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In this issue:

•  Events This Week... 
•  Art Adventures: Steel Drums 
•  February Art: How It Looks From Here 

• Art Adventures: Steel Drums THIS THURSDAY! January 23 at 7:00 PM (See below for more info) 

• Nina Milliken, Community Educator for the Aroostook Mental Health Center (AMHC) will present an interactive workshop on how to stay safe while using social media websites THIS SATURDAY! January 25 at 1:00 PM at the Library.  The talk will be geared toward children ages 10 and older, and their parents. No registration necessary.  

     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 Art Adventures series with an exciting interactive demonstration and introduction to the mysteries of coaxing music from steel drums.

     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. Their music ranges 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, 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.

     Seven local painters will be showing their artwork at the Library during the month of February. The group show, How it Looks From Here: A Collection of Landscapes, is a mixed media exhibition of paintings by Eileen Ahern and Becky McCall of Blue Hill, Margret Baldwin of Surry, Don Hartley of Brooksville, Jerry Rose and Paul Trowbridge of Sedgwick, and Sherry Streeter of Brooklin.

Painting by Eileen Ahern

      The public is invited to a reception for the show on Friday February 7 from 4:30 to 6:00 PM. The exhibit will be available for viewing during library hours starting February 3. For more information, call the library at 374-5515.

Painting by Don Hartley.

Watercolor by Margret Baldwin

Painting by Jerry Rose.

Painting by Sherry Streeter

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