Easter Weekend Hours

C.H. Booth Library will be closed Friday through Sunday, April 9-11.

Library Exhibits

*The Scrapbag Quilters are once again presenting a show of their beautiful quilts at the library. “Journal Pages” is on view during regular library hours through April 16.

Quilted wall hangings by eight members of the Newtown-based group were created in response to the group’s interest in a national project called The Journal Quilt Project. Each 8½ by 11-inch panel on view, hand created by a Scrapbag Quilter, represents one month of a quilt artist’s life during 2003. The panels are humorous, poignant, sentimental, insightful and beautiful. Come see for yourself.

*In the Knopeke Meeting Room, Rita Frost and Francis Caro are presenting an exhibition called “A Taste of Italy,” which is on view until April 22. The Newtown couple took dozens of photographs during a trip to Italy and is sharing enlarged, framed selections of their images of the Italian countryside, architecture and food.

 

Children’s Events

*Pinocchio Puppet Play: Junior Girl Scout Troop 809 will return for a second performance of Pinocchio: a puppet show for children ages 4 to 10 on Saturday, April 17 at 1:30 pm in the main conference room in the children’s section of the library. The show will be followed by a sing-along and a hands-on activity, such as a craft or a simple Italian snack.

Each full program will run from 1:30 to 2 pm and is limited to 75 children. Tickets will be available at the door. Registration is required for the craft activities, as space is limited. Sign up in the children’s department.

 

Young Adults

*WOW Celebrates Italy: Young adults can join the library’s participation in World of Words: Italy programs during April with two programs geared for you.

A pizza-movie party is planned for Thursday, April 22, from 1 to 3 pm. We will be watching The Lizzie Maguire Movie, where Lizzie goes on a class to Rome, is mistaken for an Italian pop star and falls for the star’s singing partner, Paolo.

The party is for students in grades 5-8 and registration is required. Sign up at the Main Floor Circulation Desk or call the library.

A book discussion is the second Young Adults WOW program. Readers in grades 5-8 are invited to talk about The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke on Wednesday, April 28. Join us from 4:30 to 5:30 for a lively discussion about a gang of homeless children in Venice and their mysterious leader who calls himself Thief Lord. Is he really who he seems to be?

Sign up at the Main Floor Circulation Desk or call the library to register.

 

Adult Programs

*Tax Help: Free tax help is available at the library from each Saturday until April 10 between 10 am and 2 pm. No appointment is necessary. Just bring any related papers and drop in.

*Book Groups: There are lots of ongoing book clubs that meet at the library each month. Classics, mysteries, history, plays, popular fiction, great literature… what do you like to read? Newcomers are always welcome.

The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by H.W. Brands will be discussed on Tuesday, April 6, at 1 pm; Reeds in the Wind by Grazia Deledda will be discussed on Monday, April 12, at 7:30 pm; Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev will be discussed on Thursday, April 15, at 7:30 pm; and As Like It by William Shakespeare will be discussed on Thursday, April 22, at 7:30 pm.

*Computer Class: An intermediate level computer class will be offered on Saturday, April 17, from 9 am to noon. There is a $10 fee for this class. Call the library to register.

*WOW Celebrates Italy: Booth Library has joined The Connecticut Center for the Book at Hartford Public Library, along with public libraries across the state, for the 6th Annual World of Words: A Celebration of Connecticut’s Literary and Cultural Roots.

Upcoming programs in Newtown including an author program with Luciana Contin, the author of Choices and Chances: The Girl from Trieste, an inspirational account of a young girl growing up in war-torn Italy. Ms Contin will be at the library on Tuesday, April 20, at 7:30 pm.

There will be a free screening of Cinema Paradisio on Friday, April 16, at 7, and then Roman Holiday on Friday, April 23, also at 7 pm.

*Can Great Literature Be Funny? Gordon Williams and Liz Arneth will conclude their book discussion series on plays by great playwrights that see the lighter side of life on Thursday, April 22. As You Like It by William Shakespeare will be discussed in the Special Collections Room beginning at 7:30 pm.

Multiple copies are available at the circulation desk. Registration is requested; call the library.

C.H. Booth Library, at 25 Main Street, can be reached at 426-4533. Winter hours are 10 am to 8 pm Monday through Thursday, noon to 5 pm on Friday, 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday, and 1 to 5 pm on Sunday.