January Newsletter

Each month, we'll provide library updates, program information, and highlight new materials and services.

Happy New Year, Montague!

Though the temperatures may be low and the days may be short, it’s the perfect time of year to cozy up with a good book, to play a new board game with your family, to spend the day at a museum, or to try snow shoeing for the first time. Here at MPL, we can help you with all those activities.

Check out our Library of Things for games, tools, karaoke machines, snowshoes, a bread maker, and even a Belgian waffle maker! You can borrow a sewing machine and start a new project or make snow blocks to build an epic snow fort. Have an idea for a thing that we should add to the collection? Let us know!

Thanks to the Friends of the Montague Public Libraries, MPL also has museum passes to Mass MOCA, the Clark Art Institute, the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, the Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra, and more.

Of course, we also have a ton of new books, audiobooks, DVDs, magazines, and e-content for all tastes, interests, ages, and reading levels. Check out some Best of 2024 lists for literary inspiration or, even better, ask one of our staff members for a recommendation.

Last, but not least, we have several programs for the public to enjoy this month. At the Montague Center Branch, artworks by local youth will go on display on Wednesday, January 8th. The Millers Falls Branch Book Club with discuss James by Percival Everett and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain on Thursday, January 9th. The Montague Center Book Club will discuss The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck on Thursday, January 30th. And finally, back by popular demand, Angela will host a Bluey Party on Saturday, January 18th at the Discovery Center. Come by and play library among many of our other Bluey play stations!

Happy reading!

Caitlin

MONTAGUE PUBLIC LIBRARIES JANUARY 2025 HAPPENINGS

All month: Grab & Go Craft Bags. Winter scene. At all branches while supplies last.
Every Tuesday: Imagination Station. Drop-in craft for ages 6 to 12. Millers Falls, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Every Wednesday: LEGO. Carnegie, 3 to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 4: Used Book Sale. Fiction, paperbacks, kids’ books, DVDs, CDs, audiobooks. Carnegie, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Wednesday, January 8: Knitting Club. All ages. Montague Center, 4:30 p.m.
Every Thursday: Bilingual Music & Movement with Tom & Laurie. Montague Center, 10 to 11 a.m.
Wednesday, January 8: Montague Center Artist Reception. Celebrate the work of our young artists! Montague Center, 6p.m.
Every Saturday: Drop-in Community Puzzle. All ages. Carnegie 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. .
Monday, January 13: Friends of MPL Meeting. Email kristopherlangston@gmail.com. Carnegie, 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 9: Book Club. James by Percival Everett and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Millers Falls, 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 16: Montague Center Oral History Training. Learn to use the recording equipment and some basic techniques for gathering oral history. Montague Center, 6 p.m.
Saturday, January 18: Bluey Party. For children and their caregivers. Discovery Center, 1 to 3 p.m.
Sunday, January 19: The Grand Trunk Hotel. Join DCR staff as we use our imaginations, old photographs, and testimonials, to piece together the story of the grand old days in Turners Falls. Discovery Center, 2 to 3 p.m.
Monday, January 27: Craft Club. All ages. Montague Center, 4 p.m.
Friday, January 24: Meet and Greet with Montague Villages. Montague Center, 10 to 11 a.m.
Thursday, January 30: Book Club. We will be discussing The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck. Montague Center, 7 p.m.

The Montague Public Libraries will be closed on Monday, January 1^st for New Year’s Day and Monday, January 20 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.