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Some of this is definitely a result of the gerrymandering of Congressional districts by both parties, but another major factor is the way we structure our elections in the U.S. One reform that has gained considerable traction recently has been dubbed Ranked Choice Voting. We'll look in detail at how Ranked Choice Voting works and try to understand its advantages and disadvantages. We will also consider another structural change to our elections that I believe holds much more potential for making Congress more reflective of the desires of the voters. In particular, we'll see what impact each of these reforms could have here in Massachusetts.
Tommy Ratliff is a Professor of Mathematics at Wheaton College, where he has taught for nearly 30 years. He has taught courses across the entire curriculum, from introductory courses for first-year students to advanced topics like Cryptography for math majors. His research primarily focuses on Voting Theory, with recent work addressing mathematical questions related to redistricting and gerrymandering. He has held several faculty leadership roles at Wheaton, but all of his administrative experiences have reaffirmed his love of the classroom and working directly with undergraduates.
Kids and teens are invited to read to a certified therapy dog! Reading aloud in the calm presence of a therapy dog team motivates kids to read more often, which builds reading fluency, comprehension, stamina, and enjoyment! It's also a great opportunity to practice and gain comfort around dogs. Drop in for a 10-minute spot with Sally - ask for a ticket at the front desk!
Join us for playful stories and songs to build your child's early literacy skills and instill a love of reading. This storytime is geared toward ages 2-5, but siblings and friends of other ages are welcome! No registration necessary.
Join us for Paolo DiGregorio's class:
Confused by Libby and Hoopla? Can’t figure out how to work that app you need? Want to know how to use our free GotResume builder or learn some other technical skills? Bring in your question and device. A librarian can help!
Bring a handiwork project and share patterns and tips with other crafters! Whether you knit or crochet, are an expert or a beginner, all participants are welcome. Knot Just Knitting is proud to make garments and blankets for charities.
This group meets weekly in the Community Room.
Dungeon Master Ethan will lead a small adventure with loose Dungeons & Dragons rules so it's fun, easy to learn, and easy to swap players in and out in a small, supportive, and playful group. Beginners welcome - no experience necessary. Please bring your own dice if you have them! Ages 12-18. Maximum party size is 6 players - registration is required.
Join Leah for a joyful baby lapsit, where we’ll share books, rhymes, and songs with our littlest readers and meet other parents and caregivers of pre-walking babies. Older siblings are welcome to participate with a doll or stuffed animal. No registration necessary.
Let's move to the groove with Ms. Marsha from CFCE! We'll sing, dance, and have an instrument playtime! This program is for young children and their caregivers.
Do you love to write? Maybe you love it so much you put it off? Here’s an excellent reason to put it on your calendar instead. Join us for challenges and accountability! Fiction and memoir-focused, any length. No registration necessary.
This club will be held in six week segments (10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2).
Please join us for a blood drive at Norton Public Library on Tuesday, October 22nd from 12:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter: NortonLibrary Library to schedule an appointment., or schedule an appointment here.
Every year, nearly 30 million Americans sit on a therapist’s couch—and some of these patients are therapists. In her remarkable book Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, Lori Gottlieb tells us that despite her license and rigorous training, her most significant credential is that she’s a card-carrying member of the human race. “I know what it’s like to be a person,” she writes, as a crisis causes her world to come crashing down.
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is revolutionary in its candor, offering a deeply personal yet universal tour of our hearts and minds and providing the rarest of gifts: a boldly revealing portrait of what it means to be human, and a disarmingly funny and illuminating account of our own mysterious lives and our power to transform them.
We invite you to join us as Gottlieb shares her wisdom on examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves to help us breakthrough what is holding us back and getting in the way of living the life we desire.
Click here to register and learn more.
This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Norton Public Library.
Students from the creative writing department at Wheaton College lead this casual poetry workshop for grades 6-12. Bring a friend and drop in to explore poetic forms, share ideas, and write your own original poetry in a warm and supportive group. No registration required.
Join us for a friendly hour of open play in the Community Room. You bring the friends, we'll bring the fun! This program is geared toward ages 2-6. No registration required.
Confused by Libby and Hoopla? Can’t figure out how to work that app you need? Want to know how to use our free GotResume builder or learn some other technical skills? Bring in your question and device. A librarian can help!
Bring a handiwork project and share patterns and tips with other crafters! Whether you knit or crochet, are an expert or a beginner, all participants are welcome. Knot Just Knitting is proud to make garments and blankets for charities.
This group meets weekly in the Community Room.
Come volunteer your time, meet new people, enjoy the library, and make a difference in your community! If it's your first time volunteering during the school year, register here to join the Junior Friends for 2024-25, and work on projects that help the library and the community. After you sign up, we'll send you the list of opportunities and begin tracking your volunteer hours for school, scouting, church, etc. Junior Friends has a monthly meetup from September-June (a guaranteed 1.5 service hours each time) and additional opportunities TBD. Ages 10-18.
Drop in to make art to cheer up sick kids! Join a volunteer from the local chapter of Create for Kids, who will guide us through making greeting cards to brighten the days of children undergoing extended hospital stays. Supplies will be provided - no registration required.
Join Ms. Marsha for a five-week toddler playgroup, where each week will focus on a different aspect of literacy. A period of free play will be followed by stories and songs. At the end of each session, each family will receive a book to add to their home library!
This group is suitable for children ages 1-3 years of age. Siblings are always welcome. Registration is required.
Do you love to write? Maybe you love it so much you put it off? Here’s an excellent reason to put it on your calendar instead. Join us for challenges and accountability! Fiction and memoir-focused, any length. No registration necessary.
This club will be held in six week segments (10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2).
This interactive presentation will cover two main aspects of language learning: the advantages of learning more than one language and the optimal age to learn a language.
After a brief review of language learning around the world, including bilingual programs here and elsewhere, we will provide some insights into language acquisition theories and what more recent findings tell us about multilingualism and its amazing and perhaps unexpected benefits. Next, we will explore the question of whether there Is there an optimal age to learn a language? We’ll shed some light on the multifaceted answer and show that it is actually never too late to learn another language if we set realistic expectations. The benefits that learning a language brings, both cognitively, culturally and emotionally are definitely worth the effort!
Dr. Beata Schmid has a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Brown University. She is a practicing applied linguist, meaning she studies how people learn and use language(s) in the real world. Until her recent semi-retirement, she was the chief academic officer at EF International Language Campuses, a division of EF Education, a worldwide educational and travel company headquartered in Cambridge, MA and Zurich, Switzerland. Now she writes curriculum and spends a lot of her time in the garden, with her dogs and in her kitchen.
Monthly meeting of the Friends of the Norton Public Library. Open to all!
This meeting will be held in-person and online. Please contact the library for login information.
Join Leah to play wacky games, use your imagination, write, draw, and collaborate with others to explore words, language, and other big ideas that strike our fancy in a silly, relaxed, and supportive environment. Ages 10-18. No registration necessary.
Students from the creative writing department at Wheaton College lead this casual poetry workshop for grades 6-12. Bring a friend and drop in to explore poetic forms, share ideas, and write your own original poetry in a warm and supportive group. No registration required.
Join us for Paolo DiGregorio's class:
Confused by Libby and Hoopla? Can’t figure out how to work that app you need? Want to know how to use our free GotResume builder or learn some other technical skills? Bring in your question and device. A librarian can help!
Bring a handiwork project and share patterns and tips with other crafters! Whether you knit or crochet, are an expert or a beginner, all participants are welcome. Knot Just Knitting is proud to make garments and blankets for charities.
This group meets weekly in the Community Room.
Do you love to write? Maybe you love it so much you put it off? Here’s an excellent reason to put it on your calendar instead. Join us for challenges and accountability! Fiction and memoir-focused, any length. No registration necessary.
This club will be held in six week segments (10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2).
Do you enjoy thought-provoking books, learning about history and current events, and lively discussion? The Men’s Book Group is for you!
The group usually meets the first Monday of the month at 6:30pm. For more information please contact Robert Keating at rkeating88@comcast.net
*Please note that this meeting is being held at the Residence at Great Woods in Norton.
The Friends of the Norton Public Library will be holding their annual Fall Book Sale. Browse gently used adult and children's books, movies, music, puzzles and games.
Proceeds support library programs for all ages!
Tuesday, Nov 5th
4:00-7:00pm
Friends-only night.
It's a great night to join the Friends!
Wednesday, Nov 6th
9:00am-3:30pm
Thursday, Nov 7th
9:00am-7:30pm
Friday, Nov 8th
9:00am-3:00pm
Saturday, Nov 9th
9:00am-2:00pm
Students from the creative writing department at Wheaton College lead this casual poetry workshop for grades 6-12. Bring a friend and drop in to explore poetic forms, share ideas, and write your own original poetry in a warm and supportive group. No registration required.
The Friends of the Norton Public Library will be holding their annual Fall Book Sale. Browse gently used adult and children's books, movies, music, puzzles and games.
Proceeds support library programs for all ages!
Tuesday, Nov 5th
4:00-7:00pm
Friends-only night.
It's a great night to join the Friends!
Wednesday, Nov 6th
9:00am-3:30pm
Thursday, Nov 7th
9:00am-7:30pm
Friday, Nov 8th
9:00am-3:00pm
Saturday, Nov 9th
9:00am-2:00pm
The Library's Morning Book Group meets the first Wednesday of the month at 10:30am.
Please contact Amanda at amanda.viana@sailsinc.org for details. All adults are welcome to join!
For our November meeting we'll be discussing James by Percival Everett. Click here to reserve a copy.
Confused by Libby and Hoopla? Can’t figure out how to work that app you need? Want to know how to use our free GotResume builder or learn some other technical skills? Bring in your question and device. A librarian can help!
The Friends of the Norton Public Library will be holding their annual Fall Book Sale. Browse gently used adult and children's books, movies, music, puzzles and games.
Proceeds support library programs for all ages!
Tuesday, Nov 5th
4:00-7:00pm
Friends-only night.
It's a great night to join the Friends!
Wednesday, Nov 6th
9:00am-3:30pm
Thursday, Nov 7th
9:00am-7:30pm
Friday, Nov 8th
9:00am-3:00pm
Saturday, Nov 9th
9:00am-2:00pm
Navajo Ranger, Stanley Milford, Jr. is joining us online to chat about the chilling and clear-eyed memoir of his investigations into bizarre cases of the paranormal and the unexplained in Navajoland.
As a Native American with parents of both Navajo and Cherokee descent, Stanley Milford, Jr. grew up in a world where the supernatural was both expected and taboo. When he joined the fabled Navajo Rangers—a law enforcement branch of the Navajo Nation who are equal parts police officers, archeological conservationists, and historians—the paranormal became part of his job. In The Paranormal Ranger, Milford recounts the stories of utterly bizarre cases and shockingly frequent cases involving mysterious livestock mutilations, skinwalker and Bigfoot sightings, UFOs, and malicious hauntings, from the clinical and deductive perspective of a law enforcement officer.
Register now to expand your own worldview and be ready for a chill to run down your spine!
This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Norton Public Library.
The Friends of the Norton Public Library will be holding their annual Fall Book Sale. Browse gently used adult and children's books, movies, music, puzzles and games.
Proceeds support library programs for all ages!
Tuesday, Nov 5th
4:00-7:00pm
Friends-only night.
It's a great night to join the Friends!
Wednesday, Nov 6th
9:00am-3:30pm
Thursday, Nov 7th
9:00am-7:30pm
Friday, Nov 8th
9:00am-3:00pm
Saturday, Nov 9th
9:00am-2:00pm
The Friends of the Norton Public Library will be holding their annual Fall Book Sale. Browse gently used adult and children's books, movies, music, puzzles and games.
Proceeds support library programs for all ages!
Tuesday, Nov 5th
4:00-7:00pm
Friends-only night.
It's a great night to join the Friends!
Wednesday, Nov 6th
9:00am-3:30pm
Thursday, Nov 7th
9:00am-7:30pm
Friday, Nov 8th
9:00am-3:00pm
Saturday, Nov 9th
9:00am-2:00pm
(Solamente en Español) - (Event ONLY in Spanish)
Sintoniza una conversación especial con el autor más vendido del New York Times Javier Zamora mientras conversa con nosotros sobre su fascinante historia de supervivencia y perseverancia, tal como se cuenta en sus memorias premiadas Solito.
La aventura de Javier es una travesía de tres mil millas desde su pequeño pueblo en El Salvador, a través de Guatemala y México, hacia la frontera de Estados Unidos. A los nueve años, Javier no puede prever los peligrosos trayectos en bote, las interminables caminatas por el desierto, las armas apuntándole, los arrestos y los engaños que le esperan. Tampoco sabe que dos semanas se alargarán hasta dos meses y le cambiarán la vida, junto a un grupo de extraños que acabará por cobijarlo como una familia improvisada.
Solito no solo nos ofrece un recuento íntimo e inmediato de un viaje sinuoso y casi imposible, sino la milagrosa bondad y el amor que se entrega en los momentos más inesperados. Solito es la historia de Javier, pero es también la historia de millones más que no tuvieron otra opción más que irse de casa.
¡Regístrese hoy para obtener más información sobre esta apasionante y conmovedora historia!
Este evento está patrocinado por los Amigos de la Biblioteca Pública de Norton.
Kids and teens are invited to read to a certified therapy dog! Reading aloud in the calm presence of a therapy dog team motivates kids to read more often, which builds reading fluency, comprehension, stamina, and enjoyment! It's also a great opportunity to practice and gain comfort around dogs. Drop in for a 10-minute spot with Sally - ask for a ticket at the front desk!
Students from the creative writing department at Wheaton College lead this casual poetry workshop for grades 6-12. Bring a friend and drop in to explore poetic forms, share ideas, and write your own original poetry in a warm and supportive group. No registration required.
Location change: this session takes place in the Community Room, not the Conference Room.
Join us for playful stories and songs to build your child's early literacy skills and instill a love of reading. This storytime is geared toward ages 2-5, but siblings and friends of other ages are welcome! No registration necessary.
Confused by Libby and Hoopla? Can’t figure out how to work that app you need? Want to know how to use our free GotResume builder or learn some other technical skills? Bring in your question and device. A librarian can help!
*Please note that this week's session is one hour, not the regular two.
Tune in for a special conversation with New York Times bestselling author Javier Zamora as he chats with us about his riveting tale of survival and perseverance as told in his award-winning memoir Solito.
Zamora’s adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. At nine years old, Javier cannot foresee the perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, arrests and deceptions that await him; nor can he know that two weeks will expand into two life-altering months alongside fellow migrants who will come to encircle him like an unexpected family.
Solito provides an immediate and intimate account not only of a treacherous and near-impossible journey, but also of the miraculous kindness and love delivered at the most unexpected moments. Solito is Javier Zamora’s story, but it’s also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home.
Register today to learn more about this gripping and moving story!
This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Norton Public Library.
Join Ms. Marsha for a five-week toddler playgroup, where each week will focus on a different aspect of literacy. A period of free play will be followed by stories and songs. At the end of each session, each family will receive a book to add to their home library!
This group is suitable for children ages 1-3 years of age. Siblings are always welcome. Registration is required.
Kids and teens are invited to read to a certified therapy dog! Reading aloud in the calm presence of a therapy dog team motivates kids to read more often, which builds reading fluency, comprehension, stamina, and enjoyment! It's also a great opportunity to practice and gain comfort around dogs. Drop in for a 10-minute spot with Sally - ask for a ticket at the front desk!
Do you love to write? Maybe you love it so much you put it off? Here’s an excellent reason to put it on your calendar instead. Join us for challenges and accountability! Fiction and memoir-focused, any length. No registration necessary.
This club will be held in six week segments (10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2).
Students from the creative writing department at Wheaton College lead this casual poetry workshop for grades 6-12. Bring a friend and drop in to explore poetic forms, share ideas, and write your own original poetry in a warm and supportive group. No registration required.
Join us for playful stories and songs to build your child's early literacy skills and instill a love of reading. This storytime is geared toward ages 2-5, but siblings and friends of other ages are welcome! No registration necessary.
You’re invited to join us as Mona Susan Power chats about her newest novel A Council of Dolls. This conversation highlights how her work explores Native Rights and Native American culture, in particular using an important symbol that anchors comfort and companionship in Native life: dolls.
From the mid-century metropolis of Chicago to the windswept ancestral lands of the Dakota people, to the bleak and brutal Indian boarding schools, A Council of Dolls is the story of three women, told in part through the stories of the dolls they carried. A modern masterpiece, A Council of Dolls is gorgeous, quietly devastating, and ultimately hopeful, shining a light on the echoing damage wrought by Indian boarding schools, and the historical massacres of Indigenous people. Mona Susan Power weaves a spell of love and healing that comes alive on the page.
Register now to join the conversation!
This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Norton Public Library.
Space Opera, AltHist, Hard Science, Aliens, and AI. Explore the subgenres–classics and new titles–in the SciFi Book Club. Meets monthly.
First up: Exordia by Seth Dickinson. Click here to reserve a copy.
All adults are welcome to join. No registration necessary.
Join Ms. Marsha for a five-week toddler playgroup, where each week will focus on a different aspect of literacy. A period of free play will be followed by stories and songs. At the end of each session, each family will receive a book to add to their home library!
This group is suitable for children ages 1-3 years of age. Siblings are always welcome. Registration is required.
Do you love to write? Maybe you love it so much you put it off? Here’s an excellent reason to put it on your calendar instead. Join us for challenges and accountability! Fiction and memoir-focused, any length. No registration necessary.
This club will be held in six week segments (10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2).
Students from the creative writing department at Wheaton College lead this casual poetry workshop for grades 6-12. Bring a friend and drop in to explore poetic forms, share ideas, and write your own original poetry in a warm and supportive group. No registration required.
Join Ms. Marsha for a five-week toddler playgroup, where each week will focus on a different aspect of literacy. A period of free play will be followed by stories and songs. At the end of each session, each family will receive a book to add to their home library!
This group is suitable for children ages 1-3 years of age. Siblings are always welcome. Registration is required.
Do you love to write? Maybe you love it so much you put it off? Here’s an excellent reason to put it on your calendar instead. Join us for challenges and accountability! Fiction and memoir-focused, any length. No registration necessary.
This club will be held in six week segments (10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2).
The Library's Morning Book Group meets the first Wednesday of the month at 10:30am.
Please contact Amanda at amanda.viana@sailsinc.org for details. All adults are welcome to join!
For our December meeting we'll be discussing The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon. Click here to reserve a copy.
Written in 1924 at the behest of bandleader Paul Whiteman, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue has become an iconic part of American music. Along with the sounds of Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man and Bernstein’s West Side Story, the opening clarinet glissando of Rhapsody in Blue are synonymous with an American voice in music. This lecture will discuss the “fascinating rhythm” and memorable melody that make the work so unforgettable. We will discover Pauld Whiteman’s campaign to persuade Gershwin to write a piece combining jazz and classical music elements, the extraordinary feat of composing the piece in only five weeks, and how the initial performance by Gershwin and Whiteman established Gershwin’s reputation as a great American composer. Finally, we will look at the many arrangements and fine performances that keep the work in the public’s consciousness today.
Ann Sears is Professor of Music at Wheaton College (Massachusetts) where she teaches piano and music history. She holds degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music, Arizona State University, and from The Catholic University of America. Her principal teachers were Victor Rosenbaum, Thomas Mastroianni, and Linda Cutting. She has presented papers and lecture-recitals at many national music association meetings and performed extensively as a solo and collaborative pianist in the United States and Europe. She most recently appeared at the Oxford Lieder Festival in England with soprano Louise Toppin and baritone Alan Williams, at St. Saviour’s Concert Series in Bar Harbor, Maine, and at liveARTS in Franklin, Massachusetts with Nicholas Kitchen, violin. Her co-authored critical edition of Harry T. Burleigh was published in November, 2023. She is currently president of the Chaminade Music Club in Attleboro, MA, president of the board of the Norton Institute for Continuing Education, and artistic director of the liveARTS concert series in Franklin, MA.
Join Ms. Marsha for a five-week toddler playgroup, where each week will focus on a different aspect of literacy. A period of free play will be followed by stories and songs. At the end of each session, each family will receive a book to add to their home library!
This group is suitable for children ages 1-3 years of age. Siblings are always welcome. Registration is required.
Let's move to the groove with Ms. Marsha from CFCE! We'll sing, dance, and have an instrument playtime! This program is for young children and their caregivers.
The Library's Morning Book Group meets the first Wednesday of the month at 10:30am.
Please contact Amanda at amanda.viana@sailsinc.org for details. All adults are welcome to join!
For our January meeting we'll be discussing An Unfinished Love Story by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Click here to reserve a copy.
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