The new edition of Curtis News is now available online. Many fall programs are featured along with much more of the inside story of Curtis.

Download the PDF:  Vol. 22 #4 – Sept.-Oct. 2011

 For anyone desperate for the answers to the puzzle page try this link. There is also a paper version of the answers at the Lending Services Desk.

Mystery Author Lea Wait returns to Curtis Memorial Library on Tuesday, October 4th at 7:00 pm to discuss “Shadows of a Down East Summer, ” the latest in her Shadows Antique Print Mystery Series starring Maggie Summer.

This is the third mystery author event as part of a fall series sponsored by Curtis Friends and Sisters in Crime.

Click here for more information on Lea Wait and the Mystery Author Series.

Come to Crystal Springs Farm at the farmer’s market field to try out the Star Walk app on library ipads with Lorri Centineo, an astronomy expert from the Southworth Planetarium on Monday, August 29.  Families with children should arrive at 8:00 pm for the first session. The second session for teens and adults begins at 8:30 pm. This program is sponsored by Cornerstones of Science and the Brunswick Topsham Land Trust.  Plan to meet at Crystal Springs Farm at the farmer’s market field. If it is raining or the sky is overcast, meet at the Morrell Meeting Room at Curtis Library. FMI Reference Desk at Curtis Library 725-5242 x 510.

August 12 is also the date of our final summer program – “One World, Many Stories” with songster and storyteller Michael Parent.  Fun for the whole family – hope to see you there!

We now offer a pass to the Museum of Science in Boston! This pilot program is sponsored by Cornerstones of Science.

Whether planning a day trip or a vacation to Boston, reserve a pass and visit Museum of Science for a deeply discounted rate.  Experience lightning bolts in the Theater of Electricity or learn more about physics watching the Amazing Nano Brothers Juggling Show. Explore interactive exhibits on x-rays, bees, cosmic light, computers, and more. Visit Cliff, one of the few nearly complete Triceratops on display in the world. Cliff has just been joined by a temporary dinosaur exhibit for the summer: Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries. For more details, please visit http://www.mos.org/.

The pass is sponsored by Cornerstones of Science. It will admit up to four people to the Exhibit Halls of the museum for the significantly reduced price of $5.00 per person. Regular admission ranges from $18-$21 per person.  Admission to the IMAX Theater, Planetarium, and other special exhibits and shows is not included in the pass. To reserve a Museum of Science pass, please call the library at 725-5242, ext 213.

Thanks to all who joined us for the annual Curtis Friends Book Sale and to the MANY, MANY book donors and volunteers who made this great community event possible.  Mark your calendars for next year – June 22, 23, and 24 – when we fill up the gym and do it again!

Curtis Friends is happy to announce that the Maine State Museum has recently been added to the library’s museum pass program.  This makes a total of seven museums that you can attend for free, or at deeply discounted rates.  Click here for more details and reserve your pass today!

The annual book sale put on by Curtis Friends will take place June 24, 25, and 26 at the Brunswick Junior High School gymnasium, 65 Columbia Ave. in Brunswick.  All proceeds directly benefit Curtis Memorial Library.  So come and join in the fun, shop for fantastic bargains among the huge selection, and give these great books a new home — all while supporting your library.  You can’t go wrong!

Members of Curtis Friends are able to get into the sale a day earlier than the general public, on June 23rd from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm.  Memberships will be sold at the door, but you can join Curtis Friends today. 

For more detailed information about the sale (hours, pricing), click here. 

Hope to see you at the sale!!

Coming later this year:

Amazon and OverDrive announced the Kindle Library Lending program, which will enable Kindle customers to borrow and enjoy eBooks from Curtis Library. The program is scheduled for launch later this year.

• The existing collection of downloadable eBooks will be available to Kindle customers.  As the library consortium adds new eBooks to the collection, those titles will also be available for lending to Kindle and Kindle reading apps.
• A user will be able to browse for titles on any desktop or mobile operating system, check out a title with a library card, and then select Kindle as the delivery destination. The borrowed title can then be enjoyed using any Kindle device and all of Amazon’s free Kindle reading apps.
• The Kindle eBook titles borrowed from a library will carry the same rules and policies as all our other eBooks.
• The Kindle Library Lending program will support publishers’ existing lending models.