The list is not completely comprehensive as we are adding new programs every day:
In addition to attending our
programs, you should consider visiting our website at www.sawyerfreelibrary.org and take advantage of our
limited free access to Rosetta Stone Language Learning from your own home. Use your library card as the key to learn any or all of 5 languages in your home! The service is made available through the Mary Yaeger McCarl Fund. The company has withdrawn
the home access aspect of their program and that service will end June 30 so don't delay. Also, stop in and check out the
latest device in audiobooks, the Playaway. They are convenient, lightweight, and the size of an average pack
of chewing gum; each containing a complete unabridged book. We also have inexpensive weekly rentals of popular
DVD's for those rainy spring weekends. A new program available at the Library beginning March 21. Each Friday
from 1-3 PM, staff from NeedyMeds, a local nonprofit organization, will be on hand in Friend Room to help the public find programs to help pay for costs of
medicine. Tax assistance continues through April 14 on Mondays from Noon - 3 PM.
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"Know Your Neighbor"
Leslie Wind, silversmith and Rockport resident brings her Know Your Neighbor
program (formerly held at the Emerson Inn) to the Friend Room of the Sawyer Free Library. Each month Leslie will feature a local
resident of some unique skill or interest, who will share with the audience. Programs will be held once a month on a given
Monday. March will feature Robert Newton, creative director of the MassBay Film Project & Festival. He
currently runs a weekly film series at the Gloucester Stage Company.
April 28 Kathleen Valentine, novelist, author, editor, and owner of Parlez Moi Press will speak
about the writing of her novel, The Old Mermaid's Tale and her use of web technology including new video and blogging.
May 19 Know Your Neighbor with Gary Foreman, musician with Adventure's sea chantey group
Three Sheets to the Wind and an educator at the USS Constitution.
June 30 Know Your Neighbor with Sandy Pendoley, co-founder of the nonprofit organization, Thinking Beyond Borders.
__________________________________________________________March 27 - 7 PM Friend Room Walter McGrath of the Cape Ann Ship
Modeler's Guild will bring several of his prize winning models for this program's "show and tell" of how to build model ships - in and out of
the bottle. See display in glass case in the library.
After March 27 Cape Ann high school student entries in Library's Teen Photography Contest will be on display on the
Mezzanine.
*****APRIL 6 SUNDAY 2 PM "Lords of the Lyceum" at the Independent Christian Church, Middle
Street.
"Lords of the Lyceum," a play written by award winning playwright David Paul Simon and performed by the Guild Players Touring Company, features the champions of the nineteenth Lyceum movement with the Emersons, Thoreau, and Bronson Alcott.. The play features critically acclaimed actress, Judith Marie Dupree as Lydian Emerson, Dave Simon as Ralph W. Emerson, and Gloucester's own Jay Diprima recreating the character of Henry David Thoreau. John Ronan of the Library's Lyceum Committee will be on hand to announce the kick off the Annual Poetry Without Paper Contest April 6-May 24 for all Gloucester students, K-12.
April 8 at 7 PM in the Children's Library. The Adult Book Discussion
Group meets to discuss New Hampshire author Jodi Picoult's book, My Sister's Keeper. The May
13 meeting of the book group will feature a discussion of the very popular, Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen.
All are invited to attend these warm and enlightening discussions. Copies of the book for each month are available at the
circulation desk.
On Saturday April 19, 2008, 2PM Dan Tremblay will present his film "Cape Ann Tales" a mix of stories about Gloucester, its area, interviews with three fishermen, its memorials, history, whale watch, and more. This is one of Dan's most popular films. It will be shown in the Friend Room and is free to all.
April 21, Monday, Closed for Patriot's Day.
April 27, Sunday, walk Gloucester Pride Stride with a pledge for the Library.
May 8, Thursday The Library host the Annual Art Show and Reception for Gloucester High School students in the Friend Room from 6-8 PM. Refreshments and music. Meet and greet student artist and view works displayed in the Matz Gallery, display cases and inside the Friend Room. Displays scheduled for 3 weeks in May.
May 8, Thursday at 7 PM on the Main Floor of the Library - "The International Judge: Dispensing Global Justice for a Local Impact" Local author, anthropologist and Director of Programs at the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life at Brandeis University, Dr. Leigh Swigart will discuss her research on the international judiciary and the significance that the work holds for all of us. Her book, The International Judge; an Introduction to the Men and Women Who Decide the World's Cases was cowritten with Daniel Terris and Cesare P.R. Romano.
June 12 (tentative date) Thursday at 7 PM on the Main Floor of the Library, "Poetry Without Paper" awards ceremony with John Ronan and Mayor Carolyn Kirk. Gloucester schools prize winning student poetry entrants will read their works and receive their recognition and prizes. All are invited to share in this inspiring evening and salute Gloucester's best.
Join the Friends of the Library and Sharon Pablo for the Plant Sale held in late May at State of the Art Gallery on Rocky Neck.
June 5, Thursday 6-8 PM Friend's Members Only Book sale in the Friend Room.
June 7, Saturday 9 AM to 1:00 PM Annual Friends of the Library Book and Bake Sale in the Friend Room of the Library.
oin the Children's Library staff for an average of 4 story hours per week, many special programs for children and families, and the latest books, CD's, DVD's and other materials.
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