Lynnfield Public Library

The Lynnfield Library will reopen on Saturdays beginning September 12 from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. through the end of the academic year.

Do you have late fees at the Lynnfield Public Library from overdue books? If so, the Library will be accepting food donations in lieu of money on accumulated library fines from Monday, November 16, 2009 through Monday, January 4, 2010.

Patrons will receive $2.00 off any overdue fines for every food item donated. Boxed cereals, canned fruit and vegetables are each worth $4.00. There is a particular need this year for canned fish and meats, rice, beans, peanut butter, canned pineapple, and diapers. All donations will support Haven for Hunger in Peabody. Please do not bring in any perishable or expired items.

Last year, the Library collected over 1,000 food items. To participate, please bring all food donations to the Lynnfield Public Library. Certain restrictions apply. Food donations will not be accepted for non-Lynnfield fines or DVD/Video late fees. For more information please call 781.334.5411. Thank you very much for your generosity!

Photograph courtesy of ladlake.org.

Families with children of all ages are encouraged to attend this pajama party celebrating bread on Wednesday, November 18 from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

We’ll read stories about bread, do a bread craft, and eat lots of you-know-what!

No reservation required. Drop-in. Pajamas are encouraged.

Photograph by Elizabeth Thomsen.

Join Yetti Frenkel on Monday, November 16 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. for a haiku and card-making workshop.

Participants create haiku poetry and illustrate their poem in a folding card. One hour is spent on learning the haiku form, exploring simile and metaphor as inspiration for writing poetry, and writing and editing a poem. In the second hour, participants will create a card that illustrates their haiku poem. Ms. Frenkel will cover visual arts topics such as design, illustration techniques and materials.

Kids 12 and up are welcome to attend. No registration is required.

Bill Sano returns in November for four lectures and selected music of some of the great Russian composers — Borodin, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and several others. Mr. Sano sets the music of these composers against Russian life in the latter part of the 19th century, helping us to understand what makes Russian music so, well, Russian.

Meetings are free and open to the public and will be held at the Meeting House on the Common Tuesdays in November from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.

The theme of the first lecture, taking place Tuesday, November 3, is “Everybody’s Favorite Russian Composer: Tchaikovsky”.

Please visit our display here at the Library, where you’ll find books and music CDs to borrow, as well as complimentary biographical sketches of the composers and relevant websites. You can also see the displayed materials online from home by clicking on the following links:

Additional information available at the Library

Additional information available online: Classical music Webliography

Photograph by Flickr user Punxutawneyphil.

The theme of this month’s meeting is “Cooking Technique: Braising”. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, November 18 from 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Everyone’s welcome! All our meetings take place on Wednesdays in the Green Room unless otherwise specified.

Photograph by Flickr user Premshree Pillai.

Join Library Director Nancy Ryan on Thursday evenings on the Library mezzanine from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. for some great conversation and light refreshments! Newcomers are always welcome!

November’s meeting will take place on Thursday, November 12 from 6:30 p.m – 7:30 p.m. We will be discussing The Places in Between by Rory Stewart.

Check out all of the titles for the year!

Questions? Contact Nancy Ryan at 781.334.5411 or ryan@noblenet.org

Nancy Ryan has been appointed the new Library Director. She has been serving as Interim Library Director since September 2008. Congratulations, Nancy! The community and staff are so pleased to have such a dedicated person running the Library.

If you like listening to audiobooks, take a look at this new library service! You can browse through a collection of audiobooks including fiction and nonfiction for adults, teens and children, check them out with your library card, and download them for two weeks. You can listen to the books on your PC, or transfer them to an MP3 player. Some titles can also be burned to a CD.

Download Audiobooks — Browse or search our collection, download the special software you need, check out some books, and enjoy listening!