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If you visit our old site, you should be forwarded to the new address but your internet browser may question whether it is legit - it is! You can avoid the security message by changing your bookmark to the above address. Thank you and sorry for any confusion!
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A little trivia about May Day:
May Day (May 1) is celebrated as a spring festival in many countries. It marks the revival of life in early spring after winter. May Day celebrations may go back to the spring festivals of ancient Egypt and India. In medieval times, May Day became the favorite holiday of many English villages. People gathered flowers to decorate their homes and churches. They sang spring carols and received gifts in return. They chose a king and queen of May. Villagers danced around a Maypole, holding the ends of ribbons that streamed from its top. They wove the ribbons around the pole until it was covered with bright colors. Dew collected on May Day morning was said to restore youth.The Puritans disapproved of May Day, and the day has never been celebrated with the same enthusiasm in the United States as in Britain.
Santino, J. (2019). May Day. In World Book Advanced. Retrieved from
https://www-worldbookonline-com.ursus-proxy-9.ursus.maine.edu/advanced/article?id=ar350080
Retrieved through
Check it out today!
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Come in and see what we have added to the collection this month!
We lend puzzles and we have a community puzzle in progress all the time!
We also have magazines! Over 25 titles - come check them out!
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Make and Take
Mother's Day crafts!
Drop in on Thursday May 9
Noon - 4:00
and make something for mom or someone special!
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LAST CHANCE TO CHECK OUT OUR LARGE COLLECTION OF
OLDER BOOKS IN THE BOOK SALE ROOM!
COME IN BEFORE WE TAKE THEM TO A DEALER!
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Thursday Night at the Movies
"the third Thursday of the month"
May 16 @ 7:00 p.m.
On The Basis of Sex
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a struggling attorney and new mother who faces adversity and numerous obstacles in her fight for equal rights. When Ruth takes on a groundbreaking tax case with her husband, attorney Martin Ginsburg, she knows it could change the direction of her career and the way the courts view gender discrimination.
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Series of "Book to Movie" showings
How to Train Your Dragon 3 - the Hidden World
Rated PG
Sunday, May 26 @ 1:00 p.m.
From DreamWorks Animation comes a surprising tale about growing up, finding the courage to face the unknown... and how nothing can ever train you to let go. What began as an unlikely friendship between an adolescent Viking and a fearsome Night Fury dragon has become an epic trilogy spanning their lives. When the sudden appearance of a female Light Fury coincides with the darkest threat their village has ever faced, Hiccup and Toothless must journey to a hidden world thought only to exist in myth. In this last chapter, Hiccup and Toothless will finally discover their true destinies, and dragon and rider will fight together to protect everything they've grown to treasure.
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"The Bookies"
meet the third Tuesday of the month
May 21
Educated
by Tara Westover
"A heartbreaking, heartwarming, best-in-years memoir."
- USA TODAY
"Beautiful and propulsive."
- VOGUE
"An amazing story, and truly inspiring. It's even better than you've heard."
- BILL GATES
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"Hooked on Books"
Library Book Club
meets the last Tuesday of the month
May 28 @ 7:00p.m.
Island: The Complete Stories
The sixteen exquisitely crafted stories in Island prove Alistair MacLeod to be a master. Quietly, precisely, he has created a body of work that is among the greatest to appear in English in the last fifty years.
A book-besotted patriarch releases his only son from the obligations of the sea. A father provokes his young son to violence when he reluctantly sells the family horse. A passionate girl who grows up on a nearly deserted island turns into an ever-wistful woman when her one true love is felled by a logging accident. A dying young man listens to his grandmother play the old Gaelic songs on her ancient violin as they both fend off the inevitable. The events that propel MacLeod's stories convince us of the importance of tradition, the beauty of the landscape, and the necessity of memory.
Multiples copies available at CPL
Refreshments will be served.
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We are looking for crafty people to help create fun crafts to sell as a fundraiser for the library! Stop in from 1:00 to 4:00 on the last Tuesday of each month and "CRAFT & CHAT"!
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BOOK BAGS FOR SALE!
STURDY CANVAS! MULTIPLE COLORS AVAILABLE!
- Custom designed with our logo and multi-lingual READ print. Red, Black & Royal Blue
- Printed in Casco by Treehouse Graphics
- Limited supply on hand!!
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Meets the 1st and 3rd Thursday 1:30 - 3:00 at CPL
Speaking Up For Us (SUFU) of Maine is run by and for adults who live with developmental disabilities. Any interested members of the public are welcome to drop in during the meetings to be a part of the group or to help out.
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Ongoing Groups & Programming
Read to Teddy
Come in and practice your reading with a really good listener, certified therapy dog, Teddy!
Thursdays 10:30-11:30 a.m. & Sundays 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Teddy's mom is having surgery so Teddy will not be here 5/9 or 5/12
"The Yarn Junkies" Group
TUESDAYS 10:30 - 12:30 P.M.
Come in with a project and enjoy the camaraderie of other crafty souls. Some supplies will be available. All skill levels encouraged!
Needle Charmers quilt group
2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month @ 2:00 p.m.
May 9 & 23
Storytimes
Tuesdays @ 10:30 a.m.
Lego
Club
2nd & 4th Tuesdays of the month
Drop in 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
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Upcoming Programs - June
Read ME is a statewide summer reading program that gets Maine adults all reading two books recommended by a well-known Maine author.
Defining Wilderness: Defining Maine
A Let's Talk About It series developed by Candace Kanes, Ph.D
This series examines the Maine wilderness, how various people have experienced it and written about it, and how those accounts have influenced Maine and shaped its identity. It raises questions about what constitutes wilderness, the relationship between humans and the natural environment, about conservation and ecology, and not least about our personal relationship to the wilderness.
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Hours: Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays 10:00 am to 7:00 pm.
Wednesdays 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (June 12 - Aug 28)
Michelle Brenner, Director
Wanda Vaughn-Carr, Library Assistant
Ellen Ward, Circulation Assistant
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