@Blue Hill Library

In this issue:

•  Events This Week.... 
•  Thanks to Our Donors
•  Exhibit: Miniatures from Around the World 
•  Art Adventures: Steel Drums 
•  Social Media Safety for Kids and Adults  

• The public is invited to participate in the Library Play Reading Group TOMORROW! Wednesday, January 15 from 6:30 to 9:00 PM at the Library. The play selected for this month is Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound. 

• A 5 week yoga class for children from 3 to 5 years of age starts THIS THURSDAY! January 16 at 10:00 AM and a few spots are still available! The class, taught by Rebecca Rose Tousignant, introduces children to the practice of yoga through stories, games, songs, and creative movement. The classes are free. Register using the Library's online events calendar or by calling the Library, 374-5515. 

• Sedgwick author and director of the World Ocean Observatory Peter Neill will read from his recent book of previously published novellas at the Library THIS THURSDAY! January 16 at 7:00 PM. Peter Neill will be reading from and discussing the making of the book, entitled "3". The three novellas were first published individually in the 1970's. The event is co-sponsored by the Library and Blue Hill Books.   

    The Library will be hosting its second monthly series of free Art Adventures for adults and interested teens beginning  Thursday, January 23 at 7:00 PM with" The Steel Drum as Musical Instrument."

     Nigel Chase and members of Planet Pan Steel Drums will inaugurate this year's series with an exciting interactive demonstration and introduction to the mysteries of coaxing music from steel drums.

Nigel Chase leading Planet Pan

     Planet Pan has delighted, astonished and awed  audiences young and old for over 20 years on the Blue Hill Peninsula and in locations all over the East Coast, playing at dances, competitions, and festivals,  music ranging from traditional Trinidanian to Beethoven's 5th Symphony and the William Tell Overture by Giachino Rossini.

     Nigel Chase, founder and artistic director of Planet Pan, was inspired as a young boy watching his father, Carl Chase, founder and director of the Atlantic Clarion Steel Band, hammering and tinkering with steel drums in his backyard in Brooksville.  Nigel took off from there, fascinated by the possibilities of this easily available material to create beautiful music. Nigel went on to create opportunities for others to join in his passion, ultimately starting the Blue Hill-based Planet Pan. Frequent participants in occasions such as school parades, dances, festivals, fundraisers for countless worthy causes just for the asking, Planet Pan has added greatly to the rich culture of this community.

     The event is free and everyone is welcome.  For more information, call the Library at 374-5515.

     Nina Milliken, Community Educator for the Aroostook Mental Health Center (AMHC) will present an informative, lively and interactive workshop on how to stay safe while using social media websites on Saturday January 25 at 1:00 PM at the Library. The talk will be geared toward children ages 10 and older, and their parents. Specific attention will be given to the security settings of Facebook as well as other topics and questions raised by the participants.

    AMHC is a private, non-profit behavioral health care organization with operations in Aroostook, Hancock, and Washington Counties. No registration is necessary, and the event is free and open to the public.  For more information contact Pat at 374-5515.

     A new exhibit, Miniatures From Around the World, is on display in the Library's children's room through the end of February. The items are from the Library's collection, donated by Library benefactor Adelaide Pearson who collected them on her travels.

Miniature coronation coach from England, with English knights.

Included are miniature tin soldiers, Roman horsemen, French Grenadiers, Tyrolean Revelers, Mexican dioramas, English royalty and knights and a Chinese wedding procession. The exhibit will be available for viewing during regular Library hours. For more information call Pat at 374-5515.

In addition to over 750 donations we received some lovely notes of appreciation during our Annual Fund Drive such as this one:

"Quiet and serene yet active and vibrant; the library serves the area populace by nurturing the intellect and providing a hub for a myriad of activities.  We applaud the efforts of its volunteers and leadership." 

The support of our patrons, in both word and deed, is deeply gratifying to us. You make it possible for us to provide free library services for all. Thank you.  We look forward to renewing your enthusiasm for the library in 2014!

Many thanks to the following donors who gave in the last weeks of 2013:

Hattie Barker & Beal Lowen * Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Bryan * Barbara Cabot & Ron Markman * Thomas C. Clark & Louise Handy * Chan & Sue Duffy * Edward Dufresne * Barrett & Jean Flanders * Mr. & Mrs. Martin Haase * Nicholas Sichterman & Mariah Hughs * Mark Hurvitt * Melody & Richard Kane * Anne Kisburg * Sue Largay * Donald Lateiner * Don & Barbara Mallow * Dan & Nancy McGraw * Dr. Margaret E. McVey * Dale Quinby * Hal & Lisa Reynolds * Michael W. Taylor * Wendy & Ken Schweikert * Dorrance & Patty Sexton * Susan D. Shaw & Cynthia Stroud * Jack F. & Patricia C. Shepard Jr. * James Thurmond Smithgall * Win & Deb Turner * Ms. Kate Unkel * David Weiss * Lisa & Nick Witte

 

 374-5515 ext 16 or slatham@bhpl.net.    

Don't hesitate to call us for more information at 207-374-5515.