Thomas Crane Public Library
September 2025  |  Volume 22  |  Issue 9
All TCPL Locations will be CLOSED from Saturday, August 30 to Monday, September 1
for Labor Day Weekend.
There will be a LATE OPEN OF 1 PM on Wednesday, September 10 for Staff Development.
Happy Library Card Sign-up Month!
Did you hear? The Thomas Crane Public Library recently launched brand-new library cards, including limited edition Quincy 400 designs! Each of our locations — Main Library, Adams Shore, North Quincy, and Wollaston — will have both the new logo design and their own Quincy 400 design available while supplies last. Pick one that celebrates your neighborhood! We are all out of the limited edition Quincy 400 Main Library cards, but there are still a limited amount left of each respective Branch Library's designs. Call your local branch library during open library hours and check our stock before hand! Learn more about how to sign up for a library card and its perks here.
The Friends of the Thomas Crane Public Library will be selling TCPL tote bags on Fridays, July 25, August 22, and September 26, from 12 - 4 PM, at the Kilroy Square's Farmers' Market while supplies last! Tote bags are priced at $20 each. Payments are accepted in the forms of both cash and card!
FEATURED EVENTS
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Mondays & Wednesdays
6 - 7 PM | Main Library
9/8: Budgeting Tools & Tips
9/17: Mortgage & Home Ownership
9/22: Emergency Savings
9/25: Small Business
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Wednesday, Sept 24
6 - 7 PM | Main Library
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Tuesday, Sept 30
7 - 8 PM | Main Library
Adult Literacy & ESOL News
Tuesday, September 9 or
Thursday, September 11
10 AM - 1 PM | Main Library
Questions? Call (617) 376-3295 or email quenglishtalk@ocln.org
Friday, September 19
10 AM - 12 PM
Richardson Building, Main Library
During this Quincy 400, join us in celebrating 40 years since the establishment of the Thomas Crane Public Library’s Literacy Program!
Teen Events
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Teen Advisory Board
TAB meetings are for registered members only. Applications for 2025-2026 will be online here starting in September. Applications  open until 10/31. Email us at quteen@ocln.org
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Tuesday, Sept 30
3 - 4 PM | North Quincy Library
Children's Events
 
We're celebrating National Library Card Sign-up Month with the Library's Archives & Special Collections department to make getting your child a library card a part of Quincy's historic 400th year!
 
Throughout the month, if you get your child a library card at any of the four Thomas Crane Public Library locations, they will get a special certificate and a button celebrating getting their card during Quincy 400. At the Main Library, families may also choose to commemorate this event with a photo that will be archived by the Library.
 
Wollaston Library: National Library Card Sign-up Month bookmarks will be available to color in throughout the month! Supplies provided.
 
North Quincy Library: Decorate A Library Card Lanyard - Monday, Sept. 8, 2:30 - 3:30 PM
 
Adams Shore Library: DIY Felt Library Card Holder - Tuesday, Sept 16,  3 - 4 PM
 
We look forward to seeing you and making your library card signup a part of Quincy's history!
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Saturday, Sept 13
10 - 11 AM | Main Library
Ages 8 - 13 years
Learn about Indigenous New England with us!
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Wednesday, Sept 24
2 - 3 PM | Main Library
Ages 5+
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Saturday, Sept 27
11 AM - 12 PM
Main Library
Families & All Ages!
Looking for Your next Great Read?
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