5TH Anniversary Musical Celebration @ the Library

To celebrate the 5th anniversary of the opening of our beautiful new library building in March, we will host a musical performance each week during the month.   Many performers will be part of the Boxborough community.  The Blanchard chorus, woodwind, and brass ensembles will perform and the Madrigal Singers and Senior Tambourine Players will return to the library for encore performances.  “Two Old Friends” Mac McHale and Emery Hutchins will perform a concert of Irish music in honor of St. Patrick’s Day.  The Blanchard School K-6th grade student’s art will be on display in the meeting during the entire month.  Everyone is welcome to join the celebration, which is sponsored by the generosity of the Friends of the Boxborough Library.. For the schedule of events check our event calendar.

"Two Old Friends" Irish Music Concert @ the Library

The Sargent Memorial Library will host an evening of Irish music on Thursday, March 11 at 6:30 pm.  Mac McHale and Emery Hutchins, “Two Old Friends” playing songs from Ireland, the mountains and the sea will delight audiences young and old with a combination of Irish music and American country music.

With banjo, guitar, mandolin, concertina, bodran, octave mandolin, and heart-warming vocal harmonies, Two Old Friends tell a story in music of how immigrants came to this country from Ireland, Scotland, and Great Britain, bringing their melodies and instruments; and they show how the old time country ballads of the Appalachians are rooted in these tunes. A Two Old Friends performance will give you plaintive ballads and foot-stomping shout tunes; soaring mandolin solos, gospel sing-alongs, traditional Irish tunes, and story-telling. There is truly something for everyone.

This 5th anniversary library celebration performance is supported in part by a grant from the Acton-Boxborough Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency and the Friends of the Boxborough Library.

Senior Tambourine Players

The Sargent Memorial Library will host a return musical performance by the Senior Tambourine Players on Tuesday, March 16 at 1:00 p.m. as part of the 5th anniversary celebration.
The Senior Tambourine Players are a group of seniors from Concord who have worked diligently over the past five years to learn the art of playing the tambourine. They range in age from 75 to 95. They have given performances on local television, at schools, nursing homes and Senior Centers as well as an all expense paid trip to California to appear on the Jay Leno show.
This program is sponsored by the generosity of the Friends of the Boxborough Library. Everyone is welcome.

Blanchard Student Art Exhibit @ the Library

As part of the Sargent Memorial Library’s 5th anniversary celebration, Eileen Barnett, art teacher at the Blanchard Memorial School, will be exhibiting students’ art work.  "The Art of the Line" will include works of art from kindergarten through 6th grade.

This program is sponsored by the generosity of the Friends of the Library.  Everyone is welcome.

New Museums Passes @ the library

The Sargent Memorial is pleased to announce the addition of two new museum passes. Thanks to the generosity of the Friends of the Boxborough Library, the Worcester Art Museum and Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House in Concord have been added to our list of museum passes. Patrons with a valid C/W MARS library card may now reserve these passes online or call the library at 978-263-4680. Patrons may view the entire list of passes and details for each museum’s pass by clicking on the “Museum Passes” link on our website

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