During past summers, the Library has sponsored a community art project. Patrons of all ages have been invited to create a work of art, working separately and using a common medium. Last year we featured horseshoe crab shells. In previous years discarded books, retired chairs from the Fishmonger Restaurant, and outdated nautical charts have stimulated […]

Join us outside for stories! We will meet in the Library courtyard and will likely make our way over to the lawn next door (by the WHOI Challenger Annex building). Bring a blanket if you’d like! Please remember that we will need to spread out to maintain safe social distancing. We are hopeful that we […]

On Wednesday, July 29 at 1:30 PM, join us in the Library courtyard for a fun demonstration of a “butterfly surprise ball”. This inventive creation was put together by Jan Elliott out of library catalog cards for this year’s WHPL Community Art Project. You’ll be able to see what happens when this clever little ball […]