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Falmouth Public Library Weekly Newsletter - October 27, 2022
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October 28, 2022
From: Falmouth Public LibraryIn this Issue
New Sunday Winter Hours!
Scrabble Gaming Group
Test Preparation Tools At The Library
What's Happening This Week At The Library For Kids
What's Happening This Week At The Library For Teens & Adults
Weekly Staff Pick
Connect with Us!
New Sunday Winter Hours!
Opening On Sundays
The Falmouth Public Library is excited to announce that the library will be open on Sundays during the winter. Starting on November 6th, the library will be open on Sundays from 12pm-4pm except for a few Holiday weekends. Make sure to stop on by!
Scrabble Gaming Group
Scrabble At The Library
Are you interested in playing Scrabble at the library with other like-minded Scrabble players? Let us know if you are interested in forming a Scrabble Gaming Group by calling us at 508-457-2555 extension 7 or by emailing [email protected] and let us know of your availability.
Test Preparation Tools At The Library
Peterson's Test Prep
Thanks to the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, the Falmouth Public Library now provides access to Peterson’s Test Prep, an online resource that allows you to take practice tests. It has the PSAT, ACT, SAT, and ASSET tests, as well as the MCAT, LSAT, and GRE. For those new to the United States, it offers practice content for the TOEFL and US Citizenship exam. For those considering careers instead of college, there are practice tests for licensing exams in fields from nursing to law enforcement to cosmetology. There are checklists and advice for students (and their parents) who are contemplating college, scholarship searches, and advice about financial aid applications. For job seekers there’s a whole section on career exploration, including a trade school search and resume advice.
Access is free when you follow the link from the Falmouth Public Library’s online resources (look under Education!). Need help learning how to use this resource? Ask at the Reference Desk or call 508-457-2555 extension 7 and make an appointment with one of our staff who can get you started.
What's Happening This Week At The Library For Kids
Weekly Programming for Children
Fridays: Scavenger Hunt from 2pm-7pm at the North Falmouth Branch
Mondays: Tales for Tots! from 11am-11:30am in the Children's room
Block Party: Legos in the Library from 4pm-5:30pm at the North Falmouth Branch
Tuesdays: Stories, Songs and Instruments from 10am-11am at the East Falmouth Branch
Stay & Make: Drop-In Craft from 10am-2pm at the North Falmouth Branch
Block Party: Legos in the Library from 3:30pm-5pm in the Hermann room
Wednesdays: Storytime! from 11am-11:30am on the library lawn
What's Happening This Week At The Library For Teens & Adults
Weekly Programming for Teens and Adults
Tuesdays: Sit N' Stitch from 10am-12pm at the East Falmouth Branch
Genealogy Help Session from 2pm-4pm in the reference room
English Learners Conversation Group from 7pm-8pm in the Bay meeting room
Falmouth Genealogical Society, instructors Tim Martin and Ralph Wadleigh
Thursday, 10/27 and 11/3 7-8 PM, in-person with a Zoom option (Class will continue into first week of November due to skipped week.)
Oct. 27th: "Genetic Genealogy" - consumer DNA companies and interpreting the results.
Nov. 3rd: "Building Family Tree" - and applying to lineage societies.
A special series of presentations by Tim Martin and Ralph Wadleigh of the Falmouth Genealogical Society-come to any or all! (Note: this is outside of library hours, and the rest of the library will not be open). The Zoom links for each session will be emailed upon registration.
The classes are recorded and can be viewed from the Falmouth Genealogical website.
Morning Movie Classics - The Birds
Join us on Saturday, October 29th at 10:30am in the Hermann room to watch the Morning Movie Classic The Birds (PG-13) from 1963! This movie viewing is free and is sponsored by the Friends of the Falmouth Public Library. Registration required.
"Director Alfred Hitchcock's apocalyptic, allegorical thriller centers on an avian assault on a California coastal town, where ferocious fowl fall upon a chicken farmer, a schoolyard full of children and a socialite."
Therapeutic Qi Gong
Join us for a free, 4-part introduction to Therapeutic Qi Gong with Alexander Lancaster on Tuesdays, November 1st, 8th, 15th, and 22nd from 11am-12pm in the Hermann meeting room! Registration is required and as each class will build on another, you must be able to attend all 4 classes. This program is currently full. To be added to the waitlist, click on the 'Register Now' button below.
Therapeutic Qi Gong consists of 36 repeated movements that target the muscles and joints of the body from head to toe. The movements are done slowly and gently and incorporate deep breathing to help you focus on yourself during this time, making this routine a meditative one in addition to its stretching, coordination and balance challenges.
No mat is needed, but comfortable clothing is. Socks are encouraged; shoes that are flat and not too supportive are ok; athletic sneakers, of course, are fine if you need them.
Afghanistan: The Untamable Kingdom:1750 - 2022 with Michael McNaught
Wednesday, 11/2 1pm–2:15pm (Class will continue into first week of November due to skipped week.)
Over the past thirty or forty years, few countries have had a more devastating impact on the world stage than Afghanistan. Situated as it is at the crossroads of Asia and the Middle East, Afghanistan has been a thorn in the side of Western powers since the mid-18th century. Underestimated and profoundly misunderstood by Western cultures, the country has been a source of endless political and military frustration to Britain, Russia, India, and most of its neighbors. This course will examine the historical background of today's events, and perhaps explain why Afghanistan has never been "tamed" by either the great powers, or any of its immediate neighbors, since the days of Alexander the Great.
Narrative Nonfiction Book Club
Join the Narrative Nonfiction Book Club on Thursday, November 3rd from 4pm-5pm in the Hermann meeting room or via Zoom to share your thoughts on Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker. Registration is required and copies are available for pickup at the reference desk.
"One late spring evening in 2010, Shannan Gilbert went missing. No one who had heard of her disappearance thought much about had happened to to the twenty-four-year-old until seven months later. Lost Girls is a portrait of unsolved murders in an idyllic part of America, of the underside of the Internet, and the secrets we keep without admitting to ourselves that we keep them."
Weekly Staff Pick
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen
Stretching from the Midwest to Wall Street to Eastern Europe, the breakdown of an American family is rendered in a portrait both comic and tragic.
Connect with Us!
Main Library
508-457-2555, [email protected]
Text-A-Librarian 833-209-9922
Mon, Thurs-Sat - 10:00am-5:30pm
Tue, Wed - 10:00am-8:30pm
East Falmouth Branch
508-548-6340, [email protected]
Mon, Tue - 9:00am-5:00pm
Wed - 9:00am-1:00pm
Thurs - 1:00pm-7:00pm
Sat - 9:00am-1:00pm
North Falmouth Branch
508-563-2922, [email protected]
Mon, Fri - 2:00pm-7:00pm
Tue, Wed - 10:00am-3:00pm