CANCELLED -
Saturday, May 21st at 12:30
Please call the library to register: 508-760-6219.
5 Hall Street, Dennis Port, MA 02639 508-760-6219
Open: Tuesday - Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Friday & Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Please call the library to register: 508-760-6219.
The Friends of the Dennis Public Library are sponsoring a “Confidential Corner,” which provides materials on sensitive topics such as domestic abuse, suicide, substance use, and divorce. Patrons can borrow these materials without consulting with staff or checking materials out at the Circulation Desk. Of course, the Library always keeps patron information confidential, but sometimes people want to quietly and discreetly seek out resources during times of personal challenge.
The Friends immediately responded to the Library’s request to sponsor this program. Both the Friends and the Library want to help community members in need and ask only that borrowers return items to the Confidential Corner bookcase when finished, so that they can help the next person. Together we can build a healthy and strong community.
Come in and see our patrons' tiny works of art, which will be on display until the end of April.
Join us for a presentation by Ian Ives, director of Audubon's Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary, who will explore the increase in local wildlife. Have you noticed an abundance of deer, coyotes, fishers, turkeys, ospreys, and let's not forget, bobcats in your backyard or neighborhood? Ian will discuss the conflicts that can arise when creatures of the forest come to invade what is seen as typically human territory. He will review management approaches and the ethical concerns that can come into play.
Head over to Johnny Kelley Park and enjoy The Great Garden Escape, written and
illustrated by Erica L. Clymer. This story is the winner of two 2021 Purple
Dragonfly Awards. As participants read, they can solve clues about vegetables,
joining the characters Sally Strawberry and Billie Blueberry as they search for
a secret Garden gate to lead them home.
The walk begins across from the picnic area and proceeds right along the Braille Trail. We hope readers of all ages will participate and, if you like, take time for a little play on the park’s equipment nearby.
The StoryWalk® concept
was created by Anne Ferguson of
BookPage is a great resource for people who love to read. We thank the company for offering this free online version for the past several months. Since our patrons have enjoyed the online version of BookPage so much, we have now purchased our own subscription.
Click on the cover to go to our landing page, where the latest issue can be accessed - along with the older issues. Once you can see the magazine cover, click on the "+" sign to make the print larger as needed.
Happy reading!
The Friends of the Dennis Public Library pay for our hard copy subscription. Come to the library and take a copy home while supplies last.
The Big Library Read this month is Music is History by Questlove. Patrons have unlimited access (no waiting!) to the e-book or e-audio book on Libby until April 18. Big Library Read connects readers around the world with the same book at the same time.
On Wednesday, May 4 at 2:00pm, there will be a group discussion of this book at the library in the meeting room. Please call the library at 508-760-6219 to register.
Click on the book cover to learn more about this book selection and link to read in Libby.
Craig Florence is an artist/illustrator from Cape Cod. He specializes in sequential art with works featured in publications and comics anthologies including Always Punch Nazis, Vol. 3, Cthulhu Invades Oz, Project: Big Hype and Modern Mythology: Folklore Retold. He illustrated the short story "...But it does Rhyme" for BorderX: A Crisis in Graphic Detail, a comics anthology raising money for the South Texas Human Rights Center. His work is also featured in the award-winning Holiday Spirits anthology.
His artwork is on display in the Benjamin & Ruth Meeting Room during available open hours. Check out his website at www.crflorence.com/comics
In honor of
Youth Art Month, Dennis Public Library is happy to feature artwork by the
students at Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School. Come by the Library’s
Benjamin & Ruth Muse Meeting Room during available open hours.
Youth Art Month
began as Children’s Art Month in 1961, but changed its name in 1969 when
secondary school students were included. Youth Art Month celebrates the visual
arts and raises community awareness through student exhibitions, public
artworks, art festivals, and school events.
We thank the students for sharing their artistic talents with us.
Portrait by Avery Philbrook
Our guest, Anne Speyer, is the former director of the South Dennis Public Library and a long-time educator with a special interest in the history of women.
Space is limited, so please call the library at 508-760-6219 or email den_mail@clamsnet.org to register for this event.
Come and see This is My Father, the last movie in our series. We thank everyone who joined us, as well as our wonderful host, Mary Ann Eaton, who brought the series back to us.
Registration is now open. Please call the library at 508-760-6219 to reserve your space.
The Friends of the Dennis Public Library pay for our subscription to BookPage, a great resource for people who love to read. Click on the cover to view. Once you can see the magazine, click on the "+" sign to make the print larger as needed. Hard copies are also available at the library, but numbers are limited.
The Friends help fund library programs and other offerings. They are always looking for new members. Please inquire at the Circulation Desk.
Dennis is doing some research on his family, which has deep Cape Cod roots with the Snow family.
The CCGS Library is staffed by volunteers and open to the public on Thursdays from 12-4. Appointments can also be made by calling Dennis Public Library. Our staff will relay your contact information to the volunteers. The CCGS Library also offers helpful online research tools such as Ancestry and FamilySearch.
Take a stroll during the better weather and read Winter is Here by author Kevin Henkes and illustrator Laura Dronzek.
Enjoy fun questions and activities along the way, such as practicing your best owl hoot or hopping like a bunny.
Don't miss this virtual author event brought to you by Dennis Public Library and other Massachusetts libraries. Register using link at bottom of post.
Author Nicholas A. Basbanes was recently recognized by the Massachusetts Center for the Book as one of Massachusetts's must-read authors of the year. Join him for a presentation on his critically acclaimed book, In Cross of Snow: A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
About The Book: In Cross of Snow, the result of more than twelve years of research, including access to never-before-examined letters, diaries, journals, notes, Nicholas Basbanes reveals the life, the times, the work, and the soul of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- the man who shaped the literature of a new nation with his countless poems, sonnets, stories, essays, translations, and whose renown was so wide-reaching that his deep friendships included Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Julia Ward Howe, and Oscar Wilde.
Basbanes writes of the shaping of Longfellow's character, his huge body of work that included translations of numerous foreign works, among them, the first rendering into a complete edition by an American of Dante's Divine Comedy. We see Longfellow's two marriages, both happy and contented, each cut short by tragedy. His first to Mary Storer Potter that ended in the aftermath of a miscarriage, leaving Longfellow devastated. His second marriage to the brilliant Boston socialite--Fanny Appleton, after a three-year pursuit by Longfellow, and his emergence as a literary force and a man of letters.
About The Author: Nicholas A. Basbanes, a Lowell native, is an award-winning investigative journalist and was literary editor of the Worcester Sunday Telegram. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Smithsonian. He is the author of eight books. Basbanes lives in North Grafton. Learn more about Basbanes HERE.
To register for the Zoom program, click on this link: https://us02web.zoom.
This vacation’s StoryWalk® book is called Winter is Here by award-winning author Kevin Henkes and acclaimed illustrator Laura Dronzek. The story takes readers through the sights, sounds, and smells of the season.
Along with the story, discover instructions for activities to enhance the outdoor experience - for playful kids and adventurous adults alike.
The StoryWalk® starts across from the playground and follows the Braille Trail.
The Dennis Libraries wish to thank all our supporters who make events like this possible. The StoryWalk® concept was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT, and developed with the help of Rachel Senechal of the Kellogg-Hubbard Library.
BookPage is a great resource for people who love to read. The Friends of the Dennis Public Library pay for our subscription. Click on the cover to view. Once you can see the magazine, click on the "+" sign to make the print larger as needed. Hard copies are also available at the library, but numbers are limited.
The Friends help fund library programs and other offerings. They are always looking for new members. Please inquire at the Circulation Desk.
The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) would love to know how much you love your library. Each year they deliver valentines to legislators who make decisions about library funding. If you would like to share you own expressions of love for your library, upload your valentine by clicking the link below:
We thank you and think you are pretty spectacular, too.
The Love Letters for the Library site is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Dennis Public Library is joining other Massachusetts libraries in hosting this virtual event.
Author Nicholas A. Basbanes was recently recognized by the Massachusetts Center for the Book as one of Massachusetts's must-read authors of the year. Join him for a presentation on his critically acclaimed book, In Cross of Snow: A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
About The Book: In Cross of Snow, the result of more than twelve years of research, including access to never-before-examined letters, diaries, journals, notes, Nicholas Basbanes reveals the life, the times, the work, and the soul of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- the man who shaped the literature of a new nation with his countless poems, sonnets, stories, essays, translations, and whose renown was so wide-reaching that his deep friendships included Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Julia Ward Howe, and Oscar Wilde.
Basbanes writes of the shaping of Longfellow's character, his huge body of work that included translations of numerous foreign works, among them, the first rendering into a complete edition by an American of Dante's Divine Comedy. We see Longfellow's two marriages, both happy and contented, each cut short by tragedy. His first to Mary Storer Potter that ended in the aftermath of a miscarriage, leaving Longfellow devastated. His second marriage to the brilliant Boston socialite--Fanny Appleton, after a three-year pursuit by Longfellow, and his emergence as a literary force and a man of letters.
About The Author: Nicholas A. Basbanes, a Lowell native, is an award-winning investigative journalist and was literary editor of the Worcester Sunday Telegram. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Smithsonian. He is the author of eight books. Basbanes lives in North Grafton. Learn more about Basbanes HERE.
To register for the Zoom program, click on this link: https://us02web.zoom.