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SUMMARY:Pop-Up Yoga in the Amphitheatre with Denyse
DESCRIPTION:It’s going to be a beautiful fall day. Get the most out of the last of the colorful foliage and soak up the sunshine while being guided through a yoga flow sequence with Denyse Robinson In the Camden Amphitheatre on Thursday\, October 31 at 9:00 a.m. \n\n\n\nFree with donations appreciated\, to be split with the library. Wear layers! For more information please text Denyse at 207-975-5325 or email at denyserobinson@gmail.com.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/pop-up-yoga-in-the-amphitheatre-with-denyse/
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SUMMARY:All Hallow's Eve Spooky Sound Bath in the Amphitheatre
DESCRIPTION:Join Jim Doble on a wide assortment of large gongs and Forest Weston on didgeridoo as well as Maleine for a special\, outdoor\, nighttime\, eerie sonic experience to celebrate the season. This spooky sound bathing session will take place on Thursday\, October 31\, at 6:00 PM in the Amphitheatre. \n\n\n\nOn All Hallow’s Eve we will be bathing the Amphitheatere in mystical sound to help transport you on an inner journey. Think of this as sonic meditation\, best experienced in a very relaxed position with closed eyes. We will use Gongs\, Didgeridoo\, Chimes\, Voice\, and other mysterious devices to invite transportation betwixt realms! \n\n\n\nBring something comfy to lay or sit on and plenty of warm layers and blankets to ward off the chill (and ghouls!). This is a free event with optional donation greatly appreciated\, to be split with the Library. \n\n\n\nOptional Registration highly recommended so that we can contact you in case of changes due to weather\, etc. here: Register  \n\n\n\n Contact Jim Doble at jim@elementaldesign.me  for questions.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/all-hallows-eve-spooky-sound-bath-in-the-amphitheatre/
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SUMMARY:On Exhibit: "Visual Enrichment\, Collective Delight: The Joys of Communal Creativity"
DESCRIPTION:“Autumn Reflections” by class instructor Linda Leach.\n\n\n\nThe Camden Public Library is delighted to welcome artists from the Five Town CSD Adult and Community Education art classes for a group exhibit during the month of November\, titled “Visual Enrichment\, Collective Delight: The Joys of Communal Creativity.” \n\n\n\nThe public is also invited to the exhibit Opening Reception on Saturday\, November 2\, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.! \n\n\n\nThis exhibit is a showcase of art created by students and instructors in Five Town CSD Adult and Community Education art classes. Featured pieces include those created by adult students in oil painting\, watercolor\, pottery\, sewing\, paper craft\, and woodworking classes. Five Town Adult Ed was founded in 1969 as the first adult education program in Maine\, and many of the students and teachers have been participating in or teaching art classes for over 30 years as a part of this inspiring community. Learn more at fivetowns.maineadulted.org \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/on-exhibit-visual-enrichment-collective-delight-the-joys-of-communal-creativity/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for "Visual Enrichment\, Collective Delight: The Joys of Communal Creativity" with Five Town Adult and Community Education
DESCRIPTION:The public is invited to the exhibit Opening Reception on Saturday\, November 2\, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.! Refreshments will be provided. \n\n\n\n“Autumn Reflections” by class instructor Linda Leach.\n\n\n\nThe Camden Public Library is delighted to welcome artists from the Five Town CSD Adult and Community Education art classes for a group exhibit during the month of November\, titled “Visual Enrichment\, Collective Delight: The Joys of Communal Creativity.” \n\n\n\nThis exhibit is a showcase of art created by students and instructors in Five Town CSD Adult and Community Education art classes. Featured pieces include those created by adult students in oil painting\, watercolor\, pottery\, sewing\, paper craft\, and woodworking classes. Five Town Adult Ed was founded in 1969 as the first adult education program in Maine\, and many of the students and teachers have been participating in or teaching art classes for over 30 years as a part of this inspiring community. Learn more at fivetowns.maineadulted.org \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-visual-enrichment-collective-delight-the-joys-of-communal-creativity-with-five-town-adult-and-community-education/
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SUMMARY:What Unites Us - Zoom Only
DESCRIPTION:This program is part of MECollab\, a collaborative programming partnership between libraries throughout the state of Maine. The organizer from this program is Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library. \n\n\n\nThis is a virtual program on Zoom that will take place on Thursday\, November 7 at 7:00 p.m. To register\, please visit the registration page here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElection season can be tough. We focus on our side of an issue\, our point of view. We often see what divides us from others.  \n\n\n\nBut\, there are so many things that unite us. Sharing favorite childhood memories\, rooting for the same team\, gushing over our favorite shared authors. We’re all human and we have so many things to share with each other\, even when we feel divided—especially when we feel divided. \n\n\n\nCome together with other Mainers for this virtual program where we’ll focus on the many wonderful things that we share with each other. This isn’t the time for political debate\, so please leave your politics at the door. This is time to come together to discover what unites us.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/what-unites-us-zoom-only/
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SUMMARY:Library closed for Veterans Day
DESCRIPTION:The library will be closed on Monday\, November 11 in honor of Veterans Day. We will reopen for regular hours on Tuesday\, November 12. Thank you to all who have served.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/library-closed-for-veterans-day-2/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar,Kids' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Camden Talks Climate: "Town Solar—How Communities Can Support Renewable Energy and Save Money"
DESCRIPTION:Solar power is providing energy independence\, cost savings\, and reduction of fossil fuel emissions in neighboring towns. \n\n\n\nJoin this Camden Talks Climate event\, hosted by CamdenCAN (Climate Action Now) in partnership with the Camden Public Library on Thursday November 14\, at 6:30 p.m. The event will take place in person in the Picker Room as well as on Zoom. Thomaston Town Planner John Fancy and Lincolnville Town Administrator Dave Kinney will talk about how municipalities that have invested in solar arrays have reduced large electrical bills\, gone to 100% clean energy for municipal energy\, and in some places earned back significant dollars that can be reinvested in other sustainable initiatives. \n\n\n\nMunicipal solar panels in Lincolnville.\n\n\n\nJohn Fancy\, Thomaston’s Project Planner\, will explain how that village significantly reduced electricity bills over the last 14 years (and have paid off the bonds). Dave Kinney\, Lincolnville’s Town Administrator\, will discuss his town’s approach to going toward 100% clean energy\, providing financial benefits as well. \n\n\n\nWe’ll hear how towns are building upon those successes to reduce carbon emissions in other areas. The evening will finish with an extensive question and answer period so that attendees can discuss how Camden can move toward 100% clean municipal energy while also receiving cost savings \n\n\n\nCurrently Camden leases a solar array from Revision Energy at Sagamore Farm that covers 7 to 8% of the town’s energy needs. Town solar projects take perseverance and citizen involvement. Yet the benefits lead to reduced carbon emissions\, and often increased revenue that can be invested in other sustainable programs\, eg.\, EV chargers\, weatherization programs\, and low-income home retrofit programs. Come join us to voice your opinion and learn how you can help. \n\n\n\nThis is a hybrid event that will take place in person in the Picker Room as well as live on Zoom. To attend virtually\, please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lkzzJjiMRDSUiPeSF_i1cA \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDave Kinney is a lifelong Maine resident with a BS in Civil engineering and Masters Degree in Public Administration. Dave has spent 4 years in the private sector and 34 years in the public sector\, currently the Town Administrator for Lincolnville. Dave is also a licensed professional engineer. Dave drives an EV. \n\n\n\nMunicipal solar panels in Lincolnville.\n\n\n\nJohn Fancy is a Maine native who grew up in the greater Portland area\, moved to the mid-coast in 1971\, and now lives in a totally electric home in Appleton with 18 solar panels on the roof.John spent over 50 years working with public and private water and wastewater operations\, including systems from Washington to Cumberland Counties and all in between. His specialty is finding solutions to operations that are not performing as they were designed to. John was a consultant to the Waldoboro Utility District for over 40 years and now works with the Town of Thomaston. Wastewater systems are large users of electricity since they often have high horsepower motors in pumps and process equipment. One solution now available is the use of solar panels. This was the case in Thomaston where John developed and implemented a solar program beginning in 2010. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis evening is being presented by CamdenCAN (ClimateActionNow) a citizen-led organization committed to reducing Camden’s contribution to climate change through local action\, education\, advocacy\, and resources. We help our community take advantage of climate solutions with actionable steps. Read the CamdenCAN newsletter here.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/camden-talks-climate-municipal-solar-whats-in-it-for-you/
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SUMMARY:Camden Philosophical Society A.I. Series: AI and Ethics "for and to a distant future"
DESCRIPTION:The Camden Philosophical Society will meet on Tuesday\, November 19\, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. EDT in the Picker Room of the Camden Public Library. All are welcome to participate\, in-person at the Picker Room of the Camden Public Library or by Zoom. That goes for visitors\, as well as year-rounders in Maine\, and friends of the society wherever you may be. \n\n\n\nIf you wish to participate via Zoom\, please email sarahmiller@usa.net. You will receive a Zoom invitation on the morning of the meeting. Click on the “Join Zoom Meeting” link in that invitation at the time of the event. \n\n\n\nTechnology has given humanity the power to radically alter or end its existence as a naturally occurring lifeform\, to drive most other animals and plants into extinction\, and to destabilize the Earth’s climate and planetary operations. What does this power — whether affected through artificial intelligence (AI)\, climate alteration\, nuclear power\, or other technologies — mean for centuries of ethical thinking that was focused narrowly on personal relationships in the here and now? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo round out its series of philosophical discussions on AI\, the Camden Philosophical Society will in November explore this momentous question\, first posed in much those words by late 20th Century German/American philosopher Hans Jonas in An Imperative of Responsibility: In Search of an Ethics for the Technological Age. \n\n\n\nThe specific reading that will guide the discussion forms the first chapter of that book and was published separately as an article entitled “Technology and Responsibility: Reflections on the New Tasks of Ethics.” \n\n\n\nIn the reading\, Jonas starts with the proposition that “modern technology has turned into an infinite forward thrust of the [human] race… whose success [at achieving] maximal control over things and himself appears as the consummation of his destiny.” \n\n\n\nArguably foreshadowing the rise of the prestige and stock-market value of giant US tech companies\, he notes that modern technology not only creates through its success a positive\, self-reinforcing feedback loop\, it starves “whatever else belongs to the fullness of man.” It has “obliterated” the distinction between artificial and natural and between nature and mechanical creations of man. \n\n\n\nInstead of looking back at humanity’s frequent assumption that it holds rights over non-human creatures and even the Earth itself — “dominion” in Anglophone Christian terminology – Jonas contends that our technological power has given us novel responsibilities to protect the non-human world. Has “the biosphere as a whole and in its parts\, now subject to our power … become a human trust [that] has something of a moral claim on us not only for our ulterior sake but for its own and in its own right?” \n\n\n\nThese issues are raised within the context of specific technological advances\, including the potential that humanity will learn to indefinitely extend individual human lives and to alter human behavior and learning capacity to benefit social aims\, rather than individual desires. \n\n\n\nAnother aspect of the “new ethics of responsibility for and to a distant future” that Jonas flags is “the doubt it casts on the capacity of representative government\, operating by its normal principals and procedures\, to meet the new demands.” \n\n\n\nThe reading can be found online here: https://inters.org/jonas-technology-responsability Alternatively\, you can read Chapter 1 of The Imperative of Responsibility\, entitled “The Altered Nature of Human Responsibility.”  If reading time is short\, Section IV\, “Earlier Forms of Future Oriented Ethics\,” can be skipped\, as it will probably not be central to the discussion.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/camden-philosophical-society-a-i-series-ai-and-ethics-for-and-to-a-distant-future/
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SUMMARY:"Where Do Novels Come From?" with Author Isabel Tutaine
DESCRIPTION:The Camden Public Library welcomes author Isabel Tutaine for an engaging presentation about novel writing and publishing and what one discovers about oneself during the process. She will also talk about and read from her recently released novel\, Song of the Wooden Sparrow. This program is in person and will take place on Tuesday\, November 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the Picker Room. Refreshments will be provided and books will be for sale following the event. \n\n\n\n\nIsabel Tutaine writes about ordinary people who summon the courage to take control of their lives. She is Cuban by birth\, American by citizenship\, Cuban-New Englander by culture. She lives in midcoast Maine where she listens what the ocean has to say\, then runs home to write it down. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Song of the Wooden Sparrow\n\n\n\n1894: Devastated by the deaths of her husband and son during an epidemic in Ghana\, Dr. Leah Maays returns home to Edith’s Bay\, Maine. Hoping to continue her medical career\, she discovers the community is hostile to female doctors.Enter Duncan Shay. After years of being ostracized for murdering a man while robbing a bank\, he’s developed a persona that can freeze a glass of water.Unaware Duncan is shunned\, Leah tends to a gouge on his hand as if he’s just another regular fellow\, making Duncan realize the walls he’s built to keep others out are too weak to contain his yearnings to belong.Though drawn to him\, Leah resists Duncan’s friendship because she can’t establish a practice if she\, too\, is ostracized. To have Leah in his life\, Duncan must convince everyone\, including himself\, that he’s more than the worst thing he’s ever done in his life. \n\n\n\n“A love story heightened by its tense\, slow pace building to a deep crescendo with beautiful and lyrical language.” Kristin Frangoulis\, Arts by the Bay\, Good Morning Belfast“A truly engaging story\, heartfelt and fresh\, with generous servings of wit.” Ellen Sander\, author and Belfast poet laureate
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/where-do-novels-come-from-with-author-isabel-tutaine/
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SUMMARY:Songwriter Sessions Continue!
DESCRIPTION:This month’s session will happen on November 21 in the Walsh History Center. \n\n\n\nCome find a supportive group for your songwriting. All levels of songwriting are welcome. Songwriters meet on the LAST THURSDAY of the month at 6:00 pm. Find us in the Picker Room. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“We are looking forward to a good time\, sharing our writing and music\,” said Gross. “We are also hoping for some cross-pollination\, and getting some harmony and instrumental support for each other. In the past we have had all kinds of styles from traditional to singer-songwriter to rockabilly\, novelty songs\, Broadway\, hymns\, and humor. We are hoping to see some new songwriters and hear some new songs!” \n\n\n\nFor more information\, email Ken Gross at kgross@librarycamden.org or call the library at 236-3440.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/songwriter-series-begins-2024-11-28/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Midcoast Audubon: "The Science of Watching\, the Art of Seeing\, and the Power of Nature Absorption" with Chris Lewey\, Sharon Fisher\, and Jane Lounsbury
DESCRIPTION:The Mid-Coast Audubon‘s series of nature talks in partnership with the Camden Public Library continues on Thursday\, November 21\, at 6:30 PM with a presentation with Chris Lewey\, Sharon Fisher\, and Jane Lounsbury\, siblings and co-authors of The Science of Watching\, the Art of Seeing\, and The Power of Nature Absorption. This event will take place in-person at the Camden Public Library in the Picker Room. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiscover a simple compass pointing toward an enhanced natural world awareness that everyone can experience. Chris Lewey and co-authors Sharon Fisher and Jane Lounsbury present an introduction to their newly released book: The Science of Watching\, The Art of Seeing\, and the Power of Nature Absorption. Just published in January\, it beautifully encapsulates the profound connections between humanity and our natural world\, offering a refreshing perspective that resonates deeply with the reader. There are books that encourage a connection with Nature on many different levels\, but we make connections with scientific facts and spiritual relationships that open us to different perspectives and increase our awareness of the sacred all around us.  \n\n\n\nNature Absorption brings about physical\, mental\, and spiritual transformations. This book is a useful tool for birders\, nature enthusiasts\, travelers\, and anyone seeking to increase their knowledge\, experience\, and insight\, going beyond identification. Join the authors in a captivating exploration of Nature Absorption\, delving into its profound impact on our lives and the extraordinary connections we share with the natural world. \n\n\n\nAbout the Authors\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChris Lewey\, Executive Director and Founder of RAVEN Interpretive Programs\, has led tours and programs for RAVEN\, as well as such organizations as the Maine Audubon Society\, Smithsonian Study Tours\, Road Scholar\, Tauck World Discovery and the National Wildlife Federation. Chris has taught ornithology for the National Audubon Society at their Hog Island ecology camp on the coast of Maine\, where he was the Director of their Joy of Birding and Breaking into Birding programs for many years. A native New Englander and licensed Maine Guide\, Chris is very much at home on the coast or in the mountains where his fascination with wildlife and conservation is enthusiastically shared. \n\n\n\nSharon Fisher began her teaching career with a degree in history and a secondary school certification. However\, one summer in Boston\, having become involved in the administration of a Massachusetts state-wide educational program for very young\, special needs children\, her career took a major change in direction. With additional training and a second certification in elementary education\, her work with young children began. Her career spanned forty years of teaching in a variety of situations\, including both public and private schools. Sharon works for RAVEN Interpretive Programs in a number of capacities. She developed walking tours for historic places\, acts as an interpretive guide\, and presents ecological slide programs of the White Mountains. Sharon lives with her family in the White Mountains of Western Maine. \n\n\n\nJane Lounsbury left the Boston area to travel through Europe in the late sixties. Living and working in Manchester\, England; Madrid\, Spain; and Davos Dorf\, Switzerland; allowed her world perspective to be intimately shaped by many cultures and natural environments. After returning to the States and perching for a time within easy reach of the Rocky Mountains in Denver\, Colorado\, Jane migrated East\, back home to her native New England. She has over forty years’ administrative experience in a variety of fields\, including RAVEN Interpretive Programs. Jane assisted with the development of\, and participated in\, RAVEN’s wildlife trips and educational workshops. Jane now lives with her family on the “quiet side” of the White Mountains. \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-the-science-of-watching-the-art-of-seeing-and-the-power-of-nature-absorption-with-chris-lewey/
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SUMMARY:"Our Disappearing Dark Sky" – Sponsored  by our local Conservation Commissions
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, November 23\, at 1:00 p.m. in the Picker Room for a program on nighttime light pollution and its impact on insects\, birds\, and humans. Learn what’s happening\, why it matters\, and what we can do. This event will include: \n\n\n\n\nShowing of Defending the Dark by local filmmaker \n\n\n\nPresentation by local amateur astronomer and astrophotographer Jacob Gerritsen\n\n\n\nQ&A\n\n\n\n\nThis event is sponsored by the Conservation Commissions of Camden\, Rockport\, Thomaston\, South Thomaston\, Owls Head\, and St. George.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/our-disappearing-dark-sky-sponsored-by-our-local-conservation-commissions/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Monday Morning Book Club: West With Giraffes
DESCRIPTION:For the month of November\, the group will be reading West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge. For more information and to be connected with the group’s coordinator\, email jsagaser@librarycamden.org. New members are always welcome! The Monday Morning Book Club meets in the Picker Room at the Camden Public Library and simultaneously on Zoom on the 4th Monday of each month at 10:00 am. There will be no meeting in December. \n\n\n\nSummary: A novel based on true events\, this book recounts the 1938 cross-country twelve-day road trip of two giraffes\, one seasoned zookeeper\, and one desperate orphan.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/monday-morning-book-club-west-with-giraffes/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241126T173000
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SUMMARY:Bedtime Math Party!
DESCRIPTION:Join us in your PJ’s for a Bedtime Math Party! Starry math games & activities! Geared for kids in Kindergarten through 4th grade.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/bedtime-math-party/
CATEGORIES:Kids' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Jan Brett's "Alice in a Winter Wonderland" at Camden Opera House
DESCRIPTION:Join legendary children’s author/illustrator Jan Brett as she launches her book signing tour for her new picture book\, Alice in a Winter Wonderland! Set in the shimmering Alaskan tundra\, it offers a fresh lens to a familiar favorite. This event is put on by Camden Public Library and will take place at the Camden Opera House at 29 Elm Street on Saturday\, November 30\, 10:00 a.m.  \n\n\n\nEmbarking once again on a national bus tour\, this time Jan Brett will be visiting 23 cities in just 17 days in her show-stopping tour bus\, covered with characters from Alice in a Winter Wonderland –– and Camden will be one of her stops! Jan Brett will give a 20-minute drawing demonstration and talk about the inspiration behind Alice in a Winter Wonderland and her research trip to Alaska\, followed by a book signing. \n\n\n\n\nCopies of Alice in a Winter Wonderland are available for pre-order through Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop. Purchasing a book means that you will be given a wristband at the event that allows you to join the book signing line. Purchasing a book is required to join the signing line. Sherman’s will have extra copies of Alice in a Winter Wonderland and select backlist titles on-sale at the event. Arrive early! The first 100 families in line will receive a free signed Jan Brett poster. \n\n\n\n\n\nClick here to pre-order a copy of Alice in a Winter Wonderland\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis event is FREE and open to the public. Since space is limited\, please register for the event so we know how many people to expect. Event seating is first-come\, first-serve. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent FAQ \n\n\n\nCan I bring books from home for Jan Brett to sign? \n\n\n\nThe expected attendance at events does not allow for books from home to be signed. However\, we are happy to provide beautifully designed signed Jan Brett bookplates for your additional books. They are die-cut\, full-color and feature Jan’s beautiful artwork. \n\n\n\nHow can I get a good spot in the signing line? \n\n\n\nWhen you pick-up your pre-purchased book at the event\, Sherman’s will give you a wrist band with a number for the signing line. Numbers will be given out based on the order in which books arepicked-up on the day of the event\, not in which they were ordered. Camden Public Library will have craft or activities to keep families busy while they wait their turn. \n\n\n\nHow many books can I have signed? Can I bring books from home for Jan Brett to sign? \n\n\n\nJan Brett will sign one copy of Alice in a Winter Wonderland per family/person. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Jan Brett\n\n\n\nJan Brett lives in a seacoast town in Massachusetts close to where she grew up. During the summer\, her family moves to a home in the Berkshire Hills. She is a New York Times #1 bestselling author/illustrator\, one of America’s most popular\, with over 44 million books in print\, and has brought to life lovable characters and imaginary backdrops for children for more than 40 years. Her illustrations are adored for their classic beauty and vibrant\, life-like images of animals\, landscapes\, and flourishes from cultures around the world.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs a child\, Jan Brett decided to be an illustrator and spent many hours reading and drawing. She says\, “I remember the special quiet of rainy days\, when I felt that I could enter the pages of my beautiful picture books.  Now I try to recreate that feeling of believing that the imaginary place I’m drawing really exists. The detail in my work helps to convince me\, and I hope others as well\, that such places might be real.”  \n\n\n\nWhile Jan is most known for her children’s books\, she is also an award-winning breeder of ornamental fowl (fancy chickens!).  Some of her best book ideas come from other interests including extensive travel and exploration of the natural world\, marathon training\, and while listening to the Boston Symphony Orchestra\, where her husband is a musician.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/janbrett2024/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar,Kids' Calendar
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SUMMARY:On Exhibit: "Breathe in Water" Photography and Books by Sue Michlovitz
DESCRIPTION:Away from the noise of my mind\, the tranquility and mysterious nature of wateremerges inviting me to breathe \n\n\n\nThe Camden Public Library welcomes Sue Michlovitz for her photography and book exhibit “Breathe in Water” in the Picker Room Gallery during the month of December*. The public is invited to an opening reception on Wednesday\, December 4\, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.  \n\n\n\nWater is restorative and vital in all its forms. The paradox of water is in its character as peaceful yet invigorating\, both life-giving and life-threatening. My photographs shown in both prints and a fine art book\, embrace these contradictions. The blue-green colors are inspired by the seascapes of Winslow Homer and the lily ponds of Claude Monet. \n\n\n\nMy background as a physical therapist and clinical scientist inform my artistic approach. Observing the anatomy of water\, I am drawn to reflections\, refractions\, textures\, and layers of light and color. In some of my more abstracted images\, I often imagine a part or whole of a human figure\, appearing from within the shadows and layers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtist Bio\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSue Michlovitz reimagined her life by becoming a visual artist\, whose mediums include photography\, artist books and mixed media. She holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Media Arts from Maine Media College\, Rockport\, ME and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Orthopedic Physical Therapy. \n\n\n\nAmong the places she has shown her art work over the last 2 years include: Cove Street Arts (Portland\, ME)\, Maine Museum of Photographic Arts (Portland\, ME)\, and Photoville (Griffin Museum of Photography\, Winchester\, Mass)\, Rockport (Maine) Public Library(Rockport\, ME and Blue Raven Gallery (Rockland\, ME). One copy of the The Deluxe Edition of her book Breathe in Water was acquired by the Bowdoin College Library Special Collections. \n\n\n\nMichlovitz serves on the Board of Trustees\, Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA)\, Rockland\, ME. Her passions include education\, art\, community service\, and time in the outdoors. She lives in Camden\, ME with her husband Paul Velleman and their two ever-so-happy beagles. \n\n\n\nVisit her website at www.suemichlovitz.com and her Instagram here. \n\n\n\n\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/on-exhibit-breathe-in-water-photography-and-books-by-sue-michlovitz/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241204T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241204T110000
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SUMMARY:Book Time for Babies with Miss Amy
DESCRIPTION:Join Miss Amy on Wednesdays at 10 am for stories and songs for your little ones! Wednesday story times are themed for babies. \n\n\n\nOn Thursdays & Fridays at 10 am\, join Miss Amy for preschool- and early elementary-themed stories & book extension crafts. Story times are indoors unless otherwise noted.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/book-time-for-babies-with-miss-amy-2024-12-04/
LOCATION:Camden Public Library\, 55 Main Street\, Camden\, ME\, 04843\, United States
CATEGORIES:Kids' Calendar
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241204T180000
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for Exhibit: "Breathe in Water" with Sue Michlovitz
DESCRIPTION:Away from the noise of my mind\, the tranquility and mysterious nature of wateremerges inviting me to breathe \n\n\n\nThe Camden Public Library welcomes Sue Michlovitz for her photography and book exhibit “Breathe in Water” in the Picker Room Gallery during the month of December*. The public is invited to an opening reception on Wednesday\, December 4\, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.  \n\n\n\nWater is restorative and vital in all its forms. The paradox of water is in its character as peaceful yet invigorating\, both life-giving and life-threatening. My photographs shown in both prints and a fine art book\, embrace these contradictions. The blue-green colors are inspired by the seascapes of Winslow Homer and the lily ponds of Claude Monet. \n\n\n\nMy background as a physical therapist and clinical scientist inform my artistic approach. Observing the anatomy of water\, I am drawn to reflections\, refractions\, textures\, and layers of light and color. In some of my more abstracted images\, I often imagine a part or whole of a human figure\, appearing from within the shadows and layers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtist Bio\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSue Michlovitz reimagined her life by becoming a visual artist\, whose mediums include photography\, artist books and mixed media. She holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Media Arts from Maine Media College\, Rockport\, ME and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Orthopedic Physical Therapy. \n\n\n\nAmong the places she has shown her art work over the last 2 years include: Cove Street Arts (Portland\, ME)\, Maine Museum of Photographic Arts (Portland\, ME)\, and Photoville (Griffin Museum of Photography\, Winchester\, Mass)\, Rockport (Maine) Public Library(Rockport\, ME and Blue Raven Gallery (Rockland\, ME). One copy of the The Deluxe Edition of her book Breathe in Water was acquired by the Bowdoin College Library Special Collections. \n\n\n\nMichlovitz serves on the Board of Trustees\, Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA)\, Rockland\, ME. Her passions include education\, art\, community service\, and time in the outdoors. She lives in Camden\, ME with her husband Paul Velleman and their two ever-so-happy beagles. \n\n\n\nVisit her website at www.suemichlovitz.com and her Instagram here. \n\n\n\n\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-exhibit-breathe-in-water-with-sue-michlovitz/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241205T193000
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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Patricia O'Donnell: "A Symmetry of Husbands" and "The Vigilance of Stars"
DESCRIPTION:The Camden Public Library welcomes Maine author Patricia O’Donnell for a book event featuring two of her novels\, A Symmetry of Husbands and The Vigilance of Stars. This event is in-person only and will take place on Thursday\, December 5 at 6:30 p.m. in the Picker Room. \n\n\n\nAbout A Symmetry of Husbands\n\n\n\n\nA psychologically rich literary novel with elements of suspense\, probes the jealousy and betrayal that hide in a life-long friendship. It takes its title from a poem read by Douglas Adams at the funeral of his wife Megan\, who has died from complications of MS. He also reads\, “Grief wrongs us so. I stand\, and wait\, and cry/For the absurd forgiveness\, not knowing why.” Abigail\, Megan’s friend and caretaker on Boston’s North Shore\, has an idea why Douglas might ask for Megan’s forgiveness. It’s the reason Abigail herself might also ask forgiveness of both Megan and of Abigail’s husband\, James; neither Megan nor James knew about the affair between Douglas and Abigail. \n\n\n\n“Patricia O’Donnell writes unfailingly about the rawness of human relationships with this investigation of contradiction\, grief\, hope\, and memory. With her sparse prose\, stark honesty\, and grit\, O’Donnell lays bare the complexities of love\, infidelity\, and friendship. A Symmetry of Husbands is a poetic unfolding of love in all its expressions.” Amy Newswald\, author of I Know You Love Me\, Too \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout The Vigilance of Stars\n\n\n\n\nChosen by Lily King to be one of two books read by participants in the Maine Humanities Council’s “Read ME” summer program. \n\n\n\nFour stories twine together in this novel set in both contemporary and 1950’s Maine. Kiya\, a Portland hair stylist in her early 20’s\, becomes unexpectedly pregnant and determined to keep the baby as she struggles to recover from her brother’s suicide. Peter\, the baby’s father\, wants to break away from Kiya and find love—somewhere else. Maddie\, Peter’s mother\, fights her own loneliness as she cares for Alex\, incapacitated in a nursing home. Evie\, Maddie’s mother\, appears as a young woman in the 1950’s\, searching to heal herself both emotionally and physically. \n\n\n\nThe characters’ lives spiral together\, moving with inexorable force toward an ending that takes place on an uninhabited island in Maine where the stars stand watch over lives both old and new. \n\n\n\n“A literary treat” that will resonate with readers long after the telling.” (Maine Sunday Telegram) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Patricia O’Donnell\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatricia O’Donnell  grew up in a small town in Iowa. Her BA and MA are from the University of Northern Iowa\, and her MFA in Fiction is from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She and her husband Michael Burke raised their three children–Emma\, Brendan\, and Harper–in Wilton\, Maine\, a small town which curves around the southern end of Wilson Lake.  \n\n\n\nPatricia is Professor Emerita of Creative Writing at the University of Maine at Farmington\, where she taught fiction writing and directed the BFA Program in Creative Writing. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker\, Agni Review\, The North American Review\, Prairie Schooner\, and other journals and anthologies. Her novel\, Necessary Places\, was published by Cadent Publishing (now part of Tilbury House). Her memoir\, Waiting to Begin\, was published by Bottom Dog Press. Her collection of short fiction\, Gods for Sale\, won the Serena McDonald Kennedy Fiction Award.  \n\n\n\nIn addition to teaching at UMF\, Patricia has taught classes in creative writing at Colby College\, the Franklin County Jail\, the Maine Women’s Correctional Center\, and at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town\, South Africa.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/author-talk-with-patricia-odonnell-a-symmetry-of-husbands-and-the-vigilance-of-stars/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Community Tree Lighting with Carols
DESCRIPTION:Join Santa Claus and the CHRHS singers in Harbor Park for carols and the tree lighting. Camden Lions Club offers free cookies\, hot cocoa and warm cider.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/community-tree-lighting-with-carols/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar,Kids' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241207T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241207T160000
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SUMMARY:Winter Book Sale in the Blue Door Book Shed!
DESCRIPTION:The Camden Public Library is having a special Winter Book Sale in the Blue Door Book Shed behind the small parking lot on Atlantic Avenue during Christmas by the Sea Weekend! The book sale will take place on Saturday\, December 7\, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Show your support and pick up a great winter read (or two)! \n\n\n\nThere is also an ongoing book sale every day inside the library! This is a great way to stock up on holiday gifts for great prices while supporting the library!
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/winter-book-sale-in-the-blue-door-book-shed/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241207T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241207T140000
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SUMMARY:Photos with Santa Claus
DESCRIPTION:Get those wish lists ready! Santa will be visiting with children in the Picker Room for free photos by Lane Gower.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/photos-with-santa-claus/
CATEGORIES:Kids' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241208T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241208T140000
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SUMMARY:Holiday Giftwrap\, Ornaments\, and Card-making Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join Miss Amy and Miss Stefanie for an all ages workshop to craft homemade wrapping paper\, holiday ornaments and holiday cards!
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/holiday-giftwrap-ornaments-and-card-making-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar,Kids' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241210T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241210T193000
DTSTAMP:20241211T163551Z
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SUMMARY:RECORDING AVAILABLE! “Sing the gardens”: A conversation about Rilke’s Sonnets to Orpheus with Mark S. Burrows
DESCRIPTION:This program was recorded. You can watch it on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/MZYJNkXplHg \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Camden Public Library warmly welcomes Mark S. Burrows\, one of the leading interpreters of Rilke’s writings and an award-winning translator of his poems\, to share his recently published new version of the Austrian poet’s Sonnets to Orpheus.  \n\n\n\nThis event will take place on Tuesday\, December 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the library as well as on Zoom. Refreshments will be provided. \n\n\n\nJoin us for an engaging evening featuring a reading of select sonnets from Rilke’s last great poetry-cycle\, his Sonnets to Orpheus (1922/1923). Burrows opens these poems to us as expressions of what an early literary scholar called a new “dawn of consciousness where language is in the making\, and where myth and symbol must often supply the place of not yet thinkable thoughts.” \n\n\n\nThe evening will explore what it might mean to “sing the gardens…that [we] don’t know\,” to face life’s challenges and burdens with creativity and hope—themes that have a special resonance in times like these. \n\n\n\nTo attend this event virtually\, please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zI2UNW93QMWVPJYWfdx_Cg \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Mark S. Burrows\n\n\n\n\nMark S. Burrows is an award-winning poet\, translator\, and scholar. An historian of medieval mysticism\, he is a much sought-after speaker and retreat leader in the US and Europe on spirituality and the arts as transformative channels of creativity. Together with Jon Sweeney\, he has published three books of meditative poems inspired by Meister Eckhart’s writings\, most recently Meister Eckhart’s Book of Darkness and Light which was awarded the Gold Medal by the Nautilus Book Awards in 2024. \n\n\n\n\n\nHis translations of German poetry include\, most recently\, the first full-length translation of the German-Jewish poet Hilde Domin’s poems\, The Wandering Radiance: Selected Poems of Hilde Domin (2023) and a new translation of Rilke’s Sonnets to Orpheus (2024). He also recently published You Are the Future: Living the Questions with Rainer Maria Rilke (2024)\, cowritten with Stephanie Dowrick. He lives and writes in Camden\, ME.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/sing-the-gardens-a-conversation-about-rilkes-sonnets-to-orpheus-with-mark-s-burrows/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241212T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241212T193000
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CREATED:20241118T203547Z
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SUMMARY:Camden Talks Climate: “Rewilding Your Yard: Creating a Biodiverse Haven in Camden” with David Kibbe and Joline Blais
DESCRIPTION:Join this Camden Talks Climate event\, hosted by CamdenCAN (Climate Action Now) in partnership with the Camden Public Library on Thursday\, December 12\, at 6:30 p.m. The event will take place in person in the Picker Room as well as on Zoom.  \n\n\n\nJoin us for an engaging talk by Camden residents David Kibbe and Joline Blais about rewilding your yard and transforming traditional landscapes into thriving ecosystems right here in Camden\, Maine. Discover how small changes in your yard—like planting native species\, reducing lawn size\, and creating habitats—can support local wildlife\, combat climate change\, and boost soil health. Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or new to the concept\, this talk will inspire you with practical tips and the ecological benefits of rewilding. Let’s bring more birds\, bees\, and beauty back to our community\, one yard at a time! \n\n\n\nCamdenCAN (ClimateActionNow) is a citizen-led organization committed to reducing Camden’s contribution to climate change through local action\, education\, advocacy\, and resources. We help our community take advantage of climate solutions with actionable steps.  \n\n\n\nThis event is hybrid and takes place in person at the library as well as on Zoom. To attend virtually\, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NOocPNYORSKmNUCL84PpPQ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid C Kibbe\, MD is a retired family physician and serial health IT entrepreneur who moved to Maine in 2017 and now devotes full time to his micro-farm and native plant habitat off of Chestnut Street in Camden\, which he manages along with help from his dog\, Coby\, 4 chickens\, and bees. He has three children and three grandchildren who delight in coming to Maine every year. \n\n\n\nJoline Blais researches regenerative design\, teaches permaculture and advises the Terrell House Permaculture Center at UMaine. She is a steering committee member of CamdenCAN\, and board member of PAN (Permaculture Association of the Northeast). Past projects include co-directing LongGreenHouse\, an educational partnership with Wabanaki neighbors\, emphasizing indigenous knowledge and collaboration\, and working as a co-founding member of Belfast Ecovillage. Additionally\, Joline serves as President of the Wild Blueberry Heritage Center. She rows\, skis\, hikes\, swims\, and kayaks mostly in her home state of Maine. Joline lives in Camden.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis evening is being presented by CamdenCAN (ClimateActionNow) a citizen-led organization committed to reducing Camden’s contribution to climate change through local action\, education\, advocacy\, and resources. We help our community take advantage of climate solutions with actionable steps. Read the CamdenCAN newsletter here.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/camden-talks-climate-wild-yards-with-david-kibbe-and-joline-blais/
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SUMMARY:Alice Limoges Music Studio's Winter Music Recital
DESCRIPTION:Join local singer-songwriter Alice Limoges for a performance by her music students of all ages! All are welcome to this free concert on Saturday\, December 14 at 1:00 p.m. in the READING ROOM! \n\n\n\nRepertoire will include students’ original works\, holiday music\, covers\, and a few tunes by Alice. Her students play a variety of instruments including singers\, piano\, guitar\, ukulele\, banjo\, and bass. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlice Limoges has been singing since before she could walk. Whether performing her poetic songs about love and nature\, or shining a light on mental health\, Alice Limoges’s canon is lit up by her storytelling\, unique\, soulful voice and textural instrumentals. She has released 6 original albums/EPs\, toured festivals and colleges across North America\, and even performed on Jon Samson’s Grammy Award winning album.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/alice-limoges-music-studios-winter-music-recital/
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SUMMARY:Fighting for Freedom\, Fighting for Survival: The Revolutionary War & War of 1812 Patriots of the Tolman Cemetery in Rockland\, Maine
DESCRIPTION:Join co-author and Regent of the Lady Knox Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution Joanne Richards for a launch event featuring the newly released book\, Fighting for Freedom\, Fighting for Survival\, written by the local Lady Knox Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. This event takes place in the Picker Room on Sunday\, December 15\, at 2:00 p.m. Refreshments will be provided. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFighting for Freedom\, Fighting for Survival recounts a unique place and period of Maine history as told through the lives of real people interred in one small cemetery in Rockland\, Maine. Patriots of the American Revolution served from Lexington to Long Island\, Quebec City to Saratoga. Sons in the War of 1812 battled trade wars\, smugglers\, and privateers with firefights in Rockland Harbor and a standoff in Camden. \n\n\n\nThese men come to life through details of their families\, community\, and occupations. Their biographies are portals to the past\, when early settlers of present-day Thomaston and Rockland fought the British and nature. Family relationships\, their homes\, and final resting places are documented. Historical and military summaries supply context. History buffs\, family detectives\, and the curious are invited into this vision of the past. \n\n\n\nCamden features in both historical events and veteran biographies within the book. The writers are grateful for the assistance of the Walsh History Center in providing research materials and moral support. A copy of the book will be donated to the Walsh History Center. Further copies will be for sale at the event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoanne Richards was born in Rockland and raised in Thomaston where her family has lived since its incorporation in 1777. She have a Bachelor’s degree in Human Services from Trinity College in Vermont and worked in academia for 25 years before retiring. Joanne has been a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution for ten years during which she has been a state officer in three administrations as well as the Regent of Lady Knox Chapter for over five years.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/fighting-for-freedom-fighting-for-survival-the-revolutionary-war-war-of-1812-patriots-of-the-tolman-cemetery-in-rockland-maine/
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SUMMARY:Camden Philosophical Society: Capitalism
DESCRIPTION:The Camden Philosophical Society will meet on Tuesday\, December 17\, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. EDT in the Picker Room of the Camden Public Library. All are welcome to participate\, in-person at the Picker Room of the Camden Public Library or by Zoom. That goes for visitors\, as well as year-rounders in Maine\, and friends of the society wherever you may be. \n\n\n\nIf you wish to participate via Zoom\, please email sarahmiller@usa.net. You will receive a Zoom invitation on the morning of the meeting. Click on the “Join Zoom Meeting” link in that invitation at the time of the event. \n\n\n\nThe Camden Philosophical Society is taking its exploration of philosophical questions related to artificial intelligence (AI) in a new direction in our next few sessions. We are asking how society’s approach to AI relates to capitalism. To start that ball rolling\, we will discuss definitions of capitalism at our next regularly scheduled meeting\, on Tuesday\, Dec. 17. Some of the readings have been provided as holiday gifts from our own members. \n\n\n\nSome weeks ago\, we had a request from a participant for a discussion on the topic of capitalism. We begin our readings this month with a brief article written for the online outlet The Medium in 2022 by our own Sarah Miller\, called “What Makes Capitalism Capitalism.” \n\n\n\nThe article can be found here: https://medium.com/@sarahmiller_22747/what-makes-capitalism-capitalism-51b99ae2d924. \n\n\n\nSarah asks whether capitalism is incompatible with a livable planet. If so\, why? She suggests factors important to considering the question are the incessant growth that characterizes capitalism (again\, why?)\, the work arrangements that contribute to this\, and what we might identify as the engine that makes growth an imperative: competition. In so doing\, she provides a framework for understanding what makes capitalism capitalism. \n\n\n\nTo flesh out our understanding we read a short chapter from Karl Marx’s Capital outlining a good part of the answer to Sarah’s question. In Chapter 4\, called “The General Formula for Capital\,” Marx explains how money is invested to make more money.  We all know that\, but how are we to understand its significance?  Marx picks up a distinction from Aristotle’s Politics between the art of acquiring those things needed to maintain a household and to facilitate a good life – economics – and the practice of acquiring money to make more money. For the first form of acquisition\, money is a means to facilitate the transaction; for the second\, money has become the goal of the transaction. How does that work? And what is the significance of the difference for our lives? What does it mean for money to be the end goal of the transaction? Why did Aristotle think this improper? And what does it mean for value\, what Marx calls the ‘dominant subject’ of the process\, to become the “subjective purpose” of it?  Indeed\, Marx identifies value as not only a subject\, but as an “automatic subject\,” and a “self-moving substance.”  Again\, how are we to understand these characterizations? \n\n\n\nChapter 4 can be found here: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch04.htm  \n\n\n\nOur third reading is also from Marx: An excerpt from his so-called “rough draft of Capital\,” a text called the Grundrisse. The excerpt is itself an excerpt of a section popularly known as “The Fragment on Machines.”  It illustrates two things we’re likely to overlook in reflecting on how things are produced: First\, Marx argues that with developed capitalism\, machines dominate the worker\, not the reverse: if you shovel snow\, the shovel carries your intention to the material you work on; if you’re on an assembly line\, the machine dictates what you do. Second\, Marx notices that the way our tools work is shaped by the social relations within which they evolve. Machines evolve in a way that allows them to fulfill the demands of capitalism; they develop “into a form adequate to capital.”  We want to explore the implications of these points. In particular\, do Marx’s conclusions hold for AI? \n\n\n\nSee Word document attached to this email for Marx fragment. \n\n\n\nIn her article Sarah recalls the quip that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. Worth asking then\, she suggests\, whether moving beyond capitalism is even conceivable and what that might mean. In a short excerpt from the last chapter of his book\, Capital as a Social Kind\, Howard Engelskirchen\, also of our group\, addresses that question. The excerpt begins with a section called “Overview: Winning the Battle of Democracy\,” and follows with an exploration of the democratic tasks that moving beyond capitalism might place on the agenda. The book had earlier explored the social relations of separation that characterize the fundamental structure of capitalism. \n\n\n\nNow\, Howard argues (in a passage that does not appear in the excerpt): “For one thing\, we can start from where we are. Any action\, now\, anywhere\, can be tested by the extent to which it furthers democratic forms that foster association rather than separation.” This includes such propositions as adding the right to work and earn a decent living to rights considered inalienable; participative worker control over production; and – continuing a theme of our recent sessions – democratizing the development of artificial intelligence: Eben Moglen\, of the Software Freedom Law Center\, insists on full and open access to AI; he is quoted: “Moglen’s Corollary to Faraday’s Law says\, wrap the Internet around every brain on the planet\, spin the planet. Software flows in the network. It is wrong to ask\, “What is the incentive for people to create?” It’s an emergent property of connected human minds that they do create . . . We are a social species\, and we create together; that’s our nature.”
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SUMMARY:A Poetry Duet with Dennis Camire (Anthology of Awe & Wonder) and David Sloan (Earth School)
DESCRIPTION:The Camden Public Library warmly welcomes poets Dennis Camire and David Sloan for a duet poetry reading experience on Tuesday\, December 17\, at 6:30 PM in the Picker Room. Cozy refreshments will be provided! \n\n\n\nAbout Anthology of Awe & Wonder\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“In Anthology of Awe & Wonder\, each ode\, each murmuration\, each sly revelation exists in a lexical realm all its own\, pushing the limits of what the heart and the intellect can do. Camire sends the reader on one hundred raucous rides that always\, as if by magic\, gracefully resolve. \n\n\n\nThis collection plumbs terrestrial soil while pressing its hand to the border wall of that other realm\, daring to answer Jack Gilbert’s call to “risk delight.” In Camire’s hand\, this dense\, textured testament to wonder is deviously shadowed — it buzzes with a playfulness that belies its essential heartache. When awe unfolds its intricate geometries and shows its magnificent interiors\, it can alter you. This stunning text does just that.” \n\n\n\n—Michelle Lewis\, Animul/Flame\, Winner of Marystina Santiestevan Book Prize \n\n\n\nAbout Earth School\n\n\n\n“In his compelling collection\, Earth School\, Maine poet and educator David Sloan takes us deep into the earth’s human narrative\, from ancient Greece to the war-torn 20th century to the cynical present\, extracting memories and stories\, and weighing lessons learned in this strange world we inhabit. How do we live with so much suffering\, so much violence\, so much sorrow\, nearly all of which is of our own making? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn the poem\, “To My Grown Son\, Outlasting His Anxiety\,” Sloan describes how his son got over his fear of flying by jumping out of an airplane: “It was no miracle. You kept calling out the fear/steadied your breathing/ plunged into ice baths\, found tiny footholds\,/ inched up a rockface/ that dared you to look down. You didn’t stop/ at the summit; next stop\,/ the sky\,” and it is this boldness\, this determination to look truth in the face that threads through Sloan’s work. \n\n\n\nFrom investigating our cultural myths to decrying the state of current events\, Sloan’s powerful and resonant poems explore what it means to be human at this particular time in history\, making meaning of the vastness\, finding solace in the people we love\, creating courage to live in the act of writing poems “turning free-fall into flying.” \n\n\n\n—Meghan Sterling\, author of Self-Portrait with Ghosts of the Diaspora (Harbor Editions) and View From a Borrowed Field (Lily Poetry Review) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDennis Camire is the author of the poetry collections\, Anthology of Awe and Wonder(Deerbrook Editions\, April\, 2024) Combed by Crows (Deerbrook Editions)\, and Stone by Stone (Finishing Line Press). He teaches and tutors writing at Central Maine Community. The former director of Maine Poetry Central and the founder of The Portland Poet Laureate Program\, his work has appeared in The Mid-American Review\, Poetry East\, Spoon River Review\, Lothlorien Review\, Alluvium\, Amethyst\, Café Review\, Canary\, Hamilton Stone Review\, Speckled Trout Review and on Maine Public Radio. He lives in an A-frame in West Paris\, Maine. He is also the “spokes-poet” for the mom-and-pop owned company\, “Soil Foods\,” which farms worms for worm castings. \n\n\n\n\n\nA master Waldorf teacher of 45 years\, David Sloan debuted his poetry collection—The Irresistible In-Between in 2013\, and A Rising and Other Poems in 2020\, both published by Deerbrook Editions.  He has also written three Pedagogical books:  Stages of Imagination: Working Dramatically with Adolescents (AWSNA Publications\, 2000)\, Life Lessons: Reaching Teenagers through Literature (AWSNA Publications 2007)\, and The Community Speaks: A Survey of Waldorf Parents (AWSNA 2023).  He continues to enjoy life’s latest delight—grandparenting.  \n\n\n\nIn the spring of 2024\, David published his third poetry book —Earth School–also by Deerbrook Editions.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/a-poetry-duet-with-dennis-camire-anthology-of-awe-and-wonder-and-david-sloan-earth-school/
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SUMMARY:"The World in Books" with New York Times Bestselling Author Kenneth C. Davis (on Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:The Camden Public Library is delighted to welcome New York Times bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis for a talk about his latest book\, The World in Books: 52 Works of Great Short Nonfiction\, on Thursday\, December 19 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom. \n\n\n\nThis is a virtual program on Zoom. To attend\, please register ahead of time here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2ev9KVDiQx-7W1JnUddgdA \n\n\n\nAbout The World in Books\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA delightful\, inspiring\, and idea-rich selection of fifty-two of the best\, most important short nonfiction works of all time—from Plato to Michael Pollan and Dante to Joan Didion—chosen by historian\, lifelong reader\, and bestselling author of Don’t Know Much About History. \n\n\n\nFrom ancient times to the present day\, The World in Books offers a wide-ranging historical education through pleasure reading—and a fantastic introduction to some of the most thought-provoking\, profound\, and interesting nonfiction works of all time. From Sun Tzu’s The Art of War to bell hooks’s All About Love\, as well as such recent classics as Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s We Should All Be Feminists\, Davis’s guide suggests a world of nonfiction books and explains just why they’re so historically meaningful and culturally relevant today. \n\n\n\nThe perfect guide for the modern-day reader\, these fifty-two selections provide an ideal way to explore some of the most enduring\, influential books ever published\, introducing us anew to world-shaping historical figures\, events\, and ideas. \n\n\n\n\nKenneth C. Davis has lived a life in books. He is the New York Times bestselling author of America’s Hidden History and Don’t Know Much About History\, which gave rise to his series of books and audiobooks on a range of subjects\, including mythology\, the Bible\, geography\, and the Civil War. His most recent work is Great Short Books: A Year of Reading—Briefly. Davis’s work has appeared in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, and Smithsonian magazine\, among other publications. He has appeared on national television and radio shows\, including CBS This Morning\, Today\, and NPR. He lives in the West Village of New York City with his wife\, Joann Davis. (Photo credit Nina Subin).
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/the-world-in-books-with-new-york-times-bestselling-author-kenneth-c-davis-on-zoom/
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