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Star Wars Invasion!

May 28, 2017July 18, 2015 by Ginni Nichols, Children's Librarian

Gardiner Library patrons were transported to a galaxy far, far away when the Children’s Room was invaded by Star Wars! Fans of all ages (dressed in their best Star Wars attire, of course) enjoyed meeting their favorite Star Wars characters, as well as interacting with them.

RiverFest Activities!

May 29, 2017June 20, 2015 by Ann Russell, Technology Librarian

Waterfront Park at about 6:45 this morning – the food vendors have arrived, and continue to arrive and set up for the RiverFest.

You can see the stage being erected (blown up) on the right.

Assigned spaces waiting to be filled.

Some of the craft vendors setting up at around 8:00.

8:00ish – you can really see the stage now!

I think this will be a “Bounce House.”

A couple of spot filled now!

Setting up on Water Street.

More vendors displaying their wares.

One last picture – 10:00ish this time. Folks are beginning to fill the streets, and AmaZinG aromas filling the air.

Hope you have/had a chance to visit Gardiner today!

SOME NEW & OLD PICTURES OF OUR CURTAIN AND A BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST

June 5, 2017May 2, 2015 by Ginni Nichols, Children's Librarian

Harry Cochrane (1860–1946)

Literature (stage curtain), Children’s Room, 2^nd Floor

Harold Hayman Cochrane, was born in Augusta, ME, son of Major James Henry and Ellen M. (Berry) Cochrane. Raised in Monmouth, he was a naturally gifted artist, architect, musician, author, and poet. His early career began as a “crayon artist” in a photography studio in Gardiner in the 1880s. In the well-lit studio, on the corner of Water and Bridge Streets, he created life-sized renderings from photographs as well as in-person sittings. In 1887, he began working on large-scale interior works, from free-hand ornamentation, to theater curtains, to huge murals. In his lifetime, he worked throughout Maine, New England, and beyond. Among the best known of his over 400 commissions for public buildings, are the interior of Cumston Hall in Monmouth and the Kora Temple in Lewiston.