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Friends of the Jones Libraries Pickleball Tournament - Save the Date! 11/9/2025

 

*FREE* internet access

F rom your home for one month for up to 10 devices! Swing by the Munson or the North Amherst Libraries and pick up your Family Wi-Fi Hotspot .  

Come strum!

  Monday night!  

Music for the masses

  Free outdoor concert at the Jones for everyone!  Come listen, dance, sing, have fun!  

Public library inspiration

  Check out this Guardian article on beautiful new public libraries from around the world.

Next Monday, May 17

Undoubtedly you know it best as Norway's national day, and you wouldn't be wrong there, Friends. BUT? You can also strum to your heart's content on your uke that day, too.  Maybe you'd even like to pluck out Ja, Vi Elsker Dette Landet ?  

Happy Mother's Day!

  For all the mothers out there.  The top 10 matriarchs in literature.

FRIENDS!! They extended it, they extended it! The deadline's tomorrow!

   

Virtual Poetry Reading!

  Some folks read poems aloud. Others don’t dare. Some people write great stuff, Others get nowhere.   But Friends, here’s your chance! Come join in the fun. Read a poem from your favorite poet Or hey! Read an original one.   Everyone is welcome. In any language you choose. We guarantee your poems Will cure those pandemic blues.    (Click on image to enlarge.)

Politics. Power. Machiavelli.

  Bwahahaaaaa.  (Click on image to enlarge.)

Jill Kauffman and Emily St. John Mandel TOGETHER!

 Friends, this is pretty cool. (Click on image to enlarge.)

Inside the World’s Largest Jewish Cookbook Collection

A librarian with a love for eBay built this trove of culinary history . "Saltzman’s beloved community cookbooks, though, may be the collection’s most poignant historical records."    Hungry for a community cookbook after you read this article? The Jones Library happens to have copies of Amherst's own "The Well-Read Cook" for sale! Check it out .  

King Lear and A Midsummer Night’s Dream...

...in Station Eleven .  (Click on image to enlarge.)

Monday, April 19

Two FABULOUS things are happening this day, Friends.   First? That's the day Massachusetts opens up vaccines to EVERYONE 16 and older. YEEHAW, Friends!   And second? Ukelele strum. You can exercise your sore upper arm by playing your uke! Win-win.   Brighter days are coming, Friends.  

Station Eleven book discussion!

 You get two bites at the apple here. Busy Tuesday? Come by Wednesday!  Who loves you?  (Click on image to enlarge.)

Station Eleven and surviving pandemics -- THURSDAY!

 

Anti-racism webinar for teens

 

Opponents of Oliver Cromwell published his family recipes, with a side of fake news

Check out how Oliver Cromwell ate with this 17th century cookbook . Not only that but the Cromwell Museum has decided to print 500 copies for distribution. You could own your very own!

Brutal Early Reviews of 20 Classic 20th-Century Novels

In her review for the New York Evening World, critic Ruth Snyder said, “We are quite convinced after reading The Great Gatsby that Mr. Fitzgerald is not one of the great American writers of to-day.” That review aged well.   Read more reviews here .

On the Same Page

  Friends, learn more about this fabulous community read at:  www.joneslibrary.org/ onthesamepage ! (Click on image to enlarge.)