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All locations will be closed Saturday, May 27 through Monday, May 29 in observance of Memorial Day. Sunday hours at the main library, and Saturday hours at the Farms branch, will end for the season as of Memorial Day weekend.

This week the Beverly Public Library has 231 new books and 15 new movies. New items include Identity and Moving On. wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?p=618-…

Calling all romance lovers! Make sure to take a break this summer and join us in the Winter Street Courtyard to chat about some great romances with our Modern Love Book Group.

If you liked Povery By America by Matthew Desmond then try Caste by Isabel Wilkerson, The Rich and the Rest of Us by Tavis Smiley and Cornel West, and The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee.

The annual Farms Lawn Party will take place on Saturday, June 3 at 1:30 PM and will feature a dog beauty contest (weather permitting), ice cream sundaes, a book sale, as well as crafts and games for children.

Music lovers make sure not to miss our next Monday Morning: Hearing Baroque Music with New Ears with Eli Eberhardt on Monday, May 22 at 9:30 AM. Take a step back in time and learn how to better appreciate this wonderful music.

Join us at the Farms on May 24 at 3:30 PM for After-School Craftivity and make a beautiful stained ‘glass’ window from colored pasta! All materials will be provided.

Fantasy lovers rejoice! New York Times Bestselling author MarcyKate Connolly will host an author's event on Saturday, May 20 at 2 PM. Copper Dog will be there with books!

This week the Beverly Public Library has 291 new books and one new movie. New items include The Covenant of Water. wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?p=618-…

Join us on Wednesday, May 24 at 7 PM for Monday Mornings: Sharing our Stories, Listening to Difference, and Creating Community where we will hear from local artist and art educator, Luba Shapiro Grenader. Register: buff.ly/41qYycG

Can't get enough of wealthy dysfunctional family dynamics like you found in Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson? Why not try The Windfall by Diksha Basu, What We Were Promised by Lucy Tan, or Dava Shastri's Last Day by Kirthana Ramisetti.

How do you know when the warm weather is finally here to stay? Is it when the pear blossoms bloom on Cabot Street? Or when they start putting the grass seed down on the Common? For me it's when the tables are finally put out on our Winter Street Courtyard!

New technologies can often bring with them new challenges. Learn from ACLU of Massachusetts’ Director of Technology for Liberty, Kade Crockford on May 16 at 7 PM about what is be done right now to protect our rights: buff.ly/41vfMpd

Put on your dancing shoes and join us on Monday, May 15 at 9:30 to hear all about the Jazz Age of the 1920s with local historian Christopher Daley.

Brighten up some rainy spring days with some these tense and exciting thillers and supsense novels: buff.ly/3BlCzdJ

Spring cleaning? Why not donate your gently used books to the library so you can clear some space on your shelves and support library programming at the same time!

This week the Beverly Public Library has 307 new books, 13 new movies, and 22 new music CDs. wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?p=618-…

Whether you have kids 8-12 or teenage readers, MarcyKate has written the perfect fantasy book for them! Join us as we host New York Times Bestselling author MarcyKate Connolly. Copper Dog will be there with books!

If you liked The Wager by David Grann, why not try The Bounty by Caroline Alexander, Conquering the Pacific by Andrés Reséndez, or Dead Wake by Erik Larson.