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Events Listing
July 19, 2019
10:00am - 11:00am
There are many species of animals that are not recognizable. They have strange appearances and even more strange behaviors for survival.
Presented by Jane Greco Deming, Humane Education Specialist,
with generous sponsorship... Read more
Audience: Kids
July 19, 2019
11:00am - 1:00pm
Summer Food Program Feeds Kids For Free
With summer right around the corner, it’s time to think about keeping children healthy while school is out.
Westerly Library & Wilcox Park provides free meals to children during the summer beginning June 24 thru August 23... Read more
Audience: Kids, Teen
July 19, 2019
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Build your own world. Literally. Make a clay model of a faraway planet in some distant galaxy. What colors will it be? Is there water there? What does the surface of the planet look like? What kind of creatures live there? How many moons, suns, and neighboring planets can be seen from its surface... Read more
Audience: Teen
July 20, 2019
11:00am - 3:30pm
CANCELLED DUE TO EXTREME HEAT! No one wants to stand in a black box in this weather! See you next week!
It's BACK!!! Weather permitting (we need sun!)
Come hunt down the Camera Obscura in the park, and get a chance to experience this really cool, naturally occuring, optical phenomenon that you... Read more
Audience: Adult, Kids, Teen
July 20, 2019
10:30am - 12:00pm
Adult Writers Workshop will meet every Saturday. Share work, discuss readings, and write in response to prompts in this group-led writing workshop. All experience levels and genre interests welcome. Please contact Erik at ... Read more
Audience: Adult
July 22, 2019
9:30am - 10:30am
Sanity & Tallulah” are best friends who live in the space station at the end of the Galaxy. Sanity uses her lab skills to create a very cute kitten who quickly wreaks havoc on the space station. This is a fun read about friendship, science, and adventure.
Join us at the Westerly Library... Read more
Audience: Kids
July 22, 2019
11:00am - 1:00pm
Summer Food Program Feeds Kids For Free
With summer right around the corner, it’s time to think about keeping children healthy while school is out.
Westerly Library & Wilcox Park provides free meals to children during the summer beginning June 24 thru August 23... Read more
Audience: Kids, Teen
July 22, 2019
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Join us to play dungeons and dragons! We will explain all the rules and play through a long-running adventure story. All game pieces will be included; all you need to bring is a willingness to learn and play!
Spots are Limited.
Event Category: Teen
Event Locations: Teen Room, Makerspace
Some... Read more
Audience: Teen
July 22, 2019
5:30pm - 7:00pm
This class has been cancelled until September.
Audience:
6:00pm - 7:30pm
If you're a fan of books and food, this club is for you!
Once a month, the Cookbook Club meets in the 3rd floor Terrace Room. Each month we focus on a different cookbook: we choose recipes to prepare and share with the group, and discuss the cookbook over a delicious meal!
This month, we'll be... Read more
Audience: Adult
July 22, 2019
6:00pm - 7:45pm
Come join us at robotics practice! We are a group of 7th-12th graders who meet at the library once or twice a week. Activities include designing robots, building them, programming them, driving them, strategizing, keeping records, and 3D design. If you are interested in STEM, or want to build a... Read more
Audience: Teen
July 22, 2019
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Stage Door Theater Company presents its summer production of “You Do Not Want to See a Nun at the DMV, ” a comedy written and directed by Eugene J. Celico.
The story begins when Sister Mary Rita and Sister Mary Sybil go to the Division of Motor Vehicles in Cranston, RI to renew Sister Rita’s... Read more
Audience:
July 23, 2019
10:00am - 11:00am
**PLEASE NOTE: THIS PROGRAM IS AT CRAIG FIELD***
Join Miss Christine from Sunflower Kids Yoga on a yoga storytelling adventure! We will listen to stories from around the world and retell them using our bodies through yoga postures. We will stretch, dance, sing, and breathe... Read more
Audience: Kids
July 23, 2019
11:00am - 1:00pm
Summer Food Program Feeds Kids For Free
With summer right around the corner, it’s time to think about keeping children healthy while school is out.
Westerly Library & Wilcox Park provides free meals to children during the summer beginning June 24 thru August 23... Read more
Audience: Kids, Teen
July 23, 2019
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Ready for a competition to celebrate this year's 50th anniversary of the moon landing?
The challenge goes like this: design a moon shuttle model out of recycled materials that prevents your two "astronauts" from catapulting out of their shuttle upon landing. Show your understanding of air... Read more
Audience: Teen
July 23, 2019
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Come to the library for our friendly knitting, crochet, needlework, and yarn craft club.
Bring your project, share your techniques or learn a new skill as you social with other crafters.
Join us on the second floor in the Reference Department any time between 5:30 pm and 7:30 pm every Tuesday.
... Read more
Audience: Adult
July 23, 2019
6:00pm - 7:45pm
Amatuer or experienced sewers are welcome to come by. Sit down and talk with others while working on your project of choice.
Meets every tuesday except the second in each month, in the library's Makerspace, The Boiler Room, from 6 to 7:45pm.
Audience: Adult
July 23, 2019
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Renaissance Toastmasters of Westerly, gathers twice a month (2nd & 4th Tuesdays) to share stories and get comfortable speaking in front of an audience. It is a process that over time helps to build self-confidence. Taking small steps, we eventually master the art of public... Read more
Audience: Adult
July 24, 2019
10:00am - 11:00am
Sensei Dean will teach kids fun, karate-based drills, basic karate moves likes blocks and jump-kicks, and how to show confidence and respect. Some lucky kids will even get to break a real wooden board!
Audience: Kids
10:00am - 10:45am
Special Toddler Music program Wed July 24 at 10:00 am with
Chris "Kavi" Carbone (weather permitting) at the Runaway Bunny statue in our own Wilcox Park. Bring a chair or blanket and a picnic, and enjoy a wonderful
musical morning. (In case of inclement weather we'll be in the... Read more
Audience: Kids
July 24, 2019
9:15am - 10:00am
Come join us for a storytime at the Watch Hill Memorial Library & Improvement Society.
Audience: Kids
July 24, 2019
11:00am - 1:00pm
Summer Food Program Feeds Kids For Free
With summer right around the corner, it’s time to think about keeping children healthy while school is out.
Westerly Library & Wilcox Park provides free meals to children during the summer beginning June 24 thru August 23... Read more
Audience: Kids, Teen
July 24, 2019
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Animation Nation is back! Get ready to enter a Universe of Many Stories, with the return of our stop-motion film making program.
Please pre-register online starting June 1st! Only 25 slots available and they are sure to go fast! Ages 8-12.
Audience: Kids, Teen
July 24, 2019
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Our board-breaking and self-defense program teaches simple and safe jiu-jitsu skills through fun and interactive drills. First 12 registered students in this program will get to break a wooden board.
For questions, contact Melanie (mdesantis@... Read more
Audience: Teen
July 24, 2019
5:30pm - 7:00pm
This class has been cancelled until September.
Audience:
July 24, 2019
6:00pm - 7:30pm
As we move further and further into the Digital Age, we find ourselves confronted with questions about the information that we and our devices generate. Who owns it? What can we do to safeguard it and ourselves? Should there be back doors in our devices' encryption? Sit down with our tech staff... Read more
Audience: Adult
July 25, 2019
10:00am - 11:00am
**PLEASE NOTE: THIS PROGRAM IS AT CIMALORE FIELD***
Join Miss Christine from Sunflower Kids Yoga on a yoga storytelling adventure! We will listen to stories from around the world and retell them using our bodies through yoga postures. We will stretch, dance, sing, and... Read more
Audience: Kids
July 25, 2019
10:15am - 11:00am
*REGISTRATION IS FOR SESSION 4 ONLY
*IF YOU KNOW YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE A SESSION, PLEASE LET US KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT WAY ANOTHER CHILD MAY HAVE THAT SPOT
Bring your little creatives to learn about different artists through a short story time followed by a group painting class.... Read more
Audience: Kids
July 25, 2019
11:00am - 1:00pm
Summer Food Program Feeds Kids For Free
With summer right around the corner, it’s time to think about keeping children healthy while school is out.
Westerly Library & Wilcox Park provides free meals to children during the summer beginning June 24 thru August 23... Read more
Audience: Kids, Teen
July 25, 2019
11:30am - 12:30pm
Beat the heat with an ice cream treat and some stories, at Mel's Downtown Creamery!
Audience: Kids