Library News & Upcoming Events

The Trustees have launched their Annual Fund Drive. Haven't contributed yet? Please do. Congratulations to Kathy and Bill Reardon who won a new Kindle Fire tablet through our drawing!   Read more...
The OLLI program at UMass-Boston is offering life-long learning opportunities through video conferencing with the Hingham Public Library. See, hear and participate in the class being offered from UMass-Boston. Takes place in the Whiton Room. A number of lectures and classes have an instructor on-site at HPL.

You must be an OLLI member to take the classes. Brown Bag lectures @ HPL are free for non-members with registration through OLLI.   Read more...
The 2011-2012 Saturday Sounds Special begins in October. Join us for this free classical guitar performance series on the 3rd Saturday afternoon of the month through April 2012. Concerts start at 3 pm.   Read more...
Steve Marchena performs on January 28 as part of Boston Classical Guitar Society's Saturday Sounds Special series. The performance is open to all.   Read more...
The Play Around Theater group presents "An Evening of Neil Simon" on Monday, January 30 at 7:30 pm. Repeat performance on Saturday, February 11 at 3:00 pm.   Read more...
Dr. Ben Kerman will present a slide lecture on medical efforts in Bhutan, a beautiful country where they measure GDP by the happiness of its people..   Read more...
The Back Bay Guitar Trio will present a free classical guitar concert in the Library's Whiton Room on Saturday February 25 at 3 pm. The concert is part of the Saturday Sounds Special Series sponsored by the Library and the Boston Classical Guitar Society with support from Scituate Federal Savings.   Read more...
The Hingham Public Library and the Old Colony Library Network are pleased to announce our free eBook service is now compatible with the Amazon Kindle.   Read more...
Our library is offering a ‘Virtual Branch' website with a collection of best-selling and new release eBooks exclusively for Hingham card-holders. Get the Advantage.   Read more...
Watercolor paintings by Needham artist Nancy Motley Walton will be featured through March 7 in the Dolphin Gallery.   Read more...
The camera has no secret; it captures what we see, and more often the weathered beauty we tend to overlook. “Look & Sea” is a collection of photographs by Zoe Cataldo, showcasing both hidden and obvious magnificence.   Read more...
Kerman, born in Denmark, was raised in the Boston area and New Mexico, lived in Paris, Mexico City, Seattle, and San Francisco. A new resident of Hingham, Massachusetts, Kerman has been an Emergency Physician at Mount Auburn, Boston City, and Carney Hospitals. He is currently a Hospitalist with South Shore Hospital.   Read more...
Courtesy of the Hingham Historical Commission, the Library is displaying a Peter Follansbee replica of the 17th century "Hingham Lincoln Chair".   Read more...

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