As of Saturday, January 22, 2022, the library building has reopened to the public and we are following our regular schedule.
*Library **Hours September 10, 2022 – October 15, 2022* *Day* *Hours open* Monday 1:00 pm - 8:30 pm Tuesday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Wednesday 9:00 am - 8:30 pm Thursday 9:00 am- 8:30 pm Friday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Sunday Closed Contactless pickup has ended. All reserved materials can be picked up in our open stack reserved materials area and checked out. Patrons who have concerns about entering the building can call the library at 781-259-8465 ext. 204 – we will be happy to check out your reserves and bring them to the vestibule for you. *Masks now optional in the Lincoln Public Library* The Lincoln Board of Health (BOH) voted to rescind the town-wide indoor mask mandate effective Monday, March 14, 2022, in response to substantially improved and positively trending public health data, including Lincoln’s high vaccination rate. Residents with weakened immune systems or at increased risk of severe Covid-19 disease because of age or medical conditions, or who have a household member at such increased risk, are advised by the Lincoln BOH and the Commonwealth’s Department of Public Health (DPH) to continue to wear a mask when indoors other than in their home, even if they are vaccinated. We encourage the public to continue to wear masks in accordance with their own comfort level and in compliance with the DPH guidelines cited above. Private establishments may continue to *require masks upon entry.* *Updated indoor mask use recommendation as of April 14, 2022*: “Due to recent data showing an increase in positive COVID-19 cases, the Board of Health members voted last night to strongly recommend that people wear masks in public indoor spaces until early May as we see how the infection rate from the new BA-2 variant evolves over the next few weeks after spring vacation.” More information is available on the town website here. <https://www.lincolntown.org/1169/Coronavirus-Covid-19> Please visit our FAQ page <https://us506.directrouter.com/~hgpozntp/about/library-phase-iii-reopening-information-2> for more information about our changes in service! *Holiday Hours* The Lincoln Library will be closed all day on Monday, October 10 in observance of the Columbus Day holiday. *Saturday Hours* As of Saturday, September 10, the Lincoln Library is open on Saturdays from 10am – 5pm. *Sunday Hours* The Lincoln Library is currently closed on Sundays. Our first open Sunday will be October 16, 2022 *Upcoming Events: * Our programming will continue as scheduled. Please see our calendar <https://us506.directrouter.com/~hgpozntp/events/program-calendar>for more information about our programs. Art Gallery Applications <https://www.lincolnpl.org/services/art-gallery-display-spaces> Applications for exhibits in our main art gallery will be available starting Thursday, September 1st. Application deadline is Friday, September 30, 2022 Copies of the application & art exhibitor agreement form can be found on the Library's website at: Art Gallery & Display Spaces <https://www.lincolnpl.org/services/art-gallery-display-spaces> Copies are also available at the Reference Desk. Our downstairs "Stay-Put" Gallery requires no application and has openings as well. Please contact Melissa at mroder...@minlib.net with any questions. <https://www.lincolnpl.org/services/readers-services/reading-challenges> Reading Challenges <https://www.lincolnpl.org/services/readers-services/reading-challenges> Through the generosity of the Friends of the Lincoln Library, the library is now able to offer online reading challenges via Beanstack, a free online service which offers book and activity logging, recommendations, reviews, and more! As of September 1, two reading challenges are available. *The Lincoln Library Read Local Challenge, running March 1 – November 30 (join any time!)* Learn more about our community by reading books from our Read Local reading list about the history of Lincoln and Massachusetts, as well as fiction and nonfiction by local authors! Any participant who earns at least one badge in addition to the registration badge will be entered in a prize drawing at the end of the challenge! * Lincoln Library Hispanic Heritage Month Challenge, running September 1 – October 31* National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated each year from Sep. 15 to Oct. 15. This year, the theme is “Unidos: Inclusivity for a Stronger Nation.” Honor diverse voices, unique perspectives, and rich cultural traditions by completing activities and reading books related to Hispanic history, heritage, and culture. Anyone who earns at least one badge (not counting the registration badge) will be entered in our prize drawing at the end of the challenge. The more you read, the more likely the winner will be you! Write Stuff <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/write-stuff-66/> *Wednesday, September 14, 7:00pm – 8:30pm* *Zoom* Lincoln’s own writer’s group. For information on joining the group, please email Melissa at mroder...@minlib.net Baby Bounce <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/baby-bounce-52/> *Thursday, September 15, 10:30am – 11:30am* *Tarbell Room, Lincoln Library* Gentle stories and songs for babies and caregivers, followed by playtime. A great opportunity to connect and share experiences! Intended for infants and their caregivers; no registration required. Lincoln Library Film Society <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/lincoln-library-film-society-34/> *Thursday, September 15, 6:00pm – 8:00pm* *Tarbell Room, Lincoln Public Library* This month’s film is *Le Cercle Rouge* After leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceeds to plot an elaborate heist. - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065531/ Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville 1970, Not Rated, 2 hr. 20 min. *Banned Book Week Book Discussion: Ban This Book by Alan Gratz <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/banned-book-week-book-discussion-ban-this-book-by-alan-gratz/>* *Monday, September 19, 6:00pm – 7:00pm* *Library, Lincoln Public Library* In order to recognize the impact book bans have on our communities, we want to encourage communication. Join us to discuss Ban This Book by Alan Gratz and celebrate the freedom to read. Copies of the book will be available at the Children's Desk. This event is for kids grades 4+ and their families. Email dleop...@minlib.net to register. Light refreshments will be served. Reading for Racial and Social Justice <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/reading-for-racial-and-social-justice-12/> *Monday, September 19, 7:00pm – 8:15pm* *Tarbell Room, Lincoln Library with Zoom option* This week’s book is *Common Ground*, by J. Anthony Lukas. Please email Robin at rrapop...@minlib.net to receive a Zoom invitation. Storytime! For All Ages <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/storytime-33/> *Tuesday, September 20, 10:00am – 10:30am* *Tarbell Room, Lincoln Public Library* A lively story program that combines books, music, scarves, and shakers. Come prepared to dance! Recommended for ages 0-5. No registration necessary. Lego at the Library! <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/lego-at-the-library/> *Wednesday, September 21, 2:00pm – 3:00pm* *Tarbell Room, Lincoln Public Library* Build & create structures. We provide the Legos. You provide the creativity! For ages 4 & up. Drop in. *Banned Book Week Book Discussion: Teen <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/banned-book-week-book-discussion-teen/>* *Wednesday, September 21, 6:00pm—7:00 pm* *Tarbell Room, Lincoln Public Library* In order to recognize the impact book bans have on our communities, we want to encourage communication. Join us to discuss Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook, Ko Hyung-Ju, and Ryan Estrada and celebrate the freedom to read. Copies of the book will be available at the Children's Desk. This event is for readers in grades 7+ and their families. Email sfeat...@minlib.net to register. Light refreshments will be served. Baby Bounce <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/baby-bounce-53/> *Thursday, September 22, 10:30am – 11:30am* *Tarbell Room, Lincoln Library* Gentle stories and songs for babies and caregivers, followed by playtime. A great opportunity to connect and share experiences! Intended for infants and their caregivers; no registration required. eBook Help <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/ebook-help-156/> *F**riday, September 23, 2:00pm– 3:00pm* *Zoom* Learn how to read or listen to library books on a Kindle or iPhone! Kate Tranquada and Elizabeth Creighton will show you how to borrow eBooks and audiobooks from the Lincoln Public Library. They’re available for troubleshooting too. Contact Kate at ktranqu...@minlib.net to get the Zoom link or call 781-259-8465 x 3. Mystery Mondays <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/mystery-mondays-lightning-strike/> *Monday, September 26, 7:00pm – 8:15pm* *Zoom* This week’s book is *Lightning Strike*, by William Kent Krueger. To receive the Zoom link please email Robin at rrapop...@minlib.net. Storytime! For All Ages <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/storytime-34/> *Tuesday, September 27, 10:00am – 10:30am* *Tarbell Room, Lincoln Public Library* A lively story program that combines books, music, scarves, and shakers. Come prepared to dance! Recommended for ages 0-5. No registration necessary. Write Stuff <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/write-stuff-66/> *Wednesday, September 28, 700pm – 8:30pm* *Zoom* Lincoln’s own writer’s group. For information on joining the group please email Melissa at mroder...@minlib.net. *Looking Ahead!* Author Anita Harris on *The View from Third Street* <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/author-anita-harris-on-the-view-from-third-street/> *Saturday, October 1, 3:00pm – 4:00pm* *Tarbell Room with Zoom option* As a fledgling reporter in the early 1970s, author Anita M. Harris and college friends helped found a small newspaper on Third Street in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Harrisburg Independent Press (AKA "HIP") was first conceived to report on the Trial of the Harrisburg Seven-- in which anti-Vietnam War nuns and priests were accused of conspiring to kidnap Presidential Advisor Henry Kissinger and blow up underground heating tunnels in Washington, DC. (True story!) Like the many other underground and alternative newspapers of the day, HIP covered civic, consumer, national and international issues--many with parallels in the unrest we are experiencing today. In this unconventional memoir, Harris traces, from the point of view of Ani, her 23-year-old self, the founding of the newspaper, the trial, and the devastating Flood of 1972, which left 124 people dead. Interwoven, with humor and puzzlement, are stories of Ani's love relationship, her coverage of poverty and social injustice, and HIP''s reporting on topics ranging from dirty movies to slave labor, heroin sales, racial discrimination; a burgeoning feminist movement, abortion rights and opposition to the Vietnam War.The book also includes many images and cartoons--giving readers a wonderful sense of what it was like to live in those amazing times. Anita Harris is an award-winning journalist, author and communications consultant who resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This will be a hybrid event. Please register here <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/author-anita-harris-on-the-view-from-third-street/> for Zoom Link. Virtual Event: Billy Joel – The Piano Man <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-billy-joel/> *Thursday, October 6, 2:00pm – 3:00pm * *Zoom* **PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Meeting via email.** Though Billy Joel has not released a new rock album in over 27 years, he remains one of the world’s most popular live performers. Using performance and interview video clips, we’ll trace the arc of Billy’s career from his humble beginnings in Hicksville, NJ, to his slow rise to fame, to his long string of hits including “Just The Way You Are”, ”It’s Still Rock N Roll To Me”, ”Uptown Girl” and “River Of Dreams.” to his love life including his marriage to supermodel Christie Brinkley, and finally to his current status as one of the world’s most successful touring acts. “If you’re in the mood for a melody, the Piano Man will make you feel alright.” Led by Gary Wenstrup, who has taught courses on the Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel and Motown Records for the Continuing Education Departments of College of DuPage and Oakton (IL) Community College. Wenstrup has lectured at over 80 public libraries. Besides being featured on radio broadcasts and in newspaper articles, he is also a recurring guest on the widely respected podcast “Something About The Beatles.” Learn more about Wenstrup HERE <https://garywenstrup.com/>. Register directly on Zoom HERE <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6416627406754/WN_eyMzVWrpTF6aXLVeWvTBSg>. This virtual event is hosted by the Tewksbury Public Library and a collaboration between several Massachusetts libraries. Sponsored by the Friends of the Lincoln Library <https://www.lincolnpl.org/about/friends>. Virtual Event: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-the-films-of-alfred-hitchcock/> *Friday, October 14, 4:00pm – 5:00pm * *Zoom* *PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Meeting via email. ** Alfred Hitchcock is probably the most famous film director who ever lived. For five decades, first in England, then in Hollywood, he made fifty-four films, including classics such as The Thirty-Nine Steps, Rebecca, Notorious, Rear Window, North by Northwest, Vertigo, and Psycho. Few filmmakers have been as popular, critically celebrated, and as influential, not only as a director but also as a multi-media showman through his tv series, magazines, book anthologies, even extending to board games and record albums. This presentation looks at his achievements as “the master of suspense,” and through dozens of film clips, examines his extraordinary creativity as one of the 20th century’s greatest filmmakers. Led by Brian Rose, a professor emeritus at Fordham University, where he taught for 38 years in the Department of Communication and Media Studies. He’s written several books on television history and cultural programming and conducted more than a hundred Q&As with leading directors, actors, and writers for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Screen Actors Guild, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and the Directors Guild of America. Register directly on Zoom HERE <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9716627406545/WN_Fr7LhfpNSf6DxkiC4zFArQ>. This virtual event is hosted by the Tewksbury Public Library and a collaboration between several Massachusetts libraries. Sponsored by the Friends of the Lincoln Library <https://www.lincolnpl.org/about/friends>. *Recordings of past events are available* on our Special Online Displays and Recorded Events page <https://www.lincolnpl.org/events/special-online>. Recorded events currently available: History of Juneteenth with Dr. Kelli Carter Jackson <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/history-of-juneteenth-with-dr-kelli-carter-jackson/> . Recording available here <https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/uNEzErAtMJ1nAHuUGDkTyea-yAGPhhQ5oDP9HKvyAJ8J3qhvLFdF1ynf1TD-CLuP.TanfIaJRJAe6Lwnf> . Access passcode yGW+FpG8 LGBTQ+ Author Panel with Emery Lee, Timothy Janovsky, Katee Robert, and Olivia Waite <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/lgbtq-author-panel-with-emery-lee-timothy-janovsky-katee-robert-and-olivia-waite/> Recording available here. <https://youtu.be/-tjMTVAVoaw> An Evening with Sybrina Fulton: Cultivating Justice toward Racial Equality <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/an-evening-with-sybrina-fulton/> *.* Recording available here. <https://youtu.be/rC3j-nJ-DPg> Three Authors, Three Books, & One Lincoln <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/four-lincoln-authors-discuss-their-new-books/> *:* Featuring Elise Lemire, Judy Polumbaum and Katie Ives. 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