News and Notes from the Blanding Library

Allie, shown here with her owner Sue, was a big hit with children at the Blanding during April school vacation week. Allie is an American Yellow Lab and is a registered therapy dog.

Posted Monday, May 7, 2018 9:51 am

by Leslie Patterson

Heirloom Plant Giveaway on May 16
To celebrate Rehoboth375, the Blanding will be giving away heirloom plants -- 375 tomato plants and 375 pepper plants -- on Wed. May 16 from 4 to 6 p.m. Special thanks to Friend of the Library Lisa Reigel for making this program possible.

Coming Up at the Blanding
Story Hours continue through May. Tot Time for children under 3 is on Tuesdays from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Story and craft Hours for children ages 3-K are held on Wed. and Thurs. from 10 to 11 a.m.
Legos at the Library will next meet on Sat. May 12 at 10:30 a.m. You supply the imagination and the library will provide the Legos. Open to all ages.

The knitting group at the Blanding will next meet on Thursdays May 9 and 23 at 6:30 p.m.
The Blanding book club’s next selection on Wed. June 6 at 7 p.m. will be “A Gentleman from Moscow” by Amor Towles. In this acclaimed novel, a Russian aristocrat is arrested by the Bolsheviks and sentenced to house arrest in an attic room while history happens all around him. New members welcome. Copies should be available at the library.

The library is accepting used books in good condition (no textbooks or magazines please) for our annual book sale, to be held in late October this year. Please bring your donations into the library during business hours.

Passes Available at the Library
With the return of warm weather, it’s time to remind everyone about the discount passes available free to you with your library card. These are one-day passes offering discounted admission fees to a number of local institutions and events (including PawSox games). Terms of use vary for each pass, but all of them can save you money. It’s very simple to reserve a pass online for the day you want. Don’t have a library card? They are free to all local residents. Stop by the library for more information. Having a library card offers so many benefits.

Here are the discount passes available at the Blanding: Blithewold Mansion and Gardens, Boston Children’s Museum, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, MassParks Pass, Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Science in Boston, Mystic Seaport and Mystic Aquarium, New Bedford Whaling Museum, New England Aquarium, PawSox, Plimoth Plantation, Providence Children’s Museum, Roger Williams Park Zoo, and USS Constitution Museum.

The Blanding Library, 124 Bay State Rd., is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday through Thursday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Closed Sundays and holidays, including Mon. May 28, Memorial Day. Phone 508-252-4236 or visit blandinglibrary.net.