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If you are a Florence Savings Bank customer, please consider voting for the Friends of Forbes Library to receive a community grant. Voting is open now until Saturday, December 31, 2022. |
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Tarot Party with Laura Campagna Saturday, July 30, 2022, 3 pm
Tarot offers a pictorial representation of our soul’s journey through this lifetime. The cards depict our emotional and spiritual landscape and provide insight into our innermost selves. Readings validate our intuitive knowledge, help us gain confidence, and open us up to greater awareness. Come with questions or general curiosity to a 10-15 minute tarot reading with tarot reader Laura Campagna. Recommended for teens and young adults.
This event is sponsored by the Friends of Forbes Library. Please register for this event.
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Lego Club Mondays, 3:30 pm We've got bricks, baseplates and minifigs--now all we need is you! Limited to 15 people ages 4+
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Baby Storytime Tuesdays, 10 am Join us to read books, sing songs, play with puppets and toys, and meet other babies and caregivers! The first 20 minutes are storytime, followed by 40 minutes of free play with toys. Ages 0-18 months and their caregivers. Space will be limited to 15 patrons.
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Bilingual Storytime/Libros y Canciones Wednesdays, 10 am
Sing songs and read books in English and Spanish! This event is best suited for children ages 1.5-3. We will meet outside on the library lawn. In inclement weather, we will move to the community room and cap attendance at 15.
¡Canta canciones y lee libros en ingles y español! Este evento es apropriado para niños de edades 1.5-3. Reuniremos en el jardín de la biblioteca. Si hay clima inclemente, iremos a la sala de comunidad y nos limitará asistencia a las 15.
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Read to Sunny the Dog! Wednesday, August 3, 2022, 3:30 pm
Hello! I'm Sunny and I'm Forbes Library's reading buddy dog! You can book a 15-minute appointment to read to me. I'm a good listener and like to look at the pictures, too. We'll meet inside the Children's Department in the room that's adjacent to the Community Room. To register, please call 413-587-1010 or sign up at the Forbes Library Children's Desk. This program is great for children ages 4-10. Happy reading! |
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Preschool Storytime Explorers Thursdays, 10 am
Enjoy books, songs, puppets and props outside on the lawn! For ages 3-5. In the event of inclement weather, we'll move indoors and cap attendance at 15 people. We can't wait to see you! |
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Teen Art Lounge Fridays, 3:30pm Drop in and work on your own project, or use our supplies to start something new! We'll have everything you need to knit, crochet, draw, paint, and more. Meet other teen artists in a relaxed, do-it-yourself space. We'll meet every Friday from 4-5pm in the YA Room. This program is for teens only. Email mbishop@forbeslibrary.org for more info.
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Paintings by Ryan Murray and Jeff Wrench Textile Arts by Yoni Glogower
August 2-30, 2022
RYAN MURRAY Through the unflinching medium of spray paint stenciling, I unearth and examine unsettling but important conversations about the stigma of mental illness, with the goal of normalizing the discussion and treatment of mental health in black communities. To examine Black mental health is to examine the effect of events in both the past and present, socioeconomic factors, how patterns of suffering repeat themselves, and the burden of certain societal expectations. By utilizing repeated symbolism and autobiographical elements, my work not only seeks to address the reality and the reasons that people of color suffer in silence more than their white counterparts, but urges me to navigate my own upbringing as an African-American struggling with mental illness and raised in a predominantly white community.
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YONI GLOGOWER I use textiles to consider new ways of interpreting my personal world. Subjects include people and things of note in my life; family members, wildflowers, video game imagery, Hebrew, and found natural objects all make their way into my compositions. Using hand-dyed fabric, strategic piecing, applique and embroidery, I bring these elements into unexpected dialogue.
This show explores new limits of textile collage at all stages of the process. The gallery includes a series of 8×8” samplers that each focus on a different set of embroidery stitches. These will be presented alongside portrait pieces that combine these techniques to render figures and landscapes on tapestries and garments. |
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JEFF WRENCH In my paintings I try to balance realistic likeness vs. letting the paint be the center of attention with bold brush marks and colors and other surprises that the messiness of paint brings. When you study faces for a long time you realize there’s something beautiful and interesting in all of them, and I’ve been hooked on painting them since I started about 10 years ago. Many of my paintings are on found surfaces like wallpaper or paint chips which I think, like faces themselves, are examples of beauty in the ordinary. |
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