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!