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May 4, 2023 Weekly Newsletter In this Issue |
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2023 Smythe Scholarship Applications are now available for scholarship aid from the Henry Herbert Smythe Trust. The application deadline is Friday, May 26th by 12:00pm. Applications for the Henry Herbert Smythe Trust Scholarships are available by visiting the Falmouth Public Library’s Teen Page, in hard copy in the Young Adult Room of the Library, or emailing jcarrara@falmouth.k12.ma.us.
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Master Gardeners Drop-In Help The Falmouth Master Gardeners return to the library with their popular drop-in help sessions for the growing season of 2023! Starting Wednesday, May 17th to Mid-September, each Wednesday afternoon from 2pm-4pm volunteers will be at a table in the Katharine Lee Bates entry of the library to answer questions about gardening, plants, compost, ticks, why your tomatoes aren't producing, what to do about the squirrels, and much more! All are welcome, bring your questions, no appointment needed.
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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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Portable DVD Player Kit Going on a road trip and need to entertain the family? Is there an old movie that you want to watch but you no longer have the necessary equipment to do so? Our kit includes a DBPower portable DVD player, remote control, headrest mount, car charger, AV cable, power adapter, and instruction manual.
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Vladimir: A Novel by Julia May JonasWith her husband Vladimir under investigation for inappropriate relationships with his former students, a popular English professor finds their extra-marital pursuits taking a toll on their relationship, while a married young novelist becomes dangerously obsessed with Vladimir, threatening to blow their life wide open.
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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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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 English Learners Conversation Group from 7pm-8pm in the Bay room
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"With startling wisdom and humor, Gottlieb invites us into her world as both clinician and patient, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire, meaning and mortality, guilt and redemption, terror and courage, hope and change."
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Friday Films: 80 For Brady Join us on Friday, May 5th at 3pm in the Hermann room for our Friday Film 80 For Brady! This movie is rated PG-13 with a running time of 1 hour and 38 minutes. Registration is required. "As the New England Patriots reach the Superbowl in Houston, four female fans become determined to go to the game and meet quarterback Tom Brady, which proves a more memorable experience than they anticipated after the Patriots fall behind by four touchdowns." This movie viewing is free to the public and is sponsored by the Friends of the Falmouth Public Library.
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Falmouth Senior Center Book Club - Remarkably Bright Creatures Join us on Tuesday, May 9th at 1pm at the Senior Center (780 Main Street) as we discuss this month's selection Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel by Shelby Van Pelt! Copies of the book can be picked up at the book club meetings at the Senior Center or at the Falmouth Public Library's reference desk. No registration is required. "After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors--until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova. Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova's son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it's too late."
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Virtual Mystery Book Club: Death at La Fenice Join the Virtual Mystery Book Group on Wednesday, May 10th from 4:30pm-5:30pm via Zoom to share your thoughts on Death at La Fenice: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery by Donna Leon! Registration is required and copies of the book can be picked up at the reference desk."There is little violent crime in Venice, a serenely beautiful floating city of mystery and magic, history and decay. But the evil that does occasionally rear its head is the jurisdiction of Guido Brunetti, the suave, urbane vice-commissario of police and a genius at detection. Now all of his admirable abilities must come into play in the deadly affair of Maestro Helmut Wellauer, a world-reowned conductor who died painfully from cyanide poisoning during an intermission at La Fenice."
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The Power of the Protest Song Join us for Pamela Means Power of the Protest Song: Our Shared History & Present day concert at the Falmouth Public Library on Wednesday, May 10th from 6pm-7:30pm in the Hermann room! Registration is required. Equal parts performance and mini-presentation, this family-friendly concert will explore the origin stories and lineages of protest songs, how their meanings and effects continue to transform through time and space, and how they continue to inspire movements and cultural shifts within the realms of racial and social justice. Pamela will perform an assortment of original songs and select, recognizable covers to show how grounding, unifying, and mobilizing protest songs can be, and share her own journey as a biracial, queer, feminist, political songwriter. This concert is free to the public and is supported in part by a grant from Falmouth Cultural Council, a local agency that is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
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Joy of Poetry Reading: Billy Collins Join poet Joan Michelson and our growing poetry reading group on Tuesday, May 10th 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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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 Sun 12:00pm-4:00pm Sat 9:00am-1:00pm North Falmouth Branch Mon, Fri 2:00pm-7:00pm Tue, Wed 10:00am-3:00pm
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