Easton Library to Offer Stitching Time
On Monday, November 18, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library invites patrons to come in and work on their favorite project (knitting, crochet, card making, what-have-you) with a group. Limited knitting and crochet instruction will be provided for beginners. All library programs are free and open to the public. Patrons do not need to pre-register to participate in this program. For more information, please call the library at 410-822-1626, or visit www.tcfl.org.
Easton Library to Host Book Discussion: Varina
On Monday, November 18, at 6:30 p.m., in the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library, the Easton book group, which is open to all, will discuss Varina, a novel by National Book Award winner David Frazier about the life of Varina Davis, wife of the president of the Confederacy. All library programs are free and open to the public. Patrons do not need to pre-register to participate in this program. For more information, please call the library at 410-822-1626, or visit www.tcfl.org.
Children Get to Read with a Pets on Wheels Therapy Dog at the St. Michaels Library
On Monday, November 18, at 3:30 p.m., the St. Michaels branch of the Talbot County Free Library invites children to bring a book or choose one from the library’s shelves to read with Maggie Gowe and her dog, Wally. All library programs are free and open to the public. Patrons do not need to pre-register to participate in this program. For more information, please call the library at 410-745-5877, or visit www.tcfl.org.
Children to Celebrate Native American Culture at St. Michaels Library
On Tuesday, November 19, at 3:30 p.m., in the St. Michaels branch of the Talbot County Free Library, JoAnn Brown, owner of Justamere Trading Post (the largest Native American shop in Maryland), will share Native American artifacts, trivia, storytelling, and craft-making with children of all ages (children 7 and under must be accompanied by an adult). All library programs are free and open to the public, but patrons must pre-register to participate in this program. For more information, please call the library at 410-745-5877, or visit www.tcfl.org.
St. Michaels Library to Host Discussion of “Crashing Through”
Book Discussion: Crashing Through: The Extraordinary True Story of the Man Who Dared To See
On Wednesday, November 20, at 3:30 p.m., in the St. Michaels branch of the Talbot County Free Library, the St. Michaels Library book club, which is open to all, will discuss “Crashing Through:The Extraordinary True Story of the Man Who Dared To See” by Robert Kurson. All library programs are free and open to the public. Patrons do not need to pre-register to participate in this program. For more information, please call the library at 410-745-5877, or visit www.tcfl.org.
Easton Library to Host Lunch & Learn on Mindfulness & Meditation
On Thursday, November 21, at noon, the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library will host a Lunch & Learn program in which Dr. Maggie Black and Dave Parker will talk about the science behind, and benefits of, these powerful practices.
A native Marylander, Dr. Maggie Black is a licensed psychologist at Shore Neurocognitive Health in Easton, where she specializes in the issues adults face as they age. Her practice focuses on psychotherapy for adults of all ages and neurocognitive testing/dementia care for older adults and families. She began training and incorporating mindfulness and meditation practices into her work with clients over the last several years, and has seen the benefit in her clients and in her own life.
Dave Parker, also a Maryland native, is an architect and builder by trade. He was raised Catholic and educated by Jesuits at Gonzaga High School in Washington DC. After a vigorous start to his career in Ocean City, MD, he went on a cross-country, soul-searching trip by motorcycle in the 1990s. On this journey, he had the good fortune to meet a group of Tibetan Buddhist teachers who changed his life. Since that time, mindfulness and meditation have been a central to the way Dave handles day-to-day life and challenges – rather an unusual coping tool in the construction industry!
Maggie will talk with you about the science and neurobiology behind meditation and how mindfulness and meditation change your brain and increase your sense of wellbeing. Dave will take the audience through some simple meditation practices that will help de-mystify the question, “How do I meditate?” Finally, learn how mindfulness and meditation can help you through the hectic holiday season, and in hectic political times.
All library programs are free and open to the public. Patrons do not need to pre-register to participate in this program. For more information, please call the library at 410-822-1626, or visit www.tcfl.org.
Easton Library to Stage “Breakneck Hamlet”
On Thursday, November 21, at 6:30 p.m., acclaimed Chicago actor Timothy Mooney will bring his hilarious, truncated version of “Hamlet” to the Talbot County Free Library’s Easton branch. His performances at festivals across the US, Canada, and the United Kingdom have drawn rave reviews, and he was SOLD OUT in the sweet prince’s own kingdom of Denmark. Mooney describes his “Breakneck Hamlet” as having been “recklessly sliced” from Shakespeare’s original, cutting a four-hour play with dozens of parts down to a single hour with a single actor. This “breakneck” performance reveals Hamlet as “a thrilling chameleon, with an immense intellectual capacity and a wicked sense of humor.” Rather than the usual “melancholy Dane,” Mooney’s Hamlet “fights like hell” with barely a second-long pause throughout.
Timothy Mooney is a veteran of some 60 fringe festivals (he performed “Breakneck Julius Caesar” at last year’s inaugural Tampa International Fringe Festival), and 15 years of touring colleges and high schools across the US with his award-winning one-man shows. “Breakneck Hamlet,” Mooney’s eighth one-man play, follows other amazing feats of memory and performance, including “Moliere than Thou,” “Lot o’ Shakespeare,” and “The Greatest Speech of All Time” (composed of actual historical speeches ranging from Socrates through Martin Luther King). Mooney is also the author of the popular acting textbook, “Acting at the Speed of Life; Conquering Theatrical Style.” On November 21st, his skill at turning rhetorical complexity into theatrical power will get a harrowing, thrilling test, boiling the greatest play of all time down to a one-man, one-hour romp.
All library programs are free and open to the public. Patrons do not need to pre-register to participate in this program. For more information, please call the library at 410-822-1626, or visit www.tcfl.org.
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