompted by poetry that Donald will select for the exercise. Poets will also have a chance to submit a poem or two of their own for the group to read and discuss during the second half of the workshop. Once registered, you will be emailed the workshop materials.

January 17th: How to write about memory

January 24th: How to write an elegy

Registration is required.

This program has been generously funded by the Friends of the Edgartown Free Public Library.

For more info and to register, click here.

Chef Look is back with a New Year's resolution to change…one food into another! Join us for the library’s new series all about making look-alike food from surprising ingredients. He’ll kick it off with a simple-to-make vegan cheese alternative. Hazelnuts will be transformed into a creamy and spreadable “cheese” that he’ll pair with another doppelganger food: apple juice “honey.” Come hungry as we whip up a delectable pairing of look-alikes that are as delicious as they are surprising.

Registration is required.

This program has been generously funded by the Friends of the Edgartown Free Public Library.

For more info and to register, click here.

Join local death doula and community educator Jelisa Difo for an immersive "Living Fully, Dying Prepared" Community Workshop Series. This three-part monthly series will introduce end-of-life planning through a sampling of sections and exercises from the book, The Death Doula’s Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared by Francesca Lynn Arnoldy. Each workshop will build on the previous one, but you may choose which workshops you would like to attend, and are not required to attend all three.

Adults of all ages and stages of life are welcome.

Workshop dates and themes: 



January 23: Life Review: Mapping Your Life In Years

February 20: Exploring End-of-Life Planning and Funeral Arrangements

March 19: End-of-Life Resources and Options, Locally and Beyond

Registration is required.

For more info and to register, click here.

Join library director Lisa Sherman in taking on the 2024 Reading Challenge! All year long, book group participants may select a book of their choosing based on each month's theme, and we'll get together to discuss our selections. Theme-related book recommendations for this month are offered here, but participants may select any book related to the theme. January’s theme is “A book you read years ago that you may feel differently about now.”

The 2024 Reading Challenge is brought to you by the Massachusetts Center for the Book. It gives people of all ages in Massachusetts a chance to set and meet the goal of reading a book each month in a specific category and to share their experience within their reading community. Participating readers can enter to win prizes. Bookmarks with all monthly themes are available at the circulation desk. For more information and to sign up, click here.

The Vineyard Conservation Society will be bringing their "Love Song for the Vineyard Lawn” presentation to the Edgartown Public Library. Find out how the simple act of lawn care choices affects everything from our personal health to our community’s water quality to the global climate, along with getting tips and resources for how to apply the Vineyard Lawn approach in your own backyard. Additionally, you can stop by the library during open hours in January to view Vineyard Lawn's panel display in our lobby.

Join author and professor Daniel N. Warshawsky for a virtual discussion of his new book, Food Waste, Food Insecurity, and the Globalization of Food Banks. Daniel will also answer questions from attendees about food waste and food insecurity.

Registration is required.

This program is funded by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library, in collaboration with other Massachusetts libraries.

For more info and to register, click here.

Come to the library every Monday for our drop-in Mah Jongg sessions. These sessions do not include formal instruction, but they will provide a chance to practice what you have learned! Experienced players are encouraged to join. Mats, tiles, and cards will be provided, but please bring your own if you have them. 

Note: there will be no program on January 1st or January 15th.



Master knitter Cindy Bonnell presides over a sociable group of knitters on Wednesday afternoons. Experts and aspiring knitters of all levels of experience are welcome to bring their projects and drop in for support, inspiration, and advice.