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Friday, April 25, 2025

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Mindful Making for Teens

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Local teens! Join us at the library for a quiet evening of crafting and connection. (And a pizza dinner!) Bring your own project or enjoy a provided craft and hang out with your friends while making new ones. Stop by once or come every 2nd & 4th Thursday through April for this recurring program.

Free

Movie Night for Adults

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Movie Night for Adults - You choose! The movie with the most votes as of noon on April 12 will be shown Movie starts at 7pm Popcorn, candy, & non-alcoholic beverages provided You're welcome to bring your beverage of choice (including alcohol) Older children, 13+, may come with an adult at the discretion of their […]

Free

Storytime with Stay & Play @BecketAthenaeum

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Join us to hear a story and make a craft*! Storytime: 10:30 to 11:30am Stay & Play: 11:30am to 12:30pm Kids and caregivers are invited to stay at the library after Storytime for Stay & Play! We’ll keep the party going with toys, games, puzzles, and snacks for the kids, along with coffee, tea, snacks, […]

Free

Game Night

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Join friends and neighbors for a fun evening of board and card games! If you have a favorite, please bring it along to share/teach to fellow gamers! Games the Athenaeum owns include Monopoly, Code Names, The All American History Trivia Game, Sorry, Chess, Quiddler (word game), SET, and many more! Refreshments will be served! You're […]

Free

Mindful Making for Teens

Becket Athenaeum

Local teens! Join us at the library for a quiet evening of crafting and connection. (And a pizza dinner!) Bring your own project or enjoy a provided craft and hang […]

Free

Spring Forward: Nature Journaling for the New Season with Lara Tupper

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Join us for this Big Read program! In this nature journaling workshop, we’ll celebrate spring and pause to consider the effects of the equinox on the body and mind. We’ll briefly circle the library grounds (weather permitting), hone our senses, and discuss methods for keeping a nature journal at home. Please bring a notebook and […]

Free

Movie Night for Adults with Book Discussion – “Wicked”

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Join us for this free movie night for adults*! Following a screening of the new major motion picture "Wicked", there will be an optional discussion that compares the film to the novel "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" by Gregory Maguire. Attendees are encouraged, but not required, to read […]

Free

Mindful Making for Teens

Becket Athenaeum

Local teens! Join us at the library for a quiet evening of crafting and connection. (And a pizza dinner!) Bring your own project or enjoy a provided craft and hang out with your friends while making new ones. Stop by once or come every 2nd & 4th Thursday through April for this recurring program.

Free