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  Cheese Please! 
Curating Artisanal Cheese Pairings for Holiday Entertaining 
 
with Alexandra Horne  
 
Monday Nov. 16 at 6:30 PM 
 
The Friends of the Rye Public Library will feature Alexandra Horne of
artisanal  and specialty food retailer  
Murray's Cheese Co. on Monday November 16 @ 6:30 via Zoom.
 
Register  here for this exciting remote program!  
     
 
Alexandra will explain how cheese is made and how it is stored, prepared and served.
 
She will focus on several cheese  varieties and  suggest beverage pairings and  accompaniments like meats, crackers, preserves and wafers.  You can purchase the featured cheeses from Murray's Cheese before the event by ordering at the links below, but these cheeses should also be available at your favorite grocery store.   
 
Fromage D'Affinois-French Double Creme Brie https://www.murrayscheese.com/fromager-daffinois 
(pairs best with sparkling wine like cava, cremant or champagne )
 
Taleggio or Jasper Hill Farm Willoughby
 
 (pairs best with crisp white wine like Sancerre or White Burgundy)
 
 
(pairs best with fruity red wine like rioja, Tempranill or Beaujolais   
 

 
Wit and Wisdom:
Humor in 19th Century New England

With Jo Radner   
 
Wednesday, Nov 18
at 6:30PM 
 
Register here for this Zoom event 
 
Whatever did New Englanders do on long winter evenings before cable, satellite and the internet? In the decades before and after the Civil War, our rural ancestors used to create neighborhood events to improve their minds. Community members male and female would compose and read aloud homegrown, handwritten literary "newspapers" full of keen verbal wit. Sometimes serious, sometimes sentimental but mostly very funny, these "newspapers" were common in villages across Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont and revealed the hopes, fears, humor and surprisingly daring behavior of our forebears. Jo Radner shares excerpts from her forthcoming book about hundreds of these "newspapers" and provides examples from villages in your region.

Jo Radner received her PhD from Harvard University. Before returning to her family home in western Maine as a freelance storyteller and oral historian, Radner spent 31 years as a professor at American University in Washington, DC. There she taught literature, folklore, women's studies, American studies, Celtic studies, and storytelling. She has published books and articles in all those fields, and is now writing a book titled Performing the Paper: Rural Self-Improvement in Northern New England, about a 19th-century village tradition of creating and performing handwritten literary newspapers. Radner is a past president of the American Folklore Society and the National Storytelling Network. 
   


  Value Line now on-line!  As a consideration to the many investors unable to access our print subscription to Value Line, we are now offering the online version of the notable investors' resource.  Click here to use the many advantageous features of the electronic version.  You'll just need your library card number to authenticate your session.  Call 964-8401 if you need to double check. 
   
   RPL Wild Readers Book Club 
 
Schedule for Fall 2020
 
Meetings are held by Zoom on the last Friday of each month at 1:00 PM 
all titles available on Hoopla    
 
 
Friday Nov. 20 : The Ungrateful Refugee by Dina Nayeri 
 
Friday Dec.18 [holiday schedule]:Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui 
   
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.

Rye Public Library is a proud member of SAL: Seacoast Area Libraries. 

Remember RPL is a local collection point for Box Tops For Education support



581 Washington Road, Rye N.H. 03870  603-964-8401
contact@ryepubliclibrary.org
 
Nov 6,  2020
Vol I Issue 21 
bi-weekly 
 
  




Since March, with reduced occupancy of the RPL building, we  correspondingly cut back on heating, cooling and lighting the space.  With the onset of colder weather along with the increased building capacity announced in this issue, we've reset the thermostat programs so your visit will be as bright and comfortable as always.  Back in the spring when things were really quiet, I made a point of talking to the Library houseplants  when I was the only one on site.  We consolidated them to facilitate watering and offer a little companionship.  As the photo above shows, one of our cactuses [that's an acceptable plural, I checked] has chosen to flower for you just as we add browsing capacity.  It's a bright, hopeful touch as days get darker, and I hope you sign up to come in and enjoy the cactus show next week.  Please review the announcement below and consider stopping in to browse for a selection along with your foyer pick-up reservation.   
We've had  ultra-violet light treatment  units installed in the building's air circulation system, and swapped for higher function air filters too. We've prepared the Library space for traffic control and physical distancing. Our staff conducts daily health screening procedures and we will ask you some health questions when you schedule.  These facility improvements and procedures along with required face covering and hand sanitizing during visits help us create the safest atmosphere we can for a healthy experience for everyone in this newest phase of operation.  
 We'll be closed on Monday for Veteran's Day, but we look forward to kicking off our new browsing schedule on Tuesday November 10th.  You'll also be pleased to note that our new phase includes an earlier start for book pick-ups in the foyer:  9:30 AM!  and you are also welcome to return your materials to our outside drop boxes any time day or night!  Thanks for your patience as we continue to evolve to safely expand community library service.
 
 
 

                                            Please Be Well, Andy Richmond
                                                                            Director, RPL

Triple the Appointments and Welcome to the Youth Department!  
        
On Tuesday November 10th, we will triple our appointment-based browsing sessions at Rye Public Library and add Youth Department browsing!  We will offer a total of eighteen adult department sessions  per day for browsing or computer use, and we'll begin offering youth department browsing sessions! We'll also be offering browsing appointments on Saturdays. Please continue making appointments by advance phone reservation only. 
 
Our catalog station will be available for searches, and our relocated new release area is full of current fiction, large print, audio and DVD as well as non-fiction titles!
 
The first weekday session will begin at 11:00 AM and the final session will be scheduled for 4:00 PM. Three Saturday sessions begin at 11:00 AM with the final session at 1:00 PM.  You can still call, e-mail or reserve items through our catalog as our foyer pick-up service will continue with more pick up hours each day.
 
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 Tuesday November 10th, call 964-8401 to book your appointment in advance.
 
For all appointments:
  • Parents may bring one child with them for browsing in the Youth Department. Parents must stay with their child during their visit. Youth aged 15 and up may book an independent session.
  • 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 14 days, have experienced flu-like symptoms in the past 14 days or have had to care for someone with flu-like symptoms in the past 14 days.
  • Please do not book an appointment if you have traveled on public transportation outside the State of New Hampshire in the past 14 days.
 
In respect to community members with underlying health conditions or those 60 years of age or older we request that the first adult department session each day be booked only by those individuals.     
 
Browsing Sessions:  Each 30- minute session will allow three individuals to access the Library's Adult Collection, and give one parent and child together, or one independent youth over 15 years of age access to the Youth Collection. Parents or guardians making youth department browsing appointments may bring one child under twelve into the building; that child must stay with the parent during the entire browsing session.  Due to staffing requirements, youth browsing sessions will be limited on Monday and Wednesday afternoons.    Traffic in the building will be modified; water and coffee stations will not be available. The Youth Department computer lab will not be available. Public access items like kids' toys will likewise be unavailable. Please plan accordingly as public restrooms will not be available.
 
Building Access and Safety:  At the time of your appointment, please enter the Rye Public Library via the historic entry facing Washington RoadIf 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 physical distancing standards during the extent of their visit. [We can supply masks if you forget yours and gloves are also available upon request.]
  • 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 use upon entry and is required.
  • Health screening questions will be verified at the time of your arrival.
  • There will be no public access to restrooms due to health security concerns.
  • 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.
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 each of our previous phased stages, this new service standard 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!
       
Further Note:  We are unable to accept donated books at this time.  Please do not leave donations in the return box or on foyer tables.  Thank you! 

RPL Participates in The Black Matter Is Life! 
 
Rye Public Library is proud to play a role in this important poetry event  
featuring curated poetry selections and guided interpretation programming.  RPL is hosting a collective poetry composition in reflection on Phillis Wheatley's poem On Imagination  
 
We're happy to be working with Rye's own Mimi White for guidance and even our first lines!  Read Wheatley's poem at the link, think about what it means...what it means to you.  Now write a line or two that reflects, comments or illustrates your impressions. Use your Imagination!    
If you are inspired to provide a line or two, you are welcome to send it in.  Your line may become part of our twelve line collaborative  response!
Register
for the November 18th virtual poetry discussion event which will highlight RPL's reflective poetry contribution.  Poet Patricia Smith will be speaking at the event.  
 

Poet Patricia Smith
 
Thursday, November 12th
Toddler and Preschooler Story Time
10:30am

Story time features interactive songs, books, rhymes, and movement and ends in a fun craft!
 
Please email contact@ryepubliclibrary.org for the Zoom link!
 
 
Winter begins next month...some animals are getting ready to take a long winter's nap. Let's find out who, why and where. For our getting-ready-to-hibernate craft you'll need a piece of brown paper, black paper, blue paper, paper to cut out leaves and cotton balls (optional), a dark marker, glue and scissors. 
 

Youth Book Bundles!

Let the youth librarians select a surprise pile of books just for you! Use one of the request forms found on our website's homepage or click here to get started.
 We'll take it from there and call you when your book bundle is ready to be picked up in our foyer.
Happy reading!


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.