Thomas Crane Public Library
October 2025  |  Volume 22  |  Issue 10
All TCPL Locations will be CLOSED on Monday, October 13 for Indigenous Peoples' Day
Step into the Main Library’s shadowed halls on Friday, October 24 from 6:30 - 8:30 PM for a night steeped in gothic mystery and literary dread. Cash bar, spooky tunes, magical musings, tarot readings, and more!
FREE ENTRY | Guests 21+ ONLY | Photo ID REQUIRED for Cash Bar
FEATURED EVENTS
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Wednesday, October 1 | 7 - 8 PM  | Main Library
 
Wednesday, October 8 | 7 - 8 PM  | Main Library
 
Wednesday, October 15 | 6 - 8 PM  | Main Library

Movie Night: Silver Linings Playbook
Tuesday, Oct 14 | 6 - 8 PM  | Main Library
 
Ghost Run with Quincy Social Run Club!
Tuesday, October 28 | 6 - 7 PM
REGISTER HERE!  Meet on the Olmsted Lawn, Main Library
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Saturday, Oct 11
2 - 4 PM | Main Library
Let Freedom Read Day!
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Wednesday, Oct 22
6 - 8 PM | Main Library
Teen Events
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Teen Advisory Board
Applications for 2025-2026 will be online here. Applications  open until 10/31. Email us at quteen@ocln.org
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Thursday, Oct 9
3 - 4 PM
Adams Shore Library
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Wednesday, Oct 22
3 - 4:30 PM
Main Library
First Come, First Serve!
Children's Events
At home, decorate a small pumpkin as your favorite book character and bring the decorated pumpkin to the Main Library Children’s Room for display. Each pumpkin will be awarded a special ribbon. Will your pumpkin be the Shiniest, the Scariest, the Cutest or…something else? See your ribbon when you pick up your pumpkin!
 
Pumpkin Drop-Off: Friday, October 17 to Friday, October 24
 
Please no pierced or cut pumpkins, they spoil too quickly.
 
Pumpkin Pick-Up: Wednesday, October 29 to Friday, October 31
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Saturday, Oct 4
10 - 11 AM
North Quincy Library
Ages 1 - 5 years
Happy Mid-Autumn Moon Festival!
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Wednesday, Oct 15
2:30 - 4 PM | Main Library
Ages 8 - 13 years
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Saturday, Oct 25
3 - 4 PM
Main Library
Families & Ages 0 - 13 years
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