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LOVELL – Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library, 227 Main St., has a variety of programs, as well as speakers in the 2022 Speaker Series, scheduled for July and August.
All are free and open to the public, though some events require registration in advance at 207-925-3177 or thedesk@hobbslibrary.org. For in-person talks and events, check hobbslibrary.org on the day for any changes or updates.
Scheduled are:
Straw Rockets, 2 p.m. Monday, July 18, with Maine Cooperative Extension Oxford County 4-H, kids build and launch their own straw rocket about 4-H. Recommended for ages 7 to 11.
Watercolor Class, 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, July 21, via Zoom, Sarah Copperberg instructs all levels, free, but purchase of watercolor supplies necessary, registration required for Zoom link at www.hobbslibrary.org.
All-ages book discussion of “Number the Stars,” 5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 28, at the library. The book, by Lois Lowry, is the 2022 Community Read for Lovell, Bridgton, Denmark and Fryeburg.
Fix-a-Bike workshop, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, July 31, by the Bicycle Coalition of Maine, for adults and teens, covers how to make repairs and perform bike maintenance, and answers other questions, will also do helmet fit inspections. Bring your bike, tools and materials provided. Registration required, attendance is limited.
The Hobbs Library Speaker Series in-person events coming up include:
Libo Liu, “What is happening in Hong Kong and why it matters to us,” 7 p.m. Thursday, July 14. On June 30, 2020, China’s new paramount leader Xi Jinping forced National Security Law upon Hong Kong’s 7 million people. The impact has been abrupt and brutal. Liu, a veteran journalist with Voice of America Mandarin Service, who lived in Hong Kong and covered it for 20 years, will discuss how it happened, what it means to the U.S. and the world and whether it will affect ordinary Americans.
Lois Lowry, “Number the Stars,” 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11, followed by an ice cream social and a raffle drawing for her signed books. Registration is required.
Lowry is twice the recipient of the Newbery Medal, given each year for the most distinguished contribution to children’s literature by an American author. Her 50 books have been translated into thirty languages and several have been adapted for film and stage. She splits her time between Lovell and Bridgton.
Jen Dupree, “The Miraculous Flight of Owen Leach, 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4. “The Miraculous Flight of Owen Leach” is a novel about what it means to be a “good” mother, and who gets to decide. Dupree is director of the library. She has won a Maine Literary Award for both short non-fiction and short fiction (2022, 2006) as well as the Writer’s Digest fiction contest (2016). She lives in Naples.
