Felting as a Mending Technique (IN PERSON)
2025-11-08 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Lecture Hall, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
This is an in-person program. Learn a fun technique – visible mending – to repair knit fabrics and add beautiful embroidery embellishments. Feel free to bring your own clothing to work on, or practice using the sample fabrics we provide!This program is for ages 14+.

Saturday Story Time
2025-11-08 10:00 - 10:30 | Lecture Hall, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
For ages 3-5, siblings welcome. Start your Saturday with story time! Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, and more with Ms. Holly. This program is sensory friendly. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program.

Crafty Crochet & Knitting Club (IN PERSON)
2025-11-07 11:00 - 12:00 | Lecture Hall, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
This is an In-person program. If you love knitting, embroidery, crocheting and more, join Lisa’s crafty community group! This program is being held weekly in the lecture hall.

First Thursday Book Club
2025-11-06 19:00 - 20:00 | Lecture Hall, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
For grades 3-4 and an adult. Share the love of reading with your family! We will be reading some of the very best middle grade books and explore beyond the plot to seek the themes, the author’s secret purpose, and what makes each book special. Along with the discussion, there will be a craft or activity and a snack to take home that goes along with each month’s book.

Kids Sewing Club
2025-11-06 15:30 - 16:30 | Lecture Hall, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
For grades 3-4. Join Ms. Ariel as we explore basic hand stitching. Design and create pouches, stuffed toys, accessories, and more!This month we are tracing familiar shapes on plates with our favorite colors. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program.

Beginners' English with English at Large
2025-11-06 10:00 - 11:30 | Trustees Room, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
Please Note: **Registration for this session of classes takes place between September 1 and September 12. ** If you would like to be notified when it is time to sign up, please visit the English at Large webpage and scroll down to the Wakefield class.Instruction is for complete beginners, and focuses on basic survival English skills, with an emphasis on speaking:greetings and introductionspeople in the familyplaces in the home and communitynumbers, time, money, and shopping.

Next Chapter Book Club
2025-11-05 19:00 - 20:00 | Lecture Hall, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
An intergenerational book club for grades 5-6 & an adult.

English Conversation Group hosted by English at Large
2025-11-05 18:30 - 20:00 | Program Room, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
**Registration for this session of the Conversation Group has closed. For more information about future sessions, Beginner’s English classes, and Tutoring, please visit englishatlarge. org and hover over the Learn tab on the top menu. ** Looking to practice your English speaking skills? Join a free conversation group with English At Large to practice your English speaking skills in a group setting, with the support of trained volunteer facilitators.

Author Talk: Joseph Lee (VIRTUAL)
2025-11-05 14:00 - 15:00 | ONLINE, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
This is an online program. Register here to receive the Zoom link. You’re invited to learn from journalist and author Joseph Lee as he chats online with us about his stirring memoir, Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity.

Drop-in Tech Help
2025-11-05 14:00 - 15:00 | Lecture Hall, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
Stop by the library on Wednesday afternoons between 2:00 and 3:00 for a 15-minute one-on-one appointment in the Lecture Hall.

50+ Job Seekers Networking Group (VIRTUAL): Networking 2.0 ("You Must Give To Get")
2025-11-05 09:30 - 11:30 | ONLINE, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
The Massachusetts Library Collaborative’s 50+ Job Seekers Group meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month, from 6pm to 8pm, via Zoom. If you are unemployed and actively looking, underemployed, seeking a new career direction, re-entering the job market after a long employment gap, or recently retired and looking for your “Encore Career”, this networking group program is perfect for you! Remember, 85% of jobs are found through networking!Join us in a professional forum for networking with peers in a safe and comfortable environment conducive to developing new relationships and developing skills and strategies to help in your career transition.

Chess Club
2025-11-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Program Room, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
For grades 2-8. Calling all chess players! Woman International Master of Chess and MA Chess Association Director Kateryna Odnorozhenko will help you analyze your games, offer professional guidance, and answer questions to help you improve your skills. Chess Club is for players who already know how to play the game.

Silent Book Event (IN PERSON)
2025-11-04 18:30 - 20:30 | Living Room, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
This is an In-Person Program. Join the community to gather, share what you’re reading, and settle in for an hour of silent, sustained reading. At the end of the hour, attendees can socialize—or not! Light refreshments will be provided. We will have a half an hour to settle into the event, an hour to read and a half an hour to discuss and meet others in the community.

Beginners' English with English at Large
2025-11-04 10:00 - 11:30 | Trustees Room, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
Please Note: **Registration for this session of classes has closed. For more information about future sessions, Conversation Groups, and Tutoring, please visit englishatlarge. org and hover over the Learn tab on the top menu. ** Instruction is for complete beginners, and focuses on basic survival English skills, with an emphasis on speaking:greetings and introductionspeople in the familyplaces in the home and communitynumbers, time, money, and shopping.
