Now On View

*Art Exhibit: Candlewood Camera Club is displaying a collection of members’ photos in the meeting room.

Framed works by various photographers can be viewed during library open hours through Saturday, February 28.

Young Adult

Programs

*2009 Battle of the Books: Announcing the first call for The Fifth Annual Battle of the Books, a trivia contest based on four great books.

This year’s competition will be Saturday, March 28, at 1 pm, with the following day set as a snow date. Gather your teams of three to five students in grades 5-8 and sign up soon – sign-ups are ongoing only between February 9 to March 9.

All team members must either live in or attend school in Newtown. Homeschooled students are welcome!

The maximum number of teams permitted is 16.

The books for this years’ competition are Shakespeare’s Secret by Elise Broach, MVP*  Magellan Voyage Project by Douglas Evans, The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer, and Uglies by Scott Westerfeld.

Copies of this year’s books are available in the Young Adult department.

*Watercolor Workshop: Just artist Suzanne Lang for a workshop on Saturday, March 7, from 10 am until noon; snow date is March 21.

Mrs Lang, a professional artist, will instruct students in a variety of different watercolor techniques using professional materials. Students will use what they learn to create a painting.

The group is limited to 15 students ages 8–18, with preference given to Newtown students and residents.

There is a $6 supply fee. Sign up online at CHBoothLibrary.org or call 426-4533.

*2010 Nutmeg Teen Nominees have been announced.

Check out the exciting new titles in the YA Department, or read the list online at CHBoothLibrary.org (click on Young Adult under Departments, along the left side of the page).

Adult

Programs

 *Great Fireside Reads: The Novel in the 19th and 20th Centuries: Study 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.

Programs are led by Julie Stern.

The reading and book discussion series will continue with Frankenstein by Mary Shelley on February 24, The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton on March 17, A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving on April 21.

*Wednesday Afternoons at the Movies: Join us for a screening of Days and Clouds on February 25.

In this Italian film with a 115 minute running time, well-to-do sophisticated couple Elsa and Michele have a 20-year old daughter and enough money for Elsa to leave her job and fulfill an old dream of studying art history. After she graduates however, their lives change.  Michelle confesses he hasn’t worked in two months.

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).