Now On View

*“Visual Music:” Vadim Prokhorov will be exhibiting original works of art in The Olga Knoepke Memorial Room in October. His exhibition, entitled “Visual Music.” A composer and artist as well as a concert pianist and choral director, Mr Prokhorov uses these gifts to create and connect art and music in a way that is extraordinary.

Using acrylic on canvas, his paintings burst with color, and rhythmically entrances the viewer.

An opening reception is planned for Sunday, October 7, from 2 to 4 pm.

Children’s Programs

*Story Times: Registration for the next six-week story time session will run October 15-24.

Lapsit is a program of rhymes and music for children 12-24 months that takes place on Thursday or Saturday mornings at 10 am. Toddler Time for 2 and 3 year olds and their caregivers is offered on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday mornings at 10 am or Thursday or Saturday mornings at 11 am.  Story time for 4 and 5 year olds meet Tuesday at 11 am or Wednesday and Thursday  at 1 pm.

No phone registrations please. You must be a resident of Newtown to be eligible for these free programs.

*Halloween Fun for Kids!

Parents – come with your toddlers through about age 7 from 2 to 3:30 on Sunday, October 28. Let the kids try out their costumes early and join Young Adult Council members for Halloween stories plus simple crafts and games.

Kids can even make their own Trick & Treat bags, and there will be skits at 3 put on by the Mask & Wig Players.

No pre registration is necessary. Just drop in and have fun!

 

Programs For Young Adults

*Talk It Up: Join us for discussion of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and the rest of the series by J.K. Rowling on Thursday, October 18, from 3 to 4:30 pm, in the first floor meeting room. This program is open to all students and no signup is needed.

A panel of NHS students will lead off the program, and then everyone will be invited to join in the conversation. Come and tell us what you think about Harry, Voldemort and their world.

*Make a Mummy for Halloween!

Katie Stevenson will lead a special workshop on Monday, October 29, from 3 to 5 pm, for 15 young people in grade 6 and up. Preference is given to Newtown students and residents.

These 12-inch plaster desktop mummies will be decorated with glow-in-the-dark paint for an awesome Halloween effect. A supply fee of $5 will be required from each participant. Also, bring an empty 1-liter plastic bottle and an old shirt.

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

 *Creative Writing-Poetry Time: Calling young poets! The fall session of Creative Writing-Poetry is open.

This session is limited to ten Newtown students in grades 6-8 who like to write poetry and want to improve their style and have fun too. It meets for five Monday evenings (October 15, 22, 29, and November 5 and 19, with a November 26 makeup date available if necessary), from 6 to 8 pm each week. Note there is no meeting planned for November 12.

Liz Arneth, a retired English teacher, will lead the program again. Her volunteer assistant will be writer Donna Renzulli, who also worked with the summer creative writing camp.

There is no fee but you must sign up and commit to coming to all five sessions.  Call the library or sign up at the Main Floor Circulation Desk.

 Adult Programs

*Historical Society Program: Newtown Historical Society will be hosting a program featuring The Virginia Minstrels on Tuesday, October 9, at 7:30 pm, in the meeting room. They will be performing and speaking about Antebellum popular music of the 19th Century.

*Book Discussions: Upcoming book discussions will include the Daytime Book Group discussing Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner on Monday, October 15, at 7:30 pm; the Evening Book Group talking about Plainsong by Kent Haruf on Thursday, October 18, at 7:30 pm; and the Non-Fiction Book Group discussing An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It by Al Gore on Tuesday, November 6, at 1 pm.

*Baseball Book Author Visit: Newtown author Dana Brand will be at the library on Thursday, October 11, at 7:30 pm, to discuss his new book on the Mets, called Mets Fan. This will be a great night for fans, who were left heartbroken last weekend after the team missed its change to move into the postseason. Here’s a chance to share the pain.

*Searching for Shakespeare — The Series: Explore Shakespeare the way you did in college but without the research papers, final exams, or any of the stress! As this series moves into its second month we’ll be featuring Hamlet. The film will be screened in the meeting room but both the lecture and the discussion will take place on the third floor of the library in the Antiques Collection Room.

The screening will be Tuesday, October 16, at 7 pm, and will be the 1979 version starring Derek Jacobi. A lecture with Dr Mark Schenker from Yale College will be Tuesday, October 23, at 7 pm; and the discussion with retired English teacher Barbara Rudolf will be Thursday, October 25, at 7 pm.

*Author Talk: Vera Coghill will give an author talk and book signing on her new memoir, Cowshit and Strawberries, on Wednesday, October 24, at 7 pm. Refreshments will be served.

*RefUSA: Free demonstrations of the powerful ReferenceUSA business database with which patrons can do refined searches and create lists will be offered on Thursday, October 25, at 9:30 am and 7 pm in the meeting room.

Marketers, entrepreneurs, job hunters take note! Sign up is required; call the reference department, 426-8552. The library subscribes to this database and offers it to the public at no charge.

C.H. Booth Library, at 25 Main Street, can be reached by calling  426-4533. For additional information visit CHBoothLibrary.org.