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Author Talk: Unn’s Saga by Mary Hotvedt
Friday, November 6, 3:00pm
Unn’s Saga explores what happens when a 9th century “entity” becomes a lodger in the body of a fussy modern young woman. The woman’s therapist, Dr. Ina Pelletier, finds her staid life upended by the appearance of this “Other” in her patient, the troubled but whiny R. Is R. having a psychotic breakdown or is this Unn person real?
Unn Ketilsdottir, known as Unn the Deep-Minded in the Icelandic sagas, wants to taste everything modern life has to offer, just as she did in her own times. She insists that Ina treat her also as a client and listen to her remarkable life story. Meanwhile, Unn forces R. to loosen up and change. This leads to a power struggle, and Ina watches them spiral toward disaster. Will Unn destroy R. out of pride?
Aiding Ina in understanding the world of the sagas is Dr. Snorri Grimmson, an Icelandic scholar. Is his attraction to Ina real or merely a way for him to get close to Unn? And who is the dark man who always seems to be watching?
Readers will be treated to two stories: The life of a Viking woman in the medieval North Atlantic and a contemporary comedy of errors in the world of psychotherapy.
Mary E. Hotvedt is a cultural anthropologist as well as a family therapist with long experience in practice, teaching, and training in both fields. She has a long-standing interest in the history of the very mislabeled “Dark Ages.” Mary lives in Grant County with her husband. She can usually be found on a hiking trail or in her vegetable garden.
Four Shillings Short in Concert
Friday, November 13, 5:00-6:30pm
Join us for a fantastic free concert with Four Shillings Short! We are so excited to have them again!
A big thank you to the Friends of the Library for making this event possible.
“The finest Music transports, teaches, entertains and conveys the Magic around us….Four Shillings Short has it all.” (Mary Lou Philbin-Clarke/Ossian USA, Concord, NH)
After 31 years of touring in the US & Ireland, Four Shillings Short are on their Farewell Tour which will last through the Winter 2028. The duo will travel one final time to many of their favorite towns and venues in the United States before retiring to live in Ireland in 2029.
ABOUT FOUR SHILLINGS SHORT
The husband/wife duo of Aodh Og O’Tuama from Cork, Ireland and Christy Martin from California, met in Palo Alto, California back in 1995 at St. Michael’s Alley, which at that time was one of the top folk & acoustic music venues in the San Francisco Bay Area. They fell in love, got married in 1996, and began touring nationally in 1997. On their first tour of the US, they performed 60 concerts in 90 days in 30 States and drove 30,000 miles.
Their music is a mix of Traditional and Original music from the Celtic lands, Medieval & Renaissance Europe, India and the Americas which they perform on a fantastic array of instruments (over 30) including Hammered & Mountain Dulcimer, Mandolin, Mandola, Bouzouki, Recorders, Tinwhistles, Medieval and Renaissance Woodwinds, North Indian Sitar, Charango, Bowed Psaltery, Banjo, Native American Flutes, Bodhran, Guitar, Ukulele, Doumbek & Darbuka, Spoons, vocals and even a Krumhorn.
Four Shillings Short performs 80 concerts a year, have released 13 recordings and live as full time Troubadours, performing at music festivals, theatres & performing arts centers, folk societies, libraries, house concerts, retirement communities, schools & churches. They also lead Archaeology, Music and Folklore tours in Ireland every year.
Aodh Og O’Tuama grew up in a family of poets, musicians and writers. He received his degree in Music from University College Cork, Ireland and received a Fellowship from Stanford University in California in Medieval and Renaissance performance. He plays Tinwhistles, Medieval & Renaissance woodwinds, Recorders, Doumbek (from Morocco), Darbuka (from Egypt), Medieval Bowed Psaltery, Native American Flute, Wooden Spoons and sings both in English, Gaelic & French.
Christy Martin grew up in a family of musicians and dancers. From the age of 15, began her training on the North Indian Sitar, studying with Tony Karasek (a student of master Sitarist Ravi Shankar) and Rahul Sariputra (a student of Allaudin Khan). In her 20’s she took up the Hammered Dulcimer and studied with Maggie Sansone, Dan Duggan, Cliff Moses, Robin Petrie, Tony Elman and Glen Morgan. She also plays Mandolin, Mandola, Bouzouki, Banjo, Guitar, Bodhran (Irish frame drum), Andean Charango, Medieval Psaltery, Ukulele and sings in English, Irish and Sanskrit.
Tabletop RPG Meetup
Wednesday, October 7, 3:00pm
The Silver City Public Library will host a Tabletop RPG meetup on Wednesday, October 7, 3:00pm, for anyone interested in forming groups to play storytelling games. Examples of such games include Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, FATE, and Vampire: The Masquerade. Kids, teens, and adults are all welcome, players and GMs alike; games can be adapted to all skill levels and interests, beginner to veteran, pacifist to dungeon crawler! This meetup session will serve as a place to form groups, select rules systems, and begin your character design for the story your group will tell. The library is located at 515 W. College Avenue in Silver City. GMs are especially welcome, as they are always in short supply. The library has a potential GM for a group that lacks one, but we only have one! Come on by and see if you can find a story you want to tell!
GrantStation Workshop/Guided Tour
postponed
The library will host an informal GrantStation workshop on Monday, May 18, 10:00-11:00am at the library. Librarian Lillian Galloway will lead an exploration of the platform. During the tour, participants can suggest specific grant criteria to try searching, and the group can troubleshoot tricky searches together. Those interested in attending are asked to contact the library to sign up, if possible, so organizers have an idea of how many to expect. Call 575-538-3672, email programs@silvercitypubliclibrary.org, or stop by the library to sign up.
To access GrantStation, grantseekers must be in the library building. They can use a library computer, or use their own device on the library’s wireless internet connection. Then grantseekers should use the internet address grantstation.com/library-login. Library staff members are available to assist.
As described on their website grantstation.com, GrantStation offers organizations and agencies the opportunity to identify potential funding sources for their programs or projects as well as resources to mentor these organizations through the grantseeking process. The database serves all grantseekers: nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, government agencies, religious organizations, and independent grant professionals.
Click here for information about technology training.
All events are free, open to the public, and hosted at the Silver City Public Library, 515 W. College Avenue, Silver City.
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