Coloring for the Soul: The Finishing Touch

Saturday, May 5th from 11-2

Join Avis for another great Coloring for the Soul workshop! This time she will be showing you how to apply some finishing touches to your completed coloring pages to make your masterpieces even more unique and frame worthy. Bring your completed works, or start a new one for this workshop. 

Call the library to register, 508-760-6219. Bring a snack/lunch and any completed coloring pages you would like to work with.

Organic Gardening

Saturday, April 28th at noon

Join Master Gardener Mike Almonte from the Master Gardener Association of Cape Cod for an informational talk on organic gardening.

Organic gardening rejects the use of all artificial chemicals, including pesticides used to control insects, diseases and weeds. Pesticides can kill good insects along with the bad, and can be harmful to animals and humans. The goal of organic gardening is to build soil's organic matter and then rely on natural sources of supplemental nutrients. Join us to learn more about organic gardening.

MGACC is a volunteer organization with the mission of helping others to learn to grow. The Master Gardeners are trained by Cape Cod Cooperative Extension with a purpose to extend the outreach of unbiased, scientific based information to the public.

Educational Art Show

Saturday, April 14th from 10:00-2:00

Stop by the library for a free educational art show for all ages. This program is hosted by Inspiration is Everywhere! Local artists will have works on display. There will also be a workshop activity.

Inspiration is Everywhere is a community-centered volunteer group that seeks to expand the ways in which people view the world artistically. The primary focus of this art show is to inspire people to utilize recycled and upcycled art materials. Pieces are displayed alongside their raw materials to demonstrate the ways in which ordinary objects can be transformed. 

Tabletop Game Geeks of Dennis Port

Tuesdays 6-8pm: 4/17, 4/24, 5/22, 5/29

Teens and adults are invited to come to the library on select Tuesday evenings this spring to have some fun playing tabletop games! Grab some friends and come for a night of strategy games, card games, D&D, etc. Bring your own games, or use some of ours. 

Registration is preferred. Please call the library to let us know you plan on coming! 508-760-6219

April Art Display- Leslie Altman

Artist Leslie Altman, watercolorist, will display her painting in the library's meeting room from March 30th through April 26th. Ms. Altman has exhibited in many local galleries and her work can be found in homes across the country. The display is free and open to the public.

Leslie began painting more than ten years ago at the suggestion of a friend and she immediately fell in love with watercolor. She works in a studio in Yarmouth Port and en plein air. Her landscapes attempt to capture feeling thorugh color and light. Her subjects include Cape Cod scenes, as well as landscapes from travel abroad and closer to home. Works for this exhibit include original paintings and giclee prints.

Friends of the Library Bag of Books Sale

Tuesday, March 27th- Saturday, April 7th

The Friends of Dennis Public Library are holding a "Bag of Books Sale" at the library for two weeks. Come to the library to pick up your designated paper bag and fill it with books for just $5. 

This is a great way to stock up on books for your cottage, personal library, or gifts, while helping the library at the same time. There are great new titles as well as some old favorites available. 

All proceeds will benefit the Friends of Dennis Public Library. 

DPL Book Club Canceled 3/21

The March 21st meeting of the DPL Book Club is canceled due to the expected snow. The next meeting will be April 18th to discuss "Defending Jacob" by William Landay. Please stay safe through the storm!

It matters HOW we think!

Thursday, April 5th from 6:00-8:00

Become a more effective problem-solver! Join David Martin, Ph.D. and Nina Greenwald, Ph.D. for a highly interactive workshop entitled "It matters HOW we think: tackling life's problems through critical and creative thinking." Participants will gain a better understanding of what it means to think critically and creatively, and discuss problems of interest in the workplace, family relationships, and everyday life as a basis for practicing specific problem-finding and problem-solving strategies. 

Feel free to bring examples of problems to share, challenging, persistent, annoying ones, to tackle and tame through new thinking tools for solving problems. Who knows what long awaited significant breakthroughs, insights and understanding may occur! 

Please register for this program by Saturday, March 31st by calling the library at 508-760-6219