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May 11, 2023 Weekly Newsletter In this Issue |
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Discover Your Power Animal Did you know animals have wisdom to share with us? In this workshop, facilitated by Deb Avery, we will learn what power animals are and how they both relate, and are distinct from, spirit animals and animal totems. Participants will be invited to begin the journey of discovering their own personal power animal. If you’re looking to learn about guidance and support available to you when you connect to the animal kingdom, this workshop is for you! There will be art supplies available to explore a creative expression of your personal power animal AND snacks. This is a teen event is on Wednesday, May 24th from 3:30pm-5pm and registration is requested.
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May Bonus Borrows hoopla Bonus Borrows are back for the month of May! You can borrow over 100+ titles in audiobooks, ebooks, television shows, movies, and comics without using any of your six borrow credits! To view the entire May Bonus Borrows collection and to start borrowing now, click here.
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Tastes Like War Libby's digital book club, Big Library Read, is featuring Tastes Like War: A Memoir by Grace M. Cho with no waitlist or holds through May 17th! "Part food memoir, part sociological investigation, Tastes Like War is a hybrid text about a daughter's search through intimate and global history for the roots of her mother's schizophrenia." Check out the eBook or eAudiobook and share your thoughts about the book pick with readers from around the World through May 21st by clicking here. Grace M. Cho's author interview with the Professional Book Nerds podcast is available to listen to by clicking here.
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Cornhole Game Set Looking for a family game to play outside in the nice weather? Do you have guests coming down for Memorial Day weekend and need some fun entertainment? Come borrow our lightweight cornhole game set! Test your aim and rack up points with this flexible and much-loved lawn game that is fun for all ages. This lightweight cornhole set features plywood boards for easier transport and weights a total of 24 pounds. 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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The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-DaltonBorn during a powerful hurricane, Wanda, an unusual woman in a rapidly changing world, loses family, gains community and ultimately seeks adventure, love and purpose in a place abandoned by civilization and remade by nature.
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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 Mondays: Block Party Lego's in the Library from 4pm-5:30-pm at the North 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
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Reading To Therapy Dogs with CAPJoin us for Tales to Tails: Reading to Therapy Dogs with CAP (Companion Animal Program) on Saturday, May 13th from 11am-12pm in the Children's Room! Come join us to read books and spend time with therapy dogs. All are welcome and if you know anyone who might benefit from this program, including seniors, spread the word! Registration is recommended to reserve your spot, but it is not required.
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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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Joy of Poetry Reading: Billy Collins Join poet Joan Michelson and our growing poetry reading group on Thursday, May 11th from 11am-12pm in the Hermann room or viz Zoom. For this session we will be reading and discussing the poetry of Billy Collins, former Poet Laureate of the United States. Please register to be included in the discussions of which poems we will read as well as to receive the Zoom link.
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Book Bike at Cape Cod Apartments The Falmouth Public Library Book Bike will visit the Cape Cod Apartments at 62 Locust Street on Monday, May 15th from 10:30am-11am. Everyone is welcome! Stop on by to receive free books this summer! This visit is weather dependent.
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FPL Fiction Book Club: Home Fire Join the FPL Fiction Book Club on Tuesday, May 16th from 4pm-5pm in the Hermann room as we discuss this month's selection Home Fire: A Novel by Kamila Shamsie! Registration is requested and copies of the book can be picked up at the reference desk. "Isma is free. After years of watching out for her younger siblings in the wake of their mother's death, she's accepted an invitation from a mentor in America that allows her to resume a dream long deferred. But she can't stop worrying about Aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong sister back in London, or their brother, Parvaiz, who's disappeared in pursuit of his own dream, to prove himself to the dark legacy of the jihadist father he never knew. Suddenly, two families' fates are inextricably, devastatingly entwined, in this searing novel that asks: What sacrifices will we make in the name of love?"
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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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