This month's events

Kids’ programs:

Outdoor Nature-based Storytime for young children, every Tuesday at 10:30 AM outside behind the library. Be sure to dress for the weather!
Baby Time in the Children’s Room, Tuesdays at 11:30 AM (following outdoor storytime).
Community Dancing for Young Children, Saturdays, May 3 & 10, 10:30-11:45 AM. Welcoming children (ages 3+) with their caregivers to join hands, dance to live music and sing! Jennifer McHone Villalobos, caller & fiddler, with musicians from the Trad Dance Band. This program series is funded by the Friends of Cook Memorial Library and The Yeoman's Fund for the Arts.
Children’s Parade, Saturday, May 17, starting at 10:00 at UUFES (Farmers' Market) and heading down Main Street to Remick Park, where there will be fun and games. Kids of every age are welcome! Rain date is May 24.
Bookworms Reading Club for kids up to 9 years old, Monday, June 2 at 4:00 PM. Stop in to sign up and borrow a book or books from the Ivy + Bean series by Annie Barrows to read ahead of time.

Board Games, Tuesdays, 5:00-8:00 PM. For teens and adults. Come play a variety of board games in our historic front room. Feel free to bring a game you’d like to teach others.

Bingo Club: No cost, for fun only! Come play Bingo in our meeting room from 1:00 to 2:00 PM, alternating Tuesdays. This month, Bingo Club will meet on May 6 and 20.

Notes from a Puzzle Collector, Wednesday, May 7 at 6:30 PM: Using photos and stories, Becca Boyden will cover jigsaw puzzle history, share stories of family puzzle cutters, and talk about the work of current hand-cut wooden puzzle makers.

Artificial Intelligence Explained: A Lecture for Curious Minds, Tuesday, May 13 at 6:30 PM: Retired IT professional and community volunteer Bill Gassman will discuss AI's history, practical uses, and give demonstrations and tips for using tools including ChatGPT and Google Gemini. The presentation will be followed by an optional opportunity for attendees to do some hands-on experimentation using library computers. Attendees may also bring their own portable devices for exploring AI apps, with the Google Gemini app pre-installed.

Mountains to the Sea writing group, Wednesday, May 14, 10:30 AM. Meets monthly to write and read together. Register to join at https://bit.ly/mtns-sea-24-25.

Free for All: The Public Library: This new documentary film was aired on PBS’s Independent Lens program on April 29. Area libraries are teaming up to host a screening followed by a Q&A time, tentatively planned to take place on Saturday, May 31 at the Ossipee Public Library. Look for updates on the actual date and time mid-May. The film can be watched online for a limited time, go to https://www.pbs.org/video/free-for-all-the-public-library-xby0gf/.

We’re closed on Monday, May 26 to observe Memorial Day. Two programs that usually take place on the last Monday have been moved to the beginning of June:

Brown Bag Book Group, Monday, June 2, 1:00 PM: Bring a bag lunch and come discuss Orbital by Samantha Harvey, winner of the 2024 Booker Prize. Copies of the book can be borrowed from the library ahead of time. This title is a peek ahead to our June reading challenge: beginnings & endings.
Poetry Hour, Monday, June 2 at 5:00 PM: Come to read or to listen to poems.

Save these summer dates:

Tamworth Author Fest, Saturday, July 12 from 10 AM to 2 PM
Friends of CML Book Sale, Saturday, August 2, 10 AM to 1 PM