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Let’s Play Acting

Professional actor and movement specialist Marianne Bayard invites 4-6th graders to try out acting!

This 4-week class introduces students to the fundamentals of acting and storytelling for an audience. We’ll explore the elements of a story, how to create a character, preparing the voice and body for the work of performing, and finally, getting up on stage.  Activities in this class can include script writing, improvisation, collaborative storytelling, and the option for a final ‘show and tell’. The class will be informed by the students and their interests. Beginners are welcome. Join Marianne in a fun exploration of self-expression!

Registration is required and can be done using the ticket link in this post.

Rowley MBTA 3A Information Session

The Rowley Zoning Review Committee (ZRC) will be hosting a community information session to
meet with residents to answer questions and to address concerns pertaining to 3A articles to be
proposed at the upcoming November 25th Special Town Meeting.
If you have any questions about the event contact Kirk Baker, Rowley Town Planner by email
kirk.baker@townofrowley.org or by phone at 978-948-5549

Design Your Own Holiday Wreath

This program is now full. Please add your name to our waiting list HERE.

Ages 12 and up with adult.

Registration for Rowley residents begins Tues., Nov. 12.
Open registration begins Tuesday, November 19.
$15 Materials fee is due by Wednesday, November 27.
Cash or check, made out to Rowley Public Library.
Register HERE, or call the library at 978-948-2850.

Lisa Giannino from Country Gardens is back! Design your very own holiday wreath. Perfect size for your door!

Special thanks goes to Lisa Giannino and Country Gardens for donating her time for this program.

Celebrating the Best in Detective Fiction with the Shamus Awards

Did you miss it? Watch the recording on YouTube HERE.

The Shamus Award is awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America for the best detective fiction novels and short stories of the year. The Prize is given annually to recognize outstanding achievement in private eye fiction. Enjoy a panel of Shamus Award winners and nominees discussing their works and their detective fiction genre, including Gabriel Valjan (2024 winner for Best Original PI Paperback for Liar’s Dice); J.R. Sanders (2023 winner for Best Original PI Paperback for Dead-Bang Fall); and Liz Milliron (2024 nominee for Best Original PI Paperback for The Truth We Hide). The panel will be moderated by Agatha Award-winning and Macavity Award-winning Anjil Babbar, who is a lecturer of Humanities at Boston University.

This program is brought to you in collaboration with the Tewksbury Library, and with other MA & NH area Libraries.

Solstice School Storytime & Craft

Join Sarah & Megan for a storytime & craft, co-hosted with Solstice Day School! A few students from the school will read stories & then lead the kids in a craft! This program is open to all ages and no registration is required!

Medicare/Medicaid Workshop

Is Medicare overwhelming you? What is changing in 2025? What do you need to do?! Ask questions and get answers in person with SHINE Counselor, Bob Aurilio.

The SHINE Program provides free health insurance information, counseling, and assistance to people who are eligible for Medicare and their caregivers.

Rowley COA’s SHINE Counselor, Bob Aurilio, is a passionate “life-long” advocate for person-centered quality health care and has decades of experience.

Bob can help you:
-Understand your Medicare and other health and drug coverage options.
-Find the right coverage for you.
-Find ways to save money on your prescription drugs and health insurance.
-Help you apply for programs that will lower your costs.

Sign-up is appreciated for this in-person program. Sign up HERE or call the Rowley Council on Aging at 978-948-7637.

Medicare’s Open Enrollment Period ends Dec. 10th, so don’t wait! Private sessions are available year round by calling the Rowley COA at 978-948-7637.

Live well…Age well…Die well

Join us for this interactive series about living, aging, and dying well while caring for ourselves and loved ones.  Every single one of us will have a last day.

Part I
Let’s Talk About It! – Book Discussion

Given the right framing, a “difficult” conversation does not need to be difficult.  It can be liberating. It can be transformative. –Michael Hebb

Being Mortal-Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande

Atul Gawande explains that, as a medical student, he was never really taught to help patients cope with death-only how to save lives. He writes that while medicine allows people to live longer and better, it turns aging and death into medical processes. Gawande aims to explore how the experience of aging and dying has changed and how it might be improved.

Our discussion will focus on aspects of:

  • What is important to us as we age.
  • Understanding our choices, medical and otherwise.
  • Facing our own mortality.
  • Creating a community of support.

To sign up for this program:
-Sign up HERE.
-Call or stop by the Rowley Library at 978-948-2850.
-Call or stop by the Rowley Council on Aging at 978-948-7637.

We have copies of the book available. To pick up a copy, stop by the library.

***Sponsored by the Rowley Council on Aging.***

Watch for more information on our upcoming events in this series:
Part II-Hand of the Palm Memoir Writing Class held at the Rowley Library on Wednesday, December 18th at 10:00 am.

Part III-Death over Dinner held at the Rowley Library on Wednesday January 15th at 1:00 pm.

Holiday Baking Demonstration – VIRTUAL

Mini Pumpkin Pie Tartlets with Heidi McIndoo

Did you miss it? Watch the recording HERE. A copy of the recipe can be found HERE.

The holidays are bearing down on us and coming up with new and nutritious options can be challenging. If you are looking for a sweet treat for the holidays that won’t sabotage your healthy eating goals, join registered dietitian Heidi McIndoo to make mini pumpkin pie tartlets.

About the presenter:
Heidi Reichenberger McIndoo, M.S., R.D., L.D.N. is a nutrition consultant, spokesperson, author and freelance writer with 25 years experience as a registered dietitian.   She loves helping people realize that eating nutritiously doesn’t have to mean sacrificing flavor and pleasure.  And, that giving up favorite foods is not a must.

She currently works with Hannaford Supermarkets and in corporate wellness.  She’s the author of When to Eat What and the co-author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to 200-300-400 Calories Meals.  In addition, she has written for several magazines including, All You, Today’s Diet & Nutrition, Parents, Family Circle, Self, Prevention, Fitness, Shape and Woman’s Day; and newsletters such as Environmental Nutrition and Women’s Nutrition Connection.  As a former national media spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association (now the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics) she’s been quoted as an expert in hundreds of magazines articles and television broadcasts.

She is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.  Ms. McIndoo lives in the metro Boston area with her husband, and their daughter and son.

Please register for this event and you’ll receive the link in the confirmation and reminder emails – make sure to check your spam folder for them, the email will be coming from ashlandprograms@minlib.net.

This program is brought to you in collaboration with the Ashland, Chelmsford, Groton, and Tewksbury Libraries, and with a multitude of additional MA & NH Libraries. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library.