- UPCOMING EVENTS -

Awareness Inspires Conservation

White Shark Research with AWSC

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 | 11:00 AM | IN-PERSON

The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy (AWSC) is a nonprofit organization supporting scientific research, educating the community, and improving public safety.

Come learn about the ongoing white shark research projects being conducted and funded by the AWSC, how that research is impacting conservation and public safety efforts, and up-to-date information on what that research has taught us.

This event will be held in Community Rooms AB.

Click HERE to RSVP for this Author Talk

Under Two Flags: A Novel of World War I

Local Author Talk with Janis Robinson Daly

MONDAY, JULY 20 | 2:00 PM | IN-PERSON

Join us for an engaging talk with Cape Cod, award-winning historical fiction author Janis Robinson Daly as she shares her inspiration and research which led to writing her latest historical novel.

Drawing upon the memoir of eighteen-year-old Josephine Therese Marzynski, a Boston opera student trapped in Berlin during World War I, Daly explores how Josephine's passion for music drives her strength to endure even in humanity’s darkest hours.

Copies of Daly's books will be available for purchase.

This local author talk will be held in Community Rooms AB.

Keep up-to-date on all our upcoming events by visiting our website: www.centervillelibrary.org/featured-events/

- RECURRING PROGRAMS -

Zumba with Rick

MONDAY, JULY 13 | 11:00 AM | IN-PERSON

Dance and exercise with Rick, every Monday at Centerville Library!

Zumba will be canceled any day the library is closed.

Beginners welcome!

$10 per class. Thank you!

Registration required for each class.

Zumba classes are held in Community Rooms ABC.

Limit 25 attendees per class!

Yoga with Pam

FRIDAY, JULY 17 | 10:30 AM | IN-PERSON THIS WEEK

CPL hosts FREE Hatha yoga on the first and third Friday of the month.

This week's class will only be held in person.

Don't forget your mat!

No registration is required to attend.

This class will be held on the side lawn, weather permitting.

In the event of inclement weather, it will be held in Community Rooms ABC.

SUMMER READING BINGO!

Click HERE to Print your Bingo Board!

BINGO!

Adult Summer Reading Challenge

MONDAY, JUNE 22 - SATURDAY, AUGUST 1

Why should kids get to have all the fun?

Play this adult reading challenge and win prizes!

This year, we have two ways to play!

For a more relaxed game, play Easy Mode.

Try to fill Hard Mode for a challenge!

Each week, we will have staff recommendations for reading prompts here in our newsletter!

Take a look below for this week's picks:

Easy Mode Recommendations - Book with a Green Cover

The Inheritance Games

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Twelfth Night

by William Shakespeare

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Hard Mode Recommendations - Book set in the Future

Klara and the Sun

by Kazuo Ishiguro

Scythe

by Neal Shusterman

The Road

by Cormac McCarthy

- COMMUNITY EVENTS -

Millway Beach Cleanup

with Keep Barnstable Beautiful

SATURDAY, JULY 18 | 7:00 - 9:00 AM

MEET AT 330 MILLWAY, BARNSTABLE, MA 02632

Please join Barnstable Natural Resources and other town organizations to clean up Millway Beach.

Gloves, trash bags, and pickers will be provided.

Free, no registration required, and open to the public. Will be held rain or shine so dress accordingly!

Please be advised:

If you do not have a beach sticker, you will be charged if you stay in the lot after 9 AM!

- COMING UP FOR TEENS -

Pizza and Poetry!

Themed Poetry Workshops for Teens

THURSDAYS, JULY 2 - JULY 30 | 4:30 - 6:00 PM

Join us in the YA Room for this FREE series of workshops, and PIZZA!

Learn about nature poetry, spoken word, blackout, anthology and analysis, and inspiration!

Registration is required to attend.

Email Miss Madeleine at mdraper.cv@clamsnet.org to sign up.

These workshops will be held in-person in the Wallace Teen Room.

- YOUTH SERVICES -

Music for Kids with Robert the Guitar Guy

FRIDAY, JULY 24 | 11:00 AM | IN-PERSON

Join us for a musical performance for kids with Robert the Guitar Guy!

Enjoy guitar playing, singing, and puppets!

Registration required to attend. Email Miss Tessa at tclark@clamsnet.org to sign up!

This performance will be held in Community Rooms ABC.

Name Our Monkey! Sketch Contest

SUBMIT YOUR DRAWING BY FRIDAY, JULY 31!

The Children’s Room is hosting a drawing and naming contest for our new stuffed monkey!

Pick up instructions from the Children's Desk, draw our new monkey friend, and include your idea for his name!

Winners will be chosen from two age categories:

6-9 and 10-13

Winners will be announced the second week of August.

For more information, call the Youth Services Desk at: 508-790-6220 x105

FREE Summer Lunches Program

THURSDAYS, JULY 2 - AUGUST 27 | 11:30 AM

We're inviting youth this summer to join us every Thursday for FREE LUNCH after storytime!

Lunch will be available on a first come, first served basis for children, ages 18 and under, courtesy of the YMCA’s Summer Eats Program.

Questions? Call the Kids' Room: 508-790-6220 x105

Plant a Seed, Read!
Summer Reading for Kids

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 - MONDAY, AUGUST 17

Our 2026 Youth Summer Reading Program is here!

Nourish your mind with books just like we nourish our body with food from the garden!

For every five books you read (up to 20 books) you will receive a small prize when you turn in your reading tracker sheet.

Questions? Email tclark@clamsnet.org or call 508-790-6220

RECURRING YOUTH PROGRAMS

• TODDLER and BABY STORYTIME•

Mondays at 11:00 AM

Drop-in!

• TALES FOR TAILS •

Mondays 3:45 p.m. – 4:45 PM

Registration required!

Email tclark@clamsnet.org to sign up!

Held at the MSPCA adoption center

• FRESH AIR STORYTIME •

Thursdays at 11:00 AM

Drop-in!

• LEGO CLUB •

First Friday of the Month

from 3:30 - 4:30 PM

Drop-in! Let's build together!

Next meeting: Friday, August 7

• SOCIAL GROUP

FOR NEURODIVERGENT TEENS •

Second Friday of the Month