Berne Library Notes for Saturday, December 10, 2016
— Photo from Judy Petrosillo
As unique as the women who made them: Marion Burghart, Donna Gwin, and Emilie Wright display the wreaths they made at the Berne Library under the tutelage of Sue Pezzolla from the Cornell Cooperative Extension.
It is December and that usually means snow and low temperatures. Despite the cold weather in Stockholm, Sweden, there will be a warm glow on Dec. 10 as 10 Nobel Prize Laureates receive recognition. The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded on the same day in Oslo, Norway.
These prizes were established in the 1895 will of Alfred Nobel. In addition to the prestige of winning the prize, the recipients receive an 18-karat gold medal and a check for nearly $1 million.
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature will be awarded to Bob Dylan “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” Dylan is joining the impressive list of past American winners: Toni Morrison, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, T.S. Eliot, Pearl Buck, Eugene O'Neill, and Sinclair Lewis. This is the first time the award has gone to a musician.
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Bob Dylan has compared his songs to mystery plays, the kind Shakespeare saw when he was growing up. Ms. Kathy has a murder mystery play in store for teens on Friday, Dec. 9. Join her at 6:30 p.m when the library is closed to everyone but the teen action group. All teens are welcome so bring a friend.
Story time
Seventy-five year old Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman in Minnesota, a snowy area of the country. Snow is the focus for storytime on Tuesday, Dec. 13. Children ages 1 to 5 and their caregivers are invited to the library at 10:30 a.m. for stories, activities, a craft, and some music.
Knit Wits
Knitted scarves help keep us warm in the winter. Knit or crochet your own project during Knit Wits at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 18. This is the perfect opportunity to finish a holiday gift while sharing delightful conversations with other adults.
Story walks
For the Story Walks, the Friends of the Berne Library did not pick novels by Nobel Prize authors. Instead, they choose books perfect for young families. At the Knox town park enjoy “Woolly Bear Winter: How North Wood Creatures Weather the Cold” by Cam Sato and Abbie Bowker. Take a brisk walk and try to figure out the riddles in the story. At the Berne town park is another book of riddles, “Whose Tracks Are These?: A Clue Book of Familiar Forest Animals” by James Nail. Visit both locations before the snow gets too deep.
If you have questions about the Nobel prizes, visit their official website www.NobelPrize.org. For books on Dylan, CDs of his music, and documentaries on DVDs, visit your public library. The answers, my friend, are blowin' in the wind.