NQHC Oversight Committee Meeting is on Monday September 28th at 6:00PM. We will meet at the OIC
Local Events
Community Sing-Along
Join Anne Louise White and the Caravan Chorus for their monthly sing-along! Open to all, and dementia-friendly. Come sing, listen, and enjoy refreshments from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, October 14, and Wednesday, November 11, at the Shutesbury Town Hall. Sponsored by the four-town Neighborhood and Dementia Support Group, a collaboration of the Leverett, New Salem, Shutesbury, and Wendell Councils on Aging. For more information, contact Betsy Pelz, betsypelz@aol.com.
NEW SALEM Join the Friends of New Salem Library Thursday, October 15 from 7-8 p.m. for a joint appearance of two local science-fiction authors. Elaine Burnes will talk on the third installment of her Captain Randall space trilogy -- Resolution. LJ Cohen will be reading from the latest in her Entangled Realities series -- Every Sky a Stranger. Books will be available for purchase, cash or check only. This is a free Zoom event. Register at https://tinyurl.com/3xkmcen2 to receive the Zoom link. There is no charge for the event, but the Friends are very grateful for any donations. Email the Friends at nsfriendsoflibrary@gmail.com with questions.
WARWICK October 18 at 1 p.m. - Where to meet: At the beach parking area at Moores Pond (the intersection of Wendell Road and South Holden Road). The Hike: This out-and-back hike (approximately 3.8 miles with a change in elevation of about 380 feet) follows the original Holden Road. We will start at Moores Pond, travel east for a short distance on South Holden Road, enter the woods, and hike north to the Warwick Cemetery. Then, we will retrace our steps back to the pond.
NEW SALEM Library Art in the Graveyard (save the date) Tuesday, October 20, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. TaMara Conde (Historic Gravestone Services) will present a slideshow program highlighting the intricate artwork styles and designs of early gravestones and their cultural meanings as they changed through time.
WARWICK LIBRARY Monthly Short Story Hour - Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, Oct. 22nd @ 7:30 pm: We’ll read stories by Jane Yolen and Steven King, from The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (1998)—a reprint anthology published annually by St. Martin's Press from 1988 to 2007. Come to read or just to listen.