MPL: Frightful Fall

Hello!

We hope the long, rainy weekend (we needed it, but we know it didn’t help with plans) treated you well! October is half-way through, and the second half of our month is jam-packed with things for you.

First up is the return of Board Game Night this Thursday, October 16th at 6pm. You all know the drill for this one— come down for a community game night and meet new friends over our featured game! We have a new one to play each month, or you’re welcome to shake things up by bringing in your favorite game to teach. We welcome gamers of all levels, and we just want everyone to have a good time. Let us know you’re coming here so we can pick a game that’ll be fun for everyone!

At the end of the week, we’ll also be showing this month’s Friday Feature! Join us on Friday, October 17th at 1pm for the classic film “Arsenic and Old Lace”; a horror-comedy featuring Cary Grant. Stop in for the fun, have some snacks, and check out the upcoming features we have here, all courtesy of the Friends of the Millis Public Library. No registration required.

After the afternoon movie, we’ve got a Teen Movie Night! Join us on Friday, October 17th at 6pm for a (musical) horror classic of innocuous bad decisions piling up— “Little Shop of Horrors”. Bring your friends and blankets, we’ll get the candy and snacks. No registration required.

Also, just a reminder that the next meeting of the Horror and Thriller Book Club is almost upon us. October may be spooky season, but in this book club, we keep the thrills going year-round. Our next meeting will be Monday, October 20th at 6:30pm, so (if you’re a fast reader) grab your copy of this month’s book from the front desk and come down to discuss it! This month’s read is “What Fire Brings” by Rachel Howzell Hall, a thriller about missing women in fire country.

No registration required.

Next, if Horror or Thrillers aren’t your thing, we’ve also got a collaboration going on Monday, October 20th at 7pm! In conjunction with the Ashland, Chelmsford, Groton, and Tewksbury Libraries, we're bring you Revolutionary Whiskey— History and Recs of American Whiskey with Travis Ireland. For all of you who enjoy a good glass of history Ireland will be discussing the best American whiskeys to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Revolutionary War! You may be surprised at how many wonderful whiskeys made right here in the good old U.S. of A.! Learn a bit of history and BYO to do a virtual taste test with Travis, who will be recommending some of his favorites. You must be 21 or older to participate in taste testing but all are welcome to join and learn.

This is a Virtual program and registration is required. Register directly on Zoom HERE.

Next up in the excitement of upcoming delights, we have an upcoming fright(ful delight). Jeff Belanger will be returning to the Millis Public Library to talk Ghosts and Legends on Friday, October 24th at 7pm! Get into the spooky holiday spirit with this ghostly multi-media program that will take you on a journey through the haunts in your backyard, and around the world. Pulling from Jeff’s 25 years of research for his books, podcasts, adventures, and the various television shows he’s worked on, join one of the nation’s premiere storytellers for a trip through the unusual and the unexplained.

To learn more about Belanger, check out his website here. No registration is required to attend this program, but if you’d like email reminders, sign up here! 

Brought to you free of charge by the Friends of the Millis Public Library

Then on Monday, October 27th, the Millis Memory Cafe will be returning. A memory café is a welcoming place for individuals and families living with memory changes and we’re pleased to welcome both new and returning attendees. Starting at 10:30am, join us once more for coffee and conversations. This time, our activity will be painting pumpkins. No registration is necessary, and all are welcome. This will be the last memory cafe of the calendar year, and we look forward to seeing you. No registration required.

At the same time, we welcome our younger patrons to get crafty! We’re partnering with Awbree from Bunkhouse Creative for Creative Play Art Class on Monday, October 27th at 10:30am. Recommended for children ages 2-5, all ages are welcome and no registration required.

Then later that night, we’ll be Painting Pumpkins for Middle School! Stop by on Monday, October 27th at 6:30pm and choose a white or an orange mini pumpkin and create something wonderful for the holiday season! All supplies provided, register here to claim your gourd.

Last on our agenda is the return of Writer’s Space on Tuesday, October 28th at 7pm! Join us once more for a night where you can put pen to paper in the most serious fashion you can, doodle nonsense, or do anything in between with a dedicated group of writers who get it. Whether you want to free write, work out the kinks of your plot, or just need help finding that word, we’ve got you. Light refreshments provided by the Friends of the Millis Library, no registration required.

As always, there’s more to see than we can ever fit (and you can see how big this newsletter got!). If you want to see everything we’ve got going, check out our calendar of events! We update there first, so it’ll have all our plans ready and waiting for you.

Until next time, take care of yourselves and stay safe. We hope to see you soon~

-Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarians