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Apr
23
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Preschool Storytime at the West Acton Citizens' Library!
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Apr
23
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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23
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
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23
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24
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24
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24
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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24
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Learn to Solve Rubik's Cube with Sidd & Niranjana
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Apr
23
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Preschool Storytime at the West Acton Citizens' Library!
Children
West Acton Citizens' Library
Apr
23
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Teen Invasive Plant Brigade
Teen
Offsite
Apr
23
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Invasive Plant Species 101
Meeting Room
Apr
23
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
BoT Meeting
Meeting Room
Apr
24
9:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Patron Appreciation Day - Library Scavenger Hunt!
All Ages
Acton Memorial Library
Apr
24
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Pre-K to 1st grade Crafting
Children
Children's Craft Room
Apr
24
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Earth Week MiniFest!
All Ages
Offsite
Apr
24
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Learn to Solve Rubik's Cube with Sidd & Niranjana
Children
Meeting Room A
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Code Red
The Witch of Woodland
The Umbrella Maker's Son
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Corrine and the Underground Province
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Art Exhibit
The World We Share: Paintings and Prints by Shared Habitat Earth
Paintings and prints by Shared Habitat Earth (SHE) artists will be on exhibit in the library’s Meeting Room Gallery during the months of March and April 2026. The group...
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Circulation Services
Check Out a Tote Bag for Your Books!
Library users may now check out a sturdy canvas tote bag to carry home their checked-out library materials.  Tote bags circulate for three weeks and can be renewed twice.
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