Join us for a tick-borne illness workshop with Larry Dapsis, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Entomologist. Lyme Disease is the most prevalent infectious disease in Massachusetts and is now considered to be a public health crisis. In addition to... Read More
Come hear about what a Toy Library is and give us your input for creating the Cape Cod Toy Library. Childcare will be provided in the Children’s Room.
The Friends of the Truro Library invite you to join us as we salute our retiring Police Chief and honor his service to our community. Refreshments from 6:00 p.m.; program begins at 6:30 p.m.
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 31, 6:30 p.m. This month’s selection, is The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789, by Joseph J. Ellis. Copies are available now at the circulation desk for check out.
Chas’n Sails and more . . . Fine Art Photography Exhibit Opening Reception Sunday, June 4, 2-4 pm Nancy Bloom has won numerous photography awards on the local, New England, and international levels. She is a Professional Nautical Photographer... Read More
Chas’n Sails and more . . . Fine Art Photography Exhibit Opening Reception Sunday, June 4, 2-4 pm Nancy Bloom has won numerous photography awards on the local, New England, and international levels. She is a Professional Nautical Photographer... Read More
Pond Road’s own naturalist, Tor Hansen, returns to expand on the fauna and the flora in Truro’s Twine Fields. Using his extraordinary photographs, presented in a slide show, we will explore resident and migratory fauna and floral components... 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
Two years after treating us to the work in-progress, Robert Finch returns to read from The Outer Beach: A Thousand-Mile Walk on Cape Cod’s Atlantic Shore. Mr. Finch writes of the Outer Beach, “No other place I know... Read More
Wednesday, June 14, Noon Friends’ Annual Luncheon At this potluck social, the Friends welcome the public to enjoy good food and to learn what the Friends are all about. Officers will be elected.
The 100th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s birthday on May 29 has many of us considering the impact of his public service, and his assassination, on our country. The Truro Public Library is pleased to announce that 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
We welcome Coastal Geologist Mark Borrelli to talk about “Storms, Sea Level Rise, and Coastal Flooding in Truro: Now and in the Future.” What might happen in Truro when the waters around us rise? The Center for Coastal... Read More
Truro Library Book Club Wednesday, June 28, 6:30 p.m. This month’s selection is New York Times #1 Bestseller Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance. Copies will then be available at the... Read More
The Truro Group The Truro Group, consisting of approximately 50 local artists working in various media, will be displaying their work during the month of July. Opening Reception Sunday, July 7, 4-6 pm
The Truro Public Library will be closed today in observation of the July Fourth holiday.
The Truro Group The Truro Group, consisting of approximately 50 local artists working in various media, will be displaying their work during the month of July. Opening Reception Friday, July 7, 4-6 pm
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
Local author and journalist Stephen Kinzer talks about his new book, The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire. We are pleased to co-sponsor this event with the Friends of the Truro Meeting House.... Read More
The Sweet Spot and Beyond: The role of Sport Psychology Mental Skills, Positivity, and Mindfulness for Optimal Performance We’re thrilled to have special guest Dr. Amy Baltzell visit the Truro Library. The sports psychologist and former Olympian will... Read More
A frontline report on the current situation in Israel/Palestine. Join Dr. Rosalind Petchesky and Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi for a report from the battle zones in Israel/Palestine and on campuses and elsewhere in the United States. Free and 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
Kill the Ampaya! is a collection of Latin-American baseball stories edited and translated by Dick Cluster, who will read from the stories and answer questions about Latin-American baseball history, the authors, his process, and more. This book has... Read More
Truro Library Book Club Wednesday, July 26, 6:30 p.m. This month’s book is Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. Copies will then be available at the circulation desk for check out.
An afternoon of poetry and music, hosted by Barry Hellman. Featured Poet: Martha Rhodes Spotlight Poets: Susan Berlin and Wilderness Sarchild Music: Fred Boyle Presented by the Friends of the Truro Library and Barry Hellman’s Cape Cod Poetry... Read More
Paintings by Warren Green Opening Reception Friday, August 4, 4-6 pm Artist Bio: Warren F. Green was born in Waterbury, Connecticut. He spent his professional career living near Boston, working for eleven years at Massachusetts General Hospital. He... Read More
Paintings by Warren Green Opening Reception Friday, August 4, 4-6 pm Artist Bio: Warren F. Green was born in Waterbury, Connecticut. He spent his professional career living near Boston, working for eleven years at Massachusetts General Hospital. He... 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
Ms. Arthur presents Edith Cavell, the subject of her historical novel, Fatal Decision: Edith Cavell WWI Nurse. A century ago during World War I, Edith Cavell, a British nurse and head of a Belgian Hospital and Nursing School,... Read More
Find out how a runaway Boston apprentice became one of the most influential and famous men of his age. Historian Robert Allison will explore both the celebrated and lesser known aspects of founder Benjamin Franklin’s remarkable life on... Read More
Join us for a book talk and book-signing event with Kenneth E. Miller, author of War Torn: Stories of Courage, Love, and Resilience. Kenneth E. Miller, a psychologist and an international expert on the impact of armed conflict... 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
“Aldren A. Watson’s Waterfront New York” Clyde Watson (editor) will share her father’s beautiful and historically rich collection of watercolors, based on 1920s and 1930s photographs taken by his own father and depicting the part of the city... Read More
John J. Clayton reads from MINYAN: Ten Interwoven Stories Each story is shaped around a member of a small Tuesday morning prayer group in Brookline, Massachusetts. These men and women face loss, doubt, anger, brokenness, longing and love. Clayton... Read More
Jordan Renzi and guest Mike Machaby Cape Cod native Jordan Renzi and her guest Mike Machaby will treat us to a fusion of traditional folk and contemporary soul. Singer-songwriter Jordan Renzi, influenced by artists such as Eva Cassidy,... Read More
Truro Library Book Club Wednesday, August 30, 6:30 p.m. This month’s selection is Nathaniel’s Nutmeg: Or the True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History by Giles Milton. Copies are available at... Read More
“Birds of a Feather” Paintings by Kay Cassill Opening Reception Thursday, September 7, 4-6 pm “‘Birds of a Feather’ is a series started when I found I was drawing the gulls and various birds that appeared at 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
“Birds of a Feather” Paintings by Kay Cassill Opening Reception Thursday, September 7, 4-6 pm “‘Birds of a Feather’ is a series started when I found I was drawing the gulls and various birds that appeared at the... 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. We are offering volunteer facilitator training... Read More
We are pleased to present wild edibles enthusiast Russ Cohen to tell us about “Edible Wild Plants and Mushrooms in and around Truro.” Truro and other towns on the Outer Cape are home to over 70 species of... 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
An endangered right whale attempting to nurse her new calf in the December ocean, foxgloves blooming in different places from year to year, or the rescue of imperiled Kemp’s ridley sea turtles—the bounty and cruelty of nature infuses... 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. We are offering volunteer facilitator training... 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
Truro Library Book Club Wednesday, September 27, 6:30 p.m. This month’s selection is a New York Times Bestseller, Thank You for Being Late, by Thomas L. Friedman. Copies are available at the circulation desk for check out. ... Read More
Travel with Ellen Anthony to the experimental community of Auroville in southern India. Fifty years since its beginning, people from over forty nations are living a version of human unity in all aspects of life—economy, work, spirituality, governance,... Read More
Want to try an instrument that is fun and easy to play? Join musician and teacher Julie Stepanek as she shows the fundamentals of ukulele playing. You’ll learn how to tune, strum and read chords. After a short... Read More
Recent Abstract Photographs of the Berlin Wall Photographs by Grace Hopkins Meet the Artist: Thursday, October 5, 4-6 pm Artist Statement: I find beauty in the ugly. Seeking small details in the world that are painted surfaces or... 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
Join Collin Mickle at the Truro Public Library to learn more about options for immigrants and their families: how one might receive free legal assistance and representation for applications to US Citizenship and Immigration Services; how to apply... Read More
Recent Abstract Photographs of the Berlin Wall Photographs by Grace Hopkins Meet the Artist: Thursday, October 5, 4-6 pm Artist Statement: I find beauty in the ugly. Seeking small details in the world that are painted surfaces or... 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
With the Twine Fields secured for conservation, Pond Road’s own naturalist, Tor Hansen, will return to take a deeper look at the fauna and the flora in Truro’s Twine Fields. Using his extraordinary photographs, presented in a slide... Read More
Wonder what all the to-do was in August about the total solar eclipse? Truro resident and long-time eclipse chaser Jay Vivian will lift the shadows on the mystery. He’ll discuss the basics of eclipses, including why they’re so... 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 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
Truro Library Book Club Wednesday,October 25, 6:30 p.m. This month’s selection is Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill, by Candace Millard. Copies will then be available at the circulation desk... Read More
Sam Kafrissen will read from his latest novel, The Missing Films: A Doherty Mystery. PI Doherty is back—but his closest friend is missing. Hired by the man’s business partner and generously paid to find him, Doherty finds himself... Read More
Habitat for Humanity is building in Truro! Volunteer Kick-Off Join us, meet the future homebuyers and learn about volunteer opportunities. Questions? Please contact Tara Cronin, Volunteer Services Manager (508-362-3559, ext 16); tara@habitatcapecod.org, or visit HabitatCapeCod.org. This project... 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
Please come to an introductory meeting and discussion from Outer Cape Solarize Plus. This program is sponsored by the Energy Committees of the Towns of Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham, and Provincetown and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. It is designed... 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
We will be closed in observance of Veteran’s Day. With respect and gratitude, we honor all who have served.
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 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
The Truro Library will be closing at 6 p.m. on Wednesday November 22.The Library will be closed all day November 23 & 24 and will open for regular hours on Saturday, November 25.
The Truro Library will be closing at 6 p.m. on Wednesday November 22.The Library will be closed all day November 23 & 24 and will open for regular hours on Saturday, November 25.
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
FOCUS on HOUSING A forum Hosted by the Truro Housing Authority at the Truro Library Community Room To help focus on the scope of our housing needs in Truro, Jeffery Ribeiro, a professional Planner from the Cape Cod... 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
November’s selection, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, by Matthew Desmond, is the winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. In Evicted, Harvard sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they struggle to keep a... Read More
Dianne Schermerhorn Oils, Acrylics, and Art Glass Suncatchers Diane paints moody local scenes and those of people helping people. All profits from her sold work benefit the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Provincetown, supporting local people in... 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
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 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
November’s selection is the New York Times #1 Bestseller Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett. In the 2016 novel, the acclaimed, bestselling author—winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize—tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably... Read More
PLEASE NOTE: The Truro Library January 4 meeting has been cancelled due to weather. The Provincetown Library meeting January 17 at 6:30 and the Wellfleet Library meeting January 31 at 6:30 are both still scheduled for your information needs.... 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
Join us for a garden talk! The conversation will include garden design and planning, winter prep for fertility and pests, a tomato production review, and a question and answer period. It’s great to be prepared when the gardening... 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 agenda for this meeting is posted on the Town’s CPC website. (Click here for link.)
FOTL’s Crock Pot Luck! Wind down from the holiday crazies at a hearty potluck luncheon with the Friends of the Truro Library. Make a soup or stew and bring it to share (preferably in a crock pot so... Read More
Catherine Meeks has exhibited her oil paintings and pastels in many New England venues and has been awarded two Local Massachusetts Cultural Council Grants as well as an Educational Trust Artist-in-Residence Grant. She has also illustrated a number... 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
The Truro Planning Board will host two Housing Forums at the Library: Saturday, January 20 from 2-4 p.m. and Tuesday, Jan. 30 from 6-8 p.m. Check their website for more information.
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 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
The January 30 meeting is CANCELLED due to the weather. The Truro Planning Board will host two Housing Forums at the Library: Saturday, January 20 from 2-4 p.m. and Tuesday, Jan. 30 from 6-8 p.m. Check their website... 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
