Start in the children’s room & get your clue card for this self-guided scavenger hunt.

Fill out the clue card and bring it to the Circulation Desk for a small prize!

Wednesday Movie Nights: July is Summer Hijinks

Every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in the Marc Jacobs reading Room.

July 30: The Goonies (1985, 1h 54m)- A group of young misfits called The Goonies discover an ancient map and set out on an adventure to find a legendary pirate's long-lost treasure.

Librarian Courtney will read a story for children ages birth to five and their caregivers. Stories, and activities will vary at each program.

Tuesdays in July & August, in the children's area on the second floor.

Hear the lost stories of Provincetown with historian Lisa King. She will share and discuss the first deed of sale of Meeshawn (Provincetown) to the Plymouth Colony - a rare find! And tell the tale of the worst shipwreck in Provincetown history ever, which happened in 1783. Presentation will include rare images in Provincetown history.

Lisa King is a dedicated historian and a passionate advocate for the preservation of Provincetown's rich multi-cultural heritage. Lisa is committed to fostering a sense of community and belonging among Provincetown's inhabitants. Through her work, she invites others to join in celebrating and safeguarding the unique legacy that Provincetown represents, ensuring that it remains our cherished home for generations to come.

Start in the children’s room & get your clue card for this self-guided scavenger hunt.

Fill out the clue card and bring it to the Circulation Desk for a small prize!

Tarot Club With facilitator Susan Mitchell

*Bring your tarot cards. *

Let's talk and play and read for ourselves and each other!

Friendly and light-hearted, all tarot decks welcome.

On Wednesdays from 4:00pm to 6:00pm.

Author Andrew Lawler will read from his latest non-fiction book, A Perfect Frenzy: : A Royal Governor, His Black Allies, and the Crisis That Spurred the American Revolution. Most of us know about the battles at Lexington and Concord which took place 250 years ago this spring, but Andrew has a fascinating new tale that occurs at the same time, only in Virginia. His latest book is the first to detail the remarkable alliance formed between the colony’s royal governor, Lord Dunmore, and the enslaved Africans owned by its patriots.

Dunmore freed and armed those in bondage to fight for King George III, sparking a bloody clash between Black soldiers and white militia—with each side claiming to fight in the name of liberty. The crisis left one of America's largest ports in ruins and pushed Virginia's patriots to back separation from Britain. This broke the deadlock at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia and led to the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

Andrew's works, including the national bestseller The Secret Token which explored the Lost Colony of Roanoke, have earned the acclaim of The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and Kirkus Reviews. For more on Andrew, see www.andrewlawler.com.

A librarian will be offering drop-in tech assistance for phones, laptops, tablets, and e-Readers in the COA Lounge. Bring your questions and device. No appointment needed.

Second Monday of each month.

Librarian Courtney will read a story for children ages birth to five and their caregivers. Stories, and activities will vary at each program.

Tuesdays in July & August, in the children's area on the second floor.

Start in the children’s room & get your clue card for this self-guided scavenger hunt.

Fill out the clue card and bring it to the Circulation Desk for a small prize!

Tarot Club With facilitator Susan Mitchell

*Bring your tarot cards. *

Let's talk and play and read for ourselves and each other!

Friendly and light-hearted, all tarot decks welcome.

On Wednesdays from 4:00pm to 6:00pm.

Dr. Clarke offers a rare glimpse into the life of a scientist. On a year-long sabbatical, he discovers the tiny tropical fish that sets the course for more than 30 years of his research, through which he comes to understand that there is always more to learn if we keep looking and bring our whole, creative selves to the endeavor. Delve into his personal reflections, the ethical dilemmas he faced, and the inspirations behind his most significant breakthroughs.

Librarian Courtney will read a story for children ages birth to five and their caregivers. Stories, and activities will vary at each program.

Tuesdays in July & August, in the children's area on the second floor.

Start in the children’s room & get your clue card for this self-guided scavenger hunt.

Fill out the clue card and bring it to the Circulation Desk for a small prize!

Tarot Club With facilitator Susan Mitchell

*Bring your tarot cards. *

Let's talk and play and read for ourselves and each other!

Friendly and light-hearted, all tarot decks welcome.

On Wednesdays from 4:00pm to 6:00pm.

Librarian Courtney will read a story for children ages birth to five and their caregivers. Stories, and activities will vary at each program.

Tuesdays in July & August, in the children's area on the second floor.

Start in the children’s room & get your clue card for this self-guided scavenger hunt.

Fill out the clue card and bring it to the Circulation Desk for a small prize!

Tarot Club With facilitator Susan Mitchell

*Bring your tarot cards. *

Let's talk and play and read for ourselves and each other!

Friendly and light-hearted, all tarot decks welcome.

On Wednesdays from 4:00pm to 6:00pm.

Discussion with J. Hoberman, author Everything is Now: The 1960s New York Avant-Garde—Primal Happenings, Underground Movies, Radical Pop

Like Paris in the ‘20s, New York City in the ‘60s was a cauldron of artistic ferment. J. Hoberman will introduce his new book and read excerpts recounting an early performance by Jack Kerouac, Claes Oldenburg’s first happening, the Greenwich Village coffeehouse wars and the Beatnik Riot, with a digression on Provincetown in the summer of 1961 that includes a short 16mm movie filmed in the Winthrop Street cemetery by underground filmmakers Ken Jacobs and Jack Smith that had its world premiere 64 years ago at the Sun Gallery.

For over three decades J. Hoberman was a film and culture critic for The Village Voice. His previous books have explored the subculture of midnight movies, the rise and fall of Yiddish-language cinema, and SoHo performance art. His “found illusions” trilogy—which includes The Dream Life, Make My Day, and An Army of Phantoms used Hollywood to refract the history of the Cold War.