Kids' Intro to Jamming, a look at NY Times Access, and more!
 
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September 13, 2026

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In the Stier Family Gallery

Lakes Region Art Studio Exhibit
September 1 - 30, 2026

 

Learn more about this exhibit

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Having Issues with Kanopy?

We are aware that users are having issues accessing content through our Kanopy subscription.

 

We are  working with the company and hope to have a workable solution soon!

THIS WEEK'S FEATURED EVENT

 

for ages 8 - 11

 

What does it feel like to be in a real band? Come find out!

 

In Intro to Jamming, you'll jump straight into making music together. For ages 8 - 11. explore ukuleles, percussion, electronic instruments, beat-making tools, and other fun ways to create music as a group.You'll learn how to lock into a groove, build songs together, take your own solos, experiment with sounds, and even write original music as a band.

 

No experience is needed. You don't have to read music or already play an instrument. If you love music, are curious about making it, or have ever wanted to be in a band, this is the place to start!

 

Class led by Carly S. Cheriff, board-certified music therapist of EcoTones Music Therapy.

 

Meets monthly beginning Tuesday, September 14 at 3:30 pm.

Attend as many as you like (registration required for each session.)

Register!

ALL OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMS & EVENTS

  • Knitting Group, Monday at 1:00 pm
  • Baby Play Group, Tuesday at 12:00 pm
  • Intro to Jamming, Tuesday at 3:30
  • Senior Social Hour, Wednesday at 1:00 pm
  • Venture Club, Wednesday at 2:30 pm
  • CLOSED ON THURSDAY THIS WEEK!
  • Cardboard Club, Friday at 2:45 pm
  • Death Café, Saturday at 10:30 am

COMING UP NEXT WEEK

 

Interactive Art: Flaps and Pockets

Saturday, September 26
10:30 am - 12:00 pm

 

Take your art to the next level with Andi Saturn as they guide you through the process of creating moveable flaps and pockets on the page. From doors to windows to wings and more, the possibilities are endless once you learn the basic techniques! 

Andi Saturn (they/them) is an artist, teacher, and performer in Portland, Maine. As a self taught artist, they know how intimidating it can be to pick up new mediums and they're passionate about bringing fun back into the learning process!

 

No previous art experience required.
Open to ages 7+

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NEW ON OUR SHELVES

Below are just a few of the new items recently added to our collection.

Click on an image to go to the catalog to place a hold.

 

ADULT COLLECTION

The rise and fall of the artificial state / Jill Lepore.
Hyperpolitics : extreme politicization without political consequences / Anton Jager.
The digital delusion : how classroom technology harms our kids' learning -- and how to help them thrive again / Jared Cooney Horvath.
This book may cause side effects : the curious and dangerous power of the nocebo effect, placebo's evil twin / by Dr. Helen Pilcher.
Three tenses : a transmission from the nineties / Ed Park.
Uncover up : how to think clearly in an age of conspiracies / Lee Kuhnle ; Nathan Radke.
Everyday eats : 100 simple and healthy recipes for real life / Alex Snodgrass ; photography by Eva Kolenko.
The Whole30 fast & easy / Melissa Urban ; photography by Ghazalle Badiozamani. Publisher	New York : Harvest, an imprint of William Morrow, 2026.
Weaving wild baskets : techniques and projects using foraged leaves, grasses, vines, and bark / Katie Grove.
Crocodilopolis : a novel / John Manuel Arias.
The fire agent / David Baerwald.
Promise me never : a novel / Liv Constantine.
Nearshore / Steve Hawk.
Little wonder : a novel / Sophie Chen Keller.
Awake in the floating city : a novel / Susanna Kwan.
 

PARENTING COLLECTION

The origin of language : how we learned to speak and why / Madeleine Beekman.
The good sleep guide for neurodivergent kids : science-backed strategies for children and teens with ADHD, autism, and other neurodiversities / Melisa Moore, PhD ; foreword by Jodi A. Mindell, PhD.
May contain anxiety : managing the overwhelm of parenting children with food allergies / Tamara Hubbard, MA, LCPC.
 

GABRIEL A. ZIMPRITCH
POETRY & WRITING COLLECTION

Learn more about this special collection here!

Write yourself home : a creative guide for living well in the body you have through embodied writing and movement practice / Johanna Franzel.
Screenplay : the foundations of screenwriting / Syd Field.
A book of luminous things : an international anthology of poetry / edited and with an introduction by Czeslaw Milosz.
Dog show : poems / Billy Collins ; watercolors by Pamela Sztybel.
The book of Alice : poems / Diamond Forde.
Save me an orange / Hayley Grace.
Long eye / Kwoya Fagin Maples.
A suit or a suitcase : poems / Maggie Smith.
Return to the city of white donkeys : poems / James Tate.

FIND YOUR NEXT GREAT READ!

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LEARNING MORE ABOUT TML

As we gather statistics for library services over the past fiscal year, we thought you might like to know how our resources are being used--especially those that you haven't yet tried yourself!

 

Each week, we'll feature a different resource in this newsletter.

 

This week, let's take a look at at our New York Times All Access Pass subscription.

NY Times All Access Pass Usage

July 1, 2025 - June 30 2026

Code Redemptions: In order to access all the New York Times for free, library cardholders must redeem a code through TML's access page, which allows them 24 hours of access. Our subscription pays for 5,000 access codes per year.

 

Usage Sessions: Number of times a user accesses the NYTimes.com site                                
Page Views: Number of times a new website link is accessed                                

NY Times Access is Made Possible
by the Thomas Memorial Library Foundation (TMLF)

We are grateful to the TMLF for making access to this amazing resource possible!

 

If you enjoy free access to the New York Times, please consider making a gift to TMLF as part of their annual appeal--keep an eye out for a letter in the mail, or visit their website.

 

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