Greetings!
I hope you and your family will consider participating in our first-ever Read-a-Thon next week. We have great give-aways and activities lined up, as we celebrate "Read Across America" week.
All the details are outlined below.
Be well.
Lesley Dolinger
Library Director
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Read-A-Thon Week!
February 28 - March 6
It's nearly here! Are you ready for the Read-A-Thon? Here's a sampling of some of the prizes...including a puzzle of our Dahlov Ipcar tiger from the Children's Room, a goodie bag of Literary Confections, Patten Free Library playing cards, an eco-friendly reusable silicone straw, and more! Speaking of eco-friendly, you can participate in our Read-A-Thon as a completely paperless and contactless experience by collecting pledges online via Facebook and logging your reading via Beanstack. See Ms. Katy's update below for more information about a super-sized take home bag of activities and ideas to keep the celebration going all week. We hope you enjoy our Read-A-Thon in support of Read Across America!
We're also remembering Galen Moses' incredible generosity with gratitude...see the note in the History Room News section. This community's dedication and support have always been the driving force for Patten Free Library.
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News and Resources from Adult Services |
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Movie Discussion Group: "Wonder Women!"
Week 5: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Thursday, March 4, 6:30 p.m. via ZOOM.
Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the 1964 Academy Awards, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow "is a sparklingly original comedy that casts Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren in three different stories set throughout Italy.”
Movie buff Al Fick leads our weekly movie discussions. His “Wonder Women” series features classic movies with strong female leads. All you have to do is enjoy the movie before the discussion night!
Click here for the ZOOM link for this event.
Libraries Night Out: Maine Edition
Author Susan Conley Talks with Richard Russo.
Thursday, March 4, 7:00-8:00 p.m. via ZOOM
Join Susan Conley virtually as she discusses her new novel, Landslide, with author Richard Russo. Susan, who grew up in Woolwich and attended Bath Middle School and Morse High School, is the author of five critically acclaimed books. She’s on the faculty of the Stonecoast MFA Program and is co-founder of the Telling Room, a youth writing center in Portland, Maine. Learn more about the event and/or register for the ZOOM link by clicking here.
Armchair Traveler Series:
Bicycling the Silk Road
Wednesday, March 17, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
In 2015, Peter and Coco embarked on a journey to bicycle from China to Italy via the ancient Silk Road. Peter grew up in Pownal, Maine and Coco hails from the town of Seregno in northern Italy. They both studied Chinese language in college/university and their love of Chinese culture drew them both to the city of Kunming in China's southwestern Yunnan Province where they first met. Not long after meeting they devised a plan to travel by bicycle from China to Coco's hometown in Italy, an epic journey of thousands of miles that would take them through ten countries over the course of a
year.
Join us for this year's final presentation in Armchair Traveler Series. To get on the email list for the webinar link, reminders, and updates, click here. Want to dive more deeply into the history and travel of the Silk Road? Click here.
Armchair Travelers Discover
Tantalizing Spices from the Silk Road!
Now You’re Cooking presents:
Pomegranate Chicken
On Thursday, March 25th, live at 5 p.m. on Now You’re Cooking’s Facebook page, Louisa Edgerton presents a free cooking demo for "One-Pan Pomegranate Chicken." Her recipe features pomegranate molasses and aromatic spices - sumac and cardamom - and is sure to delight your palate and evoke epicurean adventures along the Silk Road.
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News and Resources for Young Adults |
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Monthly Teen Trivia Night
Friday, March 5, 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
We're ready for another hour of nerdy and obscure trivia. Join us by registering for the ZOOM link.
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News and Resources for Youth and Families |
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News from Ms. Katy:
Last Chance to Join Us for
the Nature Life Drawing Series!
Wednesday, March 3
4 p.m. via ZOOM
All you need is a pencil, paper, and the Zoom link. We welcome all ages!
To register for the ZOOM link, click here. For more information, contact Ms. Katy at 443-5141, ext. 16.
This Week's "Grab and Go" Craft!
This week's "Grab and Go" craft will be part of a super-sized, special party bag for "Read Across America" Week! The craft includes a stained glass bookmark and a make-your-own book project. PLUS, there are party treats and ideas for a whole week of fun. Join us for our Read-A-Thon and all Read Across America activities! Party bags will be out at curbside Friday at 1:30.
Read Across America Day
Join us in the Gazebo on Tuesday, March 2 from 2:30 to 4:30 for cupcakes and a chance to browse loads of new books that have been added to our collection over the past several months. Find something new to read while you Read Across America and crush your Read-A-Thon goal! See our Kid's Blog for more great book suggestions to help you find new favorite books this week.
The Chickadee Vote has been extended! Join the Chickadee Challenge! From now until May 28th, read as many of the 2020-21 Chickadee Award nominees as you can. Track your reading online on Beanstack or on a printable log, and you will be entered in our Mockingbird Bookshop drawing. You can request titles using our BookMatch Bundles service, or download them from the Cloud Library.
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News and Resources from the History Room |
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How's Your Week Going?
Our COVID-19 archive is designed to capture our patrons' experience of the pandemic in the moment and over time.
Here's a prompt to get you thinking: What were you doing last year at this time, and how has February 2021 been different from February 2020?
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Black History is American History, and Local History Too
This summer, Brenda Cummings and Tim Richter presented their research about Bath's Black history in their talk, "A Place in the Army of Maine: African American Soldiers from Bath in the First Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment." You can watch their Teach-In presentation, on the life of George Augustus Freeman of Bath, or watch the full presentation here.
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Staff Picks : What We're Reading (and Watching) |
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This week Shannon Bowring reviews Susan Conley's new book, Landslide, a novel "about motherhood, adolescence, Maine, middle age, and marriage." Conley grew up in Bath and Woolwich, and is the author of five critically-acclaimed books. Check out the details on her upcoming author event with Richard Russo in the Adult News and Resources section, above.
Click here to read Shannon's full review.
To request a copy, click here.
To access all our "Staff Picks" reviews, click here.
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