Weekly Mahjong
Truro Public LibraryOpen play – beginner to moderate
Open play – beginner to moderate
Sustainable CAPE’s Children’s Community Garden in Partnership with Truro Public Library and Truro Recreation Children plant, cultivate, eat (and enjoy!) local fruits and vegetables – resulting in improved health and a formative early connection to agriculture with Farmer/Educator... Read More
Join us on Thursday evenings for snacks, lo-fi beats, and a homework hang. Please email Zoe for more information.
In honor of their 25th anniversary the Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Technology Center (MASSTC) launched the Waste No Water Library Tour, a year-long series to engage the public in 12 Cape towns, focusing on the wastewater successes and... Read More
Long Time Traveling performs traditional and contemporary acoustic music with roots in old-time country, southern gospel, bluegrass, and Celtic music. Sponsored by The Friends of the Truro Library
Open play – beginner to moderate
Join us on Thursday evenings for snacks, lo-fi beats, and a homework hang. Please email Zoe for more information.
Lara: A Love Story by Racine Oxtoby In 1949, while Boris Pasternak was busy writing Doctor Zhivago, his mistress Olga Ivinskaya was arrested by the KGB and thrown into a gulag, where she would spend the next four years.... Read More
Open play – beginner to moderate
Join Jill Mays for a panel discussion of her new book, Nurturing Nature: A Guide to Gardening for Special Needs. The Sustainable CAPE's Children’s Community Garden and the gardening activities at the library became the catalyst for Mays’... Read More
The Friends of Village Pond Watershed is sponsoring a Community Update on the Stormwater Management Mitigation Plan with Jarrod Cabral, Director of Truro Department of Public Works. The public is welcome.
Join us on Thursday evenings for snacks, lo-fi beats, and a homework hang. Please email Zoe for more information.
Truro Climate Action Committee – Aligning Your Money with Your Values Speakers Sia Stewart and Tom Rawson. Learn how your money could be funding fossil fuels and how to choose banks, credit cards, insurance, and investments that align... Read More
Presented by Wellfleet for Palestine MAYOR follows Musa Hadid, the Christian mayor of Ramallah, during his second term in office. His immediate goals: repave the sidewalks, attract more tourism, and plan the city’s Christmas celebrations. His ultimate mission:... Read More
Open play – beginner to moderate
Mystery Book Club on Zoom December selection is Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes Monday, December 2nd @ 6:00 p.m. on Zoom Who hasn’t wondered for a split second what the world would be like if a person... Read More
The exhibition offers a rare glimpse into a pivotal moment in Thompson's life, when he first discovered his identity as an artist 35 years ago. A public reception with the artist will take place on Saturday, December 7,... Read More
Open play – beginner to moderate
It seems like everyone is talking about the importance of food, sleep, physical activity and emotional well-being, but where and how do you begin? How do you discern fact from fiction, marketing hype from science, and one-size-fits-all from... Read More
Truro Library Book Group November selection is Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Wednesday, December 4 @ 2:00 p.m. “In Garmus’s debut novel, a frustrated chemist finds herself at the helm of a cooking show that sparks a... Read More
Stop by and meet the artist, Jerry Thomson. Thomson's art will be on display in the Anne H. Brock room for the month of December.
Open play – beginner to moderate
Truro Climate Action Committee – Get Your Land Off Drugs with Laura Kelley Join gardener/activist Laura Kelley of Littlefield Landscapes and Protect Our Cape Cod Aquifer and see how simple it is to create the change our resources... Read More
Calling all Minni Yogis! Art and Yoga We’ll be learning helpful breathwork techniques, partner and group poses, easy alignment tips, and some singing and dancing! We’ll also be using provided materials to make crafts for our yoga story... Read More
Catie Flynn is a singer songwriter born and raised on Cape Cod. She attended Berklee College of Music in Boston where she studied vocal performance and music business. Upon graduating from Berklee, Catie moved to Nashville, Tennessee. While... Read More
Open play – beginner to moderate
Many people know Provincetown, but no one knows the real bones of the place quite like year-rounder and naturalist Dennis Minsky does. He has observed its abundance of life – animal and human – since he hitchhiked here... Read More
The Friends of the Truro Library is bringing back the COOKIE SWAP. Sign up at the library. Bring 36 cookies to swap and the recipe. Coffee and tea will be available.
From the Friends of the Truro Library. Free with your library card.
Just in time for last minute shopping, shop local and support the Friends. Macrame, quilted, and sewn goods Nancy Bloom Photos and Cards Wicked Good Biscuits (for dogs) Penney Patch Homemade Fudge Handmade Jewelry Local Author Yvonne deSousa... Read More
SOME THINGS OLD, SOME THINGS NEW: A COLLECTION OF SHORT PLAYS By Fermin Rojas A collection of short and experimental plays that have only been presented once or never been seen before. There will be family secrets, dire... Read More
Caleb will be at the library bi-monthly for help with computers, laptops, phones, internet, video games, and other tech questions. Call the library to schedule an appointment.
Calling all Minni Yogis! Art and Yoga We’ll be learning helpful breathwork techniques, partner and group poses, easy alignment tips, and some singing and dancing! We’ll also be using provided materials to make crafts for our yoga story... Read More
“Take Heart” is a non-traditional love story, told through a series of images captured during the pandemic by artists Rachael Sokolowski and Suz Karchmer. Love is conveyed through public displays of handmade hearts crafted from everyday materials. These... Read More
“Take Heart” is a non-traditional love story, told through a series of images captured during the pandemic by artists Rachael Sokolowski and Suz Karchmer. Love is conveyed through public displays of handmade hearts crafted from everyday materials. These... Read More
Open play – beginner to moderate
We’re combining Storytime with sensory and movement stations for ages birth to 5 and their caregivers. Enjoy some great books, songs and rhymes, crafts, and being together.
Truro Library Book Group December selection is Canary Girls by Jennifer Chiaverini Rosie the Riveter meets A League of Their Own in New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini’s lively and illuminating novel about the “munitionettes” who built... Read More
Join us on Thursday evenings for snacks, lo-fi beats, and a homework hang. Please email Zoe for more information.
Pitchfork is a Cape Cod based acoustic duo with Jen Falk on lead vocals and Colin Stevenson on guitar and vocals. Their strong vocal harmonies set them apart from most, featuring an eclectic setlist from the 50s through... Read More
Open play – beginner to moderate
We’re combining Storytime with sensory and movement stations for ages birth to 5 and their caregivers. Enjoy some great books, songs and rhymes, crafts, and being together.
Bring a soup to share in a Crock Pot or Instant Pot Please sign up if you are bringing soup (it is helpful to the planners) Everyone is welcome with or without soup Salad, rolls, and beverages will... Read More
Join us on Thursday evenings for snacks, lo-fi beats, and a homework hang. Please email Zoe for more information.
This program is CANCELED, we apologize for any inconvenience. THE MAYWORKERS By Gary Garrison Texas, 1900. A rough-neck’s world. Oil country. Cowboys and their cattle. Sweet smellin’, soft-lovin’ women. The rule of this land was simple: Keep an... Read More
Truro Recreation and Truro Public Library presents Backyard Birding with a Wellfleet Audubon Naturalist. Who is that bird outside my window? Learn to identify some of the birds that can easily be found just outside your back door... Read More
Open play – beginner to moderate
We’re combining Storytime with sensory and movement stations for ages birth to 5 and their caregivers. Enjoy some great books, songs and rhymes, crafts, and being together.
Hibernation & Harmony: A Well-being Circle for Mindfulness and Conversation with Jessi Rosinsky This 7-week coaching circle is designed to cultivate mindfulness and deepen interpersonal connections through conversation. Each class will begin with a mindfulness practice—such as guided... Read More
Join us on Thursday evenings for snacks, lo-fi beats, and a homework hang. Please email Zoe for more information.
“Take Heart” is a non-traditional love story, told through a series of images captured during the pandemic by artists Rachael Sokolowski and Suz Karchmer. Love is conveyed through public displays of handmade hearts crafted from everyday materials. These... Read More
Join us for a reading and discussion of Dr. Michael Pregot's new book Slavery and Abolitionism on Cape Cod. About The Book After Massachusetts legally prohibited its practice in 1780, sea captains became engaged in a variety of... Read More
Open play – beginner to moderate
Join us on the last Tuesday of the month for a DROP IN afternoon of games. Choose from our wide collection of board games and card games or bring one of your own! Everyone is welcome. Snacks and... Read More
We’re combining Storytime with sensory and movement stations for ages birth to 5 and their caregivers. Enjoy some great books, songs and rhymes, crafts, and being together.
Truro Library Book Group January selection is Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely... Read More
Hibernation & Harmony: A Well-being Circle for Mindfulness and Conversation with Jessi Rosinsky This 7-week coaching circle is designed to cultivate mindfulness and deepen interpersonal connections through conversation. Each class will begin with a mindfulness practice—such as guided... Read More
Join us on Thursday evenings for snacks, lo-fi beats, and a homework hang. Please email Zoe for more information.
Mystery Book Club on Zoom February selection is The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey 1920s India: Perveen Mistry, Bombay’s first female lawyer, is investigating a suspicious will on behalf of three Muslim widows living in full... Read More
Open play – beginner to moderate
We’re combining Storytime with sensory and movement stations for ages birth to 5 and their caregivers. Enjoy some great books, songs and rhymes, crafts, and being together.
Hibernation & Harmony: A Well-being Circle for Mindfulness and Conversation with Jessi Rosinsky This 7-week coaching circle is designed to cultivate mindfulness and deepen interpersonal connections through conversation. Each class will begin with a mindfulness practice—such as guided... Read More
Join us on Thursday evenings for snacks, lo-fi beats, and a homework hang. Please email Zoe for more information.
Bring a stuffed animal (maybe not your favorite) to listen to some bedtime stories, eat some pizza, and tuck then in to spend the night at the library. For ages 9 and under.
Pick up your stuffed animals and learn about their night adventures in the library!
Opal Canyon is one of those rare bands that have the ability to transport their listeners to a place where serenity and serendipity exist in tandem, and emotion is expressed openly and abundantly. They evoke gilded landscapes, bringing... Read More
Open play – beginner to moderate
We’re combining Storytime with sensory and movement stations for ages birth to 5 and their caregivers. Enjoy some great books, songs and rhymes, crafts, and being together.
Hibernation & Harmony: A Well-being Circle for Mindfulness and Conversation with Jessi Rosinsky This 7-week coaching circle is designed to cultivate mindfulness and deepen interpersonal connections through conversation. Each class will begin with a mindfulness practice—such as guided... Read More
Join us on Thursday evenings for snacks, lo-fi beats, and a homework hang. Please email Zoe for more information.
For kids seven and up. Come make a Lego kit or create a free build. We provide the LEGO pieces and some fun challenges, you can provide the imagination.
Henry Beston’s 1928 book The Outermost House, a vivid account of a year in a dune shack in Eastham, endures as a classic of nature writing. The next year, Beston married the world-traveling poet and children’s writer Elizabeth... Read More
Open play – beginner to moderate
Hadley Luddy, State Representative for the 4th Barnstable District, is hosting Community Office Hours throughout Cape Cod.
Truro Climate Action Committee – Humane Rodent Control Humane Rodent Control with Stephanie Ellis, Executive Director of Wild Care, Inc. Got mice? Stephanie will provide humane, long-term solutions for controlling or deterring rodent populations (rats and mice) in and around... Read More
We’re combining Storytime with sensory and movement stations for ages birth to 5 and their caregivers. Enjoy some great books, songs and rhymes, crafts, and being together.
Artist Trading Cards are mini works of art that are exchanged among artists around the world. They are just the same size as your favorite Pokemon or Baseball card. But these you get to make all your own.... Read More
Hibernation & Harmony: A Well-being Circle for Mindfulness and Conversation with Jessi Rosinsky This 7-week coaching circle is designed to cultivate mindfulness and deepen interpersonal connections through conversation. Each class will begin with a mindfulness practice—such as guided... Read More
Fans of The Poop Museum Part One, will adore The Poop Museum Part Two - Even More Poo! Find out the animal whose poop looks like a noodle or what animal has poop nicer than its food. There... Read More
Get crafty at our Pet-A-Palooza celebration: learn DIY enrichment activities you can do at home, create purr-fect cat scratch boards, and decorate delicious dog treats! Have a paw-some time but leave your furry friends at home.
Open play – beginner to moderate
Join us on the last Tuesday of the month for a DROP IN afternoon of games. Choose from our wide collection of board games and card games or bring one of your own! Everyone is welcome. Snacks and... Read More
We’re combining Storytime with sensory and movement stations for ages birth to 5 and their caregivers. Enjoy some great books, songs and rhymes, crafts, and being together.
Truro Library Book Group January selection is First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston Evie Porter has everything a nice Southern girl could want: a doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence, a tight group of friends. The... Read More
Hibernation & Harmony: A Well-being Circle for Mindfulness and Conversation with Jessi Rosinsky This 7-week coaching circle is designed to cultivate mindfulness and deepen interpersonal connections through conversation. Each class will begin with a mindfulness practice—such as guided... Read More
Join us for Grief 101, a presentation that covers “the basics” of grief: what it is, how it impacts our brains and bodies, and how we can support people in our lives who are going through it. Sharing... Read More
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Wednesday, Friday, Saturday:
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Tuesday & Thursday:
10:00 AM-8:00 PM
Sunday & Monday: Closed
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PO Box 357 (Mailing Address)
North Truro, MA 02652
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