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August 3, 2023 Weekly Newsletter In this Issue |
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Inspired By Shakespeare
Month of August Adult Collections Room Members of the public (and some library staff!) chose a famous phrase by Shakespeare to interpret in two-dimensional artwork; media include fabric, pen and ink, collage, and paint! Come visit this art inspired by Shakespeare for the entire month of August. If you’re belatedly inspired by gazing on these works of art, create your own and drop it off in the Administrative Office! The art will remain on display through August. |
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hoopla Bonus Borrows are back! From August 1st through August 31st, you can access selected audiobooks, eBooks, comics, and videos from hoopla without using any of your monthly Instant borrows. |
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Taking Care: The Story of Nursing and its Power to Change Our World by Sarah DiGregorio"Chronicling the lives of nurses, caregivers at the vital intersection of health care and community who are actively changing the world, this absorbing and empathetic work, combining storytelling with nuanced reporting, doubles as a call for change and a love letter to the nurses of yesterday, today and tomorrow."
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Dinoman!
Thursday August 10, 3:00pm
Hermann Room
Dinosaur tracks lead right to Falmouth Public Library! Have no fear, Dinoman is here! With magic, merry mayhem, and magnificent props, the audience is taken on a trip throughout the mesozoic era. How do we know dinosaurs were here? What is a fossil? How are they made? This program is fun and informative for all ages. Dinoman Dinosaurs! has garnered a “Best Bet” from the LA Times, quoted in the Wall Street Journal, and has appeared at the largest family celebration in the country—Boston’s First Night—fifteen times. Wait until you see the life-sized dinosaurs! Perfect for ages 4 & up. Entertaining for all ages! Let us know you are coming! Registration is not required, but recommended as space is limited. |
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His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine by S. C. Gwynne"In His Majesty's Airship, historian S.C. Gwynne resurrects it in vivid detail, the epic story of great ambition gone terribly wrong. Airships, those airborne leviathans that occupied center stage in the world in the first half of the twentieth century, were a symbol of the future. There was just one problem: beyond the hype and technological wonders, these big, steel-framed, hydrogen-filled airships were a dangerously bad idea. This is a tragic story of the British airship R101-which went down in a spectacular hydrogen-fueled fireball in 1930, killing more people than died in the Hindenburg disaster seven years later-has been largely forgotten." |
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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 Wednesdays: Library Lawn Games from 9am-1pm at the East Falmouth Branch (weather dependent) Library Lawn Games from 10am-2pm at the North Falmouth Branch (weather dependent) |
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Delilah The Whale
Monday August 7, 12-2pm
East Falmouth Branch
Delilah is a life-sized inflatable North Atlantic right whale! Her measurements are based off of a real whale who lived along the East coast in the US and Canada. Please drop by the East Falmouth Branch library to visit Delilah. |
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Flying High Dogs with Mike Piazza
Monday August 7, 3-4pm
Library Lawn
Back by popular demand, The Flying High Dogs with Mike Piazza will be performing on the library lawn on Monday, August 7th from 3-4pm. Mike Piazza is a multiple world finalist and world record holder in K-9 Frisbee and the current #1 professional K-9 Frisbee performer in the world. Mike and his dogs have performed for the NFL, NBA, MLS, Minor League Baseball, ESPN, Animal Planet, and more. These are some of the most athletic dogs in the world! This event will take place rain or shine and all attendees are asked to leave their four-legged friends at home. This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Falmouth Public Library. |
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Toe Jam Puppet Band
Tuesday August 8, 10:30-11:30am
North Falmouth Branch
The Toe Jam Puppet Band will surely be a hit for kids (and adults) of all ages. Their shows are fully interactive, encouraging kids and parents to sing, dance, and participate in storytelling and finger plays.
This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Falmouth Public Library. |
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Movies Under the Stars: Fish Are Our Friends, Not Food
Wednesday August 9, 6 & 8pm Library Lawn The Falmouth Village Association will be showing double feature movies on the library lawn every Wednesday night at dusk (6pm-10pm) starting July 19th and ending August 16th! BYO blankets and chairs and join us on the library lawn to enjoy some outdoor family fun with Movies Under the Stars. These movies are weather dependent and are free to the public. No registration is required. Tonight's movie theme is Fish Are Our Friends, Not Food! |
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Weekly Programming for Teens and Adults Thursday: Book Bike at the Farmers' Market from 12:30pm-1:30pm in Marine Park (weather dependent) Tuesday: Sit n' Stitch from 10am-12pm at the East Falmouth Branch Genealogy Help Session from 2pm-4pm in the Reference Room Wednesday: Library Lawn Games from 9am-1pm at the East Falmouth Branch (weather dependent) Library Lawn Games from 10am-2pm at the North Falmouth Branch (weather dependent) Master Gardener Drop-In Help from 2pm-4pm in the KLB Entrance Hall |
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Narrative Nonfiction Book Club: 18 Tiny Deaths
Thursday August 3, 4-5pm
Hermann Room OR via Zoom "Frances Glessner Lee, born a socialite to a wealthy and influential Chicago family in the 1870s, was never meant to have a career, let alone one steeped in death and depravity. Best known for creating the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, Lee developed a system that used the Nutshells dioramas to train law enforcement officers to investigate violent crimes, and her methods are still used today.” |
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Falmouth Senior Center Book Club: Oh William!
Tuesday August 8, 1-2pm
Falmouth Senior Center Join us on Tuesday, August 8th at 1pm at the Senior Center (780 Main Street) as we discuss this month's selection Oh William: A Novel by Elizabeth Strout! 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. "Lucy Barton is a writer, but her ex-husband, William, remains a hard man to read. 'William,' she confesses, 'has always been a mystery to me.' Another mystery is why the two have remained connected after all these years. They just are. So Lucy is both surprised and not surprised when William asks her to join him on a trip to investigate a recently uncovered family secret - one of those secrets that rearrange everything we think we know about the people closest to us. What happens next is nothing less than another example of what Hilary Mantel has called Elizabeth Strout's 'perfect attunement to the human condition.' |
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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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