• Community Cafe – Your library is a comfortable community center. Thanks to the Friends, you can drop by and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea for a small donation. Visit the reading room to relax and converse with friends. What a great way to spend a winter afternoon!
• Family Storytime – Families with children of all ages are welcome to enjoy some favorite stories together. If you have a favorite story, please bring it to share in this casual and fun storytime. Family Storytime is held on the first Saturday of each month, from 10:30 to 11:00 am. No registration required.
• Cookbooks For Sale – The Friends’ new community cookbook is available for sale at the library. It includes delicious recipes submitted by local chefs and cookbook authors as well as members of the Friends and library patrons. These will make great gifts while also supporting the work of the Friends. The books are $10 each.
• Technology Workshops – Confused about whether to buy a Nook or a Kindle? Wondering what all the hype about e-readers means to you? Do you have an iPad and want to learn how to download books from the library? Join the library staff at one of our informal technology workshops and get your questions answered. E-readers will be available to try and staff will show you how to download books and audiobooks. Workshops will be held every Tuesday at 6:30 pm and on Thursdays at 3:00 pm through the months of December and January. For an individual appointment with technology questions please call Liz Sherry at 508-758-4171 or email her at esherry@sailsinc.org.
• Canned Goods for the Food Pantry – The library is accepting nonperishables to help stock local food pantries. Feel free to bring you items to the library throughout the year. Also welcome are hats and gloves and new socks to be distributed to area shelters. Many thanks in advance for your thoughtfulness.
•Used Book Sale — The Friends of the Mattapoisett Library will be holding a Used Book and Bake Sale on Saturday March 10, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Hundreds of new titles will be available for both adults and children. Donations are welcome any day the library is open.
•Jr. Friends Can and Bottle Redemption — Bring your redeemable cans and bottles to the library on Saturday March 10, from 9:00 to 10:00 am to support the work of the Jr. Friends.
•Dr. Greg Johnson — On Wednesday, March 14 at 7:00 pm, Dr. Gregory Johnson of Wareham Orthopedics will present a program with photos and artifacts about his volunteer experience in Afghanistan during the years of the Soviet invasion in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Hear how he provided medical care to adults and children who were wounded as a result of bombing and land mines. Hear about the lasting bond he formed with the Afghan people. Food prepared from Afghani recipes will be available.
•Richard Louv — Mark your calendars for Thursday, March 29 at 7:00 pm, when author and environmentalist Richard Louv will be speaking about The Nature Principle and The New Nature Movement at Tifereth Israel Congregation, adjacent to Buttonwood Park. The program is free to the public and many recreational and environmental organizations will be on hand to provide literature about their activities. Books will be available for purchase and signing.