This Week at the Library
and Mark your calendar for Vacation Week fun events!
Hi Friends,
We have a big week of fun events ahead, leading into an exciting school vacation week — and we hope you’ll join us!
Please help spread the word to friends and neighbors who may not realize all that the library has to offer. We’re proud to provide great resources and programs right here in our hometown, and we’d love to welcome more of the community through our doors.
This Saturday (Valentine’s Day):
❤️ Open House at 3:00 PM — Come see all the wonderful new things Rose has created for the children’s area. We’ll have a small craft activity to keep the little ones busy.
🎵 “Love Letter to Ashby” Concert at 4:00 PM
☕ Refreshments will be served after the concert.
We’ll also be hosting:
🥫 A food drive to help stock our local pantry shelves
📝 Sign-up tables for several great local organizations, including the Historical Society, Friends of the Ashby Grange Hall, Friends of the Library, the Land Trust, and more.
Come celebrate, connect, and enjoy everything your library and community have to offer. We look forward to seeing you!
Tuesday
Lego Club at 4
Pokemon Club at 4
Wednesday
Right Start Play Group at 10:30
Cook Smarter Grain Bowls 101 at 6PM
Danielle will guide us through making the ever versitile gfrain bowls. These easy to make meals are perfect for a quick and easy dinner. They are flexiblke enough to please every member of the family and a great way to eat healthy on a budget. Join us.
Note: This is Wednesday at 6PM a time when we are generally not open, it is not a typo.
Thursday
Friends Meeting 5:30
The monthly Meeting of the Friends. Everyone is welcome.
Art for Everyone at 5:30
Fiber Arts-Learn to Sew at 5:30
Gaming Club at 6:30
Saturday
Library Open House and Winter Food Drive 3-4
Join us at the library on Saturday from 3–4 PM for a Winter Open House and Food Drive. Stop in to see what’s new, explore our programs and resources, and enjoy a simple craft activity for kids. Please consider bringing a nonperishable item to help stock our community food pantry. All are welcome!
Nissitissit String Quartet at 4PM
Join us at the library this Saturday for a special concert celebrating the many ways music expresses the heart.
William Shakespeare wrote, “If music be the food of love, play on,” and the Nissitissit String Quartet brings that spirit to life with their program, “For the Love of Music.” Known for their wide-ranging style and lively performances, the quartet moves seamlessly across genres — from fiddle tunes and folk favorites to jazz standards, pop, rock, Broadway, and Hollywood themes.
This heartfelt program features beloved songs and showstoppers alike, including classics such as Gershwin’s Embraceable You and Cole Porter’s I’ve Got You Under My Skin, a Beatles set with Something, When I’m 64, and All You Need Is Love, and audience favorites like Rainbow Connection and Bohemian Rhapsody. You’ll also hear selections such as La Vie en Rose, the Flower Duet, Marry You, highlights from West Side Story, Irish folk tunes, and dazzling fiddle pieces the group especially enjoys performing.
Come enjoy an afternoon of passionate, familiar, and uplifting music — a perfect way to celebrate love, community, and great melodies together.
Light Refreshments will Be Served
Find a New Love with a Blind Date with a Book
Next Week
Bereavement Support Group Tuesday February 17th at Noon
Join Karen for supportive conversation and guidance around bereavement and loss in any area of your life. This program is sponsored by the Nashoba Board of Health, and Karen is a compassionate and knowledgeable resource for our community. Please consider taking advantage of this valuable service.
Fiction Book Club Wednesday February 18th at 5:30
Fiction Book Club is back! Join us as we discuss Harry’s Trees. I’m excited to get back into a steady rhythm of lively, thoughtful book conversations here in Ashby. Last week’s well-attended Democracy discussion was very encouraging, and I’m hopeful this month’s novel will spark another great exchange.
Please bring along a suggestion for what you’d like to read next month. One title already recommended is The Women by Kristin Hannah.
We hope you’ll read along with us and join the conversation!There will be light refreshments.
Coming Next Month
Suspense Book Club
Do you love psychological thrillers? We’re excited to introduce our new Suspense Book Club!
Aimee will be leading fellow suspense and thriller fans through these twisty, roller-coaster reads. Our first selection is That’s Not My Name. Pick up a copy at the library and start reading now.
Join us for discussion on Thursday, March 12th at 6:00 PM. New members are always welcome — come ready to talk thrills, twists, and theories!
Support the Library by Becomming a Member
Support the library by becoming a member! We’re working toward a goal of issuing 250 new library cards by the Fourth of July in honor of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence — and you can help us get there.
Library cards are free, available to everyone in the community, and they make a real difference. State funding formulas take library card participation into account, so the more residents who hold cards, the stronger our statistics — and our support — become.
If your family prefers to check out materials on one shared card, that’s perfectly fine — but children can still have their own cards as well.
Many people are surprised by everything a library card gives you access to, including our tool library, food pantry, upcycling room, free concerts, art classes, movies, and much more.
Sign up and be counted — it’s one small step that makes a big impact for your library and your community.