Monday, April 1, 2013


Thomaston Library News

 





 
 
From Joanna Hynd 354-2353

“Run Lola Run” film by Saltwater Film Society, April 25, 6:30pm

The Saltwater Film Society continues its library film series with something different. Run Lola Run is a wild and exciting fast-paced movie from Germany that cannot be neatly assigned to a type or genre. The plot is simple: Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 marks that her boyfriend Manni owes to drug dealers, otherwise he’s going to have to rob a store to get it. Ingeniously, we are treated to three versions of her run (or perhaps alternative universes), events unfold differently depending on the choices she makes in the beginning. The attention to detail is stunning, and every little image and incident is relevant to the taut plotting. A wonderfully choreographed study of time and space.



 Decoy Display
Through the month of April, Thomaston Public Library is displaying working duck and shorebird decoys carved and painted by Thomaston resident Paul Perkins. The decoys are similar to those used by market hunters along the eastern seaboard during the nineteenth century.

Mr. Perkins began carving decoys in his early teens, under the guidance of his father, the late Percy Perkins, whose decoys are well known throughout the country and sought by collectors. The collection on display in the library includes shorebirds and wading birds such as herons, egrets, sandpipers, and avocets, along with a large number of ducks, including mallards mergansers, and goldeneyes. In all, 34 decoys are on display. The decoy collection is available for public viewing in the Main Room of the library during all open hours through the month of April.

 
 
 
 

Submitted by: Joanna Hynd, 354-2453

 
Spring Break Activities at Thomaston Library
The Thomaston Public Library has something happening for kids every single day we're open during Spring Break week, April 15th through the 20th! All events take place at 11 AM.
Monday, April 15: Library closed for Patriots' Day
Tuesday, April 16: Dena Davis (Barefoot Books) Creative Writing Workshop
Wednesday, April 17: Musical Story Hour with Gigi Hynd
Thursday, April 18: Yoga for Kids with Jess Shepard
Friday, April 19: Puppet Show with Megan Rogers of Coastal Children's Museum
Saturday, April 20: Craft with artist & paper-doll maker Susan Beebe
 
Watch our Children's web page (at www.thomaston.lib.me.us) for more details as spring break approaches!


Submitted by Ann Harris, 354-2453

Celebrating the Magic of Words!

 
In celebration of National Poetry Month, Thomaston Public Library is hosting a poetry reading on Sunday, April 28, at 2 PM, featuring the following roster of fine Maine poets:

  • Lisa Panepinto of Orono
  • Carolyn Locke of Troy
  • Mary Jane Martin of Rockland
  • Dave Morrison of Camden
  • Bob MacLaughlin of Warren
  • Ronna Deloe of Thomaston
The reading will take place in the Main Room of the Thomaston Library and light refreshments will be served. In conjunction with Poetry Month, the library is also featuring a display of beautiful, new poetry books, many of which were donated by Marti Reed of the Personal Bookshop.

 

 


 



 

 
 
 
 


 
 

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