Every Friday, at 11:00 am, the library will stream a brand new recording of local thespian, Joseph Coté reading aloud selections from a wide variety of fascinating and entertaining books of fiction and non-fiction.
“Joseph began reading aloud to our Friday group in person last winter,” says Programs Coordinator Julia Pierce. “His captivating voice and talent for engaging an audience quickly made him a favorite. Joseph has experience as a Shakespearean actor, and if you can’t go to see plays because of Covid-19, listening to a skillful orator read aloud is the next best thing!”
For Friday, October 30, Coté will read two short stories from one of the greatest Russian authors and playwrights, Anton Checkhov. Considered to be among the greatest short story tellers in history, Chekhov wrote about those little things in life that constitute a dramatic picture of human existence.
Coté grew up in Old Town, Maine. While a communications student at UMO, he moved up the ranks from dining room waiter to self-styled “entertainment manager” over three summers at Camden’s historic Whitehall Inn. By graduation in 1971, Coté was avidly plotting a life of travel, exploration, and story-gathering well beyond the waves of Camden Harbor. Following his graduate studies at Washington University in St. Louis, Coté explored the world “at someone else’s expense” for thirty-four years working in the international five-star hotel industry. After living in twenty-seven foreign cities from Marrakech to Shanghai, London to Sydney, Buenos Aires to Capetown, Paris to Singapore, and so many more, Coté retired to Camden in 2018.
For more information on upcoming Explorations Read-Alouds and other library programs, visit librarycamden.org
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