🐨 Killam School Building Community Meeting – Preferred Solutions

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

The community will have the opportunity to review and provide feedback on the preferred solution with cost estimate. Date: Wednesday, August 14, 2024 Time: 7:00 - 8:30 PM Location: Reading Public Library For questions, please contact the Superintendent’s Office at 781-944-5800

💸 Spring 2024 Financial Forum

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

Spring Financial Forum: Tuesday, May 28 at 7pmJoin Town staff and elected officials for a discussion of the current capital projects before the Town on Tuesday, May 28 at 7pm. The event will be held in the Community Room a the reading Public Library.

Free

✍️ How to Write Great College Essays (In Person)

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

Unpack the secrets to writing effective college essays IN-PERSON with Collegewise's expert counselor, Lizzie Leonard! Perfecting the personal statement or brainstorming the supplemental essays can be a daunting task, especially when students apply to multiple colleges. Our experts are sharing their top approaches to essay writing and how students can take their essay writing to […]

📽️ March Matinees: The Stratford Festival, Ontario, Canada. “Merry Wives of Windsor”

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

If you have preconceptions of Shakespearean productions as featuring men in tights whose necks are festooned with uncomfortable-looking Elizabethan ruffs, throw them away!! There are few theatrical companies on the planet who produce Shakespeare's plays with the panache and gusto of Ontario's Stratford Festival. This version of Merry Wives of Windsor sets the 400+ year […]

📝 In Person: College Admission and Creative Summer Planning

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

Unpack the secrets to college admissions and creative summer planning IN-PERSON with Collegewise's expert counselor, Lizzie Leonard! We'll help answer the following questions: How should you be spending your high school summers? Does attending a university's pre-college summer program really help you get in? What programs (if any) are worth spending your money on? Our […]

🎶 Celtic Music Concert with Ulster Landing

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

Boston-based group Ulster Landing specializes in traditional folk music of the Celtic regions including Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Cornwall. Its musicians bring a great diversity of styles together into a delightful blend perfectly suited to St. Patrick's Day celebrations (and even the day after St. Patrick's Day!). You'll hear music ranging from beautiful Scottish airs […]

🎶 Creative Arts Sunday Concert Series: Global Harmony (rescheduled)

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

Join us for a journey into the diverse rhythms and melodies from around the world with musician Roald Wilson. Roald is certified in World Music Pedagogy by the Smithsonian Institution and is known for his diversity of musical interests. Enjoy a program of surprise and delight as Roald plays a selection of his extraordinary collection […]

🎞️ March Matinees: Original Theatre, Suffolk England “Being Mr. Wickham”

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

If you have ever wondered what became of the dastardly character of George Wickham from Pride and Prejudice, this streamed theatrical production from Suffolk England will satisfy your curiosity! Starring Adrian Lukis (who played George Wickham in the 1995 BBC television adaptation) "Being Mr. Wickham," picks up George's story thirty years after the end of […]

📽️ “Kiss the Ground” Documentary Film Presentation

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

Join the Reading Public Library in partnership with the Town of Reading Climate Advisory Committee for a community screening of “Kiss the Ground,” a star-studded, award-winning documentary about about how regenerating the world’s soils has the potential to rapidly stabilize Earth’s climate, restore lost ecosystems, and create abundant food supplies, and how you can be […]

📽️ March Matinees: The MINT Theatre, New York, NY “Becomes a Woman”

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

We kick off our March Matinees with Betty Smith's (yes, that Betty Smith, author of the1943 classic novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn) 1931 drama, 'Becomes a Woman,' produced by New York City's Mint Theatre Company. March Matinees is a midday Spring series where we broadcast live-on-tape productions from English-speaking theatres near and far. "Becomes […]

🏫 Killam School Building Committee Sustainability Goals

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

Give us your feedback! Join the Killam School Building Committee and the design team from Lavallee Brensinger Architects (LBA) on Thursday, FEBRUARY 29, 2024 from 5:30-7PM in the RMHS library to give your feedback on the sustainability goals identified for the new elementary school building project. A hybrid option will be available as well for […]

⚽ International Soccer Grannies Author Event, with Jean Duffy

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

Join us for an evening of conversation with Reading residents Kathy Kelly and Robyn Parker as they welcome Jean Duffy, author of Soccer Grannies: The South African Women Who Inspire the World. Jean will discuss her book, which explores how a group of grandmothers in rural South Africa defied social convention by creating soccer teams […]