Beverly Public Library

Make the frosty weather change with a hot fandango! Enjoy a night of music and dancing! The Beverly Rotary Club is sponsoring Frosty Fandango at the ICC Hall, 302 Rantoul Street in Beverly on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 8 PM. Great music, cash bar, snacks – tickets only $20.00 each! For more information, contact Jackie at 508-633-5863, Kim at 978-857-0483, or Jo at 978-590-6443. Proceeds from this event will support a pledge that Beverly Rotary Club has made to the Beverly Bookmobile Fund.

Susan Richardson has written and illustrated “The Beverly Bookmobile“, a book about our wonderful city and the Bookmobile that travels its roads. Illustrated in a wonderful combination of photographs and colored pencil drawings, the book shows many of Beverly’s landmarks and, of course, the library bookmobile and its librarian, Linda. A map of Beverly in the back of the book shows where each landmark is located. Ms. Richardson will be signing copies of her book at the Beverly Library on Saturday, November 7, from 2 to 4 PM. This is a wonderful opportunity to buy a book that is both a wonderful keepsake and a fun book to share with your children. The book sells for $10 and is also available at the library and directly through the author at s_scape@comcast.net. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Beverly Bookmobile fund. Be sure and drop in to meet Susan, and talk to her about her inspiration to create a unique, one-of-a-kind book!

Danversbank has awarded a grant of $50,000 towards a new bookmobile!! This grant, in addition to the over $70,000 raised over the last two years, plus pledges from many other organizations, such as $10,000 from the Landmark School, will give us the funds we need to order a new vehicle. Thanks so much to Danversbank and all the individuals and groups who donated money and gave of their time to reach this goal.

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.

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.