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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-2024-05-01/
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SUMMARY:"Invisible: Personal Stories from the Front Lines of Disability" Film Screenings and Q&A\, Community Connect Maine
DESCRIPTION:The public is invited to a screening of Invisible: Personal Stories from the Front Lines of Disability\, a collection of short videos about the lived experience of Mainers with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families and caregivers. This will take place on Thursday\, May 2\, at 6:00 PM in the Picker Room at the Camden Public Library. \n\n\n\nThis ongoing\, multi-year project was developed\, with grant funding from the Maine Developmental Disabilities Council\, by Community Connect Maine\, a non-profit organization dedicated to the vision that all people have the support they need\, when they need it\, to live a full life in their communities of choice. A barrier to achieving that goal is that many people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are invisible in their community. We hope to overcome that barrier by helping people in the disability community share their stories. \n\n\n\nAdmission to the screening is free\, but attendees are strongly encouraged to register in advance at https://communityconnectme.org/events-and-workshops. \n\n\n\nThese videos premiered in Brunswick in 2023 to a standing-room-only crowd. We have since been invited to screen them all over the state. As Maine prepares to completely overhaul the system of care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities\, it is more critical than ever that their voices are heard. \n\n\n\nEveryone has a story to tell\, and stories are meant to be heard. Come hear our stories. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCommunity Connect Maine was founded in 2015 as a network of families of people with disabilities. The purpose of the network is to strengthen and expand resources to improve quality of life in the disability community. Collaborating with other statewide resources\, we kicked off our network by obtaining a grant to train ten individuals with disabilities and family members to share their lived experiences in order to advocate for a better system of care. \n\n\n\nThat network is now more than 4\,000 strong\, representing all 16 Maine counties. We became a 501c3 non-profit in 2020\, and collaborate with over 12 statewide organization to fulfill our vision that all people have the support they need\, when they need it\, to live a full life in their communities of choice. Our mission is to connect individuals\, families\, caregivers\, and communities to improve the system of care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and related conditions.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/invisible-personal-stories-from-the-front-lines-of-disability-film-screenings-and-qa-community-connect-maine/
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SUMMARY:On Exhibit: The Third Annual Accordion Book Art Show
DESCRIPTION:The library’s own Amy Hand has organized the 3rd Annual Accordion Book Art Show – but this time\, it is in the Picker Room Gallery all month long! A variety of handmade accordion books are on display along the walls and in the glass case\, with multiple contributing artists. Come see the wonderful array of accordion books\, from large to tiny\, eye-catching to minimal\, and created with a variety of techniques\, materials\, and themes. \n\n\n\nFeaturing accordion books by Margaret Beach\, Marty Dome\, Amy Hand\, Naomi Howe\, Margaret-Elaine Jinno\, Isobel Lewis\, Kristen Lindquist & Anna Strickland\, Mary Elizabeth Nelson\, Judith O’Dell\, Sher Rasmussen\, Robinsunne\, and Rita Swidrowski. Artists and their accordion books hail from right next-door\, to several states away\, to as far as Wales and York\, UK.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/on-exhibit-the-third-annual-accordion-book-show/
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SUMMARY:Maine Student Book Award Book Group
DESCRIPTION:Join the fun at the MSBA Book Club to share books and snacks with fellow readers! Every month we will meet on the first Mondays from 5 – 5:45 PM in the J room to chat about the books on the Maine Student Book Award List for 2024-2025. Come check out all the great new books! Did you read a book you loved or really didn’t like? We want to hear about it! Books can be from the MSBA list or off the list! Bring a friend!  \n\n\n\nOpen to incoming 4th graders to 8th graders. Call the library or email Miss Amy at alhand@librarycamden.org to sign up. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nLearn more about the Maine Student Book Award here.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/maine-student-book-award-book-group/2024-05-06/
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SUMMARY:“Surviving Disaster with Knitting in Hand” with Anna Zilboorg - In Person Only!
DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: The recording from this event is now available! View the video on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aALjjG8S4CE \n\n\n\nThe Camden Public Library is delighted to welcome the extraordinary Anna Zilboorg\, who will speak to the audience about “Surviving Disaster with Knitting in Hand\,” on Tuesday\, May 7\, at 6:30 PM in the Picker Room. \n\n\n\nAnna Zilboorg\n\n\n\nNOTE: This program is now IN PERSON ONLY. There will not be a live Zoom component. However\, there will be a recording.  \n\n\n\nThe richness of colors\, textures\, and patterns that are vivid in Anna Zilboorg‘s knitted creations reflect the multi-faceted tapestry of her personal and professional life. Now 91 years old\, she has lived in NYC\, Cambridge\, Meadows of Dan in the Blue Ridge Mountains\, and currently in Rockland\, with past travels to Turkey and Armenia to study Middle Eastern knitting patterns. \n\n\n\nHer formal schooling ended with a PhD in Comparative Literature from Harvard and 11 years of teaching at MIT. Anna has also run a shelter for street kids\, cooked for a monastery\, and sold her work at Washington\, D.C. and Philadelphia craft shows. She has raised two children and has just welcomed her fourth great-grandchild into the world. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnna considers herself primarily a teacher\, though she has a store on the fiber arts website Ravelry. Of her six books\, she considers “Knitting for Anarchists” the most useful\, and because of this book\, she has been known as the “anarchist knitter.” \n\n\n\nAnna will talk about knitting\, not as a hobby\, but as a useful and important part of living a good life in a really hard time. In her words\, “Personally\, it gets us out of anxiety and anger\, into beautiful things. Socially\, it mends divisions and creates possibilities.”
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/surviving-disaster-with-knitting-in-hand-with-anna-zilboorg/
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SUMMARY:Special Children's Book Week Storytime with Miss Amy and Miss Stefanie
DESCRIPTION:Join Miss Amy and Miss Stefanie for a special read-aloud for all ages Wed. May 8th at 2:00 pm.  \n\n\n\nThis is in celebration of Children’s Book Week. Come in costume\, get a book!
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/special-childrens-book-week-storytime-with-miss-amy-and-miss-stefanie/
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SUMMARY:"Sunrise and the Real World" with Author Martha Tod Dudman
DESCRIPTION:The Camden Public Library welcomes Maine author Martha Tod Dudman for a reading and discussion of her novel\, Sunrise and the Real World on Thursday\, May 9\, at 6:30 PM. This program will be in-person only. Books will be for sale and signings afterwards. **Please note that only cash or check will be accepted.** \n\n\n\nWhen Lorraine\, a recent college graduate\, starts work at a residential treatment center for troubled teens\, she quickly finds herself absorbed into a world very distant from the idyllic lobsters-and-lighthouses fairy tale she had always associated with Maine. Instead\, she discovers a landscape of abused and angry teenagers\, illicit romance\, and danger. Still\, she grows to love the place and its people until events shatter her confidence in the world and her own morality. Years later\, disheartened and battered by life\, Lorraine is unexpectedly drawn back to that world to confront the person she was\, the choices she made\, and the bitter ghosts that still haunt her. In Sunrise and the Real World\, Martha Tod Dudman has penned a taut and spellbinding coming-of-age novel that will stay with you long into the night. \n\n\n\nMartha Tod Dudman lives in Maine and is the author of Dawn\, Expecting to Fly\, Black Olives\, and Augusta\, Gone\, which was adapted as an award-winning film.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/sunrise-and-the-real-world-with-author-martha-tod-dudman/
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SUMMARY:Healing Handwork Workshop Series: Sewing Messy Mandalas with Robinsunne
DESCRIPTION:What needs to be healed? Our bodies? Our jobs? Our homes? Our psyches? Our relationships? Our experiences of joy? \n\n\n\nYou are invited to join a workshop series of art classes wherein we make mandalas – beautiful\, meditative circles – to engage our hands while our souls and minds listen patiently for the answers we seek. It is remarkable how this all works together. The classes will take place on four Saturday mornings: May 11\, May 18\, May 25\, and June 1 from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM in the Picker Room. It is free and open to adults! \n\n\n\nIn this series of classes\, we will each embroider a mandala. If you can sew a running stitch\, that is enough. If you are a well-practiced embroideress this will be awesome fun. Sewing is where it all gets fabulous.  \n\n\n\nThis workshop series is free and open to all\, but spots are limited. This registers you for all four sessions. Please sign up ahead of time here: https://forms.microsoft.com/r/4zff9hTQzM \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat do you want? We need to know\, but are trained to turn away. We get taught to ignore the “magic” of being a human. We get chastised\, or worse\, punished for spending time in our imaginations. And then we get sick\, or stuck in uncomfortable situations where we don’t have the space to enact our Gifts\, and have no discernable path back to our True hearts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobinsunne is a local mixed-media fiber artist. She has taught at the Library during some Jumpstart Januarys\, and exhibited in the past two Accordion Book Shows hosted by Amy Hand. She also contributes to and trades with the Artist Trading Card box at the front desk.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/healing-handwork-sewing-messy-mandalas-with-robinsunne/2024-05-11/
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SUMMARY:(New!) Wordcraft Initiative Writing Group
DESCRIPTION:Introducing a new writing group\, The WordCraft Initiative! Open to all. Just show up! After the first meeting on May 13\, meetings will happen on the first Monday of the month in the Picker Room at 4:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nWe’re a group of writers working on diverse projects. We love to share stories\, swap tips\, and support each other’s creative journeys. Whether you’re an aspiring novelist\, a seasoned poet\, a non-fiction writer or simply someone who loves to write\, you’ll find a home here among fellow wordsmiths. \n\n\n\nThe WordCraft Initiative began at a workshop where a group of writers discovered a shared love of storytelling and language.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/new-wordcraft-initiative-writing-group/
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SUMMARY:In the Reading Room: A Feast of Poetry and Song
DESCRIPTION:The Camden Public Library is delighted to welcome a line-up of accomplished poets and performers to the beautiful Reading Room for an evening of poetry and music on Tuesday\, May 14\, at 6:30 p.m. This event is in lead-up to the 2nd Annual Camden Festival of Poetry\, of which the library is pleased to be an institutional partner. \n\n\n\nPoets & Performers\n\n\n\n\nCarol Willette Bachofner\, is an award-winning poet\, memoirist\, photographer\, and watercolorist who served as Rockland’s Poet Laureate. Author of 7 books of poetry\, most recently Test Pattern\, a Fantod of Prose Poems\, Carol offers poetry and craft tips at carolbach.substack.com.  \n\n\n\n\n\nKeenan Boscoe is a writer and designer living in Lincolnville\, Maine. He is the owner of Topo: Paper & Post\, a stationery and bookstore in downtown Camden\, and graduated from Colby College with a degree in fine art & geology. Keenan is interested in land\, place\, deep time\, and a good notebook. www.paperpo.st \n\n\n\n\n\nMark S. Burrows is an award-winning translator\, poet\, editor\, and speaker. His recent publications include The Chance of Home. Poems\, Meister Eckhart’s Book of Darkness and Light\, and The Wandering Radiance: Selected Poems of Hilde Domin (2023). He is the co-founder and co-director\, with Meg Weston\, of the Camden Festival of Poetry. www.soul-in-sight.org \n\n\n\n\n\nEllen Goldsmith’s recent book\, Left Foot\, Right Foot\, is an illness and recovery story in 28 poems. Her first book\, No Pine Tree in This Forest Is Perfect\, won the 1997 Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Contest. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals and in anthologies. Professor Emeritus of the City University of New York\, she lives in Cushing\, Maine. \n\n\n\n\n\nMargaret Haberman lives and writes in Belfast\, Maine. She is by profession an American Sign Language interpreter. Her poems have been published in the Island Journal\, the journal Spiritus\, and selected for the Maine Public Radio program Poems from Here. \n\n\n\n\n\nErin Mayer is the author of two novels\, YOUTHJUICE (under the name E.K. Sathue\, forthcoming\, Hell’s Hundred/Soho Press) and FAN CLUB (Mira/HarperCollins). Her work has appeared in Bustle\, Travel + Leisure\, Better Homes & Gardens\, Literary Hub\, CrimeReads\, Business Insider\, and Man Repeller\, among others. She lives in Camden with her partner\, Benjamin Perry\, and their beloved haunted doll\, Persephone. \n\n\n\n\n\nBenjamin Perry is the author of Cry\, Baby: Why Our Tears Matter. An award-winning writer\, his work has appeared in The Atlantic\, The Washington Post\, Slate\, The Huffington Post\, and more\, and he has appeared as a cultural commentator on outlets like MSNBC and NPR. www.benjaminjperry.com \n\n\n\n\n\nLouisa Stancioff was born and raised in Chesterville Maine\, and has emerged as a gifted writer with a cinematic eye for richly detailed\, emotionally-charged character studies. She now lives in Warren and recently released her first album “When We Were Looking”. You can find it anywhere you listen to music. She has just returned from an opening tour following her album release in Rockland on April 12. www.louisastancioff.net \n\n\n\n\n\nMeg Weston poetry expresses her passion for geology and stories. Her most recent book\, Magma Intrusions\, was published in 2023. She retired after 8 years as president of Maine Media\, and currently runs www.thepoetscorner.org. She’s also co-founder and co-director\, with Mark Burrows\, of the Camden Festival of Poetry\, and a member of the board at Millay House Rockland. www.volcanoes.com \n\n\n\n\nIf you can’t attend in person\, you can register to watch the live stream on Zoom here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVisit thepoetscorner.org/festival to learn more about the 2024 Camden Festival of Poetry and register to attend!
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/in-the-reading-room-an-evening-of-poetry-music-in-lead-up-to-the-camden-festival-of-poetry/
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SUMMARY:Special Art Walk Creative Art Afternoon with Miss Amy at Page Gallery!
DESCRIPTION:Every “third Thursday” May – October we invite you to join Miss Amy from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. for a special Creative Art Afternoon at Page Gallery during the Camden Art Walk! Learn more about Camden Art Walk here. This will happen instead of the usual Creative Art Afternoon meeting in the Picker Room that day. Page Gallery is located at 23 Bay View Street in Camden.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/special-art-walk-creative-art-afternoon-page-gallery/2024-05-16/
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SUMMARY:Camden Talks Climate: "Resilient Waterfront Design Transformations—How Landscape Architects are Reshaping Resilience with Coastal Communities" with Blake Sanborn
DESCRIPTION:The Camden Public Library will host another event in the Camden Talks Climate series cosponsored by the town of Camden and CamdenCAN (Climate Action Now) on Thursday\, May 16\, at 6:30 p.m. in the Picker Room and on Zoom featuring Blake Sanborn\, Senior Project Manager at Richardson & Associates\, Landscape Architects. \n\n\n\nFlooding is hitting Camden close to home\, as it is for many Maine communities. Blake Sanborn has partnered with communities around the country to co-create actionable plans to address flood concerns and authored design strategies that map out incremental steps to a more resilient future. In his talk\, Sanborn will take a look at how landscape architects address flooding while building connectivity\, habitat\, public art\, biodiversity\, knowledge\, wellness\, and places to gather. His talk will feature examples spanning from mega-projects in major cities to a small public schoolyard retrofit.  \n\n\n\nSanborn now makes Camden his home\, and is keenly interested in how Camden approaches the questions facing the harbor and the many opportunities presented by both sea level rise and repeated high-rainstorm flooding.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSanborn gave a well received talk to the Camden Garden Club on this topic this past winter. This May’s talk\, part of CamdenCAN’s Camden Talks Climate series\, is designed to both inform residents about harbor possibilities\, and encourage robust conversations about the climate-induced changes ahead. The event with be held at the Camden Public Library\, and will be in person and broadcast via zoom. \n\n\n\nBlake Sanborn is at the forefront of the climate conversation in Maine having spent over 20 years designing and implementing public and private sector open spaces across the US and abroad. After growing up in Gorham\, Blake received a degree in Landscape Architecture from Cornell University and has served as a Principal of AECOM’s Landscape Architecture and Urban Design studio prior to joining his current firm\, Richardson and Associates. His work has received recognition for design excellence from the American Society of Landscape Architects where he has served as an executive committee member and chair of the sustainability committee.  \n\n\n\nThis is a hybrid program and will take place in person at the library as well as on Zoom. To attend virtually\, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iTDqbm6lSDuK_e2eW8i3JQ \n\n\n\nRecordings of past Camden Talks Climate events can be found on this playlist on the CPL YouTube channel. Topics include Where Does Camden Stand on Climate Action?; Achieveing Climate Reslience in Coastal Communities; and Camden\, the Climate Crisis\, and You.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/camden-talks-climate-resilient-waterfront-design-transformations-how-landscape-architects-are-reshaping-resilience-with-coastal-communities-with-blake-sanborn/
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SUMMARY:Camden Festival of Poetry: A Craft Talk with Pádraig Ó Tuama - Workshop Full\, Virtual Attendance Only
DESCRIPTION:In-person registration for this craft talk is full\, but you can still attend virtually! There is a $35 registration fee TO ATTEND VIRTUALLY and space is still limited\, so CLICK HERE TO REGISTER now. The library does not handle registrations for this event. Please contact thepoetscornermaine@gmail.com for inquiries. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Camden Public Library is pleased to partner with the Camden Festival of Poetry for the second year in a row. Before the festival\, the library will host a craft talk and workshop on Friday\, May 17 at 2:00 PM featuring festival keynote speaker Pádraig Ó Tuama. Pádraig is an Irish poet\, peace activist\, and host of the popular poetry podcast Poetry Unbound.   \n\n\n\nIn-person attendance is full. CLICK HERE to learn how to attend virtually. Please contact thepoetscornermaine@gmail.com if you have questions or would like to request a fee waiver due to financial circumstances. \n\n\n\nA poem is a word-event going in many directions at once. Sometimes the “you” of a poem is a specific person; other times it’s the poet or a general audience. At times there’s no you at all\, so the poem addresses itself to the world.  \n\n\n\nJoin celebrated poet\, theologian\, mediator\, and author Pádraig Ó Tuama for this special craft talk to kick off the 2024 Camden Festival of Poetry. Read more about Pádraig here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: This event is NOT the main event of the festival. The main event will take place on Saturday\, May 18 at the First Congregational Church at 55 Elm Street\, and is free and open the public. The Camden Festival of Poetry is not a library event. For more information\, visit www.thepoetscorner.org/festival
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/a-craft-talk-with-padraig-o-tuama-you-you-you-the-address-of-poetry/
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SUMMARY:Reading Room Closed to Normal Use
DESCRIPTION:The Reading Room will be closed to normal use from 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM on Friday\, May 17 for this event. We will be moving furniture starting around 1:00 PM\, but you are welcome to continue using the room on the fireplace side.  \n\n\n\nWe will return the Reading Room to normal use after the event as quickly as we can. Thank you for your understanding.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/reading-room-closed-to-normal-use/
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SUMMARY:(New Group!) Coastal Friendship Circle - Embracing Neurodiversity
DESCRIPTION:Coastal Friendship Circle\, embracing neurodiversity and mentoring each other! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA new social\, educational and supportive friendship circle is forming for neurodiverse adults living in coastal Maine. Join us for one or both of the start-up meetings (Belfast and Camden) and share what you can bring to the group and what kind of support you would most like to get from this group of friends. The Coastal Friendship Circle’s first meeting will be held on Saturday\, May 18\, at 1:00 p.m. in the Picker Room at the Camden Public Library. \n\n\n\nAfter the initial two meetings\, one meeting each month will be a planning meeting and indoor activity and the other meeting of each month will be a community activity decided upon by the group.   \n\n\n\nThe purpose of this group is to provide an opportunity for neurodiverse people including adults on the autism spectrum\, with Tourettes\, AD/HD\, or learning differences to meet up with others and find common ground\, and to share interests and activities. We will share our strengths and support one another with challenges. \n\n\n\nIf you would like let us know you will join us\, or with questions\, please contact Melinda Wildes at Melinda.adulted@gmail.com or 207-449-6011.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/new-group-coastal-friendship-circle-embracing-neurodiversity/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Monday Morning Book Club: The Marriage Portrait
DESCRIPTION:For the month of May\, the group will be reading and discussing The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell. 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. The group will meet a week early on May 20 this month due to Memorial Day.  \n\n\n\nSummary: “Florence\, the 1550s. Lucrezia\, third daughter of the grand duke\, is comfortable with her obscure place in the palazzo: free to wonder at its treasures\, observe its clandestine workings\, and devote herself to her own artistic pursuits. But when her older sister dies on the eve of her wedding to the ruler of Ferrara\, Modena and Reggio\, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight: the duke is quick to request her hand in marriage\, and her father just as quick to accept on her behalf. Having barely left girlhood behind\, Lucrezia must now enter an unfamiliar court whose customs are opaque and where her arrival is not universally welcomed. Perhaps most mystifying of all is her new husband himself\, Alfonso. Is he the playful sophisticate he appeared to be before their wedding\, the aesthete happiest in the company of artists and musicians\, or the ruthless politician before whom even his formidable sisters seem to tremble? As Lucrezia sits in constricting finery for a painting intended to preserve her image for centuries to come\, one thing becomes worryingly clear. In the court’s eyes\, she has one duty: to provide the heir who will shore up the future of the Ferranese dynasty. Until then\, for all of her rank and nobility\, the new duchess’s future hangs entirely in the balance. Full of the beauty and emotion with which she illuminated the Shakespearean canvas of Hamnet\, Maggie O’Farrell turns her talents to Renaissance Italy in an extraordinary portrait of a resilient young woman’s battle for her very survival.”
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/monday-morning-book-club-once-and-future-witches/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:In Full Bloom: Container Gardens with Rebecca Goldenthal
DESCRIPTION:It’s finally garden season! To celebrate\, Camden Public Library is pleased to welcome Rebecca Goldenthal\, owner of In Full Bloom Container Gardens\, for a talk on Tuesday\, May 21\, at 6:30 p.m. A container can hold so much more than you think: long-blooming beauty\, variety\, and visual surprises. Through this presentation\, we’ll  learn how to add color and interest to our gardens with container plantings\, including native plants. \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\nRebecca Goldenthal is the founder and owner of In Full Bloom Container Gardens. In Full Bloom Container Gardens delivers to and services Portland\, Maine and surrounding areas\, as well as Rockport\, Camden\, Belfast\, Lincolnville and Rockland\, Maine\, and has physical locations in both Portland and Rockport. \n\n\n\n“My adoration for plants started at a very early age\, being Maine born and bred from a long line of gardeners and nature lovers. I feel so very lucky to have been able to pursue my passion by launching a Portland-based company that is truly unique in its approach and with a vision that is crystal clear—providing my clients with custom container gardens overflowing with colorful plant and living arrangements throughout the seasons.”
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/in-full-bloom-container-gardens-with-rebecca-goldenthal/
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SUMMARY:"A Return to Nepal for Two Friends: The Annapurna Circuit\, a Visit to One's Past Peace Corps Post\, and Some Kathmandu Time" with Dan Matlack and Greg Dorr
DESCRIPTION:The Camden Public Library welcomes travelers Dan Matlack and Greg Dorr for a fascinating travel program on Thursday\, May 23 at 6:30 p.m. recounting their original experiences in Nepal and their recent return trip. Dorr traveled to Nepal in 1974\, and Matlack lived there in the Peace Corps from 1984-1986. After all these years\, they recently returned to Nepal together. They will share an account of their experiences in Nepal then\, and now. This program will be in-person only.  \n\n\n\nTheir return trip included three sections: \n\n\n\n\nA two-week trek around the Annapurna Massif\, walking up the Manang River to the 17\,700 foot Thorung La Pass.\n\n\n\nA week-long visit to a hospital that opened in 2011 in the district of Achham\, in remote the Far Western Region (Dan’s former Peace Corps post).\n\n\n\nLast\, a week in Kathmandu.\n\n\n\n\nGreg and Dan will share photos and adventures from each portion of the trip. They will adapt their presentation if there is particular interest from the audience. Join us for this spectacular adventure and their trip down memory lane! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGreg Dorr is a retired attorney who has lived in Camden for many years after living and working in states farther south. He and his wife Susan have been active for years in various town affairs. After Greg retired in 2007 he and Susan joined the US Peace Corps and served in Malawi for two years. Keenly interested in anthropology and travel\, he also plays the fiddle and mandolin and is an active volunteer in local organizations including Midcoast Habitat for Humanity’s Restore.  \n\n\n\nDan Matlack was a Latin teacher and admission officer in independent schools. Prior to teaching he served in the US Peace Corps in Nepal from 1984-1986. Blessed by a long standing family connection to Camden\, he spent six summers in Camden working for restaurants and contractors\, lived here for a year before heading to Nepal\, and then retired here with his wife Allison in 2021. Broadly interested in history\, geography\, and languages as well as teaching he led student trips to Europe and India. He also volunteers locally. He met Greg working for Midcoast Habitat for Humanity’s Restore two years ago. 
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/an-adventure-in-nepal-with-george-dorr-and-dan-matlack/
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SUMMARY:RESCHEDULED - Wild Maine Series: "Identifying Wild Mammals of Maine from Tracks and Scat" Jack Hopkins
DESCRIPTION:Due to unforeseen circumstances\, this program is being rescheduled to a date in December. Please stay tuned and join us then! \n\n\n\nThe Center for Wildlife Studies “Wild Maine” Series\, in partnership with the Camden Public Library\, continues with a presentation with CWS President and Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology Jack Hopkins all about identifying mammal tracks and scat in Maine.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJack Hopkins is a wildlife ecologist who is broadly interested in understanding how animals respond to human impacts and a changing environment. He primarily uses stable isotopes and other chemical tracers in combination with a variety of field methods and statistical approaches to investigate species interactions\, wildlife-habitat relationships\, and the foraging behavior of carnivores. He is also currently active in using chemical data from laser ablation mass spectrometry to develop statistical models for applications in wildlife forensics. Much of Jack’s research is motivated by the needs of state\, federal\, provincial\, or tribal agencies. As such\, informing wildlife conservation\, management\, and policy is often the primary goal of his research. \n\n\n\nBefore co-founding CWS\, Jack worked as a faculty member at Unity College and as a Postdoctoral Scholar at UC San Diego\, UC Merced\, University of Alberta\, and Peking University in China. Before that\, he worked as a field biologist for nearly a decade in Yosemite and U.S. Virgin Islands National Parks as well as the U.S. Forest Service and USGS in Montana. \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-identifying-wild-mammals-of-maine-from-tracks-and-scat-jack-hopkins/
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SUMMARY:Special Story Time! Celebrating Imagination Library Launch with Miss Amy in the Picker Room
DESCRIPTION:May 31 will be a special story time celebrating the launch of Camden Public Library as a partner program for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Join Miss Amy to read a selection of wonderful books from the Imagination Library! \n\n\n\nCLICK HERE to learn more about Imagination Library through CPL and how to sign up to receive free books for your child every month until their fifth birthday. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nChildren’s librarian Miss Amy hosts in-person story times in the Picker Room every Thursday and Friday at 10:00 am. Thursday story times are geared for pre-school age children\, but all ages and families are welcome!
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/outdoor-story-time-with-miss-amy-for-pre-school-age-children-in-the-childrens-garden-2024-05-31/
CATEGORIES:Kids' Calendar
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SUMMARY:In the Picker Room Gallery: "Above Us Only Sky" - UMVA Members Mary Brooking\, Jane Gilbert\, Deb Vendetti\, and Invited "Friend\," Dee Peppe
DESCRIPTION:The public is invited to join the artists at an opening reception on Saturday\, June 1\, from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. in the Picker Room. \n\n\n\nThe Camden Public Library is pleased to show a group exhibit titled “Above Us Only Sky” in the Picker Room Gallery during the month of June*. In the spirit of “UMVA Members and Friends\,” the exhibitors include three UMVA (Union of Visual Artists) member artists\, Mary Brooking of Westbrook\, Jane Gilbert of Orland and Key West\, and Deb Vendetti of South Hope\, along with invited guest Dee Peppe of Rockland. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition’s title\, “Above Us Only Sky\,” refers to collective dialogues with light and sky during the group’s stay at the Baldwin House on Monhegan Island. The exhibition also includes images collected in other locations\, inspired by Monhegan as “muse.” \n\n\n\n\nMary Brooking\, “Semi-Precious”\, acrylic\n\n\n\nDeb Vendetti\, “Spectral Echo”\, panoramic photo\, micro-piezo print\n\n\n\nJane Gilbert\, “Afternoon Light”\n\n\n\nDee Peppe\, “Monhegan Light”\, photograph\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nMary Brooking uses many layers of paint\, frequently obliterating certain elements as the paintings progress\, “challenging myself always to distill and reduce my original reaction to its exact essence and nothing more\, my paintings are spaces meant to test the balance between reality and abstraction”.  \n\n\n\nAfter a career as an Art Therapist and a Fine Art Photographer\, Jane Gilbert returned to her first love\, painting\, and now paints full time in Key West and Maine. “For about twenty years\, I’ve been meeting my friend and fellow artist Deb Vendetti on Monhegan Island for a week of painting\, photographing\, and simply enjoying nature. In recent years\, we’ve been joined by other artists\, and just last summer were able to experience the sweeping panorama of sky\, ocean\, Manana Island and the mainland from the Baldwin Cottage”. \n\n\n\nInvited guest and UMVA ‘friend”\, Photographer Dee Peppe will exhibit images that are inspired by the color of light after sunset\, including both natural and artificial lights. Peppe is a longtime local\, fine-art photographer and professor at various Maine colleges. She has led photographic travel workshops to France\, Belize\, and Guatemala and has been teaching photography in the workshop format since 1990. \n\n\n\nUMVA member Deb Vendetti\, who organized this exhibition\, remarks\, “The importance of quiet time\, in a supported and unstructured format and in the fellowship of other artists\, immersing oneself in a place\, these are the moments of grace when one is removed from distraction and invited to enter the dialog”. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Union of Maine Visual Artists is a non-profit organization that promotes and advocates for the visual arts\, artists\, and all arts supporters. Learn more about UMVA at www.theumva.org. To stay up to date with the Midcoast chapter\, check out their Facebook page. \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/in-the-picker-room-gallery-above-us-only-sky/
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