eNews June 13, 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 Juneteenth on Wednesday, June 19th. ~

Summer Reading

Kick-off & Sign-up Event

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Tuesday, June 18th

6:00 p.m.

Summer Reading Kick-off at the American Legion Hall enjoy a fun show by Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers. All welcome to this exciting summer family event.

Summer Reading Program: Babies, kids and teens can sign up to win prizes for reading throughout the summer. June 18 - Aug 17.

More Programs for Kids

STORYTIMES - 10:00 a.m.

Babies Wednesday & Families Friday

Acadia Explorers at Echo Lake

Theme: Loons

Saturday June 22nd at 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

For Grades K-5. Sign up for this adventurous, outdoor educational program for kids. Registrants will receive a free book at each program. Sign up for more Acadia Explorers Programs: 7/27 Carroll Homestead & 8/3 Library - Beavers.

Kids Intro to Yoga

with Erika Rosso

Wednesday, June 26th at 6:00 p.m.

For ages 6-11. Erika Rosso, will lead students in creative yoga asana (poses) and breathing techniques to help calm the mind and build confidence. Parents are welcome to join in the fun or drop older kids off for the 45 min class.

March in the Flamingo Parade

Saturday July 13th 8:30

In-PINK

March with Southwest Harbor Public Library fans in the Flamingo Festival Parade. Meet at 8:30 a.m. at the Seal Cove Shoppes on Seal Cove Road wearing your pink - release your inner flamingo.

Programs for Adults

A History of Housing with Thoughts for the Future

Raney Bench MDI Historical Society

Tuesday, June 25th at 5:30 p.m.

In-person & Online

Affordable and available housing has reached a crisis on MDI and difficult conversations are taking place in every community about possible solutions. Join Raney and Susanne Paul and Noel Musson of the MDI Housing Solutions Initiative.

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.

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.

Big Read Writing Workshop with Kevin Wilson

at Northeast Harbor Library

Wednesday, June 26th at 5-7 p.m.

In-person & Online

Kevin Wilson, author of the Big Read selection Nothing to See Here, will lead a writing workshop for adults about writing family stories.

Big Read Author Talk with Kevin Wilson

at Jesup Memorial Library

Thursday, June 27th at 7 p.m.

In-person & Online

Kevin Wilson, author of the Big Read selection Nothing to See Here, will lead a writing workshop for adults about writing family stories.

Xela: Weathered and Worn

Susan Beallor

Photographic Installation

on display through July 9th.

Super Tacos, Quetzalteco, Guatemala

From the Digital Archive

The Digital Archive of the SWH Public Library

Pemetic Yearbook 1958 - #1058 (Click on the yearbook picture to see inside.)

If you didn’t know we had the entire collection of Pemetic High School yearbooks from 1921-1968, you may have been missing out on some fun recollections of your old classmate’s baby pictures. This is from the 1958 Pemetic yearbook which also has a fun page of senior statistics.