Sunday, February 28, 2010

More Bee Tree Items

The donations keep coming in, so check out the Bee Blog for the details on Bee Tree items from: Boston Red Sox; Bed, Bath & Beyond; Costco; Dover Market; Higgins Wine and Spirits; Portrait Simple; Paw Sox; Taylor's Stationery; and Trader Joe's.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Corporate Donors to the Bee

The Bee has grown larger over the years, with the addition of the Bee Tree and Bee Cafe a few years ago. This year we decided to take our fundraising a step further and approached local businesses to be sponsors of the Bee at various levels. We do not have many expenses, but those that we do incur take away from the total amount that will benefit the library - and we want every possible dollar to go to there. In order to maximize fundraising efforts, we sent a letter to businesses in Dover and those with a Dover connection. And already, we have had wonderful members of community answer our call. Read all about them on the Bee Blog, but a special thanks to Chestnut Street Animal Hospital, Miss Erin's School of Dance, Dr. Mark Manikian, DDS, and Roche Bros. supermarkets.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Richard Kattman - March Artist of the Month



RICHARD KATTMAN’S LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS TO BE FEATURED AT DOVER LIBRARY IN MARCH

The Friends of the Dover Library is pleased to announce that Richard Kattman of Holliston is the March Artist of the Month. Kattman’s landscape paintings will be on display the Dover Library March 1 through 31.

“Painting and drawing are my passion; landscape architecture is my profession,” said Kattman. “My paintings and drawings are about nature, man’s relationship to nature, man’s nature and the nature of painting and drawing.”

A practicing landscape architect, Kattman’s art comprises of abstract and landscape paintings, figure and portrait paintings, figure drawings, 35mm and view camera photography. His landscape architecture practice consists primarily of residential, commercial, and recreation/open space related projects.

He added: “Through color, line, and the creation of form, I search for beauty and meaning in the universe. Drawing allows me to discipline my creative instincts. I try to capture in every model or landscape the energy I envision radiating from the person or object’s core.”

Kattman has received several honors and awards for his work, including: Best of Show – Abstract (Attleboro Arts Museum, 2007), Juror’s Choice Award (Attleboro Arts Museum, 2006), “Keeping America Strong” Award (Heartbeat of America TV Series, 2005), American Landscape Contractors Association: Cambridge Center Roof Garden (2004), American Society of Landscape Architects Award for Excellence in Study (1973), and Arts Grant: Massachusetts Arts Council (1983).

Kattman earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts, with honors, and a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design. He also holds a Certificate of Graduation: Horticulture from Pennsylvania State University.

He has shown his work throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Kattman is represented by the galleries Boston Art, Inc. in Boston, The Frame Shop in Natick and J. Todd Galleries in Wellesley. He is also represented in public and private art collections. His abstract work may be viewed online at www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/.../Richard+Kattman/21447.html.

The Artist of the Month program is sponsored by the Friends of the Dover Library. Each month, a different local artist's work is displayed in the library. Pieces are available for sale and 10 percent of all sales go to the library.

The Dover Library is located at 56 Dedham Street in Dover. Library hours are Monday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Tuesday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Wednesday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Thursday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; and Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. It is closed on Sunday.

For more information, please visit the library's web site at www.dovertownlibrary.org.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Next Meeting - March 1

The Friends of the Dover LIbrary will hold its next meeting on Monday, March 1, at 9 am in the Library's Community Room. All are welcome and invited to attend. Topics to discuss include finalizing plans for the March 25 Spelling Bee and committee updates. For more information, please email friends.of.dover.library@gmail.com.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Bee Team and Tree Updates

The Buzz on the Bee blog is building! Be sure to check it out to read updates.

The teams are rolling in - learn who is on teams. We've got the A Bee C's; the returning champs, the Spellunkers; the Bee List Celebrities; and Wood's Word Wizards. We have more teams to still blog about and other teams are continuing to come in. Keep checking back - we are keeping up as fast as we can!

Also, the Bee Tree is filling out nicely. We have donations from: Aquitaine, Beauty and Main, Boston Duck Tours, Chiara, Fisher Brook Farm, Holly Cleaners, Magic Beans, Nicholas Christie, Santa's Village, Sherborn Inn & Out, Stellabella Toys, Story Land, Whole Foods and Zoo New England. We will keep posting them as they come in (and as we catch up on the blogging - we have lots more to write about so check back!)

Click on the Bee Blog link - www.spellboundindover.blogspot.com - to read all about it!

Thursday, February 4, 2010

FEBRUARY ARTIST OF THE MONTH


SCENES OF BEAUTY: E. GAY HOLDERRIED'S PAINTINGS ON DISPLAY AT DOVER LIBRARY IN FEBRUARY

The Friends of the Dover Library is pleased to announce that E. Gay Holderried is the Artist of the Month for February. Her paintings - primarily landscapes in oils, acrylics and watercolors - will be on display at the Dover Library for the entire month.

A resident of Medfield, Holderried holds a Certificate in Studio Arts from the Danforth Art Museum School.

The Artist of the Month program is sponsored by the Friends of the Dover Library. Each month, a different local artist's work is displayed in the library. Pieces are available for sale and 10 percent of all sales go to the library.

The Dover Library is located at 56 Dedham Street in Dover. Library hours are Monday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Tuesday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Wednesday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Thursday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; and Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. It is closed on Sunday.

For more information, please visit the library's web site at www.dovertownlibrary.org.

Letter to the Editor: read it and play!

The following will be submitted to local newspapers:


Dear Editor:

The Friends of the Dover Library is in full planning mode for the 5th Annual Dover Library Spelling Bee, our big spring fundraiser. Things are shaping up nicely - the word list is almost complete and donations are coming in - but we are still in need of teams to compete.

We are asking that all members of our community to consider being on a team to show their support of the library.

As you know, the Library is one of the most-loved and most-visited places in Dover. The library was recently (November '09) ranked as #7 in the nation and #1 in the state for libraries in towns the size of Dover. Part of that success is linked directly to community support.

What is not widely known is that Dover's Town budget does not pay for all of the books in the library. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts requires libraries to spend a certain percentage of their budget on books and materials in order to qualify for State Aid. Dover's municipal budget covers only a portion of that requirement, and the Friends pays for the rest. Without this support from volunteers and donors, our library would not be the library we all know and love.

The Friends (a 501c3 corporation) also pays for all of the programming that goes on at the Library (author nights, movies, children's events, the summer reading program), all of the free or low-cost museum passes available at the Circulation desk, and the other "extras" that we enjoy, such as magazine subscriptions and online databases. The Friends raises funds to provide these through its membership drive, the Holiday House Tour and the Spelling Bee.

The Bee will be held on Thursday, March 25th, from 7-9 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Town House.

As in years past, teams of three compete in preliminary rounds and then those winners face off in the final. You get to confer with your teammates and then a scribe writes down the team's response and all teams reveal their answers simultaneously to the audience and judges. The words are given in advance - so no excuses about not being a great speller! - and will be available by February 12 to teams with completed paperwork and paid entry fee.

The entry fee remains an anti-inflationary $300 per team, and each team may also purchase a $100 Mulligan to help them if they get in a bind. To help teams secure funding, this year the Friends has put together a letter that participants may send to their friends to solicit donations.

Remember: It is not about who wins the Bee. It is about coming together as a community so that the library wins - and thus so do we all.

Sincerely,
Amelia Slawsby
President, Friends of the Dover Library

And the Bee Committee:
Jane Bleakley
Holly Collins, Trustee Liaison
Kate Haviland, Bee Chair
Anita Loscalzo
Jane Schmid