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Drive in Concert!
with Wendy Nottonson and Band
Wednesday, August 19 at 3PM [rain date to be announced if needed]
Wendy and band will perform outside the Rye Public Library under a canopy. You'll be able to listen from inside [or just outside] your car! Get ready for covers of some favorite pop songs from the 60's and 70's!
This will be a safe, physically distanced outdoor event. Spaces are limited so please arrive early! A maximum of 15 cars can attend to allow adequate space between cars/seating. You may sit in your car or bring your own chairs.[seating in empty space beside car] Upon arrival, you will be met by an RPL staff member and directed to your parking spot. Please park in the orientation in which you would like to view the concert [back in to your space if you plan to use your hatch or truck bed for seating] Food and Drink You are more than welcome to bring your own food and beverages. COVID Guidelines As we continue to navigate an unprecedented pandemic, we want to encourage everyone to remain safe and healthy while also enjoying themselves. You are allowed to sit outside of your vehicle at the rear or on the driver's side. If you are outside your vehicle, you are strongly encouraged to wear a mask. You must not leave your assigned area without a mask and maintenance of physical distancing; please do not approach staff members, performers or other attendees without a mask or within 6 feet. Other than for ongoing service phases, the Library building will not be open to public use of any kind during the concert. You will be asked to leave should you not adhere to these guidelines.
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City of Thieves
by David Benioff
a book review by Andy Richmond
There is hardly a more unlikely setting for a rich, rewarding buddy-film type of story than Leningrad under siege by the Nazis, but that is what David Benioff delivers in this engaging book. While far from a new release, 'Thieves may have been somewhat forgotten since its bestseller days, but is well worthy of first discovery or a re-read! Framed as a family memory transcribed by the author, the story introduces Lev Beniov a teenage Russian boy who brazenly stays in his family's tenement apartment after his poet father is executed as a dangerous mind, and his mother and sister flee for the countryside. He is arrested for theft and curfew violation and held overnight prior to what he is sure will be his own execution. In a neighboring cell, Lev overhears a young Russian soldier named Kolya who is being held for desertion and likely faces the same fate Lev foresees for himself. The two are delivered to a powerful Soviet colonel who is preoccupied by his daughter's impending wedding and caught off guard by the two unique personalities whose fate he controls. Intrigued by the pair - a small, sharp-witted Jewish teen and an aristorocratic, blond, romantic, chiseled soldier-he offers the prisoners a slim chance at freedom. Can they can put their criminal skills and self-confidence to use in procuring and delivering a dozen eggs? His daughter needs a wedding cake and even the Colonel's position can not make good on that provision in siege- barren Leningrad. This somewhat comic premise sets the stage for a fascinating and well-researched story that illuminates a dark passage of history and delivers laughs, thrills and horrors. The pair of thieves wander the almost apocalyptic backdrop of the tortured city and their quest leads to an insightful and gripping adventure.
City of Thieves is available in the RPL print collection, and Beniov's other novels are currently on order. |
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Summer Tutoring Sessions With Marcia
10:00-10:30 Teaching Skills & Practice
10:30-11:00 Open Tutoring
Marcia Beckett is a certified K-8 educator. She will start tutoring sessions Monday, June 8th. They will be held on Zoom every Monday this summer. Each session will be for specific age ranges and will change each week. Participants will need to sign-up in advance to receive Zoom meeting information. Please email [email protected] for a full schedule or register for sessions on our website.
June 8th Information
Age range:4-6
Subject: Math (addition numbers 1-10)
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Remember that Rye Public Library Patrons are now able to borrow SEVEN items each month through Hoopla. This easy to use, universally available resource offers thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, TV and film selections, comics and more ! Please enjoy two more items each month as our thank you for your patience and flexibility as we all navigate this unprecedented period in public library service.
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 | Rye Public Library is a proud member of SAL: Seacoast Area Libraries.
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581 Washington Road, Rye N.H. 03870 603-964-8401  Aug 14, 2020
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As always, we hope this issue finds you well and enjoying the closing weeks of summer. As we anticipate a return to learning for our school age friends and family, we also introduce a new phase of library service in this issue. While the Rye Public Library will do most of its business through our very successful foyer pick-up service, we are adding appointment based browsing to our appointment based computer session access. Please read the details below and give a call on Monday August 17th to schedule a 30 minute session. In our ongoing efforts to provide innovative library programming, we are also holding our first outdoor event next week. See details in the Drive in Concert! column [on the left in blue]. Please read through for our safety requirements and come ready to safely enjoy a summer concert!
Please Be Well, Andy Richmond
Director, RPL
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Browsing Begins!
On Tuesday August 18th we will begin offering appointment- based browsing sessions at Rye Public Library! In combination with our appointment computer work sessions we will offer a total of six sessions each day Mon.-Fri. by advance phone reservation only. [ Reservations begin Monday Aug. 17. Call 964-8401]
Our catalog station will be available for searches, and our relocated new release area is full of current fiction and non-fiction titles!
The first session will begin at 11:45 AM with the final session ending at 5:15 PM. Our foyer pick-up service for reserved materials will continue and again, we invite requests for photocopies and documents to scan to e-mail for exchange in the foyer during our established weekday pick-up hours of 10 AM- 5:30 PM.
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A few details on appointment browsing sessions:
Appointments: Browsers or computer users are invited to schedule a 30- minute session in the Library building. Starting Monday August 17, call 964-8401 to book your appointment in advance. Computer users can find their specific details here.
For all appointments:
- We will ask a few health related questions at the time of your booking and arrival
- Please do not book an appointment if you have an active fever or flu-like symptoms.
- Please do not book an appointment if you have been asked to quarantine in the past 7-14 days, experienced flu-like symptoms in the past 7-14 days or cared for someone with flu-like symptoms in the past 7-14 days
In respect to community members with underlying health conditions or those 60 years of age or older we request that the first session each day be booked only by those individuals.
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Browsing Sessions:
Each 30- minute session will allow one individual access to the Library collection.
If you are a parent or caretaker that must bring a child with you, please let us know at the time of your booking for alternative arrangements. Browsing will be limited to the adult collection, but requests from the youth collection can be made and will be filled [as available] during your session.
Traffic in the building will be modified and our water and coffee stations will not be available. Public restrooms will not be available, so please plan accordingly.
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Building Access and Safety: At the time of your appointment, you are welcome to enter the Rye Public Library via the historic entry facing Washington Road. If you have mobility issues preventing your climbing three short stairs to that entry, please let us know at the time of your booking for alternative arrangements. Visitors will be required to wear face coverings, sanitize hands, and maintain social distancing standards during the extent of their visit. [We can supply masks if you forget yours. Gloves are also available upon request.]
- We'll try to meet you, but on arrival at the historic entry, please knock or call 964-8401 to let staff know you are here.
- A hand sanitizer station will be available for each visitor to use upon entry. Hand sanitizer use is required.
- There will be no public access to restrooms due to health security concerns.
- Youth and teen rooms will be unavailable. Please notify us of any needs in those sections at the time of your appointment.
- Computer stations and other high touch areas will be disinfected between sessions.
- Library staff will also be wearing face coverings and maintaining physical distance while in the building.
- All staff will need to remain 6 feet away from patrons when interacting.
We thank you in advance for your understanding of and compliance with our safety protocols. At each new phase of library service our primary concern is for your safety, that of our staff, and for our actions to contribute to the continued reduction of COVID- 19 infection rates in the Seacoast region and the State of New Hampshire.
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Health Considerations:
Please make a personal consideration of current health recommendations before browsing or borrowing library materials. We have followed all available guidelines in preparing for our service phases, but sadly, no one can make absolute guarantees of your safety in interacting outside your home. As with all our phased stages, this service may have to be retracted dependent on regional conditions of COVID-19 infection. We request that, as with any venture in public, you follow personal and community protective measures, and if you have been experiencing fever or any respiratory symptoms, please stay home and take care of yourself until symptoms subside. We look forward to seeing and serving you in the near future!
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Vacation Reading!
by Lisa Houde
I love a book list - nearly any kind gets me excited to plop down in the hammock in summer and read the day away. Here's a list of ten books which the library has in its collection - or soon will - that will take you away on vacation during a time when we're all still pretty much staying home. From Capri, Italy to Hawaii, Mexico and a dreamy island in Korea, you'll be on vacation in no time...at least in your mind. The expense is minimal - you only need time to read, so...BONUS! Your next ten vacations await!
- Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner (Cape Cod - a fancy wedding; two estranged friends reunite - is this a good thing?)
- Cape May by Chip Cheek (Cape May, NJ - a sort of Great Gatsby on the beach)
- Her Last Flight by Beatriz Williams (Kauai, Hawaii - Irene, a 1937 pilot, goes missing but is found in a surfing village)
- The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See (Korean Island of Jeju - stunning ocean color, and a decades long chronicle of friendship between two women divers)
- Leading Men by Christopher Castellini (Portofino, Italy - Tennessee Williams goes to a party at Truman Capote's estate )
- Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly (Revolutionary-era Russia - wartime friendship and the unbreakable bonds of three female friends)
- Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (London - tracking down and possibly falling in love with a Royal)
- Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan (Capri, Italy and New York City; you'll be hanging out with the uber-rich)
- Tomorrow There Will be Sun by Dana Reinhardt (Mexican Villa in Puerta Vallarta and a husband's 50th birthday...and a big family mess)
- When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton (1960s Havana, Cuba and its sunny shores with plenty of love, espionage, and intrigue)
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Thursday, August 20th
Toddler and Preschooler Story Time
Story time features interactive songs, books, rhymes, and movement and ends in a fun craft!
Woof! Woof! Don't you just love dogs?! We'll read some award-winning dog books and make a paper-bag dog puppet.
For the craft you'll need: a lunch-size paper bag; a piece of white paper; a piece of brown paper; a small piece of pink or red paper; scissors; and glue.
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Easy and Fun Sunflower Craft!
Brenda will show you how to make a sunflower craft and recommend great books on loving and caring for flowers!
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We hope you enjoyed this week's special edition Booster! We welcome your feedback and suggestions for future issues. Please be well, and continue to take care of yourselves and others until our paths cross again next week.
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