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EVENTS CALENDAR
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WB story hour Thursday
mornings
Ages 3 to 5 are invited to attend
story hour at Whelden Library in West
Barnstable Thursday mornings from 10
to 1
1
. Call the library on Route 149 to
register: 508-362-2262.
Shawnie to read
Author Shawnie Kelley signs and
reads from her new book, It Happened
on Cape Cod, May 13 at 1 p.m. at
Cabbages & Kings bookstore on Main
Street in Chatham.
Osterville book sale
The Friends of the Osterville Village
Library hosts weekly book sales in
the library's basement. Book sales are
held May 17, 24 and 31 from 9 a.m. to
noon. Another is May 20 from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m.
Osterville Library
Tuesdays through the end of May,
Osterville Free Library hosts story time
for 3- to 5-year-olds from 1:30 to 2:15
p.m. Pre-registration is recommended;
call 508-428-5757.
Sturgis Library news
Ongoing book sales are Tuesdays
and Thursdays from 1:30 to 4 p.m.
and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Donations are always accepted. Books
are needed for the annual book, bake
and plant sale being held in June.
Books wanted
The GoodStart Program is looking
for new and gently used books for
distribution to the children of the com-
munity. Bring donations to the Massa-
chusetts Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children at 206 Breeds Hill
Road in Hyannis weekdays between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m.
Author program and
signing
Dr. Anna Christake Cornwell dis-
cusses and signs her book, Only the
Birds are Free: The Story of a War
Child in Greece, May 20 at 6:30 p.m.
at St. George Greek Orthodox Churc h
in Centerville. Open to the public.
Barnes & Noble
Tuesday toddler story time is at 10
a.m. with preschool storytime every
Wednesday at 11 a.m.; then on Fridays
there is a special story time for school-
age children at 7 p.m. A new book
club is forming focusing on personal
growth and spirituality. The group will
meet monthly at 9:30 a.m. the second
Wednesday of the month. Nathaniel
Philbrick signs Mayflower: A Story of
Courage, Community and War, May 12
at 7 p.m. The store is located at 769
Route 132 in the Cape Cod Mall.
Cotuit Library
Story times at the Cotuit Library are
Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. and Wednes-
days at 2:15 p.m. when pre-schoolers
are welcome for stories, songs and
crafts .
Borders Books
Saturdays at 11 a.m Miss Sandy
reads for storytime at the store on
Route 132 in Hyannis.
Marstons Mills story
hours and more
The Marstons Mills Public Library
invites children of all ages to weekly
story hours on Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
Also on Tuesdays, at 4:15 p.m there
is a story hour for children in pre-
school through grade 2, crafts includ-
ed. Grades 4 through 7 are invited to
play board games from 4 to 6 p.m.
Storytimes and more at
Eastham Public Library
The Eastham Public Library has
weekly storytime every Friday at 10:30
a.m. for children up to age 5. A craft
session follows. The library also hosts
a monthly "Magic The Gathering"
trading card game program for ages
11 and up the first Tuesday of each
month from 6:15 to 7:45 p.m. All are
free, but you must sign up in advance.
M CANVAS.
Barnstable
Cape Cod Art Association
The Spring Color Explosion Ex-
hibit is on display through May 15,
seven days a week. Admission is
free. The Association, 3480 Route
6A in Barnstable, is offering courses
in watercolor painting, oil painting,
life drawing, digital photography and
more. The Association is accepting
student members ages 14 to 22 with a
membership fee of $15 a year, which
includes discounts on classes, news-
letter subscription and ability to exhibit
and sell work. Call 508-362-2909 or go
to www.capecodartassoc.org
Children's art class
offerings
Cape Cod Art Association's
Children's Art Classes include Art
for Mommy & Me (ages 2-3), offered
Tuesdays; Books We Love: Art for
New Readers (ages 3-6), offered Tues-
days and Fridays; Art Discovery (ages
3-4), offered Thursday mornings and
afternoons; and Saturday Art Discov-
ery (ages 5-7 and 8-10). Fees vary and
all classes are held at the association's
galleries and studios at 3480 Route 6A
in Barnstable Village.
For more information or to register,
call 508-362-2909 or visit the Web site
at www.capecodartassoc.org.
What's up at the Cahoon?
The Cahoon Museum of American
Art, 4676 Route 28 in Cotuit, offers
docent tours every Friday at 11 a.m.
Classes include Sailor's Valentine,
folk painting, watercolor, bird carving,
and more. A display of fiber art that
focuses on faces and figures is on
exhibit through May 14. Paintings by
Thomas B. Higham are on display May
9 through June 25. A reception to meet
the artist is May 12 from 5 to 7 p.m. A
gallery talk by the artist is May 16 at
11 a.m. Call 508-428-7581 for details.
Centerville Historical
Society
Cape Cod village scenes by Kathryn
Kleekamp will be on exhibit through
June 17 at the museum,513 Main St.
Old Selectman's Building
Art Gallery
Pat Hopkins exhibits watercolors
and more through May 14 at the gal-
lery on Route 149 in West Barnstable.
May 17 through 21, Sandra O'Connor
shows her watercolors. Michelle Law
and members of the Printmakers of
Cape Cod exhibit May 24 through
June 4.
Cotuit Center for the Arts
The Cotuit Center for the Arts,
4404 Route 28, has classes for adults
and children in painting, life drawing,
mixed media, assemblage, hatha yoga
and more. An exhibition, "Mindflow,
Subconscious Art of the Soul," is on
display through May 20. Call 508-428-
0669.
Beads and baubles
Learn the art of glass bead making
at Leslie B. Spencer's Fine Arts and
Crafts Studio, 151 Main St. in Cotuit,
when she gives demonstrations and
classes. Call 508-420-2343 for details.
Guyer Barn Gallery & Arts
Center
Photography by Robert Janson is on
display through May 13 at the Guyer
Barn Gallery & Arts Center, South
Street. Another show follows May 14
through 20 when oils by Mimi Groff
are on display. Watercolors, oils and
acrylics by Ellen Lennon are on display
May 21 through 27.
Cape Cod Conservatory
Registration is open for the Cape
Cod Conservatory Fine and Performing
Arts classes. Programs offered include
studio art classes,an instrument sam-
pler for young children,"Broadway for
Girls," "Art in the Afternoon," mono-
type, drawing and more. Students of
all ages are welcome. For details, call
508-362-2772 or go to www.capecod-
conservatory.net.
Around the Cape
Pick a Packer painting
Suzanne M. Packer exhibits her
colorful acrylic and oil paintings at the
Bellezza Day Spa Gallery, 221 Main St.
in Falmouth, Through May 31. Pro-
ceeds from sales benefit the Falmouth
Artists Guild and the Cultural Center of
Cape Cod.
Abstract artist exhibits in
Orleans
In a solo show, Melora H. North
exhibits her monotypes and acrylic
and watercolor paintings through May
30 at Snow Library on Main Street in
Orleans.
A place for trees
Artists from Cape Cod and other
points in New England show their
"Treescapes" in an exhibition opening
at BFW Gallery in Mashpee Commons
May 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. The show is
up through June 19.
Asian art exhibit
Throughout the month of May the
Dennis Public Library, 5 Hall Street
in Dennisport,will host an exhibit of
Asian art created by Roberta Silbret
and others who are exploring Sumi-
e art at the Sandwich Community
School. A reception is May 13 from 11
a.m. to 2 p.m.
Art works on display at
retirement community
Artists from the Lower Cape Guild of
Chatham Painters exhibit their works
during May at Mayflower Place Retire-
ment Community.
2006 Cape & Islands
Whale Trail
Check out more than 50 hand-paint-
ed whale sculptures located across
Cape Cod May 27 through Sept. 16.
Six feet long, the make-believe mam-
mals will be displayed individually or
in pods.
Cape Cod Munchies
Jan Breidenbach and Willie Hayduck
of the Yarmouthport Art Guild exhibit
their watercolors on Cape Cod Munch-
ies' Art Wall through May 15. Munch-
ies is located in Station Avenue Plaza,
23 South White 's Path.
Guild members exhibit art
work
Yarmouth Art Guild members Donald
Gauland, Jeffrey Gardner and Diane
Oser exhibit their work at the Cape
Cod Cooperative Bank, Route 6A in
Yarmouthport. Across town Jerri Roche
exhibits at the Sovereign Bank on
Route 28 in South Yarmouth. All works
will be on display through May 17.
Daniel Springer 's
landscapes
The artist exhibits at the Brewster
Ladies' Library, Route 6A, during the
month of May.
Ship "Henry B. Hyde" Rounding Cape
Horn, Westward Passage, by Charles
Robert Patterson.
Heritage Gardens and
Museums
The museums and gardens are open
daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Sand-
wich, where the shell work of Evelyn
Way Kendall is on exhibit along with
"The Automobile Comes to Cape Cod"
vignette. Check out the 1899 Winton
and the 1908 Sears Surry, the 1904
Curved Dash Olds and others. There 's
also an exhibit of sea paintings by
Charles Robertson Patterson.
Open studios and more in
Mashpee
Thursday and Friday mornings from
10 a.m. to noon, through spring, the
Art For Giving gallery, 27 Fountain St.
in Mashpee Commons,will hold open
studio time after which there will be a
gentle critique. Use your own materials
or the studio equipment. Admission
is $12 to $18 and pre-registration is
required by calling 508-477-2121. Ten
percent of the proceeds go to charity.
Art for Young People, ages 12 to 18,
is held Thursdays from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
The fee is $12, and pre-registration is
required.
Creative Arts Center
The Creative Arts Center, Crowell
Road in Chatham, hosts art exhibi-
tions, lectures,workshops and class-
es. Plein Air Painters exhibit through
May 25. Whale Trail designs on display
through May 25. Contemporary art-
ist Jim Peters presents a weekend
workshop May 20 and 21. For details
on classes and shows check out www.
capecodcreativearts.org
New exhibits and more at
CCMA
As part of the 25 exhibits planned
for its 25th year, the Cape Cod
Museum of Art is showing works by
Joseph E. Enneking (1881-1942), a
well-known regional impressionist
landscape painter, represented in ma-
jor museums. Also on display is work
by John Joseph Enneking. The exhibit
runs through May 21.
Throughout the year works by Cape
teachers Charles Hawthorne, Henry
Henche, R. H. Ives Gammell and Hans
Hoffman will be on display. Works by
their students, such as Hilda Neily. Sal
Del Deo, Haynes Ownby. Harry Holl,
Arnold Geissbuhier. Varu|an Boghosian
and Robert Douglas Hunter, to name a
few, will also be exhibited, all in honor
of the 25th anniversary. Marine art
of the Cape and the sea is displayed
through June 18.
Garden expert Paul Parent presents
a discussion on the spring garden May
15 at 1 p.m. Wine punch and snacks.
Admission is $20 to $25.
Take a trip to Winterthur . Coun-
try Estate and Longwood Gardens
in Maryland and Delaware June 8
through 10. Register by May 15.
Adult studio classes offered are still
life oil painting, stained glass, bas-
relief sculpture,digital photography,
contemporary film . more. Childrens
art classes and activities are held July
6 through Aug. 21. Programs offered
include multi-media,fairy tale, paint-
ing, drawing, ocean explorers,masks,
collage, face painting. Chinese water
brush, finger painting, weaving and
more. Call for details.
The museum is closed Mondays
through May 22. Call 508-385-4477
for information.
-O CLUBS.
Finnish-American Society
meeting
Members of the Finnish-American
Society of Cape Cod meet May 20
at noon at the First Lutheran Church.
Route 6A in West Barnstable. Bring
a bag lunch,beverages and dessert
provided.
Garden club for kids
The Master Gardeners Association
of the Cape Cod Cooperative Exten-
sion and the Boys and Girls Club of
Cape Cod are joining forces to create a
garden club for kids. Meetings are held
at 3.30 p.m Mondays through October,
at the Long Pond Conservation Area in
Marstons Mills on Newtown Road. For
details, call 508-477-8845.
For kids of all ages
An mtergenerational program at the
Barnstable Senior Center, 825 Falmouth
Road in Hyannis, meets the first and
third Tuesday of each month at 10:30
a.m. when there are games,crafts,
refreshments,sing-a-longs and more.
All ages invited. Call 508-420-3477.
Cape Cod Hospital
Auxiliary
Members of the Cape Cod Hospital
Auxiliary Barnstable Branch meets the
second Thursday of the month at St.
Mary's Church in Barnstable Village
at 10:30 a.m. The brief meeting is fol-
lowed by a social gathering with guest
speakers. All are welcome.
Camera club at art
association
The Cape Cod Art Association cam-
era club meets at 7 p.m. every other
Thursday at the CCAA on Route 6A in
Barnstable when there will be guest
speakers, critiques,contests, work-
shops, photo sessions and more.
Group for youths
The Barnstable Youth Commission
and its Youth Empowered Through
Learning Leadership advisory group
meet at 2 p.m. every first and third
Thursday in room 2108 at Barnstable
High School when ages 13 through 19
are invited to discuss issues affecting
the young people of Barnstable.
German-American Club
Members of the German-American
Club generally meet the second Satur-
day of the month at the Fraternal Lodge
in Centerville. Members celebrate 29
years May 13 at 6 p.m. with a Stif-
tungsfest dinner dance. The Vagabonds
perform for dancing and listening plea-
sure. New members are welcome. Call
508-394-0744 for details.
Barnstable Newcomers
The Barnstable Newcomers Club
welcomes all Barnstable residents to
meetings held the third Wednesday
of the month at the Barnstable Senior
Center, 825 Falmouth Road in Hyannis,
at 7:30 p.m. Meetings include a
speaker and a social gathering. Annual
membership is $8.
Contradances in Cotuit
A Contradance is held the second
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Pamela Pindeil of Nantucket (shown here in a self-portrait) is guest artist for the 21st Annual TD Banknorth Pops by the
Sea concert in August. Her commemorative painting will be unveiled June 5 at 6 p.m. at Cotuit Center for the Arts or
Route 28. Limited-edition prints will be available at the concert on the town green in Hyannis Aug. 6. Call 508-362-0066
or go to www.artsfoundatoncapecod.org for more information.
Pops art