CHECK IT out December the Newsletter of the Windham Public Library Windham, Maine 2019

1 CHECK IT OUT December The newsletter of the Windham Public Library Windham, Maine 2019

Four Quartets Poetry Recitation The library will be Saturday, December 14th CLOSING at noon 7:00-8:30pm Tues Dec 24th and CLOSED Wed Dec 25th John Farrell, the Artistic Director of Figures in observance of the Christmas holiday. of Speech Theatre in Freeport, will perform a recitation of T.S. Eliot’s masterwork The library will be Four Quartets from memory. Doors open at 6pm. CLOSING at 4pm Tues Dec 31 Admission is free and open to the public but for New Year’s eve. reservations ARE required. Contact Ray at the library: 207-892-1908. For more info about any of our programs, contact the library (207-892-1908) or go to our online calendar at Holiday Movie Time www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar Wednesday, December 18th 1:30-3:30pm Author Talk: Cheryl Blanchard Special viewing of The Polar Express Wednesday, December 4th (2004, G), complete with hot cocoa and just 6-7pm in time for the holidays. All ages welcome! 236 Cumberland Ave. Portland, Maine describes a time over 50 years ago Financial Literacy Workshop when Blanchard Friday, December 20th and her 10 siblings 10:30am-1:30pm lived in a haunted Free workshop by People’s apartment building. United Bank. Learn how to protect your identity & prevent financial exploitation— during the holidays and all year Author Talk: James Hornor round. Reservations welcome but not needed. Contact Wednesday, December 11th Ray at the library: 207-892-1908. 6-7pm "Victoria Falls" is a mid-life coming of age Fun novel about a man School who is on a mission in Vacation Africa for the World Activities Bank. on page 2...

WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, Maine 04062 (phone) 207-892-1908 (web) www.windham.lib.me.us (email) [email protected] (mobile) http://m.windham.lib.me.us/ 2 We end 2019 with a new staff member: help us welcome Chat Cassandra Lull as our new Teen/Emerging with the Technology Librarian! Cassandra brings a wealth of Director library and teen programming experience. She came to us from Washington and we look forward to working with her and seeing all the ideas she has! See page 3 for an interview with Cassandra.

As we say hello to Cassandra, we bid a fond farewell to Amy Tobalske. Amy is moving away for personal reasons and we wish her all the best.

It’s hard to believe 2019 is already drawing to a close! We’ve been out and about a lot this year, and we’ll be at the Community Tree Lighting on December 1st from 5-7pm. Look for us at more community events in 2020!

2019 was our first full calendar year since our renovation. We’ve seen an increase in patrons, in the number of items circulated (especially ebooks), and in our story

Questioneers Party Thank You Note fun Thursday, December 26th Friday, December 27th 2-3pm All day! Fun party celebrating Andrea After the holidays is a Beatty’s great characters, including great time to thank the newest one, "Sophie Valdez, people for the nice things Future Prez." Children, preschool through School they do for you. We’ll grade 3. Vacation have supplies for you to make your own Week! thank you notes to give out. All ages welcome. Technology Fun Monday, December 30th 2-4pm Noon Year’s Eve Party! Tuesday, December 31st We've expanded our 11am-12:15pm technology thanks to the generous donation from Dancing, crafts, activities-- and our big the Windham Primary countdown to noon! If you wish, dress School. Try out squishy up for our fancy party. Welcome for circuits, snap circuits, and our Dash & Dot anyone who can’t stay up until midnight, especially Robots. For children in grades 2-6. families with young children.

In case you didn’t hear…

Your Windham Public Library card gives you access to the Maine Reciprocal Borrowing Program! This allows anyone with a library card in good standing to visit any of the 68 participating libraries and check out materials in person. It’s referred to as “walk-in” borrowing because it essentially turns your local library card into a “statewide” library card. Windham Public Library also has an agreement with our neighboring libraries of Gray, Baxter (Gorham), and Walker (Westbrook) for walk-in borrowing there.

WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, ME 04062 DEC 2019 Meet Cassandra! 3 Cassandra Lull is the Windham Public Library’s new Teen and Emerging Technology Librarian. She comes to us from Richland, Washington. Here’s a little getting-to-know-you:

Q: What are you most excited about for your new job? A: Getting to know a new area (I love a good adventure trip) and new people.

Q: How do you like Maine so far? A: I’ve been in Maine for less than two weeks… so far so good! It’s a very pretty area but it seems to like to rain on my days off so I haven’t been able to explore yet!

Q: What are your favorite books/movies/graphic novels? A: I’m not sure that I have a favorite book, too many to choose from! I’m also a mood reader so what I want to read changes. I enjoyed the Lunar Chronicles and Harry Potter has to be my favorite fandom. Nightmare Before Christmas is my all-time favorite movie. It often gets put on replay, especially around the fall. Yona of the Dawn, Seraph of the End, and Sword Art Online are my favorite manga and anime. I didn’t start reading manga or watching anime until I had to come up with ideas for an Anime Club so I’m still relatively new to it but enjoy it. Bonus- Favorite video games: Legend of Zelda and Elder Scrolls Online.

Q: What’s your previous experience with Teens? A: I have been working with teens in the library setting for about six years now. My first fulltime library job was a director position of a small library in Pardeeville, Wisconsin. Because it was a small library, I did a little bit of everything library-related, and all of the teen programming was my responsibility. I had a weekly Teen Advisory Group, a yearly teen-run haunted house, and themed movie nights. I moved to Richland, Washington for a fulltime teen services position where I brought them life skills like financial literacy and intro to car maintenance, a Stranger Things

Seeking Exhibits! Do you or someone you know have a collection that you would like to share in the library’s exhibit case? All ages are encouraged to inquire about a two-month slot to display their special items. Some collections in the past: felt art, cat postage stamps, Pokemon cards, the Beatles, thimbles, metal toys, Disney mugs, airplanes, golf balls, and Beanie Babies. Contact Sally (207-892-0465) for more information.

WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, ME 04062 DEC 2019 4 In the window this month:

Display Case through January 31 Art Exhibit through January 31 MARVEL comics from Artwork by Deanna Elder On Doug Copperberg Display! For pictures of our current Displays: www.windham.lib.me.us/ondisplay

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WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, ME 04062 DEC 2019 Windham Public Library 217 Windham Center Road 5 Windham ME 04062 December 2019 207-892-1908 www.windham.lib.me.us All library programs are free! Call for more info, or go to our webpage at www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday closed 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-6pm 10am-4pm 1 2 3 4 Catalog Class: 5 6 7 Become a Savvy Tech Help Story Time Searcher (11am) Story Time Books & Babies (10:30am) (10:30am) (10:15am)   (10:30am) Movie Time: “The   Outreach Delivery Tech Help Knitters ‘N Best of Enemies” (10:30am) (4:30pm)Tech Help (2019, PG-13) (1pm) (4:30pm) More (1pm)   Story Time Author Talk: (10:30am) Cheryl Blanchard * (6pm) 8 9 10 11 Discover Digital 12 13 14 Books & Babies ME Library (11am)  Four Quartets Story Time (10:15am) Tech Help Poetry Recitation  Movie Time: (10:30am) (10:30am) “Mr Holland’s (7pm)  Knitters ‘N  More (1pm) Opus” (1995, PG) Story Time Tech Help (1pm) (4:30pm)  (10:30am) STEM Club  (4pm) Author Talk: James Hornor * (6pm)

15 16 17 18 Navigating 19 20 21 the cloudLibrary Books & Babies (11am) Tech Help Story Time  (10:30am) (10:15am) (10:30am) Financial Literacy  Holiday Movie:  Workshop  “The Polar Tech Help Knitters ‘N Story Time (10:30am) More (1pm) Express” (10:30am) (4:30pm) (2004, G) (1:30pm)  Book Group : “Lucky Jim” (6pm) 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Tech Help Story Time LIBRARY (10:30am) (10:30am) Books & Babies   CLOSED Thank You Note (10:15am) Story Time Fun (10am) Chess Club Busy Builders (10:30am) (10am) (4pm)   Questioneers Tech Help Library Party (4:30pm) closes at 12pm (2pm) for holiday

29 30 31 Books & 27 28 29 30 Story Time Babies 10:15am) *James Hornor (10:30am)  December 11th  Noon Year’s Eve Technology Fun Party LIBRARY LIBRARY (2pm) (11am) CLOSED CLOSED School Vacation  *Cheryl Blanchard Week Fun! Tech Help Library December 4th (4:30pm) closes at 4pm for holiday 6 CHECK IT OUT November The newsletter of the Windham Public Library Windham, Maine 2019

The library will be: Author Talk: Mark Alan Leslie CLOSED Monday Wednesday, November 6th November 11th for 6-7pm Veterans’ Day. Mark Alan Leslie’s historical novel CLOSING at 5pm "The Crossing" looks at the on Wednesday Ku Klux Klan’s impact on a small November 27th, western Maine town in 1923. and Leslie will discuss the tale-- absent from history books for CLOSED Thursday nearly 100 years-- of the extraordinary rise and fall of this November 28 - organization which still makes headlines in Maine today. For Saturday November 30 for the more information, contact Ray Marcotte: 207-892-1908. Thanksgiving weekend.

Dinovember! Author Talk: Penny Guisinger Our mischievous dinos Wednesday, November 13th will be here this 6-7pm month— with a new dinosaur friend. Can you figure out which one is Come hear Penny Guisinger, new? Watch the library’s Facebook author of the memoir "Postcards page to see what they are up to. From Here," Maine Literary Award winner, and twice named What can you do? as a notable in Best American Essays. The topic of her talk will What do you love? be on crafting short pieces. For more information, contact Ray Marcotte: 207-892-1908. The Library seeks community members who are willing to share their unique skills Frozen Party! with the community. Do you practice Thursday, November 21st homeopathic medicine? Keep bees? 4:00-5:45pm Fix cars? Garden? Are you a history buff? We’re putting together a Do you want to build a snowman? Are you community lecture series in which having trouble letting go? Join us for a family- participants will be invited to share a friendly, interactive viewing of the movie 15-minute presentation about what "Frozen" to get you ready for the release of they know. Interested? Contact "Frozen 2." We encourage costumes and singing! For more Jen Dupree at 207-892-1908 ext. 3. information, contact the Children’s Room: 207-892-1908.

WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, Maine 04062 (phone) 207-892-1908 (web) www.windham.lib.me.us (email) [email protected] (mobile) http://m.windham.lib.me.us/ 7 Please welcome our newest Circulation Assistant, Lisa Chat Schadler. Lisa has worked at the library for the last with the few years in a substitute capacity and we’re pleased to have Director her here on a more regular basis. Lisa will likely be a familiar face to you, both because she’s been here and because she’s worked for the Raymond school library. Welcome, Lisa!

In October, we had a library card drive at the Primary School and welcomed many new patrons from kindergarten and first grade classes. If your child didn’t bring home an application, feel free to stop by and get your (aged 5 and up) child a card.

During the month of November, stop by the Circulation Desk with a non-perishable food item. We’ll bring them to the Windham Food Pantry. We’ll collect items until November 27th.

You’ll notice this month’s display at the Circulation area is a little…hairy. In honor of No-Shave November, some of our books will be sporting mustaches. No-Shave November raises awareness of those fighting cancer.

It’s always fun to see community members outside of the library. Library staff will be hosting a craft at the annual Community Tree Lighting event, so don't miss us there! Singing, snacks, crafts, and other fun activities are in store. The celebrations are 5-7pm on December 1st, at the Windham Public Safety Building.

Display Case through November 30 Art Exhibit through January 31 Memories of Japan from Artwork by Deanna Elder On Samantha Cote Display! For pictures of our current Displays: www.windham.lib.me.us/ondisplay

Access our library events calendar at www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar

Windham Public Library. Browse our newest library materials at www.windham.lib.me.us/new-materials-2 Find It Here.

WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, ME 04062 NOV 2019 Windham Public Library 217 Windham Center Road 8 Windham ME 04062 November 2019 207-892-1908 www.windham.lib.me.us All library programs are free! Call for more info, or go to our webpage at www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday closed 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-6pm 10am-4pm 1 2 1 2 3 1 2

Mark Alan Leslie November 6th

Penny Guisinger November 13th

3 4 5 6 Catalog Class: 7 8 9 Become a Savvy Tech Help Books & Babies Searcher (11am) (10:30am) Story Time (10:15am)   (10:30am)  Movie Time: “A Outreach Delivery  Knitters ‘N Dog’s Way Home” (10:30am) Tech Help More (1pm) (2019, PG) (1pm)  (4:30pm)  Story Time Author Talk: (10:30am) Mark Alan Leslie (6pm)

10 11 12 13 Discover Digital 14 15 16 LIBRARY ME Library (11am) CLOSED Books & Babies  (10:15am) Movie Time: Tech Help  “Arctic” (10:30am) Knitters ‘N (2019, PG-13)  More (1pm) (1pm) Story Time   (10:30am) STEM Club Author Talk: (4pm) Penny Guisiner 6pm)

17 18 19 20 Navigating 21 23 the cloudLibrary Story Time Books & Babies (11am) Tech Help (10:30am) (10:15am)  (10:30am)   Movie Time: “My  Chess Club Tech Help Knitters ‘N Sister’s Keeper” Story Time (10am) (4:30pm) More (1pm) (2002) (1pm) (10:30am)   Book Group : Frozen Party! “Things Fall (4pm) Apart” (6pm) 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Story Time Movie Time: (10:30am) Books & Babies “Enchanted”  (10:15am) (2007, PG) (1pm) Busy Builders  LIBRARY LIBRARY (4pm) Knitters ‘N CLOSED CLOSED  More (1pm) Tech Help Library (4:30pm) closes at 5pm for long weekend 9 CHECK IT OUT October The newsletter of the Windham Public Library Windham, Maine 2019

The library will Fake News: Its Challenges, be CLOSED Consequences, and Rise Monday Wednesday, October 2nd October 14th 6-7pm Through videos and slides, the session will examine the history of To PretiFlaherty for misinformation, the psychology of their donation of irrationality brought about by biases, twelve new large the role of technology in its creation screen computers and spread, and resources to help verify images and stories. for the community For more information, contact Ray Marcotte at the library: to use. What a generous gift! 207-892-1908.

STEM Club 2nd Tuesday of every month, Author Talk: 4-5 pm Mary Lou Bagley Wednesday, October 9th First meeting: October 8th 6-7pm Hands-on science With an ear for dialogue, strong activities and characterizations, and exquisite demonstrations for details, Bagley delivers a story students in grades that leaves readers wanting K-5. more. Fortunately for all, this Busy Builders debut novel is the first in a series! Set in Maine, Other Wise 4th Monday of every month, introduces a cast of characters who will find their way into your 4-5 pm dreams and beyond. For more information, contact Ray First meeting: October 28th Marcotte at the library: 207-892-1908. LEGO program! Fun challenges or free- DNA & Genealogy build opportunities. Wednesday, October 30th For grades K-5. 6-7pm Maine State Library genealogy specialist B.J. Kids under age 8 must have adult Jamieson will help you determine what DNA supervision. Questions about either test should you take, what do the results mean, program, call the Children’s Room: and how can you use them to connect with family? For more 207-892-1908. information, contact Ray Marcotte at the library: 207-892-1908.

WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, Maine 04062 (phone) 207-892-1908 (web) www.windham.lib.me.us (email) [email protected] (mobile) http://m.windham.lib.me.us/ 10 Three members of the Chat Library staff will be with the attending this year’s Director Maine Library Association (MLA) conference. The event is held at the Sunday River Resort in Newry, Maine and allows staff to participate in many interesting programs. Alvino says, “Our library is fortunate to be able to send staff to various learning opportunities throughout the year.” The MLA conference also offers opportunities to network with other library staff from throughout the State. This year, the conference has had its highest attendance in many years (over 200 participants!). Library Director Jen Alvino just happens to be the MLA’s president this year, and she’s been working hard on registration and all other aspects of the conference.

Director Jen Alvino reminds you that the Library will be at Windham’s Public Safety Day on Saturday, October 5th from 10am-1pm. Visit our table, co-sponsored by Parks and Recreation, the Windham Historical Society, and the Windham Public Library! This event will be the kick-off for the town’s bicentennial celebration. At 10am there will be a ceremonial flag-raising. Stop by to see Library staff, do a craft at our table, and find out

Library staff will also be attending Trunk Halloween Movie: “The House With a or Treat at the Clock In Its Walls” (2018, PG) Windham Middle School on October Thursday, October 31st 2:15-4:00pm 26th from 6-8pm. Look for Ms. Sam and Ms. Jen at this Kids ages 11 and up welcome. Call Sally for community Halloween event. They’ll have program details: 207-892-1908. a Halloween-y trunk and some treats!

Display Case through November 30 Art Exhibit through October 31 Japanese fans and bowls by Photography by Jesse MacDonald On Sam Cote & Jared Leadbetter Display! For pictures of our current Displays: www.windham.lib.me.us/ondisplay

Access our library events calendar at www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar

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WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, ME 04062 OCT 2019 Windham Public Library 217 Windham Center Road 11 Windham ME 04062 October 2019 207-892-1908 www.windham.lib.me.us All library programs are free! Call for more info, or go to our webpage at www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday closed 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-6pm 10am-4pm

1 2 1 2 Catalog Class: 3 4 5 Become a Savvy Tech Help Books & Babies Searcher (11am) (10:30am) (10:15am)    Movie Time: Outreach Delivery Knitters ‘N “Poms” (2019, (10:30am) More (1pm) PG-13) (1pm)   Story Time Fake News (10:30am) (6pm)

7 6 8 9 Discover Digital 10 11 12 ME Library (11am) Books & Babies  Tech Help Story Time (10:15am) Movie Time: (10:30am) (10:30am)  “The Public”   Knitters ‘N (2018, PG-13) Story Time Tech Help More (1pm) (1pm) (10:30am) (4:30pm)   STEM Club Author Talk: (4pm) Mary Lou Bagley (6pm) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 LIBRARY CLOSED Navigating the cloudLibrary Tech Help Books & Babies (11am) (10:15am) (10:30am)    Movie Time: “It Knitters ‘N Story Time Happened One (10:30am) More (1pm) Night” (1934) (1pm)

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Story Time Books & Babies Movie Time: Tech Help (10:30am) (10:15am) “Storm Boy” (10:30am)   (2019, PG) (1pm)  Chess Club Tech Help Knitters ‘N  Story Time (10am) (4:30pm) More (1pm) Book Group : (10:30am) “A Death In the Family” (6pm)

27 28 29 30 31 Tech Help 29 30 Story Time Movie Time: (10:30am)  (10:30am) Books & Babies “Dial M For Story Time  (10:15am) Murder” Busy Builders  (10:30am) (1954, PG) (1pm)  (4pm) Knitters ‘N  Halloween Movie:  More (1pm) DNA & Tech Help Genealogy “The House with a (4:30pm) (6pm) Clock in Its Walls” (2018, PG) (2:15pm) 12 CHECK IT OUT September The newsletter of the Windham Public Library Windham, Maine 2019

The library will be Author Talk: CLOSED MONDAY, Mary E. Plouffe SEPTEMBER 2nd Wednesday, September 11th for Labor Day weekend 6-7pm “Every child will experience loss; every adult wants to know how to help. I Know It In My Heart: Walking through Grief with a Child uses one family’s tragic loss to tell the story of childhood grief— its expression and its evolution—from ages three to ﬁfteen.” For more information about this program, contact the library at 207-892-1908.

Author Talk: Susan Conley Wednesday, September 18th 6-7pm

Elsey Come Home is set in both Beijing, China and in Maine. Susan will discuss the influence of place on We had VERY successful Summer her writing as well as the process of writing and publishing a Reading Programs this year! Our book. Conley is the co-founder of The Telling Room, a nonprofit registration numbers were creative writing center in Portland, Maine. She teaches on the 285 children, faculty of the University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast Writing 22 teens, and Program. For more information about Conley’s Author Talk at this 14 adults! library contact the library at 207-892-1908.

Talk Like a Pirate Day Celebration Thursday, September 19th 6-7pm Ahoy, landlubbers! Join us for a pirate-y celebration in our meeting room. Git yer official pirate name, create a map to ye buried treasure, put on some pirate garb, and walk the plank! Families o’ pirates be welcome. For more information, send a raven to 207-892-1908 or contact the Children’s Room.

WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, Maine 04062 (phone) 207-892-1908 (web) www.windham.lib.me.us (email) [email protected] (mobile) http://m.windham.lib.me.us/ 13 Welcome to September! It’s Library card Chat sign-up month so come on in and with the get a library card if you don’t already Director have one. According to the American Library Association (ALA), in September, the ALA and libraries nationwide “join together to remind parents, caregivers and students that signing up for a library card is the first step towards academic achievement and lifelong learning.” Director Jen reminds you that a library card “allows access to books, movies, music, magazines and online resources such as Universal Class, Cloud Library, and RB Digital.

And, starting in September, your library card just got better! We’re thrilled to announce that starting September 1st, we’re joining other libraries nationwide by removing barriers to access by becoming fine free! Look for more information on our website soon.

In addition to becoming fine free, we will also be increasing the number of libraries where you can use your Windham Public Library card. In conjunction with a Maine State Library pilot program, we will be participating in a year-long shared borrowing initiative that will allow patrons to walk into other participating libraries and use their Windham card to check out items. In order to participate, you’ll need to bring your physical library card or an approved digital copy and you’ll need to make sure any billing and/or expiration date issues have been resolved with your home library.

Art Exhibit through October 31 Display Case through September 30 Photography by Jesse MacDonald Felt Art by Cathy Dodge On Display! For pictures of our current Displays: www.windham.lib.me.us/ondisplay

Access our library events calendar at www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar

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WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, ME 04062 SEP 2019 Windham Public Library 217 Windham Center Road 14 Windham ME 04062 September 2019 207-892-1908 www.windham.lib.me.us All library programs are free! Call for more info, or go to our webpage at www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday closed 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-6pm 10am-4pm 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 LIBRARY Catalog Class: CLOSED Become a Savvy Tech Help Books & Babies Searcher (11am) (10:30am) (10:15am)   Labor Day  Movie Time: Outreach Delivery Knitters ‘N “Maverick” (10:30am) More (1pm) (1994, PG) (1pm)  Story Time (10:30am)

8 9 10 11 Discover Digital 12 13 14 ME Library (11am)  Tech Help Story Time Books & Babies Movie Time: “On (10:30am) (10:15am) the Basis of Sex”  (10:30am)   (2018, PG-13) Story Time Tech Help Knitters ‘N (1pm) (10:30am) (4:30pm) More (1pm)  Author Talk: Mary E. Plouffe (6pm) 15 16 17 18 Navigating 19 20 21 the cloudLibrary Tech Help (11am) (10:30am) Story Time Books & Babies   (10:30am) (10:15am) Movie Time: “The Story Time   Biggest Little (10:30am) Tech Help Knitters ‘N Farm” (2018, PG)  (4:30pm) More (1pm) (1pm) Talk Like a Pirate  Day Celebration Author Talk: Susan (3pm) Conley (6pm)

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Story Time Books & Babies Movie Time: Tech Help (10:30am) (10:15am) “Chicago” (10:30am)   (2002, PG-13)  Chess Club Tech Help Knitters ‘N (1pm) Story Time (10am) (4:30pm) More (1pm)  (10:30am) Book Group : “The Death of the Heart” (6pm)

29 30 30 27 28 29 30 Movie Time: Books & Babies “33” Tech Help Story Time (2015, PG-13) (10:30am) (10:15am) (10:30am)  (1pm)    Tech Help Knitters ‘N Story Time More (1pm) Book Group: (10:30am) (4:30pm) “Ordinary People” (6pm) 15 CHECK IT OUT August The newsletter of the Windham Public Library Windham, Maine 2019

The library will be Author Talk: Author Talk: Polly Bennell Irene M. Drago CLOSED SATURDAY, Wednesday, August 7th Wednesday, August 14th AUGUST 31st 6-7pm 6-7pm for Labor Day weekend

For more info about either speaker, call the Help Desk: 207-892-1908.

Sno-cone Party Tales of the Deep Thursday, August 8th Thursday, August 15th 1:30-2pm 2-3pm All ages, adults too! Grades 3-8

For more info Have you seen about either our rejuvenated program, call the lobby? And new Children’s Room: signage 207-892-1908. throughout the library? Come in and see! Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air's salubrity ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

2019 For more information, Summer Reading Programs inquire at the library, or go to Children, Juniors, Teens, & Adults: Join the fun! www.windham.lib.me.us/ summer-reading-programs Reading challenges, games, movies, speakers, special programs! Sponsored in part by Friends of the WPL

WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, Maine 04062 (phone) 207-892-1908 (web) www.windham.lib.me.us (email) [email protected] (mobile) http://m.windham.lib.me.us/ 16

Chat A familiar face will be moving upstairs. Amy Tobalske with the (you know Amy from the Circulation Desk) has recently accepted the position of Reference and Technology Director Assistant. Congratulations, Amy!

In July, Director Jen Alvino and Children’s Librarian Ms. Sam had a great time visiting the Windham Farmer’s Market during Community Day. Other library staff hope to get back to the Market later this summer. In the meantime, you can visit library staff in the community when Ms. Sam is at Dundee Park during the Summer Meal program on Wednesdays from 12:00-1:00pm.

However surprising this may be, Jen reminds us that we are nearing fall and the start of a new school year. We are planning library card signups and school visits. If you’re a parent, be on the lookout for an application coming home to you sometime in November. Or, stop by the library and get your kindergartener (ages five and up!) a library card. It’s the most important card in his or her wallet!

But wait! There’s plenty of summer left. We still have lots of activities planned: Wednesday Movie Times, Tuesday Lab Coat Adventures, ongoing Author Talks, and more. See our full listing of events at www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar

Access our library events calendar at www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar

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WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, ME 04062 AUG 2019 Windham Public Library 217 Windham Center Road 17 Windham ME 04062 August 2019 207-892-1908 www.windham.lib.me.us All library programs are free! Call for more info, or go to our webpage at www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday closed 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-6pm 10am-4pm 1 Story Time 2 Books & Babies 3 1 2 3 (10:30am) (10:15am)  Dance Party  (10:30am) Minute-to-Win-It Movie for Teens: Outreach Delivery  with Miss Diana “How to Train Your (10:30am) (10am)  Tech Help Dragon 3”  Knitters ‘N More (10:30am) (2019, PG) (12pm)  Gentle Flow Yoga  (1pm) (10:30am)  Outreach Delivery Tech Help Lab Coat Adven. (10:30am) (4:30pm) (3:30pm)

4 5 6 7 Reader’s 8 9 10 Story Time Books & Babies Theater (10:30am) Dance Party (10:30am) (10:15am)  (10:30am)   Catalog Class (11am)  Movie for Teens: Knitters ‘N  Tech Help Drop-in Tech “Incredibles 2” More (1pm) Movie: “Fences” (10:30am) Time with (2018, PG)  (2016, PG-13) (1pm)  Miss Sam (10am) (12pm) Lab Coat  Sno-cone party  Adventures Author Talk: Polly (1:30pm) Tech Help (3:30pm) Bennell (6pm) (4:30pm)

11 12 13 14 Reader’s 15 16 17 Story Time Theater (10:30am) (10:30am) Books & Babies Dance Party  (10:30am)  (10:15am) Digital ME Library   Minute-to-Win-It Movie for Teens: (11am) with Miss Diana “Solo: a Star Wars Knitters ‘N More Tech Help  (10:30am) (10am) story” (2018, (1pm) Movie: “Space    PG-13) (12pm) cowboys” Gentle Flow Yoga  Lab Coat Tales of the (2000, PG-13) (1pm) deep (2pm) (10:30am) Tech Help Adventures  (4:30pm) (3:30pm) Author: Irene M. Drago (6pm) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Story Time Calm as a (10:30am) Books & Babies Critter (10:30am)  (10:15am)  Dance Party Movie for Teens:  cloudLibrary (10:30am) “The LEGO movie Knitters ‘N More (11am)  Drop-in Tech Chess Club Time with 2” (2019, PG) (1pm)  Tech Help (10am) (12pm)  Movie: “Julie & (10:30am) Miss Sam (10am)  Lab Coat Julia” Tech Help Adventures (2009, PG-13) (4:30pm) (3:30pm) (1pm)

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Story Time Movie Time: LIBRARY (10:30am) Books & Babies “The upside” Dance Party CLOSED  (10:15am) (2018, PG-13) (10:30am) Movie for Teens:  (1pm)  “Pick of the Knitters ‘N More  Tech Help Labor Day litter” (2018) (1pm) Book Group : (10:30am) (12pm) “Song of weekend  Solomon” (6pm) Tech Help (4:30pm) 18 CHECK IT OUT July The newsletter of the Windham Public Library Windham, Maine 2019

The library will be Author Talk: Author Talk: Hawreh Haddadi Charlene D’Avanzo CLOSED Wednesday, July 10th Wednesday, July 17th THURSDAY, 6-7pm 6-7pm JULY 4th for Independence Day

Special July programs: Astronomy 101 class Board games day Bubble party Calm as a critter For more info about either program, call Ray: 207-892-1908. Craft day Digital scavenger hunt New programs! For more info, call the library (207-892-1908) Drive-in movie or go to www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar Drop-in tech time Minute-to-win-it Chess Club– All ages, beginners welcome, fourth Saturday Movie time: “Apollo 11” each month, 10am-12pm Pet parade Dance party– Toddlers, pre-Ks & their adults, each Solar system scale Thursday July 11-August 29, 10:30-11am Space fun with Meredith Gentle flow yoga– Teens & adults, beginners welcome, For more info about an event see Fridays 7/5, 7/26, 8/2, and 8/16, 10:30-11:30am page 3, call 207-892-1908 or go to Reader’s theater– Grades K-3, beginner theater, each www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar Wednesday July 24–August 14,10:30-11:30am

2019 Summer Reading Programs For more information, see the attached fliers, through August 26! Children, Juniors, Teens, & Adults: inquire at the library, or go to Join the fun! www.windham.lib.me.us/ Reading challenges, games, summer-reading-programs movies, speakers, special programs, and a rubber chicken! Sponsored in part by Friends of the WPL

WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, Maine 04062 (phone) 207-892-1908 (web) www.windham.lib.me.us (email) [email protected] (mobile) http://m.windham.lib.me.us/ 19 Director Jen Alvino recently spent a week at the American Library Association Chat (ALA) Conference in Washington, DC. There were many compelling with the programs, including events about the opioid crisis, and accessibility and the Director importance of representation in materials. Alvino says, “Looking at the conference programming, it’s clear that libraries are thriving and really helping people with information, entertainment, and finding resources.” Many of the programs, Alvino points out, were about “things you wouldn’t expect librarians to have a hand in, but we do.”

The ALA program that stood out the most to Alvino was an interview Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, did with Eric Klinenberg about his book Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of the Civic Life. Alvino says Klinenberg discussed the role of libraries as part of the social infrastructure of a community, especially as a population ages or faces natural disasters and other crises. During times of need, people look toward organizations that can provide resources. Alvino says, “The library is an important part of that.” She left ALA with ideas about how to support community members during difficult times.

While Alvino was away at ALA, library staff participated in Summerfest. Many staff members walked in the parade and others ran the library’s booth. The booth was recognized as a 2019 Community Booth Winner. Great job, everyone!

Throughout the summer, the library will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing as well as our Summer Reading Program theme: A Universe of Stories. Some of the July programs we’re most excited about include: A showing of the new movie Apollo 11 on the 20th to commemorate the moon landing; a Movie Drive-In on the 22nd (decorate a box to look like a car, then watch a short, kid-friendly movie); and Lab Coat Adventures each Tuesday (activities for the month include making two types of rockets, taking apart electronics to explore inner workings, and creating a catapult launcher). For more info on these and all our

Art Exhibit through October 31 Display Case through July 31 On Photography by Jesse MacDonald Barbie Dolls by Jen Dupree Display! For pictures of our current Displays: www.windham.lib.me.us/ondisplay

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WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, ME 04062 JUL 2019 Windham Public Library 217 Windham Center Road 20 Windham ME 04062 July 2019 207-892-1908 www.windham.lib.me.us All library programs are free! Call for more info, or go to our webpage at www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday closed 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-6pm 10am-4pm 1 Story Time 2 Books & Babies 3 4 5 6 (10:15am) Catalog Class: (10:30am) Become a Savvy   Minute-to-Win-It Outreach Delivery Searcher (11am) Movie for Teens:  with Miss Diana “How to Train Your (10:30am) (10am)  Movie Time: Dragon 3”  Knitters ‘N More “Earth” (2019, PG) (12pm) (2007, G) (1pm) Gentle Flow Yoga  (1pm) (10:30am)   Tech Help LIBRARY Lab Coat Adven. Space Fun with (4:30pm) (3:30pm) Meredith (4pm) CLOSED

Calm as a 7 8 Story Time 9 10 11 12 13 Critter (10:30am) Dance Party (10:30am) Books & Babies  (10:30am)  (10:15am) Digital ME Library  Movie for Teens:  (11am) Tech Help “Mary Poppins Knitters ‘N Drop-in Tech  (10:30am) Time with Returns” More (1pm) Movie: “Mary  (2018, PG) (12pm)  OFF SITE: Story Miss Sam (10am)  Poppins Returns” Lab Coat (2018, PG) (1pm) Walk and Lunch at Pet Parade (1pm) Adventures  Lippman Park  (3:30pm) Author: Hawreh (11am) Tech Help (4:30pm) Haddadi (6pm) 15 16 17 18 19 14 Story Time 20 50th (10:30am) Books & Babies Craft Day (10:30am)   anniversary (10:15am) Dance Party Board Games Day Movie for Teens:  cloudLibrary (11am) (10:30am)  (10am) of moon “Spider-Man: Into Knitters ‘N More   the Spider-Verse” (1pm) Movie: “Pride and Tech Help  Prejudice” part1 Digital Scavenger (2018, PG) (12pm) (10:30am) Hunt (2pm)  Lab Coat (1995) (1pm) Special Movie Tech Help Adventures  Event: “Apollo 11” (4:30pm) (3:30pm) Author: Charlene D’Avanzo (6pm) (2019, G) 21 22 Story Time 23 24 25 26 27 (10:30am) Reader’s Theater Dance Party Books & Babies  (10:30am) (10:30am) Drop-in Tech (10:15am)   Movie for Teens: Time with Chess Club “Ralph Breaks the  Movie Time: Tech Help Knitters ‘N More Miss Sam (10am) Internet” (2018, PG) “Pride and (10:30am)  (10am) (12pm) (1pm) Prejudice” part2   Gentle Flow Yoga  (1995) (1pm) Solar System (10:30am) Drive-in Movie Lab Coat  Scale (2pm) (2pm) Adventures Book Group :  (3:30pm) “The Sun Also Tech Help (4:30pm) Rises” (6pm) 28 29 Story Time 30 31 Reader’s 30 31 30 (10:30am) Theater Register for a Find  Books & Babies (10:30am) chicken Movie for Teens: (10:15am) SummerTech Help BooksReading & Babies   each day; “Fantastic Beasts 2” program!(10:30am) (10:15am) get a treat! Knitters ‘N More Movie Time:   (2018, PG-13) “Apollo 13” Kids, (12pm) (1pm) Story TimeKnitters ‘N  (1995, PG) (1pm) teens,(10:30am) More (1pm) Last day   Bubble Party Lab Coat & to hunt is Adventures Astronomy 101 July 31st (2pm) Class with Ron adults!  (3:30pm) Thompson (6pm) Tech Help (4:30pm) 21

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Adult Summer Reading Challenge—June 24-August 26 Pick up the required Registration Sheet at the Help Desk, and turn it in to the Help Desk by the Monday, August 26th deadline to be entered in a drawing for a gift certificate of your choice from Bull Moose, Casablanca Comics, Pat’s Pizza, or Smitty’s Cinema! Five types of books to read: any classic novel, any book about Science or the Universe, a book that is set in the decade you were born in, a book of short stories, and a book you judged by its cover.

Teen Summer Reading Challenge—June 24–August 26 Pick up the required Registration Sheet at the Help Desk, and turn it in to the Help Desk by the Monday, August 26th deadline to receive a gift certificate of your choice from Bull Moose, Casablanca Comics, Pat’s Pizza, or Smitty’s Cinema! Five types of books to read: any Teen novel, any Teen Science Fiction novel, any book about Science or the Universe, a book of short stories, and any Teen Graphic novel.

Charlene D’Avanzo—Secrets Haunt The Lobsters’ Sea Wednesday, 7/17, 6-7pm Come hear how climate change is affecting the Maine lobster industry.

Charlene D’Avanzo has received awards both as an author and environmental educator. Her environmental mysteries help readers learn about climate change and other issues in the context of a fast- paced, exciting story. Secrets Haunt the Lobsters’ Sea is a Foreword Indies finalist. A long-time sea kayaker, a sport featured in her stories, D’Avanzo lives on Little John Island in Yarmouth, Maine.

Polly Bennell—Woo-Woo: The Universe Insists Wednesday, 8/7, 6-7pm Come hear Polly Bennell read selections from her book, Woo-Woo: The Universe Insists, and be prepared for a discussion where you, too, can share (if you dare) your own stories about wild coincidence, ESP, and other paranormal events.

Kate Kastelein Wednesday, 8/21, 6-7pm Come hear Ms. Kastelein speak about contemporary female science fiction writers. She is also going to provide some great resources for short-form science fiction online for both writers and readers. Summer Reading Program 2019: “A Universe of Stories”— 23 Adult & Teen Activities/Events

Astronomy 101 Class Wednesday, July 31st, 6-7PM Ron will give participants the tools needed to enjoy the night sky. First, you'll get a brief overview of what astronomy is all about, discover where to find resources and use “Sky Maps”, and learn how to use your eyes and charts to navigate the night sky. You will learn to “read”, identify, and highlight the current Constellations for the month using a sky map. There are many “objects” in the night sky. Some you can see with your eyes, some with binoculars, and some you would need a telescope to see. If time allows, Ron will describe the library telescope and identify the different parts. (Appropriate for 10 years of age or older)

Monday Movie for Teens Join us for our "Universe Of Stories" movies, 12pm each week in the Teen area. Bring your lunch & friends. Ages 9-19 welcome. Water provided. Contact Sally for more info or go to www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar.

Digital Scavenger Hunt Friday, July 19, 2-3pm Bring a device that can take pictures (or borrow the library's). How many items on the list can you find in 45 minutes? Prizes to top 3!! Ages 12-19. Meet in the Teen area at 2pm to get your sheet! Contact Sally for more info.

Movie Time Our weekly program occurs each Wednesday at 1pm. The movies selected for this summer follow our Summer Reading “Universe of Stories” theme. Viewings are free. Snacks provided. No rsvp necessary. Call Sally for program details, go to www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar, or pick up a monthly movie flier at the library.

For more information about our Teen or Adult Summer Reading Programs, contact Ray: 207-892-1908.

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The library will be CLOSED Author Talk: Richard J. Cass Wednesday, June 12th 6-7pm Author of the Elder Darrow jazz mystery series "Solo Act" which SAT, JUNE 22nd was a finalist for the 2017 Maine Literary Awards in Crime for the Summerfest parade & Fiction. He will talk about the community booth. Come see us! noir tradition in crime fiction, the state of crime fiction in Barbara Kelley Maine, and will read from his latest novel, "Burton’s Solo." For to retire more info, call Ray: 207-892-1908. Read more on page 2, Chat Author Talk: William E. Priest With the Wednesday, June 19th Director. 6-7pm Bill Priest, the Woodland Poet, Ray Marcotte and his wife Lynn are residents to be hired as of Windham and own Wepco Reference/ International Packaging in Technology Windham. His presentation will Librarian include some readings, a look at Read more on Maine as a source of renewal and inspiration, and a look at three page 2. generations of poets. For more info, call Ray: 207-892-1908.

WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, Maine 04062 (phone) 207-892-1908 (web) www.windham.lib.me.us (email) [email protected] (mobile) http://m.windham.lib.me.us/ 25 Chat In June, Reference/Technology Librarian Barbara Kelley will retire after twenty-four years of service. with the Director Jen Alvino says “Barbara was hardworking and Director dedicated. She was a supportive colleague and a pleasure to work with. She enjoyed helping community members. She really loved digging into questions and helping people get the resources they need. I and the staff wish her a happy, healthy retirement.”

With Barbara’s retirement, a familiar face from the Reference Department will be stepping into the reference and technology position. “I’m pleased to hire Ray Marcotte as the new Reference/Technology Librarian, beginning mid-June. For the past month or two, Ray has worked in this role in an interim capacity,” says Alvino. Ray has Summer Reading programs planned and fall programs in the works. Congratulations, Ray!

Speaking of Summer Reading, we’re gearing up for it here. This year’s theme is “A Universe of Stories.” We’ll kick off the fun on June 22 at the Summerfest parade. We’ll

Ask library staff for Find the Chicken. Windham High School Starts June 24th! required Summer Reading materials.

Art Exhibit through June 29 Display Case through July 31 On Bridges of Friendship Photographs Barbie Dolls by Jen Dupree Display! For pictures of our current Displays: www.windham.lib.me.us/ondisplay

Access our library events calendar at www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar

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WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, ME 04062 JUN 2019 Windham Public Library 217 Windham Center Road 26 Windham ME 04062 June 2019 207-892-1908 www.windham.lib.me.us All library programs are free! Call for more info, or go to our webpage at www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday closed 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-6pm 10am-4pm 2 3 4 5 6 Tech Help 7 1 (10:30am) Catalog Class:  8 Story Time Books & Babies Become a Savvy Outreach Delivery (10:30am) (10:15am) Searcher (11am) (10:30am)     Tech Help Knitters ‘N Movie Time: “On Story Time (4:30pm) More (1pm) The Town” (10:30am) (1949) (1pm)  Maker Club! (3:30pm)

9 10 Story Time 11 12 Discover Digital 13 14 15 (10:30am) ME Library (11am)   Books & Babies Tech Help Movie for Teens: Movie Time: “The (10:30am) “The House with a (10:15am)  Great Gatsby”  Clock In Its Walls” (2013, PG-13) Knitters ‘N Story Time (2018, PG) (12pm) (1pm) (10:30am)  More (1pm)  LEGO Club (3:30pm) Author Talk:  Richard J. Cass Tech Help (4:30pm) (6pm)

16 17 18 19 Navigating 20 21 22 Story Time the cloudLibrary (10:30am) (11am)  Books & Babies  Tech Help LIBRARY Movie for Teens: (10:15am) Movie Time: (10:30am) CLOSED “Aquaman”  “First Man”  (2018, PG-13) Knitters ‘N More (2018, PG-13) Dance Party (12pm) (1pm) (1pm) (10:30am)   Tech Help Author Talk: (4:30pm) William E. Priest (6pm) 23 24 Story Time 25 26 27 28 29 (10:30am) Jump to Jupiter  Books & Babies (1pm) (10:15am) Tech Help Movie for Teens:  (10:30am) Drop-in Tech “Hotel Transylvania  Movie Time: Knitters ‘N More  Time with Miss 3: Summer “Jane Eyre” OFF SITE: Mad Sam (10am) Vacation” (2018, (1pm)  (1997) (1pm) Science! At PG) (12pm)  Manchester  Lab Coat Book Group : Adventures School Craft Day (3:30pm) “Go Tell It On the (10:30am)  (3:30pm) Mountain” (6pm) Tech Help (4:30pm) 30 27 28 29 30 31 30 Register for a Chicken Don’t miss seeing the Summer Reading Arrives Books & Babies June 24th Tech Help library in the program! (10:15am) (10:30am) Summerfest parade Kids,   Knitters ‘N Story Time on June 22nd! teens, More (1pm) Find her (10:30am) And stop by our & each day; get a booth at the adults! treat! Summerfest grounds. 27

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Charlene D’Avanzo—Secrets Haunt The Lobsters’ Sea Wednesday, 7/17, 6-7pm Come hear how climate change is affecting the Maine lobster industry.

For more information about our Teen or Adult Summer Reading Programs, contact Ray: 207-892-1908.

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The library will be Author Talk: John Manderino CLOSED Wednesday, May 8th Saturday-Monday, 6-7pm May 25-27, in John has published five novels, two short stories collections, observance of and a memoir. His most recent novel is "Bopper's Progress," Memorial day which won an international novella competition. John has also written plays that have been performed at Opening Reception for Bridges of theater festivals and Friendship Exhibit other venues. Tuesday, May 7th For more info, call Ray 4-5:30pm at 207-892-1908. An opening reception will be held for the Bridges of Friendship Join us for our celebrations! Do photo exchange which will be traveling the scavenger hunt, vote for throughout Maine. Guest speaker, your favorite pilot, take the Charlotte Rosenthal, will address the lightsaber challenge, and more! diversity of the pieces and the Plus displays from local perspectives of the photographers. The enthusiast, Rene Vancelette. All exhibit is a photographic cultural ages are welcome, in costume exchange between the Portland Camera or not. For more info, contact Club of Maine and the Spolokhi Sally: 207-892-1908. Photo Club of Archangel, Russia. The sponsored photographs will be on display in our in part by library through June 29th. For more information, call 207-892-1908. Tea For You @ the Library Tuesday, May 14th Read Away Your Fines in May! 1:30-2:30pm For the entire month This tea will be honoring of May, you can read our local veterans. Come away any fines show your support. All you’ve accrued for ages welcome. For more late library items. information, call 207-892-1908.

WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, Maine 04062 (phone) 207-892-1908 (web) www.windham.lib.me.us (email) [email protected] (mobile) http://m.windham.lib.me.us/ 31 It’s May! Are you getting ready to plant your garden? Stop by to check out Chat our selection of gardening books. with the Director Another sure sign of spring is the fact that we’re getting ready for our Summer Reading Programs. This year’s theme is “A Universe of Stories” and staff are working on space-themed programming. Registrations and events will begin in the middle of June, so look for more details next month.

On Wednesday, April 24th, libraries and library organizations put together a display at the Hall of Flags in the State House for Maine Libraries’ Legislative Day. This was an opportunity to talk to legislators about the important work we do. Director Jen Alvino says the day was “a great success.”

In other exciting news, the Children’s Room received a $1500.00 Maine Public Library Fund Grant from the Maine State Library. These funds come from the IRS tax checkoff on the Maine State tax form. Alvino says that “with the $1500.00, we will be getting several new backpacks that will focus on STEM topics as well as mental and emotional health issues.” Many people are familiar with the backpacks that currently

Coming in June: Summer Reading Programs for kids to adults. Something fun and challenging for everyone!

Art Exhibit through June 29 Display Case through May 31 On Bridges of Friendship Photographs Star Wars’ BB-8 by Sally Bannen Display! For pictures of our current Displays: www.windham.lib.me.us/ondisplay

Access our library events calendar at www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar

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WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, ME 04062 MAY 2019 Windham Public Library 217 Windham Center Road 32 Windham ME 04062 May 2019 207-892-1908 www.windham.lib.me.us All library programs are free! Call for more info, or go to our webpage at www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday closed 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-6pm 10am-4pm 1 2 1 2 Tech Help 3 4 Star Wars Day Catalog Class: (10:30am)  Activities Story Time Become a Savvy (10:30am) (10:30am) Searcher (11am) Outreach Delivery   (10:30am)  Tech Help Movie Time: Story Time (4:30pm) “Dreamgirls” “Bridges of Friendship” (2006, PG-13) (10:30am)  Photo Reception John Manderino (1pm) Maker Club! (3:30pm) 5 6 7 Books & Babies 8 9 10 11 (10:15am)  Movie Time: “The Tech Help Knitters ‘N Count of Monte (10:30am) Story Time More (1pm) Cristo”  (10:30am)  (2002, PG-13) Story Time  Opening (1pm) (10:30am) Tech Help Reception for  (4:30pm) “Bridges of Author Talk: John Friendship” Manderino (6pm) Exhibit (4pm)

12 13 14 15 Navigating 16 17 18 Story Time Books & Babies the cloudLibrary Tech Help (10:30am) (10:15am) (11am) (10:30am)     LEGO Club! Knitters ‘N More Movie Time: Story Time (3:30pm) (1pm) “Green Book” (10:30am)   (2018, PG-13) Tech Help Tea For You (1pm) (4:30pm) & Our Vets!  (1:30pm) Children’s Book Group (4pm) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 LIBRARY Story Time Books & Babies Tech Help CLOSED (10:30am) (10:15am) Movie Time: (10:30am)   “Instant Family”  Tech Help Knitters ‘N (2018, PG-13) Story Time (4:30pm) More (1pm) (1pm) (10:30am)

26 27 28 29 30 31 30 LIBRARY Movie Time: “This Beautiful CLOSED Books & Babies Fantastic” Tech Help (10:15am) (2016, PG) (1pm) (10:30am)    Knitters ‘N Book Group : Story Time More (1pm) “During the (10:30am) Reign of the Queen of Persis” (6pm) 33 CHECK IT OUT April The newsletter of the Windham Public Library Windham, Maine 2019

The library will be SCHOOL VACATION ACTIVITIES! CLOSED Mon Something offered every day! For more info Apr 15th for about a program, see our online calendar Patriots’ Day or contact the Children’s Room (207-892-1908).

Trail Mix and Art Fix Tuesday, April 16th Shaw’s supporting Library 3-4pm

Shaw's store Aimed at grades K-4. leadership has selected our library Children’s Book Group as the April Wednesday, April 17th beneficiary for their 4-5pm Give Back Where Aimed at grades 4-8. It Counts campaign. You can Drawing Comics with Melanie Kim! Image: https://lcoutreach.org/ Image: help support the Thursday, April 18th cause! 3-4pm WHERE: The Shaw's store at 700 Aimed at grades 4-8. Roosevelt Trail, North Windham Turn Dash & Dot Into Animals! HOW: For every Give Back Where It Friday, April 19th Counts bag sold during April at this 10:30am-4:30pm location, Windham Public Library will Aimed at grades 2 and up. receive a $1 donation! Minute-To-Win-It!! Saturday, April 20th Authors Talk: Cheryl Gillespie Two sessions: & Jane Sloven 10:30am-12:30pm Wednesday, April 10th & 1:30-3:30pm 6-7pm Aimed at ages 5 and up. Please join these co-authors as they share from ”Compassionate Journey: Honoring Our Mothers’ Stories,” an anthology of Celebrate libraries! complex maternal histories filled with love, Libraries = Strong Communities laughter, courage, and determination. For more info, call 207-892-1908. See page 3...

WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, Maine 04062 (phone) 207-892-1908 (web) www.windham.lib.me.us (email) [email protected] (mobile) http://m.windham.lib.me.us/ 34 Over the next few months, the library will have some Chat engaging displays. In April, local poet Bob Clark will return with the with his poetry display, which will feature framed poems of differing lengths displayed in captivating ways. Stop in to Director enjoy this multi-dimensional display of poems from Bob’s collection.

In May and June, don’t miss the “Bridges of Friendship” photographic exhibit. The display celebrates the 30 th anniversary of the sister-city relationship between Greater Portland, Maine and Archangel, Russia. The exhibit will feature sixty photographs in total—thirty from Maine and thirty from Russia. The sisterhood is designed to create “opportunities to bring world peace through citizen diplomacy.” The display will travel throughout the Greater Portland region and Director Jen Alvino notes that it’s appropriate for it to spend time here at the library because “we are a community organization that brings people together.”

Finally, Alvino notes that plans and meetings are beginning for the discussion about how

Get a Charge! Ducks Waddle Away Need to charge Duckling foster-moms Sam (L) your device while and Diana (R) enjoyed their brief you're at the time with the ducklings (L-R: library? Look for Jack, Mack, Daisy, Maisy & our new courtesy Swayze). Six small ducklings charging station came into the library this month, which is located and five much larger ducks have upstairs between gone to a small farm here in the Teen and Windham. We wish a safe Audio areas. journey and happy life to Volunteer A great each of Shelvers library our Needed! contains little Do you have an the diary library hour or two a of the ducks! week to spare? human We could use a race. couple of volunteers willing to help us put away items in the Children’s Room. Read Away Your Fines Please stop by for in May! a volunteer application or call For the entire month of Jen Dupree at May, you can read away 207-892-1908 for any fines you’ve accrued more information. for late library items. Read more in next month’s

WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, ME 04062 APR 2019 35 The month of April honors libraries and our dedicated library workers and volunteers during National Library Week, National Library Workers’ Day, and National Volunteer Week. National Library Week is an annual celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries, librarians, and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities. This year’s theme-- "Libraries = Strong Communities"-- illustrates how today’s libraries are at the heart of our cities, towns, schools and campuses, providing critical resources, programs and expertise. National Library Workers’ Day and National Volunteer Week are opportunities to thank the hardworking staff and volunteers who serve the community each day. We are so appreciative of the time and efforts of each staff member and volunteer here at the library. The library is a valuable asset in Windham because of the work they do! Thank you, all.

April 7-13, 2019 Tuesday - April 9, 2019

Art Exhibit through April 30 Display Case through May31 On Artwork by Adult Ed Art Students Star Wars’ BB-8 by Sally Bannen Display! For pictures of our current Displays: www.windham.lib.me.us/ondisplay

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WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, ME 04062 APR 2019 Windham Public Library 217 Windham Center Road 36 Windham ME 04062 April 2019 207-892-1908 www.windham.lib.me.us All library programs are free! Call for more info, or go to our webpage at www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday closed 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-6pm 10am-4pm 1 2 3 4 Tech Help 5 6 Catalog Class: (10:30am) Become a Savvy  Story Time Books & Babies Searcher (11am) Outreach Delivery (10:30am) (10:15am)  (10:30am)   Movie Time:  Tech Help Knitters ‘N “Crazy Rich Story Time (4:30pm) More (1pm) Asians” (10:30am) (2018, PG-13)  (1pm) Maker Club! (3:30pm)

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Discover Digital Story Time ME Library (11am) (10:30am)  Tech Help  Books & Babies Movie Time: (10:30am) LEGO Club! (10:15am) “Leave No Trace”  (3:30pm)  (2018, PG) (1pm) Story Time Knitters ‘N  (10:30am)  More (1pm) Author Talk: Tech Help Cheryl Gillespie (4:30pm) & Jane Sloven Cheryl Gillespie & Jane Sloven (6pm) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 LIBRARY Navigating Books & Babies Tech Help CLOSED the cloudLibrary Minute-To- (10:15am) (11am) (10:30am) Win-It!    Turn Dash & Dot Into (10:30am) Knitters ‘N Movie Time: “On Story Time  More (1pm) The Town” (10:30am) Animals   (10:30am) Minute-To- (1949) (1pm) Win-It! Trail Mix & Art Drawing Comics Patriots’ Day  (1:30pm) Fix (3pm) Children’s Book with Melanie Kim Group (4pm) (3pm)

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Story Time (10:30am) Books & Babies Movie Time: Tech Help  (10:15am) “Suffragette” (10:30am) Crafternoon!  (2015, PG-13) (3:30pm) Knitters ‘N (1pm) More (1pm)   Book Group : Tech Help “So Far From (4:30pm) God” (6pm)

28 29 30 27 28 29 30 Movie Time: Books & Babies “33” Tech Help Story Time (2015, PG-13) (10:30am) (10:15am) (10:30am)  (1pm)    Tech Help Knitters ‘N Story Time More (1pm) BookCheck Group: out our (10:30am)School (4:30pm) “Ordinary PeopleVacation” (6pm) Activities. Melanie Kim! 37 CHECK IT OUT March The newsletter of the Windham Public Library Windham, Maine 2019

Author Talk: Michelle Cacho-Negrete Wednesday, March 13th 6-7pm Please join us as we listen to Michelle Cacho-Negrete read from her new book "Stealing: Life in America." Michelle is part of a feminist speakers’ group which discusses women’s history and ways to move ahead. For more information, please contact Barbara at 207-892-1908.

Make Way For Ducklings Don’t Miss Our Recurring Weekly Programs! The children’s room will be raising six baby ducklings during the month of March. Their arrival and Looking for story times for your little one? How departure dates will be determined by nature. about technology help with your devices? Looking Please come in and take a peek! for a knitting group to join? Or how about a movie group that meets in the afternoon? Check out these options: Volunteer Shelvers Needed! Story Time: Mondays, 10:30-11:00am Do you have an hour or two a Tech Help: Mondays, 5:30-6:30pm week to spare? We Books And Babies: Tuesdays, 10:15-10:35am could use a couple of volunteers Knitters ‘N More: Tuesdays, 1:00-3:00pm willing to help us Movie Time: Wednesdays, 1:00pm* put away items in the Children’s Story Time: Thursdays, 10:30-11:00am Room. Please stop Tech Help: Thursdays, 10:30-11:30am by for a volunteer application or call * No movie on March 6th Jen Dupree at For more information about these programs— or 892-1908 for more any of our library events— check our online information. calendar or contact the library (207-892-1908).

WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, Maine 04062 (phone) 207-892-1908 (web) www.windham.lib.me.us (email) [email protected] (mobile) http://m.windham.lib.me.us/ 38 Spring into music: Coming soon to the Windham Public Chat Library are three ukuleles that will be available for you to with the check out, take home, and play! These ukuleles have been generously donated to us by The SLUKES Director (Sebago Lakes Ukulele Society). We also have sheet music and instructional books available to circulate. Stay tuned (pun intended).

Have you seen our new Windham Public Library tote bags? These sturdy bags come in lime and navy with the colorful WPL logo on the front and are available for just $7.00. All proceeds benefit the library.

Don’t forget that if you’re looking for a way to beat the winter blues, you can check out Universal Class and take a free class on gardening, painting, music, cooking, and more! Or, check out RB Digital for downloadable comic books and magazines. On the last snowy days before spring really arrives, you don’t even have to leave your house to take advantage of many library services!

Art Exhibit through April 30 Display Case through March 30 On Artwork by Adult Ed Art Students Artist sketchbooks by Sherry Andre Display! For pictures of our current Displays: www.windham.lib.me.us/ondisplay

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WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, ME 04062 MAR 2019 Windham Public Library 217 Windham Center Road 39 Windham ME 04062 March 2019 207-892-1908 www.windham.lib.me.us All library programs are free! Call for more info, or go to our webpage at www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday closed 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-6pm 10am-4pm 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 LIBRARY Story Time & Craft (10:30am) CLOSED  The children’s room will be raising six Rocks Rock! With baby ducklings during the month of Steven Bridge of March. Come in and take a peek! St.Joseph’s College (1:30pm)

3 4 5 6 7 Tech Help 8 9 (10:30am)  Story Time Books & Babies Outreach Delivery (10:30am) (10:15am) (10:30am)    Tech Help Knitters ‘N Story Time (5:30pm) More (1pm) (10:30am)  Maker Club! (3:30pm) 11 10 12 13 Discover Digital 14 15 16 Books & Babies ME Library (11am) Story Time (10:15am)  Tech Help (10:30am)  Movie Time: (10:30am)  Knitters ‘N “Queen of Katwe”  LEGO Club! More (1pm) (2016, PG) (1pm) Story Time (3:30pm)   (10:30am) Tea @ the Author Talk: Library Michelle Cacho- (1:30pm) Negrete (6pm) Author Michelle Cacho-Negrete

17 18 19 20 Navigating 21 22 23 the cloudLibrary Story Time Books & Babies (11am) Tech Help (10:30am) (10:15am)  (10:30am)   Movie Time:  Tech Help Knitters ‘N “Pick Of the Story Time (5:30pm) More (1pm) Litter” (10:30am) (2018) (1pm)  Children’s Book Group (4pm)

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Story Time Movie Time: (10:30am) Books & Babies “33” Tech Help  (10:15am) (2015, PG-13) (10:30am) Crafternoon!  (1pm)  (3:30pm) Knitters ‘N  Story Time More (1pm) Book Group:  (10:30am) “Ordinary Tech Help People” (6pm) (5:30pm) 31 40 CHECK IT OUT February The newsletter of the Windham Public Library Windham, Maine 2019

The library will be SCHOOL VACATION ACTIVITIES! CLOSED Mon Feb 18th for Something offered every day! For more info Presidents’ Day about a program, see our online calendar or contact the Children’s Room (207-892-1908).

Kids’ Yoga Black History Month movie series Tuesday, February 19th Fridays, 5:30-7:40pm 11-11:45am Feb 8: "Selma" (2014, PG-13) Aimed at ages 5-12. Feb 15: "A Raisin In The Sun" (1961) Feb 22: "42" (2013, PG-13) Children’s Book Group Wednesday, February 20th The library will be showing 3 movies 4-5pm in honor of Black History Month. Each movie is 128 minutes in length. No rsvp Aimed at grades 4-8. necessary. Call Sally for program details: Kids’ Zumba 207-892-1908. Thursday, February 21st 2-3pm Aimed at ages 3-12. Drop-in Dash & Dot Time Friday, February 22nd 10:30am-4:30pm Aimed at ages 6 and up. Minute-To-Win-It!! Author Talk: Cheryl Gillespie Saturday, February 23rd Wednesday, February 13th Two sessions: 6-7pm 10:30am-12:30pm & 1:30-3:30pm Please join co-author Cheryl Gillespie as she shares from Aimed at ages 5 and up. ”Compassionate Journey: Honoring Our Mothers’ Stories,” an anthology of complex maternal histories filled with But wait— there’s more! love, laughter, trauma, courage, Two other fun February programs for resilience and determination. Contact families are on page 2... Barbara for more info (207-892-1908).

WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, Maine 04062 (phone) 207-892-1908 (web) www.windham.lib.me.us (email) [email protected] (mobile) http://m.windham.lib.me.us/ 41 If mid-winter cold and snow is getting you down, stop by the library to get Chat warm, get inspired, and get informed! We have lots of activities listed on the with the front of this newsletter. Don't miss the calendar on page 3 to see all of our February programs. Director During the month, consider going on a blind date with a book! For the second year, Circulation staff will choose books that you might not pick for yourself and wrap them enticingly. Throughout February, for every “date” you go on, you can enter to win a small prize. Just like real-life dating, we can’t promise there won’t be any duds, but these dates will give you something to talk about!

As you come into the library, you may notice our new digital sign above the community bulletin board. Check it out for a rotating display of upcoming events, services, and things you may not know about the library. We’re looking forward to letting our patrons know about what’s happening in a new and exciting way.

Drop-In Osmo Time Take Your Child To The Library Friday, February 8th Valentine’s Day Party! 10:30am-5pm Wednesday, February 13th 1:30-5:30pm Looking for a new way to practice letters, numbers, or We’re celebrating Take Your Child to shapes? Want to be a budding pizza entrepreneur? the Library Day and Valentine’s Day Maybe you want to practice your coding skills. If at same time! Stop by the children’s room for a fun any of those intrigue you, drop by the Children’s craft, coloring pages, take-home marshmallow Room for a demonstration of the library's fun AND launcher kits, play the staff favorites’ matching educational Osmo games. For more information, or game, and add a valentine to our window display. to reserve a specific time instead of just dropping Fun for the whole family! Call the Children's Room in, call the Children's Room at (207) 892-1908. (207-892-1908) for more info.

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WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, ME 04062 FEB 2019 Windham Public Library 217 Windham Center Road 42 Windham ME 04062 February 2019 207-892-1908 www.windham.lib.me.us All library programs are free! Call for more info, or go to our webpage at www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday closed 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-6pm 10am-4pm 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 LIBRARY Story Time & Craft (10:30am) CLOSED  Rocks Rock! With Steven Bridge of Check out our Join us for our St.Joseph’s School Vacation Activities. Friday night movies College (1:30pm) Author Cheryl Gillespie, Something every day!! Feb 13th, 6pm in honor of Black History Month

3 4 5 6 7 Tech Help 8 9 (10:30am)  Drop-in Osmo Story Time Books & Babies Outreach Delivery Time (10:30am) (10:30am) (10:15am) Catalog Class: (10:30am)    Become a Savvy  Black History Tech Help Knitters ‘N Searcher (11am) Story Time Month Movie: (5:30pm) More (1pm) (10:30am) “Selma” (2014,  PG-13) Maker Club! (5:30pm) (3:30pm)

10 11 12 13 Discover Digital 14 15 16 ME Library (11am) Story Time  Black History (10:30am) Books & Babies Movie Time: “The  Month Movie: (10:15am) Miracle Season” Tech Help LEGO Club!  “A Raisin In (2018, PG) (1pm) (10:30am) The Sun” (1961) (3:30pm) Knitters ‘N   (5:30pm)  More (1pm) Take your Child... Story Time Tech Help (1:30pm) (10:30am) (5:30pm)  Author Talk: Cheryl Gillespie (6pm) 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 LIBRARY Navigating the cloudLibrary Drop-in Dash & CLOSED Books & Babies Tech Help Dot Time (10:15am) (11am) (10:30am) Minute-To-Win-It!!  (10:30am) (10:30am)    Kids’ Yoga Movie Time: Story Time  “The Glass Castle” Black History Minute-To-Win-It!! (11am) (10:30am) Month Movie:  (2017, PG-13)  (1:30pm) (1pm) “42” Knitters ‘N Kids’ Zumba (2013, PG-13) More (1pm)  (2pm) Children’s Book (5:30pm) Group (4pm) 24 25 26 27 28 28 29 Story Time Movie Time: Take Your Child (10:30am) Books & Babies “Three Identical Tech Help to the Library  (10:15am) Strangers” (10:30am) Valentine’s Day Crafternoon!  (2018, PG-13)  Party! (3:30pm) Knitters ‘N (1pm) Story Time More (1pm)   (10:30am) Book Group: Feb 13th, Tech Help “A Raisin In The 1:30pm (5:30pm) Sun” (6pm) 43 CHECK IT OUT January The newsletter of the Windham Public Library Windham, Maine 2019

The library will be Maker Club! CLOSED Tues Thursday, January 3rd Jan 1st for 3:30-4:30 pm New Year’s Day Hands-on science activities and demonstrations for and CLOSED Mon students in grades 4-6. Possible activities include Jan 21st for Martin catapult building, elephant toothpaste, and balloon rockets. Luther King Jr’s This new program will happen on the 1st Thursday of each birthday. month. For more info, contact the Children’s Room.

Thank you Mechanics Savings LEGO Club! Bank! Monday, January 14th 3:30-4:30pm

Come build with LEGOs! Sometimes we’ll have a Our friends from Mechanics Savings challenge (such as who can build the tallest free-standing Bank made a generous donation to structure) and other times we’ll have free-build. For grades 4-6. the library towards the purchase an This new program will happen on the 2nd Monday of each Automated External Defibrillator month. For more info, contact the Children’s Room. (AED) to help keep our community members safe while visiting the Crafternoon! library. The folks at Mechanics Monday, January 28th Savings Bank have come through for 3:30-4:30pm us again and we so appreciate their support! The AED is mounted on the Make something with your hands! It will be a fun wall on the first floor near the hour of crafting for grades 4-6. Possible activities Circulation Desk. L-R: Bank include flip-book making, string art, and Vice-President, Vickie McMullen and finger-knitting. This new program will happen on the 4th Monday of Library Director, Jen Alvino. each month. For more info, contact the Children’s Room.

Author Talk: Michelle Cacho-Negrete Wednesday, January 9th 6-7pm Please join us as we listen to Michelle Cacho- Negrete read from her new book "Stealing: Life in America." Michelle is part of a feminist speakers’ group which discusses women’s history and ways to move ahead. For more information, please contact Barbara at 207-892-1908.

WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, Maine 04062 (phone) 207-892-1908 (web) www.windham.lib.me.us (email) [email protected] (mobile) http://m.windham.lib.me.us/ 44 Chat As 2018 draws to a close and we head into 2019, Library Director Jen Alvino reflects on the busy year that has with the gone by as well as what’s to Director come. In April of 2018, the library renovation was completed. As part of the renovation, we now have two very popular study rooms, four computers designated for teen use, and a new circulation area. The outside of the library got a landscaping facelift, too. We also added a new digital service, Universal Class, and we began our shared borrowing program with the Walker Library in Westbrook and the Gray Library.

2018 also heralded changes in the Children’s room, including a second AWE computer, iPads, and of course the hiring of our new Children’s Librarian, Miss Sam.

We had many successful programs in 2018, including technology programs started and run by our Reference and Technology Assistant, Ray, as well as a Maine humanities Council program featuring mysteries by Maine authors, and a Read ME program which included the titles “Settled in the Wild” and “River Talk.”

In 2019, look for new afterschool programs. Running January through June, programs will be on the 1st Thursday of every month (Maker Club), the 2nd Monday (Lego Club), and the 4th Monday (Crafternoon). All programs will run from 3:30-4:30 in the afternoon and will be open to grades 4-6.

In 2018, the library began collaborating with the Windham Police Department, the sheriff’s department, area schools, Parks and Recreation, and the Be the Influence Coalition to provide afterschool events on half days. We will continue to do that into 2019. This program, Alvino says, offers kids who sign up the opportunity to participate in events “designed to keep kids engaged on early release days.”

2018 was a great year, and we’re looking ahead for a fantastic 2019!

Seeking Artists! Seeking Exhibits! Do you or someone you know have a Do you or someone you collection of paintings, drawings, prints, or know have a collection photographs that you would be interested in that you would like to displaying to the community? We have an share in the library’s improved art display system in the library and exhibit case? All ages are are looking for a few encouraged to inquire artists to take about a slot to display their special items. Some advantage of it. collections in the past: music, rocks, teapots, Pyanksy, Contact Sally at the bottle caps, thimbles, Harry Potter, metal toys, Disney Library (207-892- mugs, airplanes, golf, needlepoint, and artist books. 1908) for more info. Contact Sally at the Library (207-892-1908) for more info.

WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, ME 04062 JAN 2019 45 Circulation Assistant Sarah Copperberg Check out our has breathed new life into our weekly new Bookface photos. We began the interactive creative images at the beginning of white board 2018, posting them on the library's upstairs and Facebook page. The idea is to take the add your face of a book and find a creative way response to the to line up a live model-- or an question posed. inanimate object-- against it so that The questions the cover seems to extend will get you 3-dimensionally. Below are a few that thinking and Sarah created. Be sure to check our give you a Facebook page each Friday! chance to voice your opinion on a variety of fun, thoughtful, or silly topics!

Art Display Exhibit Case Nov 1, 2018 - Nov 1, 2018 - Jan 31, 2019 Jan 31, 2019

Artwork by Pez! from Kent James Washburn Karcanes

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WINDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, ME JAN 2019 Windham Public Library 217 Windham Center Road 46 Windham ME 04062 January 2019 207-892-1908 www.windham.lib.me.us All library programs are free! Call for more info, or go to our webpage at www.windham.lib.me.us/calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday closed 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-7pm 10am-6pm 10am-6pm 10am-4pm 1 2 1 2 3 Tech Help 4 5 LIBRARY (10:30am) Story Time & Catalog Class:  Craft (10:30am) CLOSED Become a Savvy Outreach Delivery  Searcher (11am) (10:30am) Rocks Rock! With   Knitters ‘N Steven Bridge of Movie Time: Story Time More (1pm) St.Joseph’s “Winter’s End” (10:30am) Author MichelleCollege Cacho (1:30pm)-Negrete (1999, 1pm)  Maker Club! (3:30pm)

6 7 8 9 Discover Digital 10 11 12 Books & Babies Maine Library (10:15am) (11am)  Story Time  Movie Time: Tech Help (10:30am) Knitters ‘N (10:30am)  More (1pm) “Walking Out”  Tech Help  (2017, PG-13, Story Time (5:30pm) Tea @ the 1pm) (10:30am) Library  (1:30pm) Author Talk: Michelle Cacho- Negrete, (6pm) 13 14 15 16 Navigating 17 18 19 Story Time the cloudLibrary (10:30am) Books & Babies (11am) Tech Help  (10:15am)  (10:30am) LEGO Club!  Movie Time:  (3:30pm) Knitters ‘N “Christopher Story Time More (1pm) Robin” (10:30am)  (2018, PG, 1pm) Tech Help  (5:30pm) Children’s Book Discussion (4pm) 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 LIBRARY CLOSED Books & Babies Tech Help (10:15am) Movie Time: (10:30am) Three new  “Mamma Mia!  monthly programs, Knitters ‘N Here We Go Story Time kids grades 4-6: More (1pm) Again” (10:30am) (2018, PG-13, Maker Club! 1pm) First Thursdays 3:30-4:30pm

27 28 29 30 31 28 29 Story Time Movie Time: LEGO Club! “La Vita e Bella (10:30am) Books & Babies Tech Help [Life Is Second Mondays  (10:15am) (10:30am) Crafternoon!  Beautiful]”  3:30-4:30pm (3:30pm) Knitters ‘N (1997, PG-13, Story Time More (1pm) 1pm) (10:30am)   Crafternoon! Tech Help Book Group (5:30pm) (6pm) Fourth Mondays