Children’s Programs

*Author Program and Quilt Show: The Author Friendship quilts created by volunteers under the guidance of the Sew Together Gals and quilted by the Scrap Bag Quilters are now complete. We have four beautiful unique quilts featuring the signatures of 20 distinguished children’s authors and illustrators.

Four of the authors and/or illustrators will be on hand Sunday, November 18, for a book signing in the meeting room from 1 to 3 pm. Jennifer Thermes, Nancy Tafuri, Leonard Everett Fisher, and Paul Meisel will be our featured guests. Copies of books by each of these authors will be available for purchase during the program, or just come to meet these talented folks.

Refreshments will be served, and no sign up is required.  Mark your calendars and don’t miss this unique opportunity to meet four gifted authors in one place!

Adult Programs

  *Book Discussions: Upcoming book discussions will include the Nonfiction 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; the Evening Book Group talking about Hamlet’s Dresser by Bob Smith on Thursday, November 15, at 7:30 pm; and the Daytime Group discussing Saturday by Ian McEwan on Monday, November 19, at 1 pm.

*The Return of The Victorian Lady: Kandie Carle will be at the library on Thursday, November 8, at 7 pm, to celebrate the Gilded Age, with “The Victorian Lady: Dressing from Corset to Gloves.”

Come learn about customs and costumes of the late 19th Century. Call the library to reserve a place.

*Got Stuff? Senior Reference Librarian Anne Killheffer will show you how to uncover the history and value of your antiques and collectibles by using tools at the library and the Internet — cautiously — to dig up valuable information, on Saturday, November 17, at 3 pm. The seminar will include a tour by library staff of the library’s 3,000-plus collection of books on antiques and collectibles.  Sign up by calling the main desk at 426-4533.

*Searching for Shakespeare: Explore Shakespeare the way you did in college but without the research papers, final exams, or any of the stress! Copies of each month’s featured play or sonnet are available for purchase or borrowing from the library.

The series will continue in November with a focus on Othello. A screening of the 1995 film starring Laurence Fishburne will be offered on Tuesday, November 20, at 7 pm, in the lower meeting room. Kenneth Branaugh is also featured in this story of jealousy and rage.

Programs will continue with a lecture by Dr Mark Schenker from Yale College on Tuesday, November 27, at 7 pm, and then a discussion led by retired English teacher Barbara Rudolf on Thursday, November 29,  at 7 pm. Both of these programs will be in the library’s

For additional information about these programs (including background information on the presenters) or to read about The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Folger Shakespeare Library, the complete works of Shakespeare and/or his life and times, visit the library’s website and click on

*Book Nook Note: Call all crafters! A great assortment of craft books are available at the Book Nook.

 

Beginning November 5, the library will expand its hours to open earlier every morning. The new hours will be Monday through Thursday and Saturday, 9:30 am to 8 pm; Friday from 11 am to 5 pm; and Sunday from noon to 5 pm. The library, at 25 Main Street, can be reached at 426-4533 or visit CHBoothLibrary.org.