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ISSUE NO. 2 FALL 2018 VOL NO.2
THE SNOW GLOBE
NEWS FROM SNOW LIBRARY
A summer
to remember
And just like that, fast as a circulating
copy of “Clock Dance,” summer is gone.
The school-themed picture books are out,
the Halloween castle is undergoing
repairs for its October appearance, and
the Lifetime Learning curriculum (25
classes this semester) is ready to be
picked up at the circulation desk, along
with registration forms. We’re looking
forward to a fruitful fall, while reflecting
on all the good things that summer
brought.
Sixty-five children signed their
Summer Reading pledges on July 6,
lining up for ice cream sundaes before
they trudged off with their reading logs
and stickers, grand adventures awaiting
them in the pages of books. To those who
participated: we hope you met a character
you love—be it a girl detective or a boy
wizard, a Reluctant Dragon or a Leaky
Whale, a superhero squirrel or a
motorcycle-riding mouse—and we hope
you read at least one story that you’ll
never forget. If you haven’t done so
already, come and get a prize; the box is
still at the circulation desk. Pictured clockwise from top left: 'Golden Urn,' an oil
painting by artist Robin Litwin of the Visual Artists
‘Jungle’ Jim returned this summer
Cooperative, on display in the Craine Gallery; kids
with an uproarious balloon and magic
go wild for ‘Jungle’ Jim’s ‘80s music-themed antics on July 10; young visitors find a quiet spot to read in the
show set to ‘80s music. “Rock the
children's area; and hand-crafted fairy houses by Emilie Miller glimmer in the display case in the front lobby.
Library” it did, ending with a resounding
“pop!” as Jim encased himself in a giant
Around the Stacks....Page 2
adventure filled with scientific interludes
yellow balloon and rallied the crowd to (audience members donned protective
join him in the countdown to zero, when
he broke himself out of it with a pin.
goggles to help the Tellers demonstrate
the chemistry behind clouds, explosions
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More family entertainment followed with
the Science Tellers leading a Wild West
and other phenomena), and a concert by
Julie Charland and Denya Levine, who
Kids' Stuff...Page 4
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Around
the stacks
We’re pleased to introduce our new
reference and technical services librarian,
Jane Ames, who started in the position in
early July. Formerly an assistant at the
circulation desk, Jane has a master’s
degree in library science and worked for
many years as a school librarian in
Charlotte, N.C. and Bristol and
Barrington, R.I. She is a resident of
Orleans and has volunteered at the
Orleans Elementary School Library.
Please join us in welcoming her.
Cheryl Bergeron, whom Jane succeeds,
retired in May after serving as Snow
Library’s reference librarian
for 19 years. We sent her off with a
champagne toast at a party last spring,
where she was presented with a framed
photograph of a “supermoon” rising over
Nauset as a parting gift. We wish her
many happy moons to come. From her
new home in Maine, Cheryl reports that
she has been busy visiting with her
grandchildren and getting acquainted
with the local library.
A change in the light
In addition to the recent upgrades to the
library’s heating and cooling system,
improvements have been made to the
lighting throughout the building. Earlier
this summer the Cape Light Compact
oversaw the installment of energy-
efficient, compact-fluorescent lightbulbs
Two friends find a comfortable spot to huddle with a book in a stuffed chair near the reference desk.
in all ceiling fixtures on all three floors,
part of an overall plan to make the town’s and printing out assignments. They assessment and draft building program
public buildings more ‘green.’ The work replace the older models that were acting compiled by library consultant Mary
dovetails nicely with the outdoor lighting up last spring. Braney, who led several forums last
project that was completed last fall, spring to collect input from the public on
brightening the library’s parking lot and Looking forward what they want for the library in the
sidewalks in the evening hours with an A nine-member Facilities Advisory future. Braney and Boston-based
array of new lampposts and bollards set Committee spent the summer laying the architect Stephen Hale are the experts
to an astronomical timer. groundwork for the design and hired through last fall’s RFQ to shore up
More from the department of gizmos development of a new or renovated the planning process, and the committee
and gadgetry: There are four new library building. Composed of library met with both of them on Sept. 13 as it
“homework” computers in the trustees, staff and members of the continued to hash out the concepts of the
children’s area, each in its own carrel, community, the committee has been busy building program. All of the meetings are
available for word processing, research reviewing the results of a needs open to the public.
www.town.orleans.ma.us/snow-library
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FALL HIGHLIGHTS
All events are free and in the Craine Room
unless otherwise noted
Wed. Sept. 19, 2 pm ‘Book Club’ movie
screening.
Fall Lifetime Learning Sat. Sept. 22, 10-4 pm Celebrate Our
Waters, talks and displays.
Whether it’s politics you love, or history, whether you want to explore
Sat. Sept. 29, 2 pm Author Talk: Sedona
classic literature or dive into a contemporary novel, learn about faraway places or
Summer on her new book ‘On the Rosy
steep yourself in the local culture, there’s surely something to pique your interest in
Path.’ Copies available for purchase &
the Friends of Snow Library’s Lifetime Learning series. This fall there are 25 courses
signing
to choose from. Joseph Marchio conducts a study of women composers, including
Hildegard von Bingen, Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann. Steve Bornemeier
Sat. Oct. 6, 1 pm Author Talk: Sandy
brings back his “Novels and Ideas” class with a look at works by Dostoevsky, Saul
Macfarlane on ‘Swirling Currents:
Bellow, Lawrence Durell and Ursula LeGuin. Steve Reynolds leads a creative journey
Controversy, Compromise and Dynamic
through the staging of Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Also on the
Coastal Change.’ Copies available for
roster: an in-depth look at “The Kennedys and Cape Cod” with John L. Allen of the
purchase & signing.
JFK Hyannis Museum and Foundation; “Appreciating Dorothy Day," a study of Day’s
autobiography “The Long Loneliness” with Kathie Dowd Gulotta; a four-part course
Wednesday, Oct. 10, 5:30-7:30 pm Seasonal
on “The Rise of Populism in the United States and Europe” with political science
Wreath-Making with Phyllis Callan.
professor Richard Finnegan, and a series on the Supreme Court led by Daniel Bisno.
For the full curriculum and a registration form, visit friendsofsnowlibrary.org or stop
Fri. Oct. 12, 3 pm Author Talk: Sue
by the circulation desk.
Hallgarth on ‘Death Comes: A Willa
Cather and Edith Lewis Mystery.’ Copies
Coming soon: Snow Studio available for purchase & signing.
Sat. Oct. 13, 1 pm Art Reception for
Snow Library has received a $13,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Kathleen and Joe Coffey. Refreshments
Library Services and the Mass. Board of Library Commissioners to launch “Snow served.
Studio,” a new and improved art and craft-making space on the lower level. The
grant program, which begins on Oct. 1, is two-fold: the first phase (October Sat. Oct. 27, 1:30 pm Toe Jam Puppet
through December) is setting up the space and furnishing it with supplies, and the Band Halloween Show (see p. 4 for details).
second (January through September 2019) is implementing a series of programs
and activities, funded by the grant and led by artists and craftspeople in the Cape Wed. Nov. 7, 6 pm Author Talk: Thomas
community, as well as library staff, for the public. Some of the activities we plan Cathcart and Daniel Klein on ‘I Think,
to offer include needle-felting, repurposed book sculpture, collage, building a Therefore I Draw: Understanding
Philosophy Through Cartoons’ Copies
dollhouse from recycled objects,
available for purchase & signing.
hand-printing and lithography using
household items, stamping, starting a
Tues. Nov. 13, 6:30 pm ‘The Lost Music of
nature journal, and making fairy
Millionaires: Player Pipe Organs of the
houses from natural, found materials Gilded Age,’ lecture by organ builder Sean
with Emilie Miller. If you are an artist O’Donnell of the American Guild of
or a professional interested in offering Organists.
a class or workshop at Snow Studio,
contact the assistant library director at Sat. Dec. 8, 10:30 am Make a Gingerbread
House holiday event for families.
(508) 240-3761.
www.town.orleans.ma.us/snow-library
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SUMMER, cont'd from page 1
sang fun songs and played the ukulele
while the children accompanied them on
maraca, triangle and bells. Other
Kids' Stuff!
Story Hour
highlights: Diane Edgecomb gave us a
dinosaur-themed story hour, Lucy
Story Hour is back! Come to the children’s room at 10:30 a.m. every
Gilmore led a S.T.E.M. workshop, and the
Thursday for songs, stories and crafts. For newborns to 5-year-olds.
Boston Museum of Science brought its
portable planetarium to the library for a
day.
Baby's First Year
We had stars in our eyes again in late
July, when local astronomer Peter Kurtz New moms and dads are invited to meet, share stories, ask questions and get
led a third Telescope Orientation to familiar with resources on nutrition, parenting, breast-feeding and other topics on
Mondays from 10:30 a.m. to noon in the children’s room. Weekly discussion topics
acquaint interested members of the public
include the various developmental stages during baby’s first year. Sponsored by the
with the library’s circulating Orion
Cape Cod Children’s Place.
StarBlast telescope. Participants learned
the basics of operating the 'scope and
received a primer on the wonders of the Halloween Show
night sky, including a guide to the
Songs, silliness and storytelling combine in an interactive show sure to delight the
constellations and planets visible in the
younger crowd when the Toe Jam Puppet Band performs at the library at 1:30 p.m.
late summer and fall. Everyone who
on Saturday, Oct. 27. Bring the kids in their costumes, if you’d like; the Halloween
participates in one of our telescope
Stroll on Main Street begins at 2:30 p.m., right after the show.
trainings gets added to a list of eligible
telescope borrowers. There are about 40 in
the group so far, and those who have had And more!
the chance to check out the telescope have
Play Catacombs & Castles, Labyrinth, Sushi Go Party and other ‘Wicked Fun
reported finding star clusters and other
Games’ with Matt Donle on Game Day, held every third Saturday of the month
exciting objects. If you’re on the list but
from 1 to 4 p.m. And mark your calendars for the annual Gingerbread House
haven’t borrowed it yet, come in or call to
Making at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8.
see if it’s available; clear autumn nights lie
ahead. For more information on the
circulating telescope program call the
assistant library director at (508) 240-
3761.
College Admissions
An exhibit of Eastham artist Emilie
Help Desk
Miller’s “Faery Houses” proved to be a
traffic stopper in the front lobby all What are colleges looking for today?
through the month of August. Miller’s Which colleges are generous with merit aid
delicate miniature worlds, pieced together and scholarships? How does an applicant
ingeniously from natural materials found develop a “hook” to help set him- or herself
in the woods, gardens and sands of the apart? Find the answers to these and other
Cape, captivated passerby, especially questions at a help desk with college
young people who liked to point out which admissions consultant Ellen Whalen on the Mystery plant
house they liked best. We’re delighted to second and fourth Wednesdays of the A rogue vegetable took root in the flowerbed under the
announce that Miller has donated one of month in the Cape Cod Room. Parents library’s front windows this summer. We thought we
might have pumpkins in our future, but a groundskeeper
her constructions, the “‘Mari’-Gold” fairy and/or students are welcome to drop in
removed the vine before we could find out. We apologize
house, to the library. It will be placed on from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.; no appointments
for any inconvenience caused to fairy godmothers in the
permanent display in the children’s room. necessary. area.
Snow Library, 67 Main St., Orleans, MA 02653 (Text and photos for “The Snow Globe” are by Kaimi Lum)
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