Children’s Programs

Mrs Walker will be conducting an Easter Workshop on Saturday, April 8, from 11 am to noon in the children’s department. Sign-up will begin on Saturday, April 1, and is limited, so please sign up early.

Sign up for the next series of story times begins March 21 and continues through March 30. Registration forms are available in the children’s department. No phone registrations will be accepted. The toddler program is for two-year-olds and their caregivers. They meet Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday mornings from 10 to 10:30 am. Children must be two by April 1 to be eligible for this session. Pre-school story times for 3-5-year-olds take place Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday afternoon from 1 to 1:45 pm. An additional session will be offered on Thursday morning from 11 to 11:45. Space is limited for all of these sessions. For more information call the Children’s Department: 426-3851.

Easter Craft Workshop:     Marie Walker will conduct an Easter craft workshop for children 6 and older on Saturday, April 8, from 11 to 12 at the library. Sign-up for the program begins April 1. No phone registrations will be accepted; a $2 material fee is due upon registration.

On Wednesday, April 12, at 6:30 pm, the Friends of the C.H. Booth Library will sponsor a special storytelling and musical program by Mary Jo Maichak. Ms Maichak will perform “The Tailor” and “The Paper Bag Princess,” using song, dance, and drama to entertain her audience. Please mark your calendars and don’t miss this fun-filled family program. Recommended for children 4 and older. Seating is limited to the first 75.

Adult Programs

Tax season is here and if you’d like some free assistance stop by the library on Tuesdays from 1 to 5 pm. No appointment is necessary.

Think spring and join us at the library for a slide show and talk on Common Diseases of the Perennial Gardens. Sharon Douglas, a plant pathologist, will tell us how to keep leaf spots, root rot, powdery mildews, and other harmful problems out of our gardens. The program will take place on Tuesday, April 4 at 11 am in the new meeting room and is free.

Join us on Sunday, April 9, from 1:30 to 3:30 for the art show opening and reception, “A Tribute to Stella Bloch.” The show will be open during regular library hours through April 25.

On Monday, April 10, The Newtown Historical Society will present a program and lecture on “Colonial Taverns.” The talk willl begin at 7:30 pm in the meeting room. The public is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.

Attention all history buffs! Bill Barrante will be returning to the library to give a four-part talk on the Civil War. Mr Barrante is a Watertown attorney who has a special interest in constitutional law and military history. In addition to giving lectures, he is a Civil War re-enactor, serving as adjutant of the 2nd Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery. On Tuesday, April 11, Bill will talk about “John Hunt Morgan; the Confederate raider, cavalier of the South, and hero of the ‘Lost Cause.’” On Tuesday, April 18, Mr. Barrante will discuss “Stonewall Jackson.” On Tuesday, April 25, the topic will be the “Battle of Cold Harbor,” and on Wednesday, May 3, it will be a philosophical discussion on the “American Civil War – The Right of Secession and the ‘Lost Cause.’”

All talks will begin at 7 pm in the meeting room of the library. Please sign up at the circulation desk. All talks are free and refreshments will be served.

The Booth Library Book Discussion Group will be discussing The Pilot’s Wife by Anita Shreve. You need not read the entire book to attend, and all are welcome.

A new movie series will be starting on Friday, April 14, celebrating “Movie Musicals of the 40s and 50s.” The first movie in the series will be Easter Parade (1948). This delightful Irving Berlin musical is about Fred Astaire trying to forget his ex-dance partner, Miller, while rising to stardom with Garland.

The space race... civil rights... the Vietnam War... Revisit one of the most revolutionary and influential decades in American history – the 1960s! The Friends of the Library are sponsoring an exciting new book discussion series. The next book to be discussed in the series will be One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey on April 18. Please call the library if you’d like to join in this discussion. You need not read the entire book to attend.

Bob Brand will be offering more Internet classes in April. A beginners class will take place on Saturday, April 15, from 10 am to noon. Please register ahead at the circulation desk. An intermediate class will be held on Saturday, April 22, also from 10 am to noon. A $10 supply fee is charged for this course, and pre-registration is a must.