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Tutoring for Students in All Grades

Tutoring in most subjects for students from any school in grades K-12 by students from the Pioneer Charter School of Science 2. There is no charge and walk-ins are welcome.  

Monday & Wednesday 3:45 to 5:45 (Friday 3:45 to 4:30)

Community Room, 295 Central Street, Saugus

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October                       26             28 (B)      30

November                    2               4 (B)         6

November                    9                                13

November                  16              18              20

November                  23

November                  30

December                                       2               4

December                     7                9              11

December                                                       18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Start Watching!

The Saugus Public Library now offers Kanopy to its cardholders.

Offering what the New York Times calls “a garden of cinematic delights,” Kanopy showcases more than 30,000 of the world’s best films, including award-winning documentaries, rare and hard-to-find titles, film festival favorites, indie and classic films, and world cinema with collections from Kino Lorber, Music Box Films, Samuel Goldwyn, The Orchard, The Great Courses, PBS and thousands of independent filmmakers.

All titles are free to stream with your library card and will be available for three days after checkout. Each month you’ll get 25 tickets to use toward content. Kanopy Kids titles don’t use tickets, so you can watch as many kid-friendly titles as you’d like.  Watch on your computer, or use the IOS, Android, or Kindle Fire app (see QR codes below). You can also watch on your television using a Roku or Chromecast.

Try it out!

Download the App 

Download the IOS App IOS

Download the Android App Android

Download the Kindle fire App Kindle Fire

Library closed for Painting: October 15-24

The Saugus Public Library will be closed to the public for interior painting from October 15th through October 24th. 

While we are closed: 

* Early voting scheduled for October 17-30 will still take place in the Community Room, while the rest of the building will be closed to the public from October 15-24. 

* All due dates for borrowed items and expiration dates for holds that normally would have fallen during this period will be extended to October 26th or beyond.

* Patrons may return borrowed items via our drop boxes during this time, but no patrons will be allowed into the Library (except for Early Voting), and no holds can be picked up.  

We plan to reopen on October 26th at 9:00 am.

George Capaccio presents Albert Einstein: Relatively Speaking

In this one-hour interactive performance, George invites you to enter the boundary-breaking universe that is the mind of Albert Einstein. You will discover that time and space are inseparable, that time actually slows down the faster you go, and that if you could travel at the speed of light, time would actually stop!

But there’s a lot more to the story than Einstein’s insights into the nature of reality. George focuses on the great scientist’s very human qualities, including his sense of humor, his fondness for Jewish jokes, and his trials and tribulations as a family man.

Thursday, October 1st 6-7pm in the Community Room.

Registration begins Thursday, September 17th.

 

TONIGHT: Scott Kerman on Michael Dukakis, 6:30 pm

Author of the book with Governor Michael Dukakis, The Duke, Weekly Conversations with The Last Honest Politician

Join us in the Community Room at 6:30 pm tonight to meet author Scott Kerman.

Scott is a humor columnist, author, and former stand-up comedian who wrote the book The Duke: Weekly Conversations with the Last Honest Politician detailing years of candid kitchen-table chats with former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis.

Kerman first met Dukakis at a family-hosted fundraiser in 1977, and the two later reconnected when Dukakis became a regular guest on Kerman’s sports/talk show, The Grandstanders. Over four years (starting around 2020), he visited Michael Dukakis (“The Duke”) every Wednesday at his kitchen table in Brookline, recording hundreds of hours of conversation.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing.

No registration required.

Teens Needed!

Do you like to draw and color?

The library needs help decorating 130 holiday cards and envelopes for the Saugus Senior Center Christmas Party.

The time you spend working on cards can be used for Community Service hours, or make one just for fun. 

Make one card or many using colored pencils and gel pens.

Make someone’s day by making a card!

Stop by the Reference Desk for the cards. See Lisa LeJeune, Head Reference Librarian for more information. 781-231-4168 ext 3120

 

September 12th: Library closed but the book sale is ON!

Hey Book Lovers!  While the Library will be closed for Founders Day, the New Friends of Saugus Public Library invite you to visit their annual Founders Day Book Sale in the Community Room. 
 
Hardover Books: $2.00
Paperback Books: $1.00
Children’s Hardcover Books: $1.00
Children’s Paperback Books: $0.50
 
And, of course, you can purchase one of our red and white New Friends of the Saugus Public Library bags for $10.00 and fill it to the brim with as many books as you can fit. Proceeds from our book sale allow the New Friends to sponsor activities and provide services which benefit and stimulate interest in the Saugus Public Library by:
  • Presenting free programs for all ages at the Library.
  • Purchasing museum passes for use by Saugus Public Library patrons.
  • Purchasing books, videos, magazines, and equipment for the Library.
  • Holding used book sales and the on-going used book sale in the community room in addition to other fund-raising events to benefit the Library.
  • Becoming Library Volunteers
 
Be sure to drop by the Community Room on Saturday, September 12th from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM to take advantage of this great deal and to support public library services in Saugus. Please remember to enter the library through the Taylor Street entrance on as the Central Street doors will be closed on Founders Day.