Helen Hartness Flanders (1890-1972) was a “song-catcher” who devoted her life to collecting and preserving New England folk music culture. From 1930 to the late 1950s, she collected over four thousand field recordings of folk songs, fiddle tunes and stories from the musicians she interviewed. Her collection, currently housed at Middlebury College in Vermont, is a treasure trove of living history. Singer-storyteller Jack DesBois breathes new life into the old folk songs of the Flanders Collection. In this program, he shares the songs in all their delight, horror, humor and gravity, inviting audiences into a conversation about the enduring role …Read More

On Monday, September 14, the Topsfield Town Library hosted Dr. Linsey Roth, PT, DPT, for a 60-minute educational workshop and Q&A focused on pelvic health. This was a part of our Health and Wellness series this fall. Topics included pregnancy, postpartum, bladder health, and pelvic floor rehab. You can watch this presentation on YouTube, and view the slides from the presentation below!

The Topsfield Library is a great resource for so many things, especially because if you want to learn about it, we have a book about it! We also love hosting programs to give our patrons a way to learn outside of books, which is why we are hosting a series of events focusing on health and wellness as we age.  Do you ever wish that you’d had a ‘Health Class Part 2’ when you hit adulthood? It’s not surprising that they didn’t touch on menopause, the importance of balance as you age, or the signs of early onset Alzheimer’s in …Read More