Wallingford and Meriden Library News September
MERIDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS AND EVENTS
Satellite Branch Hours for Fall
Meriden Public Library will observe the following satellite branch hours beginning in September.
Nathan Hale Satellite: Mondays, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
277 Atkins St.. Ext.
Hanover Satellite: Tuesdays, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
208 Main St.
South Meriden
John Barry Satellite: Wednesdays, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
124 Columbia St.
Rotary Satellite at Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Meriden Boys & Girls Club:
15 Lincoln St.
The Hale Satellite will be closed on Monday, September 4 to observe Labor Day.
For further information, contact the library at 203 630-6349 or email:
Middlesex Community College Meriden Center Sponsor Joint Book Discussion Sept 28
Meriden Public Library and Middlesex Community College-Meriden Center will host a joint book discussion of James Joyce’s Dubliners at the college, 55 West Main Street on Thursday, September 28 from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m.. The joint book discussion is also cosponsored by the Connecticut Humanities Council. Everyone is invited to attend.
Dr. Paul Chu, Evening Supervisor at Middlesex Community College, Meriden Center will moderate a one-session book discussion of the classic Dubliners. Multiple copies will be available at Meriden Public Library for borrow. He earned his B.A. from Yale University, and his Ph.D. in philosophy from the Internationale Akademie fur Philosophie in Liechtenstein. Chu has several years experience in journalism and in college teaching.
Interested parties are welcome to register by calling (203) 630-6349 or by signing up at the online calendar at http://www.meridenlibrary.org/.
Jill Foley to Speak About Acupuncture Sept 20
Meriden Public Library will host a special appearance by licensed acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist Jill Foley on Wednesday, September 20 at 7:00 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend.
Foley will discuss the basics of the ancient medicine of acupuncture. The presentation will answer such questions as, “Is acupuncture right for me?” and “What ailments is acupuncture good for?”
A graduate of the New England School of Acupuncture in Watertown, Massachusetts, Foley is happy to return to her native state of Connecticut and to be able to make a difference in people’s lives. She is affiliated with 5 Elements Naturopathic Center in Wallingford.
The program is free and the public is invited to attend. Since seating is limited, free registration is requested by calling (203) 630-6349, sending an email to: comsvc@hotmail.com or by signing up at the online calendar at http://www.meridenlibrary.org/.
Meriden Author Colleen Cyr Will Sign Copies of Profiles In Meriden’s Black History Sept 16
Meriden Public Library will celebrate the 11th Annual Connecticut Freedom Trail Month and Meriden’s Bicentennial on Saturday, September 16 at 2:30 p.m. with a book signing by Meriden author Colleen Cyr.
Cyr will autograph copies of Profiles In Meriden’s Black History, a compilation of 20 biographical and genealogical articles previously published in the The People’s Press from 2003 to 2005. Cyr is a member of the Afro-American Historical Genealogical Society, the Connecticut Freedom Trail Steering Committee and serves as historian for the Meriden-Wallingford Branch of NAACP.
Lights refreshments will be served. Copies of the book are limited, so please call 203 630-1005 to reserve a copy. The event is free, but seating is limited; for free registration, please call (203) 630-6349 or send an email to: comsvc@hotmail.com or sign up at the online calendar at http://www.meridenlibrary.org/
Connecticut Author Charles Bradley Will Sign Copies of No Alabaster Box Sept 13
Connecticut author Charles D. Bradley will sign copies of his novel, No Alabaster Box, at Meriden Public Library on Wednesday, September 13 at 7:00 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend.
Gil Rushing’s life is a mystery: to the world and to his own family. Facing his own mortality, he decides to tell all. The tale is convoluted, his heritage a potent mix of generations of felonious activity plus variegated racial descent on his father’s side. His mother: a keeper of the flame of Lettish sun worship and folklore. Add to this the strange artifact made by his father, which saves Gil’s life and enables him to enter mainstream American commerce and culture, thereby, achieving assimilation into the melting pot that is the reinvented America. Written by a sound byte format for our fast paced lifestyle.
Charles D. Bradley has had three careers in his 66 years—that of real estate attorney, probation officer in the judicial system, and real estate broker in the world of New Haven academia. This wide exposure to all facts of American life and culture has been a rich veined mine of human experience. Finding the essence of the elusive creation that is the assimilated American - the envy of the rest of the world - has fascinated him. No Alabaster Box is the fruit of that quest.
The event is free and the public is invited to attend. Seating is limited so free registration is requested by calling (203) 630-6349 or by signing up at the library’s online calendar @ http://www.meridenlibrary.org/. Light refreshments will be served.
Meriden Public Library has E-Audio Books
Meriden Public Library is now offering downloadable e-audio books from Recorded Books and NetLibrary. The library now offers many digital audio book titles, including bestsellers such as David McCullough’s 1776 and Alexander McCall Smith’s The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, as well as classics such as Mark Twain’s The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights and the award-winning Pimsleur language series.
People interested in accessing the e-audio books must initially come into the library to set up a free account; assistance is available at the Information Desk.
Audio books can be downloaded to laptops, PCs and a wide range of portable players as well. Users will not be able to download books to library computers but will be able to download to a thumb drive or CD and then open them on a home computer.
Once the account is set up, the service can be accessed from any computer by going to http://www.netlibrary.com/ or http://www.meridenlibrary.org/ 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Up to ten titles may be charged out at one time. Downloading is available without any special software, with either dial-up or high speed, to your computer or portable player.
For further information, contact the Information Department at Meriden Public Library, 203 238-2346.
Wallingford Public Library News and Events
Memoirs of a Geisha - Book to Film Some of Hollywood’s best films began life as novels, but the translation from page to screen is not always successful. As part of our discussion of Arthur Golden’s popular novel Memoirs of a Geisha we will take a look at how well the novel works as a film. Topics to be discussed will include characterization as well as visualization of the setting - does the film work as well or better than the novel in bringing pre-World War II Japan to life? How well did director Rob Marshall do in creating performances that are true to the novel? Does the screenplay by Robin Swicord and Doug Wright convey the tone set by Arthur Golden?Memoirs of a Geisha, set in Japan in 1929, tells the story of an impoverished nine-year-old girl who becomes one of Kyoto’s most desirable geishas. Copies of the novel are available at the Information Desk.Librarian Sue Smayda will introduce the film with key elements for participants to watch for in anticipation of the book discussion on Wednesday, September 6 at 7:00 p.m. American Masters - Playwrights This fall Wallingford Public Library will be celebrating the work of four American masters: Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Sam Shepard, and Tony Kushner. One play by each of these authors will be discussed on every other Monday evening at 7:00 beginning on October 2.Mark Johnston, Professor of English at Quinnipiac University, will lead discussions. The schedule for discussions is as follows:October 2 ~ Death of a Salesman. Written in 1948 and produced in 1949, Miller won a Pulitzer Prize for Death of a Salesman, which he described as “the tragedy of a man who gave his life, or sold it” in pursuit of the American Dream. October 16 ~ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play has captured both stage and film audiences since its debut in 1954. One of his best-loved and most famous plays, it exposes the lies plaguing the family of a wealthy Southern planter of humble origins. October 30 ~ True West. Sam Shepard’s play tells the story of two brothers: Austin, a Hollywood screenwriter, and Lee, a small-time criminal. The play’s encounter between the brothers explores the duality of human personality, and our primal capacity for violence. November 13 ~ Angels in America. This play, by Tony Kushner, explores “the state of the nation”—the sexual, racial, religious, political, and social issues confronting the country during the Reagan years, as the AIDS epidemic spreads.Copies of the plays will be available at the Information Desk. Call the Library at 203 265-6754, or stop by the Information Desk to sign up for this free series. For those interested, filmed versions of Death of a Salesman, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Angels in America are also available. Readers’ Theatre: Two One-Act ComediesSeptember 27 and Thursday, October 26 at 7:00 p.m.Wallingford Public Library and Ashlar Village are joining forces to present two one-act plays by Robert Anderson, The Footsteps of Doves and I’m Herbert.In The Footsteps of Doves an older man and his wife Harriet go shopping for a new bed. Harriet wants to buy two single beds, while George argues his point to keep a double. I’m Herbert is about an aging married couple who have both had a few previous husbands or wives. With a slip of the tongue, the names and places of the past get very confusing. These plays will be presented as Readers’ Theatre. The “actors” will be reading their parts and the set will be minimal. Actors for this evening of light-hearted entertainment are: Lois Reid, Barbara Pratt, Larry Brill, and Sue Smayda. The Footsteps of Doves and I’m Herbert were originally produced as part of You Know I Can’t Hear You When the Water’s Running. Robert Anderson is a well-known playwright whose works include Tea and Sympathy, The Days Between, and I Never Sang For My Father. The performance on September 27 will be in the Library Meeting Room and the October performance will be in the Activity Room at Ashlar Village. Due to the Library expansion project, space in the Meeting Room* is limited. *Those interested in attending this performance should sign up at the Information Desk.Children’s LibraryItty Bitty Babies continues this Fall at the Wallingford Public Library! Babies and caregivers are invited to the Library for fun with favorite rhymes, stories, and songs! This program, for children under twelve months and their caregivers, is registered and will be open to Wallingford residents only. Itty Bitty Babies will be held on Friday, September 15 from 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. and Friday, September 29 from 1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Registration began Monday, August 21. To register, stop by or call the children's room at the Wallingford Public Library at 265-6754.
Preschool story time returns in September at the Wallingford Public Library! Join us for stories, songs, finger plays, and other activities. This program will be registered and is open to Wallingford residents only. Preschool story times will be held on Tuesdays September 12, 19, 26 and October 3 from 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 - 7:00 p.m. Stories will be geared for kids ages 3-5 but younger siblings are welcome to attend! Registration began Monday, August 21. To register, stop by or call the children's room at the Wallingford Public Library at 265-6754.
Films for Kids is back! We will be presenting Films for Kids at the Wallingford Public Library, on Friday, September 22 at 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 - 2:00 p.m. This is a drop-in program.
Satellite Branch Hours for Fall
Meriden Public Library will observe the following satellite branch hours beginning in September.
Nathan Hale Satellite: Mondays, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
277 Atkins St.. Ext.
Hanover Satellite: Tuesdays, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
208 Main St.
South Meriden
John Barry Satellite: Wednesdays, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
124 Columbia St.
Rotary Satellite at Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Meriden Boys & Girls Club:
15 Lincoln St.
The Hale Satellite will be closed on Monday, September 4 to observe Labor Day.
For further information, contact the library at 203 630-6349 or email:
Middlesex Community College Meriden Center Sponsor Joint Book Discussion Sept 28
Meriden Public Library and Middlesex Community College-Meriden Center will host a joint book discussion of James Joyce’s Dubliners at the college, 55 West Main Street on Thursday, September 28 from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m.. The joint book discussion is also cosponsored by the Connecticut Humanities Council. Everyone is invited to attend.
Dr. Paul Chu, Evening Supervisor at Middlesex Community College, Meriden Center will moderate a one-session book discussion of the classic Dubliners. Multiple copies will be available at Meriden Public Library for borrow. He earned his B.A. from Yale University, and his Ph.D. in philosophy from the Internationale Akademie fur Philosophie in Liechtenstein. Chu has several years experience in journalism and in college teaching.
Interested parties are welcome to register by calling (203) 630-6349 or by signing up at the online calendar at http://www.meridenlibrary.org/.
Jill Foley to Speak About Acupuncture Sept 20
Meriden Public Library will host a special appearance by licensed acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist Jill Foley on Wednesday, September 20 at 7:00 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend.
Foley will discuss the basics of the ancient medicine of acupuncture. The presentation will answer such questions as, “Is acupuncture right for me?” and “What ailments is acupuncture good for?”
A graduate of the New England School of Acupuncture in Watertown, Massachusetts, Foley is happy to return to her native state of Connecticut and to be able to make a difference in people’s lives. She is affiliated with 5 Elements Naturopathic Center in Wallingford.
The program is free and the public is invited to attend. Since seating is limited, free registration is requested by calling (203) 630-6349, sending an email to: comsvc@hotmail.com or by signing up at the online calendar at http://www.meridenlibrary.org/.
Meriden Author Colleen Cyr Will Sign Copies of Profiles In Meriden’s Black History Sept 16
Meriden Public Library will celebrate the 11th Annual Connecticut Freedom Trail Month and Meriden’s Bicentennial on Saturday, September 16 at 2:30 p.m. with a book signing by Meriden author Colleen Cyr.
Cyr will autograph copies of Profiles In Meriden’s Black History, a compilation of 20 biographical and genealogical articles previously published in the The People’s Press from 2003 to 2005. Cyr is a member of the Afro-American Historical Genealogical Society, the Connecticut Freedom Trail Steering Committee and serves as historian for the Meriden-Wallingford Branch of NAACP.
Lights refreshments will be served. Copies of the book are limited, so please call 203 630-1005 to reserve a copy. The event is free, but seating is limited; for free registration, please call (203) 630-6349 or send an email to: comsvc@hotmail.com or sign up at the online calendar at http://www.meridenlibrary.org/
Connecticut Author Charles Bradley Will Sign Copies of No Alabaster Box Sept 13
Connecticut author Charles D. Bradley will sign copies of his novel, No Alabaster Box, at Meriden Public Library on Wednesday, September 13 at 7:00 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend.
Gil Rushing’s life is a mystery: to the world and to his own family. Facing his own mortality, he decides to tell all. The tale is convoluted, his heritage a potent mix of generations of felonious activity plus variegated racial descent on his father’s side. His mother: a keeper of the flame of Lettish sun worship and folklore. Add to this the strange artifact made by his father, which saves Gil’s life and enables him to enter mainstream American commerce and culture, thereby, achieving assimilation into the melting pot that is the reinvented America. Written by a sound byte format for our fast paced lifestyle.
Charles D. Bradley has had three careers in his 66 years—that of real estate attorney, probation officer in the judicial system, and real estate broker in the world of New Haven academia. This wide exposure to all facts of American life and culture has been a rich veined mine of human experience. Finding the essence of the elusive creation that is the assimilated American - the envy of the rest of the world - has fascinated him. No Alabaster Box is the fruit of that quest.
The event is free and the public is invited to attend. Seating is limited so free registration is requested by calling (203) 630-6349 or by signing up at the library’s online calendar @ http://www.meridenlibrary.org/. Light refreshments will be served.
Meriden Public Library has E-Audio Books
Meriden Public Library is now offering downloadable e-audio books from Recorded Books and NetLibrary. The library now offers many digital audio book titles, including bestsellers such as David McCullough’s 1776 and Alexander McCall Smith’s The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, as well as classics such as Mark Twain’s The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights and the award-winning Pimsleur language series.
People interested in accessing the e-audio books must initially come into the library to set up a free account; assistance is available at the Information Desk.
Audio books can be downloaded to laptops, PCs and a wide range of portable players as well. Users will not be able to download books to library computers but will be able to download to a thumb drive or CD and then open them on a home computer.
Once the account is set up, the service can be accessed from any computer by going to http://www.netlibrary.com/ or http://www.meridenlibrary.org/ 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Up to ten titles may be charged out at one time. Downloading is available without any special software, with either dial-up or high speed, to your computer or portable player.
For further information, contact the Information Department at Meriden Public Library, 203 238-2346.
Wallingford Public Library News and Events
Memoirs of a Geisha - Book to Film Some of Hollywood’s best films began life as novels, but the translation from page to screen is not always successful. As part of our discussion of Arthur Golden’s popular novel Memoirs of a Geisha we will take a look at how well the novel works as a film. Topics to be discussed will include characterization as well as visualization of the setting - does the film work as well or better than the novel in bringing pre-World War II Japan to life? How well did director Rob Marshall do in creating performances that are true to the novel? Does the screenplay by Robin Swicord and Doug Wright convey the tone set by Arthur Golden?Memoirs of a Geisha, set in Japan in 1929, tells the story of an impoverished nine-year-old girl who becomes one of Kyoto’s most desirable geishas. Copies of the novel are available at the Information Desk.Librarian Sue Smayda will introduce the film with key elements for participants to watch for in anticipation of the book discussion on Wednesday, September 6 at 7:00 p.m. American Masters - Playwrights This fall Wallingford Public Library will be celebrating the work of four American masters: Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Sam Shepard, and Tony Kushner. One play by each of these authors will be discussed on every other Monday evening at 7:00 beginning on October 2.Mark Johnston, Professor of English at Quinnipiac University, will lead discussions. The schedule for discussions is as follows:October 2 ~ Death of a Salesman. Written in 1948 and produced in 1949, Miller won a Pulitzer Prize for Death of a Salesman, which he described as “the tragedy of a man who gave his life, or sold it” in pursuit of the American Dream. October 16 ~ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play has captured both stage and film audiences since its debut in 1954. One of his best-loved and most famous plays, it exposes the lies plaguing the family of a wealthy Southern planter of humble origins. October 30 ~ True West. Sam Shepard’s play tells the story of two brothers: Austin, a Hollywood screenwriter, and Lee, a small-time criminal. The play’s encounter between the brothers explores the duality of human personality, and our primal capacity for violence. November 13 ~ Angels in America. This play, by Tony Kushner, explores “the state of the nation”—the sexual, racial, religious, political, and social issues confronting the country during the Reagan years, as the AIDS epidemic spreads.Copies of the plays will be available at the Information Desk. Call the Library at 203 265-6754, or stop by the Information Desk to sign up for this free series. For those interested, filmed versions of Death of a Salesman, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Angels in America are also available. Readers’ Theatre: Two One-Act ComediesSeptember 27 and Thursday, October 26 at 7:00 p.m.Wallingford Public Library and Ashlar Village are joining forces to present two one-act plays by Robert Anderson, The Footsteps of Doves and I’m Herbert.In The Footsteps of Doves an older man and his wife Harriet go shopping for a new bed. Harriet wants to buy two single beds, while George argues his point to keep a double. I’m Herbert is about an aging married couple who have both had a few previous husbands or wives. With a slip of the tongue, the names and places of the past get very confusing. These plays will be presented as Readers’ Theatre. The “actors” will be reading their parts and the set will be minimal. Actors for this evening of light-hearted entertainment are: Lois Reid, Barbara Pratt, Larry Brill, and Sue Smayda. The Footsteps of Doves and I’m Herbert were originally produced as part of You Know I Can’t Hear You When the Water’s Running. Robert Anderson is a well-known playwright whose works include Tea and Sympathy, The Days Between, and I Never Sang For My Father. The performance on September 27 will be in the Library Meeting Room and the October performance will be in the Activity Room at Ashlar Village. Due to the Library expansion project, space in the Meeting Room* is limited. *Those interested in attending this performance should sign up at the Information Desk.Children’s LibraryItty Bitty Babies continues this Fall at the Wallingford Public Library! Babies and caregivers are invited to the Library for fun with favorite rhymes, stories, and songs! This program, for children under twelve months and their caregivers, is registered and will be open to Wallingford residents only. Itty Bitty Babies will be held on Friday, September 15 from 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. and Friday, September 29 from 1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Registration began Monday, August 21. To register, stop by or call the children's room at the Wallingford Public Library at 265-6754.
Preschool story time returns in September at the Wallingford Public Library! Join us for stories, songs, finger plays, and other activities. This program will be registered and is open to Wallingford residents only. Preschool story times will be held on Tuesdays September 12, 19, 26 and October 3 from 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 - 7:00 p.m. Stories will be geared for kids ages 3-5 but younger siblings are welcome to attend! Registration began Monday, August 21. To register, stop by or call the children's room at the Wallingford Public Library at 265-6754.
Films for Kids is back! We will be presenting Films for Kids at the Wallingford Public Library, on Friday, September 22 at 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 - 2:00 p.m. This is a drop-in program.
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