Junior Duck Stamp Award Winners to Go on Display in Easton Library
Beginning Saturday, September 7, and running through Saturday, September 28, the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library will be hosting a display of 36 prize-winning pieces of art from the annual Federal Junior Duck Stamp Program. All library programs are free and open to the public. Patrons do not need to pre-register to visit this exhibit. For more information, please call the library at 410-822-1626, or visit www.tcfl.org.
Easton Library to Offer Story Time
On Tuesdays, September 10 – November 26, at 10:00 a.m., and repeating at 11:00 a.m., the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library will offer a Story Time program for children 5 and under accompanied by an adult. Attendees will read, sing, play, and enjoy making a craft. 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.
St. Michaels Library to Offer Story Time
On Wednesdays, September 11 & 25, at 10:30 a.m., the St. Michaels branch of the Talbot County Free Library will hold a Story Time program for children 5 and under accompanied by an adult. 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.
St. Michaels Library to Host Bay Hundred Chess
On Wednesdays, September 11 & 25, from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., the St. Michaels branch of the Talbot County Free Library will host the Bay Hundred Chess program. Patrons are invited to come in to learn and play the strategic game of chess. Beginners are welcome. 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.
Enjoy Milk, Cookies, and Chapter Books at the Easton Library!
On Thursdays, September 12 – November 14, at 1:30 p.m., the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library invites children 6 and older to come in for a Chapter book read aloud … with milk and cookies! 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 Offer Challenge Island STEM Learning Program
On Thursday, September 12, at 4:00 p.m., the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library will offer “Challenge Island,” a fun, hands-on STEM Learning Program for children in grades 1 – 5. All library programs are free and open to the public, but patrons do need to to pre-register at https://www.tcfl.org/child/programreg/ 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 “Inside Writing: An Interview with Author Roger Vaughan”
On Thursday, September 12, at 6:00 p.m., in the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library, “library guy” Bill Peak will interview Roger Vaughan about the creation of his latest book, Arthur Curtiss James: Unsung Titan of the Gilded Age, and the process of writing in general. A question and answer period will follow.
Vaughan grew up in Massachusetts, where his father was a small town general practitioner who made house calls. At age 8, he began writing, taking photographs, playing music, and sailing, all of which became lifelong pursuits. Personal offshore yacht racing experiences include the lethal ‘79 Fastnet Race, and a leg of the Whitbread Race 1990 around Cape Horn. He graduated from the Choate School, and received a B.A. in English from Brown University.
Vaughan worked in mass print media as editor and writer in Philadelphia and New York for ten years, at Saturday Evening Post, and LIFE magazines. Assigned briefly to LIFE’s Chicago Bureau where he covered 17 states, he returned to Manhattan to run LIFE’s Youth and Education Department, covering experimental education, the Monterrey and Woodstock music festivals, Bob Dylan, and the cultural upheaval of the 1960s.
Fleeing the big city, Vaughan moved to Rhode Island and worked as a commercial fisherman, photographer, short-order pizza cook, and director of Brown’s News Bureau, before focusing on a freelance writing career after The Grand Gesture, his first book, was published in 1973. Grand Gesture, about a struggling America’s Cup syndicate, began an ongoing involvement with coverage of the America’s Cup. He has written 19 other books, including biographies of media magnate, Ted Turner; the late Berlin Philharmonic Music Director, Herbert von Karajan; live polio vaccine pioneer Hilary Koprowski; and educator/philanthropist Harry Anderson. Vaughan worked for many years as a writer for ESPN TV; has written and directed a score of videos; co-authored the story for the feature film “Wind”; and was founding editor of The YACHT magazine. Assignments have taken him to 44 of the States, and more than 20 countries.
Writing about accomplished people has always been Vaughan’s major interest. Among the many he has written about are: Roy Disney, Olin Stephens, Malcolm Forbes, Irving Johnson, Mstislav Rostropovich, Ann Sophie Mutter, Seiji Ozawa, Andy Warhol, Lee Marvin, and HRH Princess Margaret.
Vaughan moved to Maryland’s Eastern Shore in 1980. He lives with his wife, Kip Requardt, and their assorted dogs, cats and laying hens on a river in Oxford — a short sail from Chesapeake Bay.
All library programs are free and open to the public. Patrons do not need to pre-register to attend this interview. For more information, please call the library at 410-822-1626, or visit www.tcfl.org.
St. Michaels Library to Hold Memoir Writing Program
On Thursdays, September 12 & 26, from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., the St. Michaels branch of the Talbot County Free Library invites patrons to come in to record and share their memories of life and family with a group of friendly, like-minded people. Participants may bring their lunch. 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.
St. Michaels Library to Offer Minecraft Drop-in Program (for ages 10-16)
On Thursdays, September 12 – November. 21 (except October 31), from 3:00 -5:00 p.m., the St. Michaels branch of the Talbot County Free Library will offer a Minecraft drop-in program for children 10-16 years of age. Light refreshments will be served. 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.
Create Your Fall Garden To-Do List at the St. Michaels Library
On Saturday, September 14, at 10:00 a.m., Master Gardener Missy Corley will share details on fall garden practices to ensure healthy plants in the spring. What to clean up, what to leave, and what to plant now will be covered, all from a permaculture perspective. Permaculture is a method for healing the land while still enjoying a bountiful garden. 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.
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