April is National Poetry Month. Join us at West Falmouth Library for the Favorite Poem Project: Americans Saying Poems They Love. Ten local residents will share their favorite poems on Sunday, April 28th at 3:30pm. This is a free event, and open to the public. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky created the Favorite Poem Project. As a poet and [Read more…]
What's happening at the Library...
A Jazz Talk on Louis Prima & Keely Smith, presented by Frank King at the West Falmouth Library sponsored by Falmouth Jazz and West Falmouth Library, Sunday, May 5th at 4pm. Tickets are $20, purchase at falmouthjazz.org Mr. King’s Jazz Talk will cover the dynamic duo of Louis Prima & Keely Smith: Louis’ founding role in the Swing [Read more…]
New weekly activity at West Falmouth Library! Pre-School Playtime is an unstructured playtime supervised by parents and caregivers for children ages infant to four. Starting April 26th, Pre-School Playtime will take place 10am-12pm every Friday on the Library’s lower level. Drop in anytime; no registration required. Free and open to all!
Spring Cleaning? We want your book donations! The Second Time Around Book Shop is open on the lower level during Library hours. Please come and shop with us for items for your home library or to drop off donations. Thank you! Mysteries, fiction, children/teen books, history, politics, biography, art/coffee table books, cooking & gardening, & audio [Read more…]
The West Falmouth Library is helping out the Whelden Library by collecting used and undamaged Eclipse glasses. They will be sending the glasses to Astronomers Without Borders so they can be reused in Africa for their upcoming eclipse event. We will be collecting glasses at the Library until Friday, May 17th.
The April StoryWalk at Jane’s Garden at West Falmouth Library Is Hurry Up and Slow Down by Layn Marlow. Available to visit during daytime hours until Monday, May 6th. As Hare races through the day, poor Tortoise can barely keep up. But when it’s time to bounce into bed, Hare is no longer in such a hurry. Hare [Read more…]
The May StoryWalk at Jane’s Garden at West Falmouth Library Is Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert. Available to visit during daytime hours. Through brilliant, textured cut paper collages, the story follows the progress of a mother and daughter in their backyard as they plant bulbs, seeds, and seedlings and nurture their growth into flowers. Bold, spare text [Read more…]
Lovers of literature and Broadway musicals will be enchanted by “Books and Ballads from Broadway”, which will be performed by vocalist Stephanie Miele at West Falmouth Library on Sunday, May 19th at 4pm. Tickets are $30, purchase at the button below. Stephanie will be accompanied on piano by Roy Campbell. Many composers and lyricists including Richard Rodgers, [Read more…]
Qigong with Margie Mitchell continues at West Falmouth Library. Cost is $60 for six-week class pass, or $12 per class. Tuesdays at 5pm. Pay in person at the class or purchase online at the buttons below. Zoom classes are available. Sign up for Zoom in advance by emailing Suzy Bergmann at suzybergmannwfl@gmail.com Dates of classes are: Tuesdays, [Read more…]
Miss Martha hosts Mother Goose on the Loose Tuesdays 10-10:30am. For Ages 0-3 and Caregivers – A 30 minute early literacy program including songs, rhymes, and stories. Optional Stay and Play until 11am. Story Boat is 11:15-11:45am Tuesdays. For Ages 3-5 and Caregivers – stories, songs, and fingerplays. Registration required. Email missmarthawfl@gmail.com to register.