Learn more about estate planning with local Attorney Gerald Shyavitz to help protect yourself and your loved ones. This informative session covers all of the essential estate planning topics, such as avoiding probate with living trusts, the importance of pour-over wills, durable powers of attorney for financial and healthcare decisions, homestead exemptions, HIPAA considerations, memorandums for personal property, Medicaid planning, Massachusetts estate tax, how to choose the right attorney, cohabitation…
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Get ready for a needle felting class where you’ll create a stunning felted landscape showcasing mountains and vibrant wildflowers! Using a barbed needle, loose wool fibers and a felt-backed embroidery hoop, you’ll learn how to “paint” with wool. Even if you’ve never needle felted before you’ll be amazed at what you can learn in one 90 minute class.
Learn the joy of needle felting with Pop up Art School in… Read more 
Join us for an evening with best-selling author and former NHPR host Laura Knoy as she talks about her latest historical novel, The Shopkeeper of Alsace. An uplifting and inspiring story of a Jewish family’s resilience during the World Wars in France, inspired by a real woman Laura met as an exchange student.
Perfect for fans of We Were the Lucky Ones, The Nightingale, and The Alice Network, this dramatic… 
The Great Blue Heron Rookery Commensal Symbiosis in Action: Commensalism is a type of symbiotic relationship where one species (the commensal) benefits – obtaining food, shelter, or transportation – while the host species remains unaffected. Join Ron Watson as he discusses the relationship between the Great Blue Heron and the beaver and how they have become a conservation success story.
About the presenter: An Atkinson resident, Watson is an outdoors-man… 
Learn more about estate planning with local Attorney Gerald Shyavitz to help protect yourself and your loved ones. This informative session covers all of the essential estate planning topics, such as avoiding probate with living trusts, the importance of pour-over wills, durable powers of attorney for financial and healthcare decisions, homestead exemptions, HIPAA considerations, memorandums for personal property, Medicaid planning, Massachusetts estate tax, how to choose the right attorney, cohabitation… 
We meet monthly to discuss the book we’ve chosen for that month. Why not join in, take an hour and talk about the book. Hear what others have to say and enjoy conversation with new friends. Books to be discussed are available for loan at the main circulation desk.
For April: Fiona Davis’s stunning debut novel (2016) pulls readers into the lush world of New York City’s glamorous Barbizon Hotel… 
We meet monthly to discuss the book we’ve chosen for that month. Why not join in, take an hour and talk about the book. Hear what others have to say and enjoy conversation with new friends. Books to be discussed are available for loan at the main circulation desk.
May: Run by Ann Patchett.
Run is a 2007 novel by Ann Patchett about the Doyle family, a wealthy, white, Irish-Catholic… 
Is the weather keeping you inside? Join us on some virtual journeys and educational sessions via ZOOM. When you register you will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email.
JOB SEARCH HELP — Using Emotional Intelligence to Reset Your Career
Wednesday, May 27th at 9:30 AM
Discover how mastering your emotions can transform your professional journey. Learn practical techniques to communicate effectively, express yourself confidently, and maintain… 
Drawing on the wealth of National Historic Landmark properties covered in their recent book, Historic New England: A Tour of the Region’s Top 100 National Landmarks, authors Patricia Harris and David Lyon will discuss and show photos of a dozen New England sites. They include the homes of authors Edith Wharton and Mark Twain, a submarine, a dazzling carousel, the snuff mill where America’s first great portrait painter was born,… 
How do we encourage one another? This often asked question must be answered if we hope to bring about long term changes in another’s way of behaving. We need to look upon encouragement as a skill, an art that needs to be understood and practiced to be successful. At the end of this session, the participants will be able to distinguish between praise and encouragement as motivational tools and learn… 
Come join a fun, educational, and entertaining drawing class with Artist Joan Ellis. She will bring the materials for the class, and encourage you as you tweak both your drawing and observational skills. This is a wonderful activity for all skill levels, even beginners! This class will be offered on April 13th.
A $5 non-refundable materials feemust be paid in advance to reserve your spot. Register at the main circulation…