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Summer Reading is for Adults, too! June - August There is a common misconception that the library's Summer Reading Program is only for kids... but that's not the case. Summer Reading is for ALL AGES! If you read for just 10 hours you can get a free vinyl sticker and be entered into a grand prize raffle drawing. If you read 100 hours you can earn a limited edition t-shirt designed by local artist, Lydia Vadopalas. If you haven't seen the Port Townsend Public Library's Summer Reading T-shirts for this year, please stop by and ask a staff member to show one off - they are quite literally the G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time)! |
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Fiber Arts Night (FAN) Tuesday, July 1st, 4:00pm-6:00pm Charles Pink House Fiber Art Night, better known as FAN, is the 1st Tuesday of each month from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. This is for anyone working with fiber, which includes paper. We have spinners, weavers, knitters, cross stitching, etc. Bring your project to work on, or learn something new! We have craft kits in the library to check out and many of the regular attendees will most likely know what you want to learn and are willing to share what they know. It's a great way to socialize, get to work alongside other crafty and DIY people, learn new skills, and build new friendships. |
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Humanities Washington Speaker Robert Horton: The Blacklist Era and Hollywood Tuesday, July 8th, 5:30pm Carnegie Reading Room “Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?” The answer to this question—or the refusal to answer it—cast hundreds of lives into turmoil at the dawn of the Cold War. The Red Scare that erupted in the 1940s allowed the House Committee on Un-American Activities to grab headlines by parading prominent Hollywood figures before the cameras. Witnesses could either defy the hearings at the risk of their own careers, or “name names”—inform on their colleagues and friends. The resulting blacklist threw many moviemaking professionals out of work. This presentation, illustrated with film clips, tells the stories from this heartbreaking and scandalous era, and how notables such as Humphrey Bogart, Elia Kazan, and Charlie Chaplin were swept up in the frenzy. We’ll also ask a question: With today’s politics at a boiling point, are we living in such a period again? For more information on this program, hosted by the Humanities Washington organization, please visit here. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Port Townsend Public Library. |
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Erica Bauermeister Discusses Her Book No Two Persons Thursday, July 31st, 5:00-6:00pm Carnegie Reading Room Join Erica for a Q&A discussion on her 2023 book No Two Persons, which has received a 4.06 star rating on Goodreads and the audiobook has won the Audie Award for multi-narration in 2024. "One book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister’s No Two Persons is “a gloriously original celebration of fiction, and the ways it deepens our lives.”
That was the beauty of books, wasn’t it? They took you places you didn’t know you needed to go…
Alice has always wanted to be a writer. Her talent is innate, but her stories remain safe and detached, until a devastating event breaks her heart open, and she creates a stunning debut novel. Her words, in turn, find their way to readers, from a teenager hiding her homelessness, to a free diver pushing himself beyond endurance, an artist furious at the world around her, a bookseller in search of love, a widower rent by grief. Each one is drawn into Alice’s novel; each one discovers something different that alters their perspective, and presents new pathways forward for their lives.
Together, their stories reveal how books can affect us in the most beautiful and unexpected of ways—and how we are all more closely connected to one another than we might think." - Goodreads.com |
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Read to Rover
Tuesday, July 1st at 3:00pm The Children's Room Dogs are wonderful listeners! Kids ages 5-12 are invited to bring their favorite book or choose one from our library, then build reading skills and confidence by reading aloud to a certified therapy dog. Thank you Olympic Mountain Pet Pals for your support for animals and childhood literacy! |
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Young Writer's Club Tuesdays, July 1 - August 19, 4:00pm-5:00pm Charles Pink House
The Young Writers Club is a group for young people to explore different writing forms and genres over the summer months in Port Townsend. All young writers aged ten and up are welcome to join. Light refreshments will be available. Writers who commit to at least six sessions will receive a free notebook. Participation is free but space is limited. Please register with Youth Librarian, Emily Bufford: ebufford@cityofpt.us Annie Bartos' creative writing appears in The Rumpus, The Offing, Pleiades, The Los Angeles Review, Bending Genres, and The Sun. She has a PhD in Geography and an MFA in Creative Nonfiction. She’s an alum of the Tin House Summer Workshops and the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop. Prior to the pandemic, she was a professor in Aotearoa New Zealand. |
Meet the Birds Thursday, July 10th 1:00pm Chetzemoka Park Meet and learn about some of the raptors recently rescued by Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue. Ages 7-12. |
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Goat Block Print Postcards Friday, July 17th 6:00pm Carnegie Room
Come carve a goat stamp and make your own postcards! We will have carving tools and blocks to carve, bring your favorite poem to mail to your friends, or write your own! Ages 12+ |
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Youth & Teen Chess ClubMonday, July 21st 4:00pm The Children's Room & The Teen Room Play chess and have fun! Join us for 20 minutes of chess instruction and 40 minutes of play. Casual play and all levels of experience are welcome. Children's Chess Club is for ages 7-12. Teen Chess Club is for ages 12-18. |
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Meet the Pet: Alpacas Wednesday, July 23rd 1:00pm Chetzemoka ParkMeet Marie Muma’s trio of highlands alpacas. Learn about raising and caring for alpacas and take some time to pet them. Ages 7-12. Register for this event by emailing ebufford@cityofpt.us. |
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Join us for our Storytimes at the Port Townsend Public Library! - Storytime in the Park: Tuesdays, July 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th at 10:30am (Chetzemoka Park near the Gazebo)
- Farmers Market Storytime: Saturday, July 5th at 11am (Rec Center Lawn)
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The library is open seven days a week! |
Monday-Friday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Sunday 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm The library will be closed on Friday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day. |
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A Year in Provence, published in 1989, is the first of Peter Mayle’s books about his life moving from England with his wife and dogs to a rural village in Provence, France where he purchased and restored a stone farmhouse. Mayle’s book takes us back in time (before the EU made moving within Europe a fairly straightforward venture) to a Provence that I suspect, is no more or at the least- greatly changed. Month by month, through his wit and humor, Mayle invites us readers to live vicariously with him as he tries to navigate through French bureaucracy, the mishaps of house restoration, learning a new language, delightful and challenging neighbors, horrific weather, adapting to a new culture, delicious regional food and a hell of a lot of wine! Though at times a bit precious, Mayle is never condescending and clearly charmed and delighted with his new home and life, as was I after reading this book. I think you will be too! -Judith Bows, Library Assistant Substitute |
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Port Townsend Public Library1220 Lawrence Street,Port Townsend, Washington 98368360-385-3181
www.ptpubliclibrary.org
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