What's an ATC?

Come find out at the Friends of Falmouth Memorial Library's annual Holiday Open House. This year's Open House takes place throughout the library on Friday, December 12th 3pm to 5pm. There will be goodies to eat in the Russell Room, traveling music, stories to hear and crafts to complete!

And this year's Holiday Open House is where you can create your very own ATC...or Artist Trading Cards. We have the supplies, bring your creativity. Questions? Check out these links for more information and stop by on Friday, December 12th, 3pm to 5pm! See you there.

Artist Trading Card Links:

Robinsunne ATC

Rockport Public Library's ATC program

Textile Day

Please join us on Saturday, October 18th 1pm to 4pm for the 7th Annual Textile Day! This year we've expanded our offerings due to a generous grant the library received from the Friends of Maine Libraries. Local textile artist, Bonnie Taylor, will be discussing Color and Texture from 1pm to 2pm. Preregistration is strongly encouraged, please call 781-2351 or drop by to be added to the list. There will be demonstrations and hands-on activities from 2pm to 4pm. These activities are child-friendly, including fabric painting, felting, embroidery, lace making and knitting. This year we will also offer beginners kits for $5.00 for knitting, cross-stitch and felting. Please join us for the afternoon or stop by just to check us out! We look forward to seeing you there on Saturday, October 18th.

September is National Library Card Sign Up Month

Do you have your library card in your wallet or on your keychain? If not, stop in and check us out! It only takes a few minutes to fill out a library card application and it's free to all Falmouth residents. You'll have access to books, movies, audiobooks, magazines and so much more. So come check us out we have a lot to offer!

Titles for the Upcoming Year

Today we closed out the summer portion of our reading group and we finished picking the titles for the upcoming 2008/09 year.

September 10, 2008 "Eat Pray Love" Elizabeth Gilbert
October 8, 2008 "Kabul Beauty School" by Deborah Rodriquez
November 12, 2008 "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
December 10, 2008 "Reading Lolita in Tehran" by Azar Nafisi
January 14, 2009 "Conspiracy of Paper" by David Liss
February 11, 2009 " One Thousand White Women: the Journals of May Dodd" by Jim
Ferguson
March 11, 2009 "Breakfast with Buddha" by Roland Merullo
April 8, 2009 Our Annual Poetry Reading. Bring your chosen poem to the March 11th
meeting for distribution to other group members.
May 13, 2009 "Animal Dreams" by Barbara Kingsolver
June 10, 2009 "The Stolen Child" by Keith Donohue


Please join us at 2pm on any or all of the above meeting dates!

100th Anniversary of the publication of "Anne of Green Gables"

This year is the 100th Anniversary of the publication of the book "Anne of Green Gables" by L.M. Montgomery. Come help us celebrate on Saturday, June 28th when the Falmouth Memorial Library hosts an "Anne of Green Gables" tea at 1pm. Join us for tea, cake and discussion of the life and writings of L.M. Montgomery. All ages are welcome.

Falmouth Memorial Library in the Memorial Day Parade

Staff members of the Falmouth Memorial Library participated in the Falmouth Memorial Day Parade on May 26, and well they should! The Library is a memorial to all veterans and had its origins in the Falmouth Salvage Committee of World War II. Community members collected metal, rubber, rope, etc. to be recycled for war time use. Just as the Friends of the Library now raise money from sorting bottles, the Salvage Committee received money for what they collected, too. That money went to create the Falmouth Memorial Library. We spotlighted recycling then and now in the parade. Rosie the Riveter (Matilda) joined us with our recycling carts.

Spring Clean Up

Saturday, May 10th is our annual Spring Clean Up Day! Please come join us from 9:30 to noon. We need help cleaning up our yard, including sweeping and raking up winter's debris. We'd love to see as many families as possible this year. And remember, it's a great spring workout!

Today is National Poem in Your Pocket Day!

Today, Thursday, April 17th is National Poem in Your Pocket Day. Come check out our bulletin board in the Audio Room and grab a poem for your pocket. National Poem in Your Pocket Day is just part of April's National Poetry Month. The idea behind today is to carry your favorite poem in your pocket and share it with friends and family!

Spring is coming! (We hope)

April is almost here and the Falmouth Library is planning a number of programs to celebrate. April 4 @ 7 pm we will be hearing the Green Team Report about the Falmouth family that won a complete energy makeover for their house. On April 8, poet Ken Nye will be here at noon for LunchBox Friends to read from his latest poetry book "From the Heart" and our spring Book Sale will take place April 12 from 9:30 am to 5 pm with a sneak preview on Friday from 4 - 6 pm ($5 donation requested). Give us a call if you can help set up on April 10 (781-2351). April 22 @ 2 we will be showing the film "The Story of Stuff" and discussing its implications to our life styles. I hope you can join us for any or all of these programs.
--Lyn

What's Happening in March?

What's happening in March at the Falmouth Memorial Library? One of our many programs and events starts Monday, March 3rd, the second annual Beauty and the Books. This is a silent auction that was great fun. Come by on Monday and check out all the great arts and crafts donated by local artists. I've got my eye on a certain pink sweater....what will you find? And the best part, all proceeds benefit the Falmouth Memorial Library. Thank you to all the contributors as well as our hardworking volunteers who put together a great event.

Leap Day

Happy “Leap Day”! Did you ever wonder the reasoning behind leap years? Check out the Marvel Databases http://libraries.maine.edu/mainedatabases/ and click on the link for Britannica Online Public Library Edition and type in Leap Year in the search box. You’ll be presented with articles from Britannica’s online edition of their encyclopedia. You can find out that a leap year is a year containing one extra day in February, like today, February 29th. But wait, there’s more! The articles provide links to explain terms more fully, like year or Gregorian calendar. Check it out!

March is time for Beauty and the Books

It's almost time for our second annual Beauty and the Books! We are looking for people who paint, photograph, sculpt, knit, quilt, weave or have another talent/item they'd like to donate to our silent auction of art and crafts to benefit the Falmouth Memorial Library. Pick up an informational packet at the Library or download the application pdf file here: http://www.falmouth.lib.me.us/support.html

The Reading Writing Connection

Have you always wanted to write, say your life story. Perhaps a poem or two? How about writing book reviews? The staff @ Falmouth Memorial Library is really excited about connecting "want to be writers" with experts in the field of writing with our winter writing series, The Reading Writing Connection.

USM professor, Jane DiMillo, will start our writing series with three Wednesday evening sessions in memoir writing. "Memoir Writing - Everyone has a Story" will take place on Feb. 6th, Feb. 13th and Feb 27th from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Pre-resigration is required, space is very limited. Please contact Andi @ the library to sign up!

William Bushnell, a professional book reviewer, will talk about the art of book reviewing on Saturday, February 23rd, 1:00pm to 2:30 pm.

Registration is suggested. Please contact Andi @ 781-2351 for information.
And in April, our very own James Rathbun will be leading a creative writing workshop especially for young adults (ages 11-15). These sessions will be held on three Saturdays, April 5, 19th and 26th, 11 am to 1 pm. Pre-registration is required, please contact James @ 781-2351.