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61 Burrill Street · Swampscott, Massachusetts 01907
Phone: (781) 596-8867 · Fax: (781) 596-8826 · swa@noblenet.org
Phone: (781) 596-8867 · Fax: (781) 596-8826 · swa@noblenet.org
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2009
On Tuesday evening, November 10th at 7:00pm, the Swampscott Public Library’s Chorover Author Series will present local author Deahn Berrini author of Milkweed. This story is about a young woman coming of age in a New England coastal town while dealing with the post-traumatic stress disorder of her boyfriend who is just home from the Vietnam War. The subject is particularly poignant and timely these days as soldiers return from the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Ms. Berrini lived in Ipswich and graduated from Ipswich High School in ‘79. She attended Brown University, where she majored in history and met her husband, Russell Leblang, and they both went on to law school, she at Boston College, and he at Harvard. Deahn now lives in Swampscott with her husband and two children.
Her next book is How to Earn Your Keep, a novel about a sister and a brother who mistake the finer material things for the material matters of heart and soul. A jealous polo player, a mother who dresses out of season, a bulldog personal injury lawyer, a bereft family, and a horse trainer round out the story, set in the north of Boston in the late 1990’s. Free tickets for this event will be available at the Reference Desk beginning Monday, October 26th.
The entire family can stop by the library on Monday evening, December 21st at 6:00pm and join in the celebration of the shortest day of the year. There will be a showing of the movie The Polar Express, a craft project, hot chocolate and cider and cookies. Admission is free, but tickets are required for this event. Tickets will be available at the Reference Desk beginning Wednesday, December 9th.
NEW MONTHLY PROGRAM!
The Swampscott Public Library is presenting a series of free movies, followed by a discussion of the film. Everyone is invited to attend and bring along a friend. Refreshments will be served during the presentation. The first meeting will be Monday, November 9th at 1:00pm, and the film will be Secret Life of Bees. The December meeting will be Monday, December 14th at 1:00pm when the movie will be Frozen River.
Veterans Day: Library will be closed Wednesday November 11th
Thanksgiving: Library will close at 5:00pm on Wednesday, November 25th and remained closed on Thursday, November 26th
Christmas: The Library will be open Thursday, December 24th from 10:00am -1:00pm and remain closed, Friday December 25th & Sat., December 26th.
New Year’s: Library will be open Thursday, December 31st from 10:00am-1:00pm and remain closed on Friday, January 1st and Saturday, January 2nd.
The November selection of the adult book club will be Skeletons at the Feast: a novel by Chris Bohjalian. We will meet on Tuesday, November 17th at 7:00pm. The December book will be The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. We will meet on Tuesday, December 15th at 7:00pm.
And all you folks in local book groups, we recommend you sign up for NextReads. Looking for a great book to read? Check out NextReads, our monthly e-mail newsletter service which will send you great book suggestions by email. Each newsletter includes new books that may be of interest as well as some older ones that you may have missed, with links to the library catalog so you can see what’s available and place requests for books you want to read. There are over twenty subjects to pick from for readers of all ages, and you can preview them all online before subscribing.
NextReads E-Mail Newsletters — See the list of newsletters, preview and sign up. You will need to enter your library card number before subscribing.
The Dinner Detectives, the library’s mystery book group, will meet at 6:00pm on Tuesday, November 3rd to discuss Kidnapping and Mysteries. On Tuesday, December 1st at 6:00pm, the topic will be Seasons and Mysteries. New members are always welcome.
Join the Needlers a knitting group at the Swampscott Public Library. This group meets on the second and fourthWednesday of every month at 10:30am in the Meeting Room. Whether you have a project that you are working on, want to knit for a local charity, or want to learn how to knit, please join our group. Crocheters are also welcome. The next meetings will be November 25th, December 9th, and December 23rd.
Lou Gallo and his town historians will meet on the first Friday of every month. The November meeting will be Friday, November 6th at 10:00am. The December meeting will be Friday, December 4th at 10:00am. Anyone interested in the history of the town is welcome to attend.
We are shifting our membership year from a calendar year to October 1st through September 30th. We ask that you consider renewing your membership as soon as possible and have enclosed a renewal envelope for that purpose. All memberships created or renewed prior to September 1, 2009 will be honored for the remainder of this calendar year. Anyone who has joined or renewed their membership after September 1, 2009 will have an active membership through September 30, 2010. We greatly appreciate your understanding and support as we make this transition.
Thank you for your support of the annual Friends of the Library Book Sale. We appreciate the hard work of the volunteers and staff that assisted with the set-up and sales during the week. Thank you, too, to the people who donated and purchased books. And thank you to everyone who worked on or attended our Preview Night Gala. A special thanks to Starbucks Coffee and Yan’s China Bistro for their generous donations.
We will not be accepting donations until next year. Please check the 2010 library newsletters for further information on when we will be taking books.We are now accepting donations. Please: no textbooks or magazines. Thanks!
FRIENDS MEETINGS
Monday, November 23, 2009 7:00pm
No December meeting
All meetings are held in the library.
On the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30pm, we will be hosting a Pajama Party program for children ages 3 & up. Each program will consist of stories, a craft activity and a snack. No registration is needed for these programs.
November 3rd: Cloudy with a chance of meatballs: Celebrate the release of the film by enjoying the original story and some other food related stories.
December 1st: Celebrating author Jan Brett. This is the 20th anniversary of her wonderful book The Mitten so we will be reading that as well as some of her other stories.
Tuesday, November 17th at 3:00pm, we will have a special program to create some Thanksgiving crafts and decorations. This program is for children ages 5 & up and no registration is needed.
Tuesday December 29th we will be showing the film Up and Wednesday December 30th we will be showing Tinkerbell and the lost treasure. Both films will be shown at 2:00pm in the Children’s Room.
Continues until December 16th
Mondays at 10:15am
Wednesdays at 10:15am
A story time program that is perfect for groups of siblings or friends. This activity consists of stories, songs and finger plays and action rhymes designed to encourage early literacy. Librarians will present 20 to 30 minutes of stories and songs that will tickle, delight, and amuse. After Storybook Fun the children are encouraged to play and socialize. All ages can join in the fun!
All children attending this program must be accompanied by a parent or other adult who will sit with them and participate in the activities. No registration is required.
Monday, December 7 at 10:15 a.m. the Boston Ballet will present a story time program based on The Nutcracker. This will be part of our regular Storybook Fun program and no registration is needed.
Friday mornings at 10:00am
Parents with children ages 6 months to 2 years are invited to come to the library for an open play group. This is a great opportunity for new moms to connect with other families. No registration required.