Ereader Worskhop at Calvert Library (press release)

January 10, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Contact:  Robyn Truslow

410-535-0291

 

Judging from number of customers bringing them in to the library, many people received a tablet, smartphone or an ereader as a holiday gift this year and the gift card for books that they got with it is starting to run out.   That’s okay, as these customers have heard, you can borrow books from Calvert Library on your ereader!  The demand is high so sometimes it takes a little patience for the title you are looking for but there is usually something available that you can use to pass the time with while you wait for the one you put on hold to “arrive.”  There is currently about one copy per six customers on the hold list and the goal is to get that down to one copy per four customers.  Since the books check out for up to two weeks, the wait should almost always be less than twelve weeks.

 

Calvert Library is part of a statewide consortium that buys ebooks for Maryland library customers to check out on their ereading devices.  As of today, there are nearly 6000 titles available with multiple copies of each.  If you wonder why there needs to be multiple copies of a digital book, maybe you would be interested in attending the ebook workshop at Calvert Library Prince Frederick on Tuesday, January 24 at 7pm.  Robyn Truslow will explain how digital rights management works for library ebooks and also tell you how to download those books to your device.  If you would like to attend, please register through the website or by calling 410-535-091 or 301-855-1862.

 

Getting set up to take advantage of library ebooks does take a little patience the first time but after the initial software is downloaded and your account created, it is even easier than a trip to the library to “pick up” a few books.  Attendees will be walked through the entire process of downloading the software, creating an Adobe Digital Editions account and then checking out an ebook and loading it on an ereader or smartphone.  If you have one, feel free to bring your e-reader, laptop and/or smartphone for hands-on practice. 

 

 

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Robyn Truslow

Public Relations Coordinator

Calvert Library

850 Costley Way

Prince Frederick, MD  20678

phone:  410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862

fax:  410-535-3022

rtruslow@somd.lib.md.us

Calvert Library Winter Interludes Concert Series (press release)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                            CONTACT:                                          

Robyn Truslow

410-535-0291

 

COLD WEATHER BRINGS COOL MUSIC FROM RED-HOT ARTISTS. 

 

If you have been a regular at Calvert Library Tuesday Tunes in May, please adjust your calendar. In an effort to ward off the winter doldrums (and hopefully any big event-canceling storms), Calvert Library will be offering their new music series, Winter Interludes on various weeknights this winter.  Accomplished local artist Courtlyn Carr and Baltimore based, emmy-nominated Ellen Cherry are the singer/songwriters headlining shows on Thursday, January 19, 2012 and Wednesday, February 29, 2012 respectively. The two ensemble acts included in the winter concert series are local dance-band favorite “2-4-U Band” and the United States Naval Academy’s “Electric Brigade” on Thursday, February 16, 2012 and Thursday, March 29, 2012 respectively.  All the concerts will take place at Calvert Library Prince Frederick at 7pm.

 

Local country artist Courtlyn Carr comes back home to play for her hometown friends and fans. A graduate of prestigious Berklee College of Music, she has now moved to Nashville, Tennessee where she has been playing hotspots like the famous Blue Bird Café, and sharing the stage with hit songwriters and artists like Lorrie Morgan, Ty Herndon and Linda Davis.  She made a visit home to open for Martina McBride at the Calvert Marine Museum.  Now see Courtlyn at Calvert Library Prince Frederick on Thursday, January 19, 2012.

 

The Electric Brigade (EB) is the Navy’s premier popular music ensemble and the U.S. Naval Academy’s musical ambassadors to the nation. Made of up enlisted sailors EB provides entertainment for formal occasions, pep rallies and everything in between. Since forming in 1979 Electric Brigade has performed as far north as Iceland all the way down to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Expect all ages to be tapping their feet while the group shows off their repertoire of modern pop, classic rock, country, disco, swing, hip-hop, soul and more. See Electric Brigade at Calvert Library Prince Frederick on Thursday, February 16, 2012.

 

Soulful singer/songwriter Ellen Cherry classifies her music as, “spunky downer pop…for smartypants.” The Baltimore artist is a hard working full-timer. She has licensed her music to the Oxygen Network, MTV and Soap.net. In 2009 she wrote, recorded and performed a TV campaign for the FOX Networks and even composed the score for a shadow puppet piece entitled “Alonzo’s Lullaby” that won the prestigious UNIMA Citation of Excellence. She was awarded Maryland State Arts Council’s Individual Artist Award for Vocal Performance (2007) and Music Composition (2009). See Ellen at Calvert Library Prince Frederick February 29, 2012.

 

The 2-4-U Band is an energetic husband and wife team performing oldies, rock-n-roll, swing, and classic country hits. The 2-4-U band hails from Calvert County and has been performing for the past 20 years.  Bring your dancing shoes because we are clearing space and expecting a Macarena and more!  See the “2-4-U Band” at Calvert Library Prince Frederick on Thursday, March 29, 2012.  For more information, call Robyn Truslow at 410-535-0291.

 

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Robyn Truslow

Public Relations Coordinator

Calvert Library

850 Costley Way

Prince Frederick, MD  20678

phone:  410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862

fax:  410-535-3022

rtruslow@somd.lib.md.us

Books & Bubbly at Calvert Library (press release)

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

January 4, 2012                                                           Robyn Truslow

                                                                                    410-535-0291

 

Friends of Calvert Library

 

If you did not receive Friends of Calvert Library Books & Bubbly 2012 tickets in your stocking this year, you can still buy tickets at any Calvert Library location.  Tickets will also be available at the Giant Book Sale January 12-14, at Calvert Library Prince Frederick.  For $35 you will be supporting a great cause and having a lovely evening all at once.  This event, held on Friday, January 27, 7-9pm at Calvert Library Prince Frederick, is an elegant evening with delicious food, great music, bubbly and other libations.   Music will be performed by a talented group of musicians in an ad hoc band, “Beat the Reaper.”  Michael May, David O’Brian, Glen Jenkins and Ken Hoffman perform an eclectic collection of 60’s through 90’s tunes.   Special guest author Peter Abresch will do a brief reading from his most recent book that actually features a scene from a fictional Books & Bubbly.

As grants and other sources of funding have declined, Calvert Library has been grateful for support from their Friends.  Recently, Friends made a $12,000 donation to the Calvert Library to supplement the budget for the purchase of books and audio visual materials.  They have also provided funding and volunteer support for many of the youth events offered at Calvert Library such as the recent Gingerbread House Workshops, Kids Just Want to Have Fun, Teen and Tween events, Shenanigans and more.

For more information call 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.

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Robyn Truslow

Public Relations Coordinator

Calvert Library

850 Costley Way

Prince Frederick, MD  20678

phone:  410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862

fax:  410-535-3022

rtruslow@somd.lib.md.us

Garden Smarter and TEDx at Calvert Library (Press release)

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Contact:  Robyn Truslow

410-535-0291

 

More and more people are growing their own food and managing their own landscape.   Some are doing it for the exercise, some for the freshness factor, some to save money, some for the knowledge of what chemicals they can avoid, some to reduce their carbon footprint and others are doing it just because it is fun!  Whatever your reason, Calvert Library and the Master Gardeners of Calvert County want to help.  The Garden Smarter Series presented in partnership with Calvert Library won first place in the Workshop and Presentation category for the 2011 International Master Gardener Search for Excellence. 

 

In addition to the Garden Smarter Series, Calvert Library also hosts Calvert Eats Local each month.  This group invites you to join them at Calvert Library on Saturday, January 21 beginning at 10am to participate in a viewing party of the online conference “TEDx Manhattan: Changing the Way We Eat.”  We will have a potluck lunch and cooperative seed ordering so come with your food, your seed catalogs and your garden ideas.  The event is free but you need to register with Calvert Library. For more information about the conference, go online to http://tedxmanhattan.org/.

 

The new year’s Garden Smarter series will begin at 10am on Saturday, January 28, at Calvert Library Prince Frederick with “Starting from Seed.”  This free workshop will teach you how to get the full potential from a piece of ground and a handful of seeds.  The following Saturday be a workshop to teach the basic requirements for successful gardening like when to start planting, what tools you need, how to manage common weeds and pests and more. 

 

While most of the workshops are on Saturday mornings, there are a couple evening events as well.  On Wednesday, February 8, at 7pm, Herb Reed of the Maryland Cooperative Extension will give you strategies for managing those pesky hungry insects and even deer who make gardening a challenge. 

 

Other topics throughout the year will include Ponds and Water Features, Square Foot and Vertical Gardening, Water Conservation and Erosion Control, Composting, Homegrown Herbs, Beekeeping, Food Preservation and more!  This award-winning series has been offered for over six years with new and refreshed information each year.  New topics this year include “Cultivating Healthy Eating,” “Decorating with Natural Materials for the Holiday” and “Making Wreaths and Other Designs.” 

 

The Garden Smarter Series is one of several educational activities conducted by the Calvert County Master Gardeners for our county.  They also sponsor the Bay Wise Yard Certification Program, information booths at Children's Day at J. Patterson Park, Patuxent River Appreciation Days (PRAD), Green Expo, Youth Day at the County Fair, developing community gardens, and much more.  CCMGs are residents trained and certified by the University of Maryland Extension to provide public education activities in our county.  Their local website is http://extension.umd.edu/gardening/mastergardeners/local/calvert.

 

For more information, call the Calvert Library Prince Frederick at 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862. 

 

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Robyn Truslow

Public Relations Coordinator

Calvert Library

850 Costley Way

Prince Frederick, MD  20678

phone:  410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862

fax:  410-535-3022

rtruslow@somd.lib.md.us

Intermediate/Advanced Guitar Workshop at Calvert Library (press release)

January 3, 2012                                                                              Contact: Robyn Truslow

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                            410-535-0291

 

Calvert Library continues to offer great opportunities for lifelong learning.  The library is teaming up with Garrett Music Academy to offer a guitar workshop called “Beyond the Major Scale:  Workshop for Intermediate/Advanced Guitar Players” on Saturday, January 28 from 3:00-4:30pm at Calvert Library Prince Frederick.  Registration is free and can be accomplished online at calvert.lib.md.us or calling 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862. 

 

This workshop is perfect for the passionate guitar player whose goals include playing songs by your favorite artists, writing and playing in bands, and taking what you currently know/play and organizing your skill to place you on the road to mastery.   This 1 ½ hour program will improve your playing and enhance your perspective regardless of skill level.  Free course material will be provided from Nick Garrett’s nationally distributed Guitar Lessons that Work DVD series.  Live demonstrations by Nick will include examples by Jimi Hendrix, Metallica, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Steve Vai, Incubus, Sevendust, Foo Fighters, Led Zepplin, Hoobastank, Smashing Pumpkins, Eddie Van Halen, Parkway Drive, and dozens of other artists spanning five decades of famous guitar-driven music.  For more information, call Robyn Truslow at 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.

 

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Robyn Truslow

Public Relations Coordinator

Calvert Library

850 Costley Way

Prince Frederick, MD  20678

phone:  410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862

fax:  410-535-3022

rtruslow@somd.lib.md.us

Intermediate/Advanced Guitar Workshop at Calvert Library (press release)

January 3, 2012                                                                                 Contact: Robyn Truslow

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                            410-535-0291

 

Calvert Library continues to offer great opportunities for lifelong learning.  The library is teaming up with Garrett Music Academy to offer a guitar workshop called “Beyond the Major Scale:  Workshop for Intermediate/Advanced Guitar Players” on Saturday, January 28 from 3:00-4:30pm at Calvert Library Prince Frederick.  Registration is free and can be accomplished online at calvert.lib.md.us or calling 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862. 

 

This workshop is perfect for the passionate guitar player whose goals include playing songs by your favorite artists, writing and playing in bands, and taking what you currently know/play and organizing your skill to place you on the road to mastery.   This 1 ½ hour program will improve your playing and enhance your perspective regardless of skill level.  Free course material will be provided from Nick Garrett’s nationally distributed Guitar Lessons that Work DVD series.  Live demonstrations by Nick will include examples by Jimi Hendrix, Metallica, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Steve Vai, Incubus, Sevendust, Foo Fighters, Led Zepplin, Hoobastank, Smashing Pumpkins, Eddie Van Halen, Parkway Drive, and dozens of other artists spanning five decades of famous guitar-driven music.  For more information, call Robyn Truslow at 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.

 

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Robyn Truslow

Public Relations Coordinator

Calvert Library

850 Costley Way

Prince Frederick, MD  20678

phone:  410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862

fax:  410-535-3022

rtruslow@somd.lib.md.us

Saving with Coupons Workshop at Calvert Library (press release)

January 3, 2011

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:    Robyn Truslow

 

Saving With Coupons

 

Does the economy have you down?  Is shopping becoming a headache?  Calvert Library is here to help!  With guidance from local coupon celebrity Kimberly Pepper-Hoctor, “The Girl Who Loves Coupons,” get ready to unleash a new set of money-saving tools to turn your shopping woes around.  

 

Kimberly is a 30-year coupon veteran who has been featured in The Washington Post, The Enterprise, County Times, Calvert Gazette, SMNewsNet, FM News New York, WHUR-AM, and many other international news, radio and TV programs for her couponing skills and classes.  A military spouse who has taught hundreds of military and civilian families for the past seven years, it was Kimberly's community work that gained her recognition in 2009 as one of 10 top military spouses by The Flagship Newspaper and WVEC-TV.

 

Kimberly now spends time teaching others throughout Maryland & DC how to coupon and runs a local Facebook forum called thegirllovescoupons.  Come learn her coupon clipping secrets and bring some fun to your finances!

 

Saving With Coupons is a free workshop that will be offered at Calvert Library Prince Frederick on Saturday, February 11 from 2:00-3:30 pm.  Call 410-535-0291 or visit calv.lib.md.us for more information.

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Robyn Truslow

Public Relations Coordinator

Calvert Library

850 Costley Way

Prince Frederick, MD  20678

phone:  410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862

fax:  410-535-3022

rtruslow@somd.lib.md.us