Lucius Beebe Memorial Library

1 and 2 Year Old Story Time
2025-11-17 09:30 - 10:00, 2025-11-18 09:30 - 10:00, 2025-11-18 10:45 - 11:15, 2025-11-24 09:30 - 10:00, 2025-11-25 09:30 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | Lecture Hall, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
For ages 1-2, siblings welcome. Sing, play, dance, and share stories, rhymes, and games just right for toddlers. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program.

Baby Lapsit Story Time
2025-11-17 10:45 - 11:15, 2025-11-24 10:45 - 11:15 | Lecture Hall, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
For babies ages 0-12 months and their caregivers. No older siblings, please. Join Ms. Holly for a short story time with songs, rhymes, and fingerplays. After the story time, stay and relax with other caregivers in the area. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program.

One Four All Ukulele - Home for the Holiday
2025-11-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Lecture Hall, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
One Four All Ukulele Club is for all ukulele players, whether you have been playing for years, or play a couple chords and want to learn more. Adults, Young Adults, Families and Singers are welcome! This month we celebrate family, friends and home as we play some classic and new songs of the Thanksgiving season.

Pets of Beebe Library Scavenger Hunt
2025-11-18 00:00, 2025-11-19 00:00, 2025-11-20 00:00, 2025-11-21 00:00, 2025-11-22 00:00 | Children's Area, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
Join in our November scavenger hunt from Nov. 17 – 22!

Beginners' English with English at Large
2025-11-18 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-11-25 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.

Open Chess Night
2025-11-18 19:00 - 20:00 | Program Room, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
For grades 2-8 and families. Chess players in grades 2-8 and their chess-loving family members are invited to come by the library for a game or two and to meet and socialize with fellow chess players! We will have chess sets for you to use, but you are welcome to bring your own.

Author Talk: Charles Duhigg (VIRTUAL)
2025-11-18 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
This is an online program. Register here to receive the Zoom link. Get yourself primed for the holiday season and join us for an online conversation you won’t want to miss! Charles Duhigg, author of the bestselling books The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better, presents the ultimate guide on how to communicate and connect with anyone at work, home, and in life in his latest work, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection.

3-5 Year Old Story Time
2025-11-19 09:30 - 10:00, 2025-11-20 09:30 - 10:00 | Lecture Hall, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
For ages 3-5, siblings welcome. Join us for stories, songs, and rhymes for preschoolers! Stick around after for a brief craft or activity with friends. Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program.

50+ Job Seekers Networking Group (VIRTUAL): Interview Strategies
2025-11-19 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.

Drop-in Tech Help
2025-11-19 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.

Creative Writers' Society
2025-11-19 15:30 - 16:30 | Program Room, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
Creative writing for grades 6-10!

English Conversation Group hosted by English at Large
2025-11-19 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.

Books by the Lake
2025-11-19 19:00 - 20:15 | Living Room, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
Beebe Library’s longest running book group.

Beginners' English with English at Large
2025-11-20 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.

Harvest Gnome Craft
2025-11-20 15:30 - 16:30 | Lecture Hall, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
For grades K-2. It’s the perfect time to infuse your space with the cozy magic of the season. Join us as we create sweet little harvest gnomes to celebrate GNOMEvember!Registration is required and will open one week prior to the program.

Books on Tap (IN PERSON)
2025-11-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Main Street Grill, 1099 Main St, Wakefield, MA 01880, Community Locations, 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880
Read outside the box and meet outside the library! This social, casual group will meet at local bars and restaurants to discuss books that push us out of our comfort zones. Over dinner & drinks, we’ll dive into new genres and forms while getting to know fellow Wakefield readers.

Crafty Crochet & Knitting Club (IN PERSON)
2025-11-21 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 Readers Book Club
2025-11-21 15:30 - 16:30 | Program Room, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
For grades K-2. Budding book-lovers are invited to this book club for new and emerging readers! Listen to a story, discuss it, do a themed activity, and discover other books that fit the theme of the month!This month we will practice our spy skills and have fun sharing books that will challenge our powers of observation.

Local Geology talk with Geologist Richard Butts (IN PERSON)
2025-11-22 11:00 - 12:00 | Lecture Hall, 2 Main St, Wakefield, MA, United States
This is an in-person program. Ever been for a walk at Breakheart or in the Middlesex Fells and wondered how old those giant rocks you’re climbing over are? Or what they’re made of? Geologist Richard William Butts will have the answers for your when he joins us to discuss the local geology of our area.
