4/1 | 10 AM-12:15 PM | Classic Matinees: Pacino or De Niro
This month we watch movies starring either Al Pacino or Robert De Niro. Today we watch Dog Day Afternoon (1975) starring Al Pacino. Rated R.
No registration required.
4/2 | 6:00-7:30 PM | Tech Class: Drop In 1-on-1 Tech Help
Need basic tech help? Ask at the Reference Desk for help with:
- Smartphone & tablet basics
- Basic desktop/laptop support
- Guidance on some of the library’s digital resources, like the catalog (search for items) & Libby (free eBooks & eAudiobooks)
No registration required; first come, first served basis. Bring your device with you if needed! Drop in anytime during the times listed.
4/2 | 6:30-8 PM | Fiber Arts Group
Calling all fiber artists! Bring your current project(s) of knitting, crocheting, hand stitching, hand quilting, and embroidery, or whatever else, to work on in the company of other fiber arts enthusiasts! Instruction is not offered at this event but fellow attendees are always happy to offer advice when they can.
No registration needed. Drop in at any point during the 90-minute block!
4/3 | 5:30-8:30 PM | Adult Game Night
Join us Thursdays for a night of board games at Haverhill Public Library! Strategy games, abstract games, filler games, complex and non complex alike, come and try out whatever you like. Feel free to bring your own games! All experience levels are welcome.
No registration required.
4/4 | 10 AM-11:30 PM | Friday Flicks
We are featuring movies about space in April! Today we watch Gravity (2013). Rated PG-13.
No registration required.
4/5 | 11 AM-12 PM | Spanish Conversation Practice
Participants of Spanish Conversation Practice have been meeting at the library for nearly a year! They meet the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month to improve conversational Spanish skills in a supportive and friendly environment. Join us for this special event to celebrate your work! Participants are welcome to bring in food and talk about their dishes in Spanish.
Please note:
- No alcoholic recipes (beverages, etc.) allowed.
- The library will provide plates, eating utensils, and napkins (feel free to bring as well). Please bring your own serving utensils.
- We cannot reheat or warm anything at the library.
- Please include a list of all ingredients used.
Per Massachusetts state law we need to let you know that neither the food nor the facilities have been inspected by the state or by a local public health agency. We cannot guarantee that food served at library programs does not contain tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.
No registration required.
4/5 | 2-4 PM | On Screen: Alien: Romulus (2024)
This sci-fi/horror-thriller takes the phenomenally successful “Alien” franchise back to its roots: While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe. Starring Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, & Aileen Wu. Rated R.
No registration required.
4/7 | 6-7:30 PM | English (ESL) Conversation Circle
Would you like to practice your English with native speakers in a relaxed and informal environment? Join us for a friendly chat–Monday evenings at 6 PM.
No registration required.
4/8 | 10 AM-12:30 PM | Classic Matinees: Pacino or De Niro
This month we watch movies starring either Al Pacino or Robert De Niro. Today we watch Goodfellas (1990) starring Robert De Niro. Rated R.
No registration required.
4/9 | 4-8:30 PM | Arab American Heritage Month Film Night
April is Arab American Heritage Month! Join us for an evening of documentaries. Drop in for one or all three! There will be a short intermission of about 10-15 minutes between each film.
4:00 PM: Speed Sisters (2015)
The Speed Sisters are the first all-woman race car driving team in the Middle East. Grabbing headlines and turning heads at improvised tracks across the West Bank, these five women have sped their way into the heart of the gritty, male-dominated Palestinian street car-racing scene. Weaving together their lives on and off the track, Speed Sisters takes you on a surprising journey into the drive to go further and faster than anyone thought you could.
5:30 PM: Soufra (2017)
South of Beirut, Lebanon is a 68 year old refugee camp housing refugees from Palestine, Syria and Iraq. Many have lived in this camp their entire lives– Mariam AlShaar is one of them. Now, Mariam has pulled the women of this camp together to do what has never been done before. They started with a small kitchen from a micro-loan. With nearly insurmountable political odds against them– they look to start the first refugee food truck. Their journey is one of many ups and downs but it is the community that is built, their sense of hope and how they see themselves that makes this a moving, touching film about their journey.
7:00 PM: The Feeling of Being Watched (2018)
In the Arab-American neighborhood outside of Chicago where journalist and filmmaker Assia Boundaoui grew up, most of her neighbors think they have been under surveillance for over a decade. While investigating their experiences, Assia uncovers tens of thousands of pages of FBI documents that prove her hometown was the subject of one of the largest counter terrorism investigations ever conducted in the U.S. before 9/11, code-named “Operation Vulgar Betrayal.” With unprecedented access, The Feeling of Being Watched weaves the personal and the political as it follows the filmmaker’s examination of why her community–including her own family–fell under blanket government surveillance. An Official Selection at the Tribeca Film Festival and Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.
No registration required.
4/10 | 5:30-8:30 PM | Adult Game Night
Join us Thursdays for a night of board games at Haverhill Public Library! Strategy games, abstract games, filler games, complex and non complex alike, come and try out whatever you like. Feel free to bring your own games! All experience levels are welcome.
No registration required.
4/11 | 10 AM-12:30 PM | Friday Flicks
We are featuring movies about space in April! Today we watch Apollo 13 (1995). Rated PG.
No registration required.
4/12 | 11 AM -12:30 PM | Tech Class: Drop In 1-on-1 Tech Help
Need basic tech help? Ask at the Reference Desk for help with:
- Smartphone & tablet basics
- Basic desktop/laptop support
- Guidance on some of the library’s digital resources, like the catalog (search for items) & Libby (free eBooks & eAudiobooks)
No registration required; first come, first served basis. Bring your device with you if needed! Drop in anytime during the times listed.
4/12 | 2:00 PM-3:00 PM | Haverhill Reads with Local Author Hannah Selinger!
About Haverhill Reads
Every year the Haverhill Public Library picks one book for a community-wide read!
Join us for an afternoon with local author Hannah Selinger! She will talk about her brand new release Cellar Rat: My Life in the Restaurant Underbelly (publication date March 25, 2025). The talk will be followed by a book signing. Copies of Cellar Rat will be available wherever books are sold.
About Hannah
With over 15 years’ experience in the field, Hannah covers divergent beats, including food, wine, travel, politics, lifestyle, real estate, and parenting. Her high-level print and digital content has appeared in a broad spectrum of notable publications, including The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, and The Wall Street Journal. A Certified Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers and a graduate of the International Culinary Center, Hannah was a 2022 James Beard Award finalist for the MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award, a 2020 IACP Award finalist in the category of Narrative Beverage Writing With or Without Recipes, and a 2022 IACP Award finalist in the category of Narrative Beverage Writing With Recipes. Her 2021 Bon Appétit essay, “In My Childhood Kitchen, I Learned Both Fear and Love,” appears in the 2022 Best American Food Writing anthology, edited by Sohla El-Waylly. Hannah has traveled to 25 countries and currently lives in Boxford, Massachusetts with her husband, two sons, two dogs, and one Russian tortoise.
Learn more about Hannah on her website.
Register here for Haverhill Reads 2025 on Saturday, April 12.
4/14 | 6-7:30 PM | Papercrafting & Card Making
A card making and paper crafting class for beginners as well as those with stamping and papercrafting experience. We will be creating projects such as multi-layered cards, bookmarks and 3-D items, using several techniques including stamping, die cutting, and embossing.
Workshop led by Ruth Tinkham.
Register here for Papercrafting on April 14.
4/14 | 6-7:30 PM | English (ESL) Conversation Circle
Would you like to practice your English with native speakers in a relaxed and informal environment? Join us for a friendly chat–Monday evenings at 6 PM.
No registration required.
4/15 | 10 AM-12:00 PM | Classic Matinees: Pacino or De Niro
This month we watch movies starring either Al Pacino or Robert De Niro. Today we watch Serpico (1973) starring Al Pacino. Rated R.
No registration required.
4/16 | 6-8 PM | Plant Paint Cross-Pollinate
Learn about the magic of native plants to help restore our ecosystem with talks by Lance and Jenn! This workshop is for teens and adults–all art experience levels welcome!
In this workshop you will:
- Create your own 18″x24″ butterfly shaped sign.
- Learn about native plants’ magic power to save pollinators & the planet!
- Receive native seeds for your own garden.
- Discuss & inspire easy actions to heal the earth.
- Add a flower to community painted signs for the 2025 Butterfly Mural Migration touring Merrimack Valley.
- Learn painting and winter sowing planting skills.
Please bring:
- two clean 4″ planting pots (if you have them)
- smock to protect your clothes (artist grade mural paint is used)
- used, good condition 18×24″ corrugated plastic yard signs to be turned into future butterfly signs (if you would like to contribute)
- cardboard to transport a wet paint sign on (the library will supply some cardboard if needed)
About the Plant Paint Cross-Pollinate Project
‘Plant Paint Cross-Pollinate’ (PPCP) is a public art mural project led by artist Jenn Houle that cultivates ‘botanical belonging’, opens conversations about decolonizing public and private land, and restores ecosystem health with native plants. Through community art and nature workshops, PPCP inspires a cultural shift from echoes of colonization, lawns, & imported plants, towards restorative land use: interspecies habitat for seasonal cycles in a shifting climate.
At Plant and Paint & Seed Stories workshops in Oct 2024 – Oct 2025, participants will paint Butterfly Mural signs then plant and keep the seeds of native pollinator-friendly species and share ‘Seed Stories’ personal connections to place & plants. The community will create 200 Butterfly Mural signs to display in their yards or join the upcoming 2025 summer Butterfly Mural migration, and Seed Story packets of native seeds will be distributed at partner sites including conservation land, public libraries, and schools.
Special thanks to Collective Futures Fund Ongoing Platforms Grant, a regranting program hosted by Tufts University Art Galleries. This program is supported in part by grants from the Amesbury, Groveland, Haverhill, Merrimac, Newburyport, Salisbury, and West Newbury Cultural Councils, local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
Register here for the Plant Paint Cross-Pollinate program on Wednesday, April 16.
4/16 | 6:30-8 PM | Fiber Arts Group
Calling all fiber artists! Bring your current project(s) of knitting, crocheting, hand stitching, hand quilting, and embroidery, or whatever else, to work on in the company of other fiber arts enthusiasts! Instruction is not offered at this event but fellow attendees are always happy to offer advice when they can.
No registration needed. Drop in at any point during the 90-minute block!
4/17 | 5:30-8:30 PM | Adult Game Night
Join us Thursdays for a night of board games at Haverhill Public Library! Strategy games, abstract games, filler games, complex and non complex alike, come and try out whatever you like. Feel free to bring your own games! All experience levels are welcome.
No registration required.
4/18 | 10 AM-12:15 PM | Friday Flicks
We are featuring movies about space in April! Today we watch Moonfall (2022). Rated PG-13.
No registration required.
4/19 | 11 AM-12 PM | Spanish Conversation Practice
Are you looking to improve your conversational Spanish in a supportive and friendly environment? Join us the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month from 11 AM-12 PM.
Come practice your Spanish speaking and learn some vocab!
No registration required.
4/19 | 12-3 PM | Book Drive for Local Poetry Bus
Stop by to explore poetry films & books by local poets, donate books (especially poetry!) to Mark’s collection for the tour, and learn about the upcoming tour. Mark will also be filming with HC Media for a new program, Endless Horizons.
The Library is NOT collecting book donations for our collection. Please visit Mark at the Stage Street library entrance if you are interested in donating books for his tour.
About Mark
Mark Lipman, US National Beat Poet Laureate 2024-2025; founder of the press Vagabond, the Culver City Book Festival, and the Elba Poetry Festival; winner of the 2015 Joe Hill Labor Poetry Award; the 2016 International Latino Book Award and the 2023 L’Alloro di Dante (Dante’s Laurel – Ravenna, Italy), a writer, poet, multi-media artist, activist and author of fifteen books, began his career as the writer-in residence at the world famous Shakespeare and Company in Paris, France (2002-2003). Since then he has worked closely with such legendary poets as Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Jack Hirschman on many projects, and for the last twenty years has established a strong international following as a leading voice of his generation. He’s the host and foreign correspondent for the radio program, Poetry from Around the World, for Poets Café on KPFK 90.7FM Los Angeles. As Mark continues to travel the world, he uses poetry to connect communities to the greater social justice issues, while building consciousness through the spoken word.
No registration required.
4/19 | 2-3 PM | Make Your Own Mason Jar Succulent!
Make a mason jar succulent with HPL staff! There will be two sessions of this program, one on 4/19, and the other on 4/25. Please only register for one session.
Register here for the craft on Saturday, April 19.
4/22 | 10 AM-12:00 PM | Classic Matinees: Pacino or De Niro
This month we watch movies starring either Al Pacino or Robert De Niro. Today we watch Cop Land (1997) starring Robert De Niro. Rated R.
No registration required.
4/23 | 7-8 PM | Neurodiversity: Ally Guide
Learn about neurodiversity and the best ways to be an ally!
Everyone has a set of strengths and weaknesses unique to them. The neurodiversity movement celebrates the various ways brains work & asserts we are stronger as a society because of our differences. Now, more than ever, it is essential to increase our awareness AND acceptance of neurodiversity. In this webinar, we will explore what neurodiversity encompasses, define key vocabulary, & discuss strategies to be a supportive & accepting ally for all neurotypes. Presented by The Lark Center.
Learn more about The Lark Center on their website.
Regsiter here for virtual presentation on Wednesday, April 23.
4/24 | 5:30-8:30 PM | Adult Game Night
Join us Thursdays for a night of board games at Haverhill Public Library! Strategy games, abstract games, filler games, complex and non complex alike, come and try out whatever you like. Feel free to bring your own games! All experience levels are welcome.
No registration required.
4/25 | 10 AM-12:30 PM | Friday Flicks
We are featuring movies about space in April! Today we watch The Martian (2015). Rated PG-13.
No registration required.
4/25 | 2-3 PM | Make Your Own Mason Jar Succulent!
Make a mason jar succulent with HPL staff! There will be two sessions of this program, one on 4/19, and the other on 4/25. Please only register for one session.
Register here for the craft on Saturday, April 19.
4/26 | 10-11:30 AM | HPL Read Anything Club
Join the HPL Read Anything Club!
This group of anyone 18 or older will feature books across the literary spectrum – whatever genre piques your interest!
We will meet the 4th Saturday of each month. No registration necessary – you can simply pick up a book (limited copies, first come, first served) on the holds shelf in the front of the library.
Our April will be Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata.
No registration required.
4/26 | 10:30 AM-1:30 PM | Special Collections Open Hours
The Special Collections team is happy to announce that we are open for research one Saturday per month! The next Saturday we are open is April 26th, from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM. Researchers are welcome to drop in during this time without an appointment, though we recommend calling ahead if you are traveling a distance to visit. Please join us and get a little research done on the weekend!
4/26 | 11 AM-12 PM | Self Defense Class (Ages 12-Adult)
This class will focus on basic self-protection, situational awareness and lifesaving concepts. Our system is based on the premise of minimal movement and results. Presented by Phoenix Fire Martial Arts.
*This program involves some physical activity that could result in injury and by participating in this program you are acknowledging these risks and releasing HPL from liability.*
Register here for the Self Defense Class on Saturday, April 26.
4/28 | 6-7:30 PM | English (ESL) Conversation Circle
Would you like to practice your English with native speakers in a relaxed and informal environment? Join us for a friendly chat–Monday evenings at 6 PM.
No registration required.
4/29 | 10 AM-12:15 PM | Classic Matinees: Pacino or De Niro
This month we watch movies starring either Al Pacino or Robert De Niro. Today we watch Donnie Brasco (1997) starring Al Pacino. Rated R.
No registration required.
4/30 | 9:30-10:30 AM | Job Search Help: Design a Career That Fulfills You (VIRTUAL)
Tammy Gooler Loeb, author of Work from the Inside Out: Break Through Nine Common Obstacles and Design A Career That Fulfills You, will offer insights from her 20+ years of experience as a career and executive coach.
You spend a great deal of time at work — more than you do with your family, sleeping, or in other important areas of your life. Your prime working years encompass about 40 to 50 percent of your entire lifetime, and as we are living longer, many of us are working later in life too. You have invested significant resources and made sacrifices to meet your highest goals.
In this interactive webinar, we will open up the conversation to identify the strategies to help you stay on track as obstacles — including job loss — and opportunities show up in your careers. We will discuss the importance of maintaining professional connections and the practices that strengthen relationships, serving the needs of your organization and your career growth.
Participants will complete the webinar with actionable strategies they can immediately employ in their work and life. We will define what it means to engage in an inside-out approach to your career so that you can gain the clarity and confidence to pursue your professional goals in a more meaningful direction. You will learn approaches for building a resilient mindset to navigate the uncertainty that is present in today’s environment and in your mind.
Led by Tammy Gooler Loeb, MBA, CPCC, author of Work from the Inside Out: Break Through Nine Common Obstacles and Design a Career That Fulfills You. As a speaker, career and executive coach, she inspires people to build careers that are fulfilling and meaningful. Over two decades, Tammy has shared her expertise with audiences and clients, focusing on career transitions, networking, leadership strategies and team development. Since 2018, Tammy hosts a weekly podcast, “Work from the Inside Out,” showcasing inspiring stories and practical lessons of noteworthy professionals who made transitions to more satisfying work. Her expertise appears in publications, such as Harvard Business Review Ascend, Forbes, Fast Company, US News and World Report, and The Boston Globe. Tammy holds a B.A. in Psychology from Hampshire College, and an MBA from Boston University. She is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach from the Co-Active Training Institute.
Register here for the virtual program on Wednesday, April 30.