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Today is April 1st and the Library is out of whack today!
You’re invited to find 30 foolish or “off” things in the library today.
Scavenger hunt recording sheets will be available at all service desks as will silly prizes for those who complete the hunt.
Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: It’s good to be silly at the right moment.
- Horace
The Curtis Friends Annual Book Sale to support Curtis Memorial Library will be held on June 28, 29, and 30 at the Brunswick Junior High School. At the conclusion of the sale on Sunday, June 30, Curtis Friends will be giving non-profit and educational groups the opportunity to come and pick up boxes of leftover books at no cost. The books will be sorted, boxed, and labeled, but organizations will need to supply their own labor for moving and loading.
All organizations must be pre-approved. Please contact Carrie Strasburger at cstras@gmail.com or call 798-7985 for more information.
“Remember, remember, the fifth of November!”
Revolutions and rebellions, terrorism and torture, and one person’s struggle to make sense of it all.
This month’s book club pick is the thought-provoking V for Vendetta by Alan Moore.
This club meets at the Brunswick High School Library one Thursday a month.
The students will choose what we read and also help plan special events.
Talk, fill up on provided snacks and drinks, and just relax and have fun.
Date and time: Thursday, March 28, 2:15 – 3:30 PM
Location: Brunswick High School Library
Contact: Melissa Orth 725-5242 x227 morth@curtislibrary.com
Please join us on Thursday, March 28th at 12 noon in the Library's Morrell Meeting Room for the Current Events Forum.
This event is co-sponsored by the Curtis Memorial Library and the Midcoast Senior College.
A moderator begins the session by briefly describing an event happening in the week's news and then poses a question to the audience to start the discussion.
The goal is to provide a civil, calm environment where people of differing opinions can meet and talk rationally with the ultimate goal of expanding everyone’s worldview.
This program is free and open to all. For more information contact Elisabeth Doucett at Curtis Memorial Library at 725-5242, ext. 211 or edoucett@curtislibrary.com
Join us this Friday, March 29th at 7pm for the fourth and final film in our March Foreign Film series which reveals both the beauties and the harsh realities of modern African life.
International cinema enthusiast and Curtis Librarian Carol Lord will briefly introduce this work which is lilting and profound, precise and sinuous.
Drink hot cider, munch popcorn and enjoy the company of your fellow foreign film fans at this free event Sponsored by the Curtis Friends.
Time and Date: Friday, March 29, 7:00pm
Location: Library’s Morrell Meeting Room.
Contact: Carol Lord – clord@curtislibrary.com
It is a splendid achievement for the nascent African film industry. And it is also a fascinating film, notable for its empathetic heart as well as its political guts.
- Shirley Sealy, Film Journal International
Genealogy Get-togethers are returning to Curtis this spring.
The library is partnering with the Pejepscot Genealogical Society (PGS) to provide the intermediate classes which will be taught by Brian Bouchard, President of PGS.
The classes will be held at Curtis for five Tuesdays from March 26, through April 23 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in either the Seminar Room or the Morrell Meeting Room (MMR).
Come to one or all of the sessions – no registration required and the sessions are free and open to all.
The topics will be:
3/26 The Organized Genealogist (Seminar Room)
4/2 Maximizing Your Census Research (MMR)
4/9 Maximize Your Newspaper Research (MMR)
4/16 Tips for a Successful Genealogy Research Trip (MMR)
4/23 Google Your Family Tree (Seminar Room)
Curtis Memorial Library is spearheading a spring project to build a number of Little Free Libraries (LFL) throughout the Greater Brunswick community.
Little Free Libraries are small, custom-made boxes placed in public locations and neighborhoods – intended for passersby to “take a book/return a book.”
The first LFL box will be placed at the Brunswick Station Visitor Center.
Curtis Library is working with the building trades students at Maine Region 10 Technical High School, who are building a LFL – a replica of Curtis Library – to be placed at the Visitor’s Center.
Stay tuned for more information about a Little Free Library Community Build at Curtis this spring – where your family/neighborhood/scout troup/club, etc. can build a LFL of your own!
Please join us on Thursday, March 21st at 12 noon in the Library's Morrell Meeting Room for the Current Events Forum.
This event is co-sponsored by the Curtis Memorial Library and the Midcoast Senior College.
A moderator begins the session by briefly describing an event happening in the week's news and then poses a question to the audience to start the discussion.
The goal is to provide a civil, calm environment where people of differing opinions can meet and talk rationally with the ultimate goal of expanding everyone’s worldview.
This program is free and open to all. For more information contact Elisabeth Doucett at Curtis Memorial Library at 725-5242, ext. 211 or edoucett@curtislibrary.com
Join us Friday, March 22nd at 7pm for the third film in our March Foreign Film series.
Vipul Shah directed this unabashed, expansive love story which dwells in that exalted state of heartbreak.
International cinema enthusiast and Curtis Librarian Carol Lord will briefly introduce this Bollywood film with trivia and historical tidbits.
Drink hot cider, munch popcorn and enjoy the company of your fellow foreign film fans at this free event Sponsored by the Curtis Friends.
Time and Date: Friday, March 22, 7:00pm
Location: Library’s Morrell Meeting Room.
Contact: Carol Lord – clord@curtislibrary.com
Namastey London is addictive stuff. You watch it once, you wanna watch it again
- Taran Adarsh, indiafm.com
The dates have been set for the 2013 Curtis Friends Book Sale. Please plan to join us at Brunswick Junior High, June 27-30 for BIGGEST book sale in Northern New England! Click for more information.
Donating books is a great way to support the library. Donated books are reviewed and either added to the collection or sold at the annual Curtis Friends Book Sale in June, with all proceeds going directly to the library. We have posted some helpful guidelines to follow when making your donation.
Students from all of the Brunswick Schools display their art in the Morrell Meeting Room in celebration of Youth Art Month during the month of March.
Time and Date: Wednesday March 20, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Morrell Meeting Room
Contact: Sharon McCormack – smccormack@brunswick.k12.me.us
Making Sense of the Civil War, a reading and discussion program to commemorate the anniversaries of the Civil War and Emancipation continues Wednesday March 20 at 6:30 pm in the Morrell Meeting Room with further selections from America’s War.
Books for the program will be available on loan from the library but registration for this program is required.
Please call the library at 725-5242 ext. 228 or email pdostie@curtislibrary.com to register.
Award-winning Brunswick author, Carla Maria Verdino-Sullwold, will speak on March 21st at 7:00 pm in the Morrell Meeting Room. Carla has recently released her second novel, The Whaler’s Bride, a love story that blends tragedy, New England maritime history, and a wonderful irony that transcends generations. Add a few Maine Coon cats and a Newfoundland dog and this may be the perfect story for a Maine winter night!
This event is sponsored by Curtis Friends and free refreshments will be provided. Please plan to join us!
A wider and deeper selection of graphic novels is now available for you in the Teen Zone.
The first batch of graphic novels purchased with a generous grant from the Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust have arrived.
These funds are being used to expand the graphic novel collection for young adults at Curtis.
Well… I guess… if we’re going to date, you may have to defeat my seven evil exes.
- Ramona V. Flowers, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
