City of Rockland Calendar

Hear volunteer storyteller Ms. Judy read from a variety of picture books then color or work on a craft together.

In this timeless tale of loss and renewal, Tom Hanks plays a widowed father in Seattle who appears on a late night talk-radio show to share his feelings about how much he misses his deceased wife. Meg Ryan plays an unhappily engaged Baltimore reporter who hears him over the air and becomes infatuated. Slowly, through multiples twists of fate, these two strangers make their way toward one another. The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. (1993, 104 minutes, PG)

For all ages and experience levels. Play a few rounds of Magic the Gathering. Newbies encouraged, so bring friends. A variety of decks and dice will be provided if you don’t have your own or if you want to try a new deck.

This week: Evergreens in snow and papercuts

Catinka Knoth leads an art workshop series for adults on creating scenes such as evergreen trees in snow, lacy snow covered branches, buildings in a snowy landscape, winter animals, and winter sports. Each week will be a different subject. Led by Knoth, participants will create their own winter art.

Knoth provides the classes free of charge and open to the general public, with materials supplied, and Friends of Rockland Library hosting. FMI Knoth at 691-1691 or Rockland Library at 594-0310.

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 Join Miss Katie for stories, songs, and dances for children of all ages. Each week we will have a new theme and new ways to wiggle our sillies out.

Jim Doble

Jim Doble will demonstrate some of the many ways that sound and vibration might be used to aid in the healing process. Some of the possible benefits include inspiring a meditative state, a more relaxed nervous system, as well as assisting in moving stuck energy for improved physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Jim’s demonstration will include a sound “bath” with gongs and tuning forks, inviting the participants to enjoy the sensation of being bathed in relaxing and visceral tones.

Doble started exploring the very large and exciting field of sound therapy about 20 years ago. A musical instrument maker, he has made a large assortment of instruments specifically for use in sound therapy. He works at both making instruments and offering sound therapy out of his home in Union, Maine.

Let’s take a walk!

Walkers of all ages and abilities are invited to meet at the Library every Wednesday morning to go on a 45-55 minute walk around town. Walks will be led by librarians and no walker will be left behind. Join us for some exercise and conversation. In case of inclement weather, we will walk indoors in the library. Bring a friend or make some new ones! The walking club is intended for adults; children and teens are welcome if accompanied by a parent or caregiver. Participants of this program will be asked to sign a waiver of liability.

Hear volunteer storyteller Ms. Judy read from a variety of picture books then color or work on a craft together.

Join Miss Katie to learn how to make 3 different kinds of 3D hanging snowflakes to decorate your home for the season. Come, relax, and craft. Create a snowy wonderland using just paper, scissors, and glue!

This program is for all ages. Creative Art Crew meets every 2nd Thursday of the month.

Kelly O’ Connor

The Camden Conference and New Hope for Women present Kelly O’Connor discussing “The Impact of Language-How Do We Talk and Write about Domestic Violence?”

New Hope for Women will lead a discussion about the power of accountable language and how the way that we talk and write about domestic violence impacts the way we engage with survivors and perpetrators alike. In particular, we will explore ways in which the everyday language we use when talking with family and friends is often unintentionally perpetuating a cyclical narrative of victim-blaming. This need for accountable language extends far beyond our dining room tables and text groups. Traditional and social media have a growing influence in the ways in which we learn, write, and speak about many topics, including domestic violence. This presentation will examine accountable language at two levels: the individual and the societal. In this interactive presentation, we will engage audience members in a variety of accountable language activities. We will also look at some reporting headlines about domestic violence to identify where the language is helpful and where harmful.

Kelly O’Connor is the Education & Outreach Director for New Hope for Women. In this role, she oversees New Hope’s violence prevention programs which provide technical assistance, support, and training to an array of community partners, including law enforcement, schools, and medical and mental health providers throughout Maine’s Midcoast Region.

This week: Winter scenes

Catinka Knoth leads an art workshop series for adults, on creating scenes such as evergreen trees in snow, lacy snow covered branches, buildings in a snowy landscape, winter animals, and winter sports. Each week will be a different subject. Led by Knoth, participants will create their own winter art.

Knoth provides the classes free of charge and open to the general public, with materials supplied, and Friends of Rockland Library hosting. FMI Knoth at 691-1691 or Rockland Library at 594-0310.

CITY OF ROCKLAND, MAINE

270 Pleasant Street

Rockland, Maine  04841

CITY CLERK’S OFFICE

January 10, 2020

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ROCKLAND CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HELD IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT ROCKLAND CITY HALL, 270 PLEASANT STREET, ROCKLAND, MAINE ON MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2020 AT 5:30 P.M.  FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSE(S):

[Please Note Starting Time and Date]

Executive Session pursuant to 1 M.R.S. §405(6)(E)

for discussion of ongoing litigation.

Regular Monthly Meeting

YOUR PUNCTUAL ATTENDANCE IS REQUESTED

PER ORDER OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ROCKLAND

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                                                                                      Susan St. Clair

                                                   Deputy CITY CLERK

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 Join Miss Katie for stories, songs, and dances for children of all ages. Each week we will have a new theme and new ways to wiggle our sillies out.

Let’s take a walk!

Walkers of all ages and abilities are invited to meet at the Library every Wednesday morning to go on a 45-55 minute walk around town. Walks will be led by librarians and no walker will be left behind. Join us for some exercise and conversation. In case of inclement weather, we will walk indoors in the library. Bring a friend or make some new ones! The walking club is intended for adults; children and teens are welcome if accompanied by a parent or caregiver. Participants of this program will be asked to sign a waiver of liability.

Hear volunteer storyteller Ms. Judy read from a variety of picture books then color or work on a craft together.

Librarian Shane Billings with this month’s Tea Time Book Group pick.

We are excited to announce a new book discussion group, focusing on critically acclaimed and award-winning novels from the past five years. The program will kick off today with a discussion of Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward, which won the 2017 National Book Award for Fiction. The Washington Post describes Ward as “one of the most powerfully poetic writers in the country.” The group will meet on the third Wednesday of each month from 3-4pm in the Library Board Room. Please contact Shane Billings at 594-0310 for further details and to request a copy of the book with your Rockland Public Library card.

Let’s build!

Calling all builders! Come join LEGO Guy Jon for an afternoon of making, creating and story-sharing at Rockland Public Library’s LEGO Club!  LEGO Club is held every 3rd Thursday in the Children’s Room from 4:15-500 pm. Kids of all ages are welcome to use their imaginations to build.

Library policy is that children age 10 and under be accompanied by an adult.

The energy advisory committee meeting scheduled for 1/16/20 has been postponed.  A new meeting date will be set shortly.

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Rachel and John Nicholas

John and Rachel Nicholas have been making music together for more than 30 years. Their compelling songs are anchored in the history of folk, roots, and popular music and tell stories that are deep and true. Their soulful harmonies have been described as singing “with one voice.”

Their most recent EP, ‘House of Dreams,’ was released in August 2016 and spent a total of seven weeks on WERU’s most played CDs. From their previous release -‘Here You Are’ – their songs ‘People Like Us’ and ‘America, It’s You’ were both award winning entrants in The Great American Songwriting Contest in 2009.

Since moving to Midcoast Maine in 2012, they have become known for hosting a music series at Harbor Square Gallery for six years as well as their collaborative band, The Lowdown, with fellow singer-songwriter David Dodson. They have also become regular features at the Sweet Chariot Music Festival. They have shared the stage with Dave Mallett, Patty Larkin, Chris Smither, Paul Sullivan, Mary Gauthier and many others throughout New England.

Adult Coloring Club is on the third Saturday of every month. Bring your coffee, bring a friend, come relax with our free monthly coloring activity for adults. No experience necessary, all materials provided.

 Join Miss Katie for stories, songs, and dances for children of all ages. Each week we will have a new theme and new ways to wiggle our sillies out.

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Let’s take a walk!

Walkers of all ages and abilities are invited to meet at the Library every Wednesday morning to go on a 45-55 minute walk around town. Walks will be led by librarians and no walker will be left behind. Join us for some exercise and conversation. In case of inclement weather, we will walk indoors in the library. Bring a friend or make some new ones! The walking club is intended for adults; children and teens are welcome if accompanied by a parent or caregiver. Participants of this program will be asked to sign a waiver of liability.

Hear volunteer storyteller Ms. Judy read from a variety of picture books then color or work on a craft together.

Join Ms. Jessie and special guest Shane learn the very base of coding while also creating something cool to wear! It’s as easy as 1-10-11!

John Farrell

John Farrell, Artistic Director of Figures of Speech Theatre in Freeport, Maine, will perform a recitation of T.S. Eliot’s renowned Four Quartets completely from memory.

First undertaken in 2011 with permission — rarely granted — from Eliot’s estate, John Farrell’s recitation of Four Quartets affords audiences an opportunity to immerse themselves in Eliot’s literary masterpiece, a complex, deeply moving meditation on time, memory, and experience itself. Farrell has performed the poems throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Eliot completed Four Quartets in 1941, as Britain slid into the abyss of World War II, and he feared that civilization itself might perish in the coming years. Writing at the height of his artistic powers, Eliot packed into the suite of poems a summation of his views on poetry and art, on mystical experience, and on the never-ceasing search for the divine.

“Unlike encountering the poems on the page,” says Farrell, “hearing them spoken from memory brings people a complex and nuanced work in a very direct way. At the same time, I bring an actor’s sensibility to the text and a commitment to delivering the poems in a way that allows the poetry to speak for itself.”

Figures of Speech Theatre, co-founded by Farrell and his wife, Carol Farrell, has toured the world for more than 35 years with original works created at the intersection of drama, poetry, sculpture and dance. The company has performed in venues including the New Victory Theater, the Smithsonian Institution, the Kennedy Center, and Tokyo’s International House. In 1999 the Farrells were among five American artists awarded Creative Artist Fellowships from the Japan-United States Friendship Commission, allowing them to spend six months in Japan studying Japanese theater, textiles and gardens.

More information about Figures of Speech Theatre is available on their website: www.figures.org

This week: Penguins and winter sports

Catinka Knoth leads an art workshop series for adults, on creating scenes such as evergreen trees in snow, lacy snow covered branches, buildings in a snowy landscape, winter animals, and winter sports. Each week will be a different subject. Led by Knoth, participants will create their own winter art.

Knoth provides the classes free of charge and open to the general public, with materials supplied, and Friends of Rockland Library hosting. FMI Knoth at 691-1691 or Rockland Library at 594-0310.

Join the book discussion, led by staffer, Mary Ann Giasson. This month we are reading Edith Warton’s Age of Innocence.

Coming up:
February 24th A Town Like Alice
March 30th Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
April 27th Anne of Green Gables
May 26th The Kite Runner

Come relax and chat! New members are always welcome.

 Join Miss Katie for stories, songs, and dances for children of all ages. Each week we will have a new theme and new ways to wiggle our sillies out.

Let’s take a walk!

Walkers of all ages and abilities are invited to meet at the Library every Wednesday morning to go on a 45-55 minute walk around town. Walks will be led by librarians and no walker will be left behind. Join us for some exercise and conversation. In case of inclement weather, we will walk indoors in the library. Bring a friend or make some new ones! The walking club is intended for adults; children and teens are welcome if accompanied by a parent or caregiver. Participants of this program will be asked to sign a waiver of liability.

Do you struggle to keep track of the books you’ve already read? Do you want ideas for exciting new reads? Goodreads might just be the app for you! Join Adult Programming Coordinator Shane Billings for an overview of the features and benefits of Goodreads. We will also explore the Goodreads Challenge, an exciting way to set a goal for your reading in the New Year.

Hear volunteer storyteller Ms. Judy read from a variety of picture books then color or work on a craft together.

Lee Sligh

Lee Schneller Sligh majored in Chinese language and literature, lived and traveled extensively in Asia, and worked as a Japanese technical translator for ten years before starting her garden design and build business in Midcoast Maine in 1995. Specializing in Japanese-inspired gardens gives her the perfect excuse to return to Japan frequently to study gardens, and she takes her whole gardening crew to Japan every two years, their most recent trip being in November 2018.

‘Creating Japanese-Inspired Gardens in Maine’ is a popular talk by Sligh, which she constantly updates with new material from gardens she has built and gardens she visits in Japan. Among the core principles of Japanese garden design is that the garden should not look exotic in its surroundings. Lee will explain that it’s best to utilize plants that look at home in New England, while making use of Japanese design concepts such as ‘Hide and Reveal’, ‘The Beauty of Empty Space’ and ‘Borrowed Views’. Sligh is the author of The Ever-Blooming Flower Garden: A Blueprint for Continuous Color. She will offer multiple tips and pointers in this informative and entertaining lecture at Rockland Public Library.