SPRING NEWSLETTER
All the World's Alive Again
The rabbit hops its gentle step
The lark sings lyric song
All the world's alive again
Spring rights the winter wrongs
Jennifer Gunner
It was a very wet, cold, windy and long winter this year on Cape Cod, but I saw my first green shoots of crocuses and snowdrops today! What a welcome reminder that Spring is on its way!
Spring brings both hope and expectations of good things to come. Soon we will welcome back our "snowbird" friends with tales of their adventures in warmer climes. We will listen politely while we smugly and quietly applaud our fortitude and courage in surviving winter's bluster!
Things begin to ramp up at the library as we prepare for our busy summer season. We do have several special Spring programs coming up ---
Wednesday - March 14 at 7:00 pm -- JULIE & DENYA, our musical favorites, are returning with a St. Patrick's Day performance of Irish music, stories and humor. This is not to be missed! And it's FREE!
Saturday - April 5 at 2:00 pm - The New Bedford Whaling Museum with a historical program:
A Day in the Life on the Lagada's Whaling Voyage
We don't want to miss this very informative program and it's FREE!
Tuesday - April 22 at 2:00 pm during school vacation, we are offering a kids interactive musical program called "Global Voices" - music, songs. instruments from around the world with performer Denya LaVine. This program is designed for kids ages 5-12 and it's FREE!
We are celebrating Cape Cod Authors this year. In March our featured author is C.L.Fornari, a Cape Cod gardening expert and author of many Cape Cod Gardening books. Please come check out her books and advice.
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You can now access our historical newspapers available through Small Town Newspapers. Here is the post that Dennis Public Library has put on their website, accessible to all our libraries.
Digital Historical Newspapers. Our historical newspapers are now available through a site called:
Small Town Newspapers (click for access)
They have generously offered to host our archive until we go live with digitized issues from the Boston Public Library. To receive access, use the code DENNIS.
You can also just come to the library to read the newspaper, check out a book or puzzle, engage in conversations with our friendly volunteers, use a computer, copier, fax or take advantage of our Notary Public service. Whatever your needs are, please stop by and we'll try to help.
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NEW BOOKS
David Baldacci - Strangers in Time
John Sanford - Lethal Prey
Ann Hillerman - Shadows of the Solstice
Rick Stevens - On the Hippie Road (non-fiction)
Geraldine Brooks - Memorial Days (non-fiction)
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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.
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