FALL NEWSLETTER
We are always sorry to say goodbye to our many and wonderful summer friends and visitors who bring excitement, fresh thoughts, and good companionship for the 3 glorious months of summer. We wish you a lovely off season and look forward to your return next year.
We are now entering Cape Cod's "Secret Season". This is the time of warm dry sunny days and cool crisp nights. Folks can once again travel our roads at normal speed AND make left hand turns! Restaurants are offering "specials" and there is no waiting. The beaches no longer charge, the water is warm and you often have long stretches of sand to yourself.
The library had a wonderful summer. Our circulation increased, computer usage was up as folks enjoyed our 24/7 WiFi. We offered several children's programs and activities. Our weekly story hour under the talented and innovative Jo-Ellen was particularly popular. We once again had the Cape Cod Extension Classes for kids on Cape Cod Flora and Fauna. We introduced a weekly "drop in" Lego Club run by teen Luke Eckel that exceeded our highest expectations.
The Dennis libraries continued and expanded last years Little Libraries by the Sea program. We have placed little libraries at Corporation, West Dennis and this year Cold Storage beaches where people can take a book and pass it on. No library card and no returns. This year over 2000 items were circulated and we heard so many wonderful comments about this program.
We are now into our fall programs and think we have offerings that will appeal to many people.
Saturday - September 9 at 2:00 pm, in collaboration with the Dennis Historical Society we will present a musical afternoon of Sea Shanteys given by the Cape's popular singers "Julie & Denya". This is a "Don't Miss" performance. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the library.
Sunday - September 17 at 2:00 pm, Cape Naturalist and author Robert Finch will help us celebrate our year long celebration of Henry David Thoreau's 200 birthday with a talk on his new book THE OUTER CAPE.
Saturday - September 23 from 1:00-5:00 pm, we will host a flu shot clinic with Rite-Aid.
In October we are hoping to have a program on the history of Cape Cod Jazz. TBA
Don't forget to mark your calendars for our annual Holiday Craft Fair featuring hand made knit goods, scarves, mittens, socks, children sweaters, woven rugs, runners, placemats, pillows, house items and much more. All made by our talented Tuesday Craft Group. The date is Sunday, December 10 from 12:00-3:30 p,m.
If you find a typo on our website, come in and tell us and you will receive a prize.
We are now entering Cape Cod's "Secret Season". This is the time of warm dry sunny days and cool crisp nights. Folks can once again travel our roads at normal speed AND make left hand turns! Restaurants are offering "specials" and there is no waiting. The beaches no longer charge, the water is warm and you often have long stretches of sand to yourself.
The library had a wonderful summer. Our circulation increased, computer usage was up as folks enjoyed our 24/7 WiFi. We offered several children's programs and activities. Our weekly story hour under the talented and innovative Jo-Ellen was particularly popular. We once again had the Cape Cod Extension Classes for kids on Cape Cod Flora and Fauna. We introduced a weekly "drop in" Lego Club run by teen Luke Eckel that exceeded our highest expectations.
The Dennis libraries continued and expanded last years Little Libraries by the Sea program. We have placed little libraries at Corporation, West Dennis and this year Cold Storage beaches where people can take a book and pass it on. No library card and no returns. This year over 2000 items were circulated and we heard so many wonderful comments about this program.
We are now into our fall programs and think we have offerings that will appeal to many people.
Saturday - September 9 at 2:00 pm, in collaboration with the Dennis Historical Society we will present a musical afternoon of Sea Shanteys given by the Cape's popular singers "Julie & Denya". This is a "Don't Miss" performance. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the library.
Sunday - September 17 at 2:00 pm, Cape Naturalist and author Robert Finch will help us celebrate our year long celebration of Henry David Thoreau's 200 birthday with a talk on his new book THE OUTER CAPE.
Saturday - September 23 from 1:00-5:00 pm, we will host a flu shot clinic with Rite-Aid.
In October we are hoping to have a program on the history of Cape Cod Jazz. TBA
Don't forget to mark your calendars for our annual Holiday Craft Fair featuring hand made knit goods, scarves, mittens, socks, children sweaters, woven rugs, runners, placemats, pillows, house items and much more. All made by our talented Tuesday Craft Group. The date is Sunday, December 10 from 12:00-3:30 p,m.
If you find a typo on our website, come in and tell us and you will receive a prize.
New Books we have added:
Fiction --
IN THE MIDST OF WINTER, by Isobel Allende
GOLDEN HOUSE, by Solman Rushdie
THE CUBAN AFFAIR, by Nelson DeMille
A CASUALTY OF WAR, by Charles Todd
DON'T LET GO, by Harlan Coben
NON-FICTION --
WHAT HAPPENED, by Hillary Clinton
THE WISDOM OF SUNDAYS, by Oprah Winfrey
WHAT UNITES US, by Dan Rather
DEVIL'S BARGAIN, by Joshua Green
ALONE, by Michael Korda
New DVDs
Beatriz at Dinner
DankirkThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Guardian of the Galaxy 2
Janet King Season 2
Cape Cod Computer Club
Cape Cod Computer Club - meets the first Tue. of each month at 1:00 pm. The focus is on Apple Mac's, I-pads, etc. but all are welcome.
Yoga Classes
The library is now host to 3 Yoga programs given by Jennifra Norton. They are offered on Mon. , Thurs, and Sat. 8:30-10:00. Please call Jennifra if you want to sign up at 508-432-6309.
Audio Books, DVDs, and e-Books
Don't forget if you are travelling, one way to help the miles race by is to borrow one of our wonderful CDs to play in your car. You can also download e-books to your Kindle, Nook, or I-Pad instead of loading up on books you have to carry. Lastly, if you have excited children or adults who need some down time, come checkout some DVDs from our extensive collection.
Low Vision Center
The Dennis-Harwich Low Vision Center is located in the library and provides assistance to low vision/blind patrons. We have specialized computers with JAWS, ZoomText and the DragonGuide speech to text program. We have specialize equipment such as magnifiers, reading aids, large print and other aids we lend to qualified patrons
DML Services
The library offers 8 computers for the public and 24/7 WiFi. We have copiers and a fax machine.
Want to brush up on your foreign language skills? From our website homepage you can click on the Mango language icon and begin conversational learning in six languages, Japanese, German, French, Italian, ESL for Spanish speakers & ESL for Brazilian speakers.
1 on 1 computer help
1 on 1 help downloading E books
2700+ DVDs
2000 audio books
Games and puzzles
Beautiful Childrens' room and much more
The library offers over 17,000 items including books, e-books, audio cds, movies, large print newspapers and magazines.
Please stop by Monday - Thursday from 1 - 8 and
Friday and Saturday from 1 - 5.
