TRIVIA
Saturday, August 4 | 10:30 a.m.
Do you love playing Trivia? The Carlisle Council on Aging (COA) has a wonderful volunteer who has hosted many a Trivia game and is willing to help facilitate a game for anyone from any town, 12+. So if this sounds like fun, please register by calling the COA at 978-371-2895.
DROP-IN KNITTING GROUP
Fridays, August 3 and 17 | 10:15 a.m.
Drop-in knitting group - come share your expertise, see what others are working on, and socialize with friends and neighbors. This group is led by Jackie Engelhardt. Any questions, you can reach Jackie at jpengelhardt39@gmail.com.
READING POETRY ANEW
Tuesday, August 7 | 10:30 a.m.
Dip or dive into the pleasures of poetry. This informal course, led by Mary Zoll, will include poetry readings and reactions, discussions of the patterns and techniques used in the poems, and perhaps some intellectual understanding of the poems. This class meets one Tuesday a month, at 10:30 a.m. in the Hollis Room. Open to anyone interested in experiencing poetry; preregistration is not required. Mary Zoll has published a few poems and read a multitude of poems.
DINO-ADVENTURES!
Thursday, August 9 | 4 p.m.
Location: First Religious Society, 27 School St.
Featuring fossils, dinosaur skulls, velociraptor claws, and dinosaur skin and more dino artifacts that you can see and touch, as well as live animals such as monitor lizards, alligators, scorpions, birds, and snapping turtles, this is a program sure to excite any dinosaur lover. Registration required, and
can be done by clicking here or calling the library at 978-369-4898. This program is sponsored by the Susan Zielinski Natural Science Fund.
COMMUNITY BOOK GROUP: HILLBILLY ELEGY
Monday, August 13 | 10:30 a.m.
August: Hillbilly Elegy, by J. D. Vance
Shares the story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle class life and the collective demons of the past.
REPLANTING LIVES UPROOTED BY MENTAL ILLNESS: SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES
Tuesday, August 14 | 10:30 a.m.
Mara Biere, Certified Family Life Educator, President, Grow A Strong Family, Inc. (www.growastrongfamily.org) will facilitate a support group focusing on strategies for managing when loved ones have mental illnesses. Folks of all ages and from all towns welcomed.
GENEALOGY CLASS: MANAGING YOUR GENEALOGY RESEARCH
Tuesday, August 14 | 6:30 p.m.
We’ll be talking about how to track what you’ve found, where to put those pieces of information that may or many not fit, and how to determine where to go next with your research. With genealogist Claire Smith.
Registration required; click here to register. BOOK BINGO
Deadline Saturday, August 25
Summer reading at the Gleason is for all ages again this year! Adults may pick up a Book Bingo Card at the library or
click here to download a printable copy, and start filling in squares June 30. Make "bingo" by Saturday, August 25, and you’ll be entered in the raffle to win gift certificates for your choice of Burton's Grill, Red Heat Tavern, or Island Creek Oyster House.. Try out some new genres or settings while you’re on the beach, at the cabin, reading with children or grandchildren or catching up on your "to-read" pile.
Summer Reading for all ages is sponsored by the Friends of the Gleason Public Library.
REGISTRATION OPENS AUGUST 1 FOR AMERICA BY THE BOOK WITH GARY HYLANDER