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Join us here on Wednesday February 8th at 7:00 pm for an outstanding presentation:
Never-Fail Landscape Photography Tips – In this lecture, based on his new book, “The AMC Guide to Outdoor Digital Photography,” Jerry Monkman shares some of his favorite photos while describing his top tips for making great landscape photographs. If you are looking to take your photography to the next level, you are sure to take away some new ideas from this presentation. Questions and discussion are encouraged.
Jerry Monkman is a nature, adventure, and conservation photographer based in Portsmouth, NH, where he runs his
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Did you miss the video that we showed during the Library Centennial Town Fair this past Wednesday, or would you just like to see it again? We have DVDs available for purchase and for borrowing, and our good friend Martha Lardent, who directed and produced the video, has given us an edited version which you can watch right now on YouTube!
http://youtu.be/zucu2T0Epco
Our sincere THANKS! to everyone who made Wednesday possible, especially Andy Richmond and Ann Malpass, Sarah Labadie and the Centennial Town Players, Alex Herlihy, Rye Police officers, and the Friends and Trustees of Rye Public Library
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Rye Public Library members can now make three downloads weekly from the amazing selection of music in the Sony catalog via our latest service: Freegal Downloadable Music! Thanks to the Friends of the Rye Public Library, we can offer far more selection, availability and individuality in our music collection. You can certainly still borrow CD’s, but if you are accustomed to downloading music, feel free to explore the selection at Freegal. You’ll just need your library card number, an active membership at RPL, and no outstanding fines in excess of $10 to proceed.
You’ll find the link on
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Meet the Curator of the outstanding Dale Chihuly glass exhibit at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts during 2011.
He’ll be here on Sunday January 29th at 2:00 pm!
Perhaps you were lucky enough to see the amazing Dale Chihuly glass sculpture exhibit at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 2011. If not, you’ll have a chance to revisit this tremendously successful show through the expertise of its curator Gerry Ward. Portsmouth resident and Katherine Lane Weems Senior Curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the MFA, Ward was curator of the spectacular Chihuly show as well as author
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Remember we are now open until 8:00pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays! Stop in after work for your library business. We’ll also have another evening for our outstanding programming offerings. Watch the website calendar–or sign up for a direct feed to your e-mail, so you’ll always know what’s happening at RPL!
We’ll be closed in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday January 16, 2012. We will re-open on Tuesday January 17th at 9am. Enjoy your holiday.
Visit the website for the new MLK memorial in Washington D.C. at http://www.mlkmemorial.org/ The following is a transcript of Martin Luther King’s famous I Have A Dream speech:
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the
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Join Lisa, Margaret or Pat for Story Time on Wednesdays @ 11:00 A.M. We’ll have themed stories, fingerplays, songs, and crafts!
“Visiting the Beyond” with Curt Strutz Thursday January 19th 7pm at Rye Public Library
Host of the television and Internet program Paranormal Generation Curt Strutz is visiting New England and will present a program on his paranormal investigations at the Rye Public Library. Join us as Curt recounts his excursions into the beyond as a part of the Paranormal Generation investigation team. Unique in the field, Paranormal Generations is a television/web based media program that takes a realistic & scientific look into the paranormal.
The program’s goal is to create a 100% true to life paranormal investigation program free from Hollywood
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Bring in your new tablet or e-reader for instruction on downloading public library content for reading or listening in 2012! During our Device Advice sessions on Fridays from 10:00-11:00am, we will be ready to help!
We love print books too, but the e-book is here to stay. If you got a new reader over the Holidays, let us help you break the ice. We just ask that you charge it up prior to coming in. If you have a Kindle device, please visit Amazon.com to create a user account before you come in (jot down the password you create
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Wednesday, January 18th
6:30 – 7:30 P.M. Community Meeting Room
We’re meeting this month to discuss social media and how it might aide the library in reaching teens. Snacks will be served!
Your opinions matter to us…especially concerning our programs, teen book and video collections, and other services!! If you’re interested in joining the group, contact Lisa @ 964-8401.
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