Community Forum
The library staff and trustees thank all those who turned out for the January 19th Community Forum. Nearly forty residents shared their vision of the town and provided us with a list of things to consider as we draft our new long-range plan for the library. The library's planning task force now will take all these suggestions into consideration as they identify appropriate service responses for the library in support of the vision for the town. Many thanks to everyone who attended and provided us with this very valuable input.
On display in February - Bearing Fruit: Artwork from the Truro Children’s Community Garden
On February 12th from 4-5:30 pm the Library will be awash in veggies, blooms and smiles as proud children from Truro, Provincetown, Wellfleet, and Eastham show off their framed watercolors and sculptures. The art exhibition, which runs through February 28th, features work inspired by the Truro’s Children’s Community Garden. All are welcome. The Children’s Garden, a collaboration between the Truro Public Library, the Truro Recreation Program and the Truro Agricultural Fair, supplies fruits and vegetables grown by children for children and taken home in popular “garden goody bags.”
“It was a really popular gathering place,” marvels artist Francie Randolph, who recently founded Sustainable CAPE – Center for Agricultural Preservation and Educatio. CAPE is the new umbrella non-profit for the Truro Ag Fair, Children’s Gardens and the Local Learning Initiative (the latter is an upcoming film & lecture series.) “The garden hosted over 350 child visits and we held approximately 50 classes staffed by volunteer gardeners and artists. We served Cape Cod children from Provincetown to Eastham as well as lots of other young visitors from Europe to California. I think the biggest success of all was that these kids LOVED eating everything we grew – including heirloom salad greens!”
Upcoming Events
Everyone's invited to join the Card-making workshop on Saturday, Feb. 5 from 10-11:30 am.
4-H Babysitting Course being offered for ages 11 and up Feb. 22 - 25 from 1-3 p.m. Phone the library (508-487-1125) to pre-register.
Provincetown resident Ken Russo will give an illustrated presentation including video at 6:30 pm on Wed. Feb. 16 on HIV-positive children in Tanzania.
The Tuesday Book Group will meet from 1-2:30 pm on Feb. 1 to discuss Dancing to the Precipice by Caroline Moorehead, and on March 1 the title will be The Imperial Cruise by James Bradley. All are welcome.
The Truro Library Book Group meets the last Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. The selection for February 23 is Tinkers by Paul Harding.
Did you know you can download e-books from CLAMS to your new Nook and lots of other e-readers as well as your pc or laptop? They're free with your library card!
Visit the Library Website
More details about these and other programs and events can be found on the Library website, which is updated almost daily.