Poetry Reading with Maureen Hogan O’Brien

Wednesday, April 24, 6:30 PM

Celebrate national poetry month at Meekins Library with Williamsburg poet Maureen Hogan O'Brien, who will read from her recently published book, Light On the Water. Light On the Water reflects her life experience, gritty and real, poems of love and loss, life and death, the ongoing life of solace in work and friendships, and wonder at the natural world.
 

Meekins Chess Club

Tuesday, April 23, 6:00 P.M. - 7:30 P.M.

Stop into Meekins on Tuesdays and play some chess! All ages and skill levels are welcome. Sign up at the circulation desk. Children third grade and below must be accompanied by an adult. 

Cutting the Cable Cord

Saturday, April 20, 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.

Join Techconnect, Meekins Library, and the Burgy Senior Center for this informational presentation! Together we will explore options for reducing or eliminating your cable subscription in favor of alternative TV options, such as streaming. 

Meekins Book Club

Monday, April 29th, 6:00 P.M.

The Meekins Book Club is a monthly program. We generally read compelling, critically acclaimed, recently published books. Our next read is Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See. Copies of our current book are available at Meekins.

Please call, stop by or email meekinsbooks@cwmars.org for more information, suggestions, or to register for this month's meeting. For mature readers.

Mill River Flood: 150th Commemoration

Multiple Dates

Click here to see a list of upcoming events commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Mill River flood disaster.

Events hosted at Meekins will also be posted on our event calendar.

Art Exhibition: Paintings by DOTSY aka Peter Kosiba

April 2024

Stop into Meekins during open hours to view our latest exhibit in the Neil Hammer Gallery. This April, we are hosting paintings by DOTSY, aka Peter Kosiba.

Artist receptions held on April 6th & 20th from 2:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.

World Tai Chi Day

Saturday, April 27, 10:00 AM

Beginners welcome! Come play with Marty Phinney's local Tai Chi group. This event will be held on the Meekins Library lawn.

Radical Robots

Friday, April 19th, 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.

Mad Science of Western New England is coming to Meekins Library! Learn how science and technology go hand in hand through the exploration of robots. Participants will learn how robots work through real life examples, and hands-on experiments! For grades K-5. Note: This event will be held outside of library's normal hours.

Registration required: email Makayla at kmit@cwmars.org to sign-up

UPCOMING Art Exhibition: Paintings by Frances Kidder

May 2024

Frances Kidder's paintings of the Mill River Disaster will be on exhibit at the Neil Hammer Gallery at Meekins Library. Kidder was moved to create artwork as "an elegy to those who suffered." This event is part of the 150 year commemoration of the Mill River flood.

Join us for an opening reception & artist talk on Saturday, May 11th. 

The reception will be held from 11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Kidder will speak about her work at 1:00 P.M.