Delayed Opening!

The Topsfield Library will be opening at noon on Tuesday, September 26th to allow for staff training. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

Climate Prep Week

Join us for our Climate Prep Week events!

Climate Preparedness Week, held from September 24-30, 2023, marks a week of learning, service, and actions to better prepare our communities for extreme weather events and the effects of climate change. 

See below for this week's events!

This week's events:

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

Virtual -- Extreme Flooding and a Vermont Library's Response: Mon 9/25, 7-8pm: On July 10, 2023 Montpelier Vermont and many other cities and towns across the state were overwhelmed by a catastrophic rain storm. Director of the Kellogg-Hubbard library, Carolyn Picazio, will discuss the flooding that day, the challenges the library and community now face, how the library has remained flexible in offering services to its community, and what communities can do to stay resilient in the face of future storms. For more information on this program click HERE. Sign up here. (Zoom)

Mah jongg: Tue 9/26, 1pm-4pm: Drop-in Mah jongg. All levels welcome, no sign-up necessary.

Get to Know the SAC: How Topsfield is working to protect the environment: Tue 9/26, 5:30pm-6:30pm: As part of the Climate Preparedness Week programming, the Topsfield Town Library is hosting representatives from the Topsfield Sustainability Advisory Committee (SAC). Learn about what the SAC is, what they do, and how you can get involved. There will be time to ask questions. No registration required.

Virtual -- How NASA Is Combating Climate Change: Fri 9/29, 2-3pm: Learn about the efforts of teams of NASA researches who are currently examining Earth to understand climate change, storms, fires, and where people fit in to all of it, including an active mission studying climate change in northern regions of the world (e.g., Alaska and Canada). Led by Dr. Elizabeth Hoy, PhD, who has been a NASA scientist for over 10 years with the NASA Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Office and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Sign up here. (Zoom)

Virtual Author Talk: Marie Benedict

Join us for an evening with Marie Benedict! 

Join the Topsfield Town Library (in partnership with the Burlington Public Library and others) in welcoming bestselling author Marie Benedict as she shares a presentation on her work, specifically The Mitford Affair, a work of historical fiction.

Author Biography: Marie Benedict is a lawyer with more than ten years' experience as a litigator at two of the country's premier law firms. She found her calling unearthing the hidden historical stories of women. Her mission is to excavate from the past the most important, complex and fascinating women of history and bring them into the light of present-day where we can finally perceive the breadth of their contributions as well as the insights they bring to modern day issues. 

Register for this event Here.

Click Here to view the Topsfield Town Library Weekly Newsletter : September 25-30, 2023