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Our First Friday independent film showing this month will be "The Party's Over." For more information about the film, visit FilmMovement.com. Popcorn included. Chestertown Branch, Friday, March 2 at 2:30 PM, in time to attend the other First Friday events in Chestertown afterwards.
Maximizing Your Landscape Design With Native Plants. Monday, February 26 at 3:00 PM. Kent County Public Library, Chestertown Meeting Room, Free of Charge. Presented by Neena Hoppe
Neena Hoppe graduated from Penn State with a Bachelors degree in Landscape Contracting/Design-Build. While in college, she studied in the Landscape Architecture department at the University of Melbourne, Australia. After graduation she returned to work in Australia and also traveled to Italy before beginning work as an assistant landscape designer with McHale Landscape Design in Upper Marlboro, MD. Neena is currently the Master Gardener Coordinator and Horticulture Educator for Queen Anne's County, Maryland. As part of the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension service she provides outreach and unbiased, research based information regarding environmentally sustainable horticulture and natural resources conservation.
Next Wednesday, February 28 at 6:30 PM
Children are invited to wear their PJs, bring a bedtime pal and enjoy an evening storytime and light refreshments.
For kids 2 to 6 years.
The Kent County Public Library book group will be having a discussion of "Mason's Retreat" by Christopher Tilghman on Wednesday, February 28 at 5:30 PM in the yellow building behind the library. If you've read the book, whether or not you're a current member of the group, you would be welcome to join us for the discussion. Or call the library to get on our email list to be notified of upcoming books and available copies.
Coming up next month is "The Glass Castle," a memoir by Jeannette Walls.
Kent County Public Library and its patrons are benefiting from a shorewide grant entitled "Get Ready for Your Day in Court @ Your Library." Local reference librarians are receiving extra training in available legal resources through the Maryland Legal Assistance Network, and our collection is expanding to include the entire legal self help series from NOLO Press. Following are just a few of the nearly 100 titles being added:
- Represent Yourself in Court
- Working for Yourself
- Make Your Own Living Trust
- 101 Law Forms for Personal Use
- Renters' Rights
- Your Rights in the Workplace
- Negotiate the Best Lease for Your Business
- Inventor's Notebook
- Divorce Without Court
- Nolo's Simple Will Book
In conjunction with the grant, the Kent County Public Library will be promoting the online Maryland's Peoples Law Library, a resource guide for people who choose to represent themselves, available at www.peoples-law.info .
Reference librarians also have access to an online legal referral system, with which to determine agencies that can provide legal help based on the type of help required and the individual's resources.
The grant, of $51,868.72 was awarded to the Eastern Shore Regional Library System, which includes Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester Counties. It comes from the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) through the Division of Library Development & Services (DLDS). The local match is $55,389.12 for a total of $107,257.84.
"We are happy to be able to provide this valuable legal resource for the community," said Jerry Keiser, Director of the Kent County Public Library. The new legal self-help books can be found on display at the Chestertown Branch.
"When people need information, whether legal or otherwise, we want them to think of the library," said Karen Collier, Public Services Librarian. For more information, call 410-778-3636.
For ages birth to 24 months. Join us the second and third Tuesday of every month at 10:00 to delight and stimulate your baby's senses with books, music, and puppets. Call 410-778-3636 to register in advance.
All branches of the Kent County Public Library will be closed on Monday, February 19 for President's Day. You can still renew your items online at our catalog page under the "My Account" tab or return them in the book drop at any of our branches.
This coming Thursday, February 8 at 6:30 PM
North County Branch in Galena
Children are invited to wear their PJs, bring a bedtime pal and enjoy an evening storytime and light refreshments.
For kids 2 to 6 years.