In: Events, Movies

Take a break, have an evening out, relax and enjoy TFL’s Monthly Movie Night on Friday, March 29 at 6 pm. Admission is free & popcorn is provided!

This month we will show Paper Moon, a 1973 PG comedy-drama directed by Peter Bogdanovich starring father-daughter duo: Ryan and Tatum O’Neal. Set against the backdrop of the rum-running, Prohibition era mid-west Bible belt during the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter and the two forge an unlikely partnership. Tom Lyford calls his selection “a film that audiences have found endearing for decades.”

 

In: Events, Maine History, News

Maine history buffs take note: Warden Jeffrey Merrill Sr. will give us a look behind prison walls on Tuesday, March 26 at 5:30 pm. Join us as Merrill shares a documentary about the Maine State Prison and discusses his book “Maine State Prison: 1824-2002.” He will answer questions and share stories from his research and his own experiences as the last warden of the Thomaston facility.

In: Community, Events, News, Outdoors, Sustainable Living

Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District will host an introduction to permaculture at the Thompson Free Library on Tuesday March 5th, 2019 at 5:30 pm.

You may be wondering, “what is permaculture?” or “how do I implement these practices on my land?” Steve DeGoosh and Brooke Isham from Land of Milk and Honey Farmstead in Sangerville, ME will be sharing their knowledge and how they have implemented permaculture on their properties, both urban and rural. They will be presenting basic instruction on how to get started and will leave you inspired on how you can interact harmoniously with the landscape around you, while producing food, energy and shelter in a more sustainable way.

Steve DeGoosh (Ph.D) is a former Associate Professor from Northern Michigan University (NMU) in Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences, and is a certified permaculture instructor. Brooke Isham (MA) is a graduate of both NMU and Western Michigan University, and is a certified permaculture designer. They are integrating permaculture design into their 16-acre farm, where they raise bees, sheep and chickens, grow vegetables, and make soap. You can find more information about LOMAH at www.lomahfarmstead.com or on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

Think spring and explore new ways to grow food this year! Come and listen to this informational discussion, just one of a series of Permaculture events PCSWCD plans to offer this year. Join us for the movie “Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective” in June, with details to follow, and an autumn discussion of walking the land with certified permaculture designer Courtney Williams from Marr Pond Farm.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP to PCWSCD at 207-564-2321, ext. 3.

In: Children, Community, Events, News

Parrots from the Siesta Sanctuary will visit the Thompson Free Library on Saturday, February 9 at 11:30 am!

About the event:

“At least three of our best talking and dancing parrots from our 80+ parrot flock will present Parrots 101. And you can take home a feather! Henrietta, a cockatoo, along with RiRi, an Amazon, and Jose, a macaw, will demonstrate typical parrot behavior and eating habits. Meanwhile, Fritz and Margaret Buschmann will explain what parrots eat, where they come from and what’s their future in the world. Thankfully, the future for the birds at Siesta Sanctuary is to stay put. Siesta Sanctuary does not re-home parrots but can refer to organizations that do.

In 2006 Margaret and Fritz Buschmann founded the non-profit Siesta Sanctuary as a home for parrots who have been displaced and need permanency. Parrots are wild animals that live 30-80 years. They are very intelligent and social and, in the wild, thrive as part of a flock. It is our mission to recreate the flock for parrots that have had their human flock disrupted; seldom can humans accommodate a pet through all the family life changes in 80 years!

Our parrots have come to us from rescue organizations, owners moving to nursing homes or apartments, spouses objecting to the bird, birds with problem behaviors that disrupt the home and birds that other folks have rescued but couldn’t keep. All birds we take in will have permanent sanctuary. Here the parrots live in a flock, can fly and learn to behave like birds. Many birds that come to us have lived alone. Nearly all have found a mate or best friend. We delight in all this social activity and the odd couples that develop.

Please consider a donation to help support this flock. You can also visit in the afternoon throughout the year. Please just call first (207-683-6322) to make sure we are home and not embroiled in some messy project!”

In: Events, Movies, News

The TFL Movie Club premieres on Friday, February 22 at 6 pm with a showing of “The Milagro Beanfield War” directed by Robert Redford. This free, monthly film series will feature undiscovered gems. TFL’s own cinephile Tom Lyford, describes this 1988 indie comedy-drama, (based on the John Nichols’ book) as “both lyrical and fanciful” and believes that “it got lost amid the shadows cast by the super-hyped Hollywood blockbusters.” Redford artfully guides a terrific ensemble cast through the familiar conflict powerful land developer vs. naïve townspeople in a rural New Mexico town. Those attending are invited to stay and discuss the movie afterwards. And, yes, there will be popcorn.