Greetings!
The Friends of Patten Free Library are having a second "mini" book sale in Library Park next weekend. All proceeds directly support the Library, and we are most grateful.
While you're there, be sure to enjoy our Poetry Walk. We have installed over 25 poems all over the park for you to browse and enjoy during National Poetry Month.
All the details are outlined below.
Be well!
Lesley Dolinger
Library Director
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Friends of Patten Free Library
Mini Book Sale
The Friends of Patten Free Library will be hosting a Mini Book Sale in the Library Park gazebo April 23 - 25. This sale will feature Children's and Young Adult books. Additional genres include Fiction, Mysteries, Science Fiction, Nature, and Gardening books. The October Mini Book Sale was such a success that another is in order!
The Friends raise funds all year long to help support Patten Free Library through sales at the library bookstore, membership fees, and book sales like this one. When you support the Friends, you support the library.
Masks and appropriate social distancing required. Payment will be by donation. We look forward to seeing you there!
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News and Resources from Adult Services |
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Movie Discussion Group: Order in the Court!
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Thursday, April 22, 6:30 p.m. via ZOOM
Kramer vs. Kramer is a courtroom drama full of social commentary, a story about the fallout of divorce, gender roles, womens' rights, fathers' rights, work-life balance, and single parenting. The movie stars Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman, and won five Academy Awards.
Movie buff Al Fick is our fearless discussion leader. This is the fourth movie in our series on justice and courtroom dramas. The group is open to all movie fans.
Click here for the ZOOM link for this event.
Art Talks with Markings Gallery:
Meet Wayne Robbins and Susan Perrine!
Tuesday, April 20 at 6:30 p.m. via ZOOM.
Maine is known for its great art and artists. Here’s a chance to learn about several local artists through an informal ZOOM presentation about their work and creative processes.
Susan Perrine constructs introspective textiles ranging from handheld to wearable to inhabitable. Her works may include paper, horsehair, or twigs. Beginning as a weaving apprentice, Perrine later learned to use water- and electric-powered Jacquard and Dobby looms. Currently her seven-foot-tall woven twig garden lamp is in the window at Markings Gallery.
Wayne Robbins has been sculpting sea creatures for more than forty-five years using wood sustainably harvested in Maine. His works incorporate anatomical accuracy and realistic poses; they are enhanced by the color and texture of the woods and the natural, clear coating that he has perfected over the years. His whale carvings can be found on walls and display cases from coast to coast, in several foreign countries, in an Oceanarium and a museum.
To join us for their presentations, register here. You will receive the ZOOM link right after registering.
Did you miss the fabulous Q&A session with Hemingway scholar Susan Beegel? She served as an advisor to the recently aired PBS documentary on the author, and was one of the talking heads on the program. She and her colleague Hilary Justice, a Hemingway scholar from the JFK Library, fielded quite an array of questions and displayed amazing knowledge of the writer's life and work. Click here to watch the video recording.
Take a Poetry Walk in the Park!
Find the beauty and strength in poetry with a stroll through Library Park. Throughout the month of April, you will find the work of local, national, and international poets featured in our pop-up poetry installation. Discover new and old favorites for all ages in the nooks and crannies of the park. Stop by our curbside kiosk to pick up a full list of the featured poems, or click here to view on-line.
After you've spent some time in the Park, be sure to make some poetry with us by adding a few lines to our “Community Poem.” Everything you need is in a small box on the Summer Street side of the book drop.
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News and Resources for Young Adults |
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Young Adult Blog. Laurel's blog this week has another great list of titles you can browse: the Teens' Top Ten Nominees for 2021. Click here to get started.
Attention Morse HS Writers and Artists!
Looking to get your work published? Submit it to the Best Art and Writing of Morse! You can send editor Nina Powers up to four pieces of art or writing (3,000 words maximum). This year's edition is due out in June. Contact Nina (nina.powers@rsu1.org) for more information.
Need Entertainment Over Vacation? Make an Edible Book! Make a book-themed creation and send us a photo by April 30. Cakes, cookies, cupcakes . . . all are permitted. Just pick a favorite book and make it edible! We will award prizes for the best entries in these categories: Professional, Adult/YoungAdult, Family, and Youth.
Send your entry to rjordan@patten.lib.me.us. Check out our YouTube Channel for instructional videos by Kaite Thayer.
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News and Resources for Youth and Families |
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News from Ms. Katy:
Community Science: Maine Big Night! Are you interested in being part of a community science project focused on protecting and collecting data on amphibians during their annual spring migration here in Maine? We've got what you need to join this program, including the training manual, vests, headlamps, clipboards, data sheets, and ID cards. You can do your sampling any night in April. Call The Children's Room at 443-5141, ext. 16, or email Ms. Katy for more information at kdodge@patten.lib.me.us.
Join Page Turner Adventures for another week of Adventure Quest! Week Three of Page Turner Adventures focuses on everyone's favorite food: PIZZA! Watch a tasty show; act it out; or grab an apron and get cooking! Here are the links for next week, starting Monday, April 19.
IMPORTANT!
YOU WILL BE ASKED FOR:
username: PFLAdventures
password: summer2021
This Week's "Grab and Go" Craft! Next week is Week 3 of our Page Turner Adventures Virtual Spring Programming! Our grab and go craft bags this week will include craft supplies to go along with the crafts in the videos for that week. Week Three is a Pizza Pizzaz theme. We're including cardstock for making mustaches and supplies to make a Pizza Game for vacation week! Bags will be out at curbside by 1:30 on Friday afternoon. Thanks to our sponsor, Bath Savings Institution.
Edible Book Festival 2021:
Live Demo: How to Decorate an Edible Book!
Friday, April 16, at 4 p.m.
Quick! Head to Kaite Thayer's live Facebook event which airs at 4 p.m. You can follow along and decorate your own edible book version of Harry by the Sea. Kaite owns Thayer Treats, and she is a pro.
If you missed her earlier "how-to" videos, and want to create your own edible book for the Edible Book Festival, here are links to all three:
We will accept photo entries of your edible book creation from April 1 through April 30. You can email your entry to Roberta at rjordan@patten.lib.me.us. We will award prizes for the best entries in these categories: Professional, Adult/Young Adult, Family, and Youth.
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News and Resources from the History Room |
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History Room Coffee Hour
April 23 at 4 p.m.
Please join us on Zoom for the first coffee hour chat of our 2021 programming season! Coffee hour is a monthly opportunity for local history and genealogy lovers to get together on Zoom.
This month, Bath Historical Society will offer a show and tell of recent acquisitions to their collections.
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The History Room is Open by Appointment!
Wow! Next week is almost fully booked already, but we're happy to make appointments for the week of the 26th. Please email Jill at history@patten.lib.me.us or call 207-443-5141 extension 18 to make an appointment.
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Celebrate National Poetry Month with a Picture and a Poem |
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In honor of National Poetry Month, Tech Services Coordinator Shannon Bowring is letting us borrow selections from her own Facebook feature, in which she shares a daily picture and a poem. This week's is an excerpt from "Eternity" by George Marion McClellan (1860-1934). McClellan was an African American poet, writer, teacher, and minister.
....Rock me to sleep, ye waves, and drift my boat,
With undulations soft, far out to sea;
Perchance, where sky and wave wear one blue coat,
My heart shall find some hidden rest remote...
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What We're Reading (and Watching) |
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This week's book review is by circulation assistant Megan Hultman. Thirsty Mermaids by Kat Leyh is a humorous graphic novel about three merpeople in a classic "be careful what you wish for" tale. Read her full review here.
Click here to request a copy.
Click here to access all our staff reviews.
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