August 2025 Adult Programs

Upcoming Events:

To register for an event, click on the Library Event Calendar & Registration link at the top of the library’s homepage (www.taftpubliclibrary.org). 

Adult Handcrafting Group

Let’s get crafty! Join us on Wednesday, Aug. 20 at 2 p.m. downstairs in the library and get your craft on! Bring your own craft project, whatever it might be, to work on while you visit.  Intended for adults. No registration is required. Crafts are NOT supplied. 

Adult Book Club

The Adult Book Club is led by Library Assistant Kris Heumann. Over the summer the group is reading Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave. The discussion for both books will be upstairs in the library on Monday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. For additional information on upcoming book clubs contact the library at 508-473-3259.  

Footnotes Nonfiction Book Club

Footnotes Nonfiction Book Club is back with a whole new slate of books to discuss for 2025-26! Led by Library Director Andrew Jenrich, the club will tackle There’s Always This Year:  On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib first. Discussion of the Abdurraqib book will be on Thursday, Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. Other upcoming books in the Footnotes series include:

- Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe by Laurence Bergreen

- An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong

- There is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone

- Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization by Ed Conway

-A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko

Dates for discussion of the upcoming books are to be determined. The Footnotes Nonfiction Book Club typically meets on a quarterly basis. Those interested can pick up a copy of the next book at the downstairs circulation desk.

German Conversation Club

Are you looking for a place to practice what German you remember or to improve your German vocabulary? Conversations in German is no pressure, just fun! Lead by Library Assistant (and Mendon resident) Monika Schmid, the group typically meets the last Monday of each month. Registration is required. To register, visit our website.

Please note: German Conversation Club is currently on hiatus, but will resume again in the fall. Contact the library at 508-473-3259 for further details.

Friends of the Taft Public Library Meeting

The Friends of the Library meetings are typically held on the last Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. downstairs in the Art Holmes Community Room, unless it falls on a holiday or during a school vacation. All are welcome (and encouraged) to attend! If you plan on attending, it’s always a good idea to call the library at 508-473-3259 or email the Friends at [email protected] to confirm the date and time of the meeting. The group will do its best to post any meeting changes on the Taft Library web site. Please note: The next Friends meeting will be in September.

August 2025

Children’s Programs

Summer Reading 2025

Summer Reading continues in August! Although Summer Reading is winding down there is still time to log minutes and redeem for prizes. It’s never too late to register. Please visit our website at www.taftpubliclibrary.org for more information.  

August Events

Aug. 27 – Coffee & Conversations 9:30 a.m. & Puppet Storytime 10:30 a.m. 

Thank you so much to the incredible staff and volunteers of the Taft Library. Without each of you our Summer Reading program would not be possible.  

Also, many thanks to the Mendon Fire Station, Mendon Police Department, Southwick’s Zoo, JJ’s Ice Cream Shoppe & Beginning Bridges CFCE for partnering with the library on our Read Around Town Adventures. Taking storytime on the road has become a wonderful part of our Summer Reading Program. Your collaboration is greatly appreciated.  

The Summer Reading program also would like to thank The Friends of the Taft Library for partially funding our teen incentive program and the Mendon Cultural Council for sponsoring Jungle Jim and The BaNannies.   

Lastly, many thanks to all who participated. Your presence at programming and at the library is a true gift. Thank you for making the Taft Library a part of your summer and lives.