Behind the Grin Newsletter of the Cheshire Public Library

Volume 11, Issue 4 www.cheshirelibrary.org Fall 2008

SUNDAY SHOWCASE

The Cheshire Public Library’s Sun-day Showcase kicks off its Fall 2008 se-ries on Sunday, September 21 at 4:00 pm with a presentation of Music of the Gas Light Era. Musician and educator John Root presents this concert, featuring a diverse repertoire of instrumental and vocal musical styles from the turn of the previous century. The fall Sunday Showcase continues on October 26 with a guitar, flute and piano trio; on November 16 with the Three Finger Poi Hawaiian Dancers and Players; and on December 7 with the Jazz Arts Trio. All programs begin at 4:00 pm and are free. They are funded by the Friends of the Library.

GENEALOGY PROGRAMS Robert Locke, webmaster for Con-necticut Ancestry Society, Inc. will pre-sent Planting Your Family Tree Online, on Monday, November 10, at 7:00 pm. More genealogical records are being made available online every day, and distant relatives are connecting with each other through emails. Locke will demon-strate how publishing your own family tree on the Internet can bring connections from around the world. On Wednesday, November 12, at 7:00 pm, the program will be Jewish Ge-nealogy: Roots to the Past. Our present-ers are Marcia Indianer Meyers, President of both the Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Friends of the Godfrey Memorial [Genealogy] Library, and Arthur Meyers, Director of Middle-town’s Russell Library. They have been active family history researchers for 20 years, using libraries and archives throughout the United States, Israel, England and Canada. Please register in advance, as seating is limited. To register, call the library at 272-2245, and press 4 for the Reference Desk.

TUESDAY MOVIE MATINEES

The line-up for the Tuesday Movie Matinees series has been finalized. Showtime for all movies is 1:00 pm and admission is free. On tab for September are Epic Ad-ventures. In the spirit of the World Se-ries, Baseball Classics will be shown in October. With a presidential election on the horizon, Politics as Usual will be the focus for November. The fall series will wrap up in December with Favorite Holi-day Films.

EPIC ADVENTURES September 9 - Casablanca September 16 - North by Northwest September 23 - The African Queen

BASEBALL CLASSICS October 7 - Pride of the Yankees October 14 - Field of Dreams October 28 - Damn Yankees

POLITICS AS USUAL November 4 - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington November 18 - All the King’s Men November 25 - All the President’s Men

HOLIDAY FAVORITES December 9 - It’s a Wonderful Life December 16 - White Christmas December 23 - Miracle on 34th Street

THURSDAY EVENING PROGRAMS

Author and chef Terry Walters will present a book talk and cooking demon-stration entitled Clean Food on Thursday, September 18 at 7:00 pm. Copies of the book will be available for sale at the pro-gram.

Remember to save the date - Novem-ber 20 at 7:00 pm, for Organizing for the Holidays with Lisa Lelas. All programs are free and have been funded by the Friends of the Cheshire Public Library. To pre-register for these programs, please call the library Refer-ence Desk at 203-272-2245, extension 4.

NEW BOOK SERIES

FOR THE FALL Beginning Thursday, September 25, the Cheshire Public Library will host a new book discussion series sponsored by the Connecticut Humanities Council and funded by the Friends of the Cheshire Public Library. The series, entitled Food for Thought takes the reader through culinary journeys to provide insight into a profession that serves us all. Writer and independent scholar Brian Trent will lead the series. The first book in the series is Ruth Reichl’s Garlic and Sapphires, her deli-cious new memoir recounting her “adventures in deception” as she goes undercover in the world’s finest restau-rants as the New York Times’ restaurant critic. The discussion will take place Thursday, September 25 at 7:00 pm and is free and open to all, but pre-registration is necessary. Please call the library at 272-2245 to register. Multiple copies of the book are available at the library. The series continues on October 30 with the title Julie and Julia, presenting us with a very unique coming of age ex-perience and a young woman’s struggle to find who she wants to be. November 13 brings us the autobi-ography of the world’s first famous TV Chef, My Life In France by Julia Child. The series concludes on December 4 with a look behind the scenes of The Wife of a Chef, clearly illustrating that owning a restaurant is hard work, not glamour. Copies of all the titles are available for loan at the library.

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CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS

Funding for these programs has been provided by the Friends of the Cheshire Library

PUMPKIN PAINTING

FESTIVAL

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4th

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Ages 4 and up

Bring your own pumpkins !

Register in the children’s room beginning

September 2

ART WITH KIM Wednesdays

Crafts for ages 2 ½ - 5 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

September 10, October 8, November 12, December 10

FAMILY PLACE Thursdays

Ages 1 - 3 years with parent/caregiver 10:00 A.M. - 10:55 a.m.

Session 1 - FILLED September 11, 18, 25

October 2, 9, 16

Session 2 October 30

November 6, 13, 20 December 4, 11

Stories, toys, crafts & parent resources

FRIDAY FUN 2½ - 3½ years old

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Session 1 - FILLED September 12, 19, 26

October 3, 10, 17

Session 2 October 31,

November 7, 14, 21 December 5, 12

Stories, songs and a craft

REGISTRATION REQUIRED for these programs

Registration for Session 1 of Family Place and Friday Fun began in August. For Session 2, registration will begin on Monday, October 1. Register for Art With Kim on September 2, October 1, November 1 and December 1.

MONDAY STORYTIME

3½ years old - kindergarten 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Stories, fingerplays and songs

TUESDAY STORYTIME

3½ years old - kindergarten 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Stories, fingerplays and songs

PAJAMA STORYTIME Tuesdays

Best for ages 3 - 8 7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

For children and parents/caregivers Stories, songs, rhymes, craft

MOTHER GOOSE TIME Wednesdays

Ages 6 - 30 months 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

For children and parents/caregivers Stories, songs, fingerplays

AFTER SCHOOL

STORYTIME Wednesdays

Best for ages 3 - 8 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

For children and parents/caregivers Stories, songs, rhymes, craft

DROP-IN PROGRAMS No Pre-registration needed!

Drop-in storytimes will NOT be held November 24-28 and December 22-26.

SUPER CIRCUS Comedy Excitement Audience Participation

MONDAY, DECEMBER 29 2:00 PM All ages

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Cheshire Anime Club Fridays, 3:00—4:30 Sept. 5, 26 – Oct. 17 – Nov. 7, 28 – Dec. 19 Konnichiwa, minna-san! Can’t get enough Anime and Manga? Be an “Otaku” and join the Cheshire Anime Club! We’ll meet monthly, read and talk about what’s hot in the world of Manga, and watch some of the lat-est Anime releases on the big screen! Japanese snacks (like Ramune and Pocky) will be available for re-freshments. Check out our Facebook group for more information or talk to Kelley, teen librarian. No regis-tration required. Grades 6—12. Anime Club Halloween Cosplay Extravaganza Friday, October 31 3:00—4:30 Dress up and act like your favorite character: anime or otherwise! Prizes will be awarded for effort and creativity. We may watch spooky or Halloween-themed anime or even dance to anime music videos. Japa-nese refreshments will be provided, but the major event will be the cosplay contest, so start planning your costume and moves today—this is one event you won't want to miss!! No registration required. Grades 6—12. Teen Book Board Tuesdays, 5:30—6:30 Sept. 9, 23 – Oct. 7, 28 – Nov. 18 – Dec. 2 Readers are invited to munch pizza, write reviews, and talk about books at our informal monthly meetings. Members help the teen librarian decide which books to buy for the library, contribute book reviews to the Teen Book Blog (www.cpltbb.wordpress.com), and have the opportunity to appear on the “report from the Teen Book Board” segment of the CPL Podcast. No registration required. Grades 6—12. CPL Podcast We’re looking for some new voices! The CPL Podcast is an award-winning audio-magazine featuring teen writers, musicians, and reviewers. Contribute songs, poems, essays, reviews, comic sketches, or announce-ments. Subscribe on iTunes—or listen in streaming audio on the library’s website. For more information, contact Sarah, or join the CPL Podcast group on Facebook. Participation in the podcast is limited to high school students.

Visit our website: http://www.cheshirelibrary.org/teens Read our blog: http://www.cpltbb.wordpress.com

Call us or stop by: 104 Main St. Cheshire, CT 06410 203.272.2245 Contact us via e-mail: Sarah smorgan@cheshirelibrary.org

Kelley kgile@cheshirelibrary.org

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KIDS AND SENIORS - NEW FRIENDSHIPS

ARE FORMING

Recently, the library partnered with the Senior Center for intergen-erational get-togethers. Taking place at the Senior Center, the programs consist of a story and some social time. he next planned event is Wednesday, October 29 at 10:30 am. This will be a Halloween story fol-lowed by a costume parade and a Halloween Treat. Stone Soup will be the story for Tuesday, November 25, at 11:30 am. Soup and sandwiches will follow the storytime. And in December, the program will include a winter story and cookies. Sign-up for these programs in the Children’s Room . These photos capture some of the fun we had at the library this summer.

For more great pictures, go to our website and follow the link to our Flickr page.

ROTARY BIRTHDAY BOOKS

John Husic How Can You Defend These People

To Lead the World: American Strategy After the Bush Doctrine

Bob Davidson 500 Places to Take Your Kids Before They Grow-up

Drive Around New England

Bill Bengtson Life Planning for Adults with Developmental Disabilities

50 Facts That Should Change the World

Wendy Farrell Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

22 Immutable Laws of Marketing

Howard Baldwin 1001 Tips for Your Garden Encyclopedia of Perennials

Sheldon Dill Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet Live From the Campaign Trail

Michael Evans How to Get Started in Stocks The Undercover Economist

Steve Volpe Crazy about Cacti and Succulents

Designing with Succulents

Duane Beale Kids Take the Stage

At Play: Teaching Teenagers Theater

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LIBRARY HOURS

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Closed Saturdays July-Labor Day

*Sunday Hours January-March

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Newsletter Editor - Beth Shutts Artist - Laurie Lee

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September is Library Card Sign-up Month. Make sure your children have their cards up-to-date and ready for school projects . The library has resumed Saturday hours, 9:30 am - 5:00 pm Congratulations to staff member Sharon Tyler and husband on the birth of their sec-ond child, a daughter. The Library will be open winter Sunday afternoons again, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm, from January 4 through March 22. Cheshire resident Christine Vassar Tall recently donated a copy of her book London War Letters of a Separated Family 1940-1945 to the library. Mrs. Tall was evacuated from London to Poughkeepsie, New York, as a child at the start of World War II. Before you drop off book donations to the library, the Friends suggest you check to see if they are CLEAN, ODOR FREE, CUR-RENT, and IN GOOD CONDITION. Books that are not cannot be accepted.

Email reminders that library materials are soon due are offered to patrons as a courtesy. Noureen Hakim, Head of Circulation, sug-gests that you hold on to all receipts as offi-cial records of due dates. Cheshire Garden Club designated the Library Beauty Spot of the Month for August.

BOOK SALE

Thursday, October 23 9:30 am - 8:00 pm

Friday, October 24 9:30 am - 4:00 pm

Saturday, October 25 9:30 am - 3:00 pm

Sponsored by The Friends of the Library

1000th Rotary Birthday Book Donated

With the recent pur-chase of the American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Per-ennials, the Rotary Birthday Book Pro-gram has reached a landmark - 1000 books have been do-nated to the Library in recognition of Chesh-ire Rotarians on their birthdays.

Conceived by Rotarian Richard H. Miller, the program was initiated in 1981. Members of the Rotary Club contribute the funds for the books. They submit a form to library staff indi-cating their hobbies and vocations. Based on these interests, a book or two will be purchased for the Rotarian on his/her birthday. Each month letters are sent to the Rotary Club an-nouncing the books that have been acquired in honor of the Rotarians celebrating birthdays in that month. The honor of having the 1000th birthday book was bestowed on Howard Baldwin. A Rotary member since 2004, Mr. Baldwin is in the communications business and his interests, besides gardening, are computers, sales and sports. Happy Birthday Howard!