Peeps Diorama Contest

Fiske Public Library invites you to design a diorama for marshmallow Peeps! Build a model of a scene from a favorite book using Peeps and any other building or craft materials you’d like. All ages are welcome to participate. We will have two judging categories- Kids (......More

Fiske Public Library invites you to design a diorama for marshmallow Peeps! Build a model of a scene from a favorite book using Peeps and any other building or craft materials you’d like. All ages are welcome to participate. We will have two judging categories- Kids (0-12) and Young Adult/Adult (13+) All dioramas should use a shoebox or other similarly shaped box.  Other than the Peeps, please do not use any other perishable materials, as the dioramas will be on display in the library.  All characters in your scene should be made of Peeps. Be creative! Don’t be afraid to physically alter your Peeps (stale Peeps often work best.) Do not put your name on your diorama, please only put the title somewhere visible. Limit one entry per person. We will do our best to keep your diorama safe, but the library is not responsible for any damage to your diorama. By entering the diorama contest, you are giving the Fiske Public Library permission to display your diorama in the library, take pictures of your creation, and share them online.  Please return your completed diorama to Fiske between March 23-28. Dioramas will be on display in the children’s room until April 4. Voting will begin on March 30 and will continue through that week. All patrons can vote for their favorite. The winner will be announced Saturday, April 4.  To participate in the diorama contest, please register here or at the circulation desk.  https://fiskelib.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/peeps-diorama-contest-2/

Children's Room Fiske Public Library, 110 Randall Road, Wrentham, MA, 02093

Mother Goose on the Loose

Children from birth-age 3 with a caregiver are welcome to join in on this fun storytime for our littlest patrons! Mother Goose on the Loose is a thirty minute early literacy program that uses rhymes, stories, music, and movement to support your child's development. ......More

Children from birth-age 3 with a caregiver are welcome to join in on this fun storytime for our littlest patrons! Mother Goose on the Loose is a thirty minute early literacy program that uses rhymes, stories, music, and movement to support your child's development. No registration required. https://fiskelib.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/mother-goose-on-the-loose-85/

Sweatt Room Fiske Public Library, 110 Randall Road, Wrentham, MA, 02093

America’s Failed Response to the Opioid Crisis with Author Shoshana Walter

Join us for a special conversation between award-winning journalist Shoshana Walter and bestselling and award-winning author Barbara Kingsolver as they chat about Walter’s book Rehab: An American Scandal. In this work, Walter, a Pulitzer finalist, exposes the country’......More

Join us for a special conversation between award-winning journalist Shoshana Walter and bestselling and award-winning author Barbara Kingsolver as they chat about Walter’s book Rehab: An American Scandal. In this work, Walter, a Pulitzer finalist, exposes the country’s failed response to the opioid crisis, and the malfeasance, corruption, and snake oil which blight the drug rehabilitation industry. Today, more people have access to treatment than ever before. So why isn’t it working? The answer is that in America—where anyone can get addicted—only certain people get a real chance to recover. Despite record numbers of overdose deaths, our default response is still to punish, while rehabs across the United States fail to incorporate scientifically proven strategies and exploit patients. In this book, you’ll find the stories of four people who represent the failures of the rehab-industrial complex, and the ways our treatment system often prevents recovery. April is a black mom in Philadelphia, who witnessed firsthand how the government’s punitive response to the crack epidemic impeded her mother’s recovery—and then her own. Chris, a young middle-class white man from Louisiana, received more opportunities in his addiction than April, including the chance to go to treatment instead of prison. Yet the only program the judge permitted was one that forced him to perform unpaid back-breaking labor at for-profit companies. Wendy is a mother from a wealthy suburb of Los Angeles, whose son died in a sober living home. She began investigating for-profit treatment programs—yet law enforcement and regulators routinely ignored her warnings, allowing rehab patients to die, again and again. Larry is a surgeon who himself struggled with addiction, and would eventually become one of the first Suboxone prescribers in the nation, drawing the scrutiny of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Be sure to register now to participate in this urgent conversation and learn insight on how we might fix the system to save lives. About the Author: Shoshana Walter is a reporter for the Marshall Project covering the criminal justice system. Her reporting has been honored as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and Selden Ring, and she has won the Knight Award for Public Service, the Edward R. Murrow Award, and the Livingston Award for Young Journalists. She started her work on the treatment system at The Center for Investigative Reporting, where her work appeared in The New York Times Magazine, in newspapers, and on NPR stations across the country. She is based in Oakland, California. About the Guest Host: Barbara Ellen Kingsolver is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a nonfiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally. In 2023, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the novel Demon Copperhead. Her work often focuses on topics such as social justice, biodiversity, and the interaction between humans and their communities and environments. https://fiskelib.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/america-s-failed-response-to-the-opioid-crisis-with-author-shoshana-walter-in-conversation-with-guest-host-barbara-kingsolver/

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Fiske Library Book Club

Monthly meeting of the Fiske Public Library Book Club. https://fiskelib.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/fiske-library-book-club-10/

Genealogy Room Fiske Public Library, 110 Randall Road, Wrentham, MA, 02093

Springtime Preschool Playgroup with Self Help CFCE

Join Miss Julia for a 6-week playgroup at the Fiske Public Library. Each week will feature stories, crafts, activities, and sensory play based on a different springtime theme. This group will meet on Wednesdays from 10:30-11:30 am (March 11, 18, 25, and April 1, 8, 1......More

Join Miss Julia for a 6-week playgroup at the Fiske Public Library. Each week will feature stories, crafts, activities, and sensory play based on a different springtime theme. This group will meet on Wednesdays from 10:30-11:30 am (March 11, 18, 25, and April 1, 8, 15). This group is intended for children ages 3-5 and their caregivers. Please claim a ticket for each child who will be participating. If something comes up and you are unable to attend a date or if you have any questions about the group, please email me at [email protected]. Registration is required on their website https://fiskelib.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/self-help-cfce-playgroup-3/

Children's Program Room Fiske Public Library, 110 Randall Road, Wrentham, MA, 02093

Page Turners Book Club

Kids in grades 4-6 are invited to join us for a lunchtime book club meeting. Bring your lunch and enjoy a discussion of this month's book selection, along with accompanying activities. This month we will be reading The Probability of Everything by Sarah Everett. Copi......More

Kids in grades 4-6 are invited to join us for a lunchtime book club meeting. Bring your lunch and enjoy a discussion of this month's book selection, along with accompanying activities. This month we will be reading The Probability of Everything by Sarah Everett. Copies of the book will be available for checkout at the circulation desk.  https://fiskelib.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/page-turners-book-club-22/

Children's Program Room Fiske Public Library, 110 Randall Road, Wrentham, MA, 02093

Metacomet Greenway Association

General membership meeting of the Metacomet Greenway Association to discuss upcoming events, plans for the proposed rail-trail. https://fiskelib.assabetinteractive.com/meeting-and-study-rooms/metacomet-greenway-association/

Sweatt Room Fiske Public Library, 110 Randall Road, Wrentham, MA, 02093

Reading Dragons Club

Kids age 5+ who are participating in our Reading Dragons program are invited to join us on the last Wednesday of every month for Reading Dragons Club! Bring your cards and play against your friends, enjoy dragon themed activities, and earn limited edition cards. It's ......More

Kids age 5+ who are participating in our Reading Dragons program are invited to join us on the last Wednesday of every month for Reading Dragons Club! Bring your cards and play against your friends, enjoy dragon themed activities, and earn limited edition cards. It's never too late to sign up for Reading Dragons so all are welcome! https://fiskelib.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/reading-dragons-club-7/

Children's Program Room Fiske Public Library, 110 Randall Road, Wrentham, MA, 02093

Wrentham Sohoanno Garden Club

Monthly Meeting https://fiskelib.assabetinteractive.com/meeting-and-study-rooms/wrentham-sohoanno-garden-club-2/

Sweatt Room Fiske Public Library, 110 Randall Road, Wrentham, MA, 02093

Preschool Storytime

Best for ages 2-5, we will read stories, sing songs, learn movement activities, and more! No registration required. https://fiskelib.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/preschool-storytime-132/

Sweatt Room Fiske Public Library, 110 Randall Road, Wrentham, MA, 02093

Paul Revere, American Patriot

Paul Revere. His name evokes images of the famous “Midnight Ride” of April 18-19, 1775. But there was so much more to the man than his famous ride. He was a Master Goldsmith, specializing in working with silver. He cut copper plates depicting famous events on the eve......More

Paul Revere. His name evokes images of the famous “Midnight Ride” of April 18-19, 1775. But there was so much more to the man than his famous ride. He was a Master Goldsmith, specializing in working with silver. He cut copper plates depicting famous events on the eve of the American Revolution. He was a dentist! He was a Son of Liberty and a Freemason. He was a Lt. Colonel in the Massachusetts Militia during the war, though his service was fraught with disappointments. After the war, he helped gather support for ratification of the U.S. Constitution in Boston and became one of America’s first industrialists by casting bells, cannon, and rolling copper at his mills in Boston and Canton, Massachusetts. Most importantly, he was a devoted husband and father. Hear his story as told by historical interpreter, Michael Lepage, culminating with that night in April when he spread the alarm “to every Middlesex village and farm” that the regulars were coming out!” This program is sponsored by the Fiske Library Foundation. https://fiskelib.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/michael-lepage/

Sweatt Room Fiske Public Library, 110 Randall Road, Wrentham, MA, 02093

Voter Registration

Voter registration before the Annual Town Election April 6th. https://fiskelib.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/voter-registration-5/

Lobby Fiske Public Library, 110 Randall Road, Wrentham, MA, 02093

Baby/Toddler Playgroup

Babies and toddlers under 2 with a caregiver are welcome to come and meet new friends, and play with the toys and gym equipment purchased with funds from the Friends of Fiske. https://fiskelib.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/baby-toddler-playgroup-114/

Sweatt Room Fiske Public Library, 110 Randall Road, Wrentham, MA, 02093

Wrentham Senior Art Show Reception

Wrentham Senior Art Show Reception https://fiskelib.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/wrentham-senior-art-show-reception/

Sweatt Room Fiske Public Library, 110 Randall Road, Wrentham, MA, 02093

Peeps Diorama Contest

Fiske Public Library invites you to design a diorama for marshmallow Peeps! Build a model of a scene from a favorite book using Peeps and any other building or craft materials you’d like. All ages are welcome to participate. We will have two judging categories- Kids (......More

Fiske Public Library invites you to design a diorama for marshmallow Peeps! Build a model of a scene from a favorite book using Peeps and any other building or craft materials you’d like. All ages are welcome to participate. We will have two judging categories- Kids (0-12) and Young Adult/Adult (13+) All dioramas should use a shoebox or other similarly shaped box.  Other than the Peeps, please do not use any other perishable materials, as the dioramas will be on display in the library.  All characters in your scene should be made of Peeps. Be creative! Don’t be afraid to physically alter your Peeps (stale Peeps often work best.) Do not put your name on your diorama, please only put the title somewhere visible. Limit one entry per person. We will do our best to keep your diorama safe, but the library is not responsible for any damage to your diorama. By entering the diorama contest, you are giving the Fiske Public Library permission to display your diorama in the library, take pictures of your creation, and share them online.  Please return your completed diorama to Fiske between March 23-28. Dioramas will be on display in the children’s room until April 4. Voting will begin on March 30 and will continue through that week. All patrons can vote for their favorite. The winner will be announced Saturday, April 4.  To participate in the diorama contest, please register here or at the circulation desk.  https://fiskelib.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/peeps-diorama-contest-3/

Children's Room Fiske Public Library, 110 Randall Road, Wrentham, MA, 02093

Springtime Preschool Playgroup with Self Help CFCE

Join Miss Julia for a 6-week playgroup at the Fiske Public Library. Each week will feature stories, crafts, activities, and sensory play based on a different springtime theme. This group will meet on Wednesdays from 10:30-11:30 am (March 11, 18, 25, and April 1, 8, 1......More

Join Miss Julia for a 6-week playgroup at the Fiske Public Library. Each week will feature stories, crafts, activities, and sensory play based on a different springtime theme. This group will meet on Wednesdays from 10:30-11:30 am (March 11, 18, 25, and April 1, 8, 15). This group is intended for children ages 3-5 and their caregivers. Please claim a ticket for each child who will be participating. If something comes up and you are unable to attend a date or if you have any questions about the group, please email me at [email protected]. Registration is required on their website https://fiskelib.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/self-help-cfce-playgroup-4/

Children's Program Room Fiske Public Library, 110 Randall Road, Wrentham, MA, 02093