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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 Helpjob search

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.

 

Sign up here

 


Reality Maps

A Lecture Series with Julie Stern
Just two discussions left!

Come discuss:

Dress Your Family in corduroy book jacketColored People book jacket

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

Please register here.

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 musical notes

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 film clip

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

 

Sign up here for 3 pm show

and here for the 7 pm show


Felting Workshop with Katie Stevenson felted lamb

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

 

Please sign up here

 


Make a Blue Bird Nesting Box with the Flanders Nature Center blue bird

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.

 

Sign up here.

 


2010 Battle of the Books

Batlle of the Books Knight

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 ReliefHaitian Flag

Looking for legitimate sites that provide relief to the nation of Haiti? Here are a few to consider:

 

Americares

Doctors Without Borders

American Red Cross

Habitat for Humanity

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.

 

 


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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.

 

Click here to get started.

 


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We appreciate any tax-deductible donation you are able to make

to the Cyrenius H. Booth Library.

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