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Welcome to NovemberThe land of Thanksgiving, family, and art! You heard it here first, we have a new art scene at the library and with it comes the carefully curated art exhibits you have grown to love from the New Bedford Free Public Library. Most people know that the library has a magnificent art collection, carefully procured by New Bedford librarians since 1857, but how often do you take the time to view our free exhibits? With the help of our new Art Historian, Allie Copeland, we continue to polish the jewel of the New Bedford Library- our art collection. Join us on the 3rd floor for a new exhibit and a chance to view never before seen pieces from the New Bedford Library art collection.
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Didn't get the chance to catch the Boston Globe or the New York Times? Boston Globe and New York Times articles are available for free online dating from 1980 and 1985. Go to Reference Services -> Home Access Online Databases to access these resources. P.S. This is also where you can find scholarly, peer reviewed articles from our online databases!
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The New Bedford Downtown Library Exhibit Hall, located on the 3rd floor, is open 64 hours a week and is free and open to the public. The Art Room is open 40 hours a week and you have the freedom to visit and talk to our Art Curator, Allie Copeland, about the art in our library’s collection. This month, Ms. Copeland has carefully curated an exhibit that speaks to an inherently library-centric art form- bookplates. Bookplates have been used as a mark of possession by bibliophiles since the early days of printing. Until technological advances made book production less expensive, bound books remained costly, valuable items. Bookplates helped ensure volumes were returned to their rightful owner and discouraged theft.
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After the New Bedford Free Public Library moved into its new home on Pleasant Street in 1910, a competition was held to create a new bookplate design. Submissions varied in theme and style and Ms. Copeland’s exhibit provides the viewer with the rich diversity of bookplate submissions. Ms. Copeland also provides a peek into the library’s past with some of the equipment that was used before the card catalog went digital. Get a glimpse behind the desk at an automatic book charger from the 1930’s and date plates from the same era. Do you remember the “KA-CHUCK” noise? Let us know by visiting the New Bedford Library Art Exhibit Hall. After all, it's FREE!
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Allie Copeland is a new transplant to New Bedford but she certainly is not new to the art scene! After growing up in rural Connecticut she bounced from Boston to Westchester, New York, first to pursue degrees in Art History and Cultural Heritage, then to begin a career in Collections Management. Allie has been working with art and historic object collections for the last 6 years, including a few years at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and is very excited to refocus on her first love- art! Allie’s favorite pieces in the collection right now are The Black Sheep by Francis Davis Millet and Dairy Queen by Carolyn Swiszcz, which are both on view on the 3rd floor. Come visit Allie in the Art Room to talk about art, the collection, or even where to get the best meal in town! Allie can be found in the Art Room: Monday & Thursday: 1:00PM – 9:00PM Tuesday & Wednesday: 9:00AM– 6:00PM Friday & Saturday: Limited hours
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Story and Craft Time Tuesdays at 5PM Howland-Green Branch Library 5th - Paper Pie Garland 12th - Popsicle Scarecrows 19th - Fall Placemats 26th - Apple Painting
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Genre Tasting AHA! Night: Thursday, November 14th from 5-7PM Downtown Library Mystery? Biography? Fairy Tale? Which genre tastes the best to you? Discover your favorite genre through our menu of book tastings for a special treat! This program is available for all ages and no registration is required while supplies last. Hope to see you there!
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Thursdays at 5:30PM Howland-Green Branch Library
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OrigamiTuesday, November 12th 1:30PM Casa da Saudade Branch Library
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Decorative Fall Wreath Wilks Branch Library
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...Did you think they were?
Have you ever thought about joining a book club and felt a little intimidated or left out? Book clubs at the New Bedford Free Public Library are not exclusive, they are not confined to one location, and we have night and daytime hours. The only thing you need to do is read! (And if you can't finish the book, we don't judge, life happens!) We would love to have you at one (or two) of our many thriving book clubs happening around the city. Do you like Romance? The Wilks Branch Library has a Romance Book Club. Are you available during the day? The Lawler Branch Library is the spot for you. If you work all hours of the day? The Downtown Library can assure you that the parking meters are FREE after 5PM. If you are a noob or a pro, we can cater to your Book Club agenda. Keep a lookout for the voting opportunity to choose Book Club options for 2020!
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Read Your Heart Out Romance Club Wednesday, November 13th at 4PM Wilks Branch Library Make Me Love You by Johanna Lindsey One duel could be considered a matter of honor, but three duels are attempted murder! With enlightened society outraged at such reckless behavior among young noblemen, the Prince Regent orders Robert Whitworth, the earl of Tamdon’s heir, and Lord Dominic Wolfe to end their dispute by allying their families through marriage. Whichever party refuses to comply will forfeit his lands and title.
Whitworth relishes the idea of sending his younger sister Brooke to his enemy’s remote estate. He knows the Wolf will reject her as a bride, thereby losing his wealth and status. The Wolf, however, is determined to scare away the Whitworth chit. With dueling no longer an available means of destroying the man he abhors, he will be satisfied to see him lose his lands and title. But he hadn’t expected his enemy’s sister to be so resourceful or resilient.
Brooke Whitworth has been dreaming of her first season in London because she intends to win a husband who will take her far away from her unloving family. Instead, she is being sent to the Yorkshire moors to wed a mysterious nobleman whose family is cursed and who has thrice tried to kill her brother. But there’s no room in her heart for fear; this man is her means of escape. She will make him love her!
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Downtown Book Club Wednesday, November 13th at 7PM Downtown Library The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell Meet the picture-perfect Bird family: pragmatic Meg, dreamy Beth, and towheaded twins Rory and Rhys, one an adventurous troublemaker, the other his slighter, more sensitive counterpart. Their father is a sweet, gangly man, but it's their beautiful, free-spirited mother Lorelei who spins at the center. In those early years, Lorelei tries to freeze time by filling their simple brick house with precious mementos. Easter egg foils are her favorite. Craft supplies, too. She hangs all of the children's art, to her husband's chagrin. Then one Easter weekend, a tragedy so devastating occurs that, almost imperceptibly, it begins to tear the family apart. Years pass and the children have become adults, while Lorelei has become the county's worst hoarder. She has alienated her husband and children and has been living as a recluse. But then something happens that beckons the Bird family back to the house they grew up in - to finally understand the events of that long-ago Easter weekend and to unearth the many secrets hidden within the nooks and crannies of home.
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PM Book Club Tuesday, November 19th at 6PM Lawler Branch Library An American Marriage by Tayari Jones Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to 12 years for a crime Celestial knows he didn't commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding. As Roy's time in prison passes, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been her center. After five years, Roy's conviction is suddenly overturned, and he returns to Atlanta ready to resume their life together. This stirring love story is a profoundly insightful look into the hearts and minds of three people who are at once bound and separated by forces beyond their control. An American Marriage is a masterpiece of storytelling, an intimate look deep into the souls of people who must reckon with the past while moving forward - with hope and pain - into the future.
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Wilks Book Club Thursday, November 21st at 2PM Wilks Branch Library Blue Collars by Catherine McLaughlin A compelling story about growing up during the late 1950s and 1960s in a New Bedford working-class family, Blue Collars details the triumphs and tragedies of the close-knit Kilroy family. Told through the eyes of young Fiona Finn Kilroy, her story unfolds in the city's South End, a neighborhood where Portuguese, Irish, French, and Cape Verdean immigrant families lived side-by-side in mostly three-decker tenement houses typical of many New England cities. Finn's father worked long hours as a loom fixer at the Berkshire Hathaway textile mill along the city's waterfront and her mother struggled to keep the children healthy, well fed and well dressed. Surrounded by the love of a caring, extended family, Finn's life seems from the outside to be carefree and idyllic. But a terrible secret haunts her childhood. This is the story of a young girl's endurance in the face of betrayal and her brave efforts to overcome the shocks that rock her world. Finn's efforts to present a normal face breaks the reader's heart. Her story infuriates even as her determination to stay strong and survive will inspire every reader. From Finn's tumultuous childhood to her coming of age, we deeply experience her family's life of love, abuse, and heartache amidst a backdrop of historical events such as textile strikes and economic and political upheaval that shaped America and this industrial city.
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