Game Night: Mahjong
Join us on Tuesday nights for some relaxed, fun competition!
Join us on Tuesday nights for some relaxed, fun competition!
Classic Films from France and England Join us for classic films representing creative leaps in the eras of their production. Time for discussion follows each film. Sundays and Cybèle Director Serge Bourguignon tells the tragic story of Pierre... Read More
Storytime Every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement.
Children Community Garden Group with Sustainable CAPE Every Thursday at 4:00 p.m. 2020 Art Show through February. Seeds! Join us for garden adventures at the library. Reflect on the seasonal, local food we grow ourselves and on how... Read More
Saturdays, 10:30 to Noon (No club November 30; December 28; February 15; February 22) We will be putting together various LEGO sets (Star Wars, Ninjago, LEGO® Friends, and the Tower Bridge of London) and also making up our... Read More
LEGO® CLUB SUSPENDED. Unfortunately, we need to suspend the Lego club through March. Please check in to find out when we will be back up and running with some fun new projects! Saturdays, 10:30 to Noon We will... Read More
**There will be NO Truro Playgroup today.** From October 21, 2019 to May 4, 2020 (except school holidays) For children aged birth to three years old, and their parent or caregiver. Talk, sing, read, write, and play together... Read More
Suspended through March. 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 2020 spring session begins on January 7... 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
Suspended through March. 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.... Read More
Classic Films from France and England Join us for classic films representing creative leaps in the eras of their production. Time for discussion follows each film. Kes Ken Loach’s quintessential portrait of working-class Northern England. Billy (an astonishingly... Read More
Áine Minogue—Celtic Harpist The Friends of the Truro Library help you through St. Patrick's Day withdrawal with a special treat—a concert by acclaimed Celtic harpist, vocalist, composer, and arranger Áine Minogue. With voice and harp, Áine shares with... Read More
Unfortunately, Storytime is suspended through March.
Storytime Every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement.
Suspended through March. Children Community Garden Group with Sustainable CAPE Every Thursday at 4:00 p.m. Join us for garden adventures at the library. Reflect on the seasonal, local food we grow ourselves and on how our garden work... Read More
Saturdays, 10:30 to Noon (No club November 30; December 28; February 15; February 22) We will be putting together various LEGO sets (Star Wars, Ninjago, LEGO® Friends, and the Tower Bridge of London) and also making up our... Read More
LEGO® CLUB SUSPENDED. Unfortunately, we need to suspend the Lego club through March. Please check in to find out when we will be back up and running with some fun new projects! Saturdays, 10:30 to Noon We will... Read More
**There will be NO Truro Playgroup today.** From October 21, 2019 to May 4, 2020 (except school holidays) For children aged birth to three years old, and their parent or caregiver. Talk, sing, read, write, and play together... Read More
Suspended through March. 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 2020 spring session begins on January 7... Read More
Suspended through March. Stay tuned! Join us on Tuesday nights for some relaxed, fun competition!
Classic Films from France and England Join us for classic films representing creative leaps in the eras of their production. Time for discussion follows each film. La Femme Infidèle Claude Chabrol’s “psycho-sexual” thriller is a cold, cynical dissection... Read More
Truro Library Book Club The March selection is the Circe by Madeline Miller. #1 New York Times Bestseller -- named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, the Washington Post, People, Time, Amazon, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle, Newsweek, the A.V. Club, Christian Science Monitor, Refinery 29,... Read More
Unfortunately, Storytime is suspended through March.
Storytime Every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement.
Suspended through March. Children Community Garden Group with Sustainable CAPE Every Thursday at 4:00 p.m. Join us for garden adventures at the library. Reflect on the seasonal, local food we grow ourselves and on how our garden work... Read More
Saturdays, 10:30 to Noon (No club November 30; December 28; February 15; February 22) We will be putting together various LEGO sets (Star Wars, Ninjago, LEGO® Friends, and the Tower Bridge of London) and also making up our... Read More
LEGO® CLUB SUSPENDED. Unfortunately, we need to suspend the Lego club through March. Please check in to find out when we will be back up and running with some fun new projects! Saturdays, 10:30 to Noon We will... Read More
**There will be NO Truro Playgroup today.** From October 21, 2019 to May 4, 2020 (except school holidays) For children aged birth to three years old, and their parent or caregiver. Talk, sing, read, write, and play together... Read More
Suspended through March. 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 2020 spring session begins on January 7... 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
Suspended through March. 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.... Read More
Storytime Every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement.
Children Community Garden Group with Sustainable CAPE Every Thursday at 4:00 p.m. 2020 Art Show through February. Seeds! Join us for garden adventures at the library. Reflect on the seasonal, local food we grow ourselves and on how... Read More
Saturdays, 10:30 to Noon (No club November 30; December 28; February 15; February 22) We will be putting together various LEGO sets (Star Wars, Ninjago, LEGO® Friends, and the Tower Bridge of London) and also making up our... Read More
Aromatic Kitchen Medicine: Deepening our Relationship with Common Culinary Herbs Join us for a lecture and tea-tasting with Community Herbalist Sarah Naciri. Awaken your senses and deepen your understanding of the medicinal qualities of common aromatic herbs such... Read More
From October 21, 2019 to May 4, 2020 (except school holidays) For children aged birth to three years old, and their parent or caregiver. Talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.... 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 2020 spring session begins on January 7 and continues through... Read More
Children Community Garden Group with Sustainable CAPE Every Thursday at 4:00 p.m. 2020 Art Show through February. Seeds! Join us for garden adventures at the library. Reflect on the seasonal, local food we grow ourselves and on how... Read More
Saturdays, 10:30 to Noon (No club November 30; December 28; February 15; February 22) We will be putting together various LEGO sets (Star Wars, Ninjago, LEGO® Friends, and the Tower Bridge of London) and also making up our... Read More
Open Newsroom The Provincetown Independent’s nonprofit Local Journalism Project invites community members to join in making local news more collaborative. The editor (and from time to time reporters and newsmakers) will be on hand to hear about issues... Read More
From October 21, 2019 to May 4, 2020 (except school holidays) For children aged birth to three years old, and their parent or caregiver. Talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.... 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 2020 spring session begins on January 7 and continues through... Read More
Children Community Garden Group with Sustainable CAPE Every Thursday at 4:00 p.m. 2020 Art Show through February. Seeds! Join us for garden adventures at the library. Reflect on the seasonal, local food we grow ourselves and on how... Read More
Saturdays, 10:30 to Noon (No club November 30; December 28; February 15; February 22) We will be putting together various LEGO sets (Star Wars, Ninjago, LEGO® Friends, and the Tower Bridge of London) and also making up our... Read More
Open Newsroom The Provincetown Independent’s nonprofit Local Journalism Project invites community members to join in making local news more collaborative. The editor (and from time to time reporters and newsmakers) will be on hand to hear about issues... Read More
**There will be NO Truro Playgroup today.** From October 21, 2019 to May 4, 2020 (except school holidays) For children aged birth to three years old, and their parent or caregiver. Talk, sing, read, write, and play together... 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. Please sign up by contacting the library. Sponsored by the Friends of the Truro... Read More
Tor Hansen: Cape Cod’s Shoreline Bio-Diversity, PART 2 Local naturalist Tor Hansen will explore biological diversity in thriving and declining populations on our Cape Cod shorelines. Through his discoveries, illustrations, colorful photos, and astute observations, we will 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. Please sign up by contacting the library. Sponsored by the Friends of the Truro... 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. Please sign up by contacting the library. Sponsored by the Friends of the Truro... Read More
Children Community Garden Group with Sustainable CAPE Every Thursday at 4:00 p.m. 2020 Art Show through February. Seeds! Join us for garden adventures at the library. Reflect on the seasonal, local food we grow ourselves and on how... 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. Please sign up by contacting the library. Sponsored by the Friends of the Truro... Read More
Join us for a live animal show presented by local expert Bethany Jakubson. Meet representatives from the natural world and learn about the habitats they come from and why they are important. During the presentation, you will have... Read More
From October 21, 2019 to May 4, 2020 (except school holidays) For children aged birth to three years old, and their parent or caregiver. Talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.... Read More
Children Community Garden Group with Sustainable CAPE Every Thursday at 4:00 p.m. 2020 Art Show through February. Seeds! Join us for garden adventures at the library. Reflect on the seasonal, local food we grow ourselves and on how... Read More
From October 21, 2019 to May 4, 2020 (except school holidays) For children aged birth to three years old, and their parent or caregiver. Talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.... Read More
Children Community Garden Group with Sustainable CAPE Every Thursday at 4:00 p.m. 2020 Art Show through February. Seeds! Join us for garden adventures at the library. Reflect on the seasonal, local food we grow ourselves and on how... Read More
Squid Pro Quo: Fishermen and Scientists Working Together to Study Cephalopods from Cape Cod to the Dominican Republic Owen Nichols, Director of Marine Fisheries Research at the Center for Coastal Studies, will talk about his work studying squid... Read More
Children Community Garden Group with Sustainable CAPE Every Thursday at 4:00 p.m. 2020 Art Show through February. Seeds! Join us for garden adventures at the library. Reflect on the seasonal, local food we grow ourselves and on how... Read More
Children Community Garden Group with Sustainable CAPE Every Thursday at 4:00 p.m. 2020 Art Show through February. Seeds! Join us for garden adventures at the library. Reflect on the seasonal, local food we grow ourselves and on how... Read More
Children Community Garden Group with Sustainable CAPE Every Thursday at 4:00 p.m. 2020 Art Show through February. Seeds! Join us for garden adventures at the library. Reflect on the seasonal, local food we grow ourselves and on how... Read More
Virtual Storytime Every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. For children up to age 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement. Sign... Read More
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
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