March 2, 2023 Weekly Newsletter

In this Issue

Falmouth Reads 2023
Teen Homework Hour
New March Art Exhibit
Staff Spotlight Pick
What's Happening This Week At The Library For Kids
What's Happening This Week At The Library For Teens & Adults
Weekly Staff Pick
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Falmouth Reads 2023

Station Eleven
The Falmouth Public Library is excited to announce The  Falmouth Reads 2023 book pick!

Both a finalist for the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award, this years book is Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel.  

Station Eleven is "An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse—the spellbinding
story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity."

Request a copy today and join us in reading Station Eleven in 2023.  Make sure to stay tuned for upcoming Falmouth Reads 2023 events! 

Teen Homework Hour

Introducing Homework Hour
Every Monday from 4pm-5pm, the teen librarian, Meg, will be available in the YA room to help with homework.

Any subject, any project, any questions you have!  If she doesn't know the answer, she knows how to find it.  

So if you're feeling stuck, or you need a little motivation to get something done, come by the library!

New March Art Exhibit

Paths of Discovery

It's March and the Falmouth Public Library has a new abstract art exhibit!  Stop by the Adult Collection room between Wednesday, March 1st and Friday, March 31st to view

Paths of Discovery: A Show of Paintings by Ron Zweig.

"As someone who has spent most of his life traveling the earth, I have found that the same sense of discovery can be found in the practice of art as well. When initiating any form of visual abstraction, the inspiration for what follows often flows from the first image and then moves on to the next, intertwining at times, in a dance of self-generating ideas." 

Staff Spotlight Pick

Calico
Check out our new board game Calico!  It is a puzzly, tile-laying game of quilts and cats!  In Calico, 1 to 4 players compete to sew the coziest quilt as they collect and place patches of different colors and patterns.  

To borrow this game and other board and card games, stop by the library today or request it through our Library of Things portal. 

This game is also part of our new Senior Gaming Collection that aims to encourage fun gameplay for Seniors.  These games focuses on cognitive function, memory, concentration, motor skills, and pattern recognition skills.  Come check them out today!

What's Happening This Week At The Library For Kids

Weekly Programming for Children
Fridays: Scavenger Hunt from 2pm-7pm at the North Falmouth Branch
Saturdays: Scavenger Hunt from 9am-12pm at the East Falmouth Branch
Mondays: Tales for Tots from 11am-11:30am in the Children's room
Block Party: Legos in the Library from 4pm-5:30pm at the North Falmouth Branch
Tuesdays: Stories, Songs and Instruments from 10am-10:30am at the East Falmouth Branch
Stay & Make: Drop-In Craft from 10am-2pm at the North Falmouth Branch

Make a Glove Puppet

Looking for something to do on an early release day from school? Join Jacek Zuzanski from Dream Tale Puppets on Tuesday, March 7th from 1:30pm-3:30pm in the Hermann room and learn how to make your very own glove puppet!

Registration is required.  

Leprechaun Bridge Challenge
Leprechaun traps?!? Not today! 

Join us on Tuesday, March 7th from 3pm-4:30pm in the Children's room to help those little leprechauns find their gold by testing out your bridge-making skills!

We'll have lots of different materials, such as construction paper, popsicle sticks, and pipe cleaners for you to tinker around with. 

This is a drop-in craft program that is geared towards elementary through middle school students, but all are welcome!

What's Happening This Week At The Library For Teens & Adults

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