Woods Hole Public Library
October News and Events

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Have you filled out our short survey yet? Now that a busy, book-filled summer is behind us, we are looking ahead and want to hear from YOU about how we can serve you better with our schedule and programming. Please take a moment to fill out this brief 4-question survey. The survey will be open until October 15. Thank you!

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Virtual Film Screening and Panel Discussion of "Bounty"
Saturday, Oct. 15
4:00 PM

On Saturday October 15, from 4-5:30, we are co-hosting a virtual film screening and panel discussion of the film Bounty. This 9-minute documentary features Penobscot parents and children commemorating their survival by reading and reacting to the Phipps Proclamation, a government-issues proclamation that motivated colonial settlers to hunt, scalp, and murder Indigenous people.
The film will be followed by a panel discussipn with Mishy Lesser, the learning director of the Upstander Program; Gkisedtanamoogk, Mashpee Wampanoag, co-chair, Maine Wabanaki State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and Linda Coombs, Aquinna Wampanoag, museum educator and historian.

This event is presented by the Falmouth Public Library (with the support of the Friends of the Falmouth Public Library), the Woods Hole Public Library, the Mashpee Public Library, and LINK. LINK is a local group dedicated to the belief that when we can come together in respectful, trusting, and committed relations we can link Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowledge in a way that can move all of life towards a safer, more balanced, and wholesome future.

To register to attend this Zoom event, please sign up at the Mashpee Library's site: https://tinyurl.com/bountyfilm. After registering, you will receive an email with the Zoom link.

Film and Tea Party
Wednesday, Oct. 19
2:00 PM

Join us for a casual tea party and screening of Downton Abbey: A New Era. Starting at 2 PM, various teas and scones will be served, and promptly at 2:30 PM the film will be shown.
The film follows the fabulously wealthy Crawley family at the center of  Downton Abbey in a new installment of the long-running story. Downton Abbey: A New Era is set in 1928 and finds the family enjoying the last years of the Roaring Twenties in various gigantic homes before the Great Depression arrives. In “A New Era”, the family finds out they’ve inherited yet another gorgeous property: A villa in the South of France. Apparently one of Grandma Violet’s old paramours left it to her, which will no doubt stir up a scandal among the family members.

Before the COVID pandemic, the Library held quite a fancy tea party with antique china and linens, followed by a showing of the first Downton Abbey film.  Some participants even wore antique clothing. As we all emerge from the confined activities of the past few years, the Library is taking steps to return to previous levels in programming, but in somewhat restrained levels.

Autumn Activities for Kids

Stop by our cozy children's room and have fun with a few autumnal crafts! We have leaf rubbing, leaf press kits, and even a fall scavenger hunt to keep our young readers of Woods Hole busy and exploring! All of the activities are available any time the library is open, and of course, you'll want to stock up on as many books as you can carry while you're here!

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