The Truro Public Library is proud to host a Next Chapter Book Club for intellectually or developmentally disabled adolescents and adults on the Outer Cape. The fall session begins on September 26 and continues through December 19. We... Read More
Refreshments at 9:30; program begins at 10 a.m. The Friends of the Truro Library presents “The State of Truro.” Town Manager Rae Ann Palmer will report on and address issues facing the town of Truro now, and in... Read More
Please come to a meeting and discussion with Outer Cape Energize. This program is sponsored by the Energy Committees of the Towns of Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham, and Provincetown and the Solarize Mass program of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC). Have... Read More
The Truro Public Library is proud to host a Next Chapter Book Club for intellectually or developmentally disabled adolescents and adults on the Outer Cape. The fall session begins on September 26 and continues through December 19. We... Read More
Four French Films: Echoes of Proust When the first volume of Proust’s In Search of Lost Time appeared in 1913, it created a sensation. A new way of expressing the mysteries of human emotion had been discovered. These four... Read More
Ongoing Mindful Ease with J.C. (Chuck) Hotchkiss Every other Tuesday, 5:30–7:00 p.m. Join an ongoing gathering to practice mindfulness and meditation: Learn how to inhabit life with a mind of peace, joy, and deepening attention. The popular winter... Read More
The Truro Planning Board will host a Housing Forum at the Library on Tuesday, February 20 from 6-8 p.m. The forum is rescheduled because its original date on January 30 was cancelled due to inclement weather. Check their... Read More
The Truro Public Library is proud to host a Next Chapter Book Club for intellectually or developmentally disabled adolescents and adults on the Outer Cape. The fall session begins on September 26 and continues through December 19. We... Read More
Four French Films: Echoes of Proust When the first volume of Proust’s In Search of Lost Time appeared in 1913, it created a sensation. A new way of expressing the mysteries of human emotion had been discovered. These... Read More
Trivia for the month of April has been cancelled.
Please come to a meeting and discussion with Outer Cape Energize. This program is sponsored by the Energy Committees of the Towns of Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham, and Provincetown and the Solarize Mass program of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC). Have... Read More
The Truro Public Library is proud to host a Next Chapter Book Club for intellectually or developmentally disabled adolescents and adults on the Outer Cape. The fall session begins on September 26 and continues through December 19. We... Read More
Ongoing Mindful Ease with J.C. (Chuck) Hotchkiss Every other Tuesday, 5:30–7:00 p.m. Join an ongoing gathering to practice mindfulness and meditation: Learn how to inhabit life with a mind of peace, joy, and deepening attention. The popular winter... Read More
THE LAST PIG is a lyrical meditation on what it means to be a sentient creature with the power to kill. Deeply immersive, the film is a contemplation on life, death and personal ethics as it follows a... Read More
The Truro Public Library is proud to host a Next Chapter Book Club for intellectually or developmentally disabled adolescents and adults on the Outer Cape. The fall session begins on September 26 and continues through December 19. We... Read More
MARCH 14 EVENT RESCHEDULED FOR APRIL 11 The Truro Public Library is pleased to welcome Dani Niedzielski and Meghan O’Connor–the duo behind Provincetown tea shop The Captain’s Daughters. Dani and Meghan will discuss the pleasures and powers of... Read More
The Truro Public Library is proud to host a Next Chapter Book Club for intellectually or developmentally disabled adolescents and adults on the Outer Cape. The fall session begins on September 26 and continues through December 19. We... Read More
Four French Films: Echoes of Proust When the first volume of Proust’s In Search of Lost Time appeared in 1913, it created a sensation. A new way of expressing the mysteries of human emotion had been discovered. These... Read More
Ongoing Mindful Ease with J.C. (Chuck) Hotchkiss Every other Tuesday, 5:30–7:00 p.m. Join an ongoing gathering to practice mindfulness and meditation: Learn how to inhabit life with a mind of peace, joy, and deepening attention. The popular winter... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to host an American Heart Association Heartsaver Course, taught by the Barnstable County Medical Reserve Corps, on Saturday, March 24, at 9:30 a.m. In the 3.5 hour course, participants will learn how... Read More
Join us for a hands-on, informative, and fun workshop with Community Herbalist Sarah Naciri. Learn how to make simple and delicious teas and tinctures, as well as an Elderberry syrup and a healing salve. People of all ages... Read More
The Truro Public Library is proud to host a Next Chapter Book Club for intellectually or developmentally disabled adolescents and adults on the Outer Cape. The fall session begins on September 26 and continues through December 19. We... Read More
Four French Films: Echoes of Proust When the first volume of Proust’s In Search of Lost Time appeared in 1913, it created a sensation. A new way of expressing the mysteries of human emotion had been discovered. These... Read More
Pencil Drawings by Robert Birbeck: The Twenty Most influential Women Authors of All Time During the month of April, artist Robert Birbeck will show his library-relevant pencil drawings inspired by a bookstore blogger’s list of the “20 Most... Read More
The Truro Public Library is proud to host a Next Chapter Book Club for intellectually or developmentally disabled adolescents and adults on the Outer Cape. The fall session begins on September 26 and continues through December 19. We... Read More
Ongoing Mindful Ease with J.C. (Chuck) Hotchkiss Every other Tuesday, 5:30–7:00 p.m. Join an ongoing gathering to practice mindfulness and meditation: Learn how to inhabit life with a mind of peace, joy, and deepening attention. The popular winter... Read More
The Divorcee (with Norma Shearer) When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful to her, she decides to respond to his infidelities in kind. (1930, 84 min.) Images of Women in Film Pre- & Post-Code with Michelle... Read More
The Truro Public Library is proud to host a Next Chapter Book Club for intellectually or developmentally disabled adolescents and adults on the Outer Cape. The fall session begins on September 26 and continues through December 19. We... Read More
Baby Face (with Barbara Stanwyck) A young woman, sexually exploited all her life, decides to turn the tables and exploit the hapless men at a big city bank – by gleefully sleeping her way to the top. (1933, 71... Read More
MARCH 14 EVENT RESCHEDULED FOR APRIL 11 The Truro Public Library is pleased to welcome Dani Niedzielski and Meghan O’Connor–the duo behind Provincetown tea shop The Captain’s Daughters. Dani and Meghan will discuss the pleasures and powers of... Read More
Trivia for the month of April has been cancelled.
Ongoing Mindful Ease with J.C. (Chuck) Hotchkiss Every other Tuesday, 5:30–7:00 p.m. Join an ongoing gathering to practice mindfulness and meditation: Learn how to inhabit life with a mind of peace, joy, and deepening attention. The popular winter... Read More
Midnight Mary (with Loretta Young) This crisply told story about Mary–an abused orphan who sinks into a life of crime–is told through flashback as she awaits the verdict of her murder trial. (1933, 74 min.) Images of Women in... Read More
Trivia for the month of April has been cancelled.
Annual Town Meeting at the Truro Central School
Friends of the Truro Library Spring Trip to Providence The Roger Williams Park Botanical Center & a Visit to Federal Hill Wednesday, April 25, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Join us on an excursion to the Botanical Center at Roger... Read More
Truro Library Book Club Wednesday, April 25, 6:00 p.m. April’s selection is A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power by Jimmy Carter. In the highly acclaimed bestselling A Call to Action, President Jimmy Carter addresses the world’s most... Read More
Please come to a meeting and discussion with Outer Cape Energize. This program is sponsored by the Energy Committees of the Towns of Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham, and Provincetown and the Solarize Mass program of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC). Have... Read More
“The Properties of Green” The Truro Public Library presents a new, educational, and eclectic exhibit of art for the month of May titled “THE PROPERTIES OF GREEN,” with a public welcoming reception on Friday, May 4, from 4-6... Read More
Ongoing Mindful Ease with J.C. (Chuck) Hotchkiss Every other Tuesday, 5:30–7:00 p.m. Join an ongoing gathering to practice mindfulness and meditation: Learn how to inhabit life with a mind of peace, joy, and deepening attention. The popular winter... Read More
Dinner at Eight (with Jean Harlow) A high-society dinner party masks a hotbed of scandal and intrigue. A very funny look at the “upper crust” of the times. (1933, 110 min.) Images of Women in Film Pre- & Post-Code... Read More
“The Properties of Green” The Truro Public Library presents a new, educational, and eclectic exhibit of art for the month of May titled “THE PROPERTIES OF GREEN,” with a public welcoming reception on Friday, May 4, from 4-6... Read More
Of Human Bondage (with Bette Davis) A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both. Bette Davis shocked audiences as well as critics with her raw performance as a... Read More
DIVIDE IN CONCORD: The Bottled Water Battle Over Plastic is a feature-length documentary that follows the entertaining tale of banning bottled water in small-town America. In 1775, Concord patriots fired the infamous ‘shot heard round the world’ that began... Read More
Ongoing Mindful Ease with J.C. (Chuck) Hotchkiss Every other Tuesday, 5:30–7:00 p.m. Join an ongoing gathering to practice mindfulness and meditation: Learn how to inhabit life with a mind of peace, joy, and deepening attention. The popular winter... Read More
The Women (with Joan Crawford) Joan Crawford and an all-star cast in a study of the lives and romantic entanglements of various interconnected women. We will see how images of women changed to meet the restrictions of what the Code... Read More
Known as Adaptogens, Superior Medicines, Herbal Tonics and Rasayana herbs–-these Adaptogenic herbs have been used for thousands of years to enhance immunity, boost energy, promote longevity, and enhance vitality on a cellular level. Adaptogens help us adapt to... Read More
Join us for an introduction to Truro’s Community Emergency Response Team Program, presented by Joe Gordon, Emergency Management Director, Barnstable County Sheriff’s Department, and Jennifer Rose, Truro CERT Director. Learn more about what these agencies do for you,... Read More
Ongoing Mindful Ease with J.C. (Chuck) Hotchkiss Every other Tuesday, 5:30–7:00 p.m. Join an ongoing gathering to practice mindfulness and meditation: Learn how to inhabit life with a mind of peace, joy, and deepening attention. The popular winter... Read More
Truro Library Book Club Wednesday, May 30, 6:00 p.m. May’s selection is High Dive by Jonathan Lee. In the fall of 1984, the Grand Hotel in the seaside town of Brighton, England, became ground zero for the attempted assassination of... Read More
“My Cape Cod…in brush strokes soft as the summer wind” The Truro Public Library is pleased to show an exhibit of works by Robert G. Hager, a local artist with working studios in North Truro, MA and Rochelle... Read More
“My Cape Cod…in brush strokes soft as the summer wind” The Truro Public Library is pleased to show an exhibit of works by Robert G. Hager, a local artist with working studios in North Truro, MA and... Read More
Sharing His Story A compelling, inspirational speaker, Roland has captivated audiences worldwide with his ability to connect with the spiritual realm. Seeing the Signs Roland shares how the audience can access their own intuitive abilities and be open... Read More
Ongoing Mindful Ease with J.C. (Chuck) Hotchkiss Every other Tuesday, 5:30–7:00 p.m. Join an ongoing gathering to practice mindfulness and meditation: Learn how to inhabit life with a mind of peace, joy, and deepening attention. The popular winter... Read More
Common Threads is a program and anthology featuring seven to ten poems by Massachusetts poets to be read and discussed state-wide. The poems for this year’s anthology are by Herman Melville, Anne Sexton, Etheridge Knight, Linda Bamber, Marie... Read More
Wednesday, June 13, Noon Friends’ Annual Community Luncheon At this potluck social, the Friends welcome the public to enjoy good food and to learn what the Friends are all about. You don’t need to bring a dish to... Read More
THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED TO JULY 7. Community Herbalist Sarah Naciri continues her popular herb series with an exploration of wild plants growing here on Cape Cod, focusing on the medicinal and nutritional benefits of native plants. Are... Read More
The Truro Public Library hosts a fabulous cast of Cape actors, including Michael Rogers as Holmes and Bill Salem as Dr. Watson, who will attempt to solve Holmes’ most insidious, frightening, and perplexing case, “The Adventure of the... Read More
Ongoing Mindful Ease with J.C. (Chuck) Hotchkiss Every other Tuesday, 5:30–7:00 p.m. Join an ongoing gathering to practice mindfulness and meditation: Learn how to inhabit life with a mind of peace, joy, and deepening attention. The popular winter... Read More
Please come to a meeting and discussion with Outer Cape Energize. This program is sponsored by the Energy Committees of the Towns of Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham, and Provincetown and the Solarize Mass program of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC). Have... Read More
The Truro Group ART SHOW The Truro Group will be holding an art exhibit at the Truro Public Library during the month of July. The group consists of local artists who work in oils, watercolor, photography, printing, jewelry making, and... Read More
The Truro Public Library will be closed today in observation of the July Fourth holiday.
The Truro Group ART SHOW The Truro Group will be holding an art exhibit at the Truro Public Library during the month of July. The group consists of local artists who work in oils, watercolor, photography, printing, jewelry making, and... Read More
Originally scheduled for June 16. Community Herbalist Sarah Naciri continues her popular herb series with an exploration of wild plants growing here on Cape Cod, focusing on the medicinal and nutritional benefits of native plants. Are you ready... Read More
Ongoing Mindful Ease with J.C. (Chuck) Hotchkiss Every other Tuesday, 5:30–7:00 p.m. Join an ongoing gathering to practice mindfulness and meditation: Learn how to inhabit life with a mind of peace, joy, and deepening attention. The popular winter... Read More
Join us for a reading and book signing with author James Carroll! From National Book Award-winning writer James Carroll comes a novel of the timeless love story of Peter Abelard and Héloïse, and its impact on a modern... Read More
We are pleased to present “Investing for Social Good: Business, Finance, and Human Rights,” with Ali Pinkerton. Ali works in the Private Sector Department at Oxfam America, an international human rights and development organization, developing innovative financing tools... Read More
Medicinal Herbs for Summer Fun In this playful, hands-on workshop, we will make an herbal bug spray, a healing salve, and an ointment for bug bites, burns and rashes, as well as sun teas, popsicles, herbal salad dressings,... Read More
Ongoing Mindful Ease with J.C. (Chuck) Hotchkiss Every other Tuesday, 5:30–7:00 p.m. Join an ongoing gathering to practice mindfulness and meditation: Learn how to inhabit life with a mind of peace, joy, and deepening attention. The popular winter... Read More
Collaborating with Wendy Watson Clyde Watson presents a program about the life and work of the late illustrator & author Wendy Watson, & their collaboration on award-winning children’s books.
Truro Library Book Club Wednesday, July 25, 6:00 p.m. July’s selection is Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 by Charles Murray. In Coming Apart, Charles Murray explores the formation of American classes that are different in kind from anything... Read More
Calling middle- and high-schoolers, calling adults! Are you a YA or middle years fiction fan? Do you love to write? Do you sometimes wonder how writers do it? What drives and inspires them, provides discipline, and feeds ideas?... Read More
“Trump and the Law: A Conversation with Steve Wasby” We are pleased to host a conversation with Steve Wasby on “Trump and the Law.” Trump is not the only president to have controversial interactions with the law, and... Read More
Peggotty Worthington Gilson A Retrospective Exhibit From small intimate watercolor portraits to her most recent large mixed media abstracts, Peggotty, an Architect, has explored her two dimensional creative side throughout her life. Using a variety of media, along... Read More
Peggotty Worthington Gilson A Retrospective Exhibit From small intimate watercolor portraits to her most recent large mixed media abstracts, Peggotty, an Architect, has explored her two dimensional creative side throughout her life. Using a variety of media, along... Read More
Ongoing Mindful Ease with J.C. (Chuck) Hotchkiss Every other Tuesday, 5:30–7:00 p.m. Join an ongoing gathering to practice mindfulness and meditation: Learn how to inhabit life with a mind of peace, joy, and deepening attention. The popular winter... Read More
Professor James Simon will talk about his new book Eisenhower vs. Warren: The Battle for Civil Rights and Liberties. In Eisenhower vs. Warren, described in multiple reviews as a page-turner, prize-winning legal historian James F. Simon examines the... Read More
“Russian Roulette” —David Corn talks about his new book on interference in the 2016 election. The Truro Public Library and the Friends of the Truro Meeting House welcome veteran Washington journalist and political commentator David Corn to the... Read More
Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past The earth is inhabited by about 7.6 billion people today, but at one time we were a newly evolving species living... Read More
Medicinal Herbs: Journey with Lavendar Enjoy a magical and relaxing journey exploring the medicinal and culinary benefits of Lavender. Make tea, a delightful dessert, and an oil and spray for external use, and discuss the many ways you... Read More
Ongoing Mindful Ease with J.C. (Chuck) Hotchkiss Every other Tuesday, 5:30–7:00 p.m. Join an ongoing gathering to practice mindfulness and meditation: Learn how to inhabit life with a mind of peace, joy, and deepening attention. The popular winter... Read More
Poetry: Sue Burton Sue D. Burton reads from her unflinching new collection, BOX. Winner of the 2017 Two Sylvias Press Poetry Prize, Box is “a book we need: brave, bold, inventive, magical” (Carol Potter). 2017 Two Sylvias Press Poetry... Read More
Poetry: Four Local Poets Keith Althaus, Mary Ann Larkin, Toby Olson, and Patric Pepper, will treat us to a late-summer reading their work. The poets will draw from recent books, older books, and works in progress. Keith Althaus’... Read More
Matthias Christensen Born in Denmark and raised in Truro, artist MATTHIAS Christensen will be exhibiting his stylized paintings at The Truro Public Library for the month of September. After graduating from Massachusetts College of Art and Design Matthias... Read More
Matthias Christensen Born in Denmark and raised in Truro, artist MATTHIAS Christensen will be exhibiting his stylized paintings at The Truro Public Library for the month of September. After graduating from Massachusetts College of Art and Design Matthias... Read More
Ongoing Mindful Ease with J.C. (Chuck) Hotchkiss Every other Tuesday, 5:30–7:00 p.m. Join an ongoing gathering to practice mindfulness and meditation: Learn how to inhabit life with a mind of peace, joy, and deepening attention. The popular winter... Read More
The Early Days of Rock ‘n’ Roll: A Multimedia Presentation by Pete Elman New Orleans and the Deep South 1955-1960: the cradle of rock and roll. From the fields to the factories to Friday night. This program will cover... Read More
Instead of Scared, be Prepared! Let’s Talk About Death Join us for a free workshop hosted by Anastasia and Chad Kidd, co-pastors of the First Parish Truro UCC. Nearly 90% of Americans think it’s important to talk about... Read More
The Truro Public Library is proud to host a Next Chapter Book Club for adolescents and adults on the Outer Cape living with intellectual or developmental challenges. The fall session begins on September 18 and continues through December 18.... Read More
Ongoing Mindful Ease with J.C. (Chuck) Hotchkiss Every other Tuesday, 5:30–7:00 p.m. Join an ongoing gathering to practice mindfulness and meditation: Learn how to inhabit life with a mind of peace, joy, and deepening attention. The popular winter... Read More
The Friends of the Truro Library present “Putting Your Garden to Bed,” with David DeWitt. Once your harvest has withered away, it is important to get everything cleaned up before winter. End-of-season cleanup and maintenance is an important... Read More
Mary T. Prenon is one strong woman. In 1998, she vowed to lose fifty pounds no matter what it took. Nineteen years later, she finally achieved her goal and is ready to share her story with the world.... Read More
The Truro Public Library is proud to host a Next Chapter Book Club for adolescents and adults on the Outer Cape living with intellectual or developmental challenges. The fall session begins on September 18 and continues through December 18.... Read More
Flowing with the Seasons: Medicinal Herbs for Autumn As energy travels back down into the plant’s roots, we will learn how to thoughtfully harvest and prepare root medicine, strengthen our immune systems with plants and mushrooms, and healthfully... Read More
The Truro Public Library is proud to host a Next Chapter Book Club for adolescents and adults on the Outer Cape living with intellectual or developmental challenges. The fall session begins on September 18 and continues through December 18.... Read More
Ongoing Mindful Ease with J.C. (Chuck) Hotchkiss Every other Tuesday, 5:30–7:00 p.m. Join an ongoing gathering to practice mindfulness and meditation: Learn how to inhabit life with a mind of peace, joy, and deepening attention. The popular winter... Read More
The Outer Cape White Line Printmakers The Outer Cape White Line printmakers began as a workshop inspired by a Truro Group art show demonstration. The group has shows at the Truro Public Library, Seamen’s Bank, the Eastham Public... Read More
The Truro Public Library is proud to host a Next Chapter Book Club for adolescents and adults on the Outer Cape living with intellectual or developmental challenges. The fall session begins on September 18 and continues through December 18.... Read More
Martin Pring: 1603 Visitor to Truro The Friends of the Truro Library presents Truro Historical Society volunteer and passionate Truro historian Dan Sanders, who will deliver a talk about Martin Pring on Wednesday, October 10, at 6:00 p.m. ... Read More
The Truro Public Library is proud to host a Next Chapter Book Club for adolescents and adults on the Outer Cape living with intellectual or developmental challenges. The fall session begins on September 18 and continues through December 18.... Read More
