June 2023
OCLN Library Crawl!
Monday, June 5 through Saturday, June 17, 2023
 
We're delighted to spotlight the 1st annual OCLN (Old Colony Library Network) Library Crawl! 🚗💨 Beginning Monday, June 5th, you can visit 23 libraries on the South Shore and Upper Cape to collect stamps on your passport & enter to win prizes. 
 
Passports will be available for pickup at all participating libraries; get them stamped as proof of your visit. Receive 5 stamps during the 2 week timeframe, and you'll be eligible to win one of three road trip gift baskets: one for kids, one for teens, and one for adults. 
 
We encourage patrons of all ages to participate!  Visit us and surrounding libraries to discover what we can do for you!  Let us know about your travels and share your photos using #oclnlibrarycrawl23  Learn more here.
 
JUNETEENTH
We Will be Closed on Monday, June 19th, in honor of Juneteenth

What is Juneteenth?  Even though the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, it could not be implemented in places still under Confederate control. As a result, in the westernmost Confederate state of Texas, enslaved people would not be free until much later. Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865, when some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas. The army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state, were free by executive decree. This day came to be known as "Juneteenth," by the newly freed people in Texas. 
 
 
ALL-AGES PROGRAM! See all programs on our online calendar
36th Annual Spelling Bee
Friday, June 30 @ 11:00 am
 
The library’s 36th spelling bee will be held on Friday, June 30 at 11:00 a.m. Spellers of all ages are welcome, and the competition will be divided into two divisions: up to age 13, and age 14 and older.Top spellers in each division will have their names engraved on the permanent trophy.  All participants will receive prizes, and snacks will be served. No advance registration is required. Come by and be part of this proud tradition!
 
 PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS See all programs on our online calendar. 
NEW ADULT BOOK CLUB!!
Monday, June 26 @ 6:30 pm (last Monday of the month)

Welcome to the NEW John Curtis Free Library Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Club!  We'll be meeting the last Monday of the month in the Magazine Room upstairs.  We plan to trade off each month between science fiction and fantasy.  Let us know what your favorite books/authors are!  Note: This  group is intended for adults, due to the themes present in many titles - however, we may be reading Young Adult novels!  If there is interest, we could certainly start a teen group!! 
 
VIRTUAL: Presidential Library Series  Every Tuesday in June @ 2:00 pm

Tuesday, June 6: Gender Equality & the Carter Administration
Tuesday, June 13: Bert & Lou - The Story of the Hoover Family
Tuesday, June 20: Interrogating Presidential Photographs at the Ford Library
Tuesday, June 27: Out of the Archives - The Marshall Plan & the Truman Library
 
Please register in advance.  To register, please visit our calendar.  The programs will be recorded.
Empath's Survival Kit
Wednesday, June 7 @ 6:00 pm

NOTE:  This is an IN-PERSON program ;->
 
Having empathy means our heart goes out to another, but for Empaths, it goes much deeper - we actually feel others' emotions, energy and physical symptoms in our own bodies.  Come and learn how to embrace your gift and develop coping skills in a highly stimulating world.   
 
Workshop led by Doreen Lang, Reiki and Intuitive Energy Healing, Speaker, Teacher and Author.
 
VIRTUAL: PRIDE Trivia Night
Friday, June 9 at 7:00 pm
 
**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access this Zoom event via email.**  Join us on Zoom to test your knowledge! Celebrate PRIDE Month with questions involving LGBTQIA+ history and culture. Play solo or organize a team!
 
For security purposes, participants' videos will be disabled, so no need to worry about having a working webcam to play. The ability to view slides on a screen is all you need for this fantastic trivia fun! Please note that trivia questions are geared towards adults in terms of difficulty.   Click here to register directly on ZOOM
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: I Dissent
Monday, June 12 @ 6:30 pm
 
NOTE:  This is an IN-PERSON program ;->  
 
Sheryl Faye IS Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in September 2020. She was the second woman and the first Jewish woman ever appointed to the Court and became the longest serving Jewish Justice.
 
Her life continues to be one of achievement: as a lawyer, professor of law, a judge, and then a Supreme Court justice, she stands out because she was not afraid to dissent, disapprove, and disagree with conditions of unfairness and inequality.  
VIRTUAL: A Celebration of Massachusetts Libraries
Wednesday, June 14 @ 7:00 pm
 
**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email.**  
From the early days of European settlement to the present, Boston and Massachusetts have been friendly to the printed word. In fact, the first printing press in British North America arrived at Harvard in 1636. Libraries -- private, public, and academic -- quickly followed. Massachusetts author and historian Alan Earls will present a slideshow and discussion of some of the important milestones, architectural gems, and key figures in this story as well as an overview of just how richly endowed we are with libraries of all kinds today.  Click here to register directly on ZOOM
NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 24 hours of the program.
VIRTUAL:  Explore Massachusetts Off the Beaten Path
Tuesday, June 20 @ 7:00 pm
 
**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access this Zoom event via email.**  
Author Maria Olia will discuss her brand new book, Massachusetts Off the Beaten Path.  Discover some of Massachusetts's unique offerings with this guide: Visit a wooden-boat shop that has been in business since 1793; admire the pressed-glass galleries at the Sandwich Glass Museum, or travel back in time at the nineteenth-century Old Sturbridge Village.
Maria Olia is a travel writer and essayist. Her articles and essays have appeared in the Boston Globe, Working Mother and the Christian Science Monitor, among other publications. Click here to register directly on ZOOM
NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 24 hours of the program.
10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer's
Wednesday, June 21 @ 6:30 pm
 
NOTE:  This is an IN-PERSON program ;->
 
Alzheimer's causes changes in memory, thinking, and behavior that are not normal aging.  Join Members of the Alzheimer's Assn. as they discuss the differences, along with common warning signs and the importance of early detection.  They'll introduce the next steps and expectations for the diagnostic process, and explain the resources that are available. 
 
 
VIRTUAL: The Story of Rte. 1 in ME, NH, and MA
Wednesday, June 21 @ 6:30 pm 
 
**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access this Zoom event via email.**  
Author Susan Mara Bregman will give a presentation based on her new book, Along Route 1: Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.  New England road trippers will encounter roller coasters and candlepin bowling, lobster rolls and homemade pie, colonial-era taverns and granite fortifications.  Mile after mile, Route 1 tells a story about history, survival, loss, and change.
Writer and photographer Susan Mara Bregman is the author of Arcadia Publishing's New England Neon and New England Candlepin Bowling. Click here to register directly on ZOOM
NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 24 hours of the program
 
VIRTUAL: The Original Dropkick Murphy
Tuesday, June 27 @ 7:00 pm
 
**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email.**  
Author Emily Sweeney will discuss her new book, Dropkick Murphy: A Legendary Life.  This book chronicles for the first time the unbelievable life of Dr. John “Dropkick” Murphy, a professional wrestler who put himself through medical school during the Great Depression. Drawing on years of research and interviews, author Emily Sweeney goes behind the scenes to reveal the untold story of Murphy’s life, his farm, and the legendary events that unfolded there.
Emily Sweeney is a staff reporter at The Boston Globe and author of the books Boston Organized Crime and Gangland Boston.  Click here to register directly on Zoom. 
NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 24 hours of the program. 
Mosquito & Tick Seminar
Wednesday, June 28 @ 6:30 pm
 
 
NOTE:  This is an IN-PERSON program ;->
 
Join us for Presentations by Entomologist,  Blake Dinius Plymouth County Extension and Erin Morrill, Community Liaison, Plymouth County Mosquito Control Project.
 
Learn about the Life Cycle of a Mosquito, services provided by the Plymouth County Mosquito Control Project to the community and using effective repellents along with tick borne diseases, proven protection methods, mosquito and tick biology and ecology plus tick and mosquito myth busting along the way.
 
PROGRAM FOR TEENS See all programs on our online calendar.
Teen Movie Day!
Thursday, June 15 @ 1:30 pm

In honor of the Library Crawl (and summer vacation!) join us for a fun afternoon!  We can't include the title here due to licensing restrictions, but we can give you a hint - it's got Robin Williams leading his movie family on a crazy road trip adventure! To find out the title, head on over to our calendar! ;->  Snacks provided.
 
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN See all programs on our online calendar. 
Chess Club
Monday, June 5 @ 6:30 pm
 
Doug Southall leads a chess club for children age six and older, approximately every two weeks.  Each meeting will begin with a brief lesson on some aspect of the game, followed by free play.
Science Club
Wednesday, June 14 @ 4:00 pm
 
Fun science-themed activities and experiments.  Dress to make a mess ;->  Designed for age 6 and older.

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