Library Hours
Mon-Thu: 9am-9pm
Fri & Sat: 9am-5pm
Sundays: 1-5pm
Summer Hours
Sunday, May 29
Closed Sundays
Monday, May 30
Library Closed for Memorial Day
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Movie Matinees
Fridays at 1:00pm
Catch new releases, forgotten classics, and hidden gems!
May 6
May 13
May 20
May 27
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50+ Job Seekers Networking Group
Join this virtual forum to develop skills, relationships, and strategies to help you in your career transition!
Interview Prep
Networking 2.0
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Library Book Clubs
Biography Club May 23 - 6:30pm
This month we will be reading The Boys by brothers Ron & Clint Howard.
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Social Justice
Book Club
Tue., May 31 - 7pm
Adults and teens are invited to discuss A Very Large Expanse of Sea -Tahereh Mafi
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Marsha Twomey Memorial
Seed Library
Free organic, heirloom seeds for growing over 30 different vegetables are now available in the library lobby!
Marsha was an avid gardener and a beloved senior page here at the Peabody Institute Library for 28 years until her retirement in 2017.
Her son Jay and the Twomey family have generously donated this seed library in memory of their mom. Thank you!!!
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Homebound Services
Homebound Services are now up and running! Do you know anyone who is unable to come to the library to pick up library materials?
Contact our Community and Outreach Services Department at 978-774-0554 x3821
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Community Events
Board of Trustees
Wed, May 11 - 7pm
Friends of the PIL Annual Meeting
Wed, May 18 - 6pm
Historic District Commission
May 23 - 6:30pm
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Antiques Appraisal Night
Thursday, May 12 - 7:00pm
Do you think you might have some antique or collectible lying around, gathering dust when they could be adding to your bank account?
If so, grab your favorite treasure (no furniture please) and join Gus Sousa and Jim Kernan of Kaminski Auctions to learn more about them! ONE ITEM per person.
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Advance Funeral Planning
Wednesday, May 25 - 6:00pm
Join Chad Craker from O'Donnell Funeral Home as he answers all of your questions about the benefits of advance funeral planning.
Thinking ahead can help you make informed, thought-ful decisions and allow you to choose what you want, sparing your survivors the stress of making choices under the pressure of time and strong emotions.
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Learning Calligraphy
Thursday, May 5 - 6:00pm
Learn modern calligraphy with calligrapher Debby Reelitz in this virtual program. Discover strategies for creating this lettering style and projects to use your new skills.
For this program you will need four sheets of blank paper, pencil, eraser, and whatever fun writing instruments you have around, i.e. highlighters, markers, colored pencils, gel pens.
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John Singer Sargent: Master with a Brush
Monday, May 16 - 7:00pm
Presented by the Friends of the Peabody Institute Library
Masterful 19th century artist John Singer Sargent is celebrated for his Grand Manner portraiture of the European & American elite. This program will explore his most beloved as well as rarely seen images, including portraits, forays into Impressionism and stunning watercolors.
This program is supported, in part by a grant from the Danvers Cultural Council, a local agency supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
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Authors Erika Ferencik
& Sy Montgomery
Wednesday, May 18 - 7:00pm
Award-winning author Erika Ferencik (Girl In Ice) and best selling author, naturalist, and frequent guest on 'GBH Radio
Sy Montgomery (The Hawk's Way) discuss their latest new books.
In Girl In Ice, an American linguist must visit a remote climate science research center off the Greenland coast where a young girl has thawed from the ice alive and speaking an unknown language.
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State of the Coast
Tuesday, May 24 - 6:30pm
Join Cynthia Dittbrenner, Program Director of Coast and Natural Resources to learn more about the latest “State of the Coast” report which details many of the coastal challenges being faced by 13 coastal zone communities on the North Shore, as well as potential adaptation methods for the future.
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The Basics of Bitcoin
and Cryptocurrency
Wed., May 25 - 7:00pm
You can’t read the news without seeing hype about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Is this the first wave of a cashless future or just an over-hyped technology?
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Making Decisions
When It Matters Most
Thursday, May 26 - 2:00pm
Join us for a program presented by Care Dimensions that empowers people to advocate for their health care wishes with family, friends, and medical professionals, as well as providing practical tools for setting up advanced directives through use of Five Wishes and other planning tools.
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An Evening with Author and Poet Ocean Vuong
Thursday, May 26 - 7:00pm
Join us for a special event with prize-winning poet, novelist and educator Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, in conversation with Professor Sandra Lim, Ph.D., prize-winning poet, and professor at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell.
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