Greetings!
As Women's History Month winds down, be sure to scroll down to the History Room section and read the final Women's History Month entry by Archivist & Special Collections Librarian Jill Piekut Roy. There is also a link to a blog post about all the Women's History materials that we featured this month.
You can also browse our recommended Women's History month titles by clicking here.
Be well.
Lesley Dolinger
Library Director
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Tax Season Reminder
With the federal and state filing deadline extended until May 17, there's still time to support Maine Public Library initiatives by donating $5 or more on your Maine Income Tax form using Schedule CP (Charitable Contributions and Purchase of Park Passes). Funds are distributed to Maine libraries via a grant application process.
Patten Free Library is the beneficiary of a recent grant to purchase Ultimate Park Games for Outdoor Fun! Stay tuned for more information about giant Jenga, croquet, lawn bowling, super-sized Connect 4, scavenger hunts, bocce ball, horseshoes, cornhole, and more! Your voluntary contribution to the Maine Public Library Fund helps make grants like this possible. Thank you!
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News and Resources from Adult Services |
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Movie Discussion Group: Order in the Court!
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Thursday, April 1, 6:30 p.m. via ZOOM.
We're shifting to a new theme this month, focusing our weekly discussions on courtroom dramas. Next week's selection is Witness for the Prosecution. Agatha Christie and Billy Wilder co-adapted Christie's 1953 play of the same name for the film. Wilder also directs the movie, starring Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, and Elsa Lanchester.
Movie buff Al Fick is our fearless discussion leader. The discussion group is open to all movie fans.
Click here for the ZOOM link for this event.
Adult Trivia: Last of the Season!
Friday, March 26, 5:00 to 6:15 p.m. via ZOOM
Many different categories, lots of informal fun. Make it your happy hour! Click here to get the registration link and join this event.
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Edible Book Festival : Make a Book Cake!
Our tasty annual celebration of food and literature - Edible Books - has gone virtual and been expanded to include all ages! We’re devoting an entire month to “stirring” up enthusiasm for our Edible Book Contest. Start now imagining what favorite book or book cover will be the subject of your decorated cake.
Local baker extraordinaire Kaite Thayer of Thayer Treats will offer a series of short, instructional videos on cake baking, frosting, fondant, and decorating. Her guidance will help you (or your family) create of a book-inspired masterpiece! Her cooking demo postings will be posted to air on the Patten Free Library YouTube site on these dates:
Friday, March 26, 4:00 p.m.
Friday, April 2, 4:00 p.m.
American Buttercream Frosting
Friday, April 9, 4:00 p.m.
Making and Handling Marshmallow Fondant
Friday, April 16, 4:00 p.m.
Decorate an Edible Book
(LIVE DEMONSTRATION)
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. There will be prizes!
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News and Resources for Young Adults |
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It's Time to Cast Your Ballot! Voting has begun for the inaugural year of the North Star YA Award—Maine’s new Young Adult readers’ choice award! If you have read any three of the nominees, then you are eligible to vote for the winner. You can vote through your school library, or you can use the backside of our paper handout to vote through Patten. Submit your handout through our exterior book drops. Or email your name and your pick for the winning title to laurel@patten.lib.me.us.
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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.
Page Turner Adventures. Are you ready for a week of laughter as you venture into stories, create whimsical crafts, learn cooking skills, and create your own fractured fairy tale? Starting April 5, we'll share links to daily virtual programs through Facebook and Instagram.
The theme of week one is "Happily Ever Laughter." Here is the line-up of programs:
April 5: The Silly Mixed-Up Fairy Tale
April 6: Fairy Tale Houses
April 7: Fairy Tale Eggs
April 8: No Bake Cookies
April 9: Fairy Tale Mad Libs
We'll have login information in next week's eNews. Click here for more information and the weekly program themes for April. Call or email Ms. Katy with your questions.
This Week's "Grab and Go" Craft! Our kids' grab and go craft bag this week is hand print bunnies! Trace and cut out your hand print to make a couple of cuties. Bags will be out at the curbside table on Friday afternoon by 1:30. This week's craft is sponsored by Now You're Cooking.
Sarah's STEM Activities. Pick up one of these great activity bags and learn all about the science of osmosis with water beads. Available at the curbside table while supplies last. Appropriate for ages eight to 12, but anyone can enjoy the activity with caregiver involvement.
Voting for Maine State Book Award Extended! Maine Student Book Award Challenge (for grades 4-8, and interested adults)
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News and Resources from the History Room |
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Emma Eames and Matilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen in Whitefield, NH (PC-57, 12). 1938. Matilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen collection. Sagadahoc History & Genealogy Room. |
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Women's History Month
The History Room received a wonderful collection of material related to Emma Eames in it's early days. It includes photographs of the famous opera singer, programs from her many performances, and a few personal papers. Jerusha Neely, an intern from Simmons University, is currently researching the provenance of the materials in the collection. She learned that most of the collection came to us via Matilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen (1887-1969), Eames' longtime friend and the executor of her estate. The collection includes a photo of the two together in Whitefield, New Hampshire in 1938.
The existence of these materials in the History Room is a result of the close friendship between the two women and the Frelinghuysen family's careful stewardship of the materials.
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History Room Live returns in April 9th!
For National Poetry Month, Malcolm Hamilton will lead a discussion of Roger D. Skillings' poem, King's Dock. The poem is about growing up in Bath and growing to understand it's history. You can find a copy of the poem here.
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COVID-19 Archives
As we reflect on a year of COVID, we want to know how the library has helped you through. Please share your experience with us at howsyourweek.omeka.net.
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Staff Picks : What We're Reading (and Watching) |
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This week's book review is by Sarah Maciejewski, who works in the Children's Room. Her review of George Saunders' new book, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain. The subtitle provides a mini-review: "In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life."
For more details, click here to read Sarah's full review.
To request a copy, click here.
To access all our "Staff Picks" reviews, click here.
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