Summer Reading Volunteers

Summer reading kicks off on Monday, June 29. Every year young adults volunteer to help with our independent summer reading program by listening to younger readers talk about the books they are reading. You must be entering sixth grade or older to be a library volunteer.

Two training and information sessions will be held on Monday, June 1, and Thursday, June 4, at 4 pm. If you have never volunteered for our summer program, you must attend one of these sessions.

Applications will be available on June 1 and must be turned in by June 10. Applications received after that date will go on the sub list.  Summer reading ends on August 15.

 

Young Adult Programs

*Chess Club News: Brandon Huang, age 9 and one of the top 50 players in the US in his age category, played a simultaneous exhibition against seven Newtown Chess Club junior players last weekend. He won six games and lost only one, to Brendan Gregory.  Congratulations to Brandon and Brendan!

The Chess Club will not meet Saturday, May 16, since a US Chess Federation rated tournament will be held all day at the library. Anyone may enter the tournament, but all participants must be members of the US Chess Federation (you can join the day of the tournament).

The tournament entry fee is $25, and registration will run from 9:30 to 10 Saturday morning in the library’s meeting room.

All entry fees will be returned through cash prizes. All tournament entrants should bring a regulation chess set and clock, if available.  Questions can be forwarded to Glenn Budzinski at LicensingAgent@yahoo.com.

*As a reminder, the final intermediate chess lesson for the current group of students will be held on Saturday, May 30. All students should try to be present at this lesson to receive a gift.

 

For Families and Adults

*A Free Workshop for Job-Seekers: Brush up on your interview skills on Thursday, May 21, from 3-4:30 pm, including learning about different types of interviews, how to manage the interview, questions employers may ask as well as interview etiquette.

Cheryl Schwartz, MS, MSW, LCSW, CRC, who has been a consultant/coach to individuals and organizations for over 20 years, will lead the workshop.

Registration is requested. Visit CHBoothLibrary.org or call the library.

*An Authors’ Talk for Book Lovers with Nancy and Lawrence Goldstone: Meet authors Nancy and Lawrence Goldstone on Tuesday, June 2, at 1 pm.

Their talk will focus on three titles they co-wrote: Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World, Warmly Inscribed: The New England Forger and Other Book Tales and Slightly Chipped: Footnotes in Booklore.

The Goldstones will talk about why they became interested in collecting books and describe the interesting people they have met in the course of their collecting. Refreshments will be served.

*ReferenceUSA for Job Hunters: A representative from the ReferenceUSA database will be here to show how this powerful business database can be used for job searching on Thursday, June 4, from 9 to 11 am, and again in the evening beginning at 7 pm.

Registration is requested and can be done online or over the phone.

*Play Ball!

Julie Stern will lead a three part summer book series on America’s favorite past time, baseball. This discussion series is for both baseball fans and those who love a good story. Programs are Tuesday evenings beginning at 7:30 pm.

Discussions will feature Wait Til Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin on June 16, The Natural by Bernard Malamud on June 30, and Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella on July 14.

Multiple copies of each book are available at the circulation desk.

C.H. Booth Library is at 25 Main Street in Newtown. Call 426-4533 or visit CHBoothLibrary.org for information on these and future programs and offerings.