Beat the winter blues and grab a pass or grab some books or do both. See you at the library where you can travel anywhere in time or place and it doesn't cost a thing! Plus, your CW/Mars library card can also be your electronic passport to electronic materials, such as e-books, audiobooks, magazines, and databases. See your local librarian for information.

Thursday, March 27, at 6:00 p.m., the Sandisfield Women's Book Group will meet to discuss "Last Train to Key West" by Chanel Cleeton. In 1935 three women are forever changed when one of the most powerful hurricanes in history barrels toward the Florida Keys. Over the course of the Labor Day weekend, the women's paths cross unexpectedly, and the danger swirling around them is matched only by the terrifying force of the deadly storm threatening the Keys. Join us for conversation, review of the book. and pleasant company!

Saturday, March 8 is Pot Painting Time for all ages. Turn a plain terra cotta pot into YOUR art design. We provide the paints, the pots, and even smocks for the little ones to wear while painting. The event is from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Cookies, juice, and hot beverages available as well.

All month long - It is never too late to participate in the Massachusetts Center for the Book 2025 Reading Challenge. March's book is one about someone with a marginalized Identity. Stop by the Library for a postcard with each month's reading challenge.

Latest additions to the library shelves

Holding It Together (nonfiction) changes the way you understand what you thought you knew. Jessica Calarco weaves powerful narrative with compelling empirical data to give us a metaphor for understanding our economic lives: women as social safety net. . . . Once you see the economy the way Calarco describes it, you cannot unsee it." Review by Tressie McMillan Cottom, Professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and New York Times columnist.

There Are Rivers In The Sky (fiction) A brilliant, unforgettable novel, which raises big ideas of "who owns the past" with nuance and complexity. Elif Shafak ties together diverse time periods and places in a way that seems both natural and wonderfully unexpected." Review by Mary Beard, author of SPQR.

The Last Tsar (nonfiction) by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa This masterful book is like a slow motion picture of Russia approaching the edge. Yet only the weakness, inaction, and stupidity of the last Tsar as well as the stunning recklessness of the Russian elites pushed the empire into a breach. A chilling lesson on how the ineptness of one man, and the opportunism of many, can pull down not only an outdated regime, but the entire temple of state, law, and civil society. Review by Vladislav Zubok, author of Collapse.

Time of the Child by Niall Williams - From the author of This is Happiness, a compassionate, life-affirming novel about one Christmas season that transforms a small Irish town. You don't need to wait for Christmas to read this great little novel nor do you need to be Irish. Sometimes you just need a novel that speaks to your heart in kind ways.

The Wide Wide Sea (nonfiction) by Hampton Sides - An epic account that in the words of Douglas Preston "portrays in a nuanced and respectful way those peoples impacted by his final voyage - including the Aboriginal Tasmanians, the Maori, the Tahitians, the Hawaiians, and the Native Alaskans."

The Small and the Mighty (nonfiction) by Sharon McMahon - A meticulously researched portrait of twelve ordinary Americans whose little-known stories define our national character. They changed the course of history from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement.

The Stolen Queen (fiction) by Fiona F. Davis - Do you enjoy historical fiction, mystery, and female antagonists? An engrossing story of two female characters who uncover a mystery that takes them back to the day of a female pharaoh but also delves deep into family ties and human identity.

Museum Passes

Don't forget the Library has passes to following:
The Clark
The Springfield Museums (all Five!)
Hancock Shaker Village
Mass Moca
Herman Melville Museum and Home
Bidwell House
Ventfort Hall

Mon. and Tue. 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Wednesday Evening - 1:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Saturday - 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Closed Thursday, Friday and Sunday

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