Upcoming Events

The library has purchased a new addition for its “Library of Things,” its group of useful objects and tools available for loan to their patrons. Along with the sewing machine, the ukulele and guitar, the grain grinder, the serger, pickleball set, the yarn swift, and other things, the library now has a telescope for loan. The telescope is a “4.5” Orion StarBlast prepared for the library by the Aldrich Astronomical Society of Paxton, Massachusetts. In order to borrow the telescope, borrowers must be over 18 years old and have a current Falmouth (or Woods Hole, East Falmouth, West Falmouth, or North Falmouth) library card, and come to the library in person to pick it up. Before people borrow the telescope, librarians will give them a quick lesson in how to use the equipment. On Saturday, April 20, at 1 p.m., there will be an official dedication of the telescope, which will include a Power Point presentation on its use by John Root of Paxton and the Astronomical Society. People are welcomed in to see the telescope and be introduced to its use, and celebrate with the library on its new addition.

Mary Lardie Gaylord who will speak about her recent discoveries at the WHOI NOSAMS Lab, analyzing a historic beech tree for radiocarbon. In April 2015 a huge and ailing European Beech tree planted almost 150 years earlier by Woods Hole's Joseph Story Fay was cut down and removed from what is now Challenger Drive, on the WHOI village campus.

Milly White will read from her recent book ”Spirit’s Spark, Stories and Musings in Poems.” Ms. White has retired to Davisville after a career in nursing in New Jersey. Only recently has she become used to being a poet. Since 2017, she has found poems suddenly appearing in her mind, then tumbling onto her pages. With strong support from her family, a dedicated group of friends, and closely bonded writing group, she has taken the plunge into printing and publishing this volume; she will humbly and bravely present it to us, the public, at the library event.

Ms. White has retired to Davisville after a career in nursing in New Jersey. Only recently has she become used to being a poet.

Woods Hole Public Library: Will show a new documentary on Monday, May 20, at 7 p.m., and again on Wednesday, May 22, at 1 p.m. The film “Human Element” shows…

The library is again, as it has for more than a dozen years, running a raffle of local pottery. Thanks to the leadership of Woods Hole Potter Ann Newbury, a…

The library will continue their annual series of Winter Craft Workshops with a session on Thursday, March 5 at 7 p.m., for refreshing wooden cutting boards, spoons, rolling pins and other utensils. Participants should bring their boards and utensils and learn to make a simple, nontoxic conditioner, or ‘board butter,’ from beeswax and food-grade mineral…

THE WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: Will be holding a Perennial Plant Sale on Saturday, October 10 from 9 a.m. to noon. Just like the library’s time-honored Spring Plant Sale (which…

Nipam Patel, MBL Sponsored by: Woods Hole Historical Museum This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFXvWLOEhuvWUZpdAeR1LsLN_omntmJcP1GE2xpOoURos5Nw/viewform