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Registration for Lifetime Learning will now open to the general public on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Information on classes, brochures and forms will be available on that date at the Friends of Snow Library’s website, friendsofsnowlibrary.org.

Lifetime Learning’s Fall 2021 Session will run from Sept. 27 to Nov. 19, with eight weeks of exciting new courses, one to four classes in length. The Friends of Snow Library will be running a “hybrid’” Lifetime Learning program for the first time. This means that classes will be held in the library's Craine Room, live and in person, and Zooming from the Craine Room at the same time. A maximum of 40 attendees will be allowed in the Craine Room for each class and will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis when you register.

“Under One Sky,” a storytelling performance by Davis Bates & Roger Tincknell, has been postponed to Saturday, Aug. 28 at 5 p.m. The show will take place on the village green in front of Snow Library. Bring blankets or folding chairs to sit on. Sponsored by the Friends of Snow Library, with the support of a grant from the Fred J. Brotherton Foundation.

“Storytellers!”, a series of live outdoor performances for the family, continues in August with weekly Wednesday evening performances on the village green in front of Snow Library, 67 Main Street, Orleans. Please bring your own folding chairs or a blanket to sit on.

Join Diane Edgecomb for an evening of “Animal Tales” at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 11. From folktales about adventurous monkeys to a true tale of a neighborhood squirrel that drives everyone nuts, there’ll be tons of participatory fun with Edgecomb’s engaging stories about four-legged capers. . . .

Jungle Jim’s recorded show, “Tales from the Balloon,” will be available through Saturday, July 31 at https://youtu.be/1SmOY9dqdMM. This 45-minute extravaganza features interactive storytelling, silly magic, and of course, Jim climbing inside a giant six-foot balloon. Have fun!

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Effective July 6, 2021, our curbside pickup service is discontinued. You may pick up your holds at the circulation desk during our open hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Thursday, Friday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

“Storytellers!”, a series of live outdoor performances for the family, begins in July on the village green here at Snow Library, 67 Main Street, Orleans. Inspired by the 2021 Summer Reading theme, “Tails & Tales,” the shows feature music and stories for all ages and from cultures around the world.

Bring folding chairs or a blanket to sit on. This free program is presented by the Friends of Snow Library with the support of a grant from the Fred J. Brotherton Charitable Foundation.

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This year’s Summer Reading program begins on Wednesday, June 30, and the theme is “Tails & Tales.” Come to the library to pick up a registration form and reading log. Better yet, come to a Summer Reading Kick-Off Ice-Cream Party from 4 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 6 on the lawn outside the library and pick up a sweet cold treat with your sign-up form. You may also sign up online at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/117SzUEiNganiej50JlLump9hxdOU7RJs9YG-IcjkvuQ/edit.

The library will re-open for indoor browsing from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Saturday, beginning Tuesday, June 1. Curbside service will continue to be offered daily from 2 p.m. until closing time.

We are delighted to be able to open our doors to the public again, but we ask visitors to observe the following guidelines out of concern for the health and safety of our patrons, staff and community, which consists of year-round as well as transient visitors — vaccinated and unvaccinated — of all ages.

1) Please wear a mask

2) Please limit your visits to 30 minutes

3) Please stay six feet apart

4) Please wash and/or sanitize your hands frequently

The all-day book sale scheduled for Saturday, May 29 has been cancelled due to weather. Outdoor Saturday book sales will resume on June 5, weather permitting. The next all-day book sale will take place on Saturday, July 3.

The First Tuesday Book Club's next meeting has been postponed until Tuesday, July 6, at 3 p.m., when the group will discuss “The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home,” by Dan Ariely. We will meet on the lawn in back of the library, weather permitting. Please email Tavi at tprugno@clamsnet.org if you plan to attend.

If you picked up a blackout poetry kit and would like to submit your work, please drop it off at the library or email it to Kaimi at klum@clamsnet.org by May 31, 2021. We will publish an online gallery of your blackout poems in June. If you missed your chance to pick up a kit or would like to request another one, please send an email to Kaimi or call 508-240-3760, ext. 11.

Thank you to those who have already submitted poems!

There will be no outdoor book sale on Saturday, May 22. Please attend Orleans’ Annual Town Meeting instead! It starts at 10 a.m. outside the Nauset Regional Middle School.

Outdoor book sales will be held on May 8, May 15 and May 29, weather permitting.

The twelfth week of the 2021 winter-spring session of Lifetime Learning brings back Mark McGrath for another virtual walking tour, this time through sites of historical significance on Cape Cod. Also in the line-up: Audubon naturalist Mark Faherty, who will be talking about horseshoe crabs, and continuing courses in music and medical science.

The eleventh week of the 2021 Winter/Spring Session of Lifetime Learning at Snow Library will include the following new and ongoing courses. Most classes are recorded and can be viewed at your convenience.

Tuesday, April 13 from 10:30 a.m. to noon, Peggy Kelleher presents the final class in her popular three class course, “Murder and Mayhem in the Ancient World (And You Think Your Family Was Dysfunctional?).” Learn about the family chaos and carnage caused by curses, oracles, and prophecies as depicted in the works Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and others. This class explores Oedipus (“No one loves you more than me, mom!”)…

Snow Library recently added “A to Z World Culture” to its online reference offerings. This new library database includes detailed information on 175 countries. Starting with a country snapshot and cultural overview, topics include climate, food and recipes, history, language, maps, money and much more. “A to Z World Culture” also includes teaching tools and lesson plans for educators.

The tenth week of the 2021 Winter/Spring Session of Lifetime Learning at Snow Library, beginning next Tuesday, includes a new course on groundbreaking American composers John Ives and Aaron Copland, led by Joseph Marchio, as well as continuing classes in mythology, wellness and science. Unless otherwise indicated, most classes are recorded and can be viewed at your convenience. …