Film Screening: SCIENCE FAIR
This event takes place at the NAUSET REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM. Thank you, NRHS, Karen Hepinstall, Amy Fleischer, and Mark Adams! SCIENCE FAIR, hailed by critics as “immensely likeable,” “brilliant and quirky” and an “ode to the teenage science… Read More
October Art Exhibit: The Outer Cape White Line Printmakers
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
Author Talk: Mary T. Prenon
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 Early Days of Rock ‘n’ Roll
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
September Art Exhibit: Matthias Christensen
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
September Art Exhibit: Matthias Christensen
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
Poetry: Sue Burton
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
Author Talk: Prof. David Reich
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
FOTL’s Annual Gigantic Book Sale
Friends of the Truro Library Gigantic Book Sale! Proceeds benefit the Truro Library Join us for our annual Gigantic Book Sale at the Truro Public Library. There will be thousands of books to choose from, all at bargain… Read More
Author Talk: James F. Simon
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
Writers’ Symposium with David Levithan (author of Every Day and Will Grayson, Will Grayson)-a Young Adult and Middle Grade author Meet and Greet!
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
“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
Author: JAMES CARROLL
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
Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of The Speckled Band
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
June Art Exhibit Opening Reception: Robert Hager
“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
Film Series: Images of Women in Film Pre- & Post-Code
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
Film Screening: DIVIDE IN CONCORD
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
FOTL Presents: A Revolution of Her Own
FOTL PRESENTS A Revolution of Her Own! A Story of the American Heroine Deborah Sampson at the Truro Community Center Judith Kalaora, professional educator, actress, and living historian, portrays Deborah Sampson, the first woman to enlist in, to fight… Read More
Film Series: Images of Women in Film Pre- & Post-Code
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
Film Series: Images of Women in Film Pre- & Post-Code
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
Film Series: Images of Women in Film Pre- & Post-Code
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
Film Series: Images of Women in Film Pre- & Post-Code
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
Film Series: Images of Women in Film Pre- & Post-Code
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
Frank Poranski and Lary Chaplan are Broadway Central – Winter Music Series
Frank, vocals, and guitar, has been performing on Cape Cod for the last twenty years as a solo artist, as part of Frank and Chev, with the Pollyannas, backing Tianna Esperanza. and more. Lary Chaplan, violin, began his… Read More
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Author Talk: Sam Kafrissen
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
Tor Hansen: A Deeper Look at the Twine Field Meadows
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
Questions and Answers about Immigration on the Cape, with Collin Mickle
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
Ukulele Workshop with Julie Stepanek
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
Film: “Auroville: City of the Dawn”
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Next Chapter Book Club–Meeting
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
Poetry: Brendan Galvin
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
September Art Exhibit: Kay Cassill
“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
Author Talk: John J. Clayton and Sharon Dunn
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
MUSIC: Jordan Renzi with Mike Machaby
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
War Torn: Stories of Courage, Love, and Resilience
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
Author Talk: Terri Arthur
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
Robert Allison: Benjamin Franklin and the Invention of America
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
FOTL’s Annual Gigantic Book Sale
Friends of the Truro Library Gigantic Book Sale! Proceeds benefit the Truro Library Join us for our annual Gigantic Book Sale at the Truro Public Library. There will be thousands of books to choose from, all at bargain… Read More
August Art Exhibit: Warren Green
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
Author Talk: Dick Cluster– Kill the Ampaya!
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
The Sweet Spot and Beyond– with Amy Baltzell
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
Author Talk: Stephen Kinzer –@First Parish Church/Truro Meeting House
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
Coastal Geologist Mark Borrelli–at Truro Community Center
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
Author: Robert Finch
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