Library offers much more than books, but those, too
By Cyndee Marcoux, Director
Big changes are afoot at the Ventress Memorial Library! If you haven't been to the library in the past six months, it's a good time to make the trip. What's that, you don't know where the library is? Well, we need to correct that immediately. The library is located in Library Plaza right behind the Dairy Queen.
Come on, admit it you know where the Dairy Queen is. Everyone knows where the Dairy Queen is. Well the staff of the Ventress Library wants everyone to know where the library is, too! The Ventress Library wants to be your gateway to the newest materials, the best programs and the latest technology.
We are working very hard to provide you, our community, with popular and educational materials to read, listen to and view, to present programming on a wide variety of topics for all ages and to have trained staff available to assist you with databases and the latest portable devices.
The library has recently purchased several iPads, Microsoft Surface Pros, Samsung Galaxy and Kindle Fire tablets. If you need help with any of these devices stop by and we will be happy to assist you! We are also adding two Windows 8 touch screen laptops, updating all the existing computers to Windows 7 and installing Microsoft Office 2013. We have also begun moving furniture and shelving in an effort to make the library's atmosphere more welcoming.
Watch for more changes to both the inside and outside of the building in the coming months. Check out the new landscaping around the flagpole provided by the library's building trust.
Meanwhile, The Board of Library Trustees has made reducing the wait time for the latest bestselling books and DVDs a priority. The library has begun purchasing multiple copies of bestselling books and movies to ensure you get them quickly. In addition, The Friends of the Ventress Library will continue the popular rental book program. You can rent a bestseller purchased by the Friends at $1 for one week or $2 for two weeks.
What a deal and not only are you getting that bestseller for a real bargain you are also supporting the Friends of the Ventress Library! Speaking of the Friends, they are currently seeking new members. The Friends meet once a month, typically on the first Tuesday of the month. If you are interested in helping the Friends help your library please attend the next meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 9 in the library's history room.
Have you checked out our new website? If not please do www.ventresslibrary.org. We hope that you find it more user-friendly. Please let us know what you think by sending a quick message via the Contact Us form. Another new service is now available - we now have two Notary Publics on staff. This is another free service provided by your library! However, we do ask that you call first to verify that a Notary is available.
Finally, be on the lookout for a survey from the library.
The library will be sending a survey to 250 homes randomly selected. This is the first step in writing a new long range plan. If you receive a survey, please take five minutes to fill it out and mail it back to the library. Stay tuned for more information on new services next month. Hope to see you soon! Cyndee Marcoux is the director at Ventress Memorial Library, Marshfield's public library, located at 15 Library Plaza. She can be reached by calling 781-834-5535, emailing malib@ocln.org or visiting www.ventresslibrary.org
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Thursday, April 10, 2014
April 2014
Newsletter of the Ventress
Memorial Library
Marshfield, Massachusetts
APRIL 2014 Volume 21, No. 4
Lives Change @ Your Library
Celebrate National Library Week
From the
Director. . .
Did you know that April 13 – 19 is
National Library Week? This is a good time to show your support for your
library. Libraries across the country will use this week to remind the public
about the valuable contributions of our libraries, librarians, and library
workers and how important they are to the community. Every day across the
country, libraries open their doors to everyone; students, parents, seniors,
teachers, writers, artists, job seekers, readers, and movie lovers.
Libraries
have long been seen as priceless pillars of the community, providing
educational, recreational, and useful materials to all free of charge. In these challenging economic times,
libraries are busier than ever.
Newspapers are teeming with stories about the dramatic increase in
library usage throughout the country.
Things are no different here; in the town of Marshfield we have seen an increase in use. Patrons are utilizing free internet access
for a number of purposes, while also borrowing the latest books, DVD’s, music
CD’s and magazines. In addition, we
continue to offer early literacy programs and story times to toddlers and
preschoolers, lifelong learning and educational opportunities to adults of all
ages!
Tuesday,
April 15th is National Library Workers Day. I would like to take this opportunity to
recognize and thank the wonderful staff.
Thank you Chris, Maureen, Jaclyn, Karen B., Karen D., Carol, Karen J.,
Nancy, Eileen, Jen, Elisha, Bethany, Carrie, Janet, Karen F., Sallie, Jeanne,
Teresa, Rosalind, Linda, Jeanne, Gayle, Helen, Mary Pat, Karen P. and Barbara
for all you do to make my job easier and our patrons’ visits to the library pleasant
oneS! This group of employees is
dedicated to providing our patrons with excellent service, always with a smile
and a kind word. I encourage everyone to take a moment on this day to thank
library workers for their services.
Would
you like to help make your library a valuable community asset? One way to do this is by joining the Friends
of the Ventress Memorial Library. This
hardworking group
is seeking new members. The Friends meet
the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in the local history room. Please
consider joining this hardworking group.
Another
way to make your voice heard is by speaking with neighbors and local officials
about how the library benefits you, or by writing or emailing your state
representatives and senators and ask them to support the library.
We’d like to invite each and every one of you
to help us celebrate the valuable contribution libraries make to communities
every day. If you haven’t met me yet or
would like to speak to me about ideas you may have for the library, please stop
in on Thursday, April 17 between 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.; light refreshments will be
provided.
While
you’re here you might want to check out our new materials, sign up for upcoming
events or just relax in a welcoming atmosphere while reading the newspaper or a
magazine. Head to your library during National Library Week to see what’s new
and take part in the celebration. Bring a friend, bring a neighbor, bring a relative,
and whether you’re a regular patron or a first time visitor, you’re sure to
rediscover the magic that only a public library has to offer.
Yours
Truly,
Cyndee
J Marcoux
CIRCULATION
STATS AND CHAT
By Elisha
Chandler, Head of Circulation Services
SCI-FI/FANTASY PICK OF THE MONTH
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
If you’re as much of a die-hard fantasy
fan as I am -- if you love amazing world-building, fully fleshed out
characters, and a the most unique systems of magic ever -- and you haven’t read
anything by Brandon Sanderson (Warbreaker,
Elantris, Mistborn trilogy), then
you, my friend, are missing out!
Brandon Sanderson's The
Stormlight Archive began began in 2010 with the New York Times bestseller The
Way of Kings. Now, the eagerly anticipated Words of Radiance (which debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and held the spot for most of March)
continues the epic story.
Six years ago, the
Assassin in White, a hireling of the inscrutable Parshendi, assassinated the
Alethi king on the very night a treaty between men and
Parshendi was being
celebrated. So began the Vengeance Pact among the highprinces of Alethkar and
the War of Reckoning against the Parshendi.
Now the Assassin is
active again, murdering rulers all over the world of Roshar, using his baffling
powers to thwart every bodyguard and elude all pursuers. Among his prime
targets is Highprince Dalinar, widely considered the power behind the Alethi
throne. His leading role in the war would seem reason enough, but the Assassin’s
master has much deeper motives.
Expected by his enemies
to die the miserable death of a military slave, Kaladin survived to be given
command of the royal bodyguards, a controversial first for a low-status
"darkeyes." Now he must protect the king and Dalinar from every
common peril as well as the distinctly uncommon threat of the Assassin, all
while secretly struggling to master remarkable new powers that are somehow
linked to his honorspren, Syl.
Brilliant but troubled
Shallan strives along a parallel path. Despite being broken in ways she refuses
to acknowledge, she bears a terrible burden: to somehow prevent the return of
the legendary Voidbringers and the civilization-ending Desolation that will
follow. The secrets she needs can be found at the Shattered Plains, but just
arriving there proves more difficult than she could have imagined.
Meanwhile, at the heart
of the Shattered Plains, the Parshendi are making an epochal decision. Hard
pressed by years of Alethi attacks, their numbers ever shrinking, they are
convinced by their war leader, Eshonai, to risk everything on a desperate
gamble with the very supernatural forces they once fled. The possible
consequences for Parshendi and humans alike, indeed, for Roshar itself, are as
dangerous as they are incalculable.
I cannot recommend
Brandon Sanderson enough! Are you a veteran of the series? We’ve added Words of Radiance to our collection. New
to Sanderson and the Stormlight Archive? We’ve also added the The Way of Kings, the first in the
series. Come on in and check them out!
ON THE SHELVES
Are you interested to
see what titles we’ve added to our collection this month? Follow the Ventress
Memorial Library on Pinterest (http://www.pinterest.com/ventresslibrary/)! We
have boards featuring all of our newest and hottest children’s, young adult,
speculative fiction (sci-fi/fantasy) and fiction titles, with pins that link
directly to our online catalog so you can place anything that catches your
attention on hold. We even have some boards for fun, which showcase interesting
articles and reading suggestion lists, as well as a special Teen Corner for all
young adult-related content.
CIRC STATS
The library circulated
14,712 items in February!
UPCOMING LIBRARY PROGRAMS
By Chris Woods, Assistant
Director
“The
Outermost House” Multimedia Presentation
Tuesday,
April 22, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
LEARN ALL ABOUT HENRY BESTON'S CAPE
COD CLASSIC, “THE OUTERMOST HOUSE,” AND ITS INFLUENCE
ON THE CAPE COD NATIONAL SEASHORE
The Henry
Beston Society, a nonprofit organization based on Cape Cod, will present Don Wilding's
multimedia presentation, Henry Beston's Cape
Cod: How The Outermost House Inspired a National Seashore, at Marshfield's
Ventress Memorial Library on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 from
6-7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public; no tickets are
required. For more information please contact librarian Chris Woods at 781-834-5535 or cwoods@ocln.org or visit www.ventresslibrary.org
Don
Wilding, co-founder of the non-profit Henry Beston Society on Cape Cod and
author of the book, Henry
Beston’s Cape Cod, has presented this program on Cape Cod and across New England extensively since 2001.
Beston’s
book, The Outermost House,
was written in 1927 after he spent a solitary year in a 20x16 cottage on
Eastham’s outer beach.
The Outermost House, now considered an American
classic on the level of the works of Thoreau, Muir and other noted nature
writers, was cited as a major influence on the establishment of the Cape Cod
National Seashore in 1961. Noted author Rachel Carson (Silent Spring)
said that The Outermost House was
the only book to ever influence her writing.
Wilding’s
multi-media presentation, including over 175 photographs of Beston’s famous
cottage and recently produced documentary film footage, chronicles the Quincy, Mass.
native’s search for peace of mind after his experiences as an ambulance driver
in World War I. Shaken by his experience, Beston first wrote fairy tales. On
Eastham’s outer beach he found his true voice as a writer, producing The
Outermost House. The prose from
this literary classic was quoted heavily in the National Park Service’s reports
on Cape Cod, sealing the Seashore’s
establishment as a national treasure.
The Henry
Beston Society, an all-volunteer organization, has partnered with several other
Cape Cod organizations for lectures, performances
and exhibits. A documentary film is in production and the Society has
long-range plans to open a museum, complete with a replica of Beston’s
“Fo’castle,” and has a large archival collection of material related to Henry
Beston and The Outermost House.
“Broadway Meets Opera” Choral
Concert Preview
Saturday, April 26, 2:00 p.m.
The
Ventress Library Cultural Series welcomes the Choral Art Society of
the South Shore
to sing at the library on Saturday, April 26, at 2:00 pm. This free concert is a preview of the full concert to
be performed by the group at House of Prayer Lutheran
Church in Hingham on Sunday, May 4, at 4:00 p.m. The Choral Art Society of the South Shore, now in its 55th season, will perform selections from "Broadway Meets Opera" at the library concert. On the program are songs, arias, duets, and choruses from Broadway hits and operas such as: Wicked; Promises, Promises; Oklahoma!; Anything Goes; The Pirates of Penzance; La Traviata; Carmen, and more. They range from sublime to ridiculous, from silly to sentimental. You will be entertained! Danica A. Buckley is the Artistic Director and Conductor; Sarah Haera Tocco is the accompanist.
The Marshfield concert is free and open to the public. No tickets are required.
The program room is handicapped accessible. Refreshments will be served at a post-concert social hour. Tickets to the May 4 concert will be available for purchase that day. For more information contact librarian Chris Woods at 781-834-5535 or
cwoods@ocln.org or visit www.ventresslibrary.org and www.choralartsociety.org
Church in Hingham on Sunday, May 4, at 4:00 p.m. The Choral Art Society of the South Shore, now in its 55th season, will perform selections from "Broadway Meets Opera" at the library concert. On the program are songs, arias, duets, and choruses from Broadway hits and operas such as: Wicked; Promises, Promises; Oklahoma!; Anything Goes; The Pirates of Penzance; La Traviata; Carmen, and more. They range from sublime to ridiculous, from silly to sentimental. You will be entertained! Danica A. Buckley is the Artistic Director and Conductor; Sarah Haera Tocco is the accompanist.
The Marshfield concert is free and open to the public. No tickets are required.
The program room is handicapped accessible. Refreshments will be served at a post-concert social hour. Tickets to the May 4 concert will be available for purchase that day. For more information contact librarian Chris Woods at 781-834-5535 or
cwoods@ocln.org or visit www.ventresslibrary.org and www.choralartsociety.org
NEW ADULT BOOK CLUB
AT VML!
By Cyndee
Marcoux, Library Director
The Ventress Memorial Library
is launching a new book club that will meet on the first Monday of each month,
beginning May 5. Meetings will be at 7 p.m. at the library, located at 15 Library
Plaza. If you are a book lover who enjoys reading and discussing books with
like-minded people, this book club is for you!
The May book discussion will
be on The Dinner by Amsterdam author Herman Koch. This book has
been described as “sneakily disturbing”, riveting, compelling, and deliciously
unpleasant. According to Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl, “The Dinner begins
with drinks and dark satire, and goes stealthily and hauntingly from there.
It’s chilling, nasty, smart, shocking, and un-put-downable. Read the novel in
one big gulp and then make plans with friends—you’ll be desperate to debate
this book over cocktails, appetizers, entrées, dessert…and then you still won’t
be done talking about it.” Copies of the book are available at the library. If
you need a large print book or would prefer a book on CD please call the
library and we will be happy to order it for you. If you don’t have time to
finish the book, come to book club anyway. We’ll be picking future titles and
want to know what you think!
Book clubs are a great way to
make new friends. So please join us on Monday, May 5 at 7 p.m. in the library’s
meeting room. Light refreshments will be served. For more information about
this program contact Library Director, Cyndee Marcoux 781-834-5535 or cmarcoux@ocln.org.
VENTRESS VIGNETTES
By Belle Bibliotheque
Oh la la!
Is it true that printemps has arrived? We here at the library are certainly
hoping that it is true...at long last! We hope that you have been noticing the
changing lobby display. For far too long we were faced with a sled and skis and
ice skates, and a tree full of icicles. About a month ago, some tete-a-tete
daffodils began to poke up through the winter greenery. The icicles melted
away, and we had hope. Then the snow swirled again, and we were plunged into
despair. But, alas, we should never give up hope that the beauty of spring will
come again. Now, some old watering cans have arrived, bursting forth with pussy
willows and some little birds who have very industriously built their nests.
The
display of bright and cheery children's books will catch your eye, and we
have some similar books to check out, in a basket in the Children's
Library. Look for the bouquet of pussy willows! And even more pussy willows
have appeared in the Y'ise Gardener's barrels out in front of the library.
Belle must admit, it took a long time and it was tres difficile to remove the
bedraggled winter greens. Those barrels were a frozen block of ice until
just last week! Someday soon some spring flowering bulbs will be poking their
noses up through the bed of moss. Who will be the first to notice them?
Inside
the library, we have handsome new curtains at the Circulation Desk, providing a
tidier look. The monthly book display table featuring books about the
environment is especially pretty, there is a lovely two person show of artists
Dana Barunas and Bruce Nickerson in the gallery, and as always, our lobby
table, with fresh weekly arrangements by the Seaside Gardeners, is a beautiful
welcoming spot as you arrive.
Coming up on
Saturday April 19th from 10-3 will be our 13th annual Books in Bloom. Please
plan to attend and enjoy 20 book and floral displays created by the Y'ise
Gardeners and the Library Staff. This is always a fun event with raffles and
refeshments and a used gardening book sale. Another "ahhh!" breath of
spring!
Yours, en
beaute!
Belle
CHILDRENS’ CORNER
By Jen Struzziero, “Miss Jen”
National Library Week Children’s
Events:
4/14-4/19 Jellybean Guess Contest!
Kids can
come to the library and guess the amount of jellybeans in a jar. The closest
guess can keep the candy! Winner announced Sat, April 19th!
Mon, 4/14 2:00 P.M.
Make a bookmark craft, decorate
owl paper tubes, and/or color.
Parents required. Ages 3+
Thurs, 4/17 5:00 P.M.
Watch the Disney movie, Frozen,
and enjoy a free snack!
All ages; please register in the
children’s department.
School Vacation Week:
VENTRESS LIBRARY – STORYTIME
WHO? Boys and Girls,
Toddlers/Pre-school
WHEN? Tuesday - Friday, April 21 - 24, 2014
VENTRESS LIBRARY - LOCAL AUTHOR
Heidi Martin reads from her new
children's book, The Treasure Hunt.
WHEN? Wed, 4/23 at 1:00 p.m. Come
meet Heidi and enjoy her new story!
AGES? Family (No registration)
VENTRESS LIBRARY – PIZZA &
MOVIE
Have fun Skating all week at the Rec Center
Come to the library for pizza and
a movie on 4/24!
WHO? Co-ed, Ages 5+
WHEN? Thursday, April 24, 2014
11:30 a.m.
WHAT? Disney's Ultimate X Sports
Skateboarding movie! Rated Pg
Register at the library or call 781-834-5535
VENTRESS LIBRARY — CREATURE
TEACHERS:
Check out live animals from around
the world!
WHO? Family; all ages
WHEN? Friday, April 25, 2014 11:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
LEGO CLUB NEWS!
We need donations - base plates,
Lego minis and regular Legos!!
Lego Club Ages 5+ (younger siblings with parent
supervision)
THIS MONTH MEETS TWICE – APRIL 21
AND APRIL 28 @ 4:30
CALL OR COME INTO THE CHILDREN’S
ROOM TO REGISTER!!
JENKS JAZZ AND JIVE
By Karen Jenks, Library Assistant
Put a spring in your step this
season as you listen to some of the library’s latest CD additions to our
collection!
Classical
Classical 2013 – Various artists
Country
The Outsiders – Eric Church
12 Stories – Brandy Clark
That Girl – Jennifer Nettles
It Goes Like This – Thomas Rhett
Jazz
Massive Threads – Kris Davis
Prism – Dave Holland
Saturday Morning – Ahmad Jamal
Divine Travels – James Brandon
Lewis
Pop
Bad Blood – Bastille
Sound the Alarm – Booker T
In a Tidal Wave of Mystery –
Capital Cities
The River & the Thread –
Rosanne Cash
Rock
Morning Phase – Beck
Icon – J. Geils Band
High Hopes – Bruce Springsteen
Classic Yes – Yes
Soundtrack
Divergent – Original Motion
Picture Soundtrack
MARSHFIELD “OPPORTUNITIES” LIFELONG LEARNING
REGISTRATION EVENT IS AT THE VENTRESS LIBRARY ON SATURDAY, APRIL 19, FROM 10-12 - COME FIND OUT ABOUT ALL THE GREAT
CLASSES OFFERED FOR SPRING AND SUMMER 2014!
781-834-5535 www.ventresslibrary.org “Like” us on Facebook!
Hours Mon. – Thurs. 9 – 8, Fri. and Sat. 9 – 4:30 , Closed Sundays and April 21
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Newsletter
staff: Chris Woods, Editor; Jaclyn
Robinson, Artist
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
March 2014
VENTRESS VOICE
Newsletter of the Ventress
Memorial Library
Marshfield, Massachusetts
MARCH 2014 Volume 21, No. 3
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From the
Director. . .
Hello,
Snow may
be on the ground and there’s a nip in the air, but spring is on the way. It’s time to start planning changes to your
landscape, your home, and yourself. Come
into the library and check out our home improvement, self improvement, and
gardening books. Remember that if we do
not have what you are looking for we have access to materials from libraries
across the state. We receive deliveries
to our library five days a week. So… get a jump on spring and plan your project
this weekend.
Keep in
mind when you are planning your April vacation activities that the Friends of
the Ventress Memorial Library generously donate discount passes to seventeen
parks and museums. These passes are for use by Marshfield residents only.
The
Friends meet on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 P.M. in the local
history room and are currently seeking new members. So please join us and
become a member of this dedicated group. If you have any questions please
contact Library Director Cyndee Marcoux at 781-834-5535.
If you
would like to serve the library in a different way, why not consider serving on
the Board of Library Trustees or on the soon to be formed Library Building
Renovation Committee? Applications for these positions are available at the
Selectman’s office.
I am
happy to announce the first of many new services coming to the Ventress
Memorial Library. The library now has two notaries on staff, myself and
Assistant Director Chris Woods. Please
call in advance to make an appointment or to make sure one of us is available
that day to notarize your signature.
Do you
use social media? We will soon be conducting a survey to learn which types of
media you use so we can target how we spread library information.
As I
write this, snowflakes are falling outside the library window. Let me close by
saying… Spring will come, it does every year!!
Yours
Truly,
Cyndee
J Marcoux
CIRCULATION
STATS AND CHAT
By Elisha
Chandler, Head of Circulation Services
SCI-FI/FANTASY PICK OF THE MONTH
Magician's End by Raymond E. Feist
Thirty
years ago, Raymond E. Feist wrote his first novel, Magician, a story about an orphan boy named Pug who is thrust by a
war into captivity in an alien world, only to rise from slavery to become a
Master Magician. Magician introduced
readers to Midkemia and the Riftwars, an epic series of battles between Good
and Evil that have scarred this remarkable realm for generations. Now, after
twenty-nine books (authored and coauthored), Feist delivers the crowning
achievement of his renowned bestselling career: Magician's End, the final chapter of the Chaoswar Saga and the
climax of his extraordinary Riftwar Cycle.
An
uneasy quiet has settled upon Midkemia in the wake of a surprise invasion. But
the land is far from peaceful. Leaderless, the Kingdom is on the brink of
anarchy and civil war, unless Hal conDoin, Duke of Crydee, and his brothers can
rally their allies to crown a new king. They must move quickly, for war has
left the land vulnerable to an agency of horrific destruction not of this
world. No one is safe, not even the Star Elves whose city deep in the Grey Tower
Mountains has come under
attack by an ancient darkness that seeks to extinguish every living thing in
Midkemia.
Yet
the bravery of determined warriors—brothers in blood and arms—is not enough to
ensure the Kingdom's preservation without the magic of the Master Sorcerer Pug.
A powerful spell has trapped him, his son Magnus, and two unlikely allies in an
unfamiliar realm, and they must find their separate ways home—a journey of
memory and discovery that will illuminate the truth of the destiny that awaits
them. But to save Midkemia—and everything he has fought for and all he
cherishes—Pug will have to pay the ultimate price.
A
breathtaking tale of elves and men, love and hate, ambition and sacrifice,
intrigue and brotherhood, war and peace, Magician's
End brilliantly captures the essence of life and the eternal struggle for
survival. It is an extraordinary ending to the magnificent saga that has made
award-winning Raymond E. Feist a legend.
ON THE SHELVES
Our young adult collection continues to grow! New
titles added in February include:
Arclight by Josin L. McQuein
Being
Henry David by Cal
Armistead
Crewel by Gennifer Albin
Dr.
Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets by
Evan Roskos
Every
Day by David Levithan
Navigating
Early by Clare Vanderpool
Proxy by Alex London
Rose
Under Fire by Elizabeth E. Wein
The
Scar Boys by Len Vlahos
Scowler by Daniel Kraus
Something
Strange and Deadly by Susan
Dennard
This
Song Will Save Your Life by
Leila Sales
CIRC STATS
The library circulated
13,611 items in February!
CHILDRENS’ CORNER
By Jen Struzziero, “Miss Jen”
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN
THE CHILDREN’S DEPARTMENT?
Storytime Info
Tales for Tots: Infants-3 years
with a parent or guardian. Twenty minutes of simple stories, songs and
fingerplays followed by a 30 minute play group. DROP-IN PROGRAM. Now on Tuesday
and Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.
Wiggles & Giggles: 3-4 year
olds on their own. 25-30 minutes of picture book stories, songs and
fingerplays. DROP-IN PROGRAM. Now on Mondays at 10:30 a.m. and Tuesdays at 2:00
p.m.
Storycraft: 5-7 year olds on their own. 45 minutes of
longer stories and a related craft. PRE-REGISTER for second session on 3/17/14.
Thursdays at 2:00 p.m.
PJ Storytime: *New!* Wear your
pj’s!! Occurs on the first Thursday of each month. Upcoming PJ storytimes are
4/3, 5/1, 6/5, 7/3, 8/7 all at 6:00 p.m.
Clubs
Book Clubs: Openings for Middle
School (6th-8th grade) Book Group, and Teen Book Group.
Inquire in Children’s Room.
Lego Club: *New* Ages 5+ (younger
siblings with parent supervision.)
Register by phone or in the
Children’s Room. Occurs on the last Monday of each month until summer. Upcoming
Lego program on 3/31 and 4/28 both at 4:30 p.m.
JENKS JAZZ AND JIVE
By Karen Jenks, Library Assistant
CD of the Month –
On the First Occasion – The Ellis
Marsalis Trio – JAZZ
Ellis
Marsalis, the patriarch of the musical Marsalis family, lends his extraordinary
talent as a pianist to this delightful album of American standards. Accompanied by his youngest son, Jason
Marsalis, on drums, and Bill Huntington on bass, Ellis Marsalis creates a rich
sonic experience delivered by only three instrumentalists.
In 1974,
Marsalis was teaching music at the New
Orleans Center
for Creative Arts, a high school offering intensive training for aspiring
artists. Marsalis decided to record and release an album called Solo Piano Reflections under his own
label ELM Records. Since that time he
has recorded many albums under contract and as a guest performer. However, when
his Sony deal wasn’t renewed, he revived ELM Records and produced On the First Occasion, recorded in 1998,
mixed in 2003, and finally released on CD in 2004.
As a
teacher at the University
of New Orleans and Xavier
University of Louisiana, Marsalis influenced many students including his sons –
trumpeter Wynton, saxophonist Branford, trombonist Delfeayo and drummer
Jason. Pianist, vocalist, composer and
actor Harry Connick Jr. was also a former pupil. Marsalis encouraged his students to discover
music through experimenting and careful listening. In 2007 Marsalis received an honorary
doctorate from Tulane
University for his
contributions to jazz and music education.
Highlights
of On the First Occasion include
George and Ira Gershwin’s “The Man I Love,” the Barbra Streisand classic
“People,” and “So In Love” by Cole Porter.
Marsalis
and his sons Jason and Delfeayo perform on a regular basis at the Snug Harbor
Jazz Bistro in New Orleans. If a trip to the Big Easy isn’t in the cards,
simply listen to this impeccably rendered album of timeless songs, and you’ll
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Newsletter
staff: Chris Woods, Editor; Jaclyn
Robinson, Artist
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
February 2014
VENTRESS VOICE
Newsletter of the Ventress
Memorial Library
Marshfield, Massachusetts
FEBRUARY 2014 Volume 21, No. 2
From the
Director. . .
Hello,
I’d like
to take this opportunity to introduce myself as the Ventress Memorial Library’s
new Director. It has only been a few
weeks since I joined this amazing staff and I am enjoying my new position
tremendously. The staff and patrons of the library are wonderful and have been
very welcoming.
For those
of you I haven’t met, I come to Marshfield
with nineteen years of public library experience. Most recently, I was the
Associate Director of the Seekonk Public Library. Prior to that, I was the
Director of the Auburn Public Library in Auburn,
MA. I also worked at the
Blackstone Public Library in Blackstone,
MA for fourteen years holding
every position from page to Director. I
have a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science from Simmons College
in Boston.
I have
called Southeastern Massachusetts home for my
entire life. In my free time I enjoy
reading, quilting, sports and spending time with my children and
grandchild. I am passionate about public
libraries and believe they are the heart and soul of every community.
Andrew
Carnegie said “A library outranks any other thing a community can do to benefit
its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.” I could not agree
more. As we all know, people spend more
and more time interacting with screens and less time interacting with their
friends, neighbors and family. Libraries fill the need for face-to-face
interaction necessary to the well-being of people and communities. People
depend on their public library for information but also for personal
interaction.
There
are many of you that I have not had the opportunity to meet so please introduce
yourself the next time you visit the library.
Keep your eyes and ears open for the many changes to come in the near
future. The Ventress staff is enthusiastic for the
future and we hope you will be as excited about it as we are. I look forward to meeting with all of you.
Yours
Truly,
CIRCULATION STATS AND CHAT
By
Elisha Chandler, Head of Circulation Services
SYSTEM MAINTENANCE
As many of you know, the OCLN server underwent
some maintenance from January 27-30, limiting some of the services we provide,
including placing
hold requests, email notifications of available holds and overdue notices, use
of any of the “My Account” features on the OCLN website, and use of the
statewide Virtual Catalog. I’d like to thank you all for your patience and
understanding during this time, and I am happy to report that these services
have now been restored.
TEEN PICK OF THE MONTH
In New England,
February still means cold weather and the possibility of snow in our future.
But February also brings with it longer days, the prospect of spring just
around the corner, and, of course, Valentine’s Day.
I used to loathe Valentine’s Day. Sappy
Hallmark cards; conversation hearts; deceptively cute cherubs ominously armed
with bows; drug stores showcasing so much pink it would put Barbie’s dreamhouse
to shame? No, thank you.
Recently, I’ve come to realize Valentine’s Day
provides a perfectly acceptable excuse to fall off the New Year’s resolution
wagon and back into a box of chocolates, preferably of the heart-shaped
variety. A box of chocolates, a warm blanket, and a good book: that’s my idea
of a hot date, especially on these frosty February nights.
And nothing goes better with an unbridled love
affair with chocolate – and Valentine’s Day – than zombie romance. (Wait.
What?!)
In, Warm Bodies, by Isaac Marion,
R is having a no-life
crisis – he is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he
is a little different from his fellow Dead. He may occasionally eat people, but
he’d rather be riding abandoned airport escalators, listening to Sinatra in the
cozy 747 he calls home, or collecting souvenirs from the ruins of civilization.
And then he meets a girl.
First as his captive, then his reluctant house guest, Julie is a blast of living color in R’s gray landscape, and something inside him begins to bloom. He doesn’t want to eat this girl – although she looks delicious – he wants to protect her. But their unlikely bond will cause ripples they can’t imagine, and their hopeless world won’t change without a fight.
ON THE SHELVES
We added a lot of new note-worthy titles to our
young adult collection in December and January. Here are just a few:
Muckers by Sandra Neil
Wallace
The Kingdom of
Little Wounds by
Susann Cokal
Ashen Winter by Mike Mullin
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt
Chasing Shadows by Swati Avasthi
Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
Life in Outer Space by Melissa Keil
Meet Me at the River by Nina De
Gramont
Palace of Spies by Sarah Zettel
Sorrow’s Knot by Erin Bow
CHILDRENS’ CORNER
By Jen Malaguti, “Miss Jen”
FEBRUARY HAPPENINGS
IN THE CHILDREN’S DEPARTMENT
Regular story times continue:
Wiggles & Giggles, drop-in, (
ages 3-4) our new preschool storytime meets on Mon at 10:30 and Tues at 2:00.
Tales for Tots continues, drop-in,
(ages 0-3) meets now on Tues and Wed 10:30.
Storycraft, registration, (ages
5-7) Thurs at 2:00. Session 1 is filled, but we are offering a second session
beginning on March 17th. Register today!
Join us for a special Pajama
Storytime & Stuffed Animal Sleepover:
On Thurs, Feb 6th at 5:30, your
stuffed animal is invited to sleep overnight at the library. Register today for a special PJ storytime,
eat some cookies, and leave your
stuffed animal off at the library.
We've planned all sorts of special activities for them after you've gone home. Ask them about it
when you pick them up between 12-4 the next day! Pictures will be available
soon after on our website! (Limited to 20.)
Tues, Feb
18th at 4:30, Wanna build with Legos? Come to the library on Monday, Feb 17th,
during school vacation week. Ages 6+
no registration, but limited supply of Legos. Parent supervision required for
younger siblings and if you bring your own Legos. Let's Play!
Fri, Feb
21st at 1:00, Big Ryan is coming back to the Ventress Memorial Library for a
family fun show. No registration.
* Thurs,
Feb 27th at 5:30, Pajama Storytimes BEGIN. Join us the starting FEB 27th for a
NEW monthly Pajama Storytime. Miss Jen will be in her PJ's on the first and
last Thursdays of each month when we will read bedtime stories and listen to
lullabies.
* This is
a new regularly occurring PJ storytime and is different than the special
Stuffed Animal Sleepover event which is happening on the 6th!
JENKS JAZZ AND JIVE
By Karen Jenks, Library Assistant
CD of the Month - Build Me Up From Bones
Sarah Jarosz – FOLK
Sarah Jarosz, a singer-songwriter
from Austin, Texas, has recorded an exceptional third
album that showcases her distinct vocal and instrumental skills. Build Me Up From Bones is a mix of folk,
country and bluegrass music that leaves the listener piqued by the artist’s
mellow voice, subtle harmonies and expertise on mandolin, guitar and banjo.
At age 16, Jarosz signed a recording
contract with Sugar Hill Records and released CDs in 2009 and 2011. Build Me Up
From Bones was issued shortly after her graduation from the New England
Conservatory of Music in 2013.
Working with cellist Nathaniel Smith
and violinist Alex Hargreaves, Jarosz creates music that is exquisitely simple
and understated, yet at the same time intricately rich and complex. Her efforts show a lyrical and musical maturity well beyond her years. Standout songs are “Mile on the Moon” and “Dark Road.” Jarosz shines on two tracks that illustrate
her ability to interpret and reinvent compositions by other artists. “Simple Twist of Fate” is a Bob Dylan tune
that features only the dulcet tones of Jarosz’s voice
and a hauntingly beautiful cello accompaniment.
Harpist Joanna Newsom’s song, “The
Book of Right-On,” features Jarosz’s formidable talent on mandolin in
collaboration with her cellist and violinist.
The New York Times has hailed Sarah
Jarosz as “one of acoustic music’s finest talents.” From the sound of her latest CD, Jarosz is
only beginning what may be a promising and long lasting musical career.
VENTRESS VIDEOS
By Jed Phillips, Reference
Associate
Philip Seymour
Hoffman
Hollywood lost one of it’s
greats on this past Sunday, February 2nd, to what seems to be yet
another tragic and all too familiar story of addiction. For those of you who don’t know, I refer to
the untimely death of Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Because of this tragic loss, our normal Ventress Video will be put on
hold in favor of a journey through the brilliant and all too short career of
arguably one of the greatest actors of his generation.
Philip Seymour Hoffman was
born in the Rochester, New York, suburb of Fairport on July 23,
1967. After becoming involved in high school theatrics, he attended New York University's
Tisch School of the Arts, graduating with a
B.F.A. degree in Drama in 1989. He made his feature film debut in the indie
production Triple Bogey on a Par Five
Hole (1991) as Phil Hoffman, and his first role in a major release came the
next year in My New Gun (1992). He had several other supporting roles
following this but his true breakout performance was undoubtedly Boogie Nights (1997) directed by
phenomenal director, Paul Thomas Anderson.
Following his success in Boogie Nights, Hoffman established
himself as talented actor in a variety of supporting and second leads in both
indie and major features, including Twister
(1996), Happiness (1998), Flawless (1999), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Magnolia
(1999), Almost Famous (2000) and State and Main (2000). He also appeared
in supporting roles in such mainstream, big-budget features as Red Dragon (2002), Cold Mountain
(2003), Mission: Impossible III
(2006), and most recently as Plutarch Heavensbee in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
It is astounding how many
of my absolute favorite films Philip Seymour Hoffman acted in. To his polite and spineless sycophant Brandt
in the cult classic The Big Lebowski (1998),
to his portrayal of jaded music reporter, Lester Bangs, “The only true currency
in this bankrupt world is what we share with someone else when we're uncool.”
in Almost Famous (2000). He is spellbinding as Truman Capote in Capote (2005), a role that he deservedly
earned a best actor Oscar. And let us
not forget his performance opposite Meryl Streep as charismatic and passionate
Father Brendan Flynn in Doubt (2008).
While Philip Seymour
Hoffman won only the one Oscar he was in fact nominated three times for best
supporting actor in Charlie Wilson’s War (2007),
Doubt (2008), and The Master (2012). These three films serve as the best proof
that this man was born to act. The Master, in my mind the greatest
performance of his all too short career, especially drives home the fact that
this man was at the pinnacle of his craft.
And so it is with a heavy
heart that we say good bye to this magnificent actor who will be sorely
missed. My heart goes out to his family
and friends. And I, for one, will be
enjoying a marathon viewing of some of my favorite Philip Seymour Hoffman films
very soon. Philip Seymour was 46. He is survived by three children and his
longtime partner, Mimi O'Donnell.
Films to Watch
Featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman:
The Big Lebowski
Almost Famous
25th Hour
Capote
The Savages
Charlie Wilson’s War
Synecdoche, New York
Doubt
Jack Goes Boating
The Master
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