Tales of the Sea
Author Talk with Cynthia Elder
Tuesday, March 24 at 2:00 PM
Join author Cynthia Elder for a look behind the scenes of her new historical fiction series, Tales of the Sea, based on hundreds of pages of unpublished ship’s logs, letters and journals from the Jenkins and Fish families of Cape Cod in the mid-1800s.
Learn the true story of a seafaring family during the final chapter of the Great Age of Sail and the years leading up to and through the Civil War.
Interested? Click here to RSVP online!
This author talk will be held in Community Rooms AB.
The two books in the series, The Journey Begins and The Drumbeats of War, will be available for sale and signing.
Hamnet
Special Movie Mondays Screening
Monday, March 30 at 1:00 PM
Come see an Oscar-nominated movie at the library!
The film follows Agnes and William Shakespeare in
16th-century England as they grapple with grief after losing their son to the plague.
Popcorn and refreshments will be served!
Interested? Click here to RSVP online!
Movie Mondays are held in Community Rooms AB.
Rated PG-13 for mild violence and sexuality, and
partial nudity. 1 hour, 38 minute runtime.
Artist of the Month: Joy Barry
March 2026
Joy Barry is a visual artist working primarily in encaustic, drawn to the medium’s balance of opacity and transparency, permanence and fragility.
Barry’s work explores absence, ambiguity, and memory and is deeply influenced by personal history.
Joy’s art will be on display in the front lobby, with select pieces available for purchase. A portion of sales benefit the library.
BOOKOPOLY Reading Challenge
Return window extended! Bring in your board by Saturday, March 7!
BOOKOPOLY is our annual winter reading challenge for adults. Play solo, with a friend, or as a family!
Make your way across the BOOKOPOLY game board by reading through challenging prompts and completing fun tasks. Along the way, you’ll expand your reading and get to know more of what your library offers!
Questions? Contact the library at 508-790-6220, or email us at centervillelibrary@yahoo.com
Not sure what to read?
Check our social media pages to see our picks for the prompts, updated weekly! Or come to the library, and pick a book from the display in our front lobby!
News
Cape Cod Times
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Via the NewsBank database
This includes the now online-only Saturday issues.
No login is required to access.
The Boston Globe
Click the above link to access The Globe online
Via the ProQuest database
username: centproquest
password: Cent1234!
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