• Arts Foundation of Cape Cod gave funds to support the Teen Artists Coalition of Cape Cod 
• Enoch Cobb Trust Fund gave funds to support the purchase of library materials for the Barnstable Schools' Summer Reading Program
• Kirkman Trust / Town of Barnstable  gave funds to support technology, green initiatives, educational databases, and other library services
• MassHumanities gave funds to support the annual Scholarly Reading and Discussion Group

Many thanks to these organizations for recognizing the importance of these vital programs and services, and for supporting the Sturgis Library and the community. 

THANK YOU 

Monthly Book Discussion Group  

The book group meets the third Tuesday of the month at 1:10 p.m. New members are always welcome. You can email Antonia at sturgisreference@comcast.net to be added to the group email list (which means books will be ordered for you in advance). The group will be discussing "The Keepers of the House," by Shirley Ann Grau, and February's book, "Nine Parts of Desire," by Geraldine Brooks, will be available for pick up at the circ desk at the January meeting.

Reading and Discussion Series 2014

Odd Couples: Literary Feuds, Friendships and Falling-outs 

4th Tuesday of the month, January through April 2014 @6:30 p.m. 

The relationships between authors and their opinions of each others' work can make for fascinating study, especially if there are elements of conflict involved. As Anthony Arthur notes in his book, Literary Feuds: A Century of Celebrated Quarrels--From Mark Twain to Tom Wolfe, "it is an appreciation of the degree to which writers, in their art, overcome their limitations as people."  

In this series, sponsored in part by Mass Humanities, we will explore the works of four pairs of authors who were known or rumored to have a complicated relationship with one another, either in their personal lives or in regard to their literary output (which often became personal). The discussions will be as follows:

• 28 January: The poetry of Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, with Dr. Elaine Craghead.
• 25 February: "Of Love and Other Demons," by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and "The Storyteller," by Mario Vargas Llosa, with South Dennis Library Director Anne Speyer.
• 25 March: "Ethan Brand," by Nathaniel Hawthorne and "Billy Budd," by Herman Melville, with Dr. Sam Coale.
• 22 April: "The Alchemist," by Ben Jonson and "Twelfth Night," by William Shakespeare, with Dr. James Crowley.  

Just send an email to Antonia at sturgisreference@comcast.net with your name, email and phone number. The texts for the first discussion on 28 January @6:30 p.m. are available now behind the circ desk. Alternatively, you can access them for free at the following web sites:

• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Paul Revere's Ride, The Village Blacksmith, A Nameless Grave, The Angler's Song, The Indian Hunter and The Slave in the Dismal Swamp): http://www.hwlongfellow.org/poems_front.php 
• Edgar Allan Poe (The Raven, Annabel Lee and The Valley of Unrest):  http://www.poetryfoundation.org/search/?q=Edgar+Allan+Poe

To register for these programs, all the Library at 508-362-6636 or send an email to Ms. Megan at sturgiskids@comcast.net. 

Exhibits and Displays 

Corinne Lilie of Black Sheep Studios will be our featured artist during the month of January.  Corinne is a watercolor painter and fibre artist.  Producing art work inspired by a lifetime of enriching experiences with people she has met and places she has lived or visited, her goal is to capture the emotional connection to her subject and share the beauty of human emotion with the viewer whether it is old cotton barns in Georgia, a Cape Cod shore or a field of lavender in Provence. You can learn more about her work at

The following artists will be featured in the coming months:

Simpkins Room Gallery Exhibit             

• January 2014:  Corrine Lilie of Black Sheep Studio -- Watercolors and Fibre Arts
• February 2014:  Nilton Coutinho Sodre -- Kaleidoscope Art
• March 2014:  Loesje Creeden -- Quilted Fabric Paintings
• April 2014:  Sammie Lydon -- Illustrations and drawings 
• May 2014:  Tracy Lindholm Nee oil paintings   

• January 2014 -- Glass and porcelain insulators 
• February 2014:  Nilton Coutinho Sodre -- Kaleidoscope Art
• March 2014:  Woodworking tools by Dan Santos
• April:  OPEN
• May:  Soutache Bead Embroidery & Jewelry by Patty Lange 

We will be exhibiting glass and porcelain insulators and selling insulators as a fundraiser during the month of January.    

Glass insulators were first produced in the 1850's for use with telegraph lines.  As technology developed insulators were needed for telephone lines, electric power lines, and other applications. In the mid 1960's a few people began collecting these antique glass insulators.  As new materials were developed, glass insulators were removed from telephone poles and power lines.  They come in a variety of colors and styles and were manufactured by many different companies.  They can be displayed in a lots of unique ways or used in craft and art projects.  We've seen them made into light fixtures, coat racks, and garden art.  You can purchase insulators for $5.00 each during the month of January.  All proceeds  will benefit a project to upgrade our HVAC system.   

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A portion of the proceeds from the sale of exhibited art, photography, and crafts benefits the Sturgis Library.  Proceeds are used to enhance library services and programs. 

• Antonia: "Dead Set," by Richard Kadrey (speculative fiction) and "Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I," by Peter Ackroyd (non-fiction, English history).  
• Lucy:  "Capturing the Light: the Birth of Photography, a True Story of Genius and Rivalry" by Roger Watson (non-fiction - history/biography) and The Book of Ages : the Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin by Jill LePore (nonfiction -history/biography of Benjamin Franklin's sister Jane.) 
• Lisa: "Babette's Feast," story by Isak Dinesen, movie directed by Gabriel Axel (culinary fiction) and "Notes from the Larder: A Kitchen Diary with Recipes," by Nigel Slater (non-fiction, cookbook).   
• Katherine: "The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer," by Anne Marie O'Connor. 
• Magda: "Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison," by Piper Kerman (non-fiction, prison memoir).     
• Megan: "The Pillars of the Earth," by Ken Follett (historical fiction)   
• Cathy: "Me Before You," by JoJo Moyes (fiction).
• Karen: "Letters from Skye," by Jessica Brockmole (historical fiction AUDIOBOOK). 

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