This Week @ the Library

The Ridgefield Writes author festival has finally arrived! Click here to see a full schedule of events for readers - and writers - of all ages, going on all week at the Ridgefield Library. Registration is only required for the poetry workshop on Saturday afternoon, but we expect full houses for many programs, so come early.

Many thanks to the Friends of the Ridgefield Library and the Wadsworth Russell Lewis Fund for their support, to Books on the Common for book sales throughout the weekend and to our media sponsor WSHU Public Radio.

Goings-On for Children

Ongoing Programs:

• Monday 10:30 AM Drop-in Story Time (ages 3 and up)
• Monday 4:30-5:30 PM Chess (K - 8th grade; all skill levels welcome)
• Tuesday 10 AM and 11 AM Mother Goose (infants to age 2 with a caregiver) Dayton Program Room
• Tuesday 6:30 PM Scrabble (grades 4-8)
• Friday 11 AM and 2 PM Friday Flicks (ages 2 and up)
• Saturday 10:30 AM Drop-in Story Time (ages 3 and up) featuring stories by Ridgefield authors

Pre-registered story times and after school programs continue in their regular time slots, following the school vacation break.

Special Programs:
Thursday 4:15 - 5 PM. Bookworms. Children in Grades 2 & 3 meet to discuss Lady Lollipop. Snacks are served. Sign up in Children's Services and pick up a copy of the book.

Saturday 11:30 AM - 4:30 PM and Sunday 1:30-4:30 PM. Celebrating Maurice Sendak! Stop by anytime for crafts, displays and more celebrating Ridgefield's most famous children's book author. Bring your camera and pose with The Wild Thing!

Learn more about these and other children's programs.

Teen Happenings

Chess. Monday 4:30-5:30 PM. Kids in grades kindergarten through 8th grade meet to play chess. Instruction will be given by members of the Ridgefield High School chess team. Players of all skill levels are welcome.

Young Adult Critics. Tuesday 4:00 - 5:00 PM. Students in Grades 6 - 8 meet to discuss their favorite titles while enjoying snacks.

Scrabble. Tuesday 6:30-7:30 PM. Young people in Grades 4 - 8 learn strategies from a tournament player as they enjoy playing the game.

Final Fridays. Friday 3-5 PM. Dayton Program Room. There may be food, games, books, music, free wifi, conversation, or all of the above. Feel free to stop by with friends (Grades 6-12)!

Check out our Teen Page on the web.

Movies, Book Groups and More

Hollister Film Series. Tuesday 1:30 and 7 PM. Now showing... Juno.

A.M. Book Group. Wednesday 10 AM. Lost in Space by Mark Salzman - a memoir of growing up in Ridgefield in the 1970s. New members always welcome. P.S. Mr. Salzman will make a rare East Coast appearance Sunday afternoon as part of the Ridgefield Writes author festival.

Ridgefield Writes Author Festival: Where Readers & Writers Meet. Thursday through Sunday. Featuring Mark Salzman, Ira Joe Fisher, Morton Dean, Mary-Ann Tirone Smith and many more Ridgefield writers. Follow the link below for details.

Ridgefield Writes information.

Did You Know...?

In honor of the town's 300th celebration, we will be featuring each week a tidbit of information about the past, present and future of the Library.

Phyllis Paccadolmi devoted over 50 years of her life to the Ridgefield Library, joining the staff in 1946 and taking on nearly every job in the organization up to her retirement in 1999. In 2007 the Library Board of Directors inaugurated the annual Paccadolmi Awards, given to those who demonstrate the type of dedication to the Library that Miss P. showed throughout her long career.

On April 4th, the 2008 Paccadolmi Awards were bestowed on Dr. Ted Safford, a long-time Library Board member and advisor, and Nicole and Daniel Gutter, twin teenagers who have been faithful weekly volunteers in Children's Services for several years.

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THIS WEEK'S TIP: Parents and caregivers of pre-schoolers rarely get past the children's room of the Library, as they zoom in and out for story times, toddler books, "games computers" and more. That's why we've located a comprehensive collection of parenting resources in Children's Services, right next to the Children's Program Room. Spend those precious few moments during story time perusing a wealth of authoritative and informative books, videos and other material on everything a parent needs to know - from potty training to school readiness.

Favorite Library Links

·  Library Catalog

·  Event Calendar

·  Library Webpage

·  Book Group Selections

·  Hollister Film Series Schedule

·  Ridgefield Authors Wiki

·  Ridgefield Writes

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