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Join us for an exclusive virtual author talk with Newtown native Clare Beams as she talks about her work, including her new novel, The Garden, which was published by Doubleday in April 2024 and has been longlisted for the 2024 Joyce Carol Oates/New Literary Project Prize and featured on anticipated lists at LitHub and Bookshop.org.
Books are available at the circulation desk.
Get ready for the total solar eclipse coming up on Monday, April 8th! The library has a limited number of solar eclipse glasses to hand out to Newtown residents. Once registered, glasses will be available for pick up at the Reference Desk on the third floor beginning on Monday, April 1. Limit four per household.
Click here for more information and to register.
To celebrate the arrival of NASA’s Discover Exoplanets exhibit, the library is hosting an after hours trivia event focusing on all things space and science fiction. Come eat, drink, win prizes, support the library, and test your knowledge of the planets, the stars, aliens, and your favorite science fiction movies and books.
Doors open at 6pm, game starts at 6:30 pm.
Tickets are $30 per player (Maximum of six [6] players per team).
This event is 21 and over.
To register, visit – https://chboothlibrary.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/chboothlibrary/eventRegistration.jsp?event=26&
Questions? Email tnolan@chboothlibrary.org.
Each month The Cover to Cover Reading Series will allow readers to go on a literary journey, shining a spotlight on a prominent author and extending the exploration to the work that shaped their craft and those that were subsequently influenced by their genius. From the profound works that left an indelible mark on the author’s mind, to the culture that shaped their narrative voice, we will venture into the mosaic of influences that converge in the creation of a masterpiece.
How it works –
America’s Wars 1754-1945. Produced by the award-winning Wide Awake Films, the stunning visuals and compelling storytelling bring to life the events and military engagements that shaped America over the course of two centuries, from the beginning of the French and Indian War in 1754 to the end of World War II in 1945. The animated Map is available free of charge for anyone to watch. See the map.
Thursday, November 2nd, 7 pm at Edmond Town Hall an exclusive screening of the film Ver Vet Blaybn? (Who Will Remain?) a documentary about the Yiddish poet Avrom Sutzkever.
Attempting to better understand her grandfather Avrom Sutzkever, Israeli actress Hadas Kalderon travels to Lithuania, using her grandfather’s diary to trace his early life in Vilna and his survival of the Holocaust. Sutzkever (1913–2010) was an acclaimed Yiddish poet—described by the New York Times as the “greatest poet of the Holocaust”—whose verse drew on his youth in Siberia and Vilna, his spiritual and material resistance during World War II, and his post-war life in the State of Israel. Kalderon, whose native language is Hebrew and must rely on translation of her grandfather’s work, is nevertheless determined to connect with what remains of the poet’s bygone world and confront the personal responsibility of preserving her grandfather’s literary legacy.
Woven into the documentary are family home videos, newly recorded interviews, and archival recordings, including Sutzkever’s testimony at the Nuremberg Trial. Recitation of his poetry and personal reflections on resisting Nazi forces as a partisan fighter reveal how Sutzkever tried to make sense of the Holocaust and its aftermath. As Kalderon strives to reconstruct the stories told by her grandfather, the film examines the limits of language, geography, and time.
This event will include an in-person Q and A with the director!
This event is FREE to the public. Space is limited. Registration required
For more information or to register, scan the QR code or visit chboothlibrary.org.
This programs is made possible by a generous grant from The Friends of the C.H. Booth Library.
