Holiday Hours

C.H. Booth Library will be open on Wednesday, December 24 (Christmas Eve), from 9:30 am until 1 pm. We will then be closed Thursday and Friday, December 25-26.

We will be open on Saturday, December 27, from 9:30 am until 5 pm (closing 30 minutes early), and then return to regular hours for Sunday, December 28 (noon to 5 pm), and Monday and Tuesday, December 29-30, 9:30 am to 8 pm.

Then we will close early, at 1 pm, on New Year’s Eve (Wednesday, December 31), and be closed on Thursday, January 1.

We will return to regular hours on Friday, January 2.

Art Exhibit

*Newtown High School Art Portfolio students are exhibiting a collection of their work through Saturday, December 20. This is a presentation by college bound high school seniors who are creating works for their portfolios with the intention of having the work viewed during the college admissions process.

The collection can be viewed any time the library is open.

Adult & Family Programs

*Great Fireside Reads: Coming this winter, we will introduce a new book discussion series, “Great Fireside Reads: The Novel in the 19th and 20th Centuries.”

We’ll be studying great authors who created tales with memorable characters, gripping plots, vividly detailed settings, and moral questions that are as relevant today as when they were first published. Join us this winter for a four part reading and book discussion of some classic novels which explore the wide range of the human experience.

The four-part series will be led by Julie Stern and will meet on Tuesdays at 7:30 pm.  

The discussion calendar is as follows: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens on January 13, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley on February 24, The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton on March 17, and A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving on April 21.

*Coming in January: “Is Your Christmas Puppy Leaving You Presents?” Find out what to do about that on Thursday, January 22, from 7 to 8:30 pm.

C.H. Booth Library is open Monday through Thursday, 9:30 am to 8 pm; Friday from 11 am to 5 pm; Saturday, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm; and Sunday from noon to 5 pm (closed Sundays in July and August).