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Get to Know Your Local Library - Libby Memorial
with Lee Koenigs
What's happening in the community? Curious about something new? Looking for more information about a topic? Local libraries serve as crucial hubs for residents who want to get involved in their communities. Libraries are also dynamic community resource centers, giving users the information and tools needed to understand and handle both big and little problems. They spark curiosity and ignite discovery. They have spaces to work, gather, or hang out. Learn about the different activities and programs offered to people of all ages on a variety of topics. Don’t forget about all the materials you can borrow like movies, music, magazines, books and even fun digital resources like ebooks. Come learn about what the library can offer you and the greater community. If a resident, bring a photo ID and sign up for a free card! Preregistration required, registration closes at noon on 3/20.
Lee Koenigs has lived in OOB since 1999. She started working at Libby Library in 2004, becoming Director in 2012. She is currently the Co-chair of the OOB Community Friendly Connection, the Treasurer of the Maine Library Association and a member of both the Sustainable Libraries Initiative and York Region Digital Inclusion Coalition.
Chandra Weigle has been a Library Assistant at Libby Memorial Library for almost two years. She has also worked in libraries in other exciting places like Nebraska and Pennsylvania.
EFT and Other Strategies for Anxiety
with Leah Wentworth
Are you struggling with anxiety? Feel drained and often in a state of unease; or have you noticed that the more you try to struggle against these feelings and thoughts, the tighter the grip they seem to have on you? Join us and look at anxiety in some new ways to begin developing a new relationship with it. Learn the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and a few other tools to help you calm your nervous system, manage your anxiety, and quiet your inner critic so you can start to take your life back!
Leah Wentworth of Inner Wisdom Health & Wellness is a Certified Holistic Health Coach, Reiki and EFT/Tapping Practitioner. She is dedicated to restoring harmony to the body's energy system and offering suggestions for regaining inner understanding.
Introduction to Metalworking
with Jessica Muise
Make a pair of fine silver earrings!
Unlock the basics of metalworking in this beginner-friendly course. Learn essential techniques like cutting, shaping, heating, and polishing metal to create a unique pair of earrings from start to finish. Using simple, accessible tools like a handheld kitchen torch and small metal anvils, students will practice with copper and brass before completing a final piece in silver. This class is perfect for those looking to bring metalworking into their home or pop-up studio. Registration closes at noon on 3/24.
Jessica Muise, a multidisciplinary artist and educator has been teaching and making art throughout New England for the last 15 years. She is passionate about using the arts as tools for social change and serves as a creative economy advisor to several arts organizations and artist-led coalitions.
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Diabetes Medications
with Sarah Cote, NP-C, CDCES, BCADM
Learn about the different types of diabetes medicines available and how they work in the body. Discover how medical providers choose the best medicine for each of their patients to help each meet their health goals. If you or a loved one have been diagnosed with prediabetes or diabetes, you don't want to miss this series!
Sarah Cote is a board certified Nurse Practitioner in Diabetes Education and Advanced Diabetes Management. She owns and operates a private diabetes-focused practice in Southern ME.
Hand Drumming Workshop
with Namory Keita
Beginners & ALL levels welcome!
Explore hand drumming through the traditional music of Guinea, West Africa. Alongside your fellow students and Master Village Drummer Namory Keita, play patterns and rhythms. Fun and engaging, Namory's remarkable style unites all levels in a community experience and is fun and engaging—a not to be missed experience! Registration closes at noon on 3/28. Please bring a Djembe, Ashiko, Conga or other hand drum. Some rentals are available at $5/drum, payable to instructor in class. Email info@namorydrum.com to reserve a drum.
Namory Keita is in high demand! He is an accomplished teacher and performer with a distinctive style and a depth of traditional knowledge that is extremely hard to find outside of the Guinean villages where he was born. His assets include his extraordinary talent for captivating any audience and his connections to local and international drummers and dancers.