November 2022 at Langley-Adams Library

We will be closed on Friday, November 11th, Thursday, November 24th, and Friday, November 25th. We will also operate on a 10-5 schedule on Wednesday, November 23rd.

PUZZLE POP-UP

Sponsored and organized by the Friends of the Groveland Library!
Looking for something to do with the family?
Puzzle Pop-up is now available in our entrance on the green shelves!

BAGS AVAILABLE FOR CHECKOUT!

Sponsored and organized by the Friends of the Groveland Library!
If you are checking out a bunch of items for browsing but have forgotten a bag, the Friends have provided a solution!
We have some bags with the Friends' logo on them for circulation. Just check them out with your books and return them with your books!
Just ask for a bag, and if we have any available we will lend one to you!

Join us for these adult Hybrid & Zoom programs. Registration is required!

Hybrid Program: John Candy - Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Monday, November 7th at 7pm

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Anniversary! Join us in person or zoom from home for an evening of JOHN CANDY with our movie expert Frank Mandosa. Trivia, movie clips, prizes and snacks! Always a fun time!
Please register!
Register here.

In Person Program: Scratch Artist Kathy Conroy
Thursday, November 10th at 1pm

At Nichols Village
Langley-Adams Library and Nichols Village Retirement Village are thrilled to be co-hosting artist Kathy Conroy! REGISTRATIONS for this event are required for NON-Nichols Village residents as space is limited.  Kathy will be demonstrating the technique called scratchboard. She will also be sharing  a slide show of her amazing portraits!
Again, you MUST be registered to be allowed to attend this special event.   If you need help registering, please call our library. This event is being held up at Nichols Village in their auditorium. The Auditorium is located behind the main building (1 Nichols Way) and has its own entrance. The day of this program, our library's Adult Service's Librarian, Sue Nakanishi will be at the door with a copy of those who are registered for this special event.  If  you have further questions about this program, please contact Sue Nakanishi.
Register here.

Hybrid Program: The Boxing Baroness
Monday, November 14th at 7pm

Please join us at the library or zoom from home when we chat with author Minerva Spencer! The Boxing Baroness is based on the real life Marianne Simpson, who was a boxer in her uncle's circus. If you're a fan of Bridgerton, then this is a must!  To learn more about this book and author, tune in! Registration is required.
Best-selling author Minerva Spencer is the pseudonym of S.M. LaViolette who is known for her “Rebels of Ton” & “Outcast” series. She’s been a criminal prosecutor, college history professor, and bartender, among many other things. She currently writes smart and sexy historical romance full-time and operates a small poultry rescue on her four-acre hobby farm, where she lives with her wonderful, tolerant husband and many animals. A lucky participant will win an advanced copy of The Boxing Baroness!
Register here.

Hybrid Program: A History Of Movie Comedies From Charlie Chaplin To Mel Brooks
Friday, November 18th at 2pm

Since the beginning of motion pictures, making audiences laugh has been one of film industry’s chief box office attractions. Skilled acrobatic comedians like Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Charlie Chaplin were enormously popular in the silent era, as were their more verbally dexterous talking picture successors the Marx Brothers and W.C. Fields. Comedy exploded once movies could talk, from screwball to romance to social satire to musicals, and in recent decades dozens of new variations have appeared from over-the-top dark comedy to gross-out teen comedy. This presentation will look at the major highlights of screen comedy over the last 125 years, illustrated with more than 40 examples from Hollywood’s funniest films.
Led by Brian Rose, a professor emeritus at Fordham University, where he taught for 38 years in the Department of Communication and Media Studies. He’s written several books on television history and cultural programming, and conducted more than a hundred Q&A’s with leading directors, actors, and writers for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Screen Actors Guild, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and the Directors Guild of America.
Register here.

Virtual Program: Boston's Haymarket & The Market District with Historic New England
Monday, November 21st at 11am

Join Historic New England's Ken Turino and Otto Gallotto, President of the Haymarket Pushcart Association, for a presentation on the past, present, and future of Boston’s Market District. From its earliest days, when peddlers with carts sold produce around the town, to today’s market, which includes halal butchers, artisanal cheese mongers, and Cambodian fruit sellers, Haymarket hosts an ever-changing and diverse population. Haymarket witnessed the Central Artery rise in the 1950s and retreat underground with the Big Dig in 2007. These obstacles have not stopped the market from serving a constant stream of students and tourists, longtime residents and newly arrived immigrant families, making it a vital and vibrant part of the city.
Led by Ken Turino, Manager of Community Partnerships and Resource Development at Historic New England. A faculty member of Tufts University’s Museum Studies Department, Ken teaches Reimagining Historic House Museums. Ken’s most recent publication is Reimagining the Historic House Museum: New Approaches and Proven Solutions, and he is currently working on a book on interpreting Christmas at historic houses and museums. Ken also serves as President of the House of Seven Gables Settlement Association.
Register here.

Looking ahead to December? Click HERE to view our December programs. They are filling up fast, so please register!

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