This event is rescheduled from April 15. This month we will discuss Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope by Nicholas D. Kristof with Sheryl WuDunn. We will be joined by Elijah Manning from Inclusive Education LLC who will help facilitate a lively and thoughtful conversation.  Copies of the book will be available for checkout at the library!  We will make a Zoom link if people want to participate that way. Free and open to all. Registration is suggested as seating is limited and is available one month prior to the event. Location: Grady Thomas Room

Connecticut author, Katie Tietjen, will discuss her new book, Death in the Details. It’s 1946, and Maple Bishop, a recent war widow, is suddenly penniless. To make ends meet, she begins building and selling intricately crafted dollhouses. However, when she makes a delivery to her first customer, she finds his dead body hanging from a noose. Maple sees details at the scene that could point to foul play; after the sheriff brushes her off, she puts her dollhouse-making skills to new use by crafting a miniature re-creation of the scene to persuade him to dig deeper. When he continues to rebuff her, she teams up with an idealistic young deputy. Together, they discover the truth about Elijah Wallace’s death and turn up some disturbing secrets lurking beneath the idyllic surface of their small Vermont town. Books will be available for purchase at the event. Free and open to all. Registration is suggested as seating is limited and is available one month prior to the event. Location: Grady Thomas Room

This group meets the first Wednesday of the month in the library. This month's book is The Overstory by Richard Powers. Free and open to all. No registration required. Location: Grady Room

This group, led by Acton Public Library staff members, will knit and/or crochet items to be donated to a cause.  Needles, yarn & patterns will be provided for charity projects. You may also bring your own supplies to work on a project of your own. Free and open to all. No registration necessary. Location: Grady Room

Come join us to cultivate joy and connection! Chloe Carlson will talk briefly about what joy is, why joy is so beneficial to our well-being, and how to harness and even amplify joy’s benefits, all drawing from the work of Stanford neuroscience researcher, Kelly McGonigal, PhD. Chloe will also review some of the simple, effective tools Dr. McGonigal has identified, which we can use to foster joy in our everyday lives. Since joy, like other emotions, is contagious, and connection is a major source of joy, we will be heightening our circle’s collective joy by exploring and sharing about joy together. Joy to you! Free and open to all. Registration is suggested as seating is limited and is available one month prior to the event. Location: Grady Room