Attention high school seniors! The West Falmouth Library manages two scholarship funds, the Arthur F. Hennessey Jr. Memorial Fund and the Colonial Scholarship Fund. A selection committee meets annually to review applications for these two scholarships and awards the scholarships at the annual meeting. Applications are due Monday, April 8, 2024. This year, applications can be [Read more…]
What's happening at the Library...
A total solar eclipse occurs on Monday, April 8th. It will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada. With funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Space Science Institute, through its Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries (SEAL) program is distributing five-million solar-viewing glasses to 10,000 libraries, and the West Falmouth Library was [Read more…]
Local author Len Egan will present a talk at West Falmouth Library on Thursday, April 4th at 2:30pm. Egan, a North Falmouth resident, is a first-time fiction writer. His novel, The Night Not at the Blue Heron Inn, tells the story of a complex plot to steal consultant Glen Deegan’s Cape Cod waterfront property, relying on a [Read more…]
Sommelier Steve Bodell returns to the West Falmouth Library, for a wine tasting of Portuguese wines, on Wednesday, April 17th at 6pm. Tickets are $40 per person; purchase at the button below. Light refreshments will be served. Because of Cape Cod’s extensive ties to Portugal and the Azores, we are fortunate to have so many wonderful [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.
The March StoryWalk at Jane’s Garden at West Falmouth Library is So Much Snow by Kristen Schroeder and Sarah Jacoby. Available to visit during daytime hours. Seven forest creatures, from a tiny mouse to a giant moose, hunker down in a snowstorm as they wonder when the snow will stop. “Bursting with appeal factors for kids, this charming book is [Read more…]
Qigong with Margie Mitchell continues into Spring. Cost is $70 for seven-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, March 5th, [Read more…]
Falmouth Jazz and West Falmouth Library are pleased to host “Satchmo”, A Jazz Talk on Louis Armstrong, presented by Robert Wyatt, on Saturday, April 20th at 4pm. Tickets are $20 (plus a $2.95 service fee), on sale at falmouthjazz.org One of the earliest trumpet sensations, Louis Armstrong pioneered the groundwork which shifted the newly founded jazz from [Read more…]
Unshin Sangaku Dan Joslyn-sensei, a transmitted Soto Zen Buddhist Priest, offers meditation every Wednesday morning at 11am. Dan is the founder and guiding teacher of the Falmouth Soto Zen Sangha (FSZS) and has taught for twenty years. During each hour session, there will be directed and silent meditation. The time will also include 1:1 exploration of why one [Read more…]