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The Stoneham Public Library and the Board of Trustees would like to thank the Stoneham Garden Club for cleaning up our flower beds! It looks lovely out there, thank you for your hard work!

Jumpin’ Juba plays blues-based Roots-Rock  and classic Rock for your listening and dancing pleasure.  The group features Steve Hurl on electric finger-style and slide guitar plus vocals with Jim Gildea on bass.

This program is supported by a grant from the Stoneham Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the state’s Mass Cultural Council. This event is free and open to the public.

Join the Stoneham Public Library and Senior Center for a special intergenerational screening of Cycle of Memory: the new award-winning documentary about two siblings’ bicycle adventure to find the memories their grandfather lost to Alzheimer’s.  October 27th – @ the Stoneham Public Library 6:30 pm The film is 72 minutes long and will be followed by a Q+A with the filmmaker.   This program is supported in part by a grant from the Stoneham Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency. About the film: Mel Schwartz escaped the Great Depression on a bicycle adventure he’d remember for the rest of his life. But when Alzheimer’s takes Mel’s memories away, it’s left to his grandkids to recreate the life-changing bike trip and find those memories again.  Guided by old photographs of the 1945 trip, they search for places aged by time. But while searching for Grandpa Mel’s past, the two are confronted with their own fraught history. If they’re going to complete the turbulent journey, they’ll have to face their own emotional potholes and tumultuous relationship. With the help of a grandmother learning to live alone for the first time, Mel’s lifelong friend and co-adventurer on the bike trip, and a family collection spanning 1950s film reels to 1990s video tapes, Cycle of Memory explores the importance of intergenerational connection, healing painful pasts, and leaving a meaningful time capsule for the future.

Girl Scout Gina Wierzbowski is doing her Gold Award around Stoneham.

It would help her out by taking her quiz and learning more about her project by visiting her site HERE! Every click and quiz taken is a point of data that she can use for her final project presentation.

The Library Trustees and Interim Director Overbeck would like to thank Gina for including the library in her project and wish her all the best.