A mad scientist reads to children during the Summer Reading Program kickoff party. This summer, in addition to reading and receiving incentives, kids get to explore various aspects of science with a weekly "Sensational Science Saturday" program.

@Blue Hill Library

Tuesday, June 24, 2014-- In this issue:

•  Events This Week... 
•  Robert McCloskey Exhibit: The Unknown Artist 
•  Beyond Labels: A Roundtable Discussion Group 
•  More From Design By Hand 

• Join us for the first Children's Concert of the summer as musicians from Kneisel Hall's Young Artist program perform a variety of chamber music pieces and engage their young audience with questions and information about the music and their instruments, TOMORROW! Jun 25 at 4:30 PM. All ages are welcome! 

• The Library's "Art Adventures" series continues THIS THURSDAY June 26 at 7:00 PM with Three Artists: Three Visions. Three local artists--Heidi Daub, Richard Wand and Louise Bourne--will use their work to illustrate their personal guiding philosophies for the creative process and discuss how they arrived at their unique ways of expressing landscapes. 

• Readers and nonreaders from 4 to 11 years of age are invited to "Sensational Saturday Science," a weekly hands-on science exploration as part of the Summer Reading Program, THIS SATURDAY June 28 from 10:30 to 11:30 AM. This week we will be doing "Food Science and Kitchen Chemistry" -- in other words, having fun with food!

The paintings in this exhibit are very different from the artwork found in McCloskey's beloved books, such as Blueberries for Sal, Make Way for Ducklings and One Morning in Maine.The selection depicts family life, kids at play, scenes from vacations in Mexico, Spain and Portugal, and various animals and birds.  Most of the works are in oil and a few in acrylic.

Jane McCloskey will give a presentation on her father's use of design at the library on Monday, July 14 at 7:00 PM.  He used a system called dynamic symmetry, which is based on the "Golden Rectangle" and other rectangles with particular proportions. Jane says that she believes that dynamic symmetry makes her father's work both bold and precise.
 
According to Sally McCloskey, in this selection of paintings, which date from 1945 through the 1980's, "One can see how he went from representational to geometric to abstract forms of painting." The exhibit will be available for viewing during library hours for the month of July. For more information, contact the Library at 374-5515.

The public is invited to join the Library's weekly discussion group on current issues, Beyond Labels. The group meets on Mondays, from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Each week they discuss topics selected from a range of local, state, and national issues, policies or events.

The group was founded with particular goals in mind: to provide a forum for sharing and expanding participants' knowledge of the selected topic; to encourage a robust discussion of different perspectives on the topic; and identify areas of "common ground" as well as areas of disagreement among the participants.

The group usually chooses a topic for the following week, but sometimes, when the day rolls around, discussion leads to a more urgent topic or is allowed to veer where it will go. The topic selected for next Monday is ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) For more information contact the Library at 374-5515 or check the group's website at beyondlabels.ustiger.net.

If you would like to join the group or just listen in as a trial,

This month in the Britton Gallery and Roland Howard Room, the library is featuring "analog draftsmanship" from a variety of local architects. There are many works on exhibit as well as a drafting table and tools. Our appreciation goes to Brooksville architect, Eric Chase, for organizing the show which will be coming down next Monday.  

Submission by Hub White of Deer Isle to a national architect competition for school buildings.

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