Join drummer and educator Rick Bausman for this drumming class series. No prior experience is necessary. Dress comfortably and be prepared for a workout!

March 3rd: Cuban styles; Bembe; Guaguanco

March 10th: Haitian ceremonial drumming; Yanvalou Franc; Kongo



Registration is required. You will be automatically registered for both classes when you sign up.



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

For more info and to register, click here.

Every Thursday evening, we’re showing stellar films from around the world. In March, join us for cinema set in the Middle East and North Africa. All films are shown with English subtitles. Coffee, tea, and dessert will be served.

• March 6th: Arab Blues (France, 2019)
• March 13th: The Source (France, 2011)
• March 20th: The Blue Caftan (Morocco, 2022)
• March 27th: Wadjda (Saudi Arabia, 2012)

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

From the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, March's Opera Club presents the renowned Jonathan Kent production of Puccini's Tosca. Filmed live in 2011, this atmospheric and intense potboiler features three of the greatest singers of that decade: bass/baritone Bryn Terfel as the sadistic Scarpia, tenor Jonas Kaufmann as Tosca's lover, Cavaradossi, and soprano Angela Gheorghiu as the diva, Floria Tosca. Maestro Antonio Pappano conducts the Royal Opera House Orchestra through Puccini's thrilling, dramatic score.

Sung in Italian with English subtitles, the opera runs approximately two hours, plus intermission. All adults are welcome.

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

Join local death doula Jelisa Difo for an interactive death education workshop focused on advanced directives and legacy wills. Participants will be able to take proactive steps toward organizing, planning, and communicating their end-of-life preferences. Through this work, we will lay out an end-of-life care plan that honors our personal wishes.

Join Library Director Lisa Sherman in taking on the 2025 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. March’s challenge is “a book about someone with a marginalized identity.”

Bookmarks with monthly themes are available at the circulation desk. For more information and to sign up, click here.

A sound bath creates an environment that allows you to pause and deeply listen, immerse yourself in sound, and offer your mind and body moments of reprieve and restoration. This experience will be led by Trish Ginter, who will use crystal singing bowls as well as other instruments to create a soundscape that will help you relax and explore deep listening.

Limited yoga mats and blankets are available; if you have your own, please bring them with you.

Registration is required.

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

For more info and to register, click here.

For our next series, we'll follow Chef Look on an exploration of some of his favorite foods. He’ll start off with a breakfast-themed dish incorporating deliciously compatible flavors: chocolate cake waffles and fresh raspberries. 

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.

In this monthly writing workshop with poet Donald Nitchie, participants will have an opportunity to create their own poem, prompted by a selection of poetry which will be read at the beginning of the workshop. Poets will also have a chance to read and discuss their own poem during the second half of the workshop, although there is no pressure to share. This workshop is perfect for beginning writers or anyone curious about writing in groups.

Once registered, you will receive the workshop materials by email. The focus of March’s workshop is “repurposed language.” Participants will write a poem using or referencing official or conventional phrases that we are exposed to every day.

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.