It was worth postponing the 2nd annual End of Summer Carnival as Thursday’s weather was just perfect!  The lemonade & cotton candy hit the spot!

Quite a number of kids and their parents enjoyed the carnival atmosphere! This year we introduced two new games: a traditional sack race, and the

“Walk off 10 Lbs:  Amazing Results in Just Days,” “Curb Any Craving: The Brilliant New Secret,” “Stop Cancer with This Simple Move,” “Look Fab:  Gorgeous Skin, Pretty Haircuts, Slimming Clothes”.  These pink headlines, and more, jump off the cover of the September issue of Health, the monthly health and lifestyle magazine for women.

You’ve probably seen…

This afternoon “Kids Took the Stage” as the Theatre Workshop thespians presented “It’s In The Bag” an original work by Petra Ehrenbrink, the workshop director. The actors, all between the ages of 10 and 14, had only ten hours to read and rehearse the one act play. 

“Reuse, Reduce, Recycle,” was the mantra of this creative play encouraging…

If you are hooked on audiobooks then you will want to get the latest scoop from AudioFile, the bimonthly magazine that reviews spoken-word productions, like audiobooks and audio programs.  If you’ve never tried an audiobook, then read some of these short reviews, and you’ll understand what the attraction is!

To back up a moment, an audiobook…

The Main Library as well as our North & East Branches will be closed on Monday, August 23rd, for another unpaid furlough day. If your items happen to be due that day, you can return them the next day with no fines attached.

The Woods Hole Library & the West Falmouth Library will not have unpaid furlough days,…

Readers who are interested in literary culture will be pleased to know that we have The Times Literary Supplement (TLS) in our periodicals collection.  This weekly literary journal is the world leader for insightful, impartial and authoritative reviews of important books, theatre, opera, exhibitions and film. 

On their website they write …

I’ve been looking at lots of barbecue books lately, and thinking about summer cooking. Mindy, Melanie, & I were going to be talking about summer cooking on Monday’s show, but due to schedule conflicts we won’t be on next week. However, you get the benefit of some of my research right here on the library blog! For…

Have you been looking in our periodicals room for the summer issues of Body + Soul, the new-age health magazine?  We still carry it, but with the July/August issue it is sporting a new name and therefore, a new additional spot on our shelves.  It is now called

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