Upcoming Programming at the Library September 23 to 28

Read with a Pets-on-Wheels Therapy Dog at the Easton Library

On Monday, September 23, at 4:00 p.m., the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library invites children 5 and older to bring in a book or choose one from the library’s shelves to read with Janet Dickey and her dog, Tiger.  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 Laura Powell at 410-822-1626, or visit www.tcfl.org.

Bill Peak to Host Discussion of One Maryland One Book in Easton Library

On Monday, September 23, at 6:00 p.m., in the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library,  “Library guy” Bill Peak will host a discussion of this year’s One Maryland One Book, What the Eyes Don’t See, by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha.  One Maryland One Book is the Maryland Humanities program in which people all across the state read the same book at the same time

“What the Eyes Don’t See” tells the true story of how Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha took on an array of intransigent state and federal bureaucracies to save the people, and especially the children, of Flint, Michigan, from the lead those bureaucrats had allowed to poison their water.  Peak has described the book as “a great ‘the good guys win, the bad guys not only lose, they receive their just deserts’ story.”  In addition to the discussions the library will be hosting, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha will speak in person about the book on Monday, November 4, at 7 p.m., in Chesapeake College’s Todd Performing Arts Center.

All library programs are free and open to the public. Patrons do not need to pre-register to participate in this discussion.  For more information, please call the library at 410-745-5877, or visit www.tcfl.org.

Read with a Pets-on-Wheels Therapy Dog at the St. Michaels Library

On Monday, September 23, at 3:30 p.m., the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library invites children to bring in 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 Diana Hastings at 410-745-5877, or visit www.tcfl.org.

St. Michaels Library to Host “Tuesday Movie@Noon”

On Tuesday, September 24, at noon, the St. Michaels branch of the Talbot County Free Library will show a popular film on its big, professional screen.  All library programs are free and open to the public.  Patrons do not need to pre-register to attend this screening.  For more information (including the title of this film, which, due to licensing requirements, we cannot publicize here),  please call Shauna Beulah at 410-745-5877, or visit www.tcfl.org.

St. Michaels Library to Offer Family Crafts Program

On Tuesday, September 24, at 3:30 p.m., the St. Michaels branch of the Talbot County Free Library will offer a family crafts program for all ages in which children will create Back-to-School Folders.  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 Diana Hastings at 410-745-5877, or visit www.tcfl.org.

Easton Library to Host Discussion of The Overstory

On Wednesday, September 25, at 1:00 p.m., in the Easton branch of the Talbot County free Library, Dr. Margot Miller will give a lecture, entitled “The Lure of the Immediate Advantage,” on Richard Powers’ Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Overstory, with discussion to follow.  All library programs are free and open to the public. Patrons do not need to pre-register to participate in this discussion.  For more information, please call the library at 410-745-5877, or visit www.tcfl.org.

Easton Library to Offer Ukulele Class for Youth

Beginning on Wednesday, September 25, and continuing each Wednesday thereafter up to and including Wednesday, October 30, the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library will offer a six-week ukulele class for or ages 8 and older.  Each class will take place at 4:00 p.m.  Ukuleles will be provided for the students.  All library programs are free and open to the public, but space and ukuleles are limited, so patrons must pre-register at https://www.tcfl.org/child/programreg/ to take part in this class.  For more information, please call Laura Powell at 410-822-1626, or visit www.tcfl.org.

Easton Library to Host Peer Pilot Night: Crazy T-shirts (for 8^th graders only)

On Wednesday, September 25, at 6:00 p.m. (after the library’s closed for the evening), the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library invites 8^th graders to join in some fun with student peer mentors from Easton High School and St. Michaels Middle High School.  There will be games, food, door prizes, and more!  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 Laura Powell at 410-822-1626, or visit www.tcfl.org.

Easton Library to Offer Introduction to Excel Class

On Thursday, September 26, from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m., in the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library, computer training specialist Rita Hill will teach patrons new to Excel the ins and outs of using this valuable program.  Patrons may bring their own PC laptop or just sit and observe (no Macs please).  All library programs are free and open to the public. Patrons do not need to pre-register to participate in this discussion.  For more information, please call the library at 410-745-5877, or visit www.tcfl.org.

Easton Library to Host Talk on Seeds

On Friday, September 27, at 10:00 a.m., Mikaela Boley, Univ. of MD Senior Agent Associate, Urban Horticulture, will give a talk entitled “Seeds: Cracking the Code” in the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library.  You’ve enjoyed a full summer of garden bounty, but it isn’t over yet!  Come learn how to collect and store seeds for next year’s garden.  Boley will answer questions on how to gather seeds, store them properly, and use them in the future.  Hands-on demonstrations and free seeds will be available.  All library programs are free and open to the public. Patrons do not need to pre-register to attend this program.  For more information, please call the library at 410-745-5877, or visit www.tcfl.org.

Easton Library to Host Lecture by Scottish Frederick Douglass Scholar

On Saturday, September 28, at 1:00 p.m., as part of our community’s annual Frederick Douglass Day celebration, Professor Celeste-Marie Bernier will deliver the day’s keynote speech in the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library.

Writing from Scotland, where she is Professor of United States and Atlantic Studies at the University of Edinburgh, Bernier summarized her plans for the lecture: “In my talk in Easton, I will discuss the activism, artistry, and authorship of Frederick Douglass not in isolation but alongside the sufferings and struggles of his wife, his daughters, and sons.  As activists, educators, campaigners, civil rights protesters, newspaper editors, orators, essayists, and historians in their own right, each played a vital role in their father’s fight for human dignity and freedom.  No isolated endeavor undertaken by an exemplary icon alone, the fight for freedom was a family business to which all the Douglasses dedicated their lives.”

Bernier’s published and forthcoming books include African American Visual Arts, Characters of Blood, Suffering and Sunset, Stick to the Skin, If I Survive, Living Parchments, and Back into the Battleground.  She is currently completing a literary biography of Frederick Douglass for Yale University Press as well as finalizing the 3-volume work, The Anna Murray-Frederick Douglass Family Biography and Writings, for Edinburgh University Press.  In addition to her professorship at the University of Edinburgh, Bernier has held visiting appointments and fellowships at Harvard, Yale, and Oxford.

All library programs are free and open to the public.  Patrons do not need to pre-register to attend Professor Bernier’s lecture.  For more information, please call the library at 410-822-1626, or visit www.tcfl.org.