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New Stories about Old Bells with author Ken Peal

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Neighborhood Falmouth and the Falmouth Public Library are jointly offering this program on Wednesday, October 16 at 1 pm, which is open to the public!

Author Ken Peal is continuing his investigations of bells in town that were not included in his book (Bells of Falmouth, 2023). This talk will add them to his inventory of town treasures. He is also following and participating in renovation projects. And you will hear about an important cache of artifacts that he was shown in a banker’s box in the basement of the school administration building. He will trace Teaticket elementary school and its bell through many different schoolhouses and locations – was the Zylinski house (demolished to make way for Town Fair Tire) originally one of those buildings? Copies of his book will be available to buy from Eight Cousins Books.

If you are planning to attend this event, please register with the Falmouth Public Library by going to falmouthpubliclibrary.org/events, or call the library at 508-457-2555 x 7. (note: our calendar is currently down, so call us or email us at info@falmouthpubliclibrary.org if you are unable to register online).

Neighborhood Falmouth is part of a growing national movement to promote continuing community residence for older Americans.  Neighborhood Falmouth members, staff, and volunteers work together to help older Falmouth residents continue to enjoy our multi-generational community from the comfort of their own homes .They partner with other organizations in Falmouth that provide services for seniors. Learn more about them at neighborhoodfalmouth.org or call 508-564-7543.

Great Zoom talks in October to watch at home!

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We have some great Zoom author talks this month! Some are brought to us by our membership in the Library Speakers Consortium, funded by the Library support fund. We also get great talks shared with us by other libraries, some funded by the Board of Library Trustees! Click the links after the title to register and get more details, and you will receive the Zoom link! Please note that these events are virtual only, and do not take place in the library. Note that we have the author of Remarkably Bright Creatures!

October 2nd, 2-3 PM The Hidden World of Tropical Bats, click here for details and registration
October 9th, 10:30-11:30 AM A Closer Look at Chipmunks and Squirrels with Mass Audubon, click here 
October 9th 7-8 PM Author Silvia Morena Garcia, author of The Seventh Veil of Salome and more, click here
October 15th 10:30-11:30 AM Armchair Travel to Paris, click here
October 22nd 2-3 PM Author Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe You Need to Talk with Someone, click here
October 25th 2-3:15 PM New England Ghost Stories, click here

Winter Protection Strategies for Hydrangeas with Mal Condon

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We are delighted to welcome back hydrangea expert Mal Condon on Tuesday, November 5th at 2 pm! Hydrangeas continue to be very popular. Widely grown throughout Cape Cod and along much of the New England coastline, they create something special in so many gardens.  However, Hydrangea macrophylla plants are the least cold-hardy species of the genus and too often bloom poorly following a harsh cold winter cold or sudden spring freezes. Mal will provide information and demonstrate winter protection strategies to better protect your plants from winter weather hostilities. Best step-by-step procedures will be presented, the tools and materials displayed, and the sources shared. Please register to attend by clicking this link.

A lifelong gardener, Mal has been collecting, propagating, and growing hydrangeas for more than 45 years. An engineer by education and profession, he is strongly committed to the continuing development of the genus.

His Hydrangea Farm Nursery on Nantucket was a well-known specialty nursery featuring one of the largest hydrangea collections in the Northeast. In 2014, he relocated to Yarmouthport, where he continued his passion establishing a significant new garden. Mal frequently shares his many hydrangea learnings with garden clubs, horticultural associations, and plant societies – in the USA and world-wide.

He is currently the Curator of Hydrangeas at Heritage Museums & Gardens in Sandwich, and involved with the continuing expansion of the Garden’s significant collections, including the North American Hydrangea Test Garden and The Cape Cod Hydrangea Society’s Display Garden. He was also featured on CBS Sunday Morning last summer!

This event is free, sponsored by the Trustees of the Falmouth Public Library.  Registration is required, please do by clicking here. 

Writings of Carson McCullers with David Webb

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David Webb has taught many Joy of Learning classes at the library; this October, he will teach a class on beloved Southern writer Carson McCullers’ novella The Ballad of the Sad Café, and several short stories! She is also the author of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and Member of the Wedding. Please note that our Joy of Learning program is being revised, and will continue in 2025!

It will meet on four Wednesday mornings from 10:30 am – noon starting on October 2nd. Please register, as space is limited. Please register once for the whole series by clicking this link. Copies of the book will be available to pick up at the reference desk. 

for October 2: read Ballad, pp. 3-37, stop at “So let the slow years pass…”
for October 9, conclude Ballad, from “So let the slow years pass” from p. 37 to the end, pp. 37-71
for October 16, read “The Jockey” (pp. 93-99) and “Madame Zilensky and the King of Finland” (pp. 103-112)
for October 23, read “The Sojourner” pp. (115-125) and “A Domestic Dilemma” (pp. 129-140)

We thank the Board of Library Trustees for sponsoring this program.

Volunteering: Help Your Community and Improve Your Personal Health!

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Neighborhood Falmouth and the Falmouth Public Library are jointly offering this program on Thursday, September 26th at 1:30 pm, which is open to the public.  Volunteering is an act of giving back to build and improve our community and enrich the lives of others. But it is also a powerful way to find purpose and meaning in our own lives.  Such purpose has been shown to be associated with a higher likelihood of healthy longevity.  Hear Dr. Roger Landry, author of ‘Live Long, Die Short,’ speak about what it takes to enjoy a heathy longevity, and the role volunteerism can play in that journey.” Click here to register or call 508-457-2555 x 7.

 Dr. Roger Landry is a preventive medicine physician, author of award-winning Live Long, Die Short: A Guide to Authentic Health and Successful Aging and President of Brightside of Longevity, which provides older adults customized, multimedia, holistic content to achieve a healthy longevity. Trained at Tufts
University School of Medicine and Harvard University School of Public Health, Dr. Landry is also the host of The Brightside of Longevity, a podcast focused on health and resilience. There will be a question-and-answer period directly after the talk.

Neighborhood Falmouth is part of a growing national movement to promote continuing community residence for older Americans.  Neighborhood Falmouth members, staff, and volunteers work together to help older Falmouth residents continue to enjoy our multi-generational community from the comfort of their own homes .They partner with other organizations in Falmouth that provide services for seniors. Learn more about them at neighborhoodfalmouth.org or call 508-564-7543.

 

 

Take Flight, on Wing of Song: a Violin Concert with Joshua Peckins

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We are thrilled to welcome award-winning concert violinist Joshua Peckins back for a concert on Saturday, September 21st from 3-4 pm! Please register by clicking here. His previous appearances here were widely attended and loved. This concert will have something for everyone, from Bach’s glorious, final Partita for Solo Violin, to cutting-edge modernism combining the violin with recorded bird song, a fresh take on a centuries-old chord progression that drove medieval audiences wild, and a transcription from the beloved Spanish guitar music “Recuerdos de la Alhambra”. The repertoire details are: J.S. Bach: Partita No. 3 in E Major, Carola Bauckholt: Doppelbelichtung, Krzysztof Penderecki: La Follia and Francisco Tarrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra. 

Joshua has been among the most active recitalists in New England, performing solo concerts of “particular brilliance” (Worcester Telegram) and with “a gift for capturing audiences’ attention” (Backyard News). He has presented solo recitals nationally and internationally in over 30 venues, including the renowned Figaro Hall of Palace Pálffy (where Mozart himself presented his “The Marriage of Figaro”), Crystal Hall in Japan and the Haydn and Mendelssohn Halls in Austria, as well on the Artist Series of the Bled Festival in Slovenia, the Salzburg Festival at the Mozarteum, the Orford Festival in Canada, and the Cervo Festival in Italy. He has performed chamber music on nationally syndicated TV/radio on three continents; is most active today as a recitalist. Photos are available here: https://www.joshuapeckins.com/press-kit

Register by clicking here.  We thank the Trustees of the Falmouth Public Library for sponsoring this concert!

The American Healthcare System

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We are happy to welcome Dr. Edward Hoffer on Tuesday evening, September 10th at 7 pm, to talk about the American healthcare system. This talk will focus on why Americans pay more than citizens of any other country for health care and yet have, at best, mediocre health statistics, and will suggest both global solutions and practical things you can do to pay less and get better care. Click here to register. Please note that this will not be recorded or on Zoom by the library-Falmouth Community Television may come film for later viewing. 

Dr. Edward Hoffer is a graduate of MIT and Harvard Medical School and did his residency and fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital. For 45 years he combined clinical practice of Internal Medicine and Cardiology with research on the applications of computers and AI to medical care, and continues to work half-time at the MGH Lab of Computer Science. He has written and lectured extensively on the problems of the American healthcare “non-system.”

Rescuing Morgan Author Talk with Dan Perdios

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Local Penn Grant Award winning author will be giving a talk about his newest book, Rescuing Morgan on Tuesday, August 6 from 6-8 p. It is a true story of how rescuing an abused Golden Retriever changed his life: When love is just the beginning on this heartwarming journey with unexpected twists and turns producing valuable life lessons for both Morgan and his new Dad. At turns compassionate, insightful, and hilarious, Rescuing Morgan shows how love ultimately triumphs over abuse and how grief can strengthen, not break, the heart.

A portion of the proceeds from the book sales at this event will benefit Dogs for Better Lives.

Click here to register!

When Dan Perdios first meets Sparky, an abused, year-old Golden puppy from a tough neighborhood, he doesn’t know what to think, even though he had previously raised two Golden Retrievers. Full of mischief, quirks, and a fear of stairs, Sparky disrupts his life from the moment he enters it, and soon earns a new name: Morgan, after the spiced rum pirate. Rescuing Morgan details Morgan’s first years, as both puppy and dad test each other, compromise, adapt, and ultimately accept life on life’s terms. With tremendous amounts of love (and patience and discipline), Dan is able to provide Morgan with a home that heals his past and gives him a future where he can thrive. 

Copies of the books will be available for purchase by Eight Cousins at the event.  Please register by clicking the button below.

Some great Zoom author talks in August!

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We have some great Zoom author talks this month! Some are brought to us by our membership in the Library Speakers Consortium, funded by the Library support fund. We also get great talks shared with us by other libraries, that are funded by the Board of Library Trustees! Click the links after the title to register and get more details, and you will receive the Zoom link! Please note that these events are virtual only, and do not take place in the library. Note that we have the author of Remarkably Bright Creatures!

August 6th, 10:30-11:30 PM Armchair travel to French Wine Regions, click here for details and registration
August 7th, 2-3 PM Space Exploration with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, click here 
August 14th 10:30-11:30 AM Bald Eagles with Mass Audubon, click here
August 15th 2-3 PM The Golden Ticket to College Admissions click here
August 21st Shelby Van Pelt, author of Remarkably Bright Creatures, click here
August 27th Virtual Armchair Travel to Greece with the Traveling Librarian, click here
August 28th Wildflowers and Insects with the Mass Audubon, click here

Lawn Concert, Matt York, on Tuesday 8/20!

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This has been rescheduled from July as it rained that day!

We are excited to welcome back longtime New England singer/musician/author Matt York for another live, outdoor acoustical performance on the lawn on Tuesday evening, July 23rd from 6-7:30 pm Bring your chair or blanket! The concert will be canceled in the event of rain.

 Matt will perform a mix of roots, country and Americana music from the past sixty years. Fans of Neil Young, Tom Petty, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash and more will be sure to enjoy this free concert. Check out his site here for more about him!

York was recently nominated for the Boston Music Award for Best Country Artist for the second consecutive year and his album Gently Used was just named one of the Patriot Ledger’s best albums of 2022. The Boston Herald said of his album, “Boston, Texas”, that the singer-songwriter uses basic building blocks-Buddy Holly’s chords, Hank Williams’ swagger, Steve Earle’s boozy wisdom, Paul Westerberg’s straight-up drunk wisdom-to construct an album of beauty, optimism and heartbreak”. 

We thank the Trustees of the Falmouth Public Library for sponsoring this concert.

This has been rescheduled from July as it rained that day!

We are excited to welcome back longtime New England singer/musician/author Matt York for another live, outdoor acoustical performance on the lawn on Tuesday evening, July 23rd from 6-7:30 pm Bring your chair or blanket! The concert will be canceled in the event of rain.

 Matt will perform a mix of roots, country and Americana music from the past sixty years. Fans of Neil Young, Tom Petty, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash and more will be sure to enjoy this free concert. Check out his site here for more about him!

York was recently nominated for the Boston Music Award for Best Country Artist for the second consecutive year and his album Gently Used was just named one of the Patriot Ledger’s best albums of 2022. The Boston Herald said of his album, “Boston, Texas”, that the singer-songwriter uses basic building blocks-Buddy Holly’s chords, Hank Williams’ swagger, Steve Earle’s boozy wisdom, Paul Westerberg’s straight-up drunk wisdom-to construct an album of beauty, optimism and heartbreak”. 

We thank the Trustees of the Falmouth Public Library for sponsoring this concert.