Greetings!
It's no secret that we love art projects at the Patten Free Library, and we are happy to live in a place filled with all kinds of artists and makers. Starting today, Friday October 15, we are excited to offer three different Grab and Go Projects for all ages- including adults!
For adults we are launching a brand new project: a Community Puzzle. Pick up a blank puzzle piece and use it as a canvas to share something you love about your community.
Use whatever media you prefer - as long as it fits on your puzzle piece anything goes! Return your artwork to the Library by November 30th, and view the completed puzzle on display in December. Family and other collaborations are welcome.
All three of these projects have limited supplies, so stop by the Library today! I can't wait to see what you make.
Lesley Dolinger
Library Director
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Thank You Friends of Patten Free Library!
This coming week, libraries across America will pause to recognize the work of their local Friends organizations. We are so lucky for the incredible support we receive from Friends of Patten Free Library (FOPFL). Over the past 18 years, they have raised nearly $500,000.00 through membership fees, proceeds from the library bookstore, and public Book Sales. These funds help Patten Free Library to provide programs and services to our community. The Friends also furnish the cash prizes for our Annual Writing Contest (currently accepting submissions - click here for more information). Please join the library staff and trustees as we recognize and thank Friends of Patten Free Library for all their hard work!
Click here to learn more about FOPFL. Want to be a part of this fabulous organization? Join today!
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News and Resources from Adult Services |
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Fall Movie Discussion Group
Jojo Rabbit, 2019
Thursday, October 14 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom
Watch movies about WWII and the resistance from a variety of perspectives and countries and then meet for discussion. Jojo Rabbit is a Taika Waititi comedy drama in which a Hitler Youth is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. All discussions will be via Zoom. Register in advance here. This is the final film in the Fall Movie series.
Community Puzzle
Friday, October 15-Tuesday, November 30
Take a blank puzzle piece home starting October 15 and return it by November 30. Use the piece as a canvas to share something you love about your community. Use whatever media you prefer - as long as it fits on your puzzle piece anything goes! The completed puzzle will be on display in December at the Patten Free Library. Open to all ages. Family and other collaborations welcome.
Friends of Patten Free Library Meeting
Tuesday, October 19 at 4 p.m.
The Friends of Patten Free Library invite everyone interested in supporting the Library to attend this regularly scheduled meeting, which will address the election of officers.
The proposed slate is:
Marcia August, President
Vicki Tanko, Vice President
Elizabeth McCurdy, Treasurer
Secretary, open
2021 Annual Writing Contest
Submissions open September 7-December 3
Open to teens and adults in the categories of Short Fiction and Memoir. $100 first prize, $50 second prize. For a full list of guidelines click here.
Drop-In Chess in Library Park
Mondays from 3-5 p.m.
Library Park Gazebo
Drop-In Chess will continue through October! Chess sets provided and all skill levels and ages welcome. To get on our email list for reminders and updates, click here.
Knitting Circle
Mondays from 3-5 p.m.
Community Room
Open to all ages and abilities— you don't even have to be a knitter! Bring your supplies or use ours. Drop in for crafts and conversation.
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News and Resources for Young Adults |
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Fall-o-Ween Festival
Sunday, October 24 from 3-5 p.m.
Join Patten Free Library and the Teen Library Council for an afternoon of spooky fun! Music, candy, games and more! Costumes encouraged.
For grades 7-12.
Pumpkin Decorating Contest
Sunday, October 24
Bring your decorated or carved pumpkin to the Fall-o-Ween Festival and win a prize in three categories: Spookiest, Most Literary, and Best Overall. Winners will be voted on at the festival. For grades 7-12.
Babysitter Training Course
November 3, 10, and 14 from 4-7 p.m.
This course will provide youth who are planning to babysit with the knowledge and skills necessary to give care safely and responsibly for children and infants. Learn how to generate a babysitting business, stay safe, and learn about basic child care and first aid. This is an eight-hour course split up over three sessions and participants must attend all three sessions.
Registration opens October 15 and class size is limited to 10.
For ages 11 to 15.
The Telling Room Writing Workshop
Thursday, November 4 from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Join The Telling Room and Maine YA authors Kathryn Williams (The Storyteller) and Nina Powers (Boy in Bloom) for a fun, low-key hour of object-inspired writing. This program will allow attendees both in person in the Community Room and online via Zoom. Please wear a mask to the in person event. To register for Zoom click here. For grades 7-12.
2021 Annual Writing Contest
Submissions open September 7- December 3
Open to teens and adults in the categories of Short Fiction and Memoir. $100 first prize, $50 second prize. For a full list of guidelines click here.
Drop-In Chess in Library Park
Mondays from 3-5 p.m.
Library Park Gazebo
Drop-In Chess will continue through October! Chess sets provided and all skill levels and ages welcome. To get our email list for reminders and updates, click here.
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News and Resources for Youth and Families |
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Kids Grab and Go: Paper Chain Skeleton
Fridays beginning at 10 a.m.
Kits contain materials and instructions for each week's craft. Pick up from the bin by the Children's Room entrance. For ages 3-8. Available while supplies last. Thanks Friends of Patten Free Library and Happy National Friends of Library Week!
Bath Matters Kids Club: Lego Club
Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m.
Back by popular demand! Join others as we create, challenge and share our favorite building activities. All ages are welcome but children ages 5 - 12 will enjoy it most!
Bath Matters Kids Club: Pokemon!
Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m.
Do you have a passion for Pokemon? Just curious? This club is a chance to meet others who share your interest. You don't even need to know how to play! Trade Pokemon cards and play the Pokemon Trading Card Game (TCG). Battle decks will be available to loan during the sessions for those who are interested in playing Pokemon TCG. The first twelve patrons will receive a free Pokemon Handbook to use with the club! For ages 8-12 but all are welcome.
Ms. Katy's Outdoor Storytime
Fridays at 10 a.m.
Join Ms. Katy in the Library Park Gazebo at for stories, song and movement! All ages are welcome.
High Touch High Tech of Maine: Planimal Party Series!
Monday, October 18: Sea Ya Later©
Monday, October 25: Extreme Scene©
Monday, November 1: Jurassic Jr.©
Monday, November 8: The Chain Gang© 4-5 p.m.
Enter the world of biology and learn about fascinating creatures and where they live. Explore everything from plants and octopuses to cacti and tiny ocean organisms. Even some extinct animals are included! For elementary school age children.
Zombie Doll Creation Event
Friday, October 29 at 3:30 p.m.
The perfect ghoulish occasion to kick start your Halloween! Be prepared to resurrect a ghoulish zombie doll into your very own creation! All ages are welcome but children 8 -12 will enjoy it the most. Pre-registration is required. Sign up here or call
207-443-5141 ex 16.
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Gia's Shout Out: Children's Titles
Hard Scrabble Harvest by Dahlov Ipcar
As someone who grew up on a vegetable farm, Gia can relate to this wonderful book which playfully describes the joys and challenges of growing and harvesting food in New England.
Click here to read the full review, and here to place a hold.
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News and Resources from the History Room |
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Visiting Silas Soule in Denver, CO
Like many of the people Jill recently visited in Colorado, you may have heard of the Sand Creek Massacre, a violent, unprovoked attack on an Arapahoe and Cheyenne village near the Sand Creek in Colorado, which took place on November 29, 1864.
But have you heard of Silas Soule?
Silas Soule was born in Woolwich on July 26, 1838, the son of Amasa and Sophia Low Soule. After moving to Kansas with his family, then to the Colorado gold fields, Silas enlisted in Colorado's volunteer infantry during the Civil War to fight for the Union. At Sand Creek, he refused to attack the peaceful village, encouraged his fellow soldiers to resist the order, and later testified against his Commanding Officer, Colonel John Chivington. On April 23, 1865, eighty days after appearing in court, he was assassinated in Denver, at the corner of 15th and Arapahoe. He was 26 years old.
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History Room Coffee Hour
Friday, October 22 at 4:00 p.m.
Coffee Hour is a chance for local history and genealogy lovers to get together on Zoom to chat about topics that are near and dear to our hearts in the History Room. The topic is still TBD, but the conversation is always a treat! All are welcome!
Registration for this event is required, and Coffee Hours are not recorded.
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A Skillful Artificer: The Architecture of Anthony Coombs Raymond
A talk by Earle Shettleworth
Friday, November 12 at 4:00 p.m.
In collaboration with Sagadahoc Preservation, Inc., the History Room welcomes Maine State Historian Earle Shettleworth to reprise his popular 2010 talk about the architect of the Winter Street Church, which was saved from demolition by SPI in 1971.
Saved from demolition 50 years ago, Bath’s Winter Street Church is the masterpiece of Anthony Coombs Raymond’s long career as an architect-builder in the Bath-Brunswick area. Born in 1798, Raymond started working in Brunswick at the age of 18 in 1816. Maine Hall of 1836 on the Bowdoin College campus is his most visible surviving building in Brunswick today. In 1839 his work on the Universalist Church in Bath resulted in his moving to the community. For the next 40 years he planned and built churches and houses for Kennebec River towns, influencing architectural design from Phippsburg to Gardiner. This talk illustrates many examples of Raymond’s work with a focus on his churches, especially the Winter Street Church in Bath.
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October is the best time of year for a spooky book. Leaves are turning, it's getting dark earlier, and Halloween is just around the corner. Time for a good scare!
This week's staff pick is a chilling, twisty, and complex book that was long but so much fun to read that Programs and Outreach Manager Hannah wished there were 623 more pages!
To read the full review, click here.
Click here to request a copy.
Click here to access all our staff reviews.
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You can ask us anything on social media! Inspired by the cannon in the photo at the top of this newsletter, a Facebook patron recently asked if there had ever been a fort on the site where the library now sits. This question sparked our curiosity and we did some more research. Here is what Jill, our History Room Librarian, uncovered: |
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