March Roars In Like a Lion @ The Ridgefield Library

March 2, 2007

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Spring Storytime Registration March 6-12

Registration will take place March 6th through 12th for the spring session of pre-school storytimes and after- school programs that begins the first week in April. Stop by Children's Services to register, and pick up your full calendar of children's events for the spring.

And don't forget the ongoing Storytimes on Monday and Saturday mornings at 10:30, Friday Flicks at 11 AM or 2 PM, Scrabble on Tuesday evenings at 6:30, and Junior and YA Critics on alternating Tuesday afternoons.

See the whole spring children's program schedule.

Sneak Previews: This Month's Movies

The Guardian with Kevin Costner plays on March 13th. Woody Allen's Scoop will be the featured attraction on March 27th.

Showings are at 1:30 and 7 PM in the Dayton Program Room. The Hollister Film Series is made possible through the generosity of a private donor.

Check the spring schedule of films.

Celebrate Teen Tech Week March 4-10

Ancient Technology is the theme of our special display in the YA Corner during the first-ever celebration of Teen Tech Week, sponsored by the American Library Association. If you can remember the featured Newton personal digital assistant (1993) or the TI-99 4A personal computer (1982), you're showing your age, technology-wise!

There are also online contests, blogs, podcasts and even Teen Tech Week events in Second Life, so check the link below for the latest.

See a digital version of the Ancient Technology display.

Art Is Blooming This Month @ The Library

This month's exhibit in the "DPR Gallery" is paintings by The Watercolor Group, all students of Sally Aldrich. The exhibit may be viewed throughout March whenever the Dayton Program Room is not being used for another program. An Opening Reception, open to the public, will be held on Sunday, March 3rd from 2 to 4 PM.

The latest in our ARTalk series, co-sponsored with the Ridgefield Guild of Artists, will take place on Sunday, March 11th at 2 PM and will feature landscape designer Helen Dimos on The Art of the Garden. The lecture at the Library will be followed by a reception at the Guild on Halpin Lane in conjunction with its Springfever: Art in the Garden exhibit.

Ridgefield Guild of Artists

Two New Databases Added to iCONN

We are pleased to announce the addition of two new databases to the electronic resources available to Ridgefielders.

Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.

Drawing on a wide variety of the most highly regarded legal publications, LegalTrac® provides indexing for more than 1,400 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. Each title included in LegalTrac® is selected on the basis of criteria provided by a special advisory committee of the American Association of Law Libraries. LegalTrac® also contains law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles.

Academic OneFile and LegalTrac are just two of the dozens of databases available free of charge to all Connecticut library card holders through iCONN, the Connecticut Digital Library. All you need to access these resources 24/7 is your library card, so try it today.

Take advantage of all the resources offered by iCONN.

RSO Guest Conductor To Lecture on Bach

Classical music lovers will have the opportunity on Wednesday, March 14th at 7:30 PM to meet George Garrett Keast and hear him discuss the music of Bach. Mr. Keast is the guest conductor for the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra's March 17th Beautiful Bach concert.

Registration is not required, but space is limited for the latest in this very popular series of Guest Conductor Lectures so-sponsored with the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra.

Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra

Spring Ridgefield Folk Series Kicks Off March 18th

Ridgefield's own Kevin Briody returns as the spring series of Ridgefield Folk concerts begins on Sunday, March 18th. Local folk music fans already know what the Boston Globe says: "Kevin Briody is cut from the honest, artful cloth of the best Yankee ballad writers." Don't miss this opportunity to spend an intimate afternoon of music- making with Kevin.

Ridgefield Folk concerts are free, thanks to the Friends of the Ridgefield Library. Tickets are given out at the Dayton Program Room door starting at 1 PM on the day of the concert. Doors open at 1:30 and the show starts at 2 PM.

Upcoming Ridgefield Folk concerts

Monthly Book Discussions for Adult Readers

The Library hosts 4 monthly book discussion groups for adult readers. The Tuesday Evening Nonfictioneers meet the first Tuesday of each month at 7 PM. The Critics' Circle gathers the third Tuesday of the month at 7 PM. The AM Book Group convenes at 9:30 AM on the 4th Wednesday of the month. Our new poetry discussion group gets together at 1 PM on the third Friday of the month. Check the Favorite Library Links below to see a list of current selections.

New members are always welcome (please call 438-2282 to register for the poetry group only). Copies of the books are available at a 15% discount at Books on the Common, or check at the Library for in-house or Inter-Library Loan availability. A limited number of copies of poetry texts are available for participants, thanks to the Friends of the Library.

Favorite Library Links

·  Library Catalog

·  Event Calendar

·  Library Webpage

·  AM Book Group Spring Selections

·  Critics' Circle Spring Selections

·  Tuesday Evening Nonfictioneers Spring Selections

·  Poetry Discussion Group Selections

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