This Week @ the Library

February 10, 2008

New and Notable - the Ridgefield Authors Wiki

As part of its tercentennial tribute, the Ridgefield Library is launching a wiki, or online collaborative directory, devoted to writers, illustrators, poets, songwriters, cartoonists and other literary folks with a Ridgefield connection. We have assembled information on some 200 individuals and invite the public to contribute what they know - reminiscences, links to websites, names of people not already on the list. Help us create a Ridgefield resource that will be of value long after this year's celebrations are over.

Visit the Ridgefield Authors wiki today.

Kid Stuff

Ongoing Programs:

·  Monday 10:30 Drop-in Story Time (ages 3 and up)

·  Tuesday 10 or 11 AM - Mother Goose (infants to 2 with a caregiver)

·  Tuesday 4:30 Junior Critics (grades 4 and 5)

·  Tuesday 6:30 Scrabble (grades 4-8)

·  Friday 11 AM or 2 PM Friday Flicks (ages 2 and up)

·  Saturday 10:30 Drop-in Story Time (ages 3 and up)

Special Programs: Thursday 11 AM Nanny Network. Caregivers of young children are invited to meet for refreshments and a storytime for children ages 5 and under. In the Dayton Program Room.

Reminder: This is the final week of Winter pre-registered storytimes and after school programs. Stay tuned for announcement of sign-up for Spring programs.

Learn more about these and other children's programs.

Just for Teens & Tweens

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

Anti-Valentine's Day for Teens. Thursday, 3-5 PM, Dayton Program Room. Everyone in grades 6 - 12 is invited to come to the Anti-Valentine's Day party at the Library. Make a black duct tape rose; have some broken heart cookies; watch Tim Burton's Corpse Bride.

Check out our Teen Page on the web.

Activities for Adults

Hollister Film Series. Tuesday 1:30 and 7:30. Now showing... The Jane Austen Book Club.

Poetry Discussion Group. Friday 1-2:45 PM. Monthly discussion with poet and retired English professor Alan Holder. This month's selection: Poems of Elizabeth Bishop. A limited number of free copies of the book will be available approximately one month before the meeting at the Circulation Desk thanks to the Friends of the Library.

See what other adult programs are on tap.

Reading Ahead...Upcoming Book Discussions

Critics's Circle Tuesday 2/19, 7 PM. Intuition by Allegra Goodman (2006; 352 pages). Through the use of multiple perspectives, the author provides a glimpse into the intimate life in a research lab where the discovery of a virus that fights cancer seems too good to be true. "Superb.... a delicate analysis of how an ethics scandal filters through the sensibility of brilliant and brilliantly realized characters." Entertainment Weekly

AM Book Group. Wednesday 2/27, 10 AM. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Hosseini (2007; 384 pages). The author of The Kite Runner returns with the tale of two very different Afghani women brought together by circumstance and tragedy. Also available as a downloadable audiobook; ask at the Fiction Desk for details.

Bookworms. Thursday 2/28, 4:15 PM. Children in Grades 2 & 3 meet to discuss Phineas L. MacGuire...Erupts! Snacks are served. Sign up in Children's Services and pick up a copy of the book.

Tuesday Evening Nonfictioneers. Tuesday 3/4, 7 PM. See No Evil by Robert Baer (2002, 448 pages) In his explosive New York Times bestseller, top CIA operative Robert Baer paints a chilling picture of how terrorism works on the inside and provides startling evidence of how Washington politics sabotaged the CIA's efforts to root out the world's deadliest terrorists.

Reading Is a Family Affair. Wednesday 3/5, 6 PM. Children in Grades 3 and higher and their parents read Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH and discuss it over pizza dinner. Sign up in Children's Services and pick up your free family copy of the book, courtesy of the Friends of the Library.

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.

According to Samuel Goodrich in his 1857 Recollections of a Lifetime, the first library in Ridgefield dated to 1795 and had 150 items available for borrowing. Today, the Ridgefield Library has nearly 139,000 books, audiobooks, videos and DVDs, magazines, e-books, CD-ROMs and even videogames.

Be a Power User

As a subscriber to this e-newsletter, you are already a "power user" of the Ridgefield Library. Look for weekly tips to make you even more powerful!

THIS WEEK'S TIP: Sign up for BookLetters, and receive periodic e-mail alerts that let you know about new releases in your favorite genres, great new book club suggestions, word-of-mouth hits and much more. There are more than a dozen different lists available, from romance to non-fiction, and all link directly to our catalog so you can locate or reserve any title that catches your eye. Follow the link below to sign up today and be the first to know about the latest from your favorite authors.

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Favorite Library Links

·  Library Catalog

·  Event Calendar

·  Library Webpage

·  Book Group Selections

·  Hollister Film Series Schedule

·  Ridgefield Authors Wiki

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