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February 2025 |
 | We're packing a ton into the shortest month of the year! It might be cold outside, but we have new programs, exhibits, and resources to fill your days and keep them cozy.
We are also excited to announce that we've recently received a grant to improve our space for individuals who work remotely! If this applies to you, we'd love your input on how we can expand our support in this area. Please read on for details of a special listening session on February 11th where you can share your suggestions! |
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Are you a knitter? Even if you’re not, you will enjoy our upcoming exhibition “Tending to Our Knitting: Traditions and Trends”. Based on the collection of Jacqueline Fee, author of The Sweater Workshop, the exhibition will feature an array of historical knitted home goods and garments. From 19th century baby bonnets to 20th century fashionable sweaters, from knitting sheaths to red, white, and blue patriotic World War I knitting needles, we will explore the role
knitters played in producing domestic items for the home as well as the important public roles they played in providing soldier’s necessities during wartime.
This new exhibit will open on Saturday, February 22nd. We will be hosting an opening reception for this new exhibit on March 15th from 1:00-3:00PM. |
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Vote for our New Library Card Designs! |
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We have been so impressed with all the designs submitted to our library card design contest! Beginning on February 10th, you can vote for your favorite new library card design online or in person at Dyer Library/Saco Museum. The winning design in each of the three categories - adult, teen, and child - will be made into a limited edition library card available this spring!
Visit our website after 2/10 to vote online, or vote in person at the library Circulation and Children's Room desks and at the museum! |
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Remote Work Listening Session |
Tuesday, February 11th, 6:30-7:30PM | Deering Room |
Do you work remotely? We want to hear from you! We are thrilled to have recently received a grant to inprove our spaces for remote workers. Please join us to share your needs and suggestions, so that we can offer more in this area! |
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Senior Series: Coffee & Chat |
Tuesday, February 18th, 10:00-11:00AM | Reading Room |
Join Andrew Novick from Edward Jones for the presentation Health Care and Your Retirement. We’ll discuss Medicare coverage and traditional medical expenses, long-term medical expenses, and strategies for addressing out-of-pocket expenses. He'll bring the coffee, you bring the questions! |
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Cribbage & Cookies |
Tuesday, February 25th, 5:00-7:00PM | Reading Room |
Have you been looking to brush up your cribbage skills or for some new partners to challenge? Drop in to enjoy cookies and a few rounds of cribbage! We have a few cribbage boards for common use but also feel free to bring your own. We are offering this program in the evening this month, for those that aren't available during the day! |
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Eco Maine |
Wednesday, February 26th, 3:00-4:00PM | Deering Room |
Eco Maine will join us to answer all of your questions about recycling and conservation! We'll also hear about Saco's free composting program from Saco Parks and Recreation. |
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Author Storytime: Gerard Bianco |
Tuesday, February 18th, 10:30AM | Deering Room |
Local author Gerard Bianco will read his new children's book When Eggs Talk! Copies will be available to purchase and sign. For kids 3 years old and up. |
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Stuffie Sleepover |
Wednesday, February 19th | Children's Room |
Drop off your stuffie on Wednesday afternoon for a sleepover! The stuffies will spend the night at Dyer Library exploring all of the fun updates and changes we have made recently. We will post updates of the sleepover on Facebook. Thursday morning the stuffies will be ready to be picked up! |
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Stuffie Story Time |
Thursday, February 20th, 10:30AM | Deering Room |
Pick up your stuffie from the Stuffie Sleepover, or bring one with you to participate in a fun Story Time! |
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Animal Grouping |
Friday, February 21st, 10:30AM-11:00AM | Deering Room |
Join High Touch High Tech of Maine and learn about animals and how to group them by different attributes and habitats! Geared for preschool-aged children. |
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Electricity! |
Friday, February 21st, 11:15AM-12:15PM | Deering Room |
Join High Touch High Tech of Maine and explore the amazing world of electricity. Learn what’s “static” and “current” as you make hair rise and water bend. Transfer energy, generate electricity, touch lightning and get all the electrifying facts! Make an electromagnet as we uncover all the “attractive” and “repulsive” facts. Geared for school-aged children. |
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New Senior Series: Coffee & Chat
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We are excited to launch a new series highlighting topics of interest to the seniors in our community. On February 18th, February 24th, March 4th, and March 11th we will welcome Andrew Novick from Edward Jones for a series of presentations and conversations about retirement. Each week will cover a different topic. Expect about 30 minutes of information about the week's topic and 30 minutes of Q&A (questions are not limited to the week's theme). Andrew will bring the coffee - you bring the questions!
Look out for more events to come in this series. |
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Do you have bins overflowing with neglected art supplies? Materials for a project you're no longer interested in? Come swap them for something new! From February 24th to March 1st, bring in craft supplies to our main Circulation area, where we'll have a table for perusing and trading. Paints, yarn, fabric, markers, paper, beads - one person's donation is another person's treasure!
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Support DLSM with Flowers
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We are so pleased to have been selected as a nonprofit partner in the Hannaford Bloomin' 4 Good Program!
Dyer Library/Saco Museum will receive $1 for each specially marked Bloomin’ 4 Good bouquet sold during the month of February 2025 at the Saco Hannaford location (532 Main Street). A perfect gift for you or your Valentine! |
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Due to energy efficiency and safety concerns, we have had to permanently close the book drop closest to the Children's Room (located directly on the building). During library hours, please feel free to bring your returned books into our Circulation or Children's Rooms, and after hours please use the book drop located by the main entrance. Thank you!
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Beginning on Thursday, January 23, the museum will be open until 8:00 pm on Thursdays, rather than Fridays. Admission will be free after 4:00 PM, as it has been on Fridays in the past.
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Fall in Love with a New Book |
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Black in Blues
| Imani Perry |
Throughout history, the concept of Blackness has been remarkably intertwined with another color: blue. In this book, celebrated author Imani Perry uses the world’s favorite color as a springboard for a riveting emotional, cultural, and spiritual journey—an examination of race and Blackness that transcends politics or ideology. |
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Onyx Storm |
Rebecca Yarros |
In this third book of the Empyrean Series,a storm is coming...and not everyone can survive its wrath. Violet Sorrengail must undertake a journey that will test every bit of her wit, luck, and strength, but she will do anything to save what she loves―her dragons, her family, her home, and him. They need an army. They need power. They need magic. And they need the one thing only Violet can find―the truth. |
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The Queens of Crime |
Marie Benedict |
London, 1930. The five greatest women crime writers have banded together to form a secret society with a single goal: to show they are no longer willing to be treated as second class citizens by their male counterparts in the legendary Detection Club. Inspired by a true story in Dorothy Sayers’ own life, Marie Benedict brings to life the lengths to which five talented women writers will go to be taken seriously in the male-dominated world of letters as they unpuzzle a mystery torn from the pages of their own novels.
Releasing on February 11. |
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We All Live Here
| Jojo Moyes |
Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a house that is falling apart, and an elderly stepfather who seems to have quietly moved in. Her career is in freefall and her love life is... complicated. So when her real dad - a man she has barely seen since he ran off to Hollywood thirty-five years ago - suddenly appears on her doorstep, it feels like the final straw. But it turns out even the family you thought you could never forgive might have something to teach you: about love, and what it actually means to be family.
Releasing on February 11. |
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Coming Next Month: Office Trivia
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Calling all fans of The Office - how much do you know about the world of Dunder Mifflin? We're celebrating the 20th anniversary of the show's premiere with an Office Trivia Night on March 28th! Join us for snacks and the chance to win fun prizes (and bragging rights)!
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Mon: 9:30 am - 5 pm
Tue: 9:30 am - 8 pm
Wed: 9:30 am - 5 pm
Thu: 9:30 am - 8 pm
Fri: 9:30 am - 5 pm
Sat: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Sun: Closed
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Mon: Closed
Tue: noon - 4 pm
Wed: noon - 4 pm
Thu: noon - 8 pm
Fri: noon - 4 pm
Sat: 10 am - 4 pm
Sun: Closed
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