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May 25, 2023 Weekly Newsletter In this Issue |
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Library Holiday Closure The Falmouth Public Library and its Branches will be closed on Monday, May 29th in observance of Memorial Day.
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Wits & Wagers Game The Falmouth Public Library has a new game called Wits & Wagers: It's Vegas Baby edition! Do you know how many Pringles come in a standard-size can? Well you don't need to know the answer to play this party game. Just bet on the best guess to out-there trivia questions and sweep up the points! Gather lots of friends to play this Vegas edition game as the more that play, the more fun it becomes. To borrow this game and other board and card games, stop by the library today or request it through our Library of Things portal.
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Here by Richard McGuire"Richard McGuire's Here is the story of a corner of a room and the events that happened in that space while moving forward and backward in time. The book experiments with formal properties of comics, using multiple panels to convey the different moments in time. Hundreds of thousands of years become interwoven. A dinosaur from 100,000,000 BCE lumbers by, while a child is playing with a plastic toy that resembles the same dinosaur in the year 1999. Conversations appear to be happening between two people who are centuries apart. Someone asking, "Anyone seen my car keys?" can be "answered" by someone at a future archeology dig. Cycles of glaciers transform into marshes, then into forests, then into farmland. A city develops and grows into a suburban sprawl. Future climate changes cause the land to submerge, if only temporarily, for the long view reveals the transient nature of all things. Meanwhile, the attention is focused on the most ordinary moments and appreciating them as the most transcendent."
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Weekly Programming for Children Fridays: Scavenger Hunt from 2pm-7pm at the North Falmouth Branch Saturdays: Scavenger Hunt from 9am-12pm at the East Falmouth Branch Tuesdays: Stories, Songs and Instruments from 10am-10:30am at the East Falmouth Branch Stay & Make Drop-In Craft from 10am-2pm at the North Falmouth Branch Lego Club from 3:30pm-5pm in the Hermann room
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Weekly Programming for Teens and Adults Tuesdays: Sit N' Stitch from 10am-12pm at the East Falmouth Library Branch Genealogy Help Session from 2pm-4pm in the Reference Room Wednesday: Master Gardener Drop-In Help from 2pm-4pm in the KLB Entrance Hall
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Book Bike at Farmers Market The Falmouth Public Library Book Bike will be at the Farmers Market in Marine Park on Thursday, May 25th from 12:30pm-1:30pm. Everyone is welcome! Stop on by to receive free books this summer! This visit is weather dependent.
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Falls and Fractures in Older Adults: Causes, Prevention and Myths Join the Falmouth Public Library in partnership with Neighborhood Falmouth for a presentation on Falls and Fractures in Older Adults: Causes, Prevention, and Myths on Thursday, May 25th at 1:30pm in the Hermann room. Registration is required. More than one in four people age 65 years or older fall each year. The risk of falling — and fall-related problems — rises with age. However, many falls can be prevented. Dr. Michael Bihari, President of the Board of Directors of Neighborhood Falmouth, will lead a discussion about why older adults fall and what you can do to manage your risk, including a look at the pros and cons of medical alert systems. A list of resources will be provided including a home inspection checklist. Neighborhood Falmouth is a non-profit organization that provides support services to seniors in the Falmouth community.
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Kanopy Movie Club - Another Round (2020) Our second World Cinema movie discussion will be on Thursday, May 25th at 3pm in the Bay room. We will be discussing the Danish film Another Round directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Watch this movie prior to the meeting on Kanopy by clicking on this link: "Four friends, all teachers at various stages of middle age, are stuck in a rut. Unable to share their passions either at school or at home, they embark on an audacious experiment from an obscure philosopher: to see if a constant level of alcohol in their blood will help them find greater freedom and happiness." This movie is rated NR and is for mature audiences only.
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Fact & Fiction Book Discussion: The Christie AffairJoin us on Wednesday, May 31st at 10am at the East Falmouth Library Branch as we discuss this month's selection The Christie Affair: A Novel by Nina de Gramont! This discussion group is currently drop in so no registration is required. Copies of the book can be picked up at the branch libraries one month prior to the meeting. "London, 1925: In a world of townhomes and tennis matches, socialites and shooting parties, Miss Nan O'Dea became Archie Christie's mistress, luring him away from his devoted and well-known wife, Agatha Christie. The question is, why? Why destroy another woman's marriage, why hatch a plot years in the making, and why murder? How was Nan O'Dea so intricately tied to those eleven mysterious days that Agatha Christie went missing?"
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Great Decisions 2023 - Energy Geopolitics Great Decisions, America’s largest civic discussion program on world affairs, is coming back to the Falmouth Public Library! Join us on Wednesday, May 31st at 7pm in the Hermann room as we discuss Energy Geopolitics. How will changes in the energy industries impact relations between countries? Access to oil and gas has long held an influence over the politics of individual nations and their relations with others. But as more countries move toward sustainable energy, and supply chain shortages affect the availability of oil and gas, how will this change the way in which the United States interacts with the outside world? By Carolyn Kissane Registration is required and will be limited to 20 participants. Participants must read the relevant chapter in the Great Decisions Briefing Book and watch the corresponding Master Class on DVD prior to the meeting which are available to participants at the reference desk.
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Narrative Nonfiction Book Club: River of the Gods “In the 19th century, there was a frenzy of interest in ancient Egypt. At the same time, European powers sent off waves of explorations intended to map the unknown corners of the globe. Set against the backdrop of the race to exploit Africa by the colonial powers, a story of courage and adventure brings to life the rivalry between two enemies-a decorated soldier and a young aristocrat/Army officer-as they set out to find the mysterious headwaters of the Nile River.”
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Main Library East Falmouth Branch Text-A-Librarian 833-209-9922 Mon, Tue 9:00am-5:00pm Mon, Thurs-Sat 10:00am-5:30pm Wed 9:00am-1:00pm Tue, Wed 10:00am-8:30pm Thurs 1:00pm-7:00pm Sat 9:00am-1:00pm North Falmouth Branch Mon, Fri 2:00pm-7:00pm Tue, Wed 10:00am-3:00pm
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