Groups to Join
Membership is not required to participate in groups at the Athenaeum. All are welcome!
Please Note:
No Writers Studio or in-person meetings will be held in the Athenaeum until further notice. The Library is open as usual with masks required. Thanks for your cooperation!
La Tertulia
Meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesday
from 5:00 to 7:00 PM
La Tertulia is a group of people interested in keeping their Spanish speaking skills in practice.
Book Group
Meets the 2nd Saturday
from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
at the Athenaeum
Open discussion meeting on wide variety of fiction and non-fiction works, new and classics.
Upcoming discussions:
2022
Jan. 8
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Feb. 12
Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
Mar. 12
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Apr. 9
Not “A Nation of Immigrants” by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
May 14
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Jun. 11
Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen by Brian Raftery
Jul. 9 Siddhartha by Herman Hess
August 13: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
September 17: Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
October 8: On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
November 12: Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
December 10: Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Any Book Group
Sign up here
Next meeting: March 18 at 7:00 p.m.
A book discussion group for readers of all genres.
Monday Evening Conversations
Meets the 2nd Monday at 7:00 PM
Topics for discussion are wide open, but must be amenable to good conversation.
Reappraisal Reading Circle
Meets Bi-monthly on Third Tuesdays
at 7:00 PM Sign up here
Open meeting discussing the works of a prolific, popular author of the past whose works are held in quantity by the Athenaeum.
2021-22 Discussions:
Sep 21
Eugene Sue (1804–1897)
Nov 16 — In person at the Athenaeum, masks required.
Mrs. [Margaret] Oliphant (1828–1897)
Jan 18
Irving Bacheller (1859–1950)
Mar 15
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1863–1944)
May 17
Frank Swinnerton (1884–1982)
The Dickens Fellowship
North of Boston Branch, #204
Meets at the Athenaeum
Meetings are a combination of book club, social events, student programming, study groups, and community service and education. Members are involved to the degree which suits them and fulfills their personal goals. Many members enjoy just book discussions while others enjoy the programming, planning, and activities. We invite you to join our Fellowship and rekindle your enjoyment of reading Dickens or start anew.
Upcoming Events
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May. 18:
Chuck Radis: Island Medicine
7:00 p.m. -
Jun. 4:
Art in the Garden
4:00 p.m. -
Jun. 12:
Reading Frederick Douglass Together
3:00 p.m.