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Category: Miscellany
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
Falmouth Public Library, Saturday, December 14th at 2:00 PM
The Original Radio performance revamped by the WatermelonAlligator Theatre Company
We cannot wait to welcome the WatermelonAlligator Theatre Company back for a live radio performance of Charles’ Dickens A Christmas Carol. The event will be held on Saturday, December 14th 2024 at 2:00 PM in the Hermann Room at the Falmouth Public Library.
The event is appropriate for all ages and will last 75 – 90 minutes. Please register on our main Falmouth Public Library Events page or call 508-457-2555 x 7. If you run into any trouble, please reach out and we’ll fix it right up!
Dickens’ iconic story of greed, compassion, magic, and redemption will come to life through acting, music, and live sound effects in this original radio play adaptation. Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge makes life miserable for everyone around him, especially his long suffering clerk, Bob Cratchit. One fateful Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former business associate, Jacob Marley. A man who was as greedy and cold as Scrooge. Marley’s spirit warns Scrooge that if he continues to live so selfishly, he will spend eternity wearing the chains that his greed has built. Three more spirits visit Scrooge that night: The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come, who show Scrooge his error in valuing money over people. Scrooge, frightened by the bleak picture of his life, awakes on Christmas morning a new man, promising to change his ways.
Get into the holiday spirit with a performance by professional working actors from the WatermelonAlligator Theatre Company!
There will be a discussion regarding Christianity and how the tale of Scrooge is truly a story of redemption. A light of hope in the darkness of the winter.
Great Zoom lectures in December!
We have some great Zoom author talks this month! 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.
Wednesday, December 4th at 2 PM, Unearthed: Exploring the Smithsonian National Gem Collection with Dr. Jeffrey Post, click here to register.
Join us for an absolutely dazzling presentation with the emeritus curator of the Smithsonian’s National Gem Collection, Dr. Jeffrey E. Post as he talks about The Smithsonian National Gem Collection Unearthed: Surprising Stories Behind the Jewels.
Wednesday, December 11th at 2 PM, On Pulse-Pounding, Family Driven Mysteries: A Conversation with Laura Dave, click here to register.
Join us for a captivating conversation with #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me, Laura Dave, as she chats with us online about her newest book The Night We Lost Him.
The Night We Lost Him focuses on estranged siblings who discover their father has been keeping a secret for over fifty years, one that may have been fatal.
Don’t miss these great talks!
Using the Internet Safely with Jeff Brody
Neighborhood Falmouth and the Falmouth Public Library are jointly offering this program on Wednesday, December 18th at 1:30 pm, which is open to the public. Click here to register!
Modern technology can be useful, entertaining and rewarding, but it can also be frustrating, complicated and with its security risks! Jeff will teach commonsense ways to have a healthy and safe online life, including best safe practices for email, a secure home computer system, a secure mobile phone and protecting your privacy. You will also learn where to get help.
Jeff Brody is an information technology and information security professional with over 40 years of experience. He is a former CTO and holds certification as a Certified Information Systems Security Specialist. Jeff has taken special interest in assisting people and small businesses in using computers to their greatest advantage while being safe and secure on the Internet.
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.
27th Friends Annual Winter Book Sale!
The time is here again! The Friends of Falmouth Public Library will host their 27th annual Winter Book Sale in the Hermann Foundation Meeting Room.! Come get some nice holiday gifts-or just something for yourself!
(Wednesday Dec. 4th – Members Only Day from 12-5 PM)
Thursday, Dec. 5th, Friday, Dec 6th and Saturday, Dec 7th from 10 AM-5PM-open to all!
With funds raised from membership dues, donations, and Book Sales, the Friends have provided the following gifts and services to the Library and the community of Falmouth:
Museum Passes for Boston and local area museums
Generous funding for Children’s Programs at all three locations throughout the year
Contribute to new Furniture for the Chill Zone, the Tween area, in the Children’s Room
A new Circulation Desk for the East Falmouth Library
Provide additional funds for eBooks
Support for area book clubs
Upgrades to library technology
Great Zoom lectures in November!
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.
Thursday, November 7th, 10:30 AM, Norman Rockwell, an American Phenomenon, click here for details and registration.
Thursday, November 7th, 7 PM, The Paranormal ranger with Stanley Milford Jr., click here.
Tuesday, November 12th, 5:30 PM, dietician Judy Palken; register for this one on our online calendar, or call 508-457-2555 x 7.
Wednesday, November 13th, 10:30 AM, Migration Marvels with Mass Audubon, click here.
Thursday, November 14th, 4 PM, Javier Zamora, author of Solito, click here (please note the library is closed that day).
Wednesday, November 20th, 7 pm, Susan Power, author of Council of Dolls, click here.
Tuesday, November 26th, 10:30 AM, Living with Wild Turkeys, click here
Tuesday, November 26th, 2 PM Armchair Travel to Australia, click here
Wednesday November 27th 7 PM Native Nations and the Beginning of the United States, click here
Edward Gorey “Sinister Cozy”
A Talk with the Director of the Edward Gorey House, Gregory Hischak
On Tuesday, October 22nd, we welcome Gregory Hischak, the Director of the Edward Gorey House and Museum to speak on Gorey’s achievements and his wonderfully amusing oddities. The presentation will run from 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM in the reading room in front of the fireplace. He will be giving a presentation of Gorey’s natural creepy and hilarious artwork in his books, theater sets, and many other mediums.
Terrible things unfold in an Edward Gorey Book—children are swept out to sea, abducted by murderous
insects, fall into unsavory company, or get carried off by giant birds. Sometimes they die of boredom. Edward writes, and draws, about everyday life and, for reasons that will likely come up in this presentation, his books are a delight and extremely funny. Mostly. Gorey’s work as a book artist, an illustrator, and designer is frequently categorized as Whimsically Macabre, though we prefer the term “Sinister Cozy”. His work looks a hundred and thirty years older than it is yet he consistently remains thirty years ahead of us at all times.
Please come join us on this spooky evening with “Sinister Cozy”. Registration is required.
Register here!
Hope to see you soon!
Paranormal Activity with Don DeCristofaro
Don DeCristofaro, a professional ghost and paranormal activity investigator, will be joining us on October 17th at 4:30 in the Library’s Herman Meeting Room. He has worked in the Lizzie Bordon house, as well as the house that inspired the hit movie The Conjuring.
His most recent investigation of paranormal activity is on the USS Salem. The USS Salem was a World War 2 Heavy Cruiser. He spends at the least once a week there using the technology that has been developed.
The presentation will include showing the tools that they use to monitor possible “other worldly” guests. Since Don has been investigating the USS Salem, Don became to have “relationships” with those have who have passed on and left behind.
At the end of the presentation, Don is offering his very own expertise and advice to any patrons who may have suspicion that there is another room mate who never pays there rent. All ages event! You can give us a call, email a request or register online!
Please come! Registration is required.
Great Zoom talks in October to watch at home!
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
Spooky Stories with the WatermelonAlligator Theatre Company
On October 19th from 2-4 PM, enjoy some family friendly tales of ghosts, mysteries, and the supernatural performed by professional working actors. Maybe even outside if the weather is cooperating!
The tales are appropriate for all ages. Adults, children and everyone in between will enjoy it. Our horror and spooky fans in training will get a real kick with the whole family! Some spooky snacks will find their way down in the dungeon (nice meeting room).
There will even be a cauldron for witches to make their brews! All safe for inside too!
Some spooky stories from Edgar Allen Poe’s work and many classics like the red ribbon!
We are very excited for the WatermelonAlligator Theatre’s production as they always put on a good show no matter the conditions!
Registration is required. You can register here!
