Week of Events
Birthday Reading Challenge!
Celebrate the Library's 150th Birthday by joining our reading challenge! Read the most minutes in your age group and win a prize! Visit https://dedhamma.beanstack.org to join the challenge and log your minutes.
Library Card Drive
Open a Dedham Library account during the month of February and be entered to win a prize! Stop by the Main Library or Endicott Branch to open your new account. Individuals that already have library accounts, join our reading challenge for your chance to win prizes!
Watercolor Classes for Adults: Intermediate
Watercolor Classes for Adults: Intermediate
Painting with Watercolors is a wonderful way to play with color and lose yourself in the moment. This class is for anyone who has painted with watercolors and wants to gain a better understanding and challenge themselves. *** If you are just beginning with Watercolor, please register for our Beginners Class, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm (Eastern US Time), on …
3D Pens
3D Pens
Artists Wanted! Have you ever wanted to try out 3D Pens? The Dedham Main Library currently has four 3D pens and 3D pen filament available on Mondays for you to work with. Choose from a variety of stencils or let your creative juices flow! Ages 10 to 110. Want to try it at home? …
Path to Knowledge Book Group
Path to Knowledge Book Group
Join us for our Path to Knowledge Book Group This month we will be reading The Seine: The River that Made Paris by Elain Sciolino. Please register on Eventbrite to receive your Zoom link.
Little Lab Coats
Little Lab Coats
Explore the various light and rock forms beyond Earth’s atmosphere. Learn about asteroids, comets, and stars! Examine the Earth’s moon and the hundreds of other moons that exist in space. Blast off into outer space and discover the stars and planets that have fascinated scientists for centuries. Be sure to register on Eventbrite to receive …
Sweetheart Storytime (on Zoom!)
Sweetheart Storytime (on Zoom!)
February is made for love! Join us on Zoom for stories that celebrate love in all its many forms and all over the world. Register for this program on Eventbrite. Please email dedhamlibraryyouth@minlib.net with any questions.
Creative Cafe: Mindful Doodling
Creative Cafe: Mindful Doodling
Are you up for a doodling adventure? Join us in person or online to explore and experience mindful doodling. We will use a ‘creative seed’ image to dive into our doodles and see what happens! Seeing deeply, following our intuition, being fully immersed and present… these are some of the many benefits of this practice. …
Endicott Women’s Book Group
Endicott Women’s Book Group
Join us at the Endicott Branch for out monthly Women's Book Group! December 7 - Britt-Marie was Here by Fredrik Backman January 4 - Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano February 1 - Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore March 1 - Ordinary Grace, by William Kent Krueger
Storytime with Miss Lisa
Storytime with Miss Lisa
Let's read, sing, and dance together! Storytime will be inside the library at our Endicott Location.
Watercolor Classes for Adult Beginners: In-Person & Zoom
Watercolor Classes for Adult Beginners: In-Person & Zoom
Painting with Watercolors is a wonderful way to play with color and lose yourself in the moment. If you’d like to try it out, or are just beginning to dabble in it, join us In Person or in our virtual Zoom Studio through the Dedham Public Library! We’ll gather weekly, for 6 weeks, to inspire each other …
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Whatever Book Club
Whatever Book Club
Read what you like! Tell us about it! Convince us to read it or maybe warn us not to. This is a place to discuss the books you have chosen to read, not the ones assigned to you. All genres welcome!
Club de Español
Club de Español
Come to the library and join our Spanish Club. Informal and Conversation-based. We will watch programs, listen to music and do Spanish immersion activities. No registration is required - Just drop by. For questions, email Clemencia Aramburo caramburo@minlib.net
Board of Library Trustees Meeting
Board of Library Trustees Meeting
The Board of Library Trustees generally meet on the first Thursday of the month. Meeting details, including agenda, are posted to the Town of Dedham's website at least 48 hours in advance.
Children’s Winter Cafternoon!
Digital Makerspace for Teens and Tweens
Digital Makerspace for Teens and Tweens
Get started creating digital art! Learn to create images and manipulate photos using Photopea, a free (and web based) alternative to expensive software like photoshop. Make your own sunset and ride off into it. For ages 12+
Free Family Photo Shoot
Free Family Photo Shoot
An experienced artist photographer will take a variety of shots of your family members. Afterward, you will receive the digital images via e-email. Appointments are required to reserve your time slot. Pick up a registration form at the library and return it to us by Monday, January 31, 2022.