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Gibb Library will hold a free showing of King Corn, screened last summer at the Camden Film Festiva on Thursday, August 14 at 7:00 p.m.  King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation.

In King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the east coast, move to the heartland to learn where their food comes from.  With the help of friendly neighbors, genetically modified seeds, and powerful herbicides, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America’s most-productive, most-subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil.  But when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system, what they find raises troubling questions about how we eat—and how we farm.

Ian Cheney, who grew up spending his summers in Waldoboro and learned about where food comes from raking blueberries, will introduce his film and answer questions following the screening.

Cookies and lemonade will be offered.  The movie will begin at 7:00. This event is free but donations are appreciated.

 

Newest art exhibit now showing - Above From Below.

James MurdochThe exhibit, now through September 9, showcases paintings, drawings and ink jet prints.created by local artist James Murdock. The show features 4 circular oil paintings on wood. These paintings were inspired by a night in the Maine forest spent gazing at the sky. Also included are pastel and ink drawings and reproductions of selected works.

James Murdock has worked in the arts all of his life. Growing up on Cape Cod, he began painting as a teenager. He received a BFA from Swain School of Design where he majored in sculpture. James has lived in Midcoast Maine for over 25 years. He has a woodworking business, Great Heron Works, in Thomaston. 

Artist Talk and Reception is free and open to the public.

Summer Reading Program - Catch the Reading Bug!  The Gibbs Library summer reading program is open to children of all ages.  To participate, come to the library and sign up.  Each child will receive a bag with a reading folder, stickers, a button, bookmark and pencil - all in the bug theme.  Prizes will be awarded based on the number of books read.   More details available at the library desk.

Music Together for infants through kindergarten at 10 a.m in the library on August 19. Children learn to play an instrument, sing in tune, dance and have lots of fun.  Free.  No pre-registration.  Come for one, or come for all.   

Fabulous Friday Night Movies, 7:30 PM
FREE - Please join us!

August 8th “The Lives of Others” 2007 R
Set in 1980s East Berlin, director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's debut feature (which earned an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film) provides an exquisitely nuanced portrait of life under the watchful eye of the state police as a high-profile couple is bugged. When a successful playwright and his actress companion become subjects of the Stasi's secret surveillance program, their friends, family and even those doing the watching find their lives changed too

August 22nd “La Vie en Rose” – 2007 PG-13
Marion Cotillard earned an Oscar for playing beloved Parisian singer Edith Piaf, whose passion for her music saw her through a life filled with tragedy. From her forlorn childhood in a brothel to her big break at Louis Leplée's (Gérard Depardieu) nightclub and her premature death at the age of 47, director Olivier Dahan creates a loving portrait of the legendary chanteuse. Sylvie Testud and Pascal Greggory co-star in this critically acclaimed biopic.

August 29th “The Painted Veil” – 2006 PG-13
Shunned by a husband (Edward Norton) who's more interested in his research, the simpleminded Kitty Fane (Naomi Watts) embarks on a quest for life fulfillment. Along the way, she ignites a passionate affair with a dashing womanizer (Liev Schreiber) and travels with her husband to the Far East, where she turns her attention to fighting the cholera epidemic. Diana Rigg co-stars in this period drama based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham.

 

 

 

The Pre-school Story Time is held every Tuesday morning at 10:00 a.m.
No need to call or register--just come and read books, do art and have fun.

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees meets the First Monday of the Month except on holidays, at 7 PM in the Library.

 


NEW COOKBOOK

The cookie cookbook from many patrons of our patrons is at the library and available for a $5 donation. Filled with cookie recipes both new and timeless and promises to be the most popular library cookbook ever.  Don't miss out!  Your $5 donation supports our all volunteer library and goes toward library operation, new books and community events.