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One Book, One Town is sponsored by The Townsend Public Library Endowment with support from The Trustees of the Townsend Public Library, The Friends of the Townsend Public Library and other community businesses and organizations. Hunger Games Event: Healing with Herbs Tuesday Feb 7, 2012 7PM - 8PM Meeting Hall A Katniss saves Peeta's life by using her knowledge of healing plants in the Hunger Games. In this class you will learn what kinds of readily available herbs and plants you can use for healing and wellness. Hosted by Kenyon Keily, herbalist from the Natural Store in Groton. Hunger Games Event: Weapon Display and Demo Saturday Feb 11, 2012 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Meeting Hall A To stay alive in the Hunger Games you have to know how to fight. If you know how to use weapons you are ahead of the game... Guard-Up will present this historic weapons display for all ages. See actual weapons and how they were used! Funded by the Townsend Public Library Endowment
Join Smaht Farm’s Erin Willette for an introduction to home bread baking. |
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One Book, One Town is a program to bring members of the Town of Townsend together through the shared reading of the same book. The hope is that this shared reading experience will lead to informal conversations among strangers as well as participation in planned events . The One Book, One Town committee hopes to foster a sense of community through the program.
One Book One Town Bread Baking Demonstration Sunday Feb 12, 2012 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Meeting Hall A&B
Next meeting Thursday February 9th, 6 - 8 PM
Coming soon the Friends of the Library are sponsoring an Irish Genealogy 101 Presentation by Tom Toohey on March 14th at 7PM. |
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Are you interested in Genealogy? Join our group of researchers who will meet every 2nd Thursday of the month. We will provide laptops(or you can bring your own) and access to Ancestry.com and the Heritage Quest Databases. Share stories, ideas and collaborate with others. This group is for all people who are just starting out as well as those who have experience!
Intro to e-Readers and and the Library Thursday, February 2, 2012 6:30-7:30PM in Meeting Hall B (Register)& Wednesday Febuary 29, 2012 6:30-7:30PM in Meeting Hall A (Register) Would you like to learn how to download e-books from the library? This class, for nook and kindle users, will cover the basics of checking out e-books from the digital catalog. Introduction to HeritageQuest Online and Ancestry.com Library Edition Wednesday, February 8 at 6PM in Meeting Hall A Register Basic Computer Workshop with Bob the Computer Guy Wednesday, February 8, 2012 7-8:30PM in Meeting Hall B Do you need to learn more about computers? Join our own Bob the computer guy for themed classes to learn more about using a computer. Questions? contact Bob at townsendbobthecomputerguy@gmail.com Register. |
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Thanks to a generous anonymous donation, the Townsend Public Library will have Sunday hours for the 2012 winter months. We will be open from 1:00pm-5:00pm starting on Sunday January 8 and running every Sunday through March 25. Stop by and enjoy all that we have to offer! |
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The exhibit runs February 1st – 25th, 2012. All are welcome to an opening reception on Saturday, February 4th from noon until 2:00 P.M. See the Meeting Hall Gallery page for information about upcoming art shows in the gallery. |
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An unusual collection of colorful artwork using paper including collages, weaving, sculptures, drawing, photography, and a ten foot flag made from hand prints.
