Library News & Upcoming Events

Through a generous grant made by an anonymous donor through the Rhode Island Foundation and supplemented by Town of Hingham funds the Library will resume Sunday hours from 1-5 pm on February 12th. Sundays will continue through May 20th. Closed Easter, April 8th and Mother's Day, May 13th.   Read more...
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...
This 4 week series of storytelling workshops, held on Tuesday afternoons in March, lets children explore the world of crafting their own story.   Read more...
The Hingham Library's Teen Book Group will meet on Saturday, February 18 at 3:30 to discuss Cassandra Clare's novel City of Bones. Pick up a copy of the book at the children's desk anytime the library is open.   Read more...
The children's department has some fun things planned for February Vacation week.   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...
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...
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...

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