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SUMMARY:"Wild Maine" Series: American Black Bear Monitoring in Maine with Randy Cross (Center for Wildlife Studies)
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Wildlife Studies “Wild Maine” Series\, in partnership with the Camden Public Library\, continues with a presentation by bear biologist Randy Cross all about American Black Bear monitoring in Maine. This event will take place in the Picker Room and on Zoom on Tuesday\, March 12\, at 6:30 PM. Randy Cross will present an overview of Maine’s long term bear monitoring program with the Maine Fish & Wildlife Department.  \n\n\n\nThis is a hybrid event and will take place in person in the Picker Room at Camden Public Library as well as on Zoom. To attend virtually\, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LKkQxTwgS1mS8vMsh9V2wg \n\n\n\n\nRandy Cross worked as the field crew leader on Maine’s black bear monitoring project for 38 years\, with two field seasons each year\, including spring trapping and winter den visits. Cross is now retired but still works with the field crews on contract basis. He will soon be starting his 42nd trapping season and . “42 years of counting bears\,” says Cross. “I can’t wait!”  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe mission of the Center for Wildlife Studies is to provide accessible environmental education worldwide and promote wildlife conservation through science. \n\n\n\nLearn more about CWS by visiting their website: centerforwildlifestudies.org \n\n\n\nLearn more about the “Wild Maine” series here: centerforwildlifestudies.org/wild-maine
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/wild-maine-series-american-black-bear-monitoring-in-maine-with-randy-cross-center-for-wildlife-studies/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Center for Wildlife Studies "Wild Maine" Series: Snakes of Maine with Derek Yorks
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Wildlife Studies “Wild Maine” Series\, in partnership with the Camden Public Library\, continues with a presentation by Derek Yorks\, wildlife biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and co-founder of Wild Vision Systems\, for a presentation all about the snakes of Maine. This event will take place in the Picker Room and on Zoom on Tuesday\, March 5\, at 6:30 PM. \n\n\n\nThis is a hybrid event and will take place in person in the Picker Room at Camden Public Library as well as on Zoom. To attend virtually\, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mLxUNXkLS2isjgRqdtRHhQ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhether you like them or loathe them\, snakes tend to strike a chord deep in the human psyche. Maine is home to 9 species of snakes\, from the small and secretive ring-necked snake to the (relatively) large and easily observed northern water snake. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife keeps track of all Maine snake species and is actively studying populations of Maine’s largest and rarest snake\, the State Endangered northern black racer. \n\n\n\n\nDerek Yorks\, M.S.\, Wildlife Biologist – Derek serves as the Department’s lead biologist on reptile and amphibian issues\, where he coordinates research and conservation efforts on several priority rare species.  Derek is currently focused on assessing the distribution\, status\, and management needs of black racers\, Blanding’s\, spotted\, and wood turtles in Maine\, coordinating Maine’s efforts with that of several working groups in the Northeast on these species.  Derek is also studying and guiding mitigation recommendations for the impacts of roadways on Maine’s reptiles and amphibians. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe mission of the Center for Wildlife Studies is to provide accessible environmental education worldwide and promote wildlife conservation through science. \n\n\n\nLearn more about CWS by visiting their website: centerforwildlifestudies.org \n\n\n\nLearn more about the “Wild Maine” series here: centerforwildlifestudies.org/wild-maine
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/center-for-wildlife-studies-wild-maine-series-snakes-of-maine-with-derek-yorks/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for Portland Press Herald 2023 Photos of the Year — Exhibit in the Picker Room Gallery
DESCRIPTION:The public is invited to join Portland Press Herald photo editor Michele McDonald and chief photographer Greg Rec at the opening reception on Saturday\, March 2 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. in the Picker Room at the Camden Public Library to view the exhibit and enjoy refreshments. The reception is free and open to all! \n\n\n\nPortland Press Herald’s 2023 Photos of the Year will be on exhibit in the Picker Room Gallery at the Camden Public Library during the month of March.* This is your chance to view stunning prints of the best of photojournalism in 2023 from Portland Press Herald photographers. \n\n\n\n\nGregory Rec/Staff Photographer\n\n\n\nShawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer\n\n\n\nBrianna Soukup/Staff Photographer\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nBeauty comes in many forms. A diver suspended in midair. A flock of pigeons rising in the snow. The stillness of a lobster boat and a man and dog on a paddleboard in calm ocean waters at sunset. Portland Press Herald photographers uncover unexpected beauty every day. They show us the profound beauty of connection. We share some of the best photos of the year at the Camden Public Library March 1 through March 28. \n\n\n\n*The Picker Room hosts meetings and library events and is not always open for viewing. Please call ahead or check our website calendar to see what’s happening daily.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/opening-reception-for-portland-press-herald-2023-photos-of-the-year-exhibit-in-the-picker-room-gallery/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Portland Press Herald 2023 Photos of the Year — Exhibit in the Picker Room Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Portland Press Herald’s 2023 Photos of the Year will be on exhibit in the Picker Room Gallery at the Camden Public Library during the month of March.* This is your chance to view stunning prints of the best of photojournalism in 2023 from Portland Press Herald photographers. \n\n\n\nThe public is invited to join Portland Press Herald photo editor Michele McDonald and chief photographer Greg Rec at an opening reception on March 2 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. in the Picker Room at the Camden Public Library.  \n\n\n\n\nGregory Rec/Staff Photographer\n\n\n\nShawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer\n\n\n\nBrianna Soukup/Staff Photographer\n\n\n\n\nBeauty comes in many forms. A diver suspended in midair. A flock of pigeons rising in the snow. The stillness of a lobster boat and a man and dog on a paddleboard in calm ocean waters at sunset. Portland Press Herald photographers uncover unexpected beauty every day. They show us the profound beauty of connection. We share some of the best photos of the year at the Camden Public Library March 1 through March 28. \n\n\n\n*The Picker Room hosts meetings and library events and is not always open for viewing. Please call ahead or check our website calendar to see what’s happening daily.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/portland-press-herald-2023-photos-of-the-year-exhibit-in-the-picker-room-gallery/
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SUMMARY:Big Conversations in 10 Short Minutes! on Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Three conversations in an hour with other people in Maine. The prompts are simple. The conversations are non-political. What might you learn about (or from) your fellow humans? Let’s find out.  \n\n\n\nThis is a virtual program. Please sign up here or use the form below and you will receive a Zoom link in your email before the program. \n\n\n\nIn the dark moments in winter\, let’s connect with other Mainers on Zoom and discover a little pocket of meaning together. And if you don’t click\, you’ll have a new person to talk to in less than ten minutes! There is no goal\, no agenda\, other than a brief conversation. This program is offered in January\, February\, and March. \n\n\n\nA collaboration with people from Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library\, Camden Public Library\, Curtis Memorial Library\, Falmouth Memorial Library\, Kennebunk Library\, Lubec Memorial Library\, Merrill Memorial Library\, Prince Memorial Library\, Scarborough Public Library\, Thomas Memorial Library\, Walker Memorial Library\, and Windham Public Library.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/big-conversations-in-10-short-minutes-on-zoom/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Camden Garden Club Winter Horticulture Series: "Living on the Edge: The Changing Waterfront Environment" with Blake Sanborn
DESCRIPTION:Camden Garden Club’s 56th Annual Winter Horticulture SeriesJanuary 30 – February 27\, 2024 \n\n\n\nJoin us this winter for another series of fascinating free horticulture talks\, presented by the Camden Garden Club and hosted on Zoom by the Camden Public Library. Programs will be held via Zoom on Tuesdays at 9:30 AM\, January 30 – February 27\, 2024. The full list of programs and links to register can be found here. \n\n\n\nOn Tuesday\, February 27\, at 9:30 a.m.\, we welcome speaker Blake Sanborn\, Landscape Architect and Camden Garden Club Member\, for a presentation about Living on the Edge: The Changing Waterfront Environment. \n\n\n\nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4BUbPAi-S3mtOUFc6RyomA \n\n\n\nBlake Sanborn\, Landscape Architect at Richardson and Associates and Camden Garden Club Member\, is an award-winning landscape architecture leader with over 20 years of experience\, designing and implementing community-serving open spaces\, residential properties and mixed-use development. Blake is proud to volunteer on the NCC Executive Committee of the American Society of Landscape Architects where he has chaired the Stewardship and Sustainability committee. His expertise on changing waterfront environment is a greatly anticipated topic.    \n\n\n\nPhoto from Richardson & Associates
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/camden-garden-club-winter-horticulture-series-living-on-the-edge-the-changing-waterfront-environment-with-blake-sanborn/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Retirement Reception for Ken Gross - You're Invited!
DESCRIPTION:The public is invited to Ken’s Retirement Reception on Sunday\, February 25\, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. in the Reading Room. The event will be a celebration of the Library as well as a recognition of Ken Gross’s tenure at CPL. There will be live music\, refreshments\, and good company! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter twenty years of service\, Ken Gross will be retiring from the Library staff at the end of February\, 2024. Ken started at the Library as part-time program director\, planning\, promoting\, and hosting all the adult programs at the library in 2004. Programs\, then as now\, included authors and poets\, of course\, and also artists\, musicians\, historians\, actors\, environmentalists\, naturalists\, architects\, gardeners\, health counselors\, book clubs\, writing classes\, and travelers and experts from all over. Ken also hosted a long-running Coffeehouse series at the library and an ongoing Songwriters series. \n\n\n\nIn addition to filling the Library’s calendar with community events\, Ken had many other roles at the library. As Assistant Library Director and Director of the Walsh History Center\, Ken oversaw renovations on the Library’s second floor\, and painting\, roofing\, HVAC\, and ongoing repair projects over the years. He promoted Camden’s annual Winterfest celebration over the past two decades. The Camden Herald was digitized and posted online under his guidance. The Library’s Summer Concert Series and Summer Movie series through the years were part of Ken’s responsibilities\, as well as hosting and support of many town organizations over the years such as the Camden Conference\, Camden Garden Club\, Camden Philosophical Society\, the Camden-Rockport Historical Society\, Union of Maine Visual Artists\, Senior College\, and the Library’s own Harbor Arts festival and regular book sales \n\n\n\n“I won’t be going far!” said Ken. “I have several projects that I want to see through in the History Center that I intend to keep working on as a volunteer. The Camden library is the best place to be!”
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/retirement-reception-for-ken-gross-youre-invited/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Chess Club
DESCRIPTION:The Camden Chess Club will meet in person in the Picker Room at the Camden Public Library on Friday at 4:00 PM. All levels are welcome! Chess sets are provided. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, contact Evan Annis at camdenchessclub@gmail.com
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/chess-club-2024-02-23/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240222T183000
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SUMMARY:Woodland Stewardship & Forest Carbon: What can a forest landowner do to counter climate change? (Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, February 22 at 6:30 PM on Zoom\, Andy Whitman and Allyssa Gregory from the Maine Forest Service will present on ways to steward your woodland with forest carbon in mind. They will discuss forest carbon basics\, forest resilience\, forest carbon practices\, and provide information on where to find additional resources\, and who to contact for professional guidance. \n\n\n\nThis is a virtual program on Zoom. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ndTfK4A3Q1y4rdy_uAneAQ \n\n\n\nAndy Whitman is the Climate and Carbon Specialist at the Maine Forest Service.  This is a new role where Andy is working with MFS district foresters to provide science-based information to woodland owners about managing their woodlands for resilience to climate impacts and improving forest carbon storage while managing for their other woodland objectives.  He has an M.S. in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Maine at Orono.  He has spent most of his life living and working in Maine including 25 years on forestry and forest ecology.  His lifetime focus has been on the sustainable management of forests and farmland for the benefit of humans and nature. \n\n\n\nAllyssa Gregory is the Maine Forest Service’s District Forester for the MidCoast and Acting Land Owner Outreach Forester. She assists with regulatory issues related to NRPA and FPA\, leads educational workshops\, and offers in-person visits to landowners with 10+ forested acres. She obtained a forestry degree from Southern Illinois University\, Carbondale. Her professional background includes rural forestry\, urban forestry\, horticulture\, and structure firefighting. Allyssa is involved with the Tree Farm program as a certified inspector and serves as the chair for Knox & Waldo counties. She is a Project Learning Tree facilitator and can assist educators with natural resource based programs.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/woodland-stewardship-forest-carbon-what-can-a-forest-landowner-do-to-counter-climate-change-zoom/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:"All About Screech Owls" with Jim Wright (Zoom) - Midcoast Audubon
DESCRIPTION:The Mid-Coast Audubon‘s series of nature talks in partnership with the Camden Public Library continues with a BONUS program on Tuesday\, February 20 at 6:00 PM on Zoom with Jim Wright\, author of The Screen Owl Companion: Everything You Need to Know About These Beneficial Raptors.  \n\n\n\nThis is a virtual presentation on Zoom. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oGd64QHAQNiGBFsuo2_Zew \n\n\n\nPlease note that this program starts at 6:00 PM\, not 6:30. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScreech owls are the owl most likely to nest in a backyard\, but few people know how to entice them to move in—or how to thwart those pesky squirrel interlopers. Jim Wright\, author of The Screech Owl Companion\, from Timber Press\, will tell all.  Jim thinks the photos alone are worth the price of this entertaining compendium\, but see for yourself. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJim Wright is also the author of The Real James Bond\, a biography of the author and birdman who summered on Mount Desert Island and fell prey to the world’s most famous case of identity theft. The Wall Street Journal called it “slim and elegant” — like Bond himself. Jim’s other books include large-format books about Central America’s largest rainforest\, Pennsylvania’s legendary Hawk Mountain\, and the New Jersey Meadowlands.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/all-about-screech-owls-zoom/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Camden Garden Club Winter Horticulture Series: "Container Gardens\, Butterfly Gardens and All that Stuff" with Doug Tallamy
DESCRIPTION:Camden Garden Club’s 56th Annual Winter Horticulture SeriesJanuary 30 – February 27\, 2024 \n\n\n\nJoin us this winter for another series of fascinating free horticulture talks\, presented by the Camden Garden Club and hosted on Zoom by the Camden Public Library. Programs will be held via Zoom on Tuesdays at 9:30 AM\, January 30– February 27\, 2024. The full list of programs and links to register can be found here. \n\n\n\nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_75KAfXxlQ0Oq9SmwyRnz8Q \n\n\n\nOn Tuesday\, February 20\, at 9:30 a.m.\, we welcome speaker Doug Tallamy\, TA Baker Professor of Agriculture at the University of Delaware and co-founder of Homegrown National Parks\, for a presentation about Container Gardens\, Butterfly Gardens and All that Stuff. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHere is a sneak preview of some of the many tips Tallamy will be sharing: Many native plants have extensive root systems\, so use large pots Some native species can grow tall and will need a wall\, stake\, trellis\, or hoop for support. Perennial species (plants that live for more than one year) may come back year after year. It is important to leave pots outside in a semi-sheltered area so that the plants go through natural cold cycles. Clay\, ceramic\, and terracotta pots may crack in low temperatures. If you live in an area with cold winters\, consider using plastic pots. At the end of the season\, if you don’t want to keep your potted plant\, either plant it in the ground or give it to a friend. And\, please remember to log your container plants on the HNP map!  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo learn more about Doug Tallamy and his work\, visit Tallamy’s Hub at Homegrown National Park\, or his page at the University of Delaware.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/camden-garden-club-winter-horticulture-series-container-gardens-butterfly-gardens-and-all-that-stuff-with-doug-tallamy/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240219T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240219T235959
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SUMMARY:Library closed for Presidents' Day
DESCRIPTION:The library will be closed on Monday\, February 19 for Presidents’ Day. We will open again on Tuesday\, February 20.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/library-closed-for-presidents-day/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar,Kids' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240216T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240216T153000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Workshop - Breaking the Silence: Writing Toward Healing and Resilience with Mary Brancaccio and Ellen Goldsmith
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is FULL. If you would like to add yourself to the waitlist\, please click here. When completing the form\, please write “Waitlist” after your name. You will be contacted if a spot opens up! \n\n\n\nThe Camden Public Library is delighted to welcome back poets Mary Brancaccio and Ellen Goldsmith for another poetry writing workshop on Friday\, February 16\, 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. in the Picker Room. Breaking the Silence: Writing Toward Healing and Resilience is grounded in the idea of writing as a tool to process grief\, illness and loss. Through poems and writing prompts\, we will explore the concepts of absence and presence\, hiding and revealing\, speech and silence. The goal is to help participants develop ideas\, begin drafts of poems\, and learn how to address common obstacles to writing about personal experiences. Useful strategies and poetic craft moves will be presented. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMary Brancaccio is the author of Fierce Geometry\, published by Get Fresh Books Publishing. Her poetry has appeared in Naugatuck River Review\, Minerva Rising\, and Edison Literary Review\, Adana Literary Journal\, among others. She has an MFA in Poetry and is a Pushcart Prize nominee. Brancaccio’s poetry is also included in Writing the Land: Maine and Writing the Land: Northeast\, as well as two international anthologies of poetry. Her website is ghostgirlpoet.com. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEllen Goldsmith is the author of Left Foot\, Right Foot\, Where to Look\, Such Distances and No Pine Tree in This Forest Is Perfect\, winner of the 1997 Slapering Hol Chapbook Contest. Her poems have been published in numerous journals including The Healing Muse\, Intima\, Bellevue Literary Review as well as the anthologies Wait: Poems from the Pandemic and Enough: Poems of Resistance and Protest. Professor Emeritus of the City University of New York\, she lives in Cushing Maine.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/poetry-workshop-breaking-the-silence-writing-toward-healing-and-resilience-with-mary-brancaccio-and-ellen-goldsmith/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240215T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240215T190000
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SUMMARY:Midcoast Audubon: "Welcome to the Pyrocene" with David Govatski (Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the Pyrocene: Ecological Implications for a Planet on Fire \n\n\n\nThe Mid-Coast Audubon‘s series of nature talks in partnership with the Camden Public Library continues on Thursday\, February 15 at 6:00 PM on Zoom with David Govatski\, former fire management office for the US Forest Service.  \n\n\n\n“Pyrocene” is a term used to describe the human use of fire and how it impacts our planet. The term was first coined in 2015 by Stephen Pyne of Arizona State University. Fire can be a friend or foe. This program will describe how humans first harnessed fire and eventually switched to burning fossil fuels. We will then discuss forest fire ecology\, zombie forests\, prescribed fire\, fire weather\, and related topics to better understand the ecological implications of a planet that seems to be on fire. \n\n\n\nThis is a virtual program on Zoom. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-9P_lLctSAmKmhNUn6J-yw \n\n\n\nPlease note that this program starts at 6:00 PM\, not 6:30! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid Govatski is a naturalist and author. He retired after working for the US Forest Service for over 30 years. He served as a fire management officer on a national interagency incident management team for eight years. David’s first job in the Forest Service was as a fire lookout on the Devil’s Head Lookout on the Pike National Forest in Colorado. He worked on the Redmond Hotshot firefighting crew on the Deschutes National Forest in Oregon and worked on numerous large forest fires\, including the 1988 Yellowstone Fires. He also worked on multiple prescribed fires in his career. David has maintained a strong personal interest in the study of fire ecology. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMID-COAST AUDUBON\, SERVING THE MAINE COUNTIES OF KNOX\, LINCOLN\, AND WALDO\n\n\n\nMid-Coast Audubon is a chapter of Audubon\, and affiliated with Maine Audubon. We cover the midcoast inland from Boothbay Harbor\, west to Windsor and China\, and east along the coast to Bucksport. Our mission is to promote long-term\, responsible use of natural resources through informed membership\, education and community awareness. \n\n\n\nThroughout the year fascinating and informative programs are presented (free!) via the Camden Public Library\, and there are numerous field trips to see birds and learn about the natural history of Maine. Come be part of the fun and learning. Check out our events page for dates/times. You can also watch the recorded presentations from earlier programs.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/midcoast-audubon-welcome-to-the-pyrocene-with-david-govatski-zoom/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Camden Garden Club Winter Horticulture Series: "Sculpture and Art at the Dallas Arboretum"
DESCRIPTION:Camden Garden Club’s 56th Annual Winter Horticulture SeriesJanuary 30 – February 27\, 2024 \n\n\n\nJoin us this winter for another series of fascinating free horticulture talks\, presented by the Camden Garden Club and hosted on Zoom by the Camden Public Library. Programs will be held via Zoom on Tuesdays at 9:30 AM\, January 30– February 27\, 2024. The full list of programs and links to register can be found here. \n\n\n\nOn Tuesday\, February 13\, at 9:30 a.m.\, we welcome Karen Brooks from the Bureau of the Dallas Arboretum for a presentation about Sculpture and Art at the Dallas Arboretum. \n\n\n\nKaren will discuss ground-breaking horticultural research conducted in the Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Garden Trial Gardens as well as discussing the recent sculpture exhibition. Tucked among the blossoming tulips\, azaleas\, and daffodils of Dallas Blooms at the Dallas Arboretum are some very familiar faces\, waiting for visitors to stop for a chat. They are Gary Lee Price’s “Great Contributors” bronze sculptures depicting some of history’s most inspiring figures. \n\n\n\nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_R0Sw5CwIRAKr3T3Ok20FkQ
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/camden-garden-club-winter-horticulture-series-sculpture-and-art-at-the-dallas-arboretum/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240211T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240211T153000
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SUMMARY:"Freedom’s Woods: Peterborough and African Americans in Midcoast Maine\, 1776-1865" with Kate McMahon of the National Museum of African American History & Culture
DESCRIPTION:The Camden Public Library welcomes Kate McMahon\, Global Slavery Historian at the National Museum of African American History & Culture for her talk\, “Freedom’s Woods: Peterborough and African Americans in Midcoast Maine\, 1776-1865” on Sunday\, February 11\, at 2:00 p.m. in the Picker Room and on Zoom. This event is part of the 2024 Speaker Series co-sponsored by the Camden-Rockport Historical Society and is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\nThe historic African American community of Peterborough was founded by Amos and Sarah Peters in Warren\, Maine. Amos and Sarah built a community based upon kinship and freedom-making in the woods of rural Maine that existed until the early 20th century. This talk will explore the history of Peterborough\, and the broader history of African Americans in Maine during the 18th and 19th centuries. \n\n\n\nAmanda Shelmerdine\, the town of Warren’s sexton\, will also be present. Amanda will share about her work researching and dedicating a war memorial for the veterans of the Peterborough community. \n\n\n\n Photograph of the Peterborough schoolhouse\, District 16\, Warren\, ca. 1870. Warren Historical Society\, R2017.20.275. Courtesy Penobscot Marine Museum.\n\n\n\nThis is a hybrid event and will take place in the Picker Room as well as on Zoom. To attend virtually\, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ptAz4Vd0TImVa9fUWgq_5w \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKate McMahon is the Historian of Global Slavery at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington\, D.C. and leads research efforts at the Center for the Study of Global Slavery. She currently leads research on an exhibition that will open at the NMAAHC in December 2024\, titled In Slavery’s Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World. She received her B.A. in Art History and M.A. in American and New England Studies from the University of Southern Maine. She completed her Ph.D. in History at Howard University in 2017. Her dissertation was entitled The Transnational Dimensions of Africans and African Americans in Northern New England\, 1776-1865. Her current research explores New England’s connections to and complicity in the illegal slave trade and colonialism\, 1809-1900. She is committed to exploring the living legacies of slavery and the slave trade in the present day and interpreting this history for a broad public through frequent public speaking engagements and scholarly production. Learn more about Kate McMahon at her website\, www.katemcmahon.net.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/freedoms-woods-peterborough-and-african-americans-in-midcoast-maine-1776-1865-with-kate-mcmahon-of-the-national-museum-of-african-american-history-culture/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240210T130000
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SUMMARY:Free Valentine Papercraft Workshop with Joelle Webber - Chocolate Purses!
DESCRIPTION:This program has limited spots! Registration is first come\, first serve. Click here to register or fill out the form below. \n\n\n\nJoin paper and book artist Joelle Webber in the Picker Room on Saturday\, February 10\, at 1:00 p.m. to create these adorable and giftable Chocolate Valentine Purses. Using pretty paper and ribbons\, these fun little paper pouches lend themselves to personalized gift giving. Tools\, materials and chocolates will be provided! This workshop is FREE! Donations are appreciated to help cover the cost of materials. \n\n\n  \n\n\nThis workshop has been rescheduled from Jumpstart January to a new date of Saturday\, February 10. \n\n\n\nJoelle Webber has spent forty years collecting book arts techniques in college & workshop settings. At Mermaid Bindery she binds books and boxes for others. As well as writing\, paper decorating\, collage\, calligraphy\, pop-up & paper sculpting to illustrate her own artist books. Building on these creative techniques\, she designs workshops for many different communities of makers.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/valentines/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240210T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240210T120000
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SUMMARY:Art Story Time at the Page Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Join Miss Amy at the Page Gallery’s Youth Art Still Life Month for a special art story time on the 10th and Creative Art Afternoon on the 22nd!
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/art-story-time-at-the-page-gallery/2024-02-10/
CATEGORIES:Kids' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240207T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240207T170000
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SUMMARY:World Read Aloud Day - Story Time with Chris Van Dusen
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate World Read Aloud Day with us! On Wednesday\, February 7 at 4:00 p.m. in the Picker Room children’s book author and illustrator Chris Van Dusen will read aloud from some of his favorites.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/world-read-aloud-day-story-time-with-chris-van-dusen/
CATEGORIES:Kids' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240207T134500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240207T144500
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SUMMARY:World Read Aloud Day - Special Story Time with Miss Stefanie & Partner Reading with Miss Amy
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate World Read Aloud Day with us on Wednesday\, February 7! Join Miss Stefanie for a special story time at 1:45 p.m. in the Picker Room\, followed by partner reading with Miss Amy!
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/world-read-aloud-day-special-story-time-with-miss-stefanie-partner-reading-with-miss-amy/
CATEGORIES:Kids' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240206T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240206T193000
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SUMMARY:Center for Wildlife Studies Wild Maine Series "Swamp Donkey:  Wild and Not So Wild Stories of Maine Moose" with Lee Kantar
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Wildlife Studies “Wild Maine” Series\, in partnership with the Camden Public Library\, continues with a presentation by Lee Kantar\, State Moose Biologist for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife\, on Tuesday\, February 6\, at 6:30 PM.  \n\n\n\nKantar will share about legends\, lessons\, and the livelihood of Maine’s most iconic mammal. You will learn about the biology\, ecology\, and uniquely interesting facets of the moose and its world. This program will reveal how cool moose truly are! \n\n\n\nThis is a hybrid program and will take place in the Picker Room and on Zoom. To attend virtually\, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fs93hkcjQ_iup05AV1F2yw \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLee Kantar is the State Moose Biologist for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. He is responsible for the research and management of moose for the state of Maine. His focus is on moose population dynamics\, disease\, and management. Lee was honored by the North American Moose Conference as a Distinguished Moose Biologist in 2019.  \n\n\n\nPhoto: Kantar getting read to put a radio collar on a moose. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe mission of the Center for Wildlife Studies is to provide accessible environmental education worldwide and promote wildlife conservation through science. \n\n\n\nLearn more about CWS by visiting their website: centerforwildlifestudies.org \n\n\n\nLearn more about the “Wild Maine” series here: centerforwildlifestudies.org/wild-maine
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/center-for-wildlife-studies-wild-maine-series-maines-moose-biologist-lee-kantar/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240206T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240206T103000
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SUMMARY:Camden Garden Club Winter Horticulture Series: "Garden Design with a New England Lens" with Irene Barber\, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardeners
DESCRIPTION:Camden Garden Club’s 56th Annual Winter Horticulture SeriesJanuary 30 – February 27\, 2024 \n\n\n\nJoin us this winter for another series of fascinating free horticulture talks\, presented by the Camden Garden Club and hosted on Zoom by the Camden Public Library. Programs will be held via Zoom on Tuesdays at 9:30 AM\, January 30– February 27\, 2024. The full list of programs and links to register can be found here. \n\n\n\nOn Tuesday\, February 6\, at 9:30 a.m.\, we welcome Irene Barber of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardeners for a presentation about Garden Design with a New England Lens. \n\n\n\nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ad-Qu5AoTg2l5jbBtMD4bw \n\n\n\nIrene Barber\, registered Horticultural Therapist (HTR) and coordinator of the Horticultural Therapy Program at CMBG\, will speak about ecologically conscious landscapes\, design\, and gardening. She is the designer of the Farnsworth Museum Gardens. Barber knows about the intimate relationship between people and plants—sun to soil\, seed to root\, plant to harvest\, harvest to human\, human to human. It’s that connection that drew her to the practice of horticultural therapy (HT)\, defined by Barber as\, “the transformation that happens when we work with the earth to improve well-being. She adds\, “plants\, like people\, are resilient; they can heal\, they can recover\, rehabilitate\, rejuvenate\, and prefer to live in communities. They bounce back. When we think about designing a garden\, we so often think about nurturing the plant\, it’s also about how that plant is nurturing us.” 
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/camden-garden-club-winter-horticulture-series-garden-design-with-a-new-england-lens-with-irene-barber-coastal-maine-botanical-gardeners/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240203T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240203T160000
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for "A Child Within" Photography by Amy Wilton — Exhibit in the Picker Room Gallery
DESCRIPTION:The Camden Public Library welcomes artist and photographer Amy Wilton for a photography exhibit titled “A Child Within” in the Picker Room Gallery during the month of February*. \n\n\n\nThe public is invited to view the exhibit and meet Amy during the Opening Reception on Saturday\, February 3\, 2:00 – 4:00 PM in the Picker Room at the Camden Public Library. \n\n\n\n\n“This body of work was literally born from my womb in the year 2000. A visual chronicle of the life of my two children\, Emma and Nigel\, and their friends\, it documents them from their most boisterous moments to times of quiet reflection. It is in those quiet times that I sense something greater\, something spiritual\, embracing them. I consider these photographs a form of self-portraiture. In each image\, I find my best and worst traits reflected back at me through their attitude and gestures.  \n\n\n\nThere is a delicate balance a mother walks when she chooses to maintain her own identity while raising her children. For me\, this work validates my time spent as a mother and an artist\, in a way that is both concrete and emotional. It also gives me permission to be engaged with my children while still adding to my body of work. I consider this a permanent work in process\, as are both my children and myself.”  \nAmy Wilton\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmy Wilton is a local fine art and commercial photographer. In 1997\, she moved to Camden and received her MFA in Photography from Maine Media College. Amy has documented a generation of mid-coast families including her own. She has contributed to many books by Down East Press and self-published a monograph called A Child Within in 2008. She is currently working on an updated version. Her fine art has been exhibited most recently at The Steel House in Rockland and at Cove Street Arts in Portland\, and her photographs at FotoNostrum gallery in Barcelona. Emma Wilton grew up in Hope and is studying modern dance at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City. \n\n\n\n*The Picker Room hosts meetings and library events and is not always open for viewing. Please call ahead or check our website calendar to see what’s happening daily.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/opening-reception-for-a-child-within-photography-by-amy-wilton-exhibit-in-the-picker-room-gallery/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240202T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240202T173000
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SUMMARY:Chess Club
DESCRIPTION:There will be no chess club on February 2. Join again next Friday! \n\n\n\nThe Camden Chess Club will meet in person in the Picker Room at the Camden Public Library on Friday at 4:00 PM. All levels are welcome! Chess sets are provided. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, contact Evan Annis at camdenchessclub@gmail.com
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/chess-club-2024-02-02/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240201T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240201T193000
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SUMMARY:"Coming Home" Author Talk with Kay Tobler Liss\, in Conversation with Joseph Coté
DESCRIPTION:The Camden Public Library is delighted to present Maine author Kay Tobler Liss in conversation with Joseph Coté in the Picker Room and on Zoom on Thursday\, February 1\, at 6:30 PM to discuss and read excerpts from Liss’s new novel\, Coming Home. A book signing will follow. \n\n\n\nThis is a hybrid program and will take place in the Picker Room as well as on Zoom. To attend virtually\, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DYXrHlYNQoeS_wu1qXSl9w \n\n\n\nAbout Coming Home \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFour generations of a family return to cherished places in nature from their youth and uncover buried secrets about themselves. From the coast of North Carolina to New York\, from Savannah\, Georgia to Switzerland\, the special places include a meadow\, a pine grove\, a river\, and mountain valley. Their journeys begin after a Christmas dinner and end a year later when they gather again to share their stories and start to heal as a family. They finally face a pivotal event—the death of a sibling and son. The most valuable lesson they learn is that nature can not only be a source of beauty and solace but of personal transformation and expanding compassion for all life. \n\n\n\n“Kay Tobler Liss’s Coming Home is a tender\, compassionately rendered novel about place\, family\, and the triumph of return. About memory. About cherishing\, and at a time when we need it most.” \n\n\n\n—-Jack Driscoll\, author of Twenty Stories\, and other volumes of short stories\, novels\, and poetry. He is the recipient of a PEN/Nelson Algren Short Fiction Award and a 1998 Editor’s Book Award. \n\n\n\n“A tender and lyrical portrayal of a family propelled into the future by the special places of their past. Liss’s intimate connection to nature and its healing power is on full display. Heartfelt and hopeful.” \n\n\n\n—Laurel Dodge\, author of The Buoyant Letters of Mimsy Bell \n\n\n\nAbout Kay Tobler Liss \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKay Tobler Liss’s greatest passion is for the natural world. She began writing poetry while out in the woods where she grew up on Long Island\, New York. She won a prize for her poetry at 17\, and went on to study literature at Bard College and Environmental Studies at Southampton College. Kay Tobler Liss wrote for newspapers and magazines for many years\, and also taught literature on the high school and college level but had always wanted to write a novel. Her first novel\, The Last Resort published in July 2020\, combined both her passion for nature and for social justice for oppressed people. Her new novel\, Coming Home\, deals with how nature can not only save us as individuals but help us find common ground with other people and all living things.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/coming-home-author-talk-with-kay-tobler-liss/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240227T235959
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SUMMARY:"A Child Within" Photography by Amy Wilton — Exhibit in the Picker Room Gallery
DESCRIPTION:The Camden Public Library welcomes artist and photographer Amy Wilton for a photography exhibit titled “A Child Within” in the Picker Room Gallery during the month of February*. \n\n\n\nThe public is invited to view the exhibit and meet Amy during the Opening Reception on Saturday\, February 3\, 2:00 – 4:00 PM in the Picker Room at the Camden Public Library. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“This body of work was literally born from my womb in the year 2000. A visual chronicle of the life of my two children\, Emma and Nigel\, and their friends\, it documents them from their most boisterous moments to times of quiet reflection. It is in those quiet times that I sense something greater\, something spiritual\, embracing them. I consider these photographs a form of self-portraiture. In each image\, I find my best and worst traits reflected back at me through their attitude and gestures.  \n\n\n\nThere is a delicate balance a mother walks when she chooses to maintain her own identity while raising her children. For me\, this work validates my time spent as a mother and an artist\, in a way that is both concrete and emotional. It also gives me permission to be engaged with my children while still adding to my body of work. I consider this a permanent work in process\, as are both my children and myself.”  \nAmy Wilton\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmy Wilton is a local fine art and commercial photographer. In 1997\, she moved to Camden and received her MFA in Photography from Maine Media College. Amy has documented a generation of mid-coast families including her own. She has contributed to many books by Down East Press and self-published a monograph called A Child Within in 2008. She is currently working on an updated version. Her fine art has been exhibited most recently at The Steel House in Rockland and at Cove Street Arts in Portland\, and her photographs at FotoNostrum gallery in Barcelona. Emma Wilton grew up in Hope and is studying modern dance at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City. \n\n\n\n*The Picker Room hosts meetings and library events and is not always open for viewing. Please call ahead or check our website calendar to see what’s happening daily.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/a-child-within-photography-by-amy-wilton-exhibit-in-the-picker-room-gallery/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240130T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240130T193000
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SUMMARY:"Bald Eagles\, Bear Cubs\, and Hermit Bill: Memories of a Wildlife Biologist in Maine" with Ron Joseph and the Coastal Mountains Land Trust\, plus Paul Doiron on his novel "Dead Man's Wake"
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, January 30th at 6:30 p.m.\, the Camden Public Library\, in partnership with the Coastal Mountains Land Trust\, will host wildlife biologist and author Ron Joseph as he recounts the highlights of his storied career. Ron will be joined by novelist Paul Doiron who will discuss his latest book Dead Man’s Wake\, set in the Maine woods. \n\n\n\nThis is a hybrid program and will take place in the Picker Room and on Zoom. To attend virtually\, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sHs5HzFeRhKOab0SSDxyxw \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn Bald Eagles\, Bear Cubs\, and Hermits: Memories of a Wildlife Biologist\, Ron shares his stories of growing up in rural Maine\, working as a wildlife biologist\, and meeting Mainers like retired dairy farmers Ruth and Martin French of Dover-Foxcroft\, who repurposed their barn’s empty cow stalls into a wildlife rehabilitation center. The couple specialized in rescuing orphaned bear cubs\, providing solitary cubs with teddy bears as temporary surrogate litter mates while biologists scrambled to find sow bears willing to adopt the orphans. The book includes humorous stories\, such as one about the time he had to count piles of deer dung on designated mile-long lines and encountered a woman who bluntly asked\, “So you went to college for that?” Other stories border on the absurd\, including one of an influential legislator who pressured Ron to spray concentrated wolf urine on 30 miles of Route 201 in a harebrained waste of taxpayer money to supposedly reduce moose-vehicle collisions. Many of the book’s stories have previously been published in Down East\, Maine Boats Homes and Harbors\, Bangor Daily News\, Moosehead Messenger\, PenBay Pilot\, and elsewhere. \n\n\n\nNovelist Paul Doiron\, best-selling author of the Mike Bowditch series of crime novels set in the Maine woods\, will join Ron for another one of their tag-team book talks. Paul will share about his most recent novel\, Dead Man’s Wake. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAuthor Ronald Joseph was born in Waterville\, Maine. Spending childhood summers on his maternal grandparents’ nearby dairy farm\, he became fascinated with songbirds\, often spending hours perched on stacks of hay bales in a post-and-beam barn watching swallows dart in and out to feed their nestlings. Ron’s mother encouraged his love of birds by giving him a copy of Peterson’s Field Guide to Eastern Birds. The book’s colored plates and range maps revealed a fascinating world of birds just outside his front door. His farm chores\, from milking cows to collecting chicken eggs\, were often interrupted by sprints through the barnyard to identify Indigo Buntings\, Chestnut-sided Warblers\, Brown Thrashers\, and dozens of other songbirds. His first bull moose sighting would also leave a deep impression: chased by his grandparents’ Border Collie Bonnie\, the moose ran between the farmhouse and barn\, ducked beneath a clothesline\, and escaped across a hayfield with a bra attached to his antler. Birdwatching\, though\, became Ron’s passion\, inspiring him to pursue a B.S. degree in wildlife conservation and a M.S. in zoology. In 1978\, he began a 33-year career\, first as a state wildlife biologist\, and later as a federal biologist specializing in the restoration of eagles\, peregrines\, and other endangered species in Maine. Now retired\, Ron volunteers for the Kennebec Land Trust\, participates in the Maine Bird Atlas\, a statewide citizen science project evaluating songbird population trends\, and leads Maine birding trips. This is his first book.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/bald-eagles-bear-cubs-and-hermit-bill-memories-of-a-wildlife-biologist-in-maine-with-ron-joseph-and-the-coastal-mountains-land-trust/
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SUMMARY:Camden Garden Club Winter Horticulture Series: "Sustainable Rose Gardening in New England" with Mike and Angelina Chute\, Rose Solutions
DESCRIPTION:Camden Garden Club’s 56th Annual Winter Horticulture SeriesJanuary 30 – February 27\, 2024 \n\n\n\nJoin us this winter for another series of fascinating free horticulture talks\, presented by the Camden Garden Club and hosted on Zoom by the Camden Public Library. Programs will be held via Zoom on Tuesdays at 9:30 AM\, January 30– February 27\, 2024. The full list of programs and links to register can be found here. \n\n\n\nOn Tuesday\, January 30\, at 9:30 a.m.\, we welcome Mike and Angelina Chute from Rose Solutions for a presentation about Sustainable Rose Gardening in New England. \n\n\n\nStay tuned for an updated description of this day’s talk. In the meantime\, you can still register to attend by clicking here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X9bXo7LOTYKnm7GlWuNAkQ
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/camden-garden-club-winter-horticulture-series-sustainable-rose-gardening-in-new-england-with-mike-and-angelina-chute-rose-solutions/
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SUMMARY:The public is invited to the Closing Reception for "Tête-à-Tête: Two Approaches to a Single Conversation" Exhibit by Allegra Kuhn and Liz Kalloch
DESCRIPTION:The public is invited to view the exhibit and meet the artists during the Closing Reception on Sunday\, January 28\, 2:00 – 4:00 PM in the Picker Room at the Camden Public Library. This is your last chance to see the exhibit! \n\n\n\nThe Camden Public Library welcomes midcoast artists Allegra Kuhn and Liz Kalloch for a joint exhibit titled “Tête-à-Tête: Two Approaches to a Single Conversation” in the Picker Room Gallery during the month of January. \n\n\n\n\nVigil\, charcoal and fine pastel on paper\, 60″ x 30″\, Liz Kalloch\n\n\n\nMadame Devereux\, collage on board\, 10” x 8” Allegra Kuhn\n\n\n\n\nTête-à-Tête is a conversation between two artists: one playful\, lyrical and exuberant; the other provocative\, performance-based and assertive. The commonalities in their works that cross into conversation are the insistence of color\, the articulation of line and the fundamentals of composition. Kuhn and Kalloch use these three principles of artmaking in different ways\, with great effect. Both artist’s work is grounded in and an extension of feminist thought\, bringing forward different aspects of its expression and is why these two artist’s works resonate so well together and speak to each other in such an interesting way. \n\n\n\nAllegra Kuhn is a collage artist whose intuitive juxtaposition of forms\, patterns and color evoke the joyful cutouts of Matisse and more recently the artists of the Pattern and Decoration Movement of the 1970’s and 80’s\, which had its origins in the concurrent feminist movement\, with artists such as Miriam Schapiro. Like the P&D artists\, who pushed back against the rigor and severity of Minimalism and Conceptual Art\, Kuhn asks us to see the world in a less confrontational way\, inviting in a more serendipitous and spontaneous expression. Kuhn compares her work to the flower arrangements of Japanese ikebana artists\, bringing nature and humanity closer together in a celebration of both. She has exhibited throughout New England and has created public works of art for Waterfall Arts and Coastal Mountain Land Trust\, both in Belfast\, Maine. \n\n\n\nLiz Kalloch is an abstract multi-media artist whose charcoal and pastel works on paper use arousal as the purveyor of intent. The work’s intersections\, interactions and inquiries are emotionally raw\, but inescapably and beautifully human. Kalloch states “I am most interested in where lines cross and speak to each other\, and how color can amplify or dissipate the tension in those lines. I often think of my work as maps—maps that delineate both an external and internal geography. They document where I’ve come from\, where I’ve gone\, and how I move through these transitions and observe them.” The antecedent to this kind of work are artists like Egon Schiele or any of the German Expressionists from the early 20th century. Kalloch’s drawings do not hold back; they are fiery\, explosive and self-consciously dynamic. Kalloch has exhibited throughout the United States and in Europe. Her work is in both private and public collections. Her first public work of art was created in 2023 for the Here is Magic mural at Waterfall Arts in Belfast\, Maine.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/the-public-is-invited-to-the-closing-reception-for-tete-a-tete-two-approaches-to-a-single-conversation-exhibit-by-allegra-kuhn-and-liz-kalloch/
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SUMMARY:Jumpstart January: Fitness Dancing for Seniors with Rita Swidrowski\, Session #2
DESCRIPTION:Who knew that dance could be enjoyed into our older age?!  Rita Swidrowski\, a senior and an avid Zumba dancer\, teaches beginner dance classes for active older adults at the Belfast YMCA. She will lead a variety of dances with cha cha\, twist\, boogie\, salsa\, mambo steps & more to a variety of tunes. No dance experience is necessary\, & steps are shown & cued. Repetition makes for easy following & modifications are shown. Each person is encouraged to follow his or her own body’s needs & styles. Studies show that movement & exercise are major factors in staying healthy & fit into older age! Come dance with us!  \n\n\n\nThere are two sessions of fitness dancing:  Wednesday\, January 17 at 2:00 p.m.\, and Wednesday\, January 24\, at 2:00 p.m. Please only sign up for one session. Both sessions will take place in the Picker Room. \n\n\n\nSessions are limited to 9 participants. Registration is first come\, first serve. Registration requests will be honored in the order in which they were received. If spots fill up\, you will not be guaranteed a spot. Sign up by emailing jsagaser@librarycamden.org\, calling the library at 207-236-3440\, or at the circulation desk. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramDateLocationPre-RegistrationWatercolor Paint-Along with Erica QualeyThursday\, January 4\, 6:00 p.m.ZoomOnline registrationRest into the New Year: Yoga Nidra with Hester Kohl BrooksFriday\, January 5\, 2:00 p.m.ZoomOnline registrationMake Your Own Paste Papers with Amy Hand*Tuesday\, January 9\, 6:00 p.m.Picker RoomSign up requiredChocolate Purses Workshop with Joelle Webber*Saturday\, January 13\, 1:00 p.m.Picker RoomSign up requiredSenior Fitness Dancing #1 with Rita SwidrowskiWednesday\, January 17\, 2:00 p.m.Picker RoomSign up requiredStarting Your Genealogy Journey with Eric MigdalSaturday\, January 20\, 6:30 p.m.ZoomOnline registrationSenior Fitness Dancing #2 with Rita SwidrowskiWednesday\, January 24\, 2:00 p.m.Picker RoomSign up required\n\n\n\nSpots are limited and pre-registration is required for some programs! Sign up in person at the first floor circulation desk\, over the phone by calling the library at (207) 236-3440\, or by emailing jsagaser@librarycamden.org \n\n\n\nA $10 material fee is required for programs denoted with an asterisk (*) and all materials will be provided. Payment is required at the time of sign up.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/jumpstart-january-fitness-dancing-for-seniors-with-rita-swidrowski-session-2/
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