Adult Summer Reading Program 2025: Through the Looking Glass click the link for details!
Monday Mystery Book Club: Monday, July 21st at 2:30 pm we’ll meet in person on the 3rd floor of Roudenbush Community Center, 65 Main St, to discuss The Woman in Blue by Elly Griffiths.
Copies are available at Main Desk. The e-book is available to download from Libby.
Email Linda Ernick at lernick@westfordma.gov for details!
VIRTUAL: The Riddle of Thoreau’s Religion Thursday, July 24th at 6:30 p.m.
Richard Higgins will discuss his new book Thoreau’s God, which explores Thoreau’s spirituality, his perception of God in nature and his sense of the sacred in the ordinary. Thoreau was a harsh critic of the “respectable” Christianity of his day, but he was religious to the bone and had a profound sense of the holy. Richard presents Thoreau as a religious thinker who tried to separate the universal religious impulse from its 19th-century institutional context. In essence, Thoreau was a mystic who, while firmly moored to the earth, was on a quest to commune with a divine mystery that was both immanent in the natural world and transcendent. He called this illimitable presence many names, but he often called it God. Thoreau’s eclectic, experiential spirituality is resonating with spiritual seekers in America today. Register HERE.
Adult Nonfiction Book Club: Tuesday, August 5th 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
We’ll meet in person at 515 Groton Road to discuss Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight.
Copies are available at Main Desk. The e-book is available to download from Libby.
Email Charles Schweppe at cschweppe@westfordma.gov for more information!
Adult Book Club: Thursday, August 14th at 6:30 p.m.
We’ll meet in person at 515 Groton Road to discuss Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel.
Copies are available at Main Desk. The ebook and audiobook are available to download from Libby and Overdrive. The audiobook is also available on Hoopla.
Email Kristina Leedberg at kleedberg@westfordma.gov for more information!
VIRTUAL: “How Soon Is Now?” August 28th 6:30 PM to 7:30 p.m.
Spend an hour with speaker Dustin Pari as he examines the concept of time, challenges our understandings of the passing days, and questions the way we measure our lives. Make the most of your time by changing your perspective of it. Hurry to this lecture, for there is not a minute to waste! Register HERE.
Virtual – “Vacations Can Be Murder” with True Crime in New England Author, Dawn M. Barclay
Wednesday, September 17th 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
For the true crime lover—finally, a travel guide from an award-winning travel journalist and suspense author that gives you the down and dirty on exactly where the major crimes occurred, and where the bodies are buried. For aficionados of paranormal, prison, and tombstone travel, there’s a goldmine of tourism suggestions for you here as well.
Along with summaries of the major crimes committed in New England, you’ll discover where to find the best crime and ghost tours; which hotels and restaurants are former jails, courthouses, or harbor paranormal activity; where infamous criminals are/were jailed, and which venues and attractions might feed your fancy for murder and justice. Reading lists in each chapter will guide you to books expounding on the crimes discussed. Best of all, suggested itineraries bring all the pieces together to help you traverse New England’s criminal landscape in an organized and entertaining way. Up for a true crime road trip? Let Vacations Can Be Murder be your ultimate travel guide.
Register directly on Zoom HERE.
VIRTUAL: Halloween: A Haunted History October 29th 6-7:30 p.m.
Ah, Halloween. Autumnal breezes, crisp leaves, and pumpkin flavored everything! What is it about this time of year that is so enchanting, so mystifying? In this lecture Dustin Pari sheds some light on the spooky shadows of Halloween history and traditions. Ghost stories? He has some of those too. Register HERE.
