Video Game Design Workshop

Gleason Public Library 22 Bedford Rd, Carlisle, MA, United States

This workshop instructs programming logic, coding, and storytelling, all with a base on teens' passion for video games. Registration is required. For students in grades 7-12.

Free

1st and 2nd grade Book Club at Gleason Library

Gleason Public Library 22 Bedford Rd, Carlisle, MA, United States

The 1st and 2nd Grade Book Club meets today! Our January book for the school year is The Secret Chicken Society by Judy Cox. Copies of each month's book will be available at the library's front desk to check out. If you have any questions about the book club or would like to register your […]

Free

Ecological Pollinator Conservation with Robert Gegear

Gleason Public Library 22 Bedford Rd, Carlisle, MA, United States

Ecological pollinator conservation: How do we keep our native bee diversity humming? Pollinators are declining at an unprecedented rate worldwide due to human-induced rapid environmental change. These declines pose a significant threat to our food supply and consequently, there has been major focus on the development and implementation of conservation strategies aimed to increase pollinator […]

Reading Poetry Anew

Gleason Public Library 22 Bedford Rd, Carlisle, MA, United States

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 […]

Replanting Lives Uprooted by Mental Illness: Support for Families

Gleason Public Library 22 Bedford Rd, Carlisle, MA, United States

Mara Biere, Certified Family Life Educator, President, Grow A Strong Family, Inc. (www.growastrongfamily.org) will facilitate a support group at the Gleason Public Library. This is a support group that focuses on strategies for managing when loved ones have mental illnesses. In this session, we explore what "silent agreements" are, how they influence relationships of all […]

3rd and 4th grade Book Club Gleason Public Library

Gleason Public Library 22 Bedford Rd, Carlisle, MA, United States

The 3rd and 4th Grade Book Club is back! Our book for February will be Capture the Flag by Kate Messner. Copies of each month's book will be available at the library's front desk to check out. If you have any questions about the book club or would like to register your child, please contact […]

Introduction to Genealogy

Gleason Public Library 22 Bedford Rd, Carlisle, MA, United States

Location Hollis Room Genealogist and Carlisle resident Claire Smith will review the best sources, print and online for beginning or improving your family history search.

Magic for Muggles Wizarding Workshop

Gleason Public Library 22 Bedford Rd, Carlisle, MA, United States

You don't have to be Harry, Ron or Hermione to have magical powers! Learn how to perform real magic tricks from Thockmorton, a wizard trying to earn himself a teaching position at Hogwarts. All of the magic tricks can be easily mastered by Muggle students, and you will receive all of the props needed to […]

Recurring

America by the Book with Gary Hylander

Gleason Public Library 22 Bedford Rd, Carlisle, MA, United States

Registration is open for a pair of lectures this fall by historian Gary Hylander, “America by the Book.” Through the lens of literature, Dr. Hylander will examine the cultural, political and historical issues that link imaginative literature to the texture of their times. Talks will be held Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m. at the Gleason Public […]

Free

Art Reception: Something About Food

Gleason Public Library 22 Bedford Rd, Carlisle, MA, United States

Something About Food: Art at the Gleason featuring: Doug Hansel: Ceramics Catrine Kelty: Photographs On exhibit September 22-December 29, 2018 Reception: October 12, 7-9pm Music by the Carlisle Jazz Quartet Wine & Refreshments, $10 admission (cash or check at the door) RSVP at gleasonlibrary.org/calendar or 978-369-4898

$10