Thomaston Library News
'Leopold the
Frog', one of the many paper dolls made by Susan Beebe
Paper Doll Workshop,
Feb. 22
Susan Beebe will be at the Thomaston Public
Library on February 22 at 11:00 for a paper doll-making workshop. Susan Beebe
is an artist working and living in mid-coast Maine. She has a studio in
Rockland but also paints her environs on Maine's islands. She has been making
paper dolls for many years. The workshop will start at 11 am in the children’s
room. All ages are welcome. For more information, please call (207)354-2453.
The Thomaston Public Library is located at 60 Main St in the Thomaston Academy
Building. Parking is located of off Gleason Street.
Qi Gong Classes Moved to the Gym
The free weekly Qi Gong classes taught by Tim English and
sponsored by Thomaston Public Library have been a huge success. So many have
attended that the classes have been moved from the Thomaston Academy building’s
Room 200 to the gym. Classes are held weekly at 1 pm on Saturdays. Running time
is about an hour. There will be no
class on February 2.
Tim first started practicing Qi Gong, a Chinese exercise,
about three years ago. The term loosely translates to 'life force cultivation.'
The practice involves a combination of slow rhythmic movement and breathing
that provides the dual benefits of exercise and meditation.
This event is open to people of any age and skill level. No
experience is necessary. For more information, please call the Thomaston Public
Library at 354-2453.
Special Thomaston Library Hallway Bookshop Sale
Throughout the month of February, the Friends of
the Thomaston Public Library will hold a special Valentine sale in the Hallway
Bookshop at the Thomaston Public Library. The February sale will feature coffee
table books, two for the price of one.
We have lovely coffee table books on such
diverse subjects as Art, Classic Cars, Photography, Travel, the West, Crafts,
Nature, Cooking, and more! These books would make wonderful Valentine’s Day
gifts for that special someone. During our 2-for-1 sale, you can purchase them
at a bargain price of $3.00 a pair. Sets of more than two will be even further
reduced.
The sale begins Friday, February 1, and runs
through February 28 during all of the library’s open hours. Please call
354-2453 for more information.
Game Day
The Thomaston Public Library's first
Game Day for Grown-ups was such a success that we are definitely planning
another! We invite you to join us for our next event on Sunday, February 10, at
1 PM. Community members are invited to bring a game from home or try one of
ours. The activities will take place in the library’s main room. This will be a
monthly affair, so tell your neighbors and bring a friend! For more
information, please call the Thomaston Public Library at 354-2453.
Book Club
On Tuesday, February 19th, the
Thomaston Intergenerational Book Club will be discussing The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom, another very well-received
2010 debut novel. The popularity of this book has been achieved in that best of
all ways: slowly and surely, by word of mouth among book clubs and other ardent
readers who, by 2013, have turned this release into a break-out hit.
In 1791, a seven-year-old Irish girl named
Lavinia becomes orphaned while making the treacherous sea journey from Ireland
to America. She is taken to the ship captain’s tobacco plantation in Virginia,
where she is to live as an indentured servant. Assigned to work with the slaves
in the kitchen house, Lavinia bonds with her new slave family. Over time, she
is also accepted into the “big house’’ by the captain’s wife, who battles opium
addiction. Lavinia must learn to straddle two worlds, that of master and slave;
black and white. The Kitchen House
does not shrink from the horrors of plantation life or from depicting the
relative oppression of all women, free, indentured, or enslaved, in the 18th
Century South.
Reviewers have said:
“The Kitchen House is a tragic story of
page-turning suspense, exploring the meaning of family, where love and loyalty
prevail.” - Princeton Book Review
“These characters speak to the irrepressible
human spirit, and how it is possible to face adversity with strength.” – The
Copperfield Review
On the third Tuesday of each month, the
Intergenerational Book Club, a group of men and women of all ages, comes together
to share their opinions and ideas about the book selection. Extra copies of the
books are purchased by the Friends of the Thomaston Public Library from the
Annual Appeal funds. We thank you for your donations. All are welcome at the
Thomaston Library on February 19 at 2:30 p.m.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Food Drive
The Thomaston Public Library is once again
participating in the annual Martin Luther King, Jr., food drive for local food
pantries. You can drop off unopened, non-perishable food items with current
use-by dates at the Thomaston Library or the Cushing Library from now until
February 28. The food drive’s sponsors are St. John’s Church, Thomaston Baptist
Church, the Monday Morning Meeting, and Thomaston and Cushing public libraries.
Let’s keep Dr. King's spirit of service alive by filling our neighborhood food
pantries in this time of ever-growing need.
Danbury Mint Collection on Display
The Thomaston Public Library will feature a
special display of the exquisite set of Danbury Mint collectibles donated to
the library last fall by Mr. Keith Alley of Rockland. The set includes
finely-wrought, painted models of the Statue of Liberty, White House, U.S.
Capitol, Supreme Court building, and Lincoln, Jefferson, and U.S. Marine Corps
memorials.
This collection is now a permanent library
display, but we’d like to express our gratitude to Mr. Alley for his donation
and honor Presidents’ Day by highlighting it for six weeks within the main
display case inside the library. The models will appear, with descriptive tags,
set against the flag Mr. Alley donated along with the collection. The flag is
accompanied by a certificate from the Architect of the Capitol verifying that
the flag flew over the Capitol. This set of collectibles will be on display
from the 21st of January through the month of February.
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