Events & Holidays

What’s going on in the library?

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We have a couple of programs coming up!   Monday, May 12th Maine Attorney General Janet Mills will be here at the invitations of Representative Gay Grant.  Ms. Mills will speak at a Consumer Protection Forum.  Visit us and learn more about protecting yourself, your identity and your assets.   Tuesday, May 20th, we will have An Evening With Herman Melville.  David Peloquin, folk musician and independent scholar specializing in maritime songs and chanties of the American sailor, will explore the mystical side of Herman Melville.  Join us for this entertaining evening of music and discussion. Did you know we …

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Passenger Pigeons in the Library!

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  On a windy Thursday afternoon, April 24th, the library held an origami workshop on Passenger Pigeons. Isabelle Files led the program where attendees came and folded 62 Passenger Pigeons for the www.foldtheflock.orgproject. We will enter our number of pigeons with the website. Attendees were ages 4 and up and all seemed to have a great time.   We had a short history given to us about the year 2014 marking the centennial anniversary of the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon and questions were asked about other extinct animals in our world.   The very lively group did more folding …

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Reading Round-Up 2014

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This past Thursday, several staff members of the Gardiner Public Library attended the 25thReading Round-Up Conference in Augusta.  This wonderful event highlights books that have been published in the past year as well as bringing together librarians from all over the state to share new ideas, and exchange information from their respective libraries. One of the highlights is the announcement of the winners of the Lupine Award.  This award “honors a living author or illustrator who is a resident of Maine, or who has created a work whose focus is Maine, as shown through the work’s characterization, plot, or setting.” …

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Valentine’s Day – Did You Know?

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“More than two thousand years ago, a holiday similar to Valentine’s Day was celebrated in Rome. But in those times the Romans did not call it Valentine’s Day.  They called the holiday Lupercalia.  Lupercalia means ‘feasts of Lupercus’”. “Celebrations of Valentine’s Day spread to other countries.  During the Middle Ages, people in England believed that birds returned from the south to choose their mates around February 14.  So Valentine’s Day seemed like a perfect time to choose a sweetheart.” “In Italy, young men and women gathered together in flower gardens on Valentine’s Day to listen to music and poetry.  In …

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Banned Books Week 2013!

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This year, Banned Books Week is celebrated the week of September 22.  This is a week to embrace items that have been Banned or Challenged over the previous twelve months, as well as previous years.    Banned Books Week celebrates a freedom – the freedom to read.  Working in a library, I love books!  Yes, I admit it, I LOVE TO READ!  I read just about anything – from cereal boxes to “How to manuals”, from “Scandal sheets” (as my grandfather called them) to what others might consider more legitimate newspapers, from the “Classics” to “Bodice rippers” – I read …

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Grown-Up Girls Getaway

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    GUESS WHAT!! Recently we had a slumber party here in the library!  No, not kids, not teenagers, but adult women!  Can you believe it?  About a year ago, a couple of our regular users and I were chatting.  One of them mentioned how much fun it would be to be “locked in the library overnight!”  From that comment the idea grew.  “Grown-Up Girls Getaway Sleepover in the Library” became a reality.  The ladies, ranging in age from early 20s to mid-life and beyond, began arriving around 7:00 Saturday evening.  We shared much food, laughter, and conversation into the …

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