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Children’s Services

Friday December 18: After School Book Club 3:30-4:30

Closed for maintenance! The library will be closed Tuesday December 8 and Wednesday December 9 so that intensive cleaning and maintenance may be done safely. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause!

Middle Street Walk:

The Friends will be offering warm cider and cookies as well as staffing a sales desk featuring our mural cards, t-shirts and bags 11am-4pm

December Matz Gallery artist: Laura Rooney

Thursday December 3:  Resume writing workshop. 9:30am-12noon.

Also Thursday December 3:

Scrabble Club meets this week! Tuesday

November 24

6pm-8pm

Thanksgiving Schedule:

The Sawyer Free Library will be closed Thursday, November 26 through Sunday November 29 for the Thanksgiving holiday. We wish you a safe and happy holiday!

 

Tuesday November 17: Smart Technology Shopping 

6:30-8pm Please call the Reference Dept. 978.281.9763 Ext 21 to register

Also Tuesday November 17: Books N Brews at Katrina’s Bar & Grill 6-8pm: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Thursday November 19: Interviewing Skills

NorthShore Career Center and the Sawyer Free Library are co-sponsoring a workshop on how to write a resume that employers will notice.  The class will be taught by professional career counselors and will be held on Thursday morning, December 3 from 9:30 am – 12:00 pm.  If interested, you need to register at  NorthShore Career Center; 5 Pleasant St; Gloucester, MA.  For information, call (978) 283-4772.

In The Children’s Library:

Wednesday November 18: Read with Zyla the Therapy Dog – sign up for a 15-minute time slot! 978.281.9763 Ext 18

Saturday November 21:

Thursday November 12:

Tuesday November 10: Book Group 7PM

Little Bee by Chris Cleave

Veterans Day is Wednesday November 11

In the Children’s Library:

Save the date!

Matz Gallery Artist for November:

 Twenty Years On: The Analog Photography Work of  Alexander Thompson

  Alexander Thompson is among the anachronistic holdouts in photography. Using only film, in real cameras, Alexander develops all of his own work. His images are a broad mix of the personal, the generic and the cliché. But all of them hold true to a vision Alexander has pursued since before he ever picked up a camera.Once a floundering art student, with more enthusiasm than talent, a chance discovery of a cache of cameras and darkroom equipment in an attic changed his course in 1995. “People ask if I’m a professional photographer when they see me setting up the somewhat elaborate cameras I use. I tell them that ‘professional’ would mean I make a living at it, so no.” Alexander calls it an obsession driven by love. He is always looking, and…

Scrabble Club meets on the last Tuesday every month

Thursday October 29: Fluoride Forum

6-7:30pm, Friend Room

Open to the public:  informative forum on community water fluoridation.

30 Minute documentary on professional perspectives on fluoridation followed by a short question and answer period.

In the Children’s Library:

Wednesday October 28: Read with Zyla the therapy dog!                                                                             A couple of slots are still available or make an appointment for another Wednesday!                                    http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/events.cfm?curOrg=SFL

Reading with Zyla

Thursday October 29: Halloween Science Club. 3:30-4:30 for grades 2-5