Upcoming Library Events
Magic the Gathering : Commander
Magic the Gathering : Commander
Tuesdays in September from 1:30-3:30 PM in the Bowsprit Room on the second floor.
Are you a new or veteran player looking to play Magic? Join us for our weekly game days at the library.
Commander will be our go to format! Bring your own custom or pre-constructed deck!
We aim to create a fun and casual atmosphere for new and veteran players.
The Washashore: A Seaside Mystery Thriller-A Reading with Author Christopher Mirabile on His New Mystery set in Provincetown
A dead man. A quiet beach town. A truth nobody wants unearthed. A fatal late-night hit-and-run shatters the quiet of Provincetown, drawing interim police chief Silas Lopez into a case that appears straightforward-until the cracks begin to show. In a town where secrets wash ashore with every tide, nothing is ever as it seems.
Christopher Mirabile, the middle child of a small-town librarian, has loved books all his life. A magna cum laude graduate in English from Colgate University and a Boston College-trained lawyer, he built a career as an attorney, executive, and startup investor. He co-authored six books on early-stage investing, wrote for Inc. Magazine, and served as Chair of the Angel Capital Association and the SEC's Investor Advisory Committee. Today, after decades in business and nonfiction, he has returned to his roots as a fiction writer. He lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts, with his wife, their three dogs, and visits from their two adult children.
Movie Night: “City of Angels”
Movies held every Wednesday night at 5:30 PM in the Marc Jacobs Reading Room.
September 30: City of Angels (1998, 1h 54m)- An angel considers becoming human after falling in love with a Los Angeles surgeon. Nicholas Cage, Meg Ryan
Hybrid: Reading of “Leonardo Da Vinci” by Walter Isaacson
In Person & on Zoom at Provincetown Public Library
Thursdays at 10:00 AM
Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo's genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy.
Join this weekly book club & read along/read aloud with group leader, Linda Ohlson Graham.
Meeting every THURSDAY until the book is finished.
Email araff@clamsnet.org for the Zoom link.
Virtual: Courage, Choice, and What Comes Next with Dystopian Icon Veronica Roth
A single choice can transform your destiny. Join us for an online conversation with #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth as we celebrate the enduring legacy of her Divergent series, one of the most iconic young adult series of a generation, and get an exclusive sneak peek into her highly anticipated upcoming novel, The Sixth Faction!
Fifteen years after readers first stepped into dystopian Chicago alongside Tris Prior, the Divergent universe continues to captivate readers with its unflinching exploration of identity, courage, and sacrifice. And in the alternate universe of The Sixth Faction, we revisit familiar characters in a completely new way…
Beatrice Prior stands on the brink of a decision every person in her world must make: five factions, five futures, five lives.
She has a plan: she’s going to make the bravest choice and leave Abnegation to join Dauntless, even though it means abandoning her family.
But when tragedy strikes at her choosing ceremony, everything changes—her world, her plans, even Beatrice herself.
Her decision will thrust her into the crosshairs of an underground rebellion, where a boy with secrets as dangerous as her own—a boy with only a number for a name—may be the only person she can trust.
One choice will change everything.
Register now for the chance to ask questions and get an exclusive sneak peek of The Sixth Faction–out on October 6, 2026!
About the Author:
Veronica Roth is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of numerous titles including When Among Crows, Chosen Ones, the Divergent series, Carve the Mark, and Seek the Traitor’s Son. Veronica lives with her husband and their dog in Chicago, a city that she lovingly features (and frequently destroys) in many of her novels.
Hybrid: 2026 Reading Challenge!
Share and discuss books for this year’s Challenge during our monthly (hybrid) groups.
Meets first Friday of every month 10:00–11:00 am in the Bowsprit Room on the Library’s Second Level or via Zoom, How to join: Email ncinnater@clamsnet.org
Our 2026 Reading Challenge allows you to read books you choose while expanding your horizons. Discuss your choices, have fun, and win prizes! Participants will be able to discuss their progress on Facebook, by email, and/or via a monthly hybrid meet-up. Signing up qualifies you for a prize upon completion at the end of the year Hybrid in-person/Zoom meetings continue on the first Friday of each month throughout the year.
Author Mary Jane Nealon Reading "In the Form of Bread: On Becoming Human"
In this collection of vignettes—heartbreaking and often humorous—Nealon explores caregiving as both sacred practice and human risk. The essays ask what price we pay when we offer ourselves wholeheartedly to one another, and what it means to remain open to being more than human in a fractured world.
About the Author: Mary Jane Nealon worked as a nurse for 47 years, including 25 years serving people with HIV/AIDS. A former FAWC fellow, MJ received her MFA from Warren Wilson College. She is the author of two poetry collections, Immaculate Fuel and Rogue Apostle, both published by Four Way Books, and the memoir Beautiful Unbroken: One Nurse’s Life, published by Graywolf Press.
The wisdom of bell hooks guides us in a deep dive - all about love, new visions, with Mary DeRocco
A seven week structured & facilitated group invitation to braid together in the light of bell hooks’ teachings that resonate in our individual life-experiences, living in the context of “These Times.” As in the spirit of Clarissa Pinkola Estés essay title, DO NOT LOSE HEART. WE WERE MADE FOR THESE TIMES.
Each 90 minute session will invite individual reflection through reading, deep listening, writing or drawing, voluntary sharing and group conversation. Please bring a notebook & pen.
Dates: Wednesdays in October 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th; Tuesdays in November 10th, 17th, 24th
Time: 10:30am-12:00pm
**Email araff@clamsnet.org to register as space is limited. **
Facilitator: Mary C. DeRocco, M.A., LMFT, LMHC is a licensed psychotherapist, published writer and poet. Mary has been immersed in the creative worlds of Provincetown as a year-rounder for the past forty years.
Movie Night: “Brigadoon”
It's All About the Genes
Movies held every Wednesday night at 5:30 PM in the Marc Jacobs Reading Room.
October 7: Brigadoon (1954, 1h 48m)-Two Americans on a hunting trip in Scotland become lost. They encounter a small village not on the map, Brigadoon, in which people harbor a mysterious secret and behave as if they were still living 200 years in the past. Gene Kelly, Van Johnson
October 14: French Connection (1971, 1h 44m)-A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal. Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider
October 21: Blazing Saddles (1974, 1h 33m)- In order to ruin a western town and steal their land, a corrupt politician appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary. Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, Slim Pickens
October 28: Leave Her to Heaven (1945, 1h 50m)- A writer falls in love with a young socialite and they're soon married, but her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both as well as everyone around them. Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain
Hybrid: Reading of “Leonardo Da Vinci” by Walter Isaacson
In Person & on Zoom at Provincetown Public Library
Thursdays at 10:00 AM
Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo's genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy.
Join this weekly book club & read along/read aloud with group leader, Linda Ohlson Graham.
Meeting every THURSDAY until the book is finished.
Email araff@clamsnet.org for the Zoom link.
Virtual: Art in Flight: Reinventing Postmodernism with Smithsonian Curator Carolyn Russo
Join us for a captivating online conversation with acclaimed author and Smithsonian curator Carolyn Russo as we dive into her fascinating book, The Ascent of Rauschenberg. Explore the towering legacy, unexpected inspirations, and creative heights of one of America's most influential artistic icons.
Most famous for his groundbreaking "Combines"—painting and sculpture hybrids that often incorporated everyday objects—American artist Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) created within a range of mediums, including collage, performance, photography, and printmaking. But a connective tissue through it all was his fascination with flight. The Ascent of Rauschenberg explores the flight motif across his work, spanning birds, insects, aviation, spaceflight, sensory experiences, and metaphors for his own life.
More than 150 images reveal the vibrant scope of his work, from lithographs inspired by the Apollo 11 launch that NASA invited him to witness and document, to a Combine featuring a taxidermied eagle that evokes Roman mythology. Nine accompanying essays reflect on his many flight themes and subtleties that might otherwise be overlooked. The book also includes archival photographs and personal papers from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.
Register now for the chance to view art history through the unique prism of flight.
About the Author:
Carolyn Russo is curator of the art collection at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. She has lectured internationally on the subject of art and flight and is the author of several publications including The Ascent of Rauschenberg: Reinventing the Art of Flight, Art of the Airport Tower, In Plane View: Abstractions of Flight, and Women and Flight: Portraits of Contemporary Women Pilots.
Virtual: The Power of Limits: How Constraints Drive Genius with David Epstein
Join us for an inspiring virtual conversation with bestselling author David Epstein as we explore his latest book, Inside the Box, and redefine how to approach our greatest challenges!
We are constantly told to "think outside the box" to innovate, solve complex problems, and reach our goals. But what if the secret to true breakthrough creativity and peak performance actually lies in working within our limitations? In Inside the Box, David Epstein draws on science, research, and fascinating real-world case studies to demonstrate how constraints, boundaries, and structure can become powerful catalysts for ingenuity and mastery. Epstein challenges traditional ideas about skill acquisition, focus, and problem-solving, revealing how top performers and innovators across industries turn rigid limits into unmatched strengths.
Register now to learn how to reframe everyday obstacles and apply science-backed performance strategies to your career and personal life.
**Join us LIVE for a chance to win a copy of Inside the Box! The giveaway link will be in the Resources area under the broadcast screen during the live event. Please ensure you are watching on your library's webpage for the chance to participate. **
About the Author:
David Epstein is the author of three New York Times bestsellers — The Sports Gene, Range, and most recently Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better. He was previously an investigative reporter at ProPublica, and before that a senior writer at Sports Illustrated. Prior to becoming a writer, he was living in a tent in the Arctic training to become an environmental scientist. Like many of the characters in Range, he has had a winding career path.
The wisdom of bell hooks guides us in a deep dive - all about love, new visions, with Mary DeRocco
A seven week structured & facilitated group invitation to braid together in the light of bell hooks’ teachings that resonate in our individual life-experiences, living in the context of “These Times.” As in the spirit of Clarissa Pinkola Estés essay title, DO NOT LOSE HEART. WE WERE MADE FOR THESE TIMES.
Each 90 minute session will invite individual reflection through reading, deep listening, writing or drawing, voluntary sharing and group conversation. Please bring a notebook & pen.
Dates: Wednesdays in October 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th; Tuesdays in November 10th, 17th, 24th
Time: 10:30am-12:00pm
**Email araff@clamsnet.org to register as space is limited. **
Facilitator: Mary C. DeRocco, M.A., LMFT, LMHC is a licensed psychotherapist, published writer and poet. Mary has been immersed in the creative worlds of Provincetown as a year-rounder for the past forty years.
Movie Night: “French Connection”
It's All About the Genes
Movies held every Wednesday night at 5:30 PM in the Marc Jacobs Reading Room.
October 14: French Connection (1971, 1h 44m)-A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal. Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider
October 21: Blazing Saddles (1974, 1h 33m)- In order to ruin a western town and steal their land, a corrupt politician appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary. Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, Slim Pickens
October 28: Leave Her to Heaven (1945, 1h 50m)- A writer falls in love with a young socialite and they're soon married, but her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both as well as everyone around them. Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain
Hybrid: Reading of “Leonardo Da Vinci” by Walter Isaacson
In Person & on Zoom at Provincetown Public Library
Thursdays at 10:00 AM
Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo's genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy.
Join this weekly book club & read along/read aloud with group leader, Linda Ohlson Graham.
Meeting every THURSDAY until the book is finished.
Email araff@clamsnet.org for the Zoom link.
The wisdom of bell hooks guides us in a deep dive - all about love, new visions, with Mary DeRocco
A seven week structured & facilitated group invitation to braid together in the light of bell hooks’ teachings that resonate in our individual life-experiences, living in the context of “These Times.” As in the spirit of Clarissa Pinkola Estés essay title, DO NOT LOSE HEART. WE WERE MADE FOR THESE TIMES.
Each 90 minute session will invite individual reflection through reading, deep listening, writing or drawing, voluntary sharing and group conversation. Please bring a notebook & pen.
Dates: Wednesdays in October 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th; Tuesdays in November 10th, 17th, 24th
Time: 10:30am-12:00pm
**Email araff@clamsnet.org to register as space is limited. **
Facilitator: Mary C. DeRocco, M.A., LMFT, LMHC is a licensed psychotherapist, published writer and poet. Mary has been immersed in the creative worlds of Provincetown as a year-rounder for the past forty years.
Movie Night: “Blazing Saddles”
It's All About the Genes
Movies held every Wednesday night at 5:30 PM in the Marc Jacobs Reading Room.
October 21: Blazing Saddles (1974, 1h 33m)- In order to ruin a western town and steal their land, a corrupt politician appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary. Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, Slim Pickens
October 28: Leave Her to Heaven (1945, 1h 50m)- A writer falls in love with a young socialite and they're soon married, but her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both as well as everyone around them. Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain
Hybrid: Reading of “Leonardo Da Vinci” by Walter Isaacson
In Person & on Zoom at Provincetown Public Library
Thursdays at 10:00 AM
Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo's genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy.
Join this weekly book club & read along/read aloud with group leader, Linda Ohlson Graham.
Meeting every THURSDAY until the book is finished.
Email araff@clamsnet.org for the Zoom link.
Tech Time at the Adult Community Center (VMCC)
Tech time is October 26th this month!
A librarian will be offering drop-in tech assistance for phones, laptops, tablets, and e-Readers in the Adult Community Center Lounge. Bring your questions and device. No appointment needed.
Second Monday of each month unless specified otherwise.
Plant Propagation with the Master Gardener Association
The Master Gardener Association of Cape Cod is delighted to partner with the Provincetown Public Library to present Plant Propagation for the Home Gardener. Presented by the Master Gardener Propagation Workshop Committee.
Topics to include Plant Propagation for the Home Gardener, Seed Sowing and Seed Saving as well as Plant Division. Each participant will go home with seeds and/or plants to grow on. This is a hands on, hands in the dirt workshop.
This class is being paid for by the Friends of the Provincetown Public Library to provide it AT NO CHARGE to registrants.
Limit to 18 people.
REGISTRATION is required. Email cfrancis@clamsnet.org to register.
The wisdom of bell hooks guides us in a deep dive - all about love, new visions, with Mary DeRocco
A seven week structured & facilitated group invitation to braid together in the light of bell hooks’ teachings that resonate in our individual life-experiences, living in the context of “These Times.” As in the spirit of Clarissa Pinkola Estés essay title, DO NOT LOSE HEART. WE WERE MADE FOR THESE TIMES.
Each 90 minute session will invite individual reflection through reading, deep listening, writing or drawing, voluntary sharing and group conversation. Please bring a notebook & pen.
Dates: Wednesdays in October 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th; Tuesdays in November 10th, 17th, 24th
Time: 10:30am-12:00pm
**Email araff@clamsnet.org to register as space is limited. **
Facilitator: Mary C. DeRocco, M.A., LMFT, LMHC is a licensed psychotherapist, published writer and poet. Mary has been immersed in the creative worlds of Provincetown as a year-rounder for the past forty years.
Movie Night: “Leave Her to Heaven”
It's All About the Genes
Movies held every Wednesday night at 5:30 PM in the Marc Jacobs Reading Room.
October 28: Leave Her to Heaven (1945, 1h 50m)- A writer falls in love with a young socialite and they're soon married, but her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both as well as everyone around them. Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain
Hybrid: Reading of “Leonardo Da Vinci” by Walter Isaacson
In Person & on Zoom at Provincetown Public Library
Thursdays at 10:00 AM
Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo's genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy.
Join this weekly book club & read along/read aloud with group leader, Linda Ohlson Graham.
Meeting every THURSDAY until the book is finished.
Email araff@clamsnet.org for the Zoom link.
The wisdom of bell hooks guides us in a deep dive - all about love, new visions, with Mary DeRocco
A seven week structured & facilitated group invitation to braid together in the light of bell hooks’ teachings that resonate in our individual life-experiences, living in the context of “These Times.” As in the spirit of Clarissa Pinkola Estés essay title, DO NOT LOSE HEART. WE WERE MADE FOR THESE TIMES.
Each 90 minute session will invite individual reflection through reading, deep listening, writing or drawing, voluntary sharing and group conversation. Please bring a notebook & pen.
Dates: Wednesdays in October 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th; Tuesdays in November 10th, 17th, 24th
Time: 10:30am-12:00pm
**Email araff@clamsnet.org to register as space is limited. **
Facilitator: Mary C. DeRocco, M.A., LMFT, LMHC is a licensed psychotherapist, published writer and poet. Mary has been immersed in the creative worlds of Provincetown as a year-rounder for the past forty years.
The wisdom of bell hooks guides us in a deep dive - all about love, new visions, with Mary DeRocco
A seven week structured & facilitated group invitation to braid together in the light of bell hooks’ teachings that resonate in our individual life-experiences, living in the context of “These Times.” As in the spirit of Clarissa Pinkola Estés essay title, DO NOT LOSE HEART. WE WERE MADE FOR THESE TIMES.
Each 90 minute session will invite individual reflection through reading, deep listening, writing or drawing, voluntary sharing and group conversation. Please bring a notebook & pen.
Dates: Wednesdays in October 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th; Tuesdays in November 10th, 17th, 24th
Time: 10:30am-12:00pm
**Email araff@clamsnet.org to register as space is limited. **
Facilitator: Mary C. DeRocco, M.A., LMFT, LMHC is a licensed psychotherapist, published writer and poet. Mary has been immersed in the creative worlds of Provincetown as a year-rounder for the past forty years.
The wisdom of bell hooks guides us in a deep dive - all about love, new visions, with Mary DeRocco
A seven week structured & facilitated group invitation to braid together in the light of bell hooks’ teachings that resonate in our individual life-experiences, living in the context of “These Times.” As in the spirit of Clarissa Pinkola Estés essay title, DO NOT LOSE HEART. WE WERE MADE FOR THESE TIMES.
Each 90 minute session will invite individual reflection through reading, deep listening, writing or drawing, voluntary sharing and group conversation. Please bring a notebook & pen.
Dates: Wednesdays in October 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th; Tuesdays in November 10th, 17th, 24th
Time: 10:30am-12:00pm
**Email araff@clamsnet.org to register as space is limited. **
Facilitator: Mary C. DeRocco, M.A., LMFT, LMHC is a licensed psychotherapist, published writer and poet. Mary has been immersed in the creative worlds of Provincetown as a year-rounder for the past forty years.
Provincetown Book Festival
The 2026 Provincetown Book Festival, scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 25 – 27, is ready for you to make reservations for free attendance! Just go to provincetownbookfestival.org, for information and links to tickets. Choose from twelve great programs, with best-selling authors like Ibram X. Kendi (How to Be an Anti-Racist) and Harriet Lillith Assadi (Paradiso 17), as well as authors like Catherine Newman (Sandwich, Wreck) and Russ Lopez (The Provincetown Stories). All programs are at the Provincetown Library.
Also, volunteers are needed for the Provincetown Book Festival -- at the Firehouse in September selling T-shirts and distributing flyers and brochures; or at the Festival itself, held at the Provincetown Library. If you are available to work at the Firehouse in advance, or at the Festival checking registration and selling Tshirts, contact Leslie, ptbfvolunteers@gmail.com. If you want to set up and sell books at the book sale on the library lawn, contact Library Director Amy Raff at araff@clamsnet.org.
The Provincetown Book Festival is supported in part by the Friends of the Provincetown Library, the Massachusetts Center for the Book, the Massachusetts Cultural Council/Provincetown Cultural Council, and the Provincetown Tourism Fund.
Virtual: Paletero Man: un viaje por el barrio, la música y el arte con Lucky Diaz
La duración de este evento será de 30 minutos.
Agarra un puñado de monedas y prepárate para bailar por la calle. Únete a nosotros para una enérgica conversación mientras celebramos la alegría de la comunidad y la diversión del verano con Lucky Diaz, músico ganador del premio Latin GRAMMY y autor del sensacional libro ilustrado bilingüe, Paletero Man.
¿Cuál es la mejor manera de refrescarse en un caluroso día de verano? ¡Corre rápido y encuentra al Paletero José!
Sigue a nuestro narrador mientras recorre su ajetreado vecindario en busca del Paletero Man. Pero cuando finalmente lo alcanza, los bolsillos de nuestro narrador están vacíos. ¡Oh no! ¿Qué pasó con su dinero? Se necesitará la ayuda de toda la comunidad para conseguir la sabrosa golosina ahora.
Inspirada en los vibrantes ritmos de Los Ángeles y la exitosa canción de Diaz, esta hermosa historia invita a los lectores a un vecindario bañado por el sol donde el sonido de una campana significa que la mejor golosina del día está a la vuelta de la esquina.
¡Regístrate hoy y descubre cómo todos podemos aportar un poco más de dulzura y espíritu comunitario a nuestra vida diaria!
Ten en cuenta que presentaremos a Lucky Diaz dos veces en esta fecha, una en español y otra en inglés. Asegúrate de registrarte para el formato que prefieras.
Acerca del autor:
Lucky Diaz es un artista ganador del premio GRAMMY, multi-ganador del premio Latin GRAMMY, aclamado autor y una voz líder en la literatura infantil contemporánea. Compositor nominado seis veces al premio Emmy y ex alumno de Berklee College of Music, Diaz hizo historia como el primer artista infantil norteamericano en ganar un Latin GRAMMY. Su trabajo une música y narración, creando un cuerpo distintivo de trabajo bilingüe arraigado en la vida cultural de las comunidades mexicano-americanas en Los Ángeles.
Como autor, Diaz ha obtenido algunos de los más altos honores en el mundo editorial. Sus libros han recibido reseñas destacadas de Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly y Booklist, lo que lo sitúa entre un raro grupo de creadores reconocidos en todas las principales publicaciones literarias. Su título revelación Paletero Man recibió una estrella de Kirkus y una distinción de audiolibro y fue galardonado con el Premio Alma Flor Ada 2024 por su contribución duradera a la narración centrada en los latinos. También ha recibido el Parent’s Choice Gold Award y un NAPPA Award, lo que reconoce aún más su impacto en el público familiar.
Su último libro, Fix-It Familia, sigue generando reconocimiento nacional, con una edición en español que llegará este verano, ampliando el acceso a lectores bilingües y aulas en todo el país.
El trabajo de Diaz ha sido presentado y elogiado por NPR, Billboard, The New York Times y People Magazine, lo que lo posiciona como una voz creativa confiable en la intersección de la cultura, la música y la literatura.
A través de sus libros, grabaciones y presentaciones con Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band, Diaz continúa ampliando las posibilidades de la narración estadounidense. No solo está contribuyendo al campo. Está ayudando a definirlo.
Virtual: Where the Paletero Man Goes: A Journey of Neighborhood, Music, and Art with Lucky Diaz
This event will be 30 minutes in length.
Grab a pocketful of change and get ready to dance down the street! Join us for an energetic conversation as we celebrate the joy of community and summer fun with Latin GRAMMY-winning musician Lucky Diaz, author of the sensational bilingual picture book, Paletero Man.
What’s the best way to cool off on a hot summer day? Run quick and find Paletero José!
Follow along with our narrator as he passes through his busy neighborhood in search of the Paletero Man. But when he finally catches up with him, our narrator’s pockets are empty. Oh no! What happened to his dinero? It will take the help of the entire community to get the tasty treat now.
Inspired by the vibrant rhythms of Los Angeles and Diaz’s own hit song, this beautiful story invites readers into a sun-drenched neighborhood where the ring of a bell means the best treat of the day is just around the corner.
Register today and discover how we can all bring a little more sweetness and community spirit into our daily lives!
Please note that we will be hosting Lucky Diaz twice on this date, once in Spanish and in English. Be sure that you are registering for your preferred format.
About the Author:
Lucky Diaz is a GRAMMY Award-winning, multi–Latin GRAMMY Award-winning artist,acclaimed author, and a leading voice in contemporary children’s literature. A six-time Emmy-nominated songwriter and Berklee College of Music alumnus, Diaz made history as the first North American children’s artist to win a Latin GRAMMY. His work bridges music and storytelling, creating a distinct body of bilingual work rooted in the cultural life of Mexican American communities in Los Angeles.
As an author, Diaz has earned some of the highest honors in publishing. His books have received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist, placing him among a rare group of creators recognized across every major literary journal. His breakout title Paletero Man received a Kirkus star and audiobook distinction and was awarded the 2024 Alma Flor Ada Award for its lasting contribution to Latino-centered storytelling. He is also a recipient of the Parent’s Choice Gold Award and a NAPPA Award, further recognizing his impact on family audiences. His latest book, Fix-It Familia, continues to build national recognition, with a Spanish edition arriving this summer, expanding access to bilingual readers and classrooms across the country.
Diaz’s work has been featured and praised by NPR, Billboard, The New York Times,and People Magazine, positioning him as a trusted creative voice at the intersection of culture, music, and literature.
Through his books, recordings, and performances with Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band, Diaz continues to expand the possibilities of American storytelling. He is not only contributing to the field, he is helping define it.
Hybrid: Reading of “Leonardo Da Vinci” by Walter Isaacson
In Person & on Zoom at Provincetown Public Library
Thursdays at 10:00 AM
Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo's genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy.
Join this weekly book club & read along/read aloud with group leader, Linda Ohlson Graham.
Meeting every THURSDAY until the book is finished.
Email araff@clamsnet.org for the Zoom link.
Movie Night: “Cider House Rules”
Movies held every Wednesday night at 5:30 PM in the Marc Jacobs Reading Room.
September 23: The Cider House Rules (1999, 2h 6m)- During World War II, an orphan grows up under the tutelage of a doctor who runs an orphanage. However, he yearns for freedom and soon decides to leave in order to make a life for himself. Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron
September 30: City of Angels (1998, 1h 54m)- An angel considers becoming human after falling in love with a Los Angeles surgeon. Nicholas Cage, Meg Ryan
CANCELED-Kai Maristed - an Author Reading
This event is CANCELED.
Join the Provincetown Public Library in a reading from author Kai Maristed from her new novella The Age of Migration.
The Age of Migration, a novella and stories, winner of the 2024 inaugural Kevin McIlvoy Book Prize, is forthcoming July 21st from WTAW Press.
With her forthcoming book, the award-winning collection titled The Age of Migration, Kai Maristed turns a lifetime of experience in being "the other" into an array of stories that speak directly to urgent issues of our times: migration across borders and cultures, polarization, bewilderment, and the struggle we all feel, even if we're not physically dislocated, in the midst of overwhelming change.
These are "people... yearning to comprehend their place in the world fully. Kai Maristed evokes the universal and the unique in characters who are traveling unknown territories, both geographically and personally. These stories are full of discoveries, a book meant for the explorer in all of us mapping the familiar in new ways."
—Nina McConigley, author of Cowboys and East Indians, winner of the PEN Open Book Award
Maristed navigated her own life of constant change by reading—her Japanese teacher loaned the school's one precious English book, Macbeth—and by writing young. She is the author of three novels: Broken Ground (2003), Fall (1996) and Out After Dark (1993). A previous collection of stories, Belong to Me (1997), was starred by Publishers Weekly. Her shorter work has appeared in The American Scholar, The Kenyon Review, StoryQuarterly, Zoetrope, The American Voice, Ploughshares, AGNI, The Iowa Review and elsewhere.
Maristed has taught writing at the MFA level at Harvard, Emerson College and the Warren Wilson Program. A frequent book reviewer for print and online, playwright, and occasional translator from German and French, she lives in Paris, France and on Cape Cod, when not on the move.
CANCAELED-Magic the Gathering : Commander
CANCELED
Magic the Gathering : Commander
Tuesdays in September from 1:30-3:30 PM in the Bowsprit Room on the second floor.
Are you a new or veteran player looking to play Magic? Join us for our weekly game days at the library.
Commander will be our go to format! Bring your own custom or pre-constructed deck!
We aim to create a fun and casual atmosphere for new and veteran players.
Gregory LeStage-An Afternoon of Poetry
With clarity, craft, and quiet power, Gregory LeStage’s new collection stands firm in the lineage of American poetry that confronts memory, loss, and manhood without flinching.
In I Was a Shipwreck Scholar, LeStage writes with the assured voice of someone who knows the terrain—of fathers and sons, of New England coastlines, of things hard-won and harder to hold.
When not writing, LeStage devotes himself to hands-on restoration projects—rescuing an 1810 Cape Cod barn from demolition, rebuilding the cab of a 1949 Chevy farm truck by hand, coaxing a 1962 Vietnam-era Dodge M37 back to life, or or keeping a 1940 Farmall tractor running. His love for old tools, enduring things, and work done slowly by hand informs both his writing and his way of being.
Cut Loose Collage Workshop
Create poetic works of art together! On September 17, join Michael Sjostedt of Cut Loose Collage Workshops to design one-of-a-kind collage poetry art using found words and images from vintage and current magazines. No experience is needed—just bring your creativity and bond over art-making in a relaxed setting. This event will be held from 5:30-7:30 PM.
About Michael: I’m Michael Sjostedt, and I help people have fun. Seriously! Through Cut Loose Collage Workshops, I create hands-on collage sessions that help people slow down, get off their screens, and reconnect—with themselves and each other.
Space is limited! Register by emailing cfrancis@clamsnet.org
Hybrid: Reading of “Leonardo Da Vinci” by Walter Isaacson
In Person & on Zoom at Provincetown Public Library
Thursdays at 10:00 AM
Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo's genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy.
Join this weekly book club & read along/read aloud with group leader, Linda Ohlson Graham.
Meeting every THURSDAY until the book is finished.
Email araff@clamsnet.org for the Zoom link.
Movie Night: “Autumn in New York”
Movies held every Wednesday night at 5:30 PM in the Marc Jacobs Reading Room.
September 16: Autumn in New York (2000, 1h 43m)- Romantic drama about an aging playboy who falls for a sweet, but terminally ill, young woman. Winona Ryder, Richard Gere
September 23: The Cider House Rules (1999, 2h 6m)- During World War II, an orphan grows up under the tutelage of a doctor who runs an orphanage. However, he yearns for freedom and soon decides to leave in order to make a life for himself. Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron
September 30: City of Angels (1998, 1h 54m)- An angel considers becoming human after falling in love with a Los Angeles surgeon. Nicholas Cage, Meg Ryan
POSTPONED-Julia Perry-Provincetown & the Mayflower
POSTPONED-NEW DATE NOVEMBER 17, 2026 AT 5:30 PM
A presentation by Julia Perry.
Come to learn the answers to these questions and more!
Who were the Pilgrims? Why were they on the Mayflower? What was it like being on the Mayflower? What happened while they were in Provincetown and why did they leave? What impacts of their visit still exist in Provincetown today?
Virtual: The Art of Fighting: Building Better, Stronger Relationships with Priya Parker
Join us for a paradigm-shifting, essential event as we sit down with world-renowned master facilitator Priya Parker to discuss her groundbreaking new book, *The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict. *
In The Art of Fighting, Priya Parker explains that we can’t form and grow effective relationships without a fight. She rejects the idea that conflict is abnormal or that good groups don’t fight. All groups change and evolve; indeed, it’s because people disagree that good groups flourish.
As she did in the now-classic The Art of Gathering, Parker draws on her far-reaching experience as a conflict facilitator, her own detailed research, and real-world examples to lay out the ways that people can identify disputes, determine how to address them, and what to do if they are insurmountable. Whether people disagree in the boardroom or the locker room, on a playground or in church, online or in person, conflict is a part of life, and understanding healthy conflict and how to harness its power is more important than ever. The Art of Fighting is a vital primer to help all of us understand how to do that.
Register today to learn how to turn everyday arguments into profound moments of connection and trust!
**About the Author: **
Priya Parker is an internationally recognized expert on creating purposeful gatherings and reimagining how we come together in our communities and our workplaces. She is a conflict facilitator, strategic advisor, speaker, and author of the acclaimed book The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters and the host of The Art of Gathering Digital Course. Whether addressing CEOs, non-profit leaders, students or community organizers, Parker captivates audiences with her unique blend of storytelling, research-backed insights, and practical strategies.
Grant King in Concert
Provincetown singer-songwriter Grant King will present cover songs he loves (as well as his own songs) in this acoustic concert of “Songs I Wish I’d Written!”
Held in the Library’s intimate Reading Room, this is Part 4 of the popular, ongoing songwriters-in-concert series.
A free event! Reservations are suggested: 508-487-7094.
Author Judy Foreman "The Scallop Plot"
Join the library with author Judy Foreman on her Provincetown based novel The Scallop Plot. In Provincetown, MA, feisty scallop fisherwoman Isabella Ferreira goes up against a sleazy wind farm developer, Olaf Svensson, who wants to install wind turbines in the ocean right off the coast of Cape Cod.
Judy Foreman is a former Boston Globe health columnist and the author of three works of nonfiction from Oxford University Press. She also published a novel, CRISPR’d, from Skyhorse Publishing in 2022 and a 2023 memoir from She Writes Press entitled Let the More Loving One be Me. The forthcoming (2026) thriller, The Scallop Plot is her second novel.
Hybrid: Reading of “Leonardo Da Vinci” by Walter Isaacson
In Person & on Zoom at Provincetown Public Library
Thursdays at 10:00 AM
Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo's genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy.
Join this weekly book club & read along/read aloud with group leader, Linda Ohlson Graham.
Meeting every THURSDAY until the book is finished.
Email araff@clamsnet.org for the Zoom link.
Movie Night: “Far From Heaven”
Movies held every Wednesday night at 5:30 PM in the Marc Jacobs Reading Room.
September 9: Far From Heaven (2002, 1h 47m)- In 1950s Connecticut, a flustered housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world. Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid
September 16: Autumn in New York (2000, 1h 43m)- Romantic drama about an aging playboy who falls for a sweet, but terminally ill, young woman. Winona Ryder, Richard Gere
September 23: The Cider House Rules (1999, 2h 6m)- During World War II, an orphan grows up under the tutelage of a doctor who runs an orphanage. However, he yearns for freedom and soon decides to leave in order to make a life for himself. Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron
September 30: City of Angels (1998, 1h 54m)- An angel considers becoming human after falling in love with a Los Angeles surgeon. Nicholas Cage, Meg Ryan
Virtual: Writing the Nightmare: A Ship Called Sickness and One Unforgettable Space Crew with Daniel Kraus
Prepare to launch into the darkest depths of deep space! Join us online as we sit down with master storyteller Daniel Kraus, winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, to celebrate the release of his breathtaking new novel, The Sixth Nik.
Deep into space, far past the triworld outposts, beyond range of the lethal trollbot internet, soars The Sickness: a ship woven from biomatter and capable of reacting to every need of its human crew. Sisilla, a nine-year-old cultist with a brain enhanced by arcane tech known as “niks,” has boarded to investigate the enigma of Fém—a plague-riddled planet that has abruptly gone rogue.
The mysterious crew includes a faceless assassin, a beautiful engineer jigsawed by plastic surgery, a peyote-addicted medic, and—most lethal of all—a rugged, NonModded captain with a score to settle with Sisilla. Other dangers abound. A hacked robot begins to believe Sisilla is its daughter. The Sickness itself is mutating, possibly even pregnant. And the secret of Fém is more horrific than anyone could have imagined. To survive, Sisilla will need to forsake her predetermined fate and embrace the unknown.
Register now to gain exclusive insight from one of the most visionary voices in modern fiction.
About the Author:
Daniel Kraus is a Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times bestselling writer of novels, TV, and film. His novel Angel Down was the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, a New York Times Top 10 Book of 2025, and a national bestseller. His novel Whalefall received a front-cover review in the New York Times Book Review, won the Alex Award, was an L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist, and was a Best Book of 2023 from NPR, the New York Times, Amazon, Chicago Tribune, and more.
With Guillermo del Toro, he co-authored The Shape of Water, based on the same idea the two created for the Oscar-winning film. Also with del Toro, Kraus co-authored Trollhunters, which was adapted into the Emmy-winning Netflix series. He co-wrote The Living Dead and Pay the Piper with legendary filmmaker George A. Romero. Kraus’s The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch was named one of Entertainment Weekly‘s Top 10 Books of the Year. Kraus has won the Bram Stoker Award, Scribe Award, two Odyssey Awards (for both Rotters and Scowler), and has appeared multiple times as Library Guild selections, and more.
Kraus’s work has been translated into over 25 languages. He lives with his partner in Chicago. Visit him at danielkraus.com.
Artist Exhibit and Library Fundraiser-Francesco Lovascio di Santis
Artist Francesco "Cesco" Lovascio "Vascio" di Santis presents -
The Plein Air Cupola Series on the Library Lawn
Sunday, September 6, 2026 11:00am-7:00pm *Please note: The sale of the paintings will be from 7:00pm-7:30pm. All proceeds benefit the Library. *
Artist Francesco “Cesco” Lovascio “Vascio” di Santis will display a collection of his Library Cupola paintings on the Library Lawn.
His plein air cupola series, strongly influenced by the painterly tradition of The Cape School of Art, has stayed perennially active since September 2014, starting just a few months after the completion of the historic frontal façade restoration project.
All paintings from this series, sold at this location, will have 100% of the proceeds go to Friends of the Provincetown Public Library, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Paintings are $1,000 each.
Hybrid: Reading of “Leonardo Da Vinci” by Walter Isaacson
In Person & on Zoom at Provincetown Public Library
Thursdays at 10:00 AM
Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo's genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy.
Join this weekly book club & read along/read aloud with group leader, Linda Ohlson Graham.
Meeting every THURSDAY until the book is finished.
Email araff@clamsnet.org for the Zoom link.
Movie Night: “The Way We Were”
Movies held every Wednesday night at 5:30 PM in the Marc Jacobs Reading Room.
September 2: The Way We Were (1973, 1h 58m)- During post-WWII McCarthyism, a diametrically opposed couple come together only to find out that genuine friendship and physical attraction is not enough to overcome fundamental societal beliefs. Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford
September 9: Far From Heaven (2002, 1h 47m)- In 1950s Connecticut, a flustered housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world. Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid
September 16: Autumn in New York (2000, 1h 43m)- Romantic drama about an aging playboy who falls for a sweet, but terminally ill, young woman. Winona Ryder, Richard Gere
September 23: The Cider House Rules (1999, 2h 6m)- During World War II, an orphan grows up under the tutelage of a doctor who runs an orphanage. However, he yearns for freedom and soon decides to leave in order to make a life for himself. Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron
September 30: City of Angels (1998, 1h 54m)- An angel considers becoming human after falling in love with a Los Angeles surgeon. Nicholas Cage, Meg Ryan
Virtual: "The Democracy We Must Keep": Why the Ideas that Built America Still Matter with David O. Stewart
Join us as we chat with award-winning historian David O. Stewart about his newest work, The Democracy We Must Keep, and the question he explores throughout the book: What did America's founders say about democracy, and can we remain true to their vision for America?
Two hundred fifty years ago, passionate men attempted to create something the world had never seen before: a nation built not on kings or armies, but on ideas where the people ruled.
In The Democracy We Must Keep, historian David O. Stewart takes readers inside the nine key documents that shaped the formation of the United States—from Patrick Henry's thunderous cry for liberty to the carefully crafted design of a government chosen by the people, with limits on all officials holding power under the Constitution.
Through the words of seven visionary founders—Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Gouverneur Morris, and others—Stewart shows how a fragile experiment in self-government took shape.
These men were not saints. They argued passionately. They worried that the new nation might fall apart. Yet together, they forged the principles that must still define American democracy:
Power must be limited. Leaders must answer to the people. Individual rights must be protected by law. As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, The Democracy We Must Keep urges readers to rediscover core ideas that built the nation—and to consider what it will take to protect them.
Register today to gain a deeper understanding of how American democracy started, why it still matters, and the active role each generation must play to uphold it.
About the Author:
David O. Stewart has published eleven award-winning and best-selling books of history and historical novels. In 2023, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Washington Independent Review of Books. His most recent fictional series, the Overstreet Saga, is inspired by family stories his mother told. He lives in Maryland with the light of his life, Nancy Floreen; they have three children and six grandchildren.
Youth: Storytime for ages birth to 5
Storytime for ages birth to 5 every Saturday at 10:30 AM in June, July and August!
Join Miss Courtney for music and movement, a story and a craft!
Stories, songs, crafts vary at each event.
Virtual: High Altitudes and High Stakes: A Miss Marple Mystery with Lucy Foley
Join us for a thrilling conversation with acclaimed author Lucy Foley as we delve into her brand-new Miss Marple mystery, Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel.
High in the Swiss Alps, accessible only by a single, winding railway, stands the luxurious Grand Alpine Hotel. With glorious mountain views and exclusive access to powdery slopes, it draws guests from far and wide.
The notorious actress.
The high-flying politician.
The society wife.
The reckless friend.
The shrewd doctor.
But not everyone is here for a winter holiday. Beneath the champagne and furs, dark histories simmer; old grudges emerge like cracks in the ice. And someone is watching from the shadows. A polite, unassuming woman with an extraordinary mind: Miss Marple. When a body is found and a blizzard cuts off all escape, only Miss Marple can connect the clues before the killer strikes again. Because it isn’t a question of who has a motive, but who’s next…
About the Author:
Lucy Foley is a No.1 Sunday Times, Irish Times and New York Times bestselling author. More than 10 million copies of her books are in print worldwide, and several are currently being adapted for the screen. She is a Waterstones Thriller of the Month author, a three-time nominee at the British Book Awards, and The Guest List was a Reese’s Book Club selection and winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Mystery Thriller. As a life-long Agatha Christie fan, Lucy has drawn immeasurable inspiration from the Queen of Crime. She was one of 12 writers to contribute to Marple, a collection of short stories featuring the beloved detective. And in Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel, she was inspired to transport Miss Marple – her favorite Christie creation – to the glamorous post-war setting of the Swiss Alps, in a mystery that feels gloriously escapist yet utterly relevant to our times.