The sixth week of the 2020 Fall Session of Lifetime Learning at Snow Library features an array of new and ongoing online courses, beginning at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 9 with Barbara Semple’s stories of “Women At Sea,” drawn from the journals of Semple’s sea-going great aunt and depicting life aboard a sailing vessel in the late 1800s.

The Friends of Snow Library will begin to accept book donations on Wednesday, Sept. 9. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, donations will be accepted by appointment only on Wednesdays and Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please call (508) 240-4565 or (508) 317-7493 to make an appointment to donate. Donors are asked to bring only two boxes of books to donate.

There will be no book sale on Saturday, Oct. 31. Please attend Town Meeting at Nauset Beach instead. We will see you Saturday, Nov. 7, weather permitting.

The Friends of Snow Library will hold an outdoor book sale on Saturday, October 24, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the back parking lot of the library. The sale will be held weather permitting - look for the red and yellow sign on the library lawn indicating it’s a go. Come and browse fiction, mysteries, biographies, history, art books, children’s books, DVDs and more. Social distancing will be observed, and masks must be worn. Hand sanitizer and gloves will be available. Cash or checks only.

Would you like to meet via Zoom with some other home learners? Lower and outer Cape librarians, led by Brewster Ladies Library, are taking turns offering online STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities for children ages 10 and up every Thursday at 3 p.m. through Nov. 19. If you’d like to register, please email fullsteamaheadcc@gmail.com.

Due to the rain and wind predicted for Saturday, Oct. 17, the Friends of Snow Library’s Outdoor Book Sale has been cancelled.

Week three of the 2020 Fall Session of Lifetime Learning at Snow Library brings a variety of new courses as well as continuing ones. Join Susan Hockfield in a discussion of the “The Age of Living Machines: How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution.” Watch and discuss film musicals from the 1930s to the ‘70s with Marc Strauss. Escape with Peggy Kelleher to “The World of Classical Mythology Through Art.” And more.

The second week of the 2020 fall session of Lifetime Learning at Snow Library includes the following new and ongoing courses: an in-depth look at the Electoral College with Richard Stewart on Tuesday, Oct. 13 from 1030 a.m. to noon; part two of Joseph Marchio’s course on Beethoven, focusing on his ninth symphony, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 14; and part two of Michael Berlin’s course on The News Media Crisis and the Election from 10:30 to noon on Thursday, Oct. 15. Also next week: Scott Harshbarger, former Attorney-General of Massachusetts, talks about “Major Challenges for Democracy and its Institutions, Norms and Values in the Covid-19 Era,” from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on Thursday the 15th. And on Friday, Oct. 16 from 1:30 to 3 p.m., John Ward presents the second in his four-class course called the “Chemistry of Life and the World Around Us.”

Learn about the library’s creative approaches to programming and other services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Find out about fun things happening this fall - from Lifetime Learning to Halloween crafts. And read wise words from library director Tavi Prugno. It’s all in the latest edition of our quarterly newsletter, “The Snow Globe.” Copies available to download here, or pick one up in the front lobby.

The Friends of Snow Library 2020 Fall Lifetime Learning Session is scheduled to run from Monday, Oct. 5 through Friday, Nov. 20. Due to Covid -19 all the courses will be presented via Zoom. All courses will be recorded unless indicated otherwise. The LTL staff may be able to assist anyone not familiar with Zoom. In the first week’s session: Jung-Ho Pak and Dr. Michael Albaugh present their one-class course discussing the evolving environment and exciting new future for the Cape Symphony; Steve and Jeff Bornemeier begin their Novels and Ideas course on “Adventures” with studies of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Joseph Marchio presents the first of a two-class course called “Celebrating Beethoven” - and more!

Snow Library is offering curbside service from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. During hours when curbside service is not available (from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays), staff are available to take your phone calls to request materials or schedule pick-ups.

The Book Sale Committee of the Friends of Snow Library will resume limited book sales on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. beginning on Saturday, Sept. 12. The sale will be held in the back parking lot of the library (outdoors) and there will be a limited number of books to choose from. Sales will be cash only. Please wear masks and observe social distancing. Note: There will no book sale on Sept. 26 due to a conflict with a library program.

If you have a Snow Library card, you may now download and stream movies, music, ebooks and TV shows through Hoopla, a digital media service recently added to the library's collection of online resources. All you need is your 13-digit card number and your email address. Go to hoopladigital.com (or click on the Hoopla logo on our Resources page under Music & Movies), then fill out the short registration form with your card number and email address. You'll be asked to create a password.

Our new database, “A to Z Food America,” allows you to explore American cuisine and the history of American food culture. Browse and download recipes from hundreds of cookbooks, view instructional videos on how food is made, see original TV commercials dating back to the 1940s and look at the colorful graphic art designed to market mainstream brands. You must have a Snow Library card to use this database; use the password SnoLib.

Ann Foster, our youth services librarian, reads aloud from Ruth Stiles Gannett's classic children's book "My Father's Dragon" in chapter-by-chapter videos filmed in the children's room.

If you would like to receive updates on new and popular titles in fiction, non-fiction, DVDs, children's books and more, sign up for Wowbrary. It’s a weekly email newsblast containing information on our latest acquisitions, plus links to materials in CLAMS and announcements on upcoming library programs.

If you have a Snow Library card, you may now download and stream movies, music, ebooks and television shows through Hoopla, a digital media service recently added to the library's collection of online resources.