Gardiner Public Library

Museums

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Maine has some other great art museums besides the Portland Museum of Art that are perhaps not necessarily on your radar.  For future planning, I would like to suggest an upcoming exhibit at the Bates College Museum of Art at the Olin Arts Center in Lewiston.  Beginning in June and running until October, Bates College Museum of Art will be featuring Maine’s own Dahlov Ipcar in a show that is drawn mainly from private collections.  Find out more about this exciting exhibit at the Bates College Museum of Art web site – http://www.bates.edu/museum/exhibitions/upcoming/dahlov-ipcar-a-life-in-the-arts/    

April Weather In The Library

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As we New England-ers know – April weather is and can be VERY temperamental! Here are few titles that seem to be all about April!   A – After the snow P – Purple rain R – Raining cat and dogs I – Into the storm L – Lonely silver rain   W – Wailing wind E – Echo through the snow A – And the wind blows free T – ‘Twas a dark and stormy night H – Hailstones and halibut bones E – Electrifying fall of Rainbow City R – Roll of thunder, hear my cry     …

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New Titles – April 2018

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FICTION An American marriage by Tayari Jones.  A newlywed couple’s relationship is tested when the husband is sentenced to 12 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. As you wish by Jude Deveraux.  One fateful summer, three very different women find themselves together in Summer Hill, Virginia, where they find they have much more in common than they realized. Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions by Mario Giordano.  As types of amateur sleuths go, the category of lusty Bavarian widow has been woefully under-represented…until now. Bachelor girl by Kim Van Alkemade.  This is inspired by the true story …

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Happy St. Paddy’s!

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H       How to catch a leprechaun A       Anne of Green Gables P        Patrick, patron saint of Ireland P        (The) Princes of Ireland Y        You wouldn’t want to sail on an Irish famine ship! S        Shamrocks, harps, and shillelaghs T        Tim O’Toole and the wee folk P        (A) Pot o’ gold A       (The) Ancient Celts T        Tommy Makem’s secret Ireland R        Rick Steves’ Ireland I        Irish hearts C        Celtic moon K        (The) King of Ireland’s son S        (The) St. Patrick’s Day shamrock mystery D       Discover Ireland A       As for Ireland Y        Your green home

Latest Snowfall In Maine

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Yes, we are tired of it. Yes, it seems it will never go away.  But, have you ever wondered when was the latest recorded snowfall in Maine?  This was featured on B98.5 FM Central Maine’s Country Radio Station’s website: The latest recorded snowfall in Maine goes to Caribou, Maine, on May 25, 1974 they recorded 0.2 inches of snow. So, if you do see some flakes tomorrow and your furnace kicks on, it’s nothing we can’t handle. We’re Mainers! And this confirms it from the National Weather Service Late Season Snowfall across northern Maine …2nd latest measurable snowfall on record …

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New Titles – March 2018

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FICTION: All the castles burned by Michael Nye.  The story of Owen Webb, a basketball player on scholarship at a private boys’ school, and his relationship with two enigmatic men: his father – whose secrets neither Owen nor this mother suspect – and Carson, an older teen. Daphne by Will Boast.  This turns the myth of Daphne and Apollo into a modern love story about social anxiety and physical debilitation.  It is at once tragic and enchanting. Death by chocolate cherry cheesecake by Sarah Graves.  While Jacobia Tiptree has moved on from fixing up houses, she still can’t resist the …

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