This Week at the Library: July 26 - July 30

This Week at the Library

Tuesday - Saturday: Register for the You Are Here! Summer Program. Find out more on our website.

Tuesday from 2:00pm - 3:30pm: Teen Advisory Board (T.A.B.)

Thursday from 6:30pm - 7:30pm: An Author Talk from Caragh O'Brien, the author of Birthmarked.

Friday at 4pm: Movie Night. We will be showing Inception, a PG-13 Movie. Popcorn will be provided.

Don't forget, you can register for summer events online.

Author Visit--Caragh O'Brien

 

Caragh O'Brien, author of the YA-Dystopian novel "Birthmarked" will be visiting the Booth & Dimock Memorial Library as part of the Connecticut Author's Trail on July 28th from 6:30pm -7:30pm

"Birthmarked" is the first in a planned trilogy and has been chosen by the YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, the ALA Amelia Bloomer Project, and the Texas Tayshas Reading List, and honored as a Junior Library Guild Selection. Rights have sold for the book in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain and China. Recently resigned from teaching English at Tolland High School.

Ms. O'Brien now writes full-time from her home in Storrs, Connecticut.

The second book in the trilogy, "Prized", is due out in November, 2011.

Copies of the Book are available at the Booth & Dimock Memorial Library. Ms. O'Brien will also be selling and autographing copies on July 28th.

Please call the library for more information.

This Week at the Library: July 19 - July 23

This Week at the Library

Tuesday - Saturday: Register for the You Are Here! Summer Program. Find out more on our website.

Tuesday at  5:00pm: The Pharaohs Curse: A Murder Mystery Event
                     Travel back to Ancient Egypt, or at least to an Egyptian Prom Night. Come and help your
                     fellow detectives solve the Prom Queen's murder.

Thursday from at 5pm: Game Night- Come and play all the classics and challenge your friends. Monopoly, Sorry, Scrabble and more!

Saturday from 10am - 3pm: National Smash--Battle against libraries from around the country in a nation wide Super Smash Bros Brawl Wii Tournament!

Don't forget, you can register for summer events online.

Mystery Night

She was Queen of the Nile until the Accident...

or was it Attempted Murder?

Help your Fellow Detectives Solve the Mystery at

 

The Pharoh's Curse

A Murder Mystery Event

Tuesday, July 19th at 5pm

Henna at the Library

Yesterday the Teen Zone hosted a wonderfully talented Henna Artist. Below are some of the beautiful designs she created using an all natural paste of Henna Leaves and Lemon Juice.

This Week at the Library: July 12 - July 16

This Week at the Library

Tuesday - Saturday: Register for the You Are Here! Summer Program. Find out more on our website.

Tuesday from 3:30pm - 5:30pm: Henna Art-Learn about the practice of Mehndi Henna and then recieve a tattoo from a licensed artist!

Thursday from 10am - 8pm: Harry Potter Movie Marathon Part 2

Don't forget, you can register for summer events online.

Movie Night at the Library 7/8

Join us Friday (July 8th) at 4pm 

for a showing of 

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

based on  the book by Pittacus Lore

This is a PG Film

Vote for future Movie Night Selections



Don't forget, you can register for events online.

This Week at the Library: July 5 - July 9

Join us this week in the Teen Zone

Tuesday - Saturday: Register for the You Are Here! Summer Program.
      Find out more on our website.

Wednesday from 2:00pm-4:00pm: Gaming Club ***This is a Schedule Change!!!!****
     Join the Gaming Club and play video games with your friends. We have a Wii, PS2, Nintendo DSs
     and Networked Laptops. Hope to see you there!

Thursday from 4:00pm-5:30pm: Map-It: Map Crafts
      Create your own accessories, wallets and luggage tags out of street maps. 

 Friday at 4pm: Movie Night at the Library: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
       This is a PG-13 Movie.

      Vote for Future Movie Night Selections. 

Don't forget, you can register for summer events online.