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My childhood library was
small enough not to be
intimidating. And yet I
felt the whole world was
contained in those two
rooms. I could walk any
aisle and smell wisdom.
Rita Dove
U.S. Poet Laureate,
1993-1995
From the Director’s Desk
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:
Children’s
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Programs
Brown Bag
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Lunch Lectures
Adult Programs
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What a year Santa brought us! A major construction project, a move to
temporary quarters, a hurricane, an earthquake, and a move back to our
beautiful new building! Our grand opening in May of 2012 has brought
increased usage of the facility.
Our computers are in use every hour that we are open each week. The
new meeting rooms are being used all the time and our children are having a
wonderful time in their new wing!
On a sad note we had to close our small Tilghman Branch. Like all
libraries we have had to tighten our belts dramatically due to funding cuts.
We are all hoping that we can continue to provide the services our
community has seen from our library in the past.
—Robert T. Horvath—
Children’s Programming
( Please Pre-Register for All Programs, Except those Requiring Tickets)
Easton
Holiday Crafts
Wednesday, December 5, 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Saturday December 8, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Those Winter Sundays
Sundays too my father got up
early
and put his clothes on in the
blueblack cold,
then with cracked hands that
ached
from labor in the weekday
weather made
banked fires blaze. No one
ever thanked him.
I’d wake and hear the cold
splintering, breaking.
When the rooms were warm,
he’d call,
and slowly I would rise and
dress,
fearing the chronic angers of
that house,
Speaking indifferently to him,
who had driven out the cold
and polished my good shoes
as well.
What did I know, what did I
know
of love’s austere and lonely
offices?
—Robert Hayden—
Holiday Storytime
Tuesday, December 11, 10:00 a.m. For children 3 and under
with an adult. Supported by the HOHO group of Country School
students
Pickering Creek’s Tiny Tots Program
Tuesday, December 11, 2:00 p.m. For children 3-5 with an
adult.
First Step Storytime
Tuesdays, January 8 - March 26, 10:00 a.m. For children 3 and under with an adult.
Preschool Storytime
Tuesdays, January 8 - March 26, 2:00 p.m. For children 3-5 with an adult. Pickering
Creek will lead their Tiny Tots programs on January 8, February 12, and March 12.
Origami!
Tuesday, January 29, 4:00 p.m. For ages 8 and up.
Valentine's Day Crafts
Saturday, February 9, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Monday, February 11, 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
St. Michaels
Tot time
Mondays, December 3, 10, & 17, January 14 & 28, February 4, 11, & 25, 10:15 a.m.
For children 5 and under accompanied by an adult. Story time, puppets, and crafts.
Puppet Show: Christmastime Is Here!
Wednesday, December 12, 4:00 p.m. An original production by our own Miss Carla.
Holiday Crafts
Tuesday, December 18, 4:00 p.m. Crafts for the whole family.
Winter Crafts
Wednesday, January 23, 4:00 p.m. Seasonal crafts
for the whole family.
Puppet Show: Will You Be Mine?
Wednesday, February 6, 4:00 p.m. An original
production by our own Miss Carla.
Valentine Crafts
Tuesday, February 12, 4:00 p.m. Crafts for the
whole family.
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Friends of the Talbot County Free Library
The Friends’ Brown Bag Lunch Lecture Series
(Patrons are invited to bring their lunch and enjoy coffee and sweets provided by the library. )
Easton
Bah, Humbug, And All That!
Thursday, December 20, noon. Local raconteur and thespian David Foster takes a humorous look at how the
holidays got the way they are.
Spirits of the Chesapeake: Taverns, Tankards, and True Stories from 18th Century Maryland
Thursday, January 17, noon. Rod Cofield, Director of Interpretation and Museum Programs at Historic
London Town and Gardens in Edgewater, brings the boisterous 1700s to life.
Treasured Mentored Reflections
Thursday, February 21, noon. Laura A. Austin recalls the early days of her life growing up in Bellevue,
Maryland.
St. Michaels
The Physician as Novelist—Why Stories Still Matter in Medicine
Monday, December 3, noon. Physician, author, and professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania,
Dr. Jason Karlawish explains why, in an era of data-driven medicine, stories still matter. An internationally
recognized expert in medical ethics and policy, Karlawish is interested in how we diagnose and treat common
diseases of aging like Alzheimer's disease.
Meet Mr. Mencken: An Hour with the Sage of Baltimore
Monday, January 7, noon. Local raconteur and thespian David Foster re-creates Baltimore’s own H. L.
Mencken. Half a century after his death, Mencken remains one of the most influential, entertaining, and
controversial writers ever to take aim at the platitudes and delusions of American culture.
“The Hill” of Easton, Maryland
Monday, February 4, noon. Professor Dale Glenwood Green talks about “The Hill”— birthplace of African
Methodism on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and one of the country’s oldest African-American neighborhoods.
Chair of the Historic Preservation Program, and an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Morgan State
University, Green is the recipient of two Maryland Preservation Awards (the Education and Community
Engagement award and the Preservation Partnerships for Project Excellence award).
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Adult Programs
Easton
Stitching Time
Mondays, December 17, January 14, February 11, 3:00 p.m. Join a group and work on
your needlecraft projects. Limited instruction for beginners.
An Evening of Jazz Guitar
Monday, February 4, 6:30 p.m., jazz guitarist Bob Johnson talks about and performs his
music. Johnson, originally from Boston and now an Easton resident, has worked with
countless jazz luminaries. He will be supported by Dave Ross on bass and Bob
Kammann on drums.
Bob Johnson
The Art of Medicine: Cutting for Stone
Monday, February 11, 6:30 p.m. &
Wednesday, February 20, 11:30 a.m. Bill Peak will host discussions of physician Abraham
Verghese’s powerful novel, Cutting for Stone. Several local M.D.s have agreed to
participate in these discussions.
St. Michaels
Stitch & Chat
Thursdays, December 6, January 3, and February 7, 10:00 a.m. Bring your own projects and stitch with a
group.
Tuesday Movies @ Noon
February 12: Chocolat starring Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche
Bring your lunch or a snack and enjoy a fine movie.
Saturday Speaker Series: Capt. Wade Murphy’s Skipjack Rebecca Ruark
January 12, 2:00 p.m. Fifth generation Tilghman Island waterman Captain Wade Murphy tells the story of
his skipjack, the Rebecca Ruark, one of only six skipjacks still working the
Bay.
Saturday Speaker Series: Pete Lesher on the War of 1812
February 9, 2:00 p.m. Pete Lesher, chief curator of the Chesapeake Bay
Maritime Museum, talks about the War of 1812.
Holiday Movie
Thursday, February 14, 2:00 p.m. Valentine’s Day
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Memoir Writing
Thursdays, December 13 - February 28 (always excepting the first Thursday of each month), 11:00 a.m. The
St. Michaels branch offers 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. Patrons are asked to preregister for this program.
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