Programs for All Ages!

The Baby Goats are coming!
Drop by Gazebo Park anytime from 10-noon to pet the baby goats.

No registration is required and all ages are welcome.

If it rains this event will not take place.

4 p.m. Dance Class
Join Chefi - dancer, choreographer, and owner of Simba Dance Academy - for a fun and interactive African Dance and Storytelling session.Get ready to dance to a lively blend of beats alongside traditional, contemporary, and Urban movements.  Children and adults of all ages are invited to join in the fun! This program will be held outdoors in Gazebo Park.  Registration is NOT required.  In case of inclement weather, this program will not take place.

6 p.m. Storytelling
Chefiatou Tokou will tell us the story of Koyi and her Rusty Dusty Drum and we will discover how one courageous girl changed the story of an entire village! This story will be enjoyed by children and adults of all ages. 
Please click here to register so we know how many chairs to set up.  Thank you!

We're so excited for k9-frisbee world record holder, Mike Piazza, and his Flying High Dogs to come back to the library to perform for us on the green outside the library! 

No registration is required for this event and all ages are welcome! 

Use your library card to check out free or discounted passes to more than twenty different local attractions!
Click here to see the full list of Museum Passes available and to reserve tickets for your family!

Programs for Adults

Join us for our second annual END OF SUMMER SOCIAL FOR ADULTS!

Have a glass of wine or juice, enjoy a yummy dessert, and compete in some Team Literary Trivia with all your bookish new friends! (Don't worry, you don't need to arrive with a team. We'll match you up!)

Please CLICK HERE TO REGISTER to help us plan. Thanks!

Click the links below for details about
Memoir Book Club
Fiction Book Club
Eco-Centric Book Club
Sci-Fi Book Club

Embellish photos with simple embroidery stitches using brightly colored thread. No sewing skills needed!  Bring your own photos or use the ones provided.  (Black and White photos are extra funky with this process!)

These make great notecards, or put your finished creation in a frame.

Space is limited. Please click here to register.

CASUAL CREATIVITY: A PLAYDATE FOR ART-CURIOUS ADULTS!
Each month we'll do a new creative activity playing with things like collage, paper cutting, and non-traditional painting methods, and we'll occassionally dabble in 3D! No art or drawing skills are required to enjoy this low-key social gathering. All supplies are provided.

BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR AND MEET AT THE MEDFIELD STATE HOSPITAL GROUNDS. In case of inclement weather we will meet in the big meeting room, downstairs at the library.

You do NOT need to register or RSVP for this program but please email Bri at [email protected] for specific location details and weather-related scheduling updates.

Making Friends as an adult can be hard, but we can help! Come to one (or all) of our social activity groups to FIND YOUR PEOPLE! Want to start a group based around your own favorite activity?
Email Bri or call her at the library to to see if we can make it happen.

Click the links below for details about our existing groups
Word Games With Friends
Mon, Aug 14th 11 a.m. & Tues, Aug 29th 1 p.m.
Documentary Cafe
Tuesday, August 15th 10:30 a.m.
Knitting Clinic
Thursday, August 17th 3:30 p.m.
Craft & Chat
Friday, Aug 18th 2 p.m. & Wednesday, Aug 30th 3 p.m.

Coming in September...

The Friends of the Medfield Library, The Center at Medfield, and The Medfield Historical Society are delighted to bring Sheryl Faye back to town for another incredible performance as an important woman from history!  You may have seen her at the library as Ruth Bader Ginsberg or Eleanor Roosevelt... 
This time she'll be Amelia Earhart: Pioneer in Aviation!
Click here for details and to RESERVE YOUR SEAT

Sample Therapy Gardens' own homemade bone broth and learn how to make it yourself at home, plus get tips and recipes for other stocks and broths to spice up your soup life! Click here to register.

Programs for Tweens & Teens

MINI-PIES!:  WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2ND, 1:30PM - 3PM:

Join Food Explorers for a delicious cooking program!  You’ll make your own mini Lemon Pie and mini Key Lime Pie!  You’ll make your own crust, use the electric mixer to whip together a zingy and creamy filling, and get creative with your decoration. This program is nut free but may contain dairy and eggs.

Ages 10+.  Must register as space is limited. 
PLEASE REGISTER HERE

PRIDE CRAFTS @ PARK ST. BOOKS!: 
THURSDAYS, AUGUST 3RD & AUGUST 24TH, 4PM - 5:30PM:

There are 2 more sessions of our Pride Crafts series at Park St. Books!  Join us outside in July to use our button-makers to make as many customized buttons as you want, and in August to paint a piece of pottery with any Pride flag colors!  

Click on a date to register!  Ages 10+
August 3rd - Button-making!
August 24th - Paint Your Pride Pottery!

CHESS CLUB:  EVERY TUESDAY, 3:30-5PM (NO MEETING ON 8/1)
This Club is for all levels of players ages 10 and up who want to learn how to play chess and/or improve their game.  Our Teen Volunteer can teach brand new players all the basics for playing chess, and players who already know the game can be matched to play against each other.  First to beat the Chess Master wins $25!

Space is limited so please register for each date you want to attend.

CLICK DATE TO REGISTER:
August 8th
August 15th
August 22nd
August 29th

COLLEGE PREP:  2 DIFFERENT DATES (SEE BELOW)

Get a headstart on the college application process with Collegewise and Intuitive Education Partners!

Click on a date to register! 

Wednesday, August 9th @ 7pm - Admissions 101 with Collegewise (Virtual)
Tuesday, August 22nd @ 7pm - How to Write a College Essay That Stands Out with Intuitive Education Partners (In person)

TEEN END OF SUMMER BASH - ICE CREAM SOCIAL WITH OUT METROWEST:  THURSDAY, AUGUST 17TH, 6-8PM:

Join OUT MetroWest and the library for an evening filled with ice cream and karaoke to celebrate the end of summer!  Build your own sundaes and sing your best (or worst) songs!
WE'LL BE HANGING OUT IN THE TEEN SPACE!

Ages 12+
Please register so we know how much food to get :)
REGISTER HERE

STRING CLUB - EVERY OTHER FRIDAY, 4-6PM (JUST 8/18 FOR THIS MONTH):
Have a sewing/embroidery/knitting/crochet project that you started but can't finish?  Do you want to learn new techniques or teach others what you know?  Then drop in at the library every other Friday, and bring a project you're working on or start a new one with friends!  There's also snacks!  All skill levels welcome, no registration needed. Ages 13+.

YOUTH OUT LOUD:
Pride is all year round!  Check out Youth Out Loud's NEW official website for the latest LGBTQIA+ and Ally-Friendly Teen and All Ages events throughout the state!

Youth Out Loud is a collaborative project between LGBTQIA+ organizations, community members, public libraries, and youth from across Massachusetts to elevate and amplify youth voices and resources during the summer and beyond! Programming is family and youth friendly and aimed at uplifting community voices and resources around the state!

Cofounders include Translate Gender and Medfield Public Library.

Collaborators include High Five Books, All She Wrote Books, Out MetroWest, BAGLY, South Yarmouth Library, Forbes Library, Norwell Library, Ayer Library, Joshua Hyde Public Library, Medway Library, and Wilmington Public Library. Other collaborators forthcoming.

Click here for official website:   youthoutloudma.com/
Let us know what’s happening in your area!  Fill out a program/event submission form here!

Programs for Kids

Cre8tive Kids
Registration Required. 
Click here for more details.

Move, Groove, & Learn
No registration required.
Click here for more details.

Tummy Time & Talk
No registration required.
Click here for more details.

Through to Me Puppet Show

No Registration Required.
Click here for more details.

Kids Yoga

Registration Required. 
Click here for more details
Little Kids
Big Kids

Drop-In Sensory Play
No registration required.
Click here for more details.

Weekly Storytimes on the Green

No registration required.
Click here for more details.

The Friends of The Library!

Mark your calendar for Medfield Day and be sure to stop by to see the Friends of The Library and the Librarians at our booth! 
Click here to support library programs by becoming a Friend!