Taft Public Library
April 2025 Events and Information
Adult Programs
Upcoming Events:
To register for an event, click on the Library Event Calendar & Registration link at the top of the library’s homepage (www.taftpubliclibrary.org).
Adult Handcrafting Group
Let’s get crafty! Join us on Wednesday, April 2nd and Wednesday, April 16th at 2pm downstairs in the library and get your craft on! Bring your own craft project, whatever it might be, to work on while you visit. Intended for adults. No registration is required. Crafts are NOT supplied.
Adult Book Club
The Adult Book Club will meet next on Monday, April 14th at 6:30pm upstairs in the library to discuss Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper. For upcoming book clubs contact the library at 508-473-3259 to request copies of the books or log in to your account from our website to request them through interlibrary loan. Upcoming books for the Adult Book Club in May are as follows:
Monday, May 12th at 6:30pm: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and the poetry of Atticus
Monday, June 9th at 6:30pm: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Footnotes Nonfiction Book Club
The Footnotes Nonfiction Book Club typically meets downstairs in the library on a quarterly basis. This year the group will read and discuss five nonfiction titles. Those interested are asked to stop at the downstairs desk to sign the Footnotes registration sheet and pick up a copy of the latest book.
Upcoming books in the Footnotes series:
June (date TBD): How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
Awards Book Club
New to our slate of adult book clubs is Awards Book Club! Hosted by Taft Library Assistant Jane Blackwood, the Awards Book Club meets on a quarterly basis to discuss fiction and nonfiction award winners of the year. Jane selects from the books that took home the coveted Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize and more! Stop at the downstairs circulation
desk to pick up the latest Awards book for discussion. The book club will be discussing the 2025 National Book Award winner for Fiction James by Percival Everett on Tuesday, May 6th at 7pm.
Ellen Henry Presents The Power of Becoming: Exploring Your Soul
Join medium Ellen Henry for an in-person workshop at the library on Sunday, April 6th from 12:30-4:30pm. You are a multifaceted, multidimensional, soul being. Your soul is the true essence of Who You Are, and it is the part of you that is eternal and even wiser than you know.
This workshop will provide a safe and nurturing space for you to connect more fully with Who You Really Are. You will learn how to tap into your soul power, connect into the power of all that is, and explore the wisdom of your own soul and intuition through discussion, guided meditation, sound, and group exercises. For adults ages 19 and up. Space is limited. Register on the Taft website.
Spring Floral Basket Workshop
Join the Friends of the Taft Public Library for a fun evening at Lucille’s Floral Designs, 146 Mendon Street, Uxbridge, MA. We will create a beautiful spring floral basket as instructed by Kate Viera, the owner of Lucille’s. Thursday, April 10th at 6:00 pm. All materials will be supplied. Preregistration and payment are required. Register at taftpubliclibrary.org $30 per person (no refunds). Make checks out to the “Friends of the Taft Public Library.” Sponsored in part by the Friends of the Taft Public Library.
A Tea-tasting and Reenactment of the Fourth First Lady Dolley Madison
The Friends of the Taft Public Library present a tea-tasting followed by a visit from First Lady Dolley Madison on Wednesday, April 30th at 6pm. The tea-tasting will run from 6-6:30pm and will feature three teas from the period served by HMS Tea. Then at 6:30 sit back as Dolley Madison (portrayed by reenactor Lady J/Janet Parnes) visits with program participants to discuss her life in Colonial America as an early feminist, champion for women, and First Lady to James Madison. Registration for this free program is required as space is limited. Visit www.taftpubliclibrary.org and click on the Library Event Calendar & Registration link to register.
German Conversation Club
Are you looking for a place to practice what German you remember or to improve your German vocabulary? Conversations in German is no pressure, just fun! Lead by Library Assistant (and Mendon resident) Monika Schmid, the group typically meets the last Monday of each month. Registration is required. To register, visit our website!
Next club date: Monday, April 21st at 6pm.
Check out Mango Languages at Taft Library!
Visit the Taft Public Library website for access to the Mango Languages platform. If you have an interest in learning a language, Mango provides lessons in over 70 languages. Children can try their hand at language learning with Mango Little PIM, a platform designed just for them, and for those interested in learning American sign language we provide access to Mango ASL. Mango’s Intuitive Language Construction methodology helps build skills in vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, culture, comprehension, and retention. To see all of the Mango options the Taft Library offers scroll down the left-hand side of our webpage to the Databases section.
Friends of the Taft Public Library Meeting
The Friends of the Library meetings are typically held on the last Tuesday of the month at 7pm downstairs in the Art Holmes Community Room, unless it falls on a holiday or during a school vacation. All are welcome (and encouraged) to attend! If you plan on attending, it’s always a good idea to call the library at 508-473-3259 or email the Friends at friendsoftaftlibrary@gmail.com to confirm the date and time of the meeting. The group will do its best to post any meeting changes on the Taft Library web site.
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