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March Adult Events at HPL

Check out these adult events happening in March! 3/1 | 10am-12pm | Friday Flicks Join us Friday mornings for a movie! In honor of Women’s History Month, this month we are showing movies featuring impressive women! Today we watch A League of Their Own (1992), starring Geena Davis. 3/4 | 6-7:30pm | English (ESL) Conversation […]

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Excel Adult High School

A New Tomorrow Starts Today! Reach your education and career goals with Gale Presents: Excel Adult High School, an accredited high school completion program available free to eligible adults through the Haverhill Public Library in partnership with the Boston Public Library. Earn your diploma online, on your terms, and graduate ready for your next step. […]

--Staff Picks General

“Design For Living” by Ernst Lubitsch

As a person who watches a fair number of Hollywood movies from the 1940s (which tend to be fairly tame or suggestive at most), watching pre-Hays Code movies from the 1920s and ’30s is always a bit shocking. They knew about the birds and the bees back then??  Apparently so—t​he birds and the bees are […]

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A New Service: Automatic Renewal!

What is automatic renewal?Beginning in February 2024 you will no longer have to remember to renew any books, DVDs, orother physical items you have borrowed from the library. If the item is eligible to be renewed, itwill be automatically renewed for you three days prior to its due date. How do automatic renewals work?Three days […]

Special Collections

Special Collections remains closed for now…

…but we hope for not much longer! We will be sure to post here, on our main page, and on social media when we reopen. Though Special Collections did not sustain much damage, there is some more restoration work to be completed on the 3rd floor before we regain full access to our space and […]

--Staff Picks Teens

“The Last Girls Standing” by Jennifer Dugan

In The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan, teens Sloane and Cherry are the only survivors of a summer camp massacre. Sloane has very few memories from that night and desperate to get answers about what happened and why they were the only two to make it out alive. Cherry has filled her in as […]

--Adult Events General

February Adult Craft: Mason Jar Succulents

This month in our adult craft program, we’re making mason jar succulents! Unfortunately, registration for this event is full, but you’re welcome to make your own succulent! Check out this instructional video HPL staff put together a few years ago – all you’d need is a jar, a succulent, and a few other supplies! **Please […]

Kids

Virtual Children’s Programs

As many of you are aware, our library experienced some flooding recently and is currently being repaired. As such, we are only open for limited services at the moment. Please keep an eye on our website and social media for updates, and call us with any questions! While we can’t do in-person programming at the […]

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“Last Call at the Local” by Sarah Grunder Ruiz

Jack is the owner of an Irish pub called The Local.  He knows changes need to be made to the family business to make it a success, but his OCD keeps getting in the way.  Enter Raine, a travelling musician who just had all of her worldly possessions stolen.  While her ADHD makes living the […]