Folks:
COME ON IN!
No reservations are required.
Monday: 10-8
Tuesday: 12-8
Wednesday: 10-8
Thursday: 10-8
Friday: 10-5
Saturday: 10-2
~ joe
“Moving” Poetry and Local History
Folks:
Suppose you didn’t get a chance to participate in the last month’s inaugural Thayer Memorial Motion Picture Discussion Club.
Well, here’s your chance:
Poetry stars veteran actress Yoon Jeong-hee as Mija, a 66-year-old widow grappling with a recent diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and the trials of living with her troubled grandson, Jongwook. Two very different events dramatically alter the course of her life: enrollment in a poetry class at a local community center and Jongwook’s participation in the assault of a 16-year-old girl.
Winner of the Best Screenplay award at the Cannes film festival, Poetry is a simultaneously heartbreaking and inspiring meditation on finding beauty in even the bleakest of circumstances.
Please Note: This film may contain scenes that some viewers find unsettling and parents offensive. Those under 18 should consult with their parents before registering for the Thayer Memorial Library Motion Picture Club Discussion. Please call Joe Mulé, Library Director, with any questions.
This film is available on Kanopy and through the CW MARS catalog.
Registration is limited to 14 participants.
May is Lancaster History Month at Thayer Memorial Library!
Learn about the first people of Lancaster – The Nashaways presented by writer, educator, and historian Christine Duffy Zerillo, author of Still Here, a fictional portrayal of Mary Rowlandson and King Philip’s War.
~ joe
The human body is 90% water
So basically, I’m a cucumber with anxiety.
Folks, I regret to say that I am postponing my State of the Library Address.
Several factors went into the decision, but a big one was many of you told me you couldn’t attend due to erstwhile commitments. I simply didn’t give you all sufficient notice when I made the announcement. Although the address will be documented, I think it will be neat to have a full house for this inaugural event.
Please accept my apology if this change causes you any bother.
Next week I will announce via email the new date for the State of the Library Address, which I know will be sometime in mid-June.
You should also be aware that the staff and I are fixing to open the Library without a reservation sometime before the end of May. There are a couple of ducks that need to be placed in their rows and boxes that need to be checked, but we are very close.
Stay tuned.
~ joe
I’ll take a pass at that.
Folks,
The weather is mild. Things are opening. School vacation is around the corner.
What to do?
Some of you are wise and know that not only does the Library do books, videos, and music, but we also do passes to local attractions.
What’s a pass?
A pass is simply a service the Friends of the Thayer Memorial Library, Lancaster Garden Club, and Greater Worcester Community Foundation underwrite that enable you all to visit a variety of excellent places for free or at a reduced price.
The Library offers:
Ecotarium Museum of Science and Nature
MA Parks
We provide these passes to anyone with a library membership in good standing. Due to high local demand, we cannot honor library cards from citizens in surrounding communities.
Library members can reserve their pass by calling the Library by telephone at 978-368-8928 ext. #2.
So that others can get passes quickly, passes must be returned the day after being borrowed and returned in the outside book drop, which is open to the public 24 hours a day. Due to the limited number of passes available, individuals can only borrow one pass per library card at a time.
~ joe
Thayer Memorial Library Motion Picture Discussion Club
We are trying something different and are pretty enthusiastic about it.
Join us for the newly formed Thayer Memorial Library Motion Picture Discussion Club on Tuesday 07 April 2021 @ 6 pm.
The group will meet monthly and delve into the art of the moving picture in a variety of forms, often with mature themes. Discussions will be led by Melanie Turpin from the Library staff, who holds an M.A. in Cinema Studies from New York University. Melanie’s particular interests include fictional interpretations of history in film and how meaning is derived through cinematography.
Free access to Thayer Memorial Library’s Kanopy subscription is available only to Lancaster residents with a Library membership. Lancaster residency is not required for participation; however, non-resident members must have an alternative means of accessing the content to be discussed. Some, but not all, material may be available on DVD or Blu-ray in the CW MARS catalog.
Films discussed may contain scenes that some viewers find unsettling and parents offensive. Those under 18 should consult with their parents before registering for the Thayer Memorial Library Motion Picture Club Discussion. Please call Joe Mulé, Library Director, with any questions.
Thayer Memorial Library Motion Picture Discussion Club is limited to 14 participants.
~ joe