eNews June 28, 2024

Library Hours: 9-5 Mon, Tues, Thu, & Fri, 9-8 Wed, 9-1 Saturdays

Interlibrary Loan requesting is temporarily suspended. Details here.

~ The Library will close for on Thursday, July 4th for Independence Day.~

McCue Lecture

Theda Skocpol

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Call for Art

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Museum Passes

Pushing against Jim Crow: The Amazing Worlds of African American Fraternal Orders

McCue Lecture with Theda Skocpol

Tuesday, July 9 at 5:30

In-person & Online

Despite obstacles of slavery, poverty, and segregation, African Americans were super organizers and joiners of fraternal orders. Hear about the history and stories of these orders.

Registration open through July 12th.

Programs for Adults

Roxana Robinson in Conversation

with Christina Baker Kline

Wednesday, July 17th at 6:00 p.m.

at MDI High School Auditorium

In-person

Roxana Robinson will discuss her new novel Leaving (Norton, 2024) in conversation with Christina Baker Kline.

Poetry Reading Susan Deborah King

Saturday, July 20th at 1:00 p.m.

In-person & Online

Susan Deborah King, a summer resident of Great Cranberry Island, will give a reading from her poetry, including excerpts from her two most recent books: Moon Dance (island poems) and Though It Can’t Last.

No registration required.

Kneisel Hall Chamber Concert

Monday, July 22th at 7:00 p.m.

at St. John Church across from Library

This is a wonderful opportunity to hear one of the most significant chamber music programs in the country and to see students perform who are about to move onto major orchestras and chamber groups.

Programs for Kids

STORYTIMES:

Baby Storytime Wednesday: 10am Family Storytime Friday: 10am

March with the Library in the Flamingo Parade

Saturday July 13th at 8:30 (muster)

In-PINK

Meet at 8:30 a.m. at the Seal Cove Shoppes on Seal Cove Road wearing your pink - release your inner flamingo.

Make Art with Mike Duffy

Thursday, July 18th at 10:00 a.m.

For ages 9+

Join us for an exciting art workshop with beloved local artist Mike Duffy. Get ready to unleash your creativity!

Storytime & Pop-up Bookshop

Island Readers & Writers

Friday, July 19th at 10:00 a.m.

at Family Storytime

Author Maya Myers will read her new picture book Not Little and author Casey Robinson will read her new picture book Small Things Mended. Join us after for a Pop-up Bookshop in front of the Pemetic School.

Acadia Explorers at Carroll Homestead

Theme: Homesteading

Saturday July 27th at 10:00

For Grades K-5. Sign up for this adventurous, outdoor educational program for kids. Registrants will receive a free book at each program. Also sign up for the 8/3 Acadia Explorer program at the Library.

Yellow, Orange, Stone, and Steel, Quetzalteco, Guatemala

Xela: Weathered and Worn

Susan Beallor

Photographic Installation through July 9th

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All proceeds from sales will be split 50/50 between the Common Good Soup Kitchen

and the Library.

From the Digital Archive

The Digital Archive of the SWH Public Library

Keeper Leverett Sherman Stanley Painting the Tower

at Bass Harbor Head Light - #7856

Warmer weather signals the start of many outdoor chores, painting being chief among them. While for most people this means a boat or a house, Leverett Sherman Stanley spent a May morning in 1949 painting the Bass Harbor Head Light. Charles Dix Thurston, grandson of the first lighthouse keeper, John Thurston, was actually born in the lighthouse when his mother went into labor while visiting.