Master Storyteller at Calvert Library (press release)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 7, 2013

 

Calvert Library continues to offer superb family entertainment.  To highlight the One Maryland One Book King Peggy, the Prince Frederick location will be hosting Master Storyteller Janice Curtis Greene on Saturday, October 26 at 2:00pm.  Greene is the author of Thema and the Wonderful Black Gourd which tells the story of a young girl in Ghana who has to grow up apart from her parents and learns to call upon her inner strength to accomplish great things.  The theme is closely tied to King Peggy’s story and Greene will share other traditional stories to bring King Peggy’s experience to life for all ages.  Participants will learn about African Storytelling traditions and be thoroughly entertained by this accomplished griot (a traveling poet/musician/storyteller who maintains the tradition of oral history in parts of Africa).  

 

For more information, call Robyn Truslow at 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

410-535-0291

410-535-3022 Fax

rtruslow@somd.lib.md.us 

 

Family Astronomy Night at Calvert Library Fairview Branch (press release)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 3, 2013

Contact:  Robyn Truslow

410-535-0291

Have an interest in the night sky?  Hoping to try out a high-tech telescope?  Drop by the field behind Calvert Library Fairview Branch from 7pm to 8:30pm on November 7^th and join the Astronomy Club of Southern Maryland’s search of the skies.  With cooperative weather, stargazers should see Venus, Uranus and Neptune as well as our moon and a variety of objects in the Milky Way galaxy like double stars, planetary nebulae, globular star clusters and open star clusters.  According to club member and NASA Solar System Ambassador Chad Ellington, “You may even be able to catch sight of the Adromeda galaxy…over 2 million light years away.” 

 

Tom Dugan and Chad Ellington recently helped create a display at the Calvert Library Prince Frederick to celebrate National Astronomy Day (October 13, 2013).  The display includes an opportunity to see a prism dividing up white light into the colors of the rainbow; a “to scale” representation of Earth and our moon; replicas of the spacecrafts Integral and New Horizons (now on its way to Pluto) and the Hubble telescope; planispheres; a sky globe; meteorites and other space rocks. 

 

If the exhibit and starwatching spark your interest, you might want to follow up with the Astronomy Club of Southern Maryland which meets once a month (based on the phase of the moon), usually at Jefferson Patterson Park.  There are no dues and there are plenty of telescopes for viewing.  For more information about the club, check out their website http://somd-astro.s5.com/.  For more information about the event at the library, call Robyn Truslow at 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

410-535-0291

410-535-3022 Fax

rtruslow@somd.lib.md.us 

 

Film based on Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby showing at Calvert Library (press release)

October 3, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Contact:             Robyn Truslow

                          410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862

 

            Please join Calvert Library Prince Frederick on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 for a showing of the recent film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby.  Director Baz Luhrman expresses his vision of the roaring 20’s depicted in Fitzgerald’s novel, and reveals the conflicting lifestyles of Jay Gatsby (Leonardo Dicaprio) and Daisy Buchanan (Carey Mulligan).  The film will begin at 6:00p.m. and will be followed by a short discussion ending around 8:30p.m.  Popcorn and coffee will be served.  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

410-535-0291

410-535-3022 Fax

rtruslow@somd.lib.md.us 

 

November Frugal Living/Learn Something New Workshop (press release)

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

October 2, 2013                                                  

Robyn Truslow

410-535-0291

 

Frugal Living: Crafty Gifts

 

 

Stumped for inexpensive gift ideas for the holidays? Join us for a fun and creative night learning how to make budget-friendly crafts for the holiday season. Design your own gift bags and tags, decorate mats for photos, and create cool jewelry. Craft ideas will get your creative juices flowing. For the crafty grown-up. This workshop is on Thursday, November 7, 2013, and runs from 7:00pm to 8:30pm. Registration required.

 

For more information visit us at www.calvert.lib.md.us or call (410) 535-0291/(301) 855-1862.

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Robyn Truslow

Public Relations Coordinator

Calvert Library

850 Costley Way

Prince Frederick, MD  20678

410-535-0291

410-535-3022 Fax

rtruslow@somd.lib.md.us 

 

Pub Quiz Fundraiser at Calvert Library (press release)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Contact:  Robyn Truslow

410-535-0291

 

For one night only, the library won’t help you find the answers.  But that won’t stop us from asking plenty of tough questions!  The Friends of Calvert Library are sponsoring their third Pub Quiz Night fundraiser on Friday, November 15th.  Calvert Library Prince Frederick doors open at 6:30pm and the quiz begins promptly at 7pm.  The Quizmaster is JR Mathers and he is firmly in the camp of “Rule #1.  The Quizmaster is always right!”  You must have a picture ID verifying that you are 21 or older to enter.  Teams of up to six people can be registered through the Calvert Library’s online calendar at calvert.lib.md.us.  However, participation is first-paid, first-served, so come to any Calvert Library location and pay your stake so that your team will be ensured a spot in the competition.  The fee is $60 per team or $75 at the door if there is still space available.  The winning team will receive $300.  There is only space for 16 teams and 20 spectators.  Spectators 21 and older can purchase their space ahead of time for $5.  It promises to be a highly entertaining evening complete with free snacks, a cash bar, and fun raffles.  Donations are welcome.  There are lots of rules, some may even be made up on the spot(!), and the format is detailed on the Calvert Library website (calvert.lib.md.us).  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

410-535-0291

410-535-3022 Fax

rtruslow@somd.lib.md.us 

 

LinkedIn Workshop at Calvert Library (press release)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 1, 2013

 

Job hunting?  Contact hunting?  Calvert Library Prince Frederick will host “techie” human resources professional, Rich Ball, to share the ins and outs of using LinkedIn for your career or job search. Registration is requested for this Thursday, October 17 event.  It begins at 7pm.  LinkedIn is a form of social media developed specifically for professional networking.  Some use it for building sales, others use it for recruitment and many use it for researching potential contacts.  For more information, call Robyn Truslow at 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

410-535-0291

410-535-3022 Fax

rtruslow@somd.lib.md.us 

 

Book Art Auction at Calvert Library Prince Frederick (press release)

Pictures here:  http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=calvert%20library%20mchugh

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 25, 2013

 

Every year Americans fill enough garbage trucks to form a line that would stretch from the earth halfway to the moon, and each year tons of unwanted books find their way into landfills. Happily, not all books have to meet that fate. With a little creativity, a little energy, and a little time, many formerly-loved books can be repurposed.   

 

In the “Repurposed-Books-As-Art Display” at Calvert Library Prince Frederick, Carolyn McHugh, artist and member of the Friends of the Library Executive Board, demonstrates how used books from thrift shops, books sales, and garage sales found a new purpose in life--not only as art but as a fundraiser for Friends of Calvert Library!  Visit the library from October 2 through October 17 to bid on your favorite repurposed books.

 

McHugh assures all bidders that “repurposing” is easy and painless.  No sacred writings, first-editions, Pulitzer Prize novels, or tomes of any historical or social value need be used in the process, and every part of the book--the cover, the spine, the pages--can be utilized to create a functional, artistic, or whimsical item.  McHugh challenges all book lovers to pause before relegating a book to a landfill-fate and think of a creative way to give it a new lease on life.  Or better yet, bid on one her creations to benefit Calvert Library.  Friends of Calvert Library provide extras for the library such as digital cameras to record library events, DVD cleaners, supplies for workshops, snacks for library events, and much more. 

 

For more information, call Robyn Truslow at 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

410-535-0291

410-535-3022 Fax

rtruslow@somd.lib.md.us