Stitching Time at the Easton Library
On Monday, June 10, from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m., the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library will once again offer its popular “Stitching Time” program. Patrons are invited to bring their needlecraft projects and work with a group. There will be limited instruction available for beginners. All library programs are free and open to the public. Patrons do not need to pre-register for this program. For more information call the library at 410-822-1626, or visit www.tcfl.org.
Contact: Chris Eareckson, telephone: 410-822-1626
Well-Known Author to Speak at Library
On Monday, June 10, at 6:00 p.m., Richard Pollak will speak about his new memoir, “After the Barn: A Search for Lost Memory.” The Washington Post called Richard Pollak’s biography of Bruno Bettelheim, “a monument of scrupulous investigative reporting.” The New York Times called it “a startling and thorough account of a life of lies.” “After the Barn: A Search for Lost Memory” is a deeply personal account of Pollak’s brother’s death, his own epilepsy, and his long and ultimately redemptive search for lost memory.
Pollak has been a reporter for The Evening Sun in Baltimore, an associate editor of Newsweek and a literary and executive editor of The Nation, where he remains a contributing editor. He has taught at Yale and New York universities and blogs at “You’re Only Old Once.” After the Barn is his first memoir.
All library programs are free and open to the public. Patrons do not need to pre-register for this program. For more information call the library at 410-822-1626, or visit www.tcfl.org.
Contact: Sabine Simonson, telephone: 410-822-1626
Summer Reading Earns Free Event Tickets at Library
This year’s Summer Reading Program at the Talbot County Free Library offers great prizes in return for great reading all summer long. Children and teens can win instant prizes and qualify for even bigger prizes by keeping track of the books they read this summer. This year’s prizes include free tickets to the Maryland Science Center, to an Orioles game (August 10 against the Tampa Bay Rays), and to a Shorebirds game. There will be $50 local merchant gift cards courtesy of the Friends of the Library and coupons good for free ice cream donated by Chick-fil-A. The Eastern Shore Regional Library provided books to be awarded as prizes as well. Participation in the library’s Summer Reading program is free and open to the public. For more information, call the library at 410-822-1626, or visit www.tcfl.org.
Contact: Rosemary Morris, telephone: 410-822-1626
Hummingbirds for Children at the Easton Library
On Tuesday, June 11, at 2:00 p.m., in the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library, naturalists from the Pickering Creek Audubon Center will present a program on the beauty and wonders of hummingbirds for children aged 2 – 5. All library programs are free and open to the public, but patrons are asked to pre-register for this program. For more information, call the library at 410-822-1626, or visit www.tcfl.org
Contact: Rosemary Morris, telephone: 410-822-1626
Memoir Writing at St. Michaels Library
Beginning on Thursday, June 13, and continuing on each Thursday through the summer (always excepting the first Thursday of each month), from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., the St. Michaels branch offers of the Talbot County Free Library will offer patrons the chance to record and share their memories of life and family with a group of friendly, like-minded people. Participants are invited to bring their lunch. All library programs are free and open to the public, but patrons are asked to pre-register for this program. For more information, call the library at 410-745-5877, or visit www.tcfl.org.
Contact: Shauna Beulah
Library to Offer Amnesty on Fines during Kaleidoscope Celebration
On Saturday, June 15, from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., the Talbot County Free Library will present Kaleidoscope, a celebration of all that we make and enjoy in life. Dr. Darrin Lowery will present a display of the remarkable prehistoric artifacts he has found here on the Eastern Shore. 4-H and Maryland Extension Service will teach attendees how to make bread and granola and how to create a beautiful window box. The Dolly Parton Imagination Library will sign children up for free books. Tom Hutson will teach you how to build a robot. Dr. Ted Suman will present a display of some of the fascinating creatures that live underground on the Delmarva Peninsula. Clay Bakers will put on a pottery activity. There will be a book sale and a bake sale. Diana Hastings will display some of the truly exquisite art to be found in her collection of pop-up books. Stephanie Goddard and Becky Riti will show you how to weave using a loom. There will be free music and free food.
And there will be an amnesty on all over-due charges! If you have a book or DVD you’ve been embarrassed to return because it’s so late, this is the day when you can bring it back to the library and see your fines erased from your record at no cost to you!
All library programs are free and open to the public. Patrons do not need to pre-register to attend Kaleidoscope. For more information, call the library at 410-822-1626, or visit www.tcfl.org.