October 20-October 26 is National Friends of the Library Week! Please stop by the lower hallway where the Friends of the J. V. Fletcher Library will be hosting a table with raffles and other goodies! The Library will be closed on Monday, November 11 in observance of Veterans Day.

Adult Programs

Silk Painting – Thursday, October 17 at 5:30 p.m. in the Meeting Room

We aren’t going to learn how to paint or try complex techniques but observe how the paint lives and reacts on the fabric, directing it wherever our imagination wants the paint to go. During this master class, you will tap into your creativity and grow your unique Flower, a symbol of feminine beauty and divine blessing.

All materials will be provided. Register here.

Do you want to explore your creative side? Do you want to experiment with colors without fear of making a mistake? Come join us in this easy, magical, and relaxing adventure into the world of freedom and creativity, after which you will get a masterpiece created by your own hands led by Lidia Mikhaylova of Simple Art Forms.

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Our night sky is in crisis as the fastest growing environmental problem, light pollution, turns night into day. Tim will be speaking to us about a path forward in restoring darkness to our nighttime environment. He recently completed a case study of an LED streetlight retrofit in Pepperell, MA, where by following dark-sky lighting best practices, he measured what effect, if any, there was on the night sky. The results have significant implications for how we approach future lighting installations as the Westford area develops.

Tim Brothers is the Observatory Manager at MIT’s Wallace Astrophysical Observatory (Westford, MA) and a Technical Instructor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences. He also co-founded the Massachusetts chapter of DarkSky International, where he is primarily focused on outdoor lighting policy in the region. Tim was recently awarded a minor planet designation, asteroid (28992) , for his work on asteroid detection. Register Here.

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Mystery Book Club: Monday, October 28 at 2:00 p.m. in the Mary Atwood Room

The Mystery Book Club will return to discuss Calico by Lee Goldberg.

Copies are available at Main Desk. The e-book and audiobook are both available to download from Libby. 

Email Linda Ernick at lernick@westfordma.gov for details!

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Adult Nonfiction Book Club :Tuesday, November 5 at 6:30 p.m.

We’ll meet in the downstairs Meeting Room to discuss UFO: The Inside Story of the U.S. Goverment’s Search for Alien Life Here and Out There by Garret M. Graff. Copies are available at Main Desk.

Copies are available at Main Desk. The e-book and audiobook are both available to download from Libby. 

Email Charles Schweppe at cschweppe@westfordma.gov for details!

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Adult Book Club Thursday, November 14 at 6:30 p.m.

We’ll meet upstairs to discuss The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan .  

Copies are available at Main Desk. The e-book and audiobook are both available to download from Libby. 

Email Kristina Leedberg at kleedberg@westfordma.gov for details!

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