Beverly Public Library

Fred Hammond, of the Beverly Historical Society and author of
“Reflections of Mid-20th Century Beverly: Changes in the City as Viewed by Long Time Residents” will be giving a walking tour of some of Beverly’s landmarks, concentrating on their architecture and history. Included on the tour will be:
the Beverly Public Library (both the old section and the new addition), Dane Street Congregational Church, the Old Town Hall, the Powder House, the Old School House, the Sea Captain’s Corner in Central Cemetery, the Beverly Training Field (Beverly Common), Watch Hill, and the Old Hardie School (now Montserrat College of Art).
The tour will take place on Saturday, June 13 starting at 10 AM. The entire walk will take about an hour and will consist of approximately 1 mile of actual walking, including going up Prospect Hill. History buffs of all ages are encouraged to participate; this would make a wonderful family outing! Mr. Hammond is graciously providing this tour as a fundraiser for the library’s bookmobile and participants will be asked to pay $5.00 per person for the tour or give a donation to the Bookmobile.
Pre-registration is encouraged, but not required. Refreshments will be provided at the library at the end of the tour.
View Walking Tour of Beverly in a Google map.

The Beverly Public Library will host a special exhibit of paintings by Anthony O. Constantino, Beverly writer, poet, sculptor, painter and retired hypnotherapist. Tony’s lecture on “Hypnosis and Creativity” presented at the Beverly Public Library last year taught audience members how to use suggestion to enhance and jumpstart their creativity, whether it be domestic, industrial or, in Tony’s case, the fine arts.
The exhibit, located in the Sohier Room on the first floor of the library, will run from May 27 through June 29, 2009.

Join us for a fun and off-beat evening of homegrown entertainment on Friday, May 29 at 7:00 pm at the main library. After touring the Bookmobile and settling in with a refreshment, The Fish Flake Hill Cultural Center will be serving up a reading of Sean Devlin’s play, “Cabotville“. Also on the menu will be readings from local published poets, guitar instrumentals with local musician Doug Baumel, and a trailer for the upcoming documentary for the 2nd Annual Trash Finders’ Ball – all for only $5.00 per ticket (on sale at the library)! There will also be a 50/50 raffle, and beer, wine, coffee and soda will be available. Don’t miss this fun and inexpensive night out that will help us raise funds for a new Bookmobile.

We have a winner! The library raffled off tickets for an awesome basket of fun educational games and activities. The basket, donated by one of our generous Trustees, contains a Crystal Growing Kit, a Corythosaurus Model Kit, Foam Craft Projects, Kid Concoctions, a Deluxe Investigation Set, a Motorized Pirate Ship Model and two books on crafts. All proceeds will go towards a new Bookmobile for the library. Thank you to everyone who participated!

Beverly Farms resident Carmela Martin will display her watercolors in an exhibit in the Conrad Lecture Hall from May 2 to May 29. Carmela paints the beauty of the created world in landscapes which draw the viewer into the painting through the use of composition and the layering of washes of color. There will be an “Artist’s Reception” on Thursday, May 7 from 6-8 pm. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.