Don't Forget!

We will have a program tonight at the library on how to change your electricity supplier! With the outrageous price increase in electricity recently, you've probably heard about switching your energy supplier, but where do you start? How difficult is it? What does it really do and how much will you really save? Roy Baessler, will give us all the details! Tonight at 6pm in the Library Activity Room.

February Break Events! 

Winter break is coming up!

Stock up on puzzles from the puzzle exchange, check out some games from the Library of Things, or get a museum pass to make the most of your vacation! PLUS, we have great events for teens and kids this week!

...Oh and books, yeah, we also have books...

Tuesday, February 21: Kids Take and Make Craft Kit!
Tuesday, February 21: Teen Take and Make Craft Kit! (Teen craft is limited: Register here)
Wednesday, February 22: Lego Building Crew!

This week's events:

Topsfield Library events in purple (View the Topsfield Library's calendar here)

How to Save on Your Electric Bill with Roy Baessler: Mon 2/13, 6pm: With the outrageous price increase in electricity recently, you've probably heard about switching your energy supplier, but what does it really do and how much will you really save? Join us for a presentation by Roy Baessler, who personally saved around $1000 on his electric bill, for information on what to look for in a new supplier and the tools to easily make the switch so you can save this winter. Event will be held in the Library Activity Room.

Mah jongg: Tue 2/14, 1-4pm: Drop-in Mahjongg. All levels welcome, no sign-up necessary.

CFCE of the North Shore - Music and Movement Playgroup: Wed 2/15, 10:30-11:30am: Coordinated Family Community Engagement (CFCE) manages and runs this fun event! Music and movement are important at every stage of a child’s development and can be brought together in this fun, interactive program. CFCE's programs include music with activities to further refine children's fine and gross motor skills.

Abolition's Foot Soldiers: Female Anti-Slavery Societies in Antebellum Massachusetts: Wed 2/15, 7pm: For at least the past three decades, scholars have argued that slavery's abolition would not have happened without interracial collaboration between politically-minded women.In this talk, Dr. Jaimie Crumley will show that the efforts of the anti-slavery women in Massachusetts demonstrate the distinctively feminist contours of antebellum abolitionism. Brought to you by the Reading Public Library and the Reckonings Project. Sign up here. (Zoom)

Topsfield Select Board & MASCO School Committee Community Listening Session: Sat 2/18, 10am-11:30am: From 10:00-11:30AM, one to two Select Board members will be in the Activity Room in an open forum format that will give residents a chance to share thoughts and ideas and to ask any questions. This is a time for informal conversations with our community members! Ask questions, share ideas, express concerns, or just come by to say hello!

Free Music Streaming

Do you love to stream music? Did you know that the library allows you to stream music for free?

If you haven't tried Freegal, the library's free music streaming app, now is the time! 

With a newly redesigned interface, new music added every week, the ability to create playlists, stream music for 8 hours per day, AND download 5 songs per week to your device to keep, there isn't a reason not to try it out!

Listen to brand new releases, classics, your favorite artists, and always discover something new, through Freegal!

Feb.17th is Random Act of Kindness Day

February 14th may be all about love, but it turns out, kindness has its own day too! Celebrate by doing a random act of kindness for someone this week and read up on the power of kindness below. 

Radical Kindness: The Life-Changing Power of Giving and Receiving

By Angela C. Santomero

Angela C. Santomero, the creator, executive producer, and head writer of many of today’s most popular educational children’s shows believes in the radical power of kindness, on her shows, and in her life. Inspired by her mentor Fred Rogers, Angela has dedicated her life to teaching others that when you treat yourself and others with warmth, empathy, and respect, life changing benefits follows.

Channel Kindness: Stories of Kindness and Community

By Born This Way Foundation Reporters, Lady Gaga

Within these pages, you’ll meet young changemakers who found their inner strength, who prevailed in the face of bullies, who started their own social movements, who decided to break through the mental health stigma and share how they felt, who created safe spaces for LGBTQ+ youth, and who have embraced kindness with every fiber of their being by helping others without the expectation of anything in return.

The Kindness Cure: How the Science of Compassion Can Heal Your Heart and Your World

By Tara Cousineau

It’s time for a kindness revolution. In The Kindness Cure, psychologist Tara Cousineau draws on cutting-edge research in psychology and neuroscience to show how simple practices of kindness—for ourselves, for others, and for our world—can dissolve our feelings of fear and indifference, and open us up to a life of profound happiness.