Stop by and pick up ornaments, decor, housewares, jewelry and more at great prices! 

There will also be holiday books,  special gift books and other gift items on sale during the month of December.

We are accepting donations through the end of November.  Donations of holiday items, books, or gift items can be dropped off at the Library during regular hours. 

For more information, call us at 508-362-6636 or email us at sturgislibrary@comcast.net.

 

Monarch butterflies are some of nature's most resilient, yet fragile, creatures. This autumn, Mass Audubon's Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary, Sturgis Library and the Cape Cod Food Hub have embarked on a joint program to bolster monarch populations by distributing milkweed seeds. Monarchs feed exclusively on milkweed during their early life stages as a way to deter predators who dislike the bitter taste of the milkweed. The decline of milkweed populations throughout the Northeast further threatens monarch butterflies, which depend on them for food and protection.

 

Portraits in Silhouette will be at the Sturgis Library on Tuesday, December 8th from 2:00 - 7:00pm, cutting silhouettes by appointment for your holiday gifts and treasured memories! Support your library and leave with a unique keepsake that will be cherished for a lifetime. We'll have homemade sweets available for purchase and complimentary hot cocoa for all to enjoy.

Portraits are $40 each and hand cut by Marcella Comerford, a second-generation silhouette artist. A generous portion of all proceeds will help fund 2016 programming for kids at Sturgis Library.

Call 508.362.6636, email sturgiskids@comcast.net or stop by in person to secure your appointment and cross a lucky loved one off your shopping list this holiday season.

Please schedule one appointment for each individual. Although each appointment is ten minutes, your child NEEDS ONLY TO SIT FOR FIVE! The silhouette artist has a photographic memory and is very experienced with wiggly little ones, so the actual profile may be captured in less time. We provide some toys and entertainment, but feel free to bring your own. Be assured, we are extremely good at capturing the most curious and wiggly of children. Your matted silhouette will be completed (and copied/framed if purchased) at the time of your appointment.

A deposit of $40, the cost of the silhouette, is required to hold each appointment. THIS
COST COVERS THE SILHOUETTE matted on acid-free, cotton rag archival mat board. Unless you wish to upgrade your matting to an antique book remnant for $10 or purchase copies and/or frames (pricing below) you will owe no additional money at the time of your appointment.

You may order copies (cut at the same time as the silhouette, using multiple sheets of paper at once) for $15 per copy, at the time of your appointment. The copies are fantastic and affordable gifts for grandparents, godparents, aunts and uncles, etc... Please let the artist know if you will need more than one copy before she starts cutting.

Each silhouette comes on a 5x7, 8x10, or 11x14 mat based on the pairing of silhouettes per mat. Traditional silhouette frames are also offered at the time of the event. The artist offers high quality, hard to find, all wood black oval frames with a gold leaf inner rim in sizes 5x7 at $35 (suitable for one silhouette) 8x10 at $45 (suitable for 2-3 silhouettes) and 11x14 at $75 (suitable for 3-6 silhouettes.) The artist will also frame your silhouettes at the event should you choose to purchase frames, and depending on time constraints, you may take them with you immediately or pick them up after your appointment.

CANCELLATIONS and REFUNDS:

Should you find you need to cancel your appointment, please do so within 24 hours of the event by contacting the Sturgis Library at (508) 362-6636 or sturgiskids@comcast.net as the deposit is otherwise non-refundable.

To schedule your appointment(s), please contact Sturgis Library at (508) 362-6636 or sturgiskids@comcast.net. You may also contact the artist Marcella at info@portraitsinsilhouette.com or (774) 200-5461 with any questions.

 

The Barnstable Libraries are pleased to announce that the Osterville, Sturgis, and Cotuit Libraries are three of the Star Libraries announced by the Library Journal on November 2, 2015.

 

261 libraries nationwide received a star rating and only 15 libraries in Massachusetts from the 7,663 libraries that were scored.   11 of the star libraries in Massachusetts are Cape and Islands libraries.

 

In Barnstable, Osterville got five stars, Cotuit got 4 stars, and Sturgis got 3 stars. This is Sturgis Library's second year as a star library.

 

The data used by the LJ Index to score libraries comes from recently released information from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for FY13.

December 2015 is Amnesty Month at Sturgis Library