Upcoming Events
For information on library events for children (many sponsored by the Friends), please visit the Millbury Library's website at www.millburylibrary.com
October 26-27, 2007, Fall Book Sale.
The Friends' Fall Book Sale and Bake Sale will be held Friday, October 26th (3 p.m. - 6 p.m.) and Saturday, October 27th (9 a.m. - 12 p.m.). Please stop by the Library for some great book deals! If you are interested in volunteering at the book sale or donating baked goods, please contact Elizabeth at booksale@millburyfriends.org.
November 3, 2007, 10 a.m. Friends' Winter Meeting - - Held at Earth-Songs in Millbury.
The Friends are pleased to announce that the November meeting will be held at Earth-Songs, located at 55 West Main Street, in Millbury. Following a short business meeting, Gloria Wales, owner of Earth-Songs, will lead us in a class to create a lighted fall decor piece. This popular project is being offered to members of the FMPL for the special price of $10. The meeting is open to all members and the public. However, you must reserve a place to participate in the class by calling Nancy at 508-865-0236.Space is limited.
November 10, 2007, 10 a.m. Introduction to Infant Massage
Infant massage promotes sleep and relaxation, digestion, physical and emotional development, enhanced bonding and communication between parent and child and much more. This introductory class is intended for babies from birth to the rolling stage with one or two parents/caregivers per baby. Dolls will be provided to participants without a baby. Laura Trendel, has completed intensive training and is a certified educator with Infant Massage USA. Laura is committed to helping parents and caregivers learn interactive communication with their babies through loving touch. Space is limited and prior reservation is required for this class. Please contact Laura Trendel at (508) 686-2778.
November 18, 2007, Bus Trip to Newport, Rhode Island
Please join the Friends on a bus trip to Newport, Rhode Island. The day-trip will consist of a visit to Newport Mansion, brunch, shopping at the Brick Marketplace and a visit to LaSalette Shrine to see its holiday light display. The mansions will be decorated for the holiday season. The all-inclusive trop is being offered to FMPL members at a special price of $32 ($42 for non-members). Space is limited, and tickets must be purchased in advance at the Library's Front Desk. For more information, please contact Nancy at 508--865-0236.
Past Events
Past Event Photos, Click HERE.
November 2, 2006, 7:30 p.m. Author
Seth Mnookin, reading from "Feeding the Monster: How Money Smarts and Nerve Took a Team to the Top"
Please join us in welcoming Author Seth Mnookin to the Millbury Public Library for an evening of behind the scenes stories and exclusive insight on the team we all love - the Boston Red Sox. Seth Mnookin will share with us the inside story of how savvy management turned baseball's "cursed" team into world champions and how this success presented the biggest challenges of all. Seth Mnookin lived with the Red Sox in 2005, spending mornings with the front office, afternoons with the players, and evenings with the owners. Feeding the Monster offers startling new details on everything from the 2001 sale of the team, in which the winning bidders were rumored to be hand-selected by baseball commissioner Bud Selig, to Theo Epstein's stunning decision to quit, and then return to, the team that had made him famous.
September 28, 2006, 7:00 p.m. - Adam Pachter, Reading from "Fenway Fiction: Short Stories from the Red Sox Nation"
Calling all baseball fans! Adam Pachter will be reading from his all-fiction anthology of short stories, "Fenway Fiction: Short Stories from the Red Sox Nation." Stories include: a Shakespearean salute to Game Seven of the 2004 American League Championship Series; what happens when an academic suddenly gets the call to pitch for the Sox; a fan stumbles upon a ticket that grants access to all of Fenway's hidden places; an alternate history of the 2004 World Series.
August 10, 2006, 4:00 p.m. - Origami Workshop
Please join us in welcoming Haruo Shiga to share with us the art of foldling pieces of paper into birds, animals and other shapes.
August 9, 2006, 10:30 a.m. - Ed Popielarczyk's Magical Moments
Ed Popielarczyk is a professional magician, balloon twister, entertainer. Ed takes a lot of pride in bringing smiles to his friend's faces. Whether he is performing a magic show or making a balloon creation, he is entertaining. The magic in what he does is not making a big duck riding a motorcycle out of balloons or fooling someone during a magic show, but the laughter that it brings. That is the TRUE MAGIC!!.
August 1, 2006, 10:30 a.m. - Davis Bates and Roger Tincknell
Davis Bates and Roger Tincknell have over four decades of combined performing experience, providing hundreds of performances in schools, libraries and other community settings. Their warm and participatory programs involve audiences in a wide variety of cultural heritages.
July 18, 2006, 6:30 p.m. - Pumpernickel Puppets
The Pumpernickel Puppets have had the honor of performing at The Smithsonian Institute - Washington D.C., The Cultural Olympiad at The Center For Puppetry Arts, Atlanta, Georgia and The International Festival of Puppetry sponsored by The Jim Henson Foundation.
May 6, 2006, 7:00 p.m. - Cinco de Mayo Celebration
The Friends of the Millbury Public Library's Spring Event is a Cinco de Mayo Celebration! Come celebrate with mexican fare, a Salsa dance deomonstration and instruction by Salsa Storm, a night of dancing and raffles! Tickets are $25 per person. All proceeds benefit programs sponsored by the Friends of the Millbury Public Library.
July 26, 2005, 6:30 p.m. - "The Railroad Magic Show" with Debbie O'Carroll
Debbie O'Carroll is a "one of a kind" performer. She combines stage magic with lots of audience participation to create captivating programs for children.
