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The Genealogy Club meeting scheduled for Wednesday, February 10th has been cancelled - due to the Winter Storm Watch scheduled Tuesday - Wednesday (2/09-2/10)
Job Search Help
Thursday, February 18th, 3-4:30 pm
The Resume
Learn how to format your resume, pack in powerful content, and write
accomplishment statements.
Cheryl Schwartz is a Newtown Career consultant and Clinical Social Worker for over 20 years is donating her time for this FREE library workshop.
Reality Maps
A Lecture Series with Julie Stern
Just two discussions left!
Come discuss:
Colored People by Henry Louis Gates
February 10, 7:30 pm
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
February 24, 7:30 pm
Copies of the books are available near the second floor circulation desk.
Sponsored by The Friends of the C.H. Booth Library & The Connecticut Humanities Council.
Come to the Cabaret
Music Hits of the Movies
Friday, February 12th 6 -9 pm
Dynamic singing personality, Bettina Paley will perform some timeless
favorite songs from the movies including 'Moon River', 'You Light Up My Life',
''New York, New York', 'The Way We Were' and other familiar tunes that will have you tapping your feet and singing along.
Hors d'oeuvres will be served starting at 6pm with the show beginning at 7pm. And after the performance, we'll host a coffee bar with some tasty chocolate treats.
$10 per person
Seating is limited - Please reserve your table here.
Join us for an East Coast Premiere of
Fifth Form
Saturday, February 20th
Show times: 3 pm & 7 pm
A film, written by Newtown native, Bill Stern & Adam Orman
Set during the first Gulf War, Fifth Form is a dark comedy about a prank war that escalates along ethnic lines in a small boys' dorm of an elite prep school.
Seating is Limited
Felting Workshop with Katie Stevenson
Thursday, March 4th from 7- 8:30 pm
Celebrate the advent of spring by making sweet lambs, chicks and bunnies.
Perfect reminders that warmer weather is right around the corner.
Supply fee- $5
For adults
Make a Blue Bird Nesting Box with the Flanders Nature Center
Thursday, March 11, from 5:30-7:30 pm
- Assemble your very own blue bird nest box
( sample on display on the second floor of the library) - Kits are cut from long lasting red cedar
- Enjoy a talk on the blue bird life cycle
The cost is $20 per person for the kit.
2010 Battle of the Books
Saturday, March 27th at 1 pm
(Snow date Sunday, March 28th)
A Trivia contest based on four great books
Attack of the Turtle by Drew Carlson, Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy,
Jeremy Fink & the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass, & Paint the Wind by Pam Munoz Ryan
No online signups.
Please click here for details.
Haitian Earthquake Relief
Looking for legitimate sites that provide relief to the nation of Haiti? Here are a few to consider:
UNICEF United States Fund - Haitian Relief Fund
Many more groups can be found and researched through news organization websites, government websites and the major non-governmental organization websites.
NEW! JobNow! for Live Job Assistance
The library is excited to be able to offer the JobNow service. JobNow provides free online job coaching as well as resume writing, acing the interview and links and resources. Use here in the library or log in with your Newtown library card from home.
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