Discover the exciting world of STEM with STEM for Society ! In this hands-on workshop, kids will explore robotics, coding, and engineering through fun, interactive activities like building circuits and programming basic robots. Led by high school mentors, this program aims to inspire curiosity, build confidence, and show how STEM shapes the world around us. This is free and open to kids 6 and up. Registration Required starting one week in advance
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Intro to Python (Main Library — Jackie's Room) — Beginner workshop covering Python basics, language comparison, and hands‑on coding, for ages 18 and up.
Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Megan Marshall discusses her new book, After Lives, exploring biography’s art and surprising lives from Sophia Peabody Hawthorne to Jonathan Jackson, ages 18 and up.
CactusHead Puppets explore caves with bats, fish, salamanders and sparkling rocks at Puppet Showplace Theater, for ages 5–9.
Quilting crafts and activities for junior Rising Star Quilters members, no sewing experience required, at Watertown Savings Bank Room, Watertown Free Public Library, for ages 6–18.
Storytime and craft in the Main Library’s Wakelin Room, sponsored by the Friends of the Wellesley Free Libraries, for ages 1–4.
Librarian Michele leads a Mondrian‑inspired art project in the Main Library Craft Room, part of a monthly artists workshop series, for ages 3–12.
Les Misérables School Edition performed by a grades‑6‑12 cast at the Mosesian Center for the Arts, featuring adult language, staged violence, prop weapons, gunshots and mature themes.
Craft Closet Open House (Main Library Craft Room) — Unstructured craft time with drawing, dump‑truck building, paper‑bag puppets, collages using odds‑and‑ends, drop‑in, all ages.
Discussion of Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s Night Owl at the Main Library Blue Room, open to anyone with an open heart and mind, registration required, for ages 18 and up.
Fall Book Sale in the Main Library’s Wakelin Room offers a members‑only shopping night and a $10 grocery‑bag book sale, all ages.
Build a collaborative marble run in the library’s Children’s Program Room, designing tracks together, for ages 3–12.
In Jackie's Room, Main Library, parkour challenges test agility as participants escape a haunted mansion, mine ore, brew potions, battle witches, then design a witch’s hut for ages 9–12.
