Greetings!
Happy New Year!
The month of January is going to be a busy one, as we kick off the 17th annual Town History Series in a new, virtual format on Saturday, January 16. We are also launching a new monthly "Armchair Traveler" Program on January 20. The Children's Room is offering several new STEM programs this month, too. Lots of opportunities . . . join us!
See all the details below.
Be well.
Lesley Dolinger
Library Director
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We Are Grateful
We begin 2021 with gratitude for our generous library community. We are so thankful for the gifts to the library that came in the form of donations, encouraging notes, and homemade treats! Each thoughtful gesture of generosity is deeply appreciated. Your support means a great deal to us personally, and to the community we serve. Thank you! We look forward to an exciting year of library fun!
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News and Resources from Adult Services |
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Got cabin fever? Take a trip with us this winter through our Armchair Traveler Series! First up, locals Dan & Linda Wood will share the nature and culture of Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Botswana with us on Wednesday, January 20 at 7 p.m. via Zoom. On the following Wednesday, January 27th, join us for a discussion of books and movies featuring this fascinating region in Southern Africa. Pick a book or movie from our discussion list, because the adventure starts now! Sign up to receive regular Zoom invites, updates, and reminders about all of our Armchair Traveler Series events. Next month: Antarctica!
A New Group for Movie Lovers! Join Patten Free Library patron and movie buff Al Fick for weekly movie discussions on Thursdays in February. The first series is called "Wonder Women," and features classic movies with strong female leads. All you have to do is watch the movie before the discussion night!
Want to know more? Email Roberta for the ZOOM invite to an informational meeting on Thursday, January 21 at 6:30 p.m. Click here to get on the series email list; we'll send you the link to the informational meeting and to the weekly movie discussions. You can browse the full movie schedule by clicking here.
Monthly Trivia Night! Join us! The next adult trivia night is Friday, January 29, at 5 p.m. Click here for the registration link. You can join the event as a team from one location, or as an individual.
January BookPage Online. We run out of the paper copies quickly, so we thought you might enjoy access to the on-line version of the January edition of BookPage. You can also sign up up for BookPage newsletters, and have recommendations about your favorite genres delivered straight to your inbox.
Browse Additions to Our Collection. Take a minute to scroll through the latest additions to our collections with our new virtual book carousels. Click here to view all the possibilities; click on any cover thumbnail to read more or to request a copy.
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News and Resources for Young Adults |
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First Teen Trivia of the New Year! Our next Teen Trivia Night is next Friday, January 15, at 4 p.m. You can register by clicking here. Will you be the next virtual trivia trophy winner?
Plan to Participate! Community Teach-In/Read In: Black History Month 2021. Patten Free Library is joining forces with the Morse High School Library and R.S.U. 1 to organize a virtual community-wide “teach-in/read-in” for Black History Month in February 2021. Click here to navigate to the project website and get the details on how to participate. Submissions are due by January 29, but sooner is always better than later!
Teen Writing Contest Update. We're so grateful to everyone who submitted their work to the annual Teen Writing Contest. We're in the midst of judging all the entries, and hope to announce the winners by January 22.
"Best in Snow:" Literary Snowman Contest. What's better than a snowy day spent with a great book? It's the fun of packing fresh snow to create your favorite book character or book theme! No one knows just when nature will provide the raw materials, so now is the time to start planning and assembling props for your frozen creation. We want to see and post photos of your "bookish" creations - along the individuals, families, and neighbors who worked to make them. Open to all ages. There will be prizes! You can enter as many times as you like.
We will accept photo entries of you and your snow creations through February 28. You can email your entry to Roberta at rjordan@patten.lib.me.us; if you have a g-mail account you can submit using this simple form.
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News and Resources for Youth and Families |
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News from Ms. Katy:
Virtual Author Visit: Katie Coppens!
Join us on Wednesday, January 27 at 4:00 p.m., when Brunswick author Katie Coppens will share her writing process from the book The Acadia Files: Summer Science. You can perform an actual experiment along with her from the book!
Please pick up material for the event at PFL starting January 22 through curbside pick-up. Here's a sneak preview of the
author reading from her book.
Please register in advance by clicking here.
Winter Science with KELT! The Children’s Room is excited to announce a Maine Winter Science Activity Bag series in partnership with the Kennebec Estuary land Trust.
January 8: Blubber Bags
January 15: Where Do Animals Live in Winter?
January 29: Sewing Mitten and Animal Tracks from the book The Mitten by Jan Brett
The activity bags will be available at the curbside pick-up table on the Friday afternoons indicated above.
"Best in Snow:" Literary Snowman Contest. What's better than a snowy day spent with a great book? It's the fun of packing fresh snow to create your favorite book character or book theme! No one knows just when nature will provide the raw materials, so now is the time to start planning and assembling props for your frozen creation. We want to see and post photos of your "bookish" creations - along the individuals, families, and neighbors who worked to make them. Open to all ages. There will be prizes! You can enter as many times as you like.
We will accept photo entries of you and your snow creations through February 28. You can email your entry to Roberta at rjordan@patten.lib.me.us; if you have a g-mail account you can submit using this simple form.
Don't Forget the Chickadee Challenge!
From now until March 31st, read as many of the ’20-21 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.
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News and Resources from the History Room |
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Town History Series Announced
10:30AM Saturdays, January 16-Febraury 13, 2021
The seventeenth annual Town History Series will take place on Zoom this year. Register here. Those who don't Zoom can tune in to BCTV to watch the presentations live on Saturday mornings at 10:30.
On January 16, Nathan Lipfert will present Two Centuries of Working for Bath Customs. On January 23, Jack Carr will give the Maritime History of Arrowsic. On January 30, Jeanne McGowan of Georgetown will share the story of Captain Stin Davis….In His Own Words. West Bath’s Peter Stackpole will talk about his family’s One Hundred Years on Campbell Pond on February 6. On February 13, Rob Stevens will present Woolwich Men and the 1779 Penobscot Expedition.
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Bath Historical Society Calendar Now Available
This year’s Bath Historical Society calendar honors Robin Haynes and Peter Goodwin with 13 photos from the History Room collections.
Want the calendar shipped to you? Order forms are available at the curbside kiosk, or click here.
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On the History Room Blog
Karen and Jill reflect on a year of History Room Live: "The best thing about making History Room Live has been meeting people from the community! It has been huge for me to be able to learn about the history of this place from the experts who love it. ... Thank you so much for helping us, and each other, survive this year and find some bit of joy."
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Staff Picks : What We're Reading (and Watching) |
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Roberta Jordan, the Outreach and Instruction Librarian, shares a movie review this week, about I Am Not a Witch, an independent film set in present day Zambia. You can watch this and other great movies for free with your Library card and our video-streaming service, Kanopy. Click here to sign up. You can watch eight free movies per month!
To read the full review, click here.
To access all our "Staff Picks" reviews, click here.
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