October Newsletter

CHILMARK PUBLIC LIBRARY

October Newsletter

**OFF-SEASON HOURS**

Beginning Saturday, October 1:
SUNDAY: CLOSED
MONDAY: CLOSED
TUESDAY: 10:30 - 5:00
WEDNESDAY: 10:30 - 6:00
THURSDAY: 10:30 - 5:00
FRIDAY: 10:30 - 1:30
SATURDAY: 10:30 - 5:00
Masks are optional for browsing and hold pick-up.
Masks covering nose and mouth are required for ages 2+ for group programs,
regardless of vaccination status.
Mandate per order of the Library Board of Trustees.

Great news for fans of British television! Kanopy, our free video streaming service, is adding new titles from BBC Studios. Over 3,500 hours of classic BBC crime and detective shows will launch on Kanopy weekly alongside comedies, dramas, kids’ titles, and historical series. If you are a current Kanopy subscriber, you don't need to do anything different. If you haven't signed up for Kanopy yet, here is the link:
https://www.chilmarkma.gov/referenceeresources/watch/pages/kanopy
If you need help getting started, call the library at 508-645-3360 for tech support.

MV library patrons now have free online access to both the NY Times and the Washington Post.

For free access to the New York Times online, click HERE and enter the code c59d2806040934a2.

Create a username and password that you will use for your first login and for every future visit to the New York Times online.

Your code will give you unlimited access to articles for 72 hours. When your 72-hour access expires, return to that sign-in page to activate a redemption code for additional 72 hours of access with your New York Times account.

For free access the Washington Post online, click HERE which will take you to the library landing page where you can sign in for unlimited access to the newspaper website with a 7-day pass. You can renew your pass whenever needed by returning to this webpage and following the link above. Library newspaper passes will allow you to access this content anywhere you have internet access, on any device.

Complimentary access to NYTimes.com and WashingtonPost.com is sponsored by the Martha's Vineyard Library Association.

The Chilmark Free Public Library is pleased to offer individuals, groups, or organizations the opportunity to display their art exhibits. This policy is intended to encourage equitable access to local artists.
Goals of the exhibits in the library include:

Supporting community cultural and artistic activities
Encouraging individuals to contribute to the appreciation of the arts
Broadening horizons by presenting a wide range of art, collections, or displays
Nourishing intellectual, aesthetic, and creative growth
Reaching non-traditional library patrons

Criteria
All exhibits submitted for approval by the Art Advisory Committee will be considered via the criteria listed below:

Artist’s original work
Collaboration with a cross-disciplined program or performance
Historical, local, or regional relevance
Artist expression
Appropriateness to special events, anniversaries, holidays, etc.
Representation of a minority group, influential movement, genre, trend, or national culture
Suitability for public display
Ease of installation in Program Room

Exhibitions typically run for 3 weeks in the summer and 1 month during the rest of the year. The summer is defined as June, July, and August.

Email tthorpe@clamsnet.org for the application and rules, or call 508-645-3360 for more information.

The Chilmark Library of Things is a collection of games, tools, consumer electronics, and more that you can check out with your library card! All items go out for two weeks.
Examples of items currently in our collection:

Knitting kit
Hand-held drill
Board games like cribbage, Wingspan, Dominion, and backgammon
MELT Method kit
Yoga kit
And much more!

Stop by the library today to check out an item! These items can be placed on hold at the Chilmark Library.

Creativebug is a collection of arts and crafts video tutorials, giving you on-demand access to expert instruction in drawing, painting, sewing, knitting, crocheting, quilting, baking, and more.
Each of Creativebug’s high-quality videos includes an in-depth description, a materials list, transcript, and community discussion section. With new classes added daily, you’ll never run out of amazing things to make!
With Creativebug, you can turn your crafting dreams into reality. Click here to get started today!

Introducing a new digital database for children and kids: ComicsPlus! Read comics on your digital device wherever or whenever. No holds, no waitlists, no borrowing limits. Read ALL the comics and graphic novels!

Patrons must have a Chilmark library card to register (a library card that begins with 1600000) for ComicsPlus. Click here to register today!

Technology help by appointment on Tuesdays from 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM. Bring your tablet, ereader, computer, phone, or any questions about library technology services. Call the library at 508-645-3360 or email cdrogin@clamsnet.org to reserve an appointment.

Wifi Hotspots are back at the Chilmark Library! Hotspots are available for CLAMS patrons to borrow for two (2) weeks. Hotspots are available first-come, first served with no immediate renewal. Hotspot must be picked up and dropped off at the Chilmark Library.

New Adult Programs

Please email Adult Programming Coordinator Tracy Thorpe at tthorpe@clamsnet.org to sign up, get Zoom invite, and/or ask questions.

Please join us for upcoming writing opportunities at the Chilmark Library:

Writing for Young People: Saturdays, October 8 and 29, at 1:00.
Virtual. An ongoing discussion and critique group, meeting every three weeks on Saturday. All levels and abilities welcome, as well as kid lit for all ages.

Memoir with Moira Silva: Wednesdays, October 12, 19, and 26 at 11:00 AM.
Virtual. In this course, a blend of exercises, readings and discussions will connect writers with their writing and themselves. We will honor whatever is created, be it essays, songs, letters or entirely new genres.

Poetry Drop In with Donald Nitchie: Wednesdays, November 2, 9, and 16 at 4:00.
Virtual. In this class, participants will look at selected poems (which will be emailed beforehand), and then be given a writing exercise, to be done in class. Writers will then be invited to read their writings, but it is not required.
The 11/2 session will focus on praise poems.
The 11/9 session will focus on poems that describe a process.
The 11/16 session will focus on poems consisting of questions.

Email tthorpe@clamsnet.org for more information or to sign up and receive Zoom access.

Tuesdays, beginning October 4, at 7:00 PM: Knitting Group at the Chilmark Library

Knit like the Herring Girls! Join our group inspired by the gansey – a traditional British fishermen’s sweater. Everyone welcome, beginners too!

Email tthorpe@clamsnet.org for more information
Free. Sponsored by the Friends of the Chilmark Library. 508-645-3360.

Wednesday, October 12, 4:00: Bookbinding with Laurel Rogers of Passionato Books: Little Link Stitch

Laurel is with us once more to teach the varied ways of bookbinding by hand. In this class, we will make a small book where we sew together several signatures (or pamphlets). You will learn both the link and the kettle stitch. Our creation is a fun size to tuck into your backpack or carry bag. A good beginner/intermediate project. Limited quantities of marbled paper available.

Laurel comes from a music background as a professional cellist. During her musical career she played with papermaking as relaxation. Later while living in Boston she started taking book binding and artist book classes at North Bennet St. School, Museum of Fine Arts, and Mass Art. She has shown in many juried craft fairs and galleries in the Northeast.

Email tthorpe@clamsnet.org to sign up and get the materials list.
Free. Sponsored by the Friends of the Chilmark Library. 508-645-3360.

Saturdays, October 8 and 29, 1:00 PM: Writing for Young People: Join our Group!

Are you working on a picture book, Middle-Grade, Young Adult story, or nonfiction for young people? Or, have you always wanted to? Join our monthly virtual group and share your work, critique, and discuss favorite books in today’s and yesterday’s marketplace. Come experience the joy that is creating stories for kids. All levels welcome! Facilitated by Tracy Thorpe, programs coordinator at the Chilmark Library and MFA, Creative Writing for Young People, Lesley University.

Email tthorpe@clamsnet.org to sign up and get the Zoom invite.
Free. Sponsored by the Friends of the Chilmark Library. 508-645-3360.

Wednesdays, October 12, 19, and 26 at 11:00 AM: Memoir Workshop with Moira Silva

In this course, a blend of exercises, readings and discussions will connect writers with their writing and themselves. Participants will form a supportive community while sharing in-process work. We will honor whatever is created, be it essays, songs, letters or entirely new genres. After five weeks, writers will leave lighter in spirit and richer in purpose. No writing experience required.

Moira Convey Silva is a writing instructor, writing consultant, yoga teacher, community activist, and award-winning writer who, for over 10 years, has freelanced for national and local periodicals. Focusing on features and essays, especially ones that relate to sustainability, Silva’s writing most notably appears in the Boston Globe, Women’s Running and Taproot. She, arguably, always has the loudest laugh in the room.

Email tthorpe@clamsnet.org to sign up and get the Zoom invite.
Free. Sponsored by the Friends of the Chilmark Library. 508-645-3360.

Wednesday, October 19 at 6:00 PM: Virtual: The Galileo Project: In Search for Technological Interstellar Objects, with Avi Loeb, Professor of Science, Harvard University.

The search for extraterrestrial life is one of the most exciting frontiers in science. First tentative clues were identified close to Earth in the form of the extraordinary interstellar meteor CNEOS 2014-01-08, the unusual interstellar object `Oumuamua and Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) near Earth. The recently announced "Galileo Project" ushers the new frontier of "space archeology" in search of extraterrestrial technological relics. The lecture will feature content from the book "Extraterrestrial" and textbook "Life in the Cosmos", both published in 2021.

Abraham (Avi) Loeb is the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard
He received a PhD in Physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel at age 24, led the first international project supported by the Strategic Defense Initiative, and was subsequently a long-term member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton.

He had been the longest serving Chair of Harvard Department of Astronomy and the Founding Director of Harvard’s Black Hole Initiative. He is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts &Sciences, the American Physical Society, and the International Academy of Astronautics. Loeb is a former member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) at the White House, a former chair of the Board on Physics and Astronomy of the National Academies, opics, including black holes, the first stars, the search for extraterrestrial life and the future of the Universe. Loeb is the Director of the Institute for Theory and Computation within the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and also serves as the Head of the Galileo Project. In 2012, TIME magazine selected Loeb as one of the 25 most influential people in space and in 2020 Loeb was selected among the 14 most inspiring Israelis of the last decade.
Personal website: https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/

Email tthorpe@clamsnet.org to sign up and get the Zoom invite.
Free. Sponsored by the Friends of the Chilmark Library. 508-645-3360.

Thursday, October 27, 4:00 PM: Tea Club

Join our monthly tasting and talk with teas from around the world. Pick up your tea previous to our discussion, and either brew beforehand or brew during our monthly Zoom meeting where we will discuss the taste, origin, history and producer of the specific tea in hand (or cup.) October’s choice is a black tea, Kenya Kosabei, from Kenya, Africa.

Email tthorpe@clamsnet.org to sign up, receive your tea, and get the Zoom invite.
Free. Sponsored by the Friends of the Chilmark Library. 508-645-3360.

Art Shows Are Back!

Youth Services

Does your child love to draw or read graphic novels? Then sign them up for this 6-week cartooning workshop with Ryan Barr. Your child will learn about creative storytelling through visual art forms, based on the Cat Kid Comic Club series by Dav Pilkey. The program runs Oct. 8, 15, 22, 29 and Nov. 5, 12. Your child must be available for all 6 classes. This program is for children aged 8-10.

For more information or to register, call 508-645-3360 and ask for Caroline. Sponsored by the Friends of the Chilmark Library.

Join us every Wednesday from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM in the Chilmark Library Meeting room to play with LEGOs. We provide the LEGOs, you provide the creativity! This program is free and open to the public. Registration is not required.

Join Caroline on Saturdays at 11 AM for an in-person story time. This event is free and open to the public, but the stories and songs are geared toward toddlers and preschoolers.

Masks are required for all patrons aged 2+, regardless of vaccination status. Children aged 10 and younger must be accompanied by a caregiver.

Are you a youth library patron that loves reading, surprises, or both? Fill out the form below to sign up for our Chilmark Book Box (CBB) subscription service. Each month, you'll receive a box complete with books, snacks, and other goodies selected just for you! While the book and box eventually need to be returned to the library, the goodies are yours to keep! The subscription is 100% FREE! All you need is a library card.

Priority for subscriptions is given to patrons who have not participated in the CBB before, and who live on Martha's Vineyard year-round. Patrons must be at least 8 years old. Patrons must be in good library standing (i.e., not have outstanding books or bills).

There are 12 spots available for subscribers, as well as a waiting list.

To learn how it works, visit: bit.ly/chilmark-book-box
To register, visit: https://bit.ly/cbb-form

To begin your subscription in October, subscribe by October 5. The subscription service goes from September through May. There will be no book box in December.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Chilmark Library.

Did you know that 85% of what we learn, we learn by listening? Give kids access to their favorite books on the audiobook player built just for them. No downloads or internet needed.

Simply plug in headphones and press play. Learn more at playaway.com/audiobooks/kids

Borrow their favorite audiobooks today at the Chilmark Free Public Library. Our brand new collection includes favorite kid titles: Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Warrior Cats, and more!

Brainfuse HelpNow offers personalized academic assistance in core subjects (math, reading, writing, science), a 24/7 Writing Lab, academic content and practice tests for skills-building (including SAT preparation), and much more. Please note that you will need to create a username and password.

Use your library card to get free live online homework help. Visit https://www.brainfuse.com/highed/helpNow.asp?a_id=CFFE2362&ss=&r=

Call us at (508) 645-3360 or email us for assistance or with any questions at chil_mail@clamsnet.org. We are here to help!