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Socrates Caf
é
Friday, August 4, 10:30 a.m., Learning Center
Socrates Café are gatherings where people from different backgrounds get together and exchange personal perspectives based on their unique experiences. Topics discussed are chosen by vote at the gathering. All present have an opportunity to speak and share their ideas on the topic in a safe environment where there is no pressure to agree or disagree. Please join us! No preparation is necessary.
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Bibliofiles Live!
Tuesday, August 15, 7 p.m., Large Meeting Room
Did you know that Cary Library has a podcast? Our whole first season is available through iTunes or on our
website. Join us on August 15th at 7 p.m., in the Large Meeting Room, for a live episode recording with Cary librarians! Our theme will be Genre. Do you stay in your reading comfort zone or are you all over the genre map? What is a genre anyway? We'll talk about classics and new favorites. We hope to advise you on what to read next. Audience participation is encouraged!
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Groovy Trivia Night
Thursday, August 17, 7p.m., Living Room (main level)
Which two teams competed in the first Super Bowl? What song topped Billboard's Hot 100 song list in 1967? Test your knowledge of the late 1960's at the library's Groovy Trivia night! See if you remember more than your neighbors! Categories will include
history, popular culture and music. Join Lexington's own Bob Halliday as MC. He will be singing songs of the '60s between trivia rounds. Come by yourself or bring a team of up to 6 people! This is a drop in event.
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Summer Reading and Ice Cream Social
Ends August 25th, Idea Wall (main level)
Read a book, write a review, and enter to win a gift card to a local eatery. Submissions are drawn weekly.
On August 25th, from 3 to 4pm, join us in the library parking lot for our end of Summer Reading ice cream social! If it is raining, the event will still go on in the Large Meeting Room.
Not sure what to read? We can help! Our Read-it-Now shelves and display cubes are a great place to start. Want to dig deeper? Check out the
NoveList Database or our own
podcast. Want to see what your neighbors are reading? Check their submissions to the Idea Wall. As always, our library staff are always willing to share some of their favorites in person -- just ask!
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Looking for other ways to support the Cary Memorial Library?
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More Events at Cary Library
Don't miss our exciting schedule of events and activities for adults, teens and children of all ages! Check our Calendar of Events for programs and activities offered by the many organizations that use the library's meeting rooms.
Art at Cary
Piper Gallery: Jaclyn Meyer,
Sensory Reflections
Pierce Gallery
: Terri Ackerman, Nature's Brilliance
Large Meeting Room Gallery
: Cambridge Entomological Club, Immense Diversity of the Miniature
Lexington Community Center, 2nd floor
: John Marmonti, Stargazer
For more information, please visit our
Art@Cary page.
Cary Library Book Groups
The
Mystery Book Group
will meet at 10 a.m. on Monday, August 14 in the Learning Center. The topic will be Canadian Mysteries from the Arthur Ellis Award Winners.
The
Adult Book Group will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, August 21 in the Learning Center.
The Little Red Chairs by Edna O'Brien will be discussed.
The
Nonfiction Book Group
will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, August 28 in the Learning Center.
American Revolution: A Continental History
by Alan Taylor will be discussed.
For more information, please visit our
Book Groups page.
The library is closed on Sundays until September 3rd.
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Museum Pass News
Did you know? You can use our Mass Audubon
pass
to visit not only Drumlin Farm in Lincoln, MA but more than 55 wildlife sanctuaries across Massachusetts. Before exploring a Mass Audubon location, borrow our new Birding Kit from the Library of Things! Our Birding Kit comes complete with binoculars and fields guides to help you learn more about the birds of Massachusetts. Find info about bird programs and recent sightings on the Mass Audubon website
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Our
pass
admits up to 4 people at $2 per person, and must be returned to the library the morning after scheduled use. Details about all of our
museum
passes
are available on our website
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The
museum
pass
program is generously supported by the Friends of Cary Library.
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Library of Things
Announcing our newest collection: The Library of Things!
We are pleased to present our growing collection at Cary Memorial Library - the Library of Things! What is the Library of Things? It is a collection of non-traditional items that circulate just like books and DVD's. The Library of Things includes a telescope, a sewing machine, Roku streaming devices, board games, a GoPro camera, and more. The complete list is available at: http://www.carylibrary.org/library-of-things.
While any patron may borrow a Library of Things item if it is available, only Lexington residents may place holds on Library of Things items. If you are interested in suggesting a purchase, please visit http://www.carylibrary.org/suggest-thing-purchase.
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Staff Picks
Our staff handles hundreds of books, DVDs, and more every day! Here are just a few that we are enjoying. For more staff recommendations, listen to Cary's book podcast, Biblio Files.
For August, Lisa recommends the new biography Chasing the Last Laugh: Mark Twain's Raucous and Redemptive Round-the-World Comedy Tour by Richard Zacks. When Mark Twain found himself in major debt, what did he do to generate some income? He traveled around the world to exotic places like Australia and India to perform a lecture tour. While keeping up a demanding speaking schedule and battling medical issues, he immersed himself into the different cultures he encountered, all the while keeping his great sense of humor!
Matt
recommends
My Life as a Work of Art: The Art World from Start to Finish
by Katya Tylevich and Ben Eastham. It is a collection of essays about contemporary art, told through eight vastly different and controversial pieces. Matt appreciated how it aided his understanding of these different works, as well as furthering his appreciation for contemporary art. He suggested some pieces in the book like Marina Abramovich's Dream House are obvious to understand and appreciate, as Abramovich's piece is an immersive, direct experience. Martin Creed's exhibit The Lights Going On and Off, however, was extremely controversial and difficult to comprehend for many as a work of art, since it's an empty room with lights going on and off on a timer. Tylevich and Eastham convince you with sound and potent arguments, and prompt you to see with their eyes.
For Amy, there is something about survival stories that can be ghastly and uplifting all at the same time. Author Jonathan Franklin, known for his book 33 Men, an account of the 2010 Chilean mine disaster which trapped 33 miners underground, tells another tale of survival in 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea. José Salvador Alvarenga, a Salvadoran fisherman making his living in southern Mexico, made news in 2014 when he washed ashore in his simple fishing boat on the southernmost end of the Marshall Islands. After a storm blew him far off the coast of Mexico, he drifted across almost the entire Pacific over fourteen months, under extreme conditions, and mostly alone, after his work companion died of starvation. Franklin's story of Alvarenga's survival chronicles not only the almost unimaginable physical and mental hardships of this journey, but probes the precise elements of Alvarenga's character and life experience that allowed him to survive all that he encountered.
Even though it had been suggested by many of her friends over the years, Kate only just now finished Tana French's debut mystery In the Woods. It was simply unputdownable! In 1984, three children go into the Irish woods to play but, as night draws near, police are only able to find one blood soaked child with no memory of what happened. Years later, Detective Rob Ryan has distanced himself from the past he still cannot remember only to find himself drawn back to the small town he grew up in to investigate the murder of a young girl.
While so many mysteries focus upon the horror and gore of crime, this superb novel delves into the psyche of people under stress and the way that stress chips away at them a little at a time. Kate looks forward to enjoying the rest of the Dublin Murder Squad series.
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1874 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA 02420
phone: 781-862-6288 | fax: 781-862-7355 |
www.carylibrary.org
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