Adult Services Librarian Hazel Onsrud of Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick has been appointed to the Sustainable Libraries Initiative Advisory Board. This month, Curtis Memorial Library became the first library outside of New York to be certified by SLI. Onsrud’s work in creating the Library of Things (currently over 450 items), the Growing Literacy program […]
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Curtis Memorial Library now scheduling tax appointments
Curtis Memorial Library is now scheduling appointments for tax filing assistance. Appointments will begin on Monday, Feb. 5, and will happen most Mondays and Fridays through April 12. To book an appointment, call the library at (207) 725-5242 and follow the greeting saying “press star to make a tax appointment.” Leave a message in the […]
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Brunswick library to host discussion with expert in health care for the unhoused
Curtis Memorial Library in collaboration with All Saints Parish presents the last installment of the Rough Sleepers Community Read & Program Series, featuring Dr. Jim O’Connell, president of Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program and assistant professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. The event is at 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, at Curtis […]
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Brunswick artist, author paints 208 women for Curtis Memorial Library show
An exhibition of Charlotte Agell’s portraits is on display in the Morrell Meeting Room through Jan. 30.
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Maine Authors for Lewiston to hold book signing events to raise money for shooting victims
Authors are slated to be at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick on Nov. 25 and Patten Free Library in Bath on Dec. 6.
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Curtis Memorial Library hosts author talk on community and connection
Curtis Memorial Library is hosting an author talk on the topic “Community + Connection as a Path to Resilience” at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17. The discussion will feature speaker Dr. Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH, as he delves into his new book, “Project UnLonely: Healing Our Crisis of Disconnection.” Joining Nobel is a slate of […]
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Children’s book author to be featured along with YA novelist at Curtis Memorial Library
Curtis Memorial Library is hosting two authors for a behind-the-scenes look at how an idea makes its way from an author’s mind into the readers’ hands. Children’s author Gail Donovan will lead a conversation with YA novelist Maria Padian from 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21, at the library. Donovan’s fifth novel for middle-grade readers, “Sparrow […]
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Original art from beloved Maine children’s author Robert McCloskey on view in Brunswick
‘Robert McCloskey: The Art of Wonder’ opens Tuesday at Curtis Memorial Library and features work for ‘Blueberries for Sal,’ ‘Make Way for Ducklings’ and others.
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Ghanaian author to be featured at Gulf of Maine Books event
Gulf of Maine Books is hosting a reading by author Patrick Asare at 7 p.m. on June 1 at the Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick. Asare will read from and discuss his book “The Boy from Boadua: One African’s Journey of Hunger and Sacrifice in Pursuit of a Dream.” This autobiographical memoir follows Asare’s journey […]
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Lisa Botshon: Celebrating 140 years of Brunswick’s library
In 1883, I would have been writing this piece for the now long defunct Brunswick Telegraph. That’s the earliest year documented that Brunswick citizens first made a concerted effort to found a town library. While this endeavor may have seemed uncertain in the early 1880s, the circumstances were ripe for creating an institution dedicated to […]