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Everything you need to know about the Abbot Public Library (Marblehead) for July!
Saturday July 1st – Monday, July 31st
Virginia A. Carten Gallery
“Ties That Bind”: Artwork by Barbara Naeser
Monday, July 3rd through Thursday, July 27th
Public Reception: Wednesday, July 12th, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
“Ties That Bind” is the title of Barbara’s exhibit at the Virginia Carten Gallery in the Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant St., Marblehead, from Monday, July 3rd through Thursday, July 27th. There will be a public artist’s reception on Wednesday, July 12th, from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm.
This exhibition consists of a collection of Barbara’s oil paintings, including her most recent work, and a selection of her pastel paintings, mostly done in a pastel workshop in San Miguel de Allende earlier this year. She likes to paint fun and familiar subjects that are significant to her, subjects and objects from her everyday life including grandchildren. There is a little whimsy in many of her paintings. You will see children, places, still lives, winter, summer, Colorado… I hope you will enjoy the variety of pieces Barbara has worked on.
“Each new painting presents a personal challenge. I strive to capture the image, gesture or idea that first inspired me. My paintings are fresh and happy with loose brushstrokes and vibrant color. My work has an immediacy about it which gives it a contemporary flair.”
Barbara Naeser lives in Marblehead and is a juried artist member of the Marblehead Arts Association where she was on the Board of Directors for many years. She is also a member of Salem ARTS, and Newburyport Art Association and is the Treasurer for Swampscott Arts Association. She has chaired the Senior Exhibit for the MFoA for the last 3 years. Her work has been displayed in Wit and Whimsy, Gold Direct Care, Lost and Found, Hip Baby Gear, and Lizzy Lou in Marblehead as well as other locations on the North Shore.
For more information, visit the artist’s website at www.barbaranaeser.com.
Marblehead Festival of Arts Short Film Festival
Monday, July 3rd, 10:30 am
The program for the 2017 Short Film Festival is out. It looks to be an entertaining list of films, so make a plan to see them! The premiere screening is on Sunday, July 2nd at 9:00 pm at Crocker Park. If you miss this or want enjoy the festival in the comfort of air conditioning, there will be a full additional screening on Monday, July 3rd, at 10:30 am in the Abbot Public Library.
Visit the Marblehead Festival of Arts website at http://www.marbleheadfestival.org/check-out-the-2017-short-film-festival-program/ for a full list and descriptions of the films.
Poetry Reading by Award-Winning Poet Richard Garcia
Wednesday, July 12th, 7:00 pm
in the Main Level Reading Room
Please join us on Wednesday, July 12th, at 7:00 pm, for a poetry reading by an award-winning poet, followed by a Q&A. Richard Garcia won the 2016 Press 53 Award for Poetry for Porridge. He is the author of six books of poetry, and his poems have appeared in many journals, such as The Georgia Review, Crazyhorse, The Cortland Review and Ploughshares. His work is also included in many anthologies, among them, The Best of the Prose Poem, The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses, and Best American Poetry 2005. He is the recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Pushcart Prize, the Mudfish Prize from Mudfish Magazine, the Greensboro Award from the Greensboro Review, the Cohen Award from Ploughshares, and the Georgetown Prize from the Georgetown Review. He was poet-in-residence at Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles for twelve years, where he conducted workshops in art and poetry for hospitalized children. He teaches at the Antioch University Los Angeles MFA in Creative Writing program. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina, with his wife, the poet Katherine Williams, and their dog Max.
“Conversations on Race: Microaggressions”
Co-sponsored by the Marblehead Racial Justice Team and the Abbot Public Library
Monday, July 17th, 7:00 pm
in the Library’s Main Level Reading Room
We’ve all heard of microaggressions. But have you ever wondered whether you’ve unintentionally committed a microaggression? Join us for a discussion about what makes a statement a microaggression, how to avoid them yourself, and what actions you might, or might not, take when you see someone else saying something that could be considered racially insensitive.
We will examine these questions at our “Conversations on Race,” on Monday, July 17th, at the Abbot Public Library, from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. The discussion will be facilitated by members of the Marblehead Racial Justice Team, who bring their background in racial justice and group facilitation to support the conversation. Join us to listen, learn, and talk openly with others striving to move racial justice forward.
Never been? Come at 6:45 pm to ask any questions you may have about the process. Bring a friend!
Library Book Discussion Group
Tuesday, July 18th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
On Tuesday, July18th, at 10:00 am, the Library Book Discussion Group will get together to discuss Mischling by Affinity Konar. All are welcome to attend!
It’s 1944 when the twin sisters arrive at Auschwitz with their mother and grandfather. In their benighted new world, Pearl and Stasha Zagorski take refuge in their identical natures, comforting themselves with the private language and shared games of their childhood. As part of the experimental population of twins known as Mengele’s Zoo, the girls experience privileges and horrors unknown to others, and they find themselves changed, stripped of the personalities they once shared, their identities altered by the burdens of guilt and pain. That winter, at a concert orchestrated by Mengele, Pearl disappears. Stasha grieves for her twin, but clings to the possibility that Pearl remains alive. When the camp is liberated by the Red Army, she and her companion Feliks – a boy bent on vengeance for his own lost twin – travel through Poland’s devastation. Undeterred by injury, starvation, or the chaos around them, motivated by equal parts danger and hope, they encounter hostile villagers, Jewish resistance fighters, and fellow refugees, their quest enabled by the notion that Mengele may be captured and brought to justice within the ruins of the Warsaw Zoo. As the young survivors discover what has become of the world, they must try to imagine a future within it.
“Control Your Retirement Destiny,” with author Dana Anspach
Wednesday, July 19th, 7:00 pm
Amazon reviewers are calling the 2nd Edition of Control Your Retirement Destiny the best book on retirement planning they’ve ever read. This is a great opportunity to hear the content directly from the author. In this workshop, Dana will cover essential topics from each of the thirteen chapters. She’ll start by explaining how the planning you do needs to change as you reach age 50 and beyond. Then she’ll discuss the basic steps you need to take, including tips on claiming Social Security, investing, estimating health care costs, and best practices as to how you title accounts and structure your beneficiary designations. This workshop is sure to leave you better prepared for retirement!
Dana Anspach is the founder and CEO of Sensible Money, LLC, and the author of Control Your Retirement Destiny (2nd Edition) and Social Security Sense. Since 2008, she has been writing as an expert on retirement-related topics, spending eight years as About.com’s MoneyOver55 Expert which evolved into a site called The Balance, and contributing to US News and World Report and MarketWatch on various retirement planning topics. Dana holds designations as a Certified Financial Planner and Retirement Management Analyst.
TEEN PROGRAMS
Makey Makey and Scratch Workshop
Tuesday, July 11th, 3:30 pm
in the Lower Level Meeting Room
Registration Requested – Sign Up is in the Children’s Room
We’re going to invent!
We’re going to game!
We’re going to program and code!
We’re going to build stuff!
We’re going to play (safely) with electrical circuits!
We’re going to do ALL OF THAT IN ONE WORKSHOP!
Using Scratch, we’ll code our own game or animation. Then, we’ll use Makey Makeys to build personalized controllers out of recycled materials. No prior coding experience is necessary.
Note: If you can’t come on July 11, we’ll be running this workshop again in August!
Sheep To Sweater Tuesdays
Tuesdays, July 18th and 25th, and August 1st, 3:30 pm
in the Lower Level Meeting Room
Registration Requested – Sign Up is in the Children’s Room
In this three-part series we’re going to explore the history, math, science, and craft that takes plants, animals, and even plastic from fluff to fashion. There will be lots of hands-on opportunities and you’ll come away with artwork you really and truly made from scratch! Come to all three workshops for the full picture, or just come when you can.
July 18: Meet The Fluff and Color Theory
Explore different types of fiber, pet some wool that just came off the sheep, and learn about the ways colors mix (or don’t mix!). We’ll even get to dye some yarn!
July 25: Spin a Yarn
Humans have been spinning fiber into thread, string, and yarn for thousands of years. We’ll look at different kinds of spinning technology (including a spinning wheel), build our own spindles, and make our own yarn.
Aug 1: Weave It All Together
Using the yarn we made in Week 1 and Week 2, we’ll create our own woven art pieces or finger knitting.
No Time To Attend A Program? No Problem!
There will be lots of opportunities for things you can grab quickly and do in the comfort of your own home!
Make-Away Crafts will be available in the Teen Room and include both materials and instructions for a craft you can do on your own. Kits will include bookmarks, friendship bracelets, book sculptures, and more!
The Teen Reading Challenge 2017 is still going! Grab a form from the Teen Room and get reading. Return finished forms to the Teen Librarian for prizes!
Don’t even want to leave home? You can always get e-books on OverDrive (including required Summer Reading titles). And check out AudioSync for two free audiobooks each week!
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS
Children’s Summer Reading Program
Tuesday, June 27-Tuesday, August 15
This year’s theme is “Build a Better World”. We will have events, decorations, and activities that support the theme. This year we are collaborating with the Marblehead Animal Shelter to collect items needed for the animals as children read books over the summer. Several children’s events and crafts will have animal themes and highlight building a better world for animals in need.
The Children’s Summer Reading Program is open to all children, readers and pre-readers, ages 3-12.
Registration begins June 27th, and when they register, children receive their first reading log. On their reading logs, kids list on each line the name of the book they read or had read to them. Each log has room for 10 books, and there are 5 logs available for children for the summer. A donation of an item on the shelter wish list will also count as a book on their reading log. Collection bins for donated wish list items for the shelter will be in the Children’s Room.
When each log is completed, they get a sticker on the log and then receive a free gift certificate or event/institution voucher. We will have prize packages from the various organizations to give away for children reading or listening to at least 10 books and recording them on their reading logs. We keep the logs until the last day.
**The Marblehead Public Schools summer reading list books will be available in the Children’s Room throughout the summer. Get your assigned and recommended books here.**
CALENDAR
*The Library is closed on Sundays through Labor Day Weekend.*
Monday, July 3, 10:30 am
Marblehead Festival of Arts Short Film Festival
Tuesday, July 4
LIBRARY CLOSED FOR INDEPENDANCE DAY HOLIDAY
Wednesday, July 5, 10:15 am – Noon
Drop-In Craft Day – “Fish on a Stick”
Friday, July 7, Drop-in 10:15 am – Noon
Music & Toy Exploration Playtime
Monday, July 10, 6:30 pm – 7:15 pm
Bedtime Stories and Songs with Dara
Tuesday, July 11, 10:15 am – Noon
Drop-In Craft Day – Make a Greeting Card for an Animal
Tuesday, July 11, 3:30 pm
Makey Makey and Scratch Workshop
Registration Requested – Sign Up is in the Children’s Room
Wednesday, July 12, 10:15 am – Noon
Drop-In Craft Day – “Pet ID Tag”
Wednesday, July 12, 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm
Read to the Cats at the Marblehead Animal Shelter
Wednesday, July 12, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Public Reception for “Ties That Bind”: Artwork by Barbara Naeser
Wednesday, July 12, 7:00 pm
Poetry Reading by Award-Winning Poet Richard Garcia
in the Main Level Reading Room
Friday, July 14, 10:00 am
Itsy Bitsy Babies & Terrific Toddlers Playgroup
Monday, July 17, Drop-in 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Unplugged Board Games and Puzzles
Monday, July 17, 7:00 pm
“Conversations on Race: Microaggressions”
Co-sponsored by the Marblehead Racial Justice Team and the Abbot Public Library
Tuesday, July 18, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Library Book Discussion Group
Tuesday, July 18, 10:15 am – Noon
Drop-In Craft Day – Make a Dog Toy
Tuesday, July 18, 3:30 pm
Sheep To Sweater Tuesdays
Registration Requested – Sign Up is in the Children’s Room
Wednesday, July 19, 10:15 am – Noon
Drop-In Craft Day – “Butterfly Necklace”
Wednesday, July 19, 10:30 am
“Matilda, the Algonquin Cat”: A Reading with Author Leslie Martini
Wednesday, July 19, 7:00 pm
“Control Your Retirement Destiny,” with author Dana Anspach
Thursday, July 20, 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm
When You Bring a Pet Home Workshop
Friday, July 21, 10:30 am
Yoga Story Time with Lindsey Kravitz
Tuesday, July 25, 10:15 am – 11:00 am
Stories & Songs with Spencer
Tuesday, July 25, 3:30 pm
Sheep To Sweater Tuesdays
Registration Requested – Sign Up is in the Children’s Room
Wednesday, July 26, 10:15 am – Noon
Drop-In Craft Day – “Cat Mousie Toy”
Wednesday, July 26, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
“Wings in the Wind”: Interactive Reading and Habitat Building Workshop
With Local Author Julia Walsh
Friday, July 28, 10:15 am – Noon
Drop-In Craft Day – Wild Bookmarks
Tuesday, August 1, 3:30 pm
Sheep To Sweater Tuesdays
Registration Requested – Sign Up is in the Children’s Ro
