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October 26, 2023 Weekly Newsletter In this Issue |
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Tuesday, November 7th, 3:30pm-4:30pm YA Room Come talk, watch and make your own manga/anime! New and veteran manga/anime fans are welcome! Meetings will include free snacks AND you will be provided with FREE access to the Crunchyroll streaming service, the Netflix of anime. Members will also have the opportunity to use professional sound equipment with FCTV to show off their voice acting skills and bring the manga alive! This program is for tweens, teens and young adults.
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Wednesday, November 8th, 3pm-4pm YA Room We had so much fun at our last event, we're doing part 2 of character creation! Come in to learn about creating a character for Dungeons and Dragons. Creating a character is often one of the more arduous and confusing elements when starting up a campaign, especially for new players and those who wish to play spellcasters. From the number crunch side of character creation to the narrative aspects of making your character feel real, we'll roll up character sheets, dive into characterization tips and tricks, explain the rules and options, and more! Snacks and refreshments will be provided! This program is for teens and young adults.
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Tuesday, November 14th, 6pm-7:30pmHermann Meeting Room Join Mary Ryther, Falmouth's Recycling and Solid Waste Coordinator, and Alan Robinson, chair of the Falmouth Solid Waste Advisory Committee, for a presentation and Q & A session about best practices for recycling in Falmouth! This event is free and open to the public, but we encourage you to register as space is limited. Mary Ryther is the Town of Falmouth’s Recycling & Solid Waste coordinator at the Department of Public Works. Prior to working with the Town, she operated a local food scrap composting business from 2013 - 2020. Trained as an architectural designer, Mary worked in residential design for many years before shifting her focus to environmental efforts. Alan Robinson chairs the Falmouth Solid Waste Advisory Committee. He is a co-founder of Litter Free Falmouth and a Falmouth Water Stewards board member. Alan is a retired environmental consulting firm executive. As a member of the Philadelphia rowing community, he was awarded the World Rowing Federation's first annual Sustainability Award for initiating and leading river and parkland stewardship efforts.
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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-5:30pm 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 Thursday: Why Knot Knit Nite from 5pm-7pm at the East Falmouth Branch Tuesday: Sit n' Stitch from 10am-12pm at the East Falmouth Branch Genealogy Help Session from 2pm-4pm in the Reference Room
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Joy of Learning Written Language Past and Present with Ryan Budnick Thursday, 10/26, 2pm-3pm Hermann Meeting Room Writing is one of the most widespread and influential technologies in the world (that you are using right now!), and has taken many forms across space and time. This course covers the history of writing systems, from ancient Cuneiform and the recently deciphered Mayan through to modern spelling reform movements. Different types of writing systems are surveyed, demonstrating how the particular system used by a community may be the result of a combination of historical accident, political expression, and functional need.
Ryan Budnick has a bachelor's degree in Linguistics from Princeton University and recently completed his Ph.D. in Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania. While his research focuses on the formal modeling of language acquisition, he has a deep interest in bringing accessible linguistics education to general audiences. If you already registered once, you do not need to register again.
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7 Scientific Reasons to Meditate Now, A Virtual Event Thursday, October 26th, 7pm-8pm Online via Zoom Join this virtual event with Manish Saggar, PhD and Assistant Professor in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, for a presentation of neuroscientific data on how regular meditation practices improve physical, mental, and emotional health. He will also discuss how happiness and harmony can be gained by focusing one's attention during meditation. Please register by clicking the button below.
Dr. Saggar directs the Brain Dynamics Lab at Stanford University, which is dedicated to developing computational methods for neuroimaging data to better understand individual differences in brain functioning. He received his doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin and completed his postdoctoral training at Stanford. As part of his doctoral work, he developed computational methods to understand how brain activity changes with intensive meditation training. Please note that this is virtual only, and our library will be closed for the day at that time! This Zoom event is brought to us by the Shrewsbury Public Library.
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Joy of Learning People, Land, and Climate Change with Skee (R.A.) HoughtonMonday, 10/30, 2pm-3pm Hermann Meeting Room The primary driver of climate change is carbon dioxide. What adds CO2 to the atmosphere? What removes it? How has the concentration changed over the last 170 years and longer? What can we do to slow or reverse the rise in CO2? This course will emphasize the role of land and land use in the global carbon cycle and in the management of future changes in climate. Skee (R.A.) Houghton is senior scientist emeritus at the Woodwell Climate Research Center in Falmouth. He was an active researcher at the Center for 35 years, studying the effects of land-use change on terrestrial carbon storage and climate change. He received a Ph.D. in ecology from Stony Brook University in 1979. He has worked at the Marine Biological Laboratory, at NASA, and has participated in numerous IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) assessments. If you already registered once, you do not need to registered again.
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Narrative Nonfiction Book Club - Empire of Pain (PAGES 220-434) Thursday, November 2nd, 4pm-5pm Hermann Meeting Room & via Zoom Please join us for the monthly meeting of the Narrative Nonfiction Book Club as we finish discussing the second half of Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (PAGES 220-434) by Patrick Radden Keefe. The group will meet in the Hermann meeting room and for those who wish to join us from home, you can join us via Zoom. The Zoom link will be provided upon registration. Come pick up a copy of the book at the reference desk and then join us to share your thoughts! "Presents a portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, who built their fortune on the sale of Valium and later sponsored the creation and marketing of one of the most commonly prescribed and addictive painkillers of the opioid crisis."
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Tea for Health: A Virtual Talk with Judy Palken Registered Dietitian Thursday, November 2nd, 5:30pm-6:30pm Online via Zoom Drinking tea seems to provide multiple health benefits, and there are so many varieties of delicious tea to enjoy! Join us and find some creative and practical ways to get more of this versatile and healthful beverage into your life. Also, enjoy tea art in this presentation - you will be amazed at how many wonderful paintings celebrate the tradition of drinking tea. Register below by clicking the button below. Judy Palken, MNS, RD, LDN is a registered dietitian who translates the science of nutrition into practical recommendations for health. She has a master's degree in Clinical Nutrition from Cornell University, and spent many years in Boston hospitals, with a specialty in cardiac nutrition. More recently, she has worked in nutrition research in the Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. Currently Judy develops nutrition classes, teaching how great food choices and other healthful behaviors can reduce inflammation, promote good health, and help us to feel our best. Please note that this is a virtual event only, and that it takes place when our library is not open. This Zoom talk has been shared with us by the Brewster Ladies Library!
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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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