Storytimes near Lucius Beebe Memorial Library

Lecture Hall, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

For ages 3-5, siblings welcome. Join Ms. Kathryn for stories, songs, and rhymes for preschoolers! Stick around afterwards for play time with neighbors. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program.

Lecture Hall, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

For kids aged 7 and up, teens, and adults. Join us for a delightful afternoon of magic!Magician Jim Munsey will bring his fun-filled show to Beebe Library. We'll have comedy, surprises, magic (of course!), mystery, mentalism, and more! Prepare to be fooled.

Front Plaza, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

Plaza Jazz returns to Thursday nights! This week, Annie and the Fur Trappers will be performing on the Plaza.Performer bios: Annie and the Fur Trappers are a Boston-based traditional jazz and blues band. Founded in St. Louis, Missouri in 2016, the band is made up of clarinet, trumpet, trombone, bass, banjo, guitar, and washboard.

Lecture Hall, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

If you love knitting, embroidery, crocheting and more, join Lisa's crafty community group!  This program is being held weekly in the lecture hall.   

Program Room, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

For entering grades 1-4. Use paint to turn a rock into an adopted pet with Ms. Ariel. * To ensure there is space for attendees in the target age bracket, no younger siblings at this program, please. ** Wear clothes that can get messyRegistration is required and will open one week prior to the program.

Lecture Hall, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

For middle and high schoolers (entering grades 5-12 in fall). Design and decorate your own canvas tote bag with Ms. Annie. We’ll provide the totes and markers, you bring the creativity!Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program.

Children's Area, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

For all ages & families. Mirror, mirror, on the wall, what’s the best scavenger hunt of all? In this two-part game, you’ll search for different fairy tale symbols and use them to decode a secret message! Just visit the Youth Desk to begin your own “once upon a time.

Lecture Hall, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

For babies ages 0-12 months and their caregivers. No older siblings, please. Join Ms. Maryanne for a short story time with songs, rhymes, and fingerplays. After the story time, stay and relax with other caregivers. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program.

Lecture Hall, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

For kids entering grades K-2 & an adultCalling all animal lovers! Explore different habitats with Ms. Annie and discover the amazing animals that call it home! Plus, enjoy a themed activity and craft. At this Critter Club, we’ll “travel” to the savannah to search for critters living in the grasslands.

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Click here to register. We're at it again! We keep having so much fun with Loretta and Susan that we had to keep bringing them back for encore performances. And, this time, they are focusing on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Children's Area, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

For all ages & families. Mirror, mirror, on the wall, what’s the best scavenger hunt of all? In this two-part game, you’ll search for different fairy tale symbols and use them to decode a secret message! Just visit the Youth Desk to begin your own “once upon a time.

Lecture Hall, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

For ages 1-2, siblings welcome. Sing, play, dance, and share stories, rhymes, and games just right for toddlers. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program.

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Click here to register and submit questions for the author.Join us for a thrilling evening with acclaimed author Karin Slaughter as we chat about her North Falls series, consisting of We Are All Guilty Here, in which two teenage girls vanish in rural Georgia, and her upcoming sequel, The Secrets We Hide.

Children's Area, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

For all ages & families. Mirror, mirror, on the wall, what’s the best scavenger hunt of all? In this two-part game, you’ll search for different fairy tale symbols and use them to decode a secret message! Just visit the Youth Desk to begin your own “once upon a time.

Lecture Hall, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

Stop by the library on Wednesday afternoons between 2:00 and 3:00 for a 15-minute one-on-one appointment in the Lecture Hall.

Lecture Hall, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

For middle and high schoolers (entering grades 5-12 in fall). Come by the library for monthly themed activities, snacks, and more! Bring your friends or come solo and make new friends! Stay for the full hour or just part of it - your choice!July Theme: Pizza Party! Pizza in the morning, pizza in the evening, pizza at the library! Grab a slice, hang out with friends, grab another slice, and enjoy pizza-themed games, trivia, and more!Allergy Alert: Pizza and snacks will be provided at this program.

Lecture Hall, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

For kids entering grades K-2Kids need to catch up on math, so let’s make summer count! Crazy 8s activities – like Glow-in-the-Dark Geometry and Beach Ball Party – are designed for kids of all math abilities. It’s so much fun that it doesn’t feel like learning! There will be a different activity each week.

Program Room, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

**This session of the Conversation Group will begin on June  3. Registration will occur in mid May. If you would like to show that you are interested in this session, please USE THIS LINKLooking to practice your English speaking skills? Join a free conversation group with English At Large to practice your English speaking skills in a group setting, with the support of trained volunteer facilitators.

Children's Area, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

For all ages & families. Mirror, mirror, on the wall, what’s the best scavenger hunt of all? In this two-part game, you’ll search for different fairy tale symbols and use them to decode a secret message! Just visit the Youth Desk to begin your own “once upon a time.

Lecture Hall, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

For ages 3-5, siblings welcome. Join Ms. Kathryn for stories, songs, and rhymes for preschoolers! Stick around afterwards for play time with neighbors. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program.

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Click here to register and submit questions for the author.In her ambitious new memoir, Migrant Heart: Essays About Things I Can’t Forget, beloved bestselling author Reyna Grande illuminates the hidden cost of the American Dream and the complex journey of healing that follows survival.

Front Plaza, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

Plaza Jazz returns to Thursday nights! This week, Phil Sargent will be performing on the Plaza.Performer bios: Phil Sargent is a composer and performer who is as eclectic as he is prolific. With a mastery of and deep admiration for the musical traditions stemming from Jazz, Classical, Americana, and the rich tonalities and metric approach of the Balkans, Sargent has developed a distinctive identity as an artist and educator that has led him to be sought after full-time, both by peers on the bandstand and by students in the practice room.

Children's Area, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

For all ages & families. Mirror, mirror, on the wall, what’s the best scavenger hunt of all? In this two-part game, you’ll search for different fairy tale symbols and use them to decode a secret message! Just visit the Youth Desk to begin your own “once upon a time.

Lecture Hall, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

If you love knitting, embroidery, crocheting and more, join Lisa's crafty community group!  This program is being held weekly in the lecture hall.   

Lecture Hall, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

For entering grades K-2. Inspired by Monet’s water lilies, create beautiful paintings with watercolors. * Wear clothes that can get messyRegistration is required and will open one week prior to the program.

Children's Area, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

For all ages & families. Mirror, mirror, on the wall, what’s the best scavenger hunt of all? In this two-part game, you’ll search for different fairy tale symbols and use them to decode a secret message! Just visit the Youth Desk to begin your own “once upon a time.

Breakheart Reservation - Wakefield Entrance, Community Locations, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

This program is in person at Breakheart Reservation - Wakefield Entrance (100 Hemlock Road in Wakefield) Read a book from our Nature Booklist and then join the librarians and fellow nature-loving community members for a walk around Breakheart Reservation.

Lecture Hall, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

For babies ages 0-12 months and their caregivers. No older siblings, please. Join Ms. Maryanne for a short story time with songs, rhymes, and fingerplays. After the story time, stay and relax with other caregivers. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program.

Lecture Hall, Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880

For entering grades 3-4. Make a shoebox home for the Fair Folk! Using a variety of supplies, create a garden any fairy, gnome, or wee one will want to settle down in. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program.

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Click here to register.  We're thrilled to welcome Gracia Collins Rich, Independent Scholar, Author and Avid Reader to our virtual stage. She will be discussing the extraordinary efforts of Black Americans whose invaluable contributions during the Revolutionary War helped bring about U.