Check out the following programs coming soon to the Taber Library, located at 8 Spring St.

All library programs are free. For more information on anything below, call the library 508-748-1252, email Libby at eoneill@sailsinc.org, or learn more on the calendar page at www.elizabethtaberlibrary.org.

Arts of the Pacific
Katherine Higgins will lead a presentation and conversation on art in the Pacific Islands on Thursday, March 19 at 6:30 p.m. Higgins will discuss a range of customary and contemporary art by indigenous artists.

The beauty and diversity of the Pacific Islands has inspired artwork that embodies and reflect the unique cultures, histories and environments across the Islands. Higgins will provide a brief introduction to the diversity across the region, which includes 25,000 islands and a quarter of the world’s languages.

hen she’ll do some island hopping to discover artistic practices such as recording genealogy through tattoo and fiber arts, production of stone and feather currency, and contemporary paintings and performance that confront colonization and nuclear testing or celebrate enduring cultural traditions.

The second half of the presentation will be for questions from the audience. There will also be an opportunity to discuss how the modern, globalized world has transformed islander’s perceptions of some of these artworks.

Higgins is an art historian, educator, curator and occasional artist, who specializes in contemporary indigenous arts. She has worked with artists and arts organizations in Oceania, primarily in Hawai‘i, Fiji, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Sāmoa and the Cook Islands. Higgins currently serves as arts editor for the academic journal “The Contemporary Pacific” published by University of Hawaiʻi Press and as a trustee for TransCultural Exchange.

Toe Jam Puppet Band concert
The Island Foundation Grant is sponsoring a free concert for kids with the Toe Jam Puppet Band on Saturday, March 21 at 2 p.m. The concert will be at the Marion Music Hall on Front Street.

Technology help
Tabor Academy students will be on hand on Sundays March 29 to April 19 to help with questions about Facebook, Twitter, Skype and other technology questions. Come to the library between 2 and 3 p.m. to get questions answered. Registration is not needed. First come, first served.

Mystery Book Club
The library’s Mystery Book Club will discuss Bill Pronzini’s “Strangers” on April 1 at 11 a.m. Stop by or call the library for more information or to register.

Museum passes available.
Along with the museum passes already available (New Bedford Whaling Museum, Museum of Fine Arts and MassParks Pass,) patrons can now check out even more passes with their library card. Plimouth Plantation passes are available March to November and allow a reduced admission for up to two adults and two children. The Providcence Children’s Museum pass admits up to four people for 50 percent off the admission, and the Roger Williams Zoo pass gives patrons a $3 discount for up to four people, March 1 through Dec. 31.

Corporate supporters
The library has recently launched a corporate support program to help sustain the expanding list of library programs. Local businesses interested in participating can call the library.