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Youth Programs
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It’s Winter Reading time! Read, earn a free raffle ticket each week for a Grand Prize, and spin the wheel for fun giveaways! Sponsored by the Friends of Kent Memorial Library
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Teen Programs
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Sign up for Winter Reading and earn raffle tickets each week you sign in at the library. No need to count minutes or hours or even books. Just pop in and fill out a raffle ticket each week.
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KML General Programs
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All of our programs are free, and we have fixings for coffee and tea in the library café area. $1 per cup.
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Friends Book Collection Cancelled for February
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The Friends of the Library are sorry to announce that the February 1st book collection is cancelled because our storage space at 230c Mountain Road is full. We are so grateful for all of the wonderful donations that we have received thus far, and hope that those of you who planned to donate books will save them until we have additional storage space. We need to find space to store donated books so that we can resume our monthly book collections soon, hopefully on March 7. If you have or know someone who has a clean, dry, accessible (few or no stairs) space about 8’ x 10’ or larger, we would love to hear from you. Without storage space, we are effectively done collecting for this year, so PLEASE HELP!!!
Director’s Corner
Let’s Get Acquainted
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Hello old friends and welcome to my new acquaintances! Some of you may remember me from three or more decades ago when I was employed at the Kent Memorial Library.
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Library Gallery Features Artist Gail Whitney
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The Suffield Arts Council will feature a collection of paintings by Ludlow artist Gail Whitney during the month of February, in the Pinney Gallery of the Kent Memorial Library in Suffield.
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Library Stairs Now Lit
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Three new light posts illuminate the new concrete stairs on the south side of the library.
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Art Show Helped
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Local artist Barbara Coffin, left, discusses one of her paintings with a visitor during the well-attended opening reception on November 1 for her month-long exhibit in the Gallery at Kent Memorial Library, the first exhibit since the library reopened.
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Work of Longmeadow Artist Featured at KML
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A bright collection of original watercolor paintings is featured in December at the William Pinney Gallery of the Kent Memorial Library in Suffield. Featured is the work of Phyllis Taylor of Longmeadow, an award-winning artist, whose work is found in public and private collections throughout New England. Her vivid images depict portraits, landscapes, and still life. Ms. Taylor’s work reflects her dynamic style, developed over many years. She is an active, long-time member of the Tobacco Valley Artists Association.
Director’s Corner
The Gift
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The holidays are upon us and with it the promise of gifts. Lewis Hyde in his book The Gift, first published in 1983, and never out of print, offers a thoughtful exploration on gifts. Gift giving and gratitude for the gift are common human activities. A gift can be as simple as holding a door open or as opulent as a potlatch, a ceremonial feast of Indians living on our northwest coast, where possessions are given away. Gifts are part of the culture of Christmas, Halloween, Día de los Muertos, Hanukkah, Diwali and many other holidays.