Weekend Hours

C.H. Booth Library will be closed on Friday, April 6, in observance of Good Friday, and also on Sunday, April 8, in observance of Easter Sunday.

 

Programs For Young Adults

*Calling young authors: The Booth Library Creative Writing Group for Young Adults will offer Mysteries and Adventure Thrillers this spring. There is just one space left in this writing group.

The group will be led by Julie Stern, a professor, writer, and Newtown resident, with assistance from Philip Kotch, one of the library’s adult writer volunteers. All sessions will allow time for writing and sharing stories in progress.

The group will meet from 6 to 8 pm on five consecutive Monday evenings, April 9–May 7 (no class on April 16).  There is a limit of ten students in grades 6–8.  There is no fee.

Participants are expected to attend all five sessions, and preference is given to Newtown residents.  For more information, speak to Margaret Brown, YA librarian.  Sign up at the Main Floor Desk or call 426-4533.

Adult Programs

*NewtownREADS 2007: One book, one community… The whole town is encouraged to read and then discuss a single book.

We’ve chosen To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It’s the unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it.

Related programs include the following: April 10, book discussion with Gordon Williams at the Senior Center, 14 Riverside Road, at 1 pm; April 24, book discussion with Joanne Rochman, at CH Booth Library, 7:30 pm; April 26, Author Talk and book signing with Charles Shields, the author of Mockingbird: Portrait of Harper Lee, at Newtown High School, 7:30 pm; and April 28,  Mock Trial/Theatrical Performance, directed by Doug MacHugh, 2 pm (tickets $5) and 7 pm ($10), at Newtown Meeting House.

*Book Discussions: Upcoming programs will include April 9, Arabian Jazz by Diana Abu-Jaber, at 1 pm; and April 19, The History of Love by Nicole Krauss, at 7:30 pm.

*Independent Film Series: Join us for a screening of Monster Thursday on Monday, April 16, at 7:30 pm. This film, about a love triangle caught up in finding the perfect wave, is in Norwegian with subtitles and has a running time of 103 minutes.

*Computer Class: Dan Tannenbaum will return to the library for an intermediate computer class on Saturday, April 21. The class will run from 10 am until 1 pm, and there is a $10 fee due at registration.

*Book Nook News: Think Spring! Check out the gardening and baseball titles at The Friends of the Library Book Nook, on the main floor around the corner from the circulation desk.

C.H. Booth Library, at 25 Main Street, can be reached by calling 426-4533.