Everyone is invited to come support the young musicians. Children in grades K through 12 are invited to play the library’s baby grand or bring your own instrument! Can’t wait!
John Adams Visits the Weston Library Today, 4/28
Sponsored by the Friends of the Weston Public Library
April 28, 2013 · 1:21 pm
March 2013 Programs
The Friends of the Weston Public Library have an amazing lineup of events for March! All are free and open to the public.
Lunch and Learn Writing Workshops with Marcelle Soviero
Wednesday March 13 and 20 and 27 at 12:00 PM
Back by popular demand! This is a three part Lunch and Learn Series that the Friends of the Weston Public Library is co-sponsoring with theWeston Education Foundation. Marcelle Soviero, Wilton author and Editor-In-Chief of Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers will teach the workshops. The three workshops will cover various aspects of the writing process:
March 13: Journal Writing/Getting Started
March 20: Crafting Personal Essays/Memoir Writing
March 27: Publishing your Short or Full-length Work
You can attend any or all of the workshops. Admission is free but pre-registration for these workshops is encouraged as space is limited. To pre-register, email friendsofthewestonlibrary@gmail.com Bring your lunch and join us!
Overview of OverDrive: eBooks @ The Library
Did you get an eReader over the holidays? Now that you’ve had a chance to experiment with your new device, learn how you can get eBooks from the Library!
March 6, 6PM — Overview of OverDrive; Learn more about theLibrary’s eBook service.
March 12, 1PM-3PM – eReader Walk-In Clinic; Bring your eReader and we’ll help you get started with OverDrive. Sessions may be limited to 15 minutes.
March 21, 2PM-4PM — eReader Walk-In Clinic; Bring your eReader and we’ll help you get started with OverDrive. Sessions may be limited to 15 minutes.
Teen Tech Week: Take A Break @ The Library
Help us celebrate national Teen Tech Week! Snacks provided!
March 12, 3PM-4PM – PS3 Sports Champions on the big screen in the Community Room
March 13, 3PM-4PM – Create your own duct tape eReader, tablet, or smartphone case
March 14, 3PM-5PM – Special screening of The Princess Bride (PG)
**Special Teen Tech Week Parent Program
Monday, March 11 at 12 Noon
Join Youth Services Director Michelle Albright for Media Savvy tips for parents!
Thursday Morning Book Club – 1984 by George Orwell
Thursday, March 14 at 10:30 AM
“Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell’s nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff’s attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell’s prescience of modern life–the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language–and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written.” – The New York Times
Wednesday Evening Book Club – The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philippe Sendker
Wednesday, March 20 at 7:30 PM
When Julia Win’s father disappears one morning without a trace, the day after her graduation from law school her family is left unsettled and confused. It is not until a few years later that her mother finds a piece of the puzzle – an unmailed love letter to a Burmese woman named Mi Mi. Intent on solving the mystery and coming to terms with her father’s past, Julia puts her career and her life on hold to travel to the village where Mi Mi once lived. Her journey takes her to the small mountain village of Kalaw, where she is approached by a man who claims to know her father, and who seems to have an uncanny knowledge of Julia herself…. The Art of Hearing Heartbeats is a magical and uplifting tale of hardship and resilience, and the unyielding power of love to move mountains. From the book jacket
Documentary Screening
Thursday March 21 at 7 PM
Topic to be announced
Special Screening of Kiss Me Kate
Sunday March 21 at 3 PM
Keep the fun of the Weston High School’s performance of Kiss Me Kate going with a special screening of the 1953 classic film! Fred and Lilly are a divorced pair of actors who are brought together by Cole Porter who has written a musical version of The Tam-ing of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play. A fight on the opening night threatens the production, as well as two thugs who have the mistaken idea that Fred owes their boss money and insist on staying next to him all night.
Movie Night Feature Film – The Life of Pi (PG)
Wednesday, March 27 at 7 PM
Based on the best-selling novel by Yann Martel, is a magical adventure story centering on Pi Patel, the precocious son of a zoo keeper. Dwellers in Pondicherry, India, the family decides to move to Canada, hitching a ride on a huge freighter. After a shipwreck, Pi finds himself adrift in the Pacific Ocean on a 26-foot lifeboat with a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan and a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, all fighting for survival. Directed by Ang Lee. Free popcorn and water! Come and enjoy the movie!
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John Adams Delays Visit to Weston
Due to inclement weather, the event has been postponed.
February 8, 2013 · 2:15 am
February Events at the Weston Public Library
The Friends of the Weston Public Library have an amazing lineup of events for February! All are free and open to the public.
Lecture Series on the War of 1812
Wednesday, Jan. 30, Feb. 13, Feb. 20 and Feb. 27 at 7:30 PM
This is a lecture series that we are co-sponsoring with the Weston Historical Society. It will cover various topics relating to the War of 1812. The location of each lecture varies:
Jan 30 (at the Weston Historical Society): Dr. Matthew Warshauer will discuss the causes and impact of the war
Feb. 13 (at the Weston Public Library): Professor Mark Albertson will discuss the Battle of New Orleans
Feb. 20 (at the Weston Historical Society): Dr. Glenn Gordinier will discuss the timeline of the war in relation to Connecticut
Feb. 27 (at the Weston Public Library): Professor Mark Albertson will discuss America and Europe during the War of 1812
Take Your Child to the Library Day
Saturday, February 2, 10 AM – 12 Noon, Concert at 3 PM
Friends of the Weston Public Library invite you to bring your child to the Library on Saturday during their Take Your Child to the Library Day. While you’re there, enter a raffle for a Friends of the WestonPublic Library tote bag filled with Library goodies, sign up for a Librarycard (children 5 and older), and check out the Library’s collection of books, DVDs, and magazines for the whole family!
Then at 3 PM, come back and enjoy a musical performance by “Jay and Ray” featuring songs from their “Music for Aardvark” classes. Everyone’s invited! Check them out and “like” them on Facebook
“Meet John Adams” at the Weston Public Library
Sunday, February 10 at 2 PM
In anticipation of President’s day, the acclaimed re-enactor George Baker will portray the father of American independence, John Adams, who will talk about his life and his views on American society in a humorous and inspiring performance entitled “Meet John Adams – A Lively and Revolutionary Conversation with America’s Second President”. This event, to be held at the library, is being jointly sponsored by the Friends of theWeston Public Library and the Weston Historical Society. While geared for adults, Meet John Adams is suitable for families, even those with young children. This program is both entertaining and educational – President Adams sings three songs accompanying himself on the piano and will take questions from the audience.
Thursday Morning Book Club – Rules of Civility by Amor Towes
Thursday, February 14 at 10:30 AM
This is an appropriate Valentine’s Day book as it is a love letter to 1930s New York! This sophisticated and entertaining first novel presents the story of a young woman whose life is on the brink of transformation. On the last night of 1937, twenty-five-year-old Katey Kontent is in a second-rate Greenwich Village jazz bar when Tinker Grey, a handsome banker, happens to sit down at the neighboring table. This chance encounter and its startling consequences propel Katey on a year-long journey into the upper echelons of New York society—where she will have little to rely upon other than a bracing wit and her own brand of cool nerve. With its sparkling depiction of New York’s social strata, its intricate imagery and themes, and its immensely appealing characters, Rules of Civility won the hearts of readers and critics alike. – Amazon
Family Film – Frankenweenie (PG)
Tuesday, Feb. 19 12 Noon
School is out! Join us for a free screening of a movie. Bring your lunch and enjoy the show! Caregiver must remain with children. Young Victor conducts a science experiment to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life, only to face unintended, sometimes monstrous, consequences. Directed by Tim Burton.
Wednesday Evening Book Club – The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Wednesday, February 20 at 7:30 PM
Yellow roses are for jealousy. Or are they for infidelity? The variation in meaning can make all the difference in the world if, as was the custom in Victorian times, you are sending a message to someone through flowers.
In The Language of Flowers, by Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Victoria Jones is both a victim and a product of the foster care system: Tough, angry, isolated, mistrustful, but with an amazing capacity to be gentle and loving, Victoria nurses her sense of loss and abandonment by nurturing plants. One reviewer (Paula McLain) says Victoria is “like a thistle, a wall of hard-earned thorns.” But this comparison is based only on the outward appearance of the thistle, and not of the meaning found in a dictionary of flowers, for Victoria is no misanthrope; rather, she embodies more a sense of Black Poplar (courage), Ginger (strength), and Marigold (grief), among others. The novel begins when Victoria turns 18 years old and is emancipated from the foster care system, but this freedom is really one more loss in a long line of losses. She finds herself homeless and friendless, with nothing but plants and flowers to keep her company in the park where she stays, and the scraps of half-eaten meals she manages to confiscate at restaurants to assuage her hunger. Her gift with flowers lands her a part-time job with an independent florist, and before long Victoria discovers that she has the power to help others through her carefully chosen floral arrangements. This is a story of love and loss, of mothers and daughters, of learning to forgive and forgiving oneself, of painful secrets, redemption, and second chances. Diffenbaugh offers readers a compassionate and insightful view of experiences of life that many people don’t often see.
Movie Night Feature Film – Cloud Atlas (R)
Thursday, Feb. 21, 7 PM
An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present, and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and an act of kindness ripples across the centuries to inspire a revolution. Nominated for the Golden Globe! Starring Tom Hanks and Halle Berry. Free popcorn and water! Come and enjoy the movie!
Documentary Film – “Genetic Roulette – The Gamble of Our Lives”
Thursday, Feb. 28 at 7 PM
If you’re wondering what Proposition 37 in California and the labeling issue in Connecticut are all about, this movie will help you understand why 90% of the population wants foods labeled in order to tell if they contain genetically modified foods. Now is your opportunity to hear the whole story! We urge you to come and watch this film. The health of your family is at stake. Tara Cook-Littman, a Nutrition Counselor and former practicing attorney, from GMO Free CT will be here to talk about the importance of the GMO labeling issue before and after the movie.
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