The Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown Libraries are teaming up to present two virtual puppet shows on Zoom. The Library Boogie!, with Tom Knight Puppets, will take place on Thursday, July 23rd, at 10:30 a.m. A Celebration of Imagination,... Read More
Join Sophia and Maggie Prickitt for fun summertime crafts! On July 29, they will explore soy wax candles. A limited number of kits are available. Please email (trurosummerreading@gmail.com), phone (508-487-1125), or RSVP right here, and we will prepare... Read More
Join Sophia and Maggie Prickitt for fun summertime crafts! On August 5, they will explore Friendship Bracelets. A limited number of kits are available. Please email (trurosummerreading@gmail.com), phone (508-487-1125) and we will prepare supplies for curbside pick up.
The Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown Libraries are teaming up to present two virtual puppet shows on Zoom. A Celebration of Imagination, with Caravan Puppets, will run on Thursday, August 6, at 10:30 a.m. For an invitation, email outercapelibrariesgmail.com.... Read More
We all have stories we want to share about our lives. Past stories, present stories—and maybe stories of what is to come. Before people could write they told stories with drawings in caves or on the side of... Read More
A special virtual event cosponsored by the Friends of the Truro Meeting House and the Truro Public Library! Robert Allison will address the creation of America’s constitution in the hot summer of 1787. Many recall Benjamin Franklin’s famous... Read More
Join Sophia and Maggie Prickitt for fun summertime crafts! On August 19, they will explore Shell Necklaces. A limited number of kits are available. Please email (trurosummerreading@gmail.com), phone (508-487-1125) and we will prepare supplies for curbside pick up.
Truro Library Book Club The August selection is the Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep. Please email Maggie to receive the Zoom invite to this program. ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK... Read More
Truro Library Book Club The September selection is the The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer. Please email Maggie to receive the Zoom invite to this program. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER A NEW YORK TIMES... Read More
StoryWalk® – “Hiking Day” at Small’s Swamp Trail A StoryWalk® is basically taking a book outside – it’s a fun way for families, and maybe visitors too, to enjoy a book while enjoying some fresh air and exercise.... Read More
Truro Library Book Club The October selection is A Bend in the Stars by Rachel Berenbaum. Please email Maggie to receive the Zoom invite to this program. All the Light We Cannot See meets The Nightingale in this literary WWI-era novel and... Read More
Halloween grab bags with a book, activity sheets, stickers, and some not too sweet treats! Please sign up for one by calling 508-487-1125 or emailing trurocurbside@gmail.com to arrange a pick-up time on Saturday, October 31 between 10:00 a.m... Read More
Truro Library Book Club The November selection is The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner. Please email Maggie to receive the Zoom invite to this program. Part travel... Read More
No Storytime today--HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Truro Library Book Club The December selection is The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough. Please email Maggie to receive the Zoom invite to this program. The Greater Journey is the enthralling, inspiring—and until now, untold—story... Read More
No Storytime today--HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Truro Library Book Club The January selection is Olive, Again: A Novel by Elizabeth Strout. Please email Maggie to receive the Zoom invite to this program. NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PEOPLE AND ONE... Read More
Truro Library Book Club The February selection is Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich Please email Maggie to receive the Zoom invite to this program. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF 2020 • AMAZON BEST... Read More
The date on this program was published in error. The event is on May 25. We're sorry you will have to wait so long! A new zoom link will be posted on the new listing for May 25.... Read More
Truro Library Book Club The March selection is Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century by George Packer Please email Maggie to receive the Zoom invite to this program. *Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize... Read More
We'll meet behind the library for Outside Storytime and we'd love to meet you there! For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share... Read More
We'll meet behind the library for Outside Storytime and we'd love to meet you there! For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share... Read More
We'll meet behind the library for Outside Storytime and we'd love to meet you there! For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share... Read More
Join us for a hands-on, build-your-own-catapult workshop! This workshop, for kids 7 and up (with an adult helper for each group), will take place on the back deck of the Library. The rain date is Thursday, April 22.... Read More
We'll meet behind the library for Outside Storytime and we'd love to meet you there! For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share... Read More
Truro Library Book Club The April selection is Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler Please email Maggie to receive the Zoom invite to this program. *INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER* • *LONGLISTED FOR THE... Read More
We'll meet behind the library for Outside Storytime and we'd love to meet you there! For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share... Read More
We'll meet behind the library for Outside Storytime and we'd love to meet you there! For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share... Read More
**Town of Truro COVID-19 protocols in place. Please practice social distancing and wear face coverings.** Event is outdoors. Capoeira (pronounced Kah-poo-EH-ra) is an Afro-Brazilian art form that combines dance and martial art. It's fantastic opportunity for kids and... Read More
**Town of Truro COVID-19 protocols in place. Please practice social distancing and wear face coverings.** Event is outdoors. Join Daniela Schwartzman and a small group of children and families for songs, movement, and body awareness exercises that promote... Read More
We'll meet behind the library for Outside Storytime and we'd love to meet you there! For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share... Read More
**Town of Truro COVID-19 protocols in place. Please practice social distancing and wear face coverings.** Event is outdoors. Capoeira (pronounced Kah-poo-EH-ra) is an Afro-Brazilian art form that combines dance and martial art. It's fantastic opportunity for kids and... Read More
**Town of Truro COVID-19 protocols in place. Please practice social distancing and wear face coverings.** Event is outdoors. Join Daniela Schwartzman and a small group of children and families for songs, movement, and body awareness exercises that promote... Read More
We'll meet behind the library for Outside Storytime and we'd love to meet you there! For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share... Read More
**Town of Truro COVID-19 protocols in place. Please practice social distancing and wear face coverings.** Event is outdoors. Capoeira (pronounced Kah-poo-EH-ra) is an Afro-Brazilian art form that combines dance and martial art. It's fantastic opportunity for kids and... Read More
**Town of Truro COVID-19 protocols in place. Please practice social distancing and wear face coverings.** Event is outdoors. Join Daniela Schwartzman and a small group of children and families for songs, movement, and body awareness exercises that promote... Read More
**Virtual Event** Join the Truro and Eastham Public Libraries for an uplifting virtual presentation of the history of the brassiere in America. Presented by the charming mother-daughter duo, Ehris Urban and Velya Jancz-Urban, their presentation will trace the path... Read More
Truro Library Book Club The May selection is The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict She possessed a stunning beauty. She also possessed a stunning mind. Could the world handle both? Her beauty almost certainly saved... Read More
We'll meet behind the library for Outside Storytime and we'd love to meet you there! For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share... Read More
**Town of Truro COVID-19 protocols in place. Please practice social distancing and wear face coverings.** Event is outdoors. Capoeira (pronounced Kah-poo-EH-ra) is an Afro-Brazilian art form that combines dance and martial art. It's fantastic opportunity for kids and... Read More
**Town of Truro COVID-19 protocols in place. Please practice social distancing and wear face coverings.** Event is outdoors. Join Daniela Schwartzman and a small group of children and families for songs, movement, and body awareness exercises that promote... Read More
We'll meet behind the library for Outside Storytime and we'd love to meet you there! For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share... Read More
**Town of Truro COVID-19 protocols in place. Please practice social distancing and wear face coverings.** Event is outdoors. Capoeira (pronounced Kah-poo-EH-ra) is an Afro-Brazilian art form that combines dance and martial art. It's fantastic opportunity for kids and... Read More
**Town of Truro COVID-19 protocols in place. Please practice social distancing and wear face coverings.** Event is outdoors. Join Daniela Schwartzman and a small group of children and families for songs, movement, and body awareness exercises that promote... Read More
We'll meet behind the library for Outside Storytime and we'd love to meet you there! For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share... Read More
**Town of Truro COVID-19 protocols in place. Please practice social distancing and wear face coverings.** Event is outdoors. Capoeira (pronounced Kah-poo-EH-ra) is an Afro-Brazilian art form that combines dance and martial art. It's fantastic opportunity for kids and... Read More
**Town of Truro COVID-19 protocols in place. Please practice social distancing and wear face coverings.** Event is outdoors. Join Daniela Schwartzman and a small group of children and families for songs, movement, and body awareness exercises that promote... Read More
We'll meet behind the library for Outside Storytime and we'd love to meet you there! For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share... Read More
**Town of Truro COVID-19 protocols in place. Please practice social distancing and wear face coverings.** Event is outdoors. Capoeira (pronounced Kah-poo-EH-ra) is an Afro-Brazilian art form that combines dance and martial art. It's fantastic opportunity for kids and... Read More
The Library will be closed on Saturday, June 19, in observation of Juneteenth Independence Day, a Massachusetts state holiday. Have a great holiday!
Welcome to the first StoryWalk® of our 2021 series! The goal of the STORYWALK® is to help build children’s interest in reading while encouraging healthy outdoor activity for both adults and children. STORYWALKS® have been installed in 45... Read More
Meet us at the Truro Educational Farmer's Market at 20 Truro Center Road on Mondays from 8:00 a.m. until noon! At the Pop-Up Library, you can check out library books selected for all ages. You can also register... Read More
We'll meet behind the library for Outside Storytime and we'd love to meet you there! For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share... Read More
**Town of Truro COVID-19 protocols in place. Please practice social distancing and wear face coverings.** Event is outdoors. Capoeira (pronounced Kah-poo-EH-ra) is an Afro-Brazilian art form that combines dance and martial art. It's fantastic opportunity for kids and... Read More
Get your Summer Reading on with this year's theme: Tails & Tales! Beginning now and ending on August 28, 2021! For every hour read, you will get a raffle ticket entry for the chance to win prizes. This... Read More
Meet us at the Truro Educational Farmer's Market at 20 Truro Center Road on Mondays from 8:00 a.m. until noon! At the Pop-Up Library, you can check out library books selected for all ages. You can also register... Read More
The Wampanoag people have lived on Cape Cod for over 12,000 years. Plimoth Patuxet’s Indigenous Museum Educator, Tim Turner, will share where and how 17th-century Wampanoag people lived, and lead us in an exploration of their culture and... Read More
The Wampanoag people have lived on Cape Cod for over 12,000 years. Plimoth Patuxet’s Indigenous Museum Educator, Tim Turner, will share where and how 17th-century Wampanoag people lived, and lead us in an exploration of their culture and... Read More
Truro Library Book Club The June selection is The Scout's Account : In the Shadow of the Mayflower by Paul Brodeur The Scout’s Account tells the story of a young Wampanoag warrior named Squeteague who is sent by... Read More
We'll meet behind the library for Outside Storytime and we'd love to meet you there! For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share... Read More
Meet us at the Truro Educational Farmer's Market at 20 Truro Center Road on Mondays from 8:00 a.m. until noon! At the Pop-Up Library, you can check out library books selected for all ages. You can also register... Read More
Children Community Garden Group with Sustainable CAPE Every Tuesday at 3:30 Explore and learn through garden adventures just behind the library with Farmer Sarah! Join us as we grow delicious fruits and vegetables to harvest and enjoy. Learn... Read More
We'll meet behind the library for Outside Storytime and we'd love to meet you there! For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share... Read More
Meet us at the Truro Educational Farmer's Market at 20 Truro Center Road on Mondays from 8:00 a.m. until noon! At the Pop-Up Library, you can check out library books selected for all ages. You can also register... Read More
A Zoom webinar co-sponsored with the Truro Public Library In his forthcoming book Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters (Viking, September 28, 2021), Pinker takes on the question of how a species that... Read More
Children Community Garden Group with Sustainable CAPE Every Tuesday at 3:30 Explore and learn through garden adventures just behind the library with Farmer Sarah! Join us as we grow delicious fruits and vegetables to harvest and enjoy. Learn... Read More
Welcome to the second StoryWalk® of our 2021 series! The goal of the STORYWALK® is to help build children’s interest in reading while encouraging healthy outdoor activity for both adults and children. STORYWALKS® have been installed in 45... Read More
We'll meet behind the library for Outside Storytime and we'd love to meet you there! For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share... Read More
It's the aquarium that comes to you! In this musical puppet show with puppeteer Anna Sobel of Talking Hands Theatre, you'll meet lots of creatures that live in the sea, including a walrus, a seahorse, a giant beluga... Read More
Meet us at the Truro Educational Farmer's Market at 20 Truro Center Road on Mondays from 8:00 a.m. until noon! At the Pop-Up Library, you can check out library books selected for all ages. You can also register... Read More
Children Community Garden Group with Sustainable CAPE Every Tuesday at 3:30 Explore and learn through garden adventures just behind the library with Farmer Sarah! Join us as we grow delicious fruits and vegetables to harvest and enjoy. Learn... Read More
We'll meet behind the library for Outside Storytime and we'd love to meet you there! For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share... Read More
Using giant bubble wands he designed and constructed himself, The Bubble Guy will travel around the back lawn making bubbles, answering questions, and offering lots of fun.
Meet us at the Truro Educational Farmer's Market at 20 Truro Center Road on Mondays from 8:00 a.m. until noon! At the Pop-Up Library, you can check out library books selected for all ages. You can also register... Read More
Children Community Garden Group with Sustainable CAPE Every Tuesday at 3:30 Explore and learn through garden adventures just behind the library with Farmer Sarah! Join us as we grow delicious fruits and vegetables to harvest and enjoy. Learn... Read More
Truro Library Book Club The July selection is Born Standing Up : A Comic's Life by Steve Martin The Book group has been meeting outdoors behind the Library. If you would like to join virtually, please email Maggie... Read More
We'll meet behind the library for Outside Storytime and we'd love to meet you there! For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share... Read More
Use the spin-art bike machine to create unique abstract art on the back deck!
Meet us at the Truro Educational Farmer's Market at 20 Truro Center Road on Mondays from 8:00 a.m. until noon! At the Pop-Up Library, you can check out library books selected for all ages. You can also register... Read More
Zoom Webinar Co-sponsored by the Friends of the Truro Meeting House and the Truro Public Library Arts educator Philip Yenawine will explore how to look at “strange” art. A leading expert in classroom teaching of art, he was... Read More
Children Community Garden Group with Sustainable CAPE Every Tuesday at 3:30 Explore and learn through garden adventures just behind the library with Farmer Sarah! Join us as we grow delicious fruits and vegetables to harvest and enjoy. Learn... Read More
We'll meet behind the library for Outside Storytime and we'd love to meet you there! For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share... Read More
Unfortunately, due to inclement weather and a very wet area behind the library, the musical event tonight is cancelled. It will not be rescheduled; we will look forward to a next time with The Rip-It-Ups! The Rip-It-Ups feature... Read More
Welcome to the third StoryWalk® of our 2021 series! The goal of the STORYWALK® is to help build children’s interest in reading while encouraging healthy outdoor activity for both adults and children. STORYWALKS® have been installed in 45... Read More
Meet us at the Truro Educational Farmer's Market at 20 Truro Center Road on Mondays from 8:00 a.m. until noon! At the Pop-Up Library, you can check out library books selected for all ages. You can also register... Read More
Children Community Garden Group with Sustainable CAPE Every Tuesday at 3:30 Explore and learn through garden adventures just behind the library with Farmer Sarah! Join us as we grow delicious fruits and vegetables to harvest and enjoy. Learn... Read More
Sessions include child safety, first aid and emergencies, stages of child development, feeding babies and children, discipline and entertainment, and the business of babysitting. For ages 11 and up. Please sign up by contacting the library. Sponsored by... Read More
Sessions include child safety, first aid and emergencies, stages of child development, feeding babies and children, discipline and entertainment, and the business of babysitting. For ages 11 and up. Please sign up by contacting the library. Sponsored by... Read More
We'll meet behind the library for Outside Storytime and we'd love to meet you there! For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share... Read More
A CCNS Ranger will be joining us to deliver an interactive demonstration about the local coastal ecosystem. For all ages.
Sessions include child safety, first aid and emergencies, stages of child development, feeding babies and children, discipline and entertainment, and the business of babysitting. For ages 11 and up. Please sign up by contacting the library. Sponsored by... Read More
Led by saxophonist Ken Field, Revolutionary Snake Ensemble is a funk/street beat improvisational brass band performing a unique blend of original and traditional music. “Sheer energy…visceral…a life-enhancing treat” – Fanfare “Ken Field’s New Orleans-inspired jazz/funk brass band…brilliantly bridges the booty/brain... Read More
Design, build, and launch your own bottle rocket behind the library!
Sessions include child safety, first aid and emergencies, stages of child development, feeding babies and children, discipline and entertainment, and the business of babysitting. For ages 11 and up. Please sign up by contacting the library. Sponsored by... Read More
Meet us at the Truro Educational Farmer's Market at 20 Truro Center Road on Mondays from 8:00 a.m. until noon! At the Pop-Up Library, you can check out library books selected for all ages. You can also register... Read More
Children Community Garden Group with Sustainable CAPE Every Tuesday at 3:30 Explore and learn through garden adventures just behind the library with Farmer Sarah! Join us as we grow delicious fruits and vegetables to harvest and enjoy. Learn... Read More
Sociologist Carole Joffe and Investigative Reporter Jude Joffe-Block join us outside behind the Library to talk about their books Obstacle Course: The Everyday Struggle to Get an Abortion in America and Driving While Brown: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Versus... Read More
We'll meet behind the library for Outside Storytime and we'd love to meet you there! For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share... Read More
Chandler Travis and his bands are well known for "keenly entertaining" shows! Come enjoy!
Meet us at the Truro Educational Farmer's Market at 20 Truro Center Road on Mondays from 8:00 a.m. until noon! At the Pop-Up Library, you can check out library books selected for all ages. You can also register... Read More
