🎨 Painting for Teens!

Reading Public Library 64 Middlesex Ave, Reading, MA, United States

Join Creative Arts at the library for this fun painting program! This workshop will focus on interesting and engaging topics inspired by the world around us. Teens will learn how to develop painting techniques using watercolors and acrylic paints. They will also learn about color and art to create their own masterpieces! * Register for […]

🚒 Vehicle Day

Reading Public Library 64 Middlesex Ave, Reading, MA, United States

It's the 24th annual Vehicle Day! Come see all of the amazing vehicles that make Reading so exciting! Stop by the library parking lot to visit cool cars, tough trucks, and excellent emergency vehicles! The event will happen rain or shine.

⛳ 18 Hole LED Mini Golf – All Ages

Reading Public Library 64 Middlesex Ave, Reading, MA, United States

All are welcome! This program is now open to the whole family. Join One Up Games on Thursday, August 10 at 2:00pm as they take over the Reading Public Library with a full 18 hole LED mini golf set! Players will be able to play all holes throughout the event. *No Registration Required* This program […]

🎶 Drive to Sing Documentary with The Reading Community Singers

Reading Public Library 64 Middlesex Ave, Reading, MA, United States

Join members of the Reading Community Singers at the library for a screening and possibly a song! Are you passionate about choir singing? Don’t miss this award-winning documentary made in Massachusetts. Drive to Sing is about choirs during the pandemic and the importance of making music together. No registration required.

⛑️ Mental Health First Aid for Older Adults

Reading Public Library 64 Middlesex Ave, Reading, MA, United States

The Reading Coalition for Prevention & Support invites adults to participate in a special course. Mental Health First Aid for Older Adults is for those that want to support elders ages 60+. The instructor, Taunya L. Jarzyniecki, is credentialed through the National Council on Mental Well-being for Mental Health First Aid USA. Join us for […]

❓ Trivia at the Library!

Reading Public Library 64 Middlesex Ave, Reading, MA, United States

Grab your team of 4 to 6 players and join us for a fun night of trivia at the library! Questions will be read aloud and displayed in a slide show presentation. Trivia will consist of 3 rounds of general questions ranging from a variety of topics, a picture round, and a 3 question bonus […]

❣️ PSC Memory Cafe in Partnership with Stoneham Senior Center

Reading Public Library 64 Middlesex Ave, Reading, MA, United States

The Stoneham & Reading Senior Centers and the Reading Public Library are partnering to bring social connections to individuals living with a memory impairment & their care partners through the Memory Café. Alternating between Stoneham's Senior Center and the Reading Public Library, the cafe takes place on the second Tuesday of every month. September and […]

📓 Writers’ Workshop Series: There’s No Write Way To Write

Reading Public Library 64 Middlesex Ave, Reading, MA, United States

The RPL Writer's Group is designed to meet writers where they are --whether your project is memoir, journaling, essay, fiction, or something else— and this three-part introduction can help you start from scratch or help you to continue and complete work you've already begun. The theme of the first meeting is Getting to Know You; […]

📖 The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams

Reading Public Library 64 Middlesex Ave, Reading, MA, United States

Join Reading Public Library and author Adam Lazarus to hear more about THE WINGMEN: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams. The book tracks the friendship between two wholly different American icons: how, throughout various stages in their remarkable lives, a most unusual friendship formed, flourished, withered, then reinvigorated. No registration […]

🎶 Fall Concert: The Back Track Band

Reading Public Library 64 Middlesex Ave, Reading, MA, United States

Step back in time and enjoy the songs of the 50's, 60's and 70's with Reading's own Back Track band, a harmony-rich six-piece live band featuring three talented lead female vocalists backed by an experienced group of musicians. Bring your blankets or beach chairs and join us to sing along, dance with abandon and bid […]

📓 Writers’ Workshop Series: There’s No Write Way To Write

Reading Public Library 64 Middlesex Ave, Reading, MA, United States

The RPL Writer's Group is designed to meet writers where they are --whether your project is memoir, journaling, essay, fiction, or something else— and this three-part introduction can help you start from scratch or help you to continue and complete work you've already begun. The theme of the first meeting is Getting to Know You; […]

📓 Writers’ Workshop Series: There’s No Write Way To Write

Reading Public Library 64 Middlesex Ave, Reading, MA, United States

The RPL Writer's Group is designed to meet writers where they are --whether your project is memoir, journaling, essay, fiction, or something else— and this three-part introduction can help you start from scratch or help you to continue and complete work you've already begun. The theme of the first meeting is Getting to Know You; […]