We're ending summer with a bang and lots of great programs! We'll have crafts, musicians, puppets, author talks, and more. See all the details below! As a reminder, Virtual Yoga is taking August off, but will be back in September.

This is the last week of Summer Reading, but there's still time to join us! Track your reading (and be entered into our raffles)--learn more information here. And don't forget to stop by the Library to see our bulletin board and track your team's progress.

ToBe Fit: The Juggling Nutrition Magician Show
Wednesday, August 17 at 3 pm

ToBe Fit, The Juggling Nutrition Magician Show, makes good eating and active living GREAT FUN! This rollicking, fun-filled performance features the power of live theater, amazing feats of juggling, music, magic, and audience participation to help kids develop healthy habits to last a healthy lifetime! 

This event will take place on the Lynnfield Town Common. You are welcome to bring a blanket or chair to sit on. No registration required.

This program is funded in part by a grant from the Lynnfield Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

All Ages

Jumpin' Juba
Wednesday, August 17 at 6:30 pm

Join us for hand-made music, presented live and in real time on the Lynnfield Common. Jumpin' Juba will be playing music inspired by many flavors of American blues music, New Orleans swamp-rock, classic boogie-woogie, folk, Memphis rock & roll, and a playful use of everything from calypso to country are stirred into the band's blue stew.

No registration required.

All Ages

Mr. Vinny’s Lil’ Puppet Show: End of Summer Reading Party
Friday, August 19 at 11 am

Join us for a silly, high energy puppet show with tons of audience interaction! Mr. Vinny will bring a variety of puppets and props. Kids will get to learn how the puppets are made, wear stuff, join Mr. Vinny on stage, and help him tell the stories. What silly things do you think the puppets will do?

This show is geared towards children, but all ages are invited to join. We will also be celebrating the end of our summer reading program! The event will take place on the Lynnfield Town Common. You are welcome to bring a blanket or chair to sit on. No registration required.

This program is funded by a grant from the Lynnfield Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency, and is hosted in collaboration with the North Suburban Child & Family Resource Network.

This program is geared towards children but all ages are welcome to attend.

Story Time
Monday mornings at 10 am

Join us to sing songs and listen to stories! In July Story Time will move to Monday mornings to accommodate our Wednesday afternoon programs at MarketStreet.

This story time will be held outside on the Lynnfield Town Common if the weather is nice. You are welcome to bring a blanket or chair to sit on. In case of bad weather, story time will be held in the Meeting House across from the library.

Please note that indoor story time will have a capacity limit and attendees will be let inside in order of arrival (no registration). Outdoor story time does not have a capacity limit.

Story Time is recommended for children ages 5 and younger.

Create a Beaded Phone Strap & Keychain
Wednesday, August 24 at 2:30 pm

Create your beaded cell phone strap or key chain. We'll have a variety of beads for you to choose from including perler, pony, glass and clay animals beads. Stop by the Mezzanine any time from 2:30- 3:30 pm to make your own just in time for the new school year!

Registration recommended but not required.

Ages 11-18

Rescheduled: Magic Fred
Tuesday, August 30 at 11:30 am

Join us for one more time before school starts with Magic Fred at MarketStreet! He will wow you with his magic tricks, comedy, and a whole lot of fun!

This comedic magic show is aimed towards children up to 10 years old but this family show is open to older kids as well. Magic Fred will be performing on the MarketStreet green. You are welcome to bring a blanket to sit on. No registration required. This program was generously funded by the Friends of the Lynnfield Library.

This program is geared towards children but all ages are welcome to attend.

The Last Tuesday Book Club
Tuesday, August 30 at 6 pm

The Last Tuesday Book Club is the Lynnfield Library's fiction book group! We are reading Circe by Madeline Miller for August. Copies are available for pickup at the Library's Circulation desk, and we will be meeting on the Library Mezzanine. Registration is recommended but not required.

Adults

Author Talk: Robin Yuan

Wednesday, August 31 at 6:30 pm

Join us on the Library Mezzanine for a special author talk with author Robin Yuan for his historical novel Red Bishop, a very close retelling of the story of his grandfather, the last Bishop of the Anglican Church in China. Yuan will be doing a reading, as well as selling and signing copies of his novel, which charts the protagonist Chen's intricate journey, ranging from his early childhood years and his conversion to Christianity as a schoolboy at an Anglican missionary school to his death under house arrest decades later, showing a more nuanced picture of the Cultural Revolution than the version found in propaganda periodicals of the time.

Kirkus Reviews stated of Yuan's work that, "although Yuan reminds his readers in a postscript that he's writing fiction, the book gives the strong impression of being the best biography Chen will ever get. The novel's blending of personalities and the seething politics of 20th-century China is seamlessly done, and its heroic portrait of its central character is always admiring but never saccharine. A detailed and moving tale about a heroic bishop in atheist China."

Registration is recommended but not required.

Adults

The Friends of the Lynnfield Public Library are accepting donations for the Fall Book Sale again. Please drop off gently used large hardcover or paperback books. We are not accepting mass market paperbacks, textbooks, DVDs, or board games at this time. Thank you!

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