65th Salisbury Fall Festival 

SML EVENTS

Friday, October 7:

Friends of the Library Giant Book Sale!

10 - 4

Saturday, October 8:

Friends of the Library Giant Book Sale!

10 - 4

Danny Sings About Everything!

10:30

Children's Fall Crafts

10 - 4 

Salisbury Band Concert 

12 - 1:30 

NATIONAL IRON BANK PRESENTS

Martha Graham Dance Performance

3:00 p.m

Two iconic Martha Graham Dances

Lamentation and Satyric Festival Song

Performed by Graham 2 at the Salisbury Fall Festival

Afterwards, Graham dancers will teach children, of all ages, how to express

themselves through movement in their own tube of fabric. "Graham" Crackers and apple cider will be served.

Please see www.salisburyfallfestival.org for full schedule of events

Image above: Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), Folio 202, Ziza al-Din Nakhshabi.  Indian Miniature Painting, ca. 1560. Cleveland Museum of Art.

Scarecrows will again help decorate Main Street for the upcoming 65th Salisbury Fall Festival. This year it will not be a contest but rather a re-building community event. Families, groups, children, organizations, and businesses are urged to create a scarecrow for the festival. It's a great opportunity to be creative and have fun.

Current Fiction Book Group – Led by Claudia Cayne

October 15 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm 

“Promise” by Damon Galgut

Haunted by an unmet promise, the Swart family loses touch after the death of their matriarch. Adrift, the lives of the three siblings move separately through the uncharted waters of South Africa. Reunited by four funerals over three decades, the dwindling family reflects the atmosphere of its country—one of resentment, renewal, and, ultimately, hope.

In person in the Oak Room for those who are vaccinated and comfortable.

Registration link – register once for all current fiction book groups

Medicare Fundamentals and 2023 Updates

Sunday October 22, 2:45-3:45 

SML, The Oak Room, in person *

Robert Quinlan, an insurance professional and educator, will discuss the pathways to medicare, how and when to enroll, prescription drug plans, and 2023 updates. 

In person

*if you prefer to participate via Zoom, please note in registration 

Registration

Cast Plaster Magic

Saturday, October 29

2:00-3:15  

Grace Bristow, a recent graduate of Washington University and an accomplished sculptor, will lead a class in creating small sculptures with cast plaster. The class is equally suitable for adults who wish to learn the basics of cast sculpture and for children who may wish to create special objects for this Halloween weekend. (Children will need to be accompanied by an adult.) Attendees may bring in small, handheld objects that may easily be imprinted such as leaves, twigs, or miniature charms. SML will provide a number of Halloween-themed objects, such as plastic spiders and miniature witch’s broomsticks for the same purpose. All attendees are welcome to take their sculptures home. 

Grace Bristow is a multimedia artist who misuses materials to explore structural and metaphorical integrity, time, and the accidental. She holds a BFA in Studio Art from Washington University in St. Louis, where her focus was primarily sculpting in plaster. Having grown up in Lakeville, she is influenced by natural phenomena: weather, topography, and the mysteries of intuition.

Registration requested. 

SML will supply clay, plaster, objects, and work tables.   The event will take place outside in the Buttons Garden.  In the event of rain, we will move to the Wardell Community Room. 

Nonfiction Readings

Beginning Sunday,

November 13, 4.00- 5:00 p.m.

The Oak Room, SML 

Readers are invited to take part in a presentation and discussion of one book almost every month. The selection of books will include current and older books representing a variety of nonfiction forms including memoir, biography, history, and natural history. Whenever possible we will invite a special guest with an affinity for a particular book to present and lead the discussion. 

The first book to be presented will be Oliver Sacks’ The Island of the Color Blind (1997), an enchanting memoir that features the natural history of a chain of South Pacific islands. May Castleberry, Coordinator of Adult Programs at SML (and the editor of an artist’s book inspired by Sack’s text which she will bring to the meeting) will lead the discussion. SML will make books available in advance of the meeting. Reading the book in advance is recommended but not required.

The meeting will be held in person. Please come if you are vaccinated and comfortable. Or you are welcome to join by Zoom. 

Registration suggested

Zoom details to come.

Meditation Kathy Voldstad

Sundays at 9:00 a.m

Join here Password "peace"

Therapeutic Breath and Movement with Suzanne Mazzarelli

Thursdays, 10:30 AM, Zoom

A sampler of gentle somatic movement, Yoga, Qi Gong, and more! No experience is necessary. This class is easily adaptable for people of all ages and ability levels. Suzanne is a certified Yoga Therapist who believes strongly in the body’s innate ability to heal, and the power of mind-body practices to support wellness at any age.

Join here

Bridge with John Dippel at SML

Classes meet on Wednesdays, 2:00 - 4:00 pm

Local resident John Dippel is offering a course on “Bridge Basics," held in the main circulation room of SML. The course will cover evaluating your cards, bidding fundamentals, and playing the hand. It will run through the fall. If you want to join, send an email to [email protected]. Please include your phone and email address, as well as the level of bridge you’re interested in. Couples and singles are both welcome. Dippel, a historian, and author returned to playing bridge when he moved to Salisbury ten years ago and took a similar course. He has been playing regularly in town ever since.

The Scoville Memorial Library is pleased to offer Passes to institutions including the Mark Twain House, Hartford, the White Memorial Conservation Center, Litchfield, and many others.

For more information:

Read Here  Or stop by the Library.