Welcome to our monthly library newsletter. Each month we will share our upcoming programs, library happenings, and featured new items!

Drippy Sky Canvas Painting

 Wednesday, September 13th at 5:30 p.m.

Pop Up Art School will host their popular Drippy Sky Canvas Painting program at the library. Participants will paint a pastel sunset with a star-filled sky oozing over top. The program will also teach participants how to paint colorful and fluffy clouds, and a dark celestial sky.

Spaces are limited for this popular event. Please call the library at 508-760-6219 to register.

This program was paid for by the Friends of the Dennis Public Library.

Beekeeping

Thursday, September 21st at 6:00 p.m.

Local beekeeper Deborah Hempel will host a program discussing bees and beekeeping.

Please call the library at 508-760-6219 to register.

Virtual Talk - Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors

Wednesday, September 27th at 6:30 p.m.

Join Tory Stephens of Grist Magazine, an independent non-profit media organization focused on the climate crisis, and learn how he created Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors. Imagine is a storytelling initiative that calls for fiction writers to envision the next 180 years of equitable climate progress, imagining intersectional worlds of abundance, adaptation, reform, and hope. The initiative also seeks narratives that center solutions from the communities most impacted by the climate crisis, and stories that are rooted in cultural authenticity (a deep sense of place, customs, cuisine, and more) and rich subcultures that uplift traditions not often seen in mainstream literature. Over the course of three years the project has encouraged 3,000 plus writers from 91 countries to submit stories, and of which 700,000 people have read. Writers and readers alike will enjoy this climate justice romp.

About the Speaker: Tory Stephens creates opportunities that transform organizations and shift culture. He is a resource generator and community builder for social justice issues, people, and movements. He currently works at Grist Magazine as their climate fiction creative manager, and uses storytelling to champion climate justice, and imagine green, clean, and just futures. In another life he owned a kick-**** streetwear company, and he would have gotten away with eating the last cookie too, if it weren't for his three meddling kids.

Please call the library at 508-760-6219 to register. You will receive an email with the Zoom link.

Author Event: Janis Robinson Daly

Wednesday, September 27th at 6:00 p.m.

Author Janis Robinson Daly will discuss her novel The Unlocked Path, in which readers meet a “New Woman” of the 20th century: educated, career-minded, independent Eliza Pearson Edwards. In 1897 Philadelphia, after witnessing her aunt's suicide, Eliza rejects her mother’s wishes for a society debut, and at a time when five percent of doctors are female, she enters a woman’s medical college. With the support of a circle of women and driven by a determination to conquer curriculum demands, battle sexism, and overcome doubts, Eliza charts her new life path. Combining science and sympathy, she triumphs to heal others and herself.

This event will include a presentation discussing the book and a Q&A session with the author. Copies of the book will be available to purchase and be signed.

Please call the library at 508-760-6219 to register for this program.

This program was paid for by the Friends of the Dennis Public Library.

Gardening for Fall Color

Thursday, September 28th at 6:00 p.m.

The Master Gardener Association of Cape Cod will host their Gardening for Fall Color program.

Please call the library at 508-760-6219 to register for this program.

English for Speakers of Other Languages

Fridays

The library is holding informal sessions to learn conversational English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL):

Fridays at 12:30 p.m.

All are welcome. Bring friends and family!

Please call the library at 508-760-6219 or stop in for more information.

Pottery by Cleon Turner

During the month of September, the library will exhibit pottery by local artist Cleon Turner in our display case. Cleon is a semi-retired lawyer and potter. He’s a former detective sergeant, adjunct professor, Dennis selectman and State Representative for the 1 st Barnstable District.

He has returned to his artistic roots from high school where he learned pottery, mosaics, printmaking and drawing. His other hobbies include crossword puzzles, Boggle, reading, gardening and woodworking.

Although the items in the case are not for sale, similar items can be purchased at Scargo Pottery, where Cleon can be found almost daily.

Buy a Brick, Support the Library 

The Friends of the Dennis Public Library offer engraved bricks for sale to honor family, friends, special occasions, or businesses. Bricks will be placed in the library’s walkway. Each brick costs $125. Proceeds from the project are used to support library programs and purchase equipment. Order forms are available at the library and on the library’s website: dennispubliclibrary.org.

September Art Display

Lyubina Raeva (Luba) was born in 1958 in Communist Bulgaria, a place where freedom of expression, including art, was suppressed at the time. Luba always wished to live out her artistic freedom and after the fall of the Communist regime, she moved to America to pursue her dreams. She moved to Cape Cod in 2010 where she took a position working in food service at Cape Cod Hospital. Luba started her painting during Covid as a way to artistically express herself and her feelings about the ever-changing world. Her work has significantly progressed and improved in the last year as she has learned different and more advanced acrylic poring and swiping techniques and has received great feedback from colleagues and other artists.

Luba has 2 children and 2 grandchildren. She travels to Europe frequently to visit her son in Germany, and she also travels back to Bulgaria to visit family. She spends her free time painting, gardening, and walking the beach. Luba says she gets a lot of inspiration from the beautiful beach sunsets and all the greenery on the Cape.

If interested in purchasing or viewing more of her artwork, please email Luba at [email protected]

Call for Artists for 2023

The Dennis Public Library wants to show you off!

The Dennis Public Library is seeking new artists to display their “two-dimensional” work in the library’s busy meeting room. The library also has a large display case in the main lobby suitable for showcasing three-dimensional work.These spaces are available together or separately. Show periods run for one calendar month and artists are welcome to hold an opening. If you are, or know of, an artist who has not shown at the library since our post-Covid reopening, please consider displaying at the library.

The library is located at 5 Hall Street in Dennis Port.

For more information, call Kym Cormier at 508-760-6219 ext. 205 or email her at [email protected]

Host Your Own Book Club With Family And Friends

What is a Book Club Bag?

Our Book Club Bags are tote bags containing ten copies of a title, discussion questions, author information, and a sign-up sheet for participants. Book Club Bags circulate for four weeks, are not renewable, and are unable to be placed on hold online.

You can reserve a Book Club Bag by calling the library at 508-760-6219 or inquiring at our Circulation Desk.

What titles are available?

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano, Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, and Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane.

Book Clubs

Tuesday, September 12th at 6:30 p.m. - Mystery Book Club

This month the Mystery Book Club is reading A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny. This meeting is hybrid, online options are available. Please email [email protected] if you are interested in attending.

Wednesday, September 20th at 2:00 p.m. - DPL Book Club

This month the DPL Book Club is reading The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson. This group meeting is in person at the library. Please email [email protected] if you are interested in participating.

Fun for the Kids!

Pre-school Play, Story and Craft Time

Thursdays at 10:30am

Join Lisa, our Children's Librarian, each Thursday for play time, fun stories, songs and a craft. All ages are welcome. No registration is required. Come and join the fun!

LEGO Education - BricQ Motion Prime

LEGO BricQ - Saturday Free Play

Saturdays, September 2nd and 30th

Join us for drop-in play with BricQ Motion Prime. For ages 10+

Participants experiment with forces, motion, and interactions in the playful context of sports, such as skiing, gymnastics, derby car racing, and more.

Discover physical science in action while playing with LEGOS!

No experience required.

Cape Cod Children's Place

Story & Project with Jill Silva

Tuesdays, Session 1: September 19th-October 24th, and Session 2: November 21st - December 5th - 10am-11am

We are happy to welcome CCCP this fall for another great program.

Jill will be facilitating Story & Project on Tuesdays from 10-11am.

Each week we will enjoy an open eded project and story designed to spark creativity, logic and scientific curiosity.

Ages 2-5. All material are included. Pre-registration is required.

Please call Cape Cod Children's Place to register at 508-240-3310.

Summer Reading News

Thank you, all, for a wonderful summer!!

We had a very successful Summer Reading program. Signups were impressive, in person and online.

Our programs were well attended and so much fun! And, hello, the Ice Cream Social/Book Bingo, a huge turnout! Thanks to the generous donations from Holy Cow Ice Cream Cafe and Sunday School Ice Cream.

Thank you to the Friends of the Dennis Public Library for funding our Summer Reading Program and thank you to Bass River Kayaks and Pizazz Gift Shop!

Stay tuned for next year. The 2024 theme is Read, Renew, Repeat!