Moultonborough Library News
March 11, 2010
“To Kill A Mockingbird” is one of those books that so many of us were assigned in high school, but there’s something about having to read a book, knowing that you will be tested or have to write an essay that makes it hard to enjoy just reading the book. It is now the subject of a statewide “book group” discussion, and we have heard from various readers who have been surprised what a good book this is when read for enjoyment rather than school. The movie will be shown on Thursday, March 11, at 7:00 p.m., and there will be book discussions on Wednesday, March 24, at 7:00 p.m. and Thursday, March 25, at 10:30 a.m. We have extra copies of the book, plus the audiobook, movie on DVD or VHS, and book discussion guides on audio CD and in pamphlet form available for borrowing, ans we encourage our patrons to give this great American classic another try. N
Looking ahead, the Friends of the Library will be sponsoring a discussion of Mark Twain’s “The Innocents Abroad” on April 22 and Ernest Hemingway’s “A Moveable Feast” on May 27, with scholars to lead the discussions. Extra copies of “The Innocents Abroad,” a travel book by the famous American humorist, are now available for advance reading, and we also have it available on audio CD. “The Innocents Abroad” is based on letters that Twain wrote from a trip on the steamship “Quaker City” to Europe and the Middle East in 1869, the first organized American tour of the sights of the Old World, including Paris, Rome, Naples, Constantinople, and Palestine, and was the book that first made his name as an author. The date of our discussion, April 22, is just one day after the 100th anniversary of Twain’s death on April 21, 1910.
There will be a special afternoon film program on Thursday, March 18, featuring the movie “Up,” an animated feature film with the voice of Ed Asner as an elderly curmudgeon who decides to take the trip of a lifetime to Paradise Falls, South America, instead of going into the retirement home. He is joined by a stowaway Boy Scout, a talking dog, and a rare bird named
The date of Saturday, April 3, at 11:00 a.m. has been set for the annual Easter Egg Hunt. Children up to age 12 are welcome to come and visit with the Easter Bunny and hunt for eggs filled with candy and tiny toys on the library grounds. This is an outdoor event, so dress appropriately for the early spring weather. There will also be an afterschool craft program on Wednesday, March 24 to decorate Easter eggs.
We have had an especially good week in the audiobook department, with ten new titles added since the first of March. We purchased the audio version of Chris Bohjalian’s new novel, “Secrets of Eden,” and we were fortunate to receive a batch of nice donations, including “Maisie Dobbs,” the first in the very popular mystery series by JacquelineWinspear; “44 Scotland Street,” by Alexander McCall Smith; “Rumpole Misbehaves,” about the English barrister of the Old Bailey, by John Mortimer; “Hunting Badger,” by Tony Hillerman, another mystery set on the Nvajo reservation; “The Altman Code,” based on the characters created by Robert Ludlum; “Silver Tower,” by Dale Brown; “The Devil’s Punchbowl,” by Greg Iles; “Night of Thunder,” by Stephen Hunter; and for young adult listeners, “Evermore,” by Alyson Noel.
New books include “The Man From Beijing,” a mystery Henning Mankell; and also in mystery, “Doors Open,” by Ian Rankin, an Inspector Rebus novel;, “Split Image,” by the late Robert Parker, “The Mermaids Singing,” by Val McDermid, and “Dead Connection,” by Alafair Burke. Other new fiction includes “Money To Burn,” by James Grippando; “Union Atlantic,” by Adam Haslett; “The First Rule,” by Robert Crais; “Eternal on the Water,” by Joseph Monninger of Plymouth State University; “Big Girl,” by Danielle Steel; “The Lock Artist,” by Steve Hamilton; “Impact,” by Douglas Preston; “Among Thieves,” by David Hosp; “The Bell Ringers,” by Henry Porter; and “Breaking Out of Bedlam,” by Leslie Larson. New in nonfiction are “Freefall: America, free markets, and the sinking of the world economy,” by Joseph Stiglitz; “Drive: the surprising truth about what motivates us,” by Daniel Pink; “The Mayo Clinic Diet,” and “What’s Wrong With My Plant?” by David Deardorff.
On top of all that, we also have new DVDs, including the “House of Cards” trilogy from the BBC, starring Ian Richardson as a malevolent prime minister; “Chocolat,” “Where the Wild Things Are,” and “Ponyo,” based on Hans Christian Andersen’s “Little Mermaid” story.
The library is again hosting the AARP tax preparation program for seniors and low and middle-income earners, and the volunteer tax assistants will be here on Wednesday from 1- 6 p.m., and Thursdays from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m., starting February 3. Please call the library at 476-8895 to make an appointment.
The library has a “Kill-A-Watt” electricity usage meter, available for patrons to borrow. It can be used to measure the amount of electric current used by various home appliances. Thanks to nhsaves.com and the State Library, we have received additional meters and we presently have two in circulation, available for borrowing.
The library has a link to the NH Downloadable Audiobook Consortium, known as Overdrive, which enables anyone with a valid Moultonborough library card and a personal computer with internet access to download their choice from a wide selection of audiobooks available statewide, which can be downloaded to your IPod or MP-3 player Call or visit the library and obtain the special prefix to your library card number that you will need to log in on the Overdrive website. On your home computer, go to the library website at www.moultonboroughlibrary.organd click on the “NH Downloadable Audio” listing on the left side of the home page. You will be directed to a more detailed explanation of how Overdrive works, and then to a link to Overdrive. The site will direct you how to install free media software on your computer, set up an account with your library card number and email address, and allow you browse the list by author, title, subject, or format, and check out and reserve titles of your choice.
For the homebound of Moultonborough, who would like to have books, including large print, or audiobooks or movies delivered to their door, the library has teamed with Altrusa volunteers to make possible delivery and return of library materials for those who can’t travel to the library. Altrusa volunteers will visit every two weeks, and if you do not have a library card, you may obtain one. Please feel free to call the library at 476-8895 to sign up.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:
Preschool storytime Tuesday evenings, 6:30 p.m., and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m.
Passes available for the Currier Museum and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center year-round. Please call the library at 476-8895 for details and to sign up.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other portable craft project for a morning get-together with other crafters.
Thursday, March 11, 7:00 p.m. “To Kill a Mockingbird” movie program.
Wednesday, March 24, 7:00 p.m. “To Kill a Mockingbird” book discussion.
Thursday, March 25, 10:30 a.m. “To Kill a Mockingbird” book discussion.
Tuesday, March 9, 7:00 p.m. Live Irish music with Marty Quirk and Kevin Dolan.
Saturday, March 13-Library will be open during town/school district annual meetings.
Thursday, March 18, 1:00 p.m. Afternoon film program, “Up,” starring the voice of Ed Asner.
Wednesday, March 24, 3:15 p.m. After school egg decorating craft.
Saturday, April 3, 11:00 a.m. Annual Easter Egg Hunt for children up to age 12.
Library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.; Fridays 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The library website is located at www.moultonboroughlibrary.org.
Moultonborough Library News
March 4, 2010
Join us for a celebration of the music of Ireland on Tuesday, March 9, at 7:00 p.m., just in time for St. Patricks’ Day. We’ll enjoy live Irish music with Marty Quirk and Kevin Dolan.
“To Kill A Mockingbird” will be the topic of a statewide “Big Read” program in March, and the library has extra copies of the book, plus the audiobook, movie on DVD or VHS, and book discussion guides on audio CD and in pamphlet form. There will be two book discussions and two showing on the movie during March, one of each in the daytime and evening. The movie will be shown on Wednesday, March 10, at 10:30 a.m. and Thursday, March 11, at 7:00 p.m. There will be book discussions on Wednesday, March 24, at 7:00 p.m. and Thursday, March 25, at 10:30 a.m. Looking ahead, there will be a discussion of Mark Twain’s “The Innocents Abroad” on April 22 and Ernest Hemingway’s “A Moveable Feast” on May 27. Extra copies of the books will be provided.
The library’s winter film series concludes on Thursday evening, March 4 with “Local Color,” in which a successful artist looks back with loving memories to his defining summer of 1974. There will also be a special afternoon film program on Thursday, March 18, featuring the movie “Up,” an animated feature film with the voice of Ed Asner as an elderly curmudgeon who decides to take the trip of a lifetime to Paradise Falls, South America, instead of going into the retirement home. He is joined by a stowaway Boy Scout, a talking dog, and a rare bird named Kevin.
We have added a nice batch of new large print books this week, including some titles that we didn’t have before in any format, and some popular authors that we hope our patrons who use the large print collection will enjoy. For those who enjoy mysteries, we have “The Riesling Retribution,” by Ellen Crosby, author of “The Merlot Mystery;” “Poison Ivory,” a “Den of Antiquity” mystery by Tamar Myers; “A Drunkard’s Path,” by Clare O’Donohue, a “Someday Quilts” mystery; “Whisper to the Blood,” a mystery by Dana Stabenow set in a national park in Alaska; and by Iris Johansen, “Treasure” and “Storm Cycle.” We also added two titles by Dorothy Garlock, “Hidden Desires” and “The Planting Season;” “The Sweetgum Ladies Knit For Love,” by Beth Patillo, “Madam, Will You Talk?” by Mary Stewart; “Brooklyn,’ by Colm Toibin; “Land of Marvels,” a thriller by Barry Unsworth set in Mesopotamia in 1914; “Texas Wildflower,” by Susan Wiggs; “Harbor Lights,” by Sherryl Woods; “the House at Riverton,” by Kate Morton; “Promises of Change,” a Covington novel by Joan Medlicott; “The Sign,” by Raymond Khoury, which starts with a massive, shimmering white light over Antarctica; “Honolulu,” by Alan Brennert; and in nonfiction, “The Geography of Bliss,” by Eric Weiner, a true story of travel in search of happiness. One of this year’s most popular books has been “Olive Kitteridge,” and we have also added a large print copy of that prize-winning novel.
New on DVD are “The Vampire’s Assistant: Cirque du Freak,” based on the young adult novel by Darren Shan; “A Serious Man,” the new Coen Brothers film, and “The Informant,” starring Matt Damon, and “Amelia,” the bio-pic of famous flyer Amelia Earhart, with Hilary Swank and Richard Gere.
The date of Saturday, April 3, at 11:00 a.m. has been set for the annual Easter Egg Hunt. Children up to age 12 are welcome to come and visit with the Easter Bunny and hunt for eggs filled with candy and tiny toys on the library grounds. This is an outdoor event, so dress appropriately for the early spring weather. There will also be an afterschool craft program on Wednesday, March 24 to decorate Easter eggs.
The library is again hosting the AARP tax preparation program for seniors and low and middle-income earners, and the volunteer tax assistants will be here on Wednesday from 1- 6 p.m., and Thursdays from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m., starting February 3. Please call the library at 476-8895 to make an appointment.
Recently, the library bought a “Kill-A-Watt” electricity usage meter, which patrons can use to measure the amount of electric current used by their various appliances. Thanks to nhsaves.com and the State Library, we have received additional meters and we presently have two in circulation, available for borrowing.
The library has a link to the NH Downloadable Audiobook Consortium, known as Overdrive, which enables anyone with a valid Moultonborough library card and a personal computer with internet access to download their choice from a wide selection of audiobooks available statewide, which can be downloaded to your IPod or MP-3 player Call or visit the library and obtain the special prefix to your library card number that you will need to log in on the Overdrive website. On your home computer, go to the library website at www.moultonboroughlibrary.organd click on the “NH Downloadable Audio” listing on the left side of the home page. You will be directed to a more detailed explanation of how Overdrive works, and then to a link to Overdrive. The site will direct you how to install free media software on your computer, set up an account with your library card number and email address, and allow you browse the list by author, title, subject, or format, and check out and reserve titles of your choice.
For the homebound of Moultonborough, who would like to have books, including large print, or audiobooks or movies delivered to their door, the library has teamed with Altrusa volunteers to make possible delivery and return of library materials for those who can’t travel to the library. Altrusa volunteers will visit every two weeks, and if you do not have a library card, you may obtain one. Please feel free to call the library at 476-8895 to sign up.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:
Preschool storytime Tuesday evenings, 6:30 p.m., and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m.
Passes available for the Currier Museum and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center year-round. Please call the library at 476-8895 for details and to sign up.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other portable craft project for a morning get-together with other crafters.
Thursday, March 4, 7:00 p.m. Winter Film Series: “Local Color,” 107 min, R.
Tuesday, March 9, 7 p.m. Irish music live with Marty Quirk and Kevin Dolan.
Wednesday, March 10, 10:30 a.m. “To Kill a Mockingbird” movie program.
Thursday, March 11, 7:00 p.m. “To Kill a Mockingbird” movie program.
Wednesday, March 24, 7:00 p.m. “To Kill a Mockingbird” book discussion.
Thursday, March 25, 10:30 a.m. “To Kill a Mockingbird” book discussion.
Tuesday, March 9, 7:00 p.m. Live Irish music with Marty Quirk and Kevin Dolan.
Saturday, March 13-Library will be open during town/school district annual meetings.
Thursday, March 18, 1:00 p.m. Afternoon film program, “Up,” starring the voice of Ed Asner.
Wednesday, March 24, 3:15 p.m. After school egg decorating craft.
Saturday, April 3, 11:00 a.m. Annual Easter Egg Hunt for children up to age 12.
Library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.; Fridays 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The library website is located at www.moultonboroughlibrary.org.
Moultonborough Library News
February 25, 2010
Join us for a celebration of the music of Ireland on Tuesday, March 9, at 7:00 p.m.. just in time for St. Patricks’ Day. We’ll enjoy live Irish music with Marty Quirk and Kevin Dolan.
The library’s winter film series continues on the next two Thursday evenings with “Is Anybody There?” and “Local Color.” This week’s film, “Is Anybody There?” on February 25, stars Michael Caine as a retired magician who befriends a lonely boy living in a retirement home. The series concludes with “Local Color,” in which a successful artist looks back with loving memories to his defining summer of 1974. The first two movies in this series, “The Hurt Locker” and “(500) Days of Summer” are now available to be checked out. There will also be a special afternoon film program on Thursday, March 18, featuring the movie “Up,” an animated feature film with the voice of Ed Asner as an elderly curmudgeon who decides to take the trip of a lifetime to Paradise Falls, South America, instead of going into the retirement home. He is joined by a stowaway Boy Scout, a talking dog, and a rare bird named Kevin.
“To Kill A Mockingbird” will be the topic of a statewide “Big Read” program in March, and the library has extra copies of the book, plus the audiobook, movie on DVD or VHS, and book discussion guides on audio CD and in pamphlet form. There will be two book discussions and two showing on the movie during March, one of each in the daytime and evening. The movie will be shown on Wednesday, March 10, at 10:30 a.m. “ and Thursday, March 11, at 7:00 p.m. There will be book discussions on Wednesday, March 24, at 7:00 p.m. and Thursday, March 25, at 10:30 a.m. Looking ahead, there will be a discussion of Mark Twain’s “The Innocents Abroad” on April 22 and Ernest Hemingway’s “A Moveable Feast” on May 27. Extra copies of the books will be provided.
The date of Saturday, April 3, at 11:00 a.m. has been set for the annual Easter Egg Hunt. Children up to age 12 are welcome to come and visit with the Easter Bunny and hunt for eggs filled with candy and tiny toys on the library grounds. This is an outdoor event, so dress appropriately for the early spring weather. There will also be an afterschool craft program on Wednesday, March 24 to decorate Easter eggs.
The library is again hosting the AARP tax preparation program for seniors and low and middle-income earners, and the volunteer tax assistants will be here on Wednesday from 1- 6 p.m., and Thursdays from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m., starting February 3. Please call the library at 476-8895 to make an appointment.
Barbara Bald will be the featured poet at the “Evening of Poetry” on Tuesday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. Barbara was a middle school science educator for 22 years, and before that worked for NH Public Television. Presently she is a freelance writer and offers enrichment opportunities for children and adults. She has a passion for the wilderness and animals, and hikes, kayaks, snowshoes, tracks animals, and writes her best poetry in the forest. She has been writing since age 12, and for six summers worked at the Frost Place in Franconia and attended the poetry festival there. Her poems have been published in a variety of anthologies. Following her presentation there will be the usual Open Mike time for aspiring poets in the audience to share their work.
We added more new fiction this week, including “Brava, Valentine,” Adriana Trigiani; “Bloodroot,” by Amy Greene; “A Dark Matter,” by Peter Straub, and “The Midnight House,” by Alex Berenson. New in nonfiction is the biography of Joseph Pulitzer, the first great media mogul of the United States, for whom the famous prizes in journalism are named.
We also added a batch of juvenile and young adult fiction, including “Witch and Wizard,” by James Patterson; “Untamed,” by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast; “An Off Year,” by Claire Zulkey; “Funny How Things Change,” by Melissa Wyatt; “In the Path of Falling Objects,” by Andrew Smith; “The Miles Between,” by Mary Pearson; and “Owning It,” by Donald Gallo.
New on DVD is the complete five seasons of “Foyle’s War,” a BBC production about a police inspector on the south coast of England during World War II. We were given the first season and it has proved to be so popular that we went ahead and bought the rest of the set. Also new is “Greatest Classic Films,” a 2-DVD set that includes the musicals “Annie Get Your Gun,” Show Boat,” “Kiss Me Kate,” and “Seven Brides For Seven Brothers.” Children or grownups will enjoy the antics of the “Penguins of Madagascar,” an animated short film that has spun off into its own series.
Recently, the library bought a “Kill-A-Watt” electricity usage meter, which patrons can use to measure the amount of electric current used by their various appliances. Thanks to nhsaves.com and the State Library, we have received additional meters and we presently have two in circulation, available for borrowing.
The library has a link to the NH Downloadable Audiobook Consortium, known as Overdrive, which enables anyone with a valid Moultonborough library card and a personal computer with internet access to download their choice from a wide selection of audiobooks available statewide, which can be downloaded to your IPod or MP-3 player Call or visit the library and obtain the special prefix to your library card number that you will need to log in on the Overdrive website. On your home computer, go to the library website at www.moultonboroughlibrary.organd click on the “NH Downloadable Audio” listing on the left side of the home page. You will be directed to a more detailed explanation of how Overdrive works, and then to a link to Overdrive. The site will direct you how to install free media software on your computer, set up an account with your library card number and email address, and allow you browse the list by author, title, subject, or format, and check out and reserve titles of your choice.
For the homebound of Moultonborough, who would like to have books, including large print, or audiobooks or movies delivered to their door, the library has teamed with Altrusa volunteers to make possible delivery and return of library materials for those who can’t travel to the library. Altrusa volunteers will visit every two weeks, and if you do not have a library card, you may obtain one. Please feel free to call the library at 476-8895 to sign up.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:
Preschool storytime Tuesday evenings, 6:30 p.m., and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. No storytime during school vacation week February 22-26.
Passes available for the Currier Museum and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center year-round. Please call the library at 476-8895 for details and to sign up.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other portable craft project for a morning get-together with other crafters.
Wednesday, February 24, 10:30 a.m. WMUR weatherman Josh Judge, weather talk and book signing.
Thursday, February 25, 7:00 p.m. Winter Film Series: “Is Anybody There?” 94 min, PG-13.
Tuesday, March 2, 7:30 p.m. Evening of Poetry, featured reader Barbara Bald.
Thursday, March 4, 7:00 p.m. Winter Film Series: “Local Color,” 107 min, R.
Tuesday, March 9, 7 p.m. Irish music live with Marty Quirk and Kevin Dolan.
Wednesday, March 10, 10:30 a.m. “To Kill a Mockingbird” movie program.
Thursday, March 11, 7:00 p.m. “To Kill a Mockingbird” movie program.
Wednesday, March 24, 7:00 p.m. “To Kill a Mockingbird” book discussion.
Thursday, March 25, 10:30 a.m. “To Kill a Mockingbird” book discussion.
Tuesday, March 9, 7:00 p.m. Live Irish music with Marty Quirk and Kevin Dolan.
Saturday, March 13-Library will be open during town/school district annual meetings.
Thursday, March 18, 1:00 p.m. Afternoon film program, “Up,” starring the voice of Ed Asner.
Wednesday, March 24, 3:15 p.m. After school egg decorating craft.
Saturday, April 3, 11:00 a.m. Annual Easter Egg Hunt for children up to age 12.
Library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.; Fridays 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The library website is located at www.moultonboroughlibrary.org.
Moultonborough Library News
February 18, 2010
The library’s winter film series continues on the next three Thursday evenings with “(500) Days of Summer,” “Is Anybody There?” and “Local Color.” This week’s film, “(500) Days of Summer” is a quirky romantic comedy starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, followed by “Is Anybody There?” on February 25, starring Michael Caine as a retired magician who befriends a lonely boy living in a retirement home. The series concludes with “Local Color,” in which a successful artist looks back with loving memories to his defining summer of 1974.
“To Kill A Mockingbird” will be the topic of a statewide “Big Read” program in March, and the library has extra copies of the book, plus the audiobook, movie, and book discussion guides on audio and in pamphlet form. There will be two book discussions and two showing on the movie during March.
The library is again hosting the AARP tax preparation program for seniors and low and middle-income earners, and the volunteer tax assistants will be here on Wednesday from 1- 6 p.m., and Thursdays from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m., starting February 3. Please call the library at 476-8895 to make an appointment.
This week’s additions of new books are James Patterson’s “Worst Case;” “Secrets of Eden” by Chris Bohjalian; “Shadow Tag,” by Louise Erdrich; and “Winter Garden,” by Kristin Hannah. New in mystery is “The Puzzle Lady vs. The Sudoku Lady,” by Parnell Hall. Because of the new Percy Jackson movie coming out, we have added second copies of all the Olympians series. New in audiobook format are “The Scarpetta Factor,” by Patricia Cornwell; “U Is For Undertow,” by Sue Grafton; “Last Night in Twisted River,” by John Irving; and “A Lion Called Christian,” by Anthony Bourke. Also new to our collection thanks to donations are “The Princes of Ireland,” by Edward Rutherfurd; “More Than Friends,” by Barbara Delinsky; “The Hollow,” by Nora Roberts, and “Matters of the Heart,” by Danielle Steel. New in DVD are “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” “Love Happens,” “Food, Inc.,” “Return to Cranford,” and thanks to a donation, two episodes of a British mystery, “Jericho of Scotland Yard,” set in London in the 1950s.
Dates have been set for the annual summer book sale, which this year will be on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, July 3, 4, and 5, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day. We have already received well over 500 boxes of donations, including hardcover, paperback, children’s books, videos, audiobooks, puzzles and games, and more donations can be brought in during library hours. We appreciate getting the donations in plenty of time to sort them out and find the ones we would like to add to the collection rather than getting a big pile right at the last minute.
Barbara Bald will be the featured poet at the “Evening of Poetry” on Tuesday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. Barbara was a middle school science educator for 22 years, and before that worked for NH Public Television. Presently she is a freelance writer and offers enrichment opportunities for children and adults. She has a passion for the wilderness and animals, and hikes, kayaks, snowshoes, tracks animals, and writes her best poetry in the forest. She has been writing since age 12, and for six summers worked at the Frost Place in Franconia and attended the poetry festival there. Her poems have been published in a variety of anthologies. Following her presentation there will be the usual Open Mike time for aspiring poets in the audience to share their work.
Recently, the library bought a “Kill-A-Watt” electricity usage meter, which patrons can use to measure the amount of electric current used by their various appliances. Thanks to nhsaves.com and the State Library, we have received additional meters and we presently have two in circulation, available for borrowing.
The library has a link to the NH Downloadable Audiobook Consortium, known as Overdrive, which enables anyone with a valid Moultonborough library card and a personal computer with internet access to download their choice from a wide selection of audiobooks available statewide, which can be downloaded to your IPod or MP-3 player Call or visit the library and obtain the special prefix to your library card number that you will need to log in on the Overdrive website. On your home computer, go to the library website at www.moultonboroughlibrary.organd click on the “NH Downloadable Audio” listing on the left side of the home page. You will be directed to a more detailed explanation of how Overdrive works, and then to a link to Overdrive. The site will direct you how to install free media software on your computer, set up an account with your library card number and email address, and allow you browse the list by author, title, subject, or format, and check out and reserve titles of your choice.
For the homebound of Moultonborough, who would like to have books, including large print, or audiobooks or movies delivered to their door, the library has teamed with Altrusa volunteers to make possible delivery and return of library materials for those who can’t travel to the library. Altrusa volunteers will visit every two weeks, and if you do not have a library card, you may obtain one. Please feel free to call the library at 476-8895 to sign up.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:
Preschool storytime Tuesday evenings, 6:30 p.m., and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. No storytime during school vacation week February 22-26.
Passes available for the Currier Museum and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center year-round. Please call the library at 476-8895 for details and to sign up.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other portable craft project for a morning get-together with other crafters.
Thursday, February 18, 3:30 p.m. Lego Lovers Club, children are invited to make Lego creations that will be displayed at the library.
Thursday, February 18, 7:00 p.m. Winter Film Series: “(550) Days of Summer,” 95 min, PG-13.
Wednesday, February 24, 10:30 a.m. WMUR weatherman Josh Judge, weather talk and book signing.
Thursday, February 25, 7:00 p.m. Winter Film Series: “Is Anybody There?” 94 min, PG-13.
Tuesday, March 2, 7:30 p.m. Evening of Poetry, featured reader Barbara Bald.
Thursday, March 4, 7:00 p.m. Winter Film Series: “Local Color,” 107 min, R.
Tuesday, March 9, 7 p.m. Irish music live with Marty Quirk and Kevin Dolan.
Wednesday, March 10, 10:30 a.m. “To Kill a Mockingbird” movie program.
Thursday, March 11, 7:00 p.m. “To Kill a Mockingbird” movie program.
Wednesday, March 24, 7:00 p.m. “To Kill a Mockingbird” book discussion.
Thursday, March 25, 10:30 a.m. “To Kill a Mockingbird” book discussion.
Library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.; Fridays 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The library website is located at www.moultonboroughlibrary.org.
Moultonborough Library News
February 11, 2010
The library’s winter film series starts tonight, Thursday, February 11, with “The Hurt Locker” at 7:00 p.m. and continues on the next three Thursday evenings with “(500) Days of Summer,” “Is Anybody There?” and “Local Color.” “The Hurt Locker” is a spellbinding war film about a bomb squad in Iraq, led by a reckless soldier addicted to danger, which has been in the news lately as a winner or nominee for the various film awards. Next week’s film, “(500) Days of Summer” is a quirky romantic comedy starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, followed by “Is Anybody There?” on February 25, starring Michael Caine as a retired magician who befriends a lonely boy living in a retirement home. The series concludes with “Local Color,” in which a successful artist looks back with loving memories to his defining summer of 1974.
There will be a Valentine tea party on Saturday, February 13, at 1:00 p.m. Girls are invited to dress up and bring their favorite dolls, moms, grandmothers, aunts, friends or neighbors for a lovely tea party and valentine-making craft project. Donations of fancy cookies would be appreciated.
Looking ahead toward the end of February, we will be hosting WMUR meteorologist Josh Judge on Wednesday, February 24 at 10:30 a.m. Josh is the author of a children’s book, “Weather Facts and Fun” and the book will be available for purchase and signing following his program on the challenges of forecasting New Hampshire’s great variety of weather. The book was co-authored with NH middle school science teacher Kathe Cussen and is geared toward students in grades 5-6, so any students who are out of school during vacation week are invited to attend and learn why thunder makes a noise, how large the largest hailstone was, and even how to study to become a meteorologist. Our copy of the book will be available for circulation after the program.
“To Kill A Mockingbird” will be the topic of a statewide “Big Read” program in March, and the library has extra copies of the book, plus the audiobook, movie, and book discussion guides on audio and in pamphlet form. There will be two book discussions and two showing on the movie during March.
The library is again hosting the AARP tax preparation program for seniors and low and middle-income earners, and the volunteer tax assistants will be here on Wednesday from 1- 6 p.m., and Thursdays from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m., starting February 3. Please call the library at 476-8895 to make an appointment.
New books arriving on our shelves this week included two mysteries with an international flavor, “The Redbreast” and “Nemesis,” both by Jo Nesbo, and both set in Norway. “The Redbreast” involves neo-Nazis and harks back to the Norwegians who collaborated with the nazis during World War II, while “Nemesis” has detective Harry Hole investigating savage bank robberies. Another new foreign mystery is “the Silence of the Rain,” by Luiz Garcia-Roza, set in Brazil and features Inspector Espinosa.
We added two more donated books on CD, “The Fire,” by Katherine Neville, the sequel to her book, “The Eight,” and by Jude Deveraux, the first in a series, “Lavender Morning.”New movies added were Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” concert documentary, and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.”
Recently, the library bought a “Kill-A-Watt” electricity usage meter, which patrons can use to measure the amount of electric current used by their various appliances. Thanks to nhsaves.com and the State Library, we have received additional meters and we presently have two in circulation, available for borrowing.
The library has a link to the NH Downloadable Audiobook Consortium, known as Overdrive, which enables anyone with a valid Moultonborough library card and a personal computer with internet access to download their choice from a wide selection of audiobooks available statewide, which can be downloaded to your IPod or MP-3 player Call or visit the library and obtain the special prefix to your library card number that you will need to log in on the Overdrive website. On your home computer, go to the library website at www.moultonboroughlibrary.organd click on the “NH Downloadable Audio” listing on the left side of the home page. You will be directed to a more detailed explanation of how Overdrive works, and then to a link to Overdrive. The site will direct you how to install free media software on your computer, set up an account with your library card number and email address, and allow you browse the list by author, title, subject, or format, and check out and reserve titles of your choice.
For the homebound of Moultonborough, who would like to have books, including large print, or audiobooks or movies delivered to their door, the library has teamed with Altrusa volunteers to make possible delivery and return of library materials for those who can’t travel to the library. Altrusa volunteers will visit every two weeks, and if you do not have a library card, you may obtain one. Please feel free to call the library at 476-8895 to sign up.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:
Preschool storytime Tuesday evenings, 6:30 p.m., and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. No storytime during school vacation week February 22-26.
Passes available for the Currier Museum and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center year-round. Please call the library at 476-8895 for details and to sign up.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other portable craft project for a morning get-together with other crafters.
Thursday, February 11, 7:00 p.m. Winter Film Series: “The Hurt Locker,” 130 min., R.
Saturday, February 13, 1:00 p.m. Valentine tea party and valentine-making craft.
Thursday, February 18, 3:30 p.m. Lego Lovers Club, children are invited to make Lego creations that will be displayed at the library.
Thursday, February 18, 7:00 p.m. Winter Film Series: “(550) Days of Summer,” 95 min, PG-13.
Wednesday, February 24, 10:30 a.m. WMUR weatherman Josh Judge, weather talk and book signing.
Thursday, February 25, 7:00 p.m. Winter Film Series: “Is Anybody There?” 94 min, PG-13.
Tuesday, March 2, 7:30 p.m. Evening of Poetry, featured reader Barbara Bald.
Thursday, March 4, 7:00 p.m. Winter Film Series: “Local Color,” 107 min, R.
Tuesday, March 9, 7 p.m. Irish music live with Marty Quirk and Kevin Dolan.
Wednesday, March 10, 10:30 a.m. “To Kill a Mockingbird” movie program.
Thursday, March 11, 7:00 p.m. “To Kill a Mockingbird” movie program.
Wednesday, March 24, 7:00 p.m. “To Kill a Mockingbird” book discussion.
Thursday, March 25, 10:30 a.m. “To Kill a Mockingbird” book discussion.
Library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.; Fridays 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The library website is located at www.moultonboroughlibrary.org.
Moultonborough Library News
February 4, 2010
The “One Book, One Community” program events here at the library continues on Thursday, February 4, when the library will host “Rediscovering Afghanistan: Lessons From the Home,” a NH Humanities Council program presented by Jennifer Fluri of Dartmouth College and Rachel Lehr of Rubia, Inc., who will use still photography, film images, historical sources, material artifacts, ethnographies, geopolitical data, and personal anecdotes to share their experiences in both rural and urban Afghan homes and communities.
The following week, Monday, February 8, the library will host an arts reception at 6:30 p.m. Students, families, and community members are invited to come and share art connections that have been inspired by the reading of “Three Cups of Tea.” Refreshments will be served. Next, on Wednesday, February 10, join us again at 6:30 p.m. for “Discovering Afghanistan’s Geography and Geology,” presented by MCS science teacher Dan Reidy. This year’s “One Book, One Community” program concludes on Saturday, February 13, with a potluck supper at the Lion’s Club at 6:00 p.m.
Program activities continue with a film series that begins on Thursday, February 11, with “The Hurt Locker” at 7:00 p.m. and continues on the next three Thursday evenings with “(500) Days of Summer,” “Is Anybody There?” and “Local Color.” “The Hurt Locker” is a spellbinding war film about a bomb squad in Iraq, led by a reckless soldier addicted to danger.
There will be a Valentine tea party on Saturday, February 13, at 1:00 p.m. Girls are invited to dress up and bring their favorite dolls, moms, grandmothers, aunts, friends or neighbors for a lovely tea party and valentine-making craft project. Donations of fancy cookies would be appreciated.
Looking ahead toward the end of February, we will be hosting WMUR meteorologist Josh Judge on Wednesday, February 24 at 10:30 a.m. Josh is the author of a children’s book, “Weather Facts and Fun” and the book will be available for purchase and signing following his program on the challenges of forecasting New Hampshire’s great variety of weather.
The library will again host the AARP tax preparation program for seniors and low and middle-income earners, and the volunteer tax assistants will be here on Wednesday from 1- 6 p.m., and Thursdays from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m., starting February 3. Please call the library at 476-8895.
We have new fiction, including “The Endless Forest,” by Sara Donati; “Kisser,” by Stuart Woods; “The World at the Door,” by Jack Higgins; “A Good Fall,” by Ha Jin, and “Roses” by Leila Meacham. Two new titles are mysteries: “Eye of the Raven,” by Eliot Pattison, and “Death at the Alma Mater,” by G.M. Malliett. New in biography is “Committed: a skeptic makes peace with marriage,” by Elizabeth Gilbert, author of “East, Pray, Love.” New in nonfiction is “Slow Death by Rubber Duck,” about all the chemicals in our environment that we are exposed to.
We have received donations of new audiobooks, including “The Luncheon of the Boating Party,” based on the painting by August Renoir, by Susan Vreeland; “The Geography of Bliss,” a search for the happiest places on earth, by Eric Weiner, and “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Primary Phase,” a comic British sci-fi classic by Douglas Adams. Other phases will be donated shortly. We also have “The Innocents Abroad,” by Mark Twain, a humorous account of his travels abroad, which will be the topic of a book discussion on April 22. For younger listeners, we have “A Season of Gifts,” by Richard Peck; “Once Was Lost,” by Sara Zarr; “Castle in the Attic,” by Elizabeth Winthrop; “Tango: the tale of an island dog,” by Eileen Beha, and “Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant,” a collection of funny poems by Jack Prelutsky.
For younger readers, we have new books too numerous to mention, 42 new titles arriving this week for readers of all ages from easy picture books to young adults. The collection includes four titles given in honor of Zoe Dawson’s birthday.
New movies this week include “The Invention of Lying, with Ricky Gervais;” two NHPTV productions, “Journey of the Broad-Winged Hawk,” about the hawk migration from NH to Ecuador; and “Windows to the Wild,” about hiking in the White Mountains; “Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days,” and thanks to a donation, “Monsieur Ibrahim,” with Omar Sharif.
Recently, the library bought a “Kill-A-Watt” electricity usage meter, which patrons can use to measure the amount of electric current used by their various appliances. Thanks to nhsaves.com and the State Library, we have received additional meters and we presently have two in circulation, available for borrowing.
The library has a link to the NH Downloadable Audiobook Consortium, known as Overdrive, which enables anyone with a valid Moultonborough library card and a personal computer with internet access to download their choice from a wide selection of audiobooks available statewide, which can be downloaded to your IPod or MP-3 player Call or visit the library and obtain the special prefix to your library card number that you will need to log in on the Overdrive website. On your home computer, go to the library website at www.moultonboroughlibrary.organd click on the “NH Downloadable Audio” listing on the left side of the home page. You will be directed to a more detailed explanation of how Overdrive works, and then to a link to Overdrive. The site will direct you how to install free media software on your computer, set up an account with your library card number and email address, and allow you browse the list by author, title, subject, or format, and check out and reserve titles of your choice.
For the homebound of Moultonborough, who would like to have books, including large print, or audiobooks or movies delivered to their door, the library has teamed with Altrusa volunteers to make possible delivery and return of library materials for those who can’t travel to the library. Altrusa volunteers will visit every two weeks, and if you do not have a library card, you may obtain one. Please feel free to call the library at 476-8895 to sign up.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:
Preschool storytime Tuesday evenings, 6:30 p.m., and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. No storytimes during school vacation, week of February 8.
Passes available for the Currier Museum and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center year-round. Please call the library at 476-8895 for details and to sign up.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other portable craft project for a morning get-together with other crafters.
Friday, January 29, 5:30-8:00 p.m. Readathon, grades 4-6; signup required.
Tuesday, February 2, 3:30 p.m. Groundhog Hunt at the Loon Center, Lee’s Mills Road for children. Dress appropriately for an out winter hike, with boots. Children age six and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Tuesday, February 2, 7:30 p.m. Evening of Poetry, George Jack, featured reader.
Wednesday, February 3, 7:00 p.m. Book Discussion “Three Cups of Tea,” led by MA English teacher Kathy Loring.
Thursday, February 4, 7:00 p.m. “Rediscovering Afghanistan: Lessons From the Home,” NH Humanities Council program.
Friday, February 5, 6:30-9:00 p.m. Readathon for children in grade 7 and up. Please sign up so we know how much pizza to order.
Monday, February 8, 6:30 p.m. Arts Reception for “One Book, One Community “ program. Refreshments served.
Wednesday, February 10, 6:30 p.m. “Discovering Afghanistan’s Geography and Geology,” presented by MCS science teacher Dan Reidy.
Thursday, February 11, 7:00 p.m. Winter Film Series: “The Hurt Locker,” 130 min., R.
Saturday, February 13, 1:00 p.m. Valentine tea party and valentine-making craft.
Thursday, February 18, 7:00 p.m. Winter Film Series: “(550) Days of Summer,” 95 min, PG-13.
Wednesday, February 24, 10:30 a.m. WMUR weatherman Josh Judge, weather talk and book signing.
Thursday, February 25, 7:00 p.m. Winter Film Series: “Is Anybody There?” 94 min, PG-13.
Tuesday, March 2, 7:30 p.m. Evening of Poetry, featured reader Barbara Bald.
Thursday, March 4, 7:00 p.m. Winter Film Series: “Local Color,” 107 min, R.
Library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.; Fridays 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The library website is located at www.moultonboroughlibrary.org.
Moultonborough Library News
January 28, 2010
The “One Book, One Community” program events here at the library continue with a busy schedule in February, starting with our annual children’s groundhog hunt on Tuesday, February 2, at the Loon Center at 3:30 p.m. Yes, there are also groundhogs that are native to Afghanistan. Please dress appropriately for the weather with boots as this is an outdoors in the snowy winter woods activity. Next is a book discussion of “Three Cups of Tea,” at the library on Wednesday, February 3, at 7:00 p.m., led by MA English teacher Kathy Loring. The following evening, Thursday, February 4, the library will host “Rediscovering Afghanistan: Lessons From the Home,” a NH Humanities Council program presented by Jennifer Fluri of Dartmouth College and Rachel Lehr of Rubia, Inc., who will use still photography, film images, historical sources, material artifacts, ethnographies, geopolitical data, and personal anecdotes to share their experiences in both rural and urban Afghan homes and communities.
The following week, Monday, February 8, the library will host an arts reception at 6:30 p.m. Students, families, and community members are invited to come and share art connections that have been inspired by the reading of “Three Cups of Tea.” Refreshments will be served. Next, on Wednesday, February 10, join us again at 6:30 p.m. for “Discovering Afghanistan’s Geography and Geology,” presented by MCS science teacher Dan Reidy. This year’s “One Book, One Community” program concludes on Saturday, February 13, with a potluck supper at the Lion’s Club at 6:00 p.m.
Program activities continue with a film series that begins on Thursday, February 11, with “The Hurt Locker” at 7:00 p.m. and continues on the next three Thursday evenings with “(500) Days of Summer,” “Is Anybody There?” and “Local Color.” “The Hurt Locker” is a spellbinding war film about a bomb squad in Iraq, led by a reckless soldier addicted to danger.
There will be a Valentine tea party on Saturday, February 13, at 1:00 p.m. Girls are invited to dress up and bring their favorite dolls, moms, grandmothers, aunts, friends or neighbors for a lovely formal tea party.
This week’s new book selections include cookbooks, large print fiction, and computer handbooks We have added “The Best Light Recipe” and “More Best Recipe’s” from the editors of Cook’s Illustrated; in large print, “Too Much Money,” by Dominick Dunne, “Breathless,” by Dean Koontz; “Ford County,” by John Grisham, and “Hollywood Moon,” by Joseph Wambaugh. Our new computer books are “Windows 7 All-in-One For Dummies,” “PCs For Dummies,” and “Computers For Seniors For Dummies.” New fiction includes “Betrayal of the Blood Lily,” by Lauren Willig; “The Swan Thieves,” by Elizabeth Kostova; “Treasure Hunt,” by John Lescroart; “The Unbearable Lightness of Scones,” by Alexander McCall Smith, and a mystery, “Blackout,” by Luiz Garcia-Roza. New in biography is “The Sound of Freedom,” the story of African-American singer Marian Anderson, and how she was blocked from singing at Constitution Hall by the DAR in 1939. This book will be discussed at “Books Sandwiched In” at the Samuel Wentworth Library in Sandwich on Monday, March 1 at noon. Other new nonfiction includes “Game Change,” about the Obama presidential campaign, by John Heileman. New children’s books include “Heck,” about the place where naughty children go, featuring Lizzie Borden as the home-ec teacher.
We have two new audiobooks that will be the subject of upcoming book discussions. Harper Lee’s classic novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” will be the topic of a statewide “big read” program in March, and Ernest Hemingway’s “A Moveable Feast” will be discussed here at the library on Thursday, May 27.
The library will again host the AARP tax preparation program for seniors and low and middle-income earners, and the volunteer tax assistants will be here on Wednesday from 1- 6 p.m., and Thursdays from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m., starting February 3. Please call the library at 476-8895 to schedule an appointment.
The next “Evening of Poetry” program will be on Tuesday, February 2, at 7:30 p.m. This month’s featured reader will be George Jack, followed by “open mike” time for poetry sharing with audience members. George was with us in 2007, and is the author of two books of poetry, “The Cellophane Tuxedo” and “Frost Heaves and Flannel,” and his work has appeared in Farmhouse Magazine, Plankton, Poet’s Touchstone, and Poet’s Guide to New Hampshire. He is a brown belt in karate, a justice of the peace, and a cast member of the NH Radio Theater. He says that while his alarm clock wakes him every morning, reading and writing poetry is the reason he gets out of bed everyday.
Recently, the library bought a “Kill-A-Watt” electricity usage meter, which patrons can use to measure the amount of electric current used by their various appliances. Thanks to nhsaves.com and the State Library, we have received additional meters and we presently have two in circulation, available for borrowing.
The library has a link to the NH Downloadable Audiobook Consortium, known as Overdrive, which enables anyone with a valid Moultonborough library card and a personal computer with internet access to download their choice from a wide selection of audiobooks available statewide, which can be downloaded to your IPod or MP-3 player Call or visit the library and obtain the special prefix to your library card number that you will need to log in on the Overdrive website. On your home computer, go to the library website at www.moultonboroughlibrary.organd click on the “NH Downloadable Audio” listing on the left side of the home page. You will be directed to a more detailed explanation of how Overdrive works, and then to a link to Overdrive. The site will direct you how to install free media software on your computer, set up an account with your library card number and email address, and allow you browse the list by author, title, subject, or format, and check out and reserve titles of your choice.
For the homebound of Moultonborough, who would like to have books, including large print, or audiobooks or movies delivered to their door, the library has teamed with Altrusa volunteers to make possible delivery and return of library materials for those who can’t travel to the library. Altrusa volunteers will visit every two weeks, and if you do not have a library card, you may obtain one. Please feel free to call the library at 476-8895 to sign up.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:
Preschool storytime Tuesday evenings, 6:30 p.m., and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m.
Passes available for the Currier Museum and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center year-round. Please call the library at 476-8895 for details and to sign up.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other portable craft project for a morning get-together with other crafters.
Friday, January 29, 5:30-8:00 p.m. Readathon, grades 4-6; signup required.
Tuesday, February 2, 3:30 p.m. Groundhog Hunt at the Loon Center, Lee’s Mills Road for children. Dress appropriately for an out winter hike, with boots. Children age six and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Tuesday, February 2, 7:30 p.m. Evening of Poetry, George Jack, featured reader.
Wednesday, February 3, 7:00 p.m. Book Discussion “Three Cups of Tea,” led by MA English teacher Kathy Loring.
Thursday, February 4, 7:00 p.m. “Rediscovering Afghanistan: Lessons From the Home,” NH Humanities Council program.
Friday, February 5, 6:30-9:00 p.m. Readathon for children in grade 7 and up. Please sign up so we know how much pizza to order.
Monday, February 8, 6:30 p.m. Arts Reception for “One Book, One Community “ program. Refreshments served.
Wednesday, February 10, 6:30 p.m. “Discovering Afghanistan’s Geography and Geology,” presented by MCS science teacher Dan Reidy.
Library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.; Fridays 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The library website is located at www.moultonboroughlibrary.org.
Moultonborough Library News
January 21, 2001
The “One Book, One Community” program events here at the library in January will be the film, “The Beauty Academy of Kabul,” on Thursday, January 21, at 7:00 p.m. The movie is a documentary that follows American women who move to Kabul, Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban, to open a school for beauticians, including women who maintained underground beauty shops during Taliban rule. Next will be a book discussion of “Three Cups of Tea,” on Wednesday, January 27, at 10:30 a.m., led by MA English teacher Kathy Loring, and that afternoon, a diorama craft for children at 3:15 p.m.
The library will again host the AARP tax preparation program for seniors and low and middle-income earners, and the volunteer tax assistants will be here on Wednesday from 1- 6 p.m., and Thursdays from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m., starting February 3. Please call the library at 476-8895 to schedule an appointment.
The “Book Talk” monthly book discussion group will not meet during January and February due to the uncertainty of the weather. Meetings will resume in March or April, so keep reading and be ready to discuss when this program resumes. However, at the Samuel Wentworth Library in Sandwich, “Books Sandwiched In” met on January 18 to discuss “American Lion,” Jon Meacham’s new book about President Andrew Jackson, which is also available here in Moultonborough, and there are three more book discussions planned in February and March. We will be ordering the books for our collection for those who wish to participate, including “Supreme Conflict,” by Jan Crawford Greenberg, about the supreme court; “The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog,” by Bruce Perry, and “The Sound of Freedom: Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert That Awakened America.”
We have some nice new fiction this week, including “Not My Daughter,” the latest from our own summer resident, Barbara Delinsky, about a “pregnancy pact” among teenage girls and its effect on their mothers and their community; “Remarkable Creatures,” by Tracy Chavalier, a historical novel about Mary Anning, who discovered many dinosaur fossils in cliffs on the coast of England in the 1800s but was barred from academic circles because she was a woman; “Noah’s Compass,” by Anne Tyler, about a retired school teacher looking for the next phase of his life; “Unfinished Desires,” by Gail Godwin, set at a private girl’s school in 1951; and an action-adventure tale from Matthew Reilly, “the Five Greatest Warriors.” New in mystery are “Fell Purpose,” by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, a Bill Slider mystery, and “Snow Angels,” by James Thompson, an Inspector Varra mystery. New in nonfiction is “Water: the epic struggle for wealth, power, and civilization,” by Steven Solomon.
New for children’s books are “Al Capone Shines My Shoes,” by Gennifer Choldenko; “Extra Credit,” by Andrew Clements, “Darkwing,” by Kenneth Oppel; number six in the “39 Clues” series, “The Sword Thief,” by Peter Lerangis. New for younger readers are “Skippyjon Jones Lost in Spice,” in which the Siamese cat who thinks he’s a Chihuahua visits Mars; “Lousy Rotten Stinker,” by Margie Palatini, and “Ready For Anything,” by Keiko Kasza.
New DVDs continue to arrive, and this week’s crop includes “Inglourious Basterds,” “Croupier,” and “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.”
The next “Evening of Poetry” program will be on Tuesday, February 2, at 7:30 p.m. This month’s featured reader will be George Jack, followed by “open mike” time for poetry sharing with audience members. George was with us in 2007, and is the author of two books of poetry, “The Cellophane Tuxedo” and “Frost Heaves and Flannel,” and his work has appeared in Farmhouse Magazine, Plankton, Poet’s Touchstone, and Poet’s Guide to New Hampshire. He is a brown belt in karate, a justice of the peace, and a cast member of the NH Radio Theater. He says that while his alarm clock wakes him every morning, reading and writing poetry is the reason he gets out of bed everyday.
Recently, the library bought a “Kill-A-Watt” electricity usage meter, which patrons can use to measure the amount of electric current used by their various appliances. Thanks to nhsaves.com and the State Library, we have received additional meters and we presently have two in circulation, available for borrowing.
The library has a link to the NH Downloadable Audiobook Consortium, known as Overdrive, which enables anyone with a valid Moultonborough library card and a personal computer with internet access to download their choice from a wide selection of audiobooks available statewide, which can be downloaded to your IPod or MP-3 player Call or visit the library and obtain the special prefix to your library card number that you will need to log in on the Overdrive website. On your home computer, go to the library website at www.moultonboroughlibrary.organd click on the “NH Downloadable Audio” listing on the left side of the home page. You will be directed to a more detailed explanation of how Overdrive works, and then to a link to Overdrive. The site will direct you how to install free media software on your computer, set up an account with your library card number and email address, and allow you browse the list by author, title, subject, or format, and check out and reserve titles of your choice.
For the homebound of Moultonborough, who would like to have books, including large print, or audiobooks or movies delivered to their door, the library has teamed with Altrusa volunteers to make possible delivery and return of library materials for those who can’t travel to the library. Altrusa volunteers will visit every two weeks, and if you do not have a library card, you may obtain one. Please feel free to call the library at 476-8895 to sign up.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:
Preschool storytime Tuesday evenings, 6:30 p.m., and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m.
Passes available for the Currier Museum and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center year-round. Please call the library at 476-8895 for details and to sign up.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other portable craft project for a morning get-together with other crafters.
Thursday, January 21, 3:15-4:00 p.m. Lego Lovers Club.
Thursday, January 21, 7:00 p.m. “Beauty Academy of Kabul,” movie program for “One Book, One Community” program.
Wednesday, January 27, 10:30 a.m. “One Book, One Community” book discussion, “Three Cups of Tea,” by Greg Mortenson.
Thursday, January 27, 3:30 p.m. “One Book, One Community” children’s craft program. Make a diorama of a school in Pakistan.
Friday, January 29, 5:30-8:00 p.m. Readathon, grades 4-6; signup required.
Tuesday, February 2, 3:30 p.m. Groundhog Hunt at the Loon Center, Lee’s Mills Road for children. Dress appropriately for an out winter hike, with boots. Children age six and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Tuesday, February 2, 7:30 p.m. Evening of Poetry, George Jack, featured reader.
Friday, February 5, 6:30-9:00 p.m. Readathon for children in grade 7 and up. Please sign up so we know how much pizza to order.
Library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.; Fridays 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The library website is located at www.moultonboroughlibrary.org.
Moultonborough LIbrary News
January 14, 2010
The library will be closed on Monday, January 18 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
“Three Cups of Tea” the selection for the annual “One Book, One Community” reading program for 2010 kicks off on the evening of Thursday, January 14 with an evening program at the community auditorium at Moultonborough Academy. Several events are scheduled here at the library, starting with a showing of the film, “The Beauty Academy of Kabul,” on Thursday, January 21, at 7:00 p.m. The movie is a documentary that follows American women who move to Kabul, Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban, to open a school for beauticians, including women who maintained underground beauty shops during Taliban rule.
“Three Cups of Tea,” tells the story of how author Greg Mortenson started “Pennies For Peace” to help bring education to remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. We have put out three giant teacups, which we hope to fill with donated pennies to buy basic school supplies such as pencils, erasers, and notebooks, for Afghan schools, and we also have plenty of copies of the book, along with the children’s version of the same book, for all community members to read. We also have Mortenson’s new sequel, “Stones Into Schools.” Other January programs here at the library include a book discussion on Wednesday, January 27, at 10:30 a.m., led by MA English teacher Kathy Loring, and that afternoon, a diorama craft for children at 3:15 p.m.
Owning a pet always leads to questions about behavior, health, feeding, exercise, and much more. To find the answers, be at the library on Tuesday, January 19, at 10:30 a.m. for a program on “Pet Care” with Dr. Jerilee Zezula, DVM, including discussion and hand-on demonstrations on first aid, nutrition, and how to shape pet behavior. Dr. Zezula retired from UNH last May after a career as an associate professor of applied animal science, and her presentation is sponsored by the UNH Speaker’s Bureau. Animals have been her lifelong passion, and she remains active in ElderPet, a program she and her students started that brings Pet Partner teams to nursing homes, libraries, and schools, and offers pet-related support, assistance, and counseling to people of all ages and abilities. She is also working with New England Animal Control/Humane Academy, a summer school program for animal control officers, the Governor’s Task Force for the Humane Treatment of Animals, and taking classes on animal forensics to help solve animal-related crimes. It’s no surprise that her husband, Alan, is a retired vet, and she has an elderly German Shepherd named Abby and a black cat named Broo at home.
They say that programs with free food always draw a crowd, and that has been true here with our other food-related programs. This time we are hosting a cheese tasting with Angela Smith of the Wine’ing Butcher gourmet market in Meredith. The program, on Wednesday, January 20 at 10:30 a.m. will include free samples of a wide variety of cheeses and question and answer time about the differences between various types of cheeses, how they taste, how they can be used in cooking, and much more.
The “Book Talk” monthly book discussion group will not meet during January and February due to the uncertainty of the weather and many of the potential attendees having gone to warmer climates for the cold weather period. Meetings will resume in March or April, so keep reading and be ready to discuss when this program resumes.
This week’s new fiction includes new titles by some old favorite authors, such as “The Honor of Spies,” by W.E.B. Griffin; “Sizzle,” by Julie Garwood; “Days of Gold,” by Jude Deveraux; “Altar of Eden,” by James Rollins, “Deeper Than the Dead,” by Tami Hoag, and “Fired Up,” a paranormal romance by Jayne Ann Krentz. Also new are “A Friend of the Family,” by Lauren Grodstein; “the 13th Hour,” by Richard Doetsch; and this week’s most unusual title, “The First Annual Grand Prairie Rabbit Festival,” by Ken Wheaton. In nonfiction, good news for anyone whose new resolutions are lagging already: “Live a Little,” by Dr. Susan Love, subtitled “Breaking the Rules Won’t Break Your Health.”
However, if your resolution was to get more exercise, we have received a donation of several new exercise DVDs, including yoga and stability ball workouts. New movies include the British comedy “Waiting For God,” season one, plus replacements for some former Arts Council selections, “The Visitor” and “Best in Show,” now on DVD.
Our copy of the new Dan Brown book, “The Lost Symbol,” on unabridged audio CD, has been missing for several weeks, and also the DVD of “The Wire.” If these have somehow materialized in your house, please return them as soon as possible.
Our new exhibit in the display case is a collection of Cat’s Meow model buildings depicting local and New England locations, loaned by library volunteer Cheryl Ulm.
Recently, the library bought a “Kill-A-Watt” electricity usage meter, which patrons can use to measure the amount of electric current used by their various appliances. Thanks to nhsaves.com and the State Library, we have received additional meters and we presently have two in circulation, available for borrowing.
We have a link to the NH Downloadable Audiobook Consortium, known as Overdrive, which enables anyone with a valid Moultonborough library card and a personal computer with internet access to download their choice from a wide selection of audiobooks available statewide, which can be downloaded to your IPod or MP-3 player (not all books are compatible with both players). First, visit the library and obtain the special prefix to your library card number that you will need to log in on the Overdrive website. On your home computer, go to the library website at www.moultonboroughlibrary.organd click on the “NH Downloadable Audio” listing on the left side of the home page. You will be directed to a more detailed explanation of how Overdrive works, and then to a link to Overdrive. The site will direct you how to install free media software on your computer, set up an account with your library card number and email address, and allow you browse the list by author, title, subject, or format, and check out and reserve titles of your choice.
For the homebound of Moultonborough, who would like to have books, including large print, or audiobooks or movies delivered to their door, the library has teamed with Altrusa volunteers to make possible delivery and return of library materials for those who can’t travel to the library.. Altrusa volunteers will visit every two weeks, and if you do not have a library card, you may obtain one. Please feel free to call the library at 476-8895 to sign up.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:
Preschool storytime Tuesday evenings, 6:30 p.m., and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m.
Passes available for the Currier Museum and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center year-round. Please call the library at 476-8895 for details and to sign up.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other portable craft project for a morning get-together with other crafters.
Thursday, January 14, 6:30 p.m. Kickoff event for community “One Book, One Community” program, “Three Cups of Tea,” at M.A. Auditorium.
Tuesday, January 19, 10:30 a.m. Pet Care program with Jerilee Zezula, DVM.
Wednesday, January 20, 10:30 a.m. Cheese Tasting with Angela Smith from the “Wine’ing Butcher” of Meredith.
Thursday, January 21, 3:15-4:00 p.m. Lego Lovers Club.
Thursday, January 21, 7:00 p.m. “Beauty Academy of Kabul,” movie program for “One Book, One Community” program.
Wednesday, January 27, 10:30 a.m. “One Book, One Community” book discussion, “Three Cups of Tea,” by Greg Mortenson.
Thursday, January 27, 3:30 p.m. “One Book, One Community” children’s craft program. Make a diorama of a school in Pakistan.
Friday, January 29, 5:30-8:00 p.m. Readathon, grades 4-6; signup required.
Tuesday, February 9, 10:30 a.m.-Program on moving to Great Guana Cay, Bahamas, with Anita Camden.
Library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.; Fridays 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The library website is located at www.moultonboroughlibrary.org.
Moultonborough Library News
January 7, 2010
Pet owners are invited to be at the library on Tuesday, January 19, at 10:30 a.m. for a program on “Pet Care” with Dr. Jerilee Zezula, DVM, including discussion and hand-on demonstrations on first aid, nutrition, and how to shape pet behavior. Dr. Zezula retired from UNH last May after a career as an associate professor of applied animal science, and her presentation is sponsored by the UNH Speaker’s Bureau. Animals have been her lifelong passion, and she remains active in ElderPet, a program she and her students started that brings Pet Partner teams to nursing homes, libraries, and schools, and offers pet-related support, assistance, and counseling to people of all ages and abilities. She is also working with New England Animal Control/Humane Academy, a summer school program for animal control officers, the Governor’s Task Force for the Humane Treatment of Animals, and taking classes on animal forensics to help solve animal-related crimes. It’s no surprise that her husband, Alan, is a retired vet, and she has an elderly German Shepherd named Abby and a black cat named Broo at home.
The very next day, Wednesday, January 20, at 10:30 a.m., we have another interesting program planned on a completely different topic, a cheese tasting with Angela Smith of the Wine’ing Butcher gourmet market in Meredith. The program will include free samples of a wide variety of cheeses and question and answer time about the differences between various types of cheeses, how they taste, how they can be used in cooking, and much more.
“Three Cups of Tea” is the selection for the annual “One Book, One Community” reading program for 2010, and we have several events scheduled here at the library, starting with a showing of the film, “The Beauty Academy of Kabul,” on Thursday, January 21, at 7:00 p.m. The movie is a documentary that follows American women who move to Kabul, Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban, to open a school for beauticians, including women who maintained underground beauty shops during Taliban rule. The book, “Three Cups of Tea,” by Greg Mortenson, tells the story of how he started “Pennies For Peace” to help bring education to remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. We have put out our three giant teacups, which we hope to fill with donated pennies to buy basic school supplies such as pencils, erasers, and notebooks, and we also have plenty of copies of the book, along with the children’s version of the same book, for all community members to read, along with Mortenson’s new book, “Stones Into Schools.” Other January programs here at the library include a book discussion on Wednesday, January 27, at 10:30 a.m., led by MA English teacher Kathy Loring, and that afternoon, a diorama craft for children at 3:15 p.m.
We have added new children’s books this week, including easy picture books entitled “The Cow That Laid an Egg,” by Andy Cutbill; “Pigs Make Me Sneeze,” by Mo Willems; “Fanny and Annabelle,” by Holly Hobbie; “What Brothers and Sisters Do Best,” by Laura Numeroff; “You’re a Good Dog, Carl,” a collection of all the picture books about Carl, the rottweiler, by Alexandra Day, and “Stormy Weather,” by Debbie Gliori.
We received one new DVD movie, “District 9,” a futuristic film about aliens who come to earth and become victims of apartheid. A new British comedy series is “Jeeves and Wooster,” starring Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry, based on the comic novels of P.G. Wodehouse, about the high society adventures of the rich but daffy Bertie, his dragon-like Aunt Agatha, his friends in the Drones Club including Gussie Fink-Nottle, and his faithful butler, Jeeves, who is always there to save the day. New on audio CD by way of donation is “Making Money,” by Terry Pratchett, a humorous British fantasy author who has been knighted for his contributions to literature. He is the creator of “Disc World” (it’s flat), which is peopled by humans, along with witches, dwarves, trolls, golems, Igors, and many more characters. This episode concerns the efforts of con artist Moist von Lipwig to convert the Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork to paper currency.
Recently, the library bought a “Kill-A-Watt” electricity usage meter, which patrons can use to measure the amount of electric current used by their various appliances. Thanks to nhsaves.com and the State Library, we have received additional meters and we presently have two in circulation, available for borrowing.
We have a link to the NH Downloadable Audiobook Consortium, known as Overdrive, which enables anyone with a valid Moultonborough library card and a personal computer with internet access to download their choice from a wide selection of audiobooks available statewide, which can be downloaded to your IPod or MP-3 player (not all books are compatible with both players). First, visit the library and obtain the special prefix to your library card number that you will need to log in on the Overdrive website. On your home computer, go to the library website at www.moultonboroughlibrary.organd click on the “NH Downloadable Audio” listing on the left side of the home page. You will be directed to a more detailed explanation of how Overdrive works, and then to a link to Overdrive. The site will direct you how to install free media software on your computer, set up an account with your library card number and email address, and allow you browse the list by author, title, subject, or format, and check out and reserve titles of your choice.
For the homebound of Moultonborough, who would like to have books, including large print, or audiobooks or movies delivered to their door, the library has teamed with Altrusa volunteers to make possible delivery and return of library materials for those who can’t travel to the library.. Altrusa volunteers will visit every two weeks, and if you do not have a library card, you may obtain one. Please feel free to call the library at 476-8895 to sign up.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:
Preschool storytime Tuesday evenings, 6:30 p.m., and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m.
Passes available for the Currier Museum and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center year-round. Please call the library at 476-8895 for details and to sign up.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other portable craft project for a morning get-together with other crafters.
Thursday, January 14, 6:30 p.m. Kickoff event for community “One Book, One Community” program, “Three Cups of Tea,” at M.A. Auditorium.
Tuesday, January 19, 10:30 a.m. Pet Care program with Jerilee Zezula, DVM.
Wednesday, January 20, 10:30 a.m. Cheese Tasting with Angela Smith from the “Wine’ing Butcher” of Meredith.
Thursday, January 21, 3:15-4:00 p.m. Lego Lovers Club.
Thursday, January 21, 7:00 p.m. “Beauty Academy of Kabul,” movie program for “One Book, One Community” program.
Wednesday, January 27, 10:30 a.m. “One Book, One Community” book discussion, “Three Cups of Tea,” by Greg Mortenson.
Thursday, January 27, 3:30 p.m. “One Book, One Community” children’s craft program. Make a diorama of a school in Pakistan.
Library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.; Fridays 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The library website is located at www.moultonboroughlibrary.org.