Special Matinee Film - 'Free for All: the Public Library'

Saturday, April 25, 2026, 2:00 pm until 4:00 pm
Shelburne Falls Theater at Memorial Hall, 51 Bridge St., Shelburne Falls MA 01370

Admission: Adults $6.00, School aged children FREE

How did our wonderful free, public libraries come to exist? Pothole Pictures is partnering with the Shelbure Falls Women's Club and the Arms Library to show this film, which tells the story. As many as 75 to 80 percent of public libraries were started by local women's clubs, as part of the "Free Library Movement." Celebrate Library Week, to honor the ""quiet revolutionaries" who made modern libraries possible. Q & A with local librarians after the film.