FEATURED EVENTS
Everyone is Awesome! Summer Reading Program at CPL
Friday, July 12 - Friday, August 16
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Sign up, grab a log sheet and read! Color in one square for every hour you read.
Each time you fill a row, visit us at the library to add a piece to our LEGO display and claim your prize!
Poetry & Pizza
Thursday evenings 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. from July 11 through August 15 (In-Person)
Calling all teens for weekly poetry workshops this summer at Centerville Library!
Participants do not need any experience reading or writing poetry!
The workshops will involve reading from a variety of poems written by a diverse range of poets as well as writing poetry of your own. Come share your unique voice and perspective, build your poetry skills & enjoy a slice of pizza!
Poet, Carol Traynor-Mayer is Founder of Words that Burn, a creative writing project that leads poetry writing workshops for teens. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University.
Sign up online here or email missmegan@clamsnet.org
No-Sew Mini Quilts for Your Doll or Stuffed Friend
Tuesday, July 23 at 11:00 a.m. (IN-PERSON)
Join Leslie Goldman from Cahoon Museum of American Art to learn about the Small Quilts Big Stories exhibit and create your own miniature quilt!
No registration required, drop in. FREE! Open to all ages.
This event will take place in Community Rooms AB.
Gregory A. Turtle Storytime and Craft
Monday, July 29 at 11:00 a.m. (IN-PERSON)
Join author Alice R. Brown for a special Storytime introducing Gregory A. Turtle and his friends.
Afterwards, we’ll enjoy a craft!
No registration required, drop in! FREE!
Intended for ages 3+
Gross, Cool, Weird Science
Wednesday, July 31 at 2:00 p.m. (IN-PERSON)
Gross, Weird, Cool Science - Things to make you go EW! What?! And WOW!!!
No registration required, drop in. FREE!
This event will be held in Community Rooms ABC.
The world is full of gruesomely gross, wildly weird and incredibly cool things. Animals, insects, microbes, plants, even the earth itself is full of unbelievable wonders waiting to be explored.
Life on earth is endlessly fascinating and this program is designed to spark curiosity to discover
more, and never stop discovering!
Packed full of amazing examples of grossness, weirdness and coolness, this is a fast paced, fact
filled program, with the same trademark blend of science and silliness as The Poop Museum!
In this program we uncover incredible things like ...
- real world zombies
- fish that can climb trees
- a creature that can grow a whole new body out of it’s head
- an animal that can come back to life after being frozen solid
- a worm with more butts than any other animal
- the world's most indestructible creature
- pink lakes
Super Circus Friends!
Thursday, August 8 at 11:00 a.m. (IN-PERSON)
An interactive juggling and silly antics performance with a message about the power of sharing!
Afterwards, we'll enjoy authentic Hawaiian shave ice!
Registration required, to register Email missmegan@clamsnet.org or Call 508-790-6220 x106
This event will be held in Community Rooms ABC.
Kid's Movement Jamboree with Britt Burbank
Mondays August 12, 19, and 26 at 1:00 p.m. (IN-PERSON)
Join Britt for some creative, uplifting and inspiring movement activities that will engage you and your child.
Britt will have you singing, dancing and playing together with new friends.
Registration required. Call Cape Cod Children’s Place, 508-240-3310, to register.
For ages 2-5 with a supervising adult
This programming is funded by a SAFE Child Communities grant through the Children’s Trust and a Coordinated Family and Community Engagement (CFCE) grant from the MA Dept. of Early Education and Care, administered by the Cape Cod Children’s Place.
Mermaid Day!
In Partnership with Cahoon Museum of American Art
Mermaid Storytime with Miss Megan
Tuesday, August 13 at 11:00 a.m. (IN-PERSON)
We’ll read stories and sing songs about mermaids, dance beneath the bubbles of the sea, and create magical mermaid bookmarks with Leslie from the Cahoon Museum of American Art. Afterwards, we’ll enjoy a mermaid tea party together!
No registration required, drop in. FREE!
Fancy dress is encouraged! Intended for ages 3+
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Multigenerational Paint Party
Tuesday, August 13 at 12:00 p.m. (IN-PERSON)
We’ll enjoy tea and treats followed by a guided paint workshop. Leslie Goldman from The Cahoon Museum of American Art will lead the group through painting a mermouse on a round canvas, inspired by the original artwork of Martha Cahoon.
Advance registration required (must be at least 8 years old).
To register, Email missmegan@clamsnet.org or Call 508.790.6220 x106.