Yarmouth Port-based artist Aaron Souza is exhibiting a collection of new paintings and silverpoint drawings in the Marion Craine Gallery through the month of February. The exhibition, titled "Land, Light and Figure," will showcase paintings combining traditional technique with Impressionist color sensibility, exploring the beauty of the Cape Cod landscape, the interplay of light and color, and the human figure, along with a group of silverpoint drawings of coastal New England. A reception for the artist will be held in the Craine Room on Saturday, January 8, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. All are welcome.

Join us in the Craine Room for a dance party suitable for all ages! Light refreshments will be provided. Admission is free and all are welcome.

Come to the Craine Room to see Wicked, the Oscar-nominated screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical. Starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. Admission is free and all are welcome.

The District Attorney’s Community Engagement Officer, Kelly Quealy, will be in the Cape Cod Room to discuss local issues with community members and talk to those interested in participating in “The DA and Us” program. Those interested are welcome to drop in at any point to chat. If you, or someone you know, would like to learn more about or to participate in “The DA and Us” program, please call the Main office or email our Community Engagement Officer Kelly Quealy at kelly.quealy@mass.gov.

Meet in the children’s area for stories, songs and crafts. All are welcome. Sponsored by the Friends of Snow Library.

This weekly playgroup for preschoolers will gather in the Craine Room. Meet other parents and caregivers while your little ones make new friends and climb, swing and slide on our indoor play structure. Drop in; no registration necessary.

Come to the Craine Room to see Saltclouds in the final concert of this year’s Warming Winter with Music series. Saltclouds consists of Michael Gaita, Bethany Cassin Gaita, and Scott Puopolo. The band combines vocals with acoustic and electric instrumentation to create music that feels like a collision of rock, indie, and folk. Although the band is relatively new, its members have extensive and varied histories in the music industry. Admission is free and all are welcome. Sponsored by the Helen Telfair Trust.

Join Mike McCartney, award-winning former teacher and department chair, for a three-part class on the history of The British Mystery Novel, one of literature’s most popular subgenres. We’ll look with particular care at the most popular of the so-called “Golden Age” characters, including Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, Dorothy Sayers’s Lord Peter Wimsey, and Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. We’ll examine how the genre grew out of the Gothic Novel, what each author’s specific flair brought to the form, and why these novels continue to be so beloved today.

Come to Snow Studio to make your very own charm bracelet! All materials will be provided. Registration is encouraged but not required. To register or for more information, contact Youth Services Librarian Kim Auclair at kauclair@clamsnet.org. Sponsored by the Friends of Snow Library.

Richard Stewart returns to Lifetime Learning to teach this two-part course on the various reasons for and eventual impacts of World War I. Richard will discuss the causes and the consequences of the Great War and ask students to consider questions such as: How did the world find itself embroiled in such horrific carnage, and how did the Great War change our world and our lives? What was learned, what was ignored, and what was forgotten?

Patrons in fifth grade and above are welcome to join independent novelist Brian Smith’s creative writing seminar. Along with being a self-published author, Brian spent years working in Hollywood and helped develop screenplays for feature films. He believes there’s no such thing as a bad story idea and he can’t wait to help you discover your voice. This is a continuing program that will take place in the Craine Room on Tuesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Subsequent classes will occur on 3/11, 3/25, and 4/08. Registration is encouraged. All are welcome.

Join Peggy Kelleher for an in-depth look at the history of witches and witchcraft in this three-part, Zoom-only course. Witches in the ancient world were often beautiful. How did we get to the depiction of broom-riding, wart-nosed, cauldron-stirring hags with pointed hats? Ancient witches were often known for aiding heroes and enjoyed positions of power. When did they become so malicious and obstructionistic? Hecate, Circe, and Medea will be the star performers, but many other witches and magicians will work their magic as well.

Art History presenter Beth Stein returns to Lifetime Learning to teach this singular class on the art of the Harlem Renaissance. During the 1920s, a unique group of artists, writers, and thinkers was active in Harlem, New York. Together they created the Harlem Renaissance, a movement dedicated to showcasing the work of the powerful, creative, and inspiring members of their own community and to making African-American art visible to a much larger audience.

Come to the Craine Room for a screening of Challengers. Admission is free and all are welcome.

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Gordon Talley will teach this singular class on the history and current state of fake images. Manipulated photos are nothing new. But with digital photography, Photoshop, the Internet, social media, and Artificial Intelligence, the future opens a gulf of new ways to con the eye. We’ll look at famous historical hoaxes, check in on special problems posed by camera technology, and not miss two essential factors — the honesty of the artist and viewers’ psychological predilection to believe what they see.

Meet in the children’s area for stories, songs and crafts. All are welcome. Sponsored by the Friends of Snow Library.

Joseph Marchio returns to Lifetime Learning to teach this four-part course on the various kinds of American worship music. Joe will share various music traditions that fill our places of worship in America: traditional worship music, gospel music, spirituals and how they evolved, Mennonite church music, and more. Our American worship music is as varied as our complex immigrant roots and displays the richness of those roots. Many American spiritual traditions spill over into classical and other forms of music, including jazz, gospel, blues, rhythm & blues, country, rock & roll, and hip-hop.

This weekly playgroup for preschoolers will gather in the Craine Room. Meet other parents and caregivers while your little ones make new friends and climb, swing and slide on our indoor play structure. Drop in; no registration necessary.

Join Mike McCartney, award-winning former teacher and department chair, for the second class of this three-part course on the history of The British Mystery Novel, one of literature’s most popular subgenres. McCartney will continue to look at the most popular of the so-called “Golden Age” characters, including Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, Dorothy Sayers’s Lord Peter Wimsey, and Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. He’ll examine how the genre grew out of the Gothic Novel, what each author’s specific flair brought to the form, and why these novels continue to be so beloved today.

Richard Stewart will conclude his two-part course on the various reasons for and eventual impacts of World War I. Richard will discuss the causes and the consequences of the Great War and ask students to continue considering questions such as: How did the world find itself embroiled in such horrific carnage, and how did the Great War change our world and our lives? What was learned, what was ignored, and what was forgotten?

Join our First Tuesday Book Club for a discussion of Isaac’s Storm: A Man, A Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Eric Larson.

We’ll meet in the Cape Cod Room. Copies are available at the front desk.

We’ll meet in the Cape Cod Room. Copies are available at the front desk.

Join representatives from Sharing Kindness for a presentation that covers “the basics” of grief: what it is, how it impacts our brains and bodies, and how we can support people in our lives who are going through it. This program is designed to give attendees helpful tools for dealing with grief in their lives while discussing their experiences with it. Sharing Kindness is a nonprofit dedicated to providing mental health education and grief support throughout Cape Cod. Admission is free and all are welcome.