Our May title is Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard by Isak Dinesen. The discussion will specific focus on "Babette's Feast." The SPL book club meets the fourth Monday of every month at 6:30pm. Readers can choose to participate either in person at SPL or online via Zoom. Contact SPL at the phone or email below … Continue reading "Food & Fiction: Babette’s Feast"
Edible Island: food • culture • community, a Stonington Public Library and Healthy Island Project collaboration Eat Like a Kennedy with Leslie Landrigan, co-author with Dan Landrigan of Eat Like a President: 30 Recipes from the White House to Your House. Celebrate JFK’s birthday (May 29, 1917) with clam chowder and biscuits. Contact SPL at … Continue reading "Edible Island: Eat Like a Kennedy"
Get hands on roasting experience. Taste amazing coffee. And go home with a freshly roasted bag of coffee of your choosing. See behind the scenes of 44 North Coffee. Join Alix, Head Roaster and Production Manager, during an active roast day. Learn about how 44 North sources coffee, how coffee travels all the way from … Continue reading "Downeast with SPL: 44 North Coffee"
Edible flowers story time and garden activity with SPL and led by Mary Cevasco. The Story Garden Series will run on the second Saturday of every month through September, featuring a different theme each month. Ideal for kids ages 4-10, all ages welcome. No RSVP required.
Book launch with reception, reading and signing! A Penobsoct Books original picture book, The Friendly Maine Lobstermen: A Voyage of the Kieran Scott, written by Melissa Jones-Bayley and illustrated by siblings Rosalie and Gavin Bayley. For children and their families, this sweet tale is about cooperation and sharing in the lobster industry, focusing on kindness … Continue reading "Book Launch: The Friendly Maine Lobstermen"
Tour a small-scale, no-till, no-spray market garden—and go home with fresh veggies. During the farm tour participants will learn about our farm, operation model and growing methods, such as no-till agriculture, cover cropping, composting, crop rotation and animal husbandry. Participants will have the opportunity to stroll through the woods on our newly established nature trail … Continue reading "Downeast with SPL: Northern Bay Organics"
Our June title is Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata. The SPL book club meets the fourth Monday of every month at 6:30pm. Readers can choose to participate either in person at SPL or online via Zoom. Contact SPL at the phone or email below to RSVP and/or to join the book club email list.
Sumi-e Painting Demonstration Frederica Marshall will present a demonstration of the ancient art of sumi-e, Asian brush painting. This medium uses the Four Treasures: ink stick, grinding stone, brush, and paper. There are 270 brushstrokes in the sumi-e artist's tool box. The basic strokes were originally used for Chinese calligraphy then adapted for painting subjects. This simple … Continue reading "Seaside Series: Frederica Marshall"
