Upcoming Events

Library News.

• July 1 - 31
  Tom Adams Photography
  At the Neil Hammer Gallery in the Hawks-Hayden Room.
  Video producer and photographer Tom Adams, of Williamsburg, will be debuting his photography in a multimedia exhibit titled "Folktography by Tom". The exhibit runs through the month of July at Meekins Library Hawks-Hayden Community Room with a special reception on Friday, July 18th at 7:00 pm. The photographs will be displayed as digital slideshows as well as traditional prints.
  
  Adams describes Folktography as an outlet for him to capture the often overlooked but captivating images that appear in our hurried, modern-day lives. Adams' work shows a fondness for the obscure patterns that occur in natural settings although the oddities of manmade objects are also featured. Adams notes "I like rust and rocks and crevices and weird angles of pipes and stuff like that. I'm a big fan of the Aaron Siskind's work". Adams' photography has been sold to area businesses and he is currently accepting commissioned work. You can see samples of Adams photography at www.folktographybytom.com.

• Tuesday, July 8th at 1:30
  Music Series for Children
  Lui Collins, director and teacher of Hilltown Music Together, will begin a five week music series for children ages 0-5 and their parents. Not just a musical time together, Lui gives parents and children tools to use and a way to weave music throughout their day. You’ll bring music home from your time at the library with Lui. Sign-up for this series starts on Saturday the 21st and is required for participation in Lui’s Summer Jam. Watch for more information soon.

• Every Monday at 10:00 am
  Story and Craft Time at Haydenville Library
  Weekly story and craft time for children every Monday during the summer in the Haydenville Library with Melanie LaMere. Call the Meekins Library at 268-7472 for more information.

• Wednesday, July 16th, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
  Portraits and Stories from Afghanistan (After Democracy)
  Award-winning journalist and photographer keith harmon snow talks about the people and landscape from Kabul to Mazar-Sharif. Hear the stories of the people who have endured thousands of years of invasions.

• Thursday, July 31 at 6:30
  Birds of Prey
  Tom Ricardi, founder of Massachusetts Bird of Prey rehabilitation facility of Conway and wild raptor expert from will present a program on Birds of Prey. Tom rescues and releases an average of one hundred birds a year. He has 70 birds that are permanent residents at his facility that cannot be released due to injury. Tom brings live wild birds to his presentation; the program is recommended for ages 8 and up.

• Wednesday, August 6th, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
  Heart of Darkness: Another White Guy on the Congo River
  From 2005 to 2007, award-winning journalist and photographer keith harmon snow repeatedly traveled to Central Africa to work (self-assigned) as a war correspondent and human rights investigator. This work took him by mountain bike and dug-out canoe deep into the Equitorial rainforest, where he eventually swam across two major tributaries of the Congo River before he attempted the Congo itself. Join keith for an evening of personal stories., find out more about his work at All Things Pass.

• Saturday, August 9th, 11:00am - 3:00pm
  METALHENGE!
  Jim Kitchen, Metal sculptor, presents a show of his larger than life fantastic metal sculptures on the Meekins Library lawn. Also, his band, Jim Kitchen and the Appliances, will play rock, country, blues, and vaudeville at 12:00 noon.
  
  Bill Bradley, registered dietician and world-renowned cookbook author and presenter, will give a cooking demonstration: Eating Mediterranean in New England, and will provide samples to taste on the Meekins Library lawn at 2:00. And, of course, games and activities for the kid in us all!

• Ongoing:

  Every Wednesday at 10:15 am
  Preschool Storytime
  with Children's Librarian Rochelle Wildfong

• The First Saturday of every month at 1:00 pm
  Spanish Get-Together
  Spanish language get-together