Beverly Public Library

Please note that the main library’s Sunday hours, and Saturday hours at the Farms branch, will end for the season as of Memorial Day weekend. The final Sunday that the main library will be open is May 23, and the final Farms Saturday will be May 22.

The library will be starting a new automatic reserve program. You can sign up in advance for any of the authors on the list of “Beverly’s HOT 100” and when those authors have a new book coming out, your name will automatically added to the hold list. You will never have to worry again about missing out on a favorite author or finding yourself 351^st on the hold list!
Starting June 1, you can fill out a sign up sheet at the library (or through the Bookmobile) and check off which authors you would like to automatically be put on hold for. Then, when that author has a new book coming out, the library will put your name on hold for it as soon as it is ordered. You might not be first – after all these are Beverly’s HOTTEST authors and we expect many people to sign up for each one – but you will definitely be a front-runner!

During May and June the librarians go to local elementary schools and talk about summer reading and recommend some great books for all the 3rd and 4th graders. Thanks to the wonderful school librarians for hosting us! This year’s theme is Go Green @ the Beverly Public Library and we are planning creative recycled crafts, Story Times for under fives, visiting with owls and insects, and reading lots of books about our planet and how to keep it healthy. Stay tuned for the summer reading list and our special events schedule, coming soon.

Tags: summer reading

The Fish Flake Hill Cultural Center will serve up an evening of home grown entertainment on Saturday, May 22 at 7:00 PM at the American Legion Post, 3 Judson Street in Beverly.  This fund-raising event will feature a full production of Algiers, Kevin Carey‘s 10-minute play which was featured at the New Hampshire Theater Project and the Firehouse Theater in Newburyport. Tom Martin, Beverly’s top mailman, entertainer and old time radio guru, will be sampling old time radio shows, and he will show us some cool sound effects like galloping coconuts! Leigh Calabrese will be playing the saw. Dan Stevens will be screening a selection of his short comedy films. Other performances will include stand-up comedy by Brett Johnson, a reading of Sean Devlin‘s 10-minute play, The Gloucester Cowboys, and live music with Doug Baumoel.

Coffee, snacks, cash bar, a raffle and some strong language.

Tickets are $7.00, available at the door. All proceeds will go toward purchasing new books for the Beverly Public Library.

The Fish Flake Hill Cultural Center, aka Devlin’s Garage, has brought you the Trashfinder’s Ball, The Bookmobile Theater, The Fish Flake Hill Talent Show, and the downtown Halloween Parade.