Summer Library Hours

Free Music on the Lawn:
Series Continues July 29

Sounds Like Summer, the library's popular series of free concert by Island bands, continues its run of Tuesday evenings on July 29 with an hour of music from Kent Riley's House Band, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Bring lawn chairs or a blanket if you like, and enjoy the music.

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36 Languages. Learn a language FREE.

The Mango language learning service is available to you, as a library patron, from any internet connection — at the library, a coffee shop, or at home. All you need to log in is your 13-digit library card number. The Edgartown Library also subscribes, on behalf of all our patrons, to Mango's Little Pim service, a language learning program designed specifically for children from birth to age six.

Raffle Supports Summer Music Series

Fine art photographer Robert Avakian, a member of our library board of trustees, has generously donated a hauntingly atmospheric image of Edgartown at night as the prize in a raffle being held this summer by the Friends of the Edgartown Library. The Friends, who underwrite the Sounds Like Summer music series on the library lawn, will use the funds they raise in this raffle to help with the cost of the popular music program. 

Raffle tickets are $10, available at the desk (or from the Friends on the nights of our free concerts, every Tuesday evening through August).

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Book Discussion Group Meets

New members are always welcome. Our monthly book-club is led by library director, Jill. Pick up a book at the front desk.

Wednesday, June 25 @ 2:00- Defending Jacob, by William Landay

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Download Music FREE

Use Freegal to download 3 free songs per week.

You can sign in here with your Edgartown library card number and PIN. Once signed in, you can select and download 3 free songs each week in the MP3 format.
 With this service you can also stream music free for up to three hours each day.

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Click to See Your Town Government at Work

All year 'round, Edgartown Town Hall is a bustling center of civic activity, with important decisions being made at public meetings almost every day. Now, we're happy to report, there's an easy way to check in and find out what's on the agendas of every Edgartown board and committee.

Just visit this handy link and you'll be whisked to the page of Edgartown's excellent municipal website where all meeting agendas are posted. You might be surprised at all the work that's going on -- and you might find a reason to become more involved in the decisions that shape the future of our town.

Planning a Visit to Boston?
Stop Here First for Museum Passes

On your next trip to Boston, perhaps you'd enjoy an hour or three at the Museum of Fine Arts. If this is on your itinerary, do stop at our circulation desk before heading north -- and pick up a free pass. One pass entitles two visitors admission to the museum for $10 each. That's one more great reason to visit the library. The passes are generously purchased for us by the Friends of the Edgartown Library.

As you plan your fall travels around New England, you should definitely visit this page of the CLAMS network catalogue. It lists discount tickets to all sorts of destinations, from Battleship Cove to Mystic Aquarium, from the New Bedford Whaling Museum to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Enjoy!

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