New library website coming soon!

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library is excited to announce the launch of an updated and revamped website, offering new access to Hoopla! Hoopla is an online platform for streaming and downloading movies, music, comic books, e-books, and audio books (think free Netflix, plus books). Hoopla offers a wide variety of genres, from Dwight Yoakam to Kanye West, and workout videos, kids TV shows, foreign films, DC comic books, popular audio books (like a “Man Called Ove”), and more.  Hoopla also has a “Kids Mode” you can turn on to show only kid-appropriate content in your search results. Download the Hoopla app in the Apple & Google app stores to view and download content to your device or phone. You can sign up online after Oct. 1 through the library’s new website at www.bhhlibrary.org (assuming everything goes as planned!); or visit www.hoopladigital.com to sign up now.

On the library’s new website, you’ll be able to easily access your online library account, quickly search the catalog, website, or Download Library, and stay up to date with library events and services; and it’s mobile-ready so can be easily viewed on a phone. We hope you find it easier to discover all of the free and enriching things you have access to through your library.

The library will host an informal “website open house” on Wednesday, Oct. 5 in the Upstairs Community Room at 5:30 p.m. Join us for a snack and to have any of your online-library questions answered. If you have any questions about signing up or using Hoopla, join us on Oct. 5 or call the library at 633-3112.

October artist: Laurie Burgdorff

Her show, "Watercolors of Coastal Maine" will be on display at the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library in the upstairs conference room during the month of October. She will host an artist's reception Wednesday, Oct. 12 from 5-6pm. Light refreshments will be served. 

Laurie Burgdorff is an artist and author/ illustrator living in Boothbay, Maine. She loves to express nature's intricate beauty in her art, drawing inspiration from her coastal environment. Her favorite medium is watercolor, with the occasional additions of salt, ink and colored pencil. 

Laurie has a degree in studio art from Middlebury College and earned a master’s in art education from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Laurie has written and illustrated two children's books, “Lewis the Lamb” and “The Human Balloon.” These are for sale through her website, laurieburgdorff.com and at Sherman's Bookstore in Boothbay Harbor. They are also for loan at the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library.

Feel free to contact her to purchase paintings and books: email: laurie.burgdorff@gmail.com; website: laurieburgdorff.com; phone: 518-524-1325

Current events

• October Artist of the Month: Laurie Burgdorff, watercolor exhibit, Upstairs Community Room. Contact Laurie at www.laurieburgdorff.com, laurie.burgdorff@gmail.com.
• Artist Reception: Laurie Burgdorff, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 5-6 p.m. The community is invited.
• Cancer Care Connect Online Audio Series, beginning Tuesday, Oct. 4, 10:30 a.m. Upstairs Community room. Meets first Tuesday of each month. Come learn and listen to an online presentation by experts and fellowship with each other. For cancer patients, caregivers, family, friends, survivors. Coffee served. Tuesday, Oct. 4 Audio Presentation: The Challenges of Coping with Cancer and Other Health Problems. Facilitator: Caroline Roberts, croberts@bmpl.lib.me.us.
• Monday Night Book Club, Monday, Oct. 10, 7 p.m., “The Nightingale” by Kristen Hannah. Facilitator: Laddie Drucker, 633-5578.
• Plein Air Painters of Maine, Saturday, Oct. 15, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., front lawn. Facilitator: Corrine McIntyre, opstudio@roadrunner.com.
• REGISTER NOW! The Beatles: Band of the Sixties Literary Lunch, Friday, Oct. 21, 11:30 a.m., presentation and book signing with author Aaron Krerowicz, “The Beatles & The Avant-Garde”, “The Beatles: Band of the Sixties”, and “From The Shadow of JFK: The Rise of Beatlemania in America”. Registration required. Bring your own lunch, or for $10 (due at registration), reserve a catered lunch from East Boothbay General Store. Seating is limited. Registration closes Thursday, Oct. 20, Noon.
• Lighthouse Learning Center Story Hour, every Thursday, 10 a.m., Children’s Room.
• Minecraft Club, Every Wednesday, 2-3 p.m., Children’s Room, through Wednesday, Dec. 21.
• Children’s Story Hour, Every Friday,10 a.m., Children’s Room.

Upcoming events

• Cancer Care Connect Online Audio Series, first Tuesday of each month, 10:30 a.m., Upstairs Community room. Come learn and listen to an online audio presentation by experts and fellowship with each other. For cancer patients, caregivers, family, friends, survivors. Coffee served. Facilitator: Caroline Roberts, croberts@bmpl.lib.me.us.Kids Story & Pumpkin Painting, Saturday, Oct. 22, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Children’s Room. We’ll supply the pumpkins and paint, or feel free to bring your own! Bring your creativity!
• Kids Halloween Library Adventure, Monday, Oct. 31, 2-4 p.m., front lawn through front doors. While you wait for the Halloween Parade, check out our haunted Library! Groups of 10 will be ushered into the darkened library for a slightly, spooky adventure appropriate for small children.
• Annual Kids Halloween Parade, Monday Oct. 31, 4 p.m. Start on front lawn and parade past harbor businesses to gather treats!
• Calling all Hobbyists & Volunteers: Do you have a hobby or interest you’d like to share? Would you like to start a group or present on a topic? Would you like to be added to our volunteer list? Contact: croberts@bmpl.lib.me.us.

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library, 4 Oak Street, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, 04538     
207-633-3112, croberts@bmpl.lib.me.us, www.bmpl.lib.me.us.