Waltham Public Library

THURS, 4/23, 6-7:30PM: Join us for a fun night of community and crafting! Bring your fiber arts project(s), any project, from knitting to embroidery, crochet to cross-stitch, weaving and beyond!

We're not fooling - somehow it's already April and we're moving on to the 1940s with Book to the Future! This shot of the library from the corner of Main and Spring Streets was taken circa 1949, when the trees out front were babies and the neighborhood was a bit less commercial.

Learn more about the Book to the Future challenge here: https://waltham.lib.ma.us/librarychallenge/

THURS, 4/9, 6:30-7:30PM, LECTURE HALL: Join us for a special evening with esteemed cellist Kett Lee! Kett Lee is the cellist of the nationally acclaimed Boston String Ensemble and holds performance diplomas from The Boston Conservatory and Longy School of Music. He was the youngest member of Malaysia's National Symphony Orchestra and Radio Television Orchestra, and has traveled the world performing in concert halls in Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and beyond. He was the principal cellist of Cape Ann Symphony, Symphony Nova, Waltham Philharmonic and performs regularly with the Claflin Hill Symphony.

Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who read during the Minute Madness Reading Competition! Unfortunately, in round 3, we were knocked out by Holbrook. But our community came together and read for nearly 200,000 over the last three weeks!

If you're looking for more reading inspiration, check out our Book to the Future all-year reading challenge on our website, and enter to win some fabulous prizes!