This Week @ the Library (and Beyond)

This Week @ the Ridgefield Library
August 20-26, 2012

In This Issue

Library Now Closed at 472 Main Street

Some Programs This Week at Alternate Locations

Summer Reading Celebration Wednesday

It's Not Too Late to Buy a Brick

Quick Links

2010-2011 Annual Report of Giving

What's New

New Adult Fiction

New Adult Mysteries

New Adult Non-Fiction

Selected New DVDs

Selected New Audiobooks

New Children's Chapter Books

New Picture Books

You can support these and other Library services with a tax-deductible donation to the Library's Annual Appeal. You can mail your check or

give online today.

Learn more about the Campaign for the New Ridgefield Library.

472 Main Street Library Is Now Closed

The Library is now closed to the public at 472 Main Street and will reopen at our temporary quarters at 21 Governor Street on Tuesday, September 4th. Find out more about what the closing means for you and about our plans for the interim space. Here's what you can do while we are closed:

No items are marked as due during our moving period. Please hold on to items you have out and return them after Labor Day. No fines will accrue for the days we are closed.
Visit a library in a nearby town while we are closed and borrow items there. You will need your up-to-date wallet-sized card to exercise this privilege.
Use your library card to explore the many digital resources available on our website at www.ridgefieldlibrary.org. These include many reference/research databases, plus eBooks and downloadable audiobooks from TumbleBooks and Overdrive.
Follow us on Twitter, connect with us on Facebook and sign up for our e-newsletters to receive the latest updates on our progress.

Some Programs Continue this Week in Alternate Locations

Thanks to our generous neighbors and friends for hosting certain Library programs during our transition period. Look for us at the following locations this week.

Tuesday, August 21, 10:00 AM only
Parks and Recreation Center, 195 Danbury Road

Mother Goose
Movement, music and rhymes for infants to 2 year olds with a caregiver. No registration.

Please note return to Tuesdays for Mother Goose.

Tuesday, August 21, 7:00 PM

Dimitri's Diner

Critics' Circle Book Group

This Month: The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

Coffee and dessert at Dimitri's will be on the Library!

Tuesday, August 21, 7:00 PM

Offsite location

Writers' Guild of Ridgefield

Writers get together monthly to network and talk about their craft. New members always welcome. Call Aurora Lopez at 203-244-5341 for this month's location and more information.

Wednesday, August 22, 10:00 AM

Private home - call 203-438-2282 for details

A.M. Book Group

This Month: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Summer Reading Finishes Up with Party Wednesday

Summer Reading officially ended on Saturday the 18th and will be celebrated with a party this week.

Wednesday, August 22, 7:00 PM

Parks & Recreation Center

Summer Reading Celebration

Summer Readers are invited to celebrate the books they've read with a performance by Bob Conrad, magician and ventriloquist! No Registration.

The online reading log program will be available through August 31st, so kids can continue to record their books and print out lists for school.

Remaining prizes may be collected at 21 Governor Street from September 4th through 7th.

Special thanks to the Friends of the Library, the principal sponsor of Summer Reading, and to Parks and Recreation, who is co-sponsoring many of our special programs this year.

It's Not Too Late to Reserve your Memento of the Old Library!

You can take home a little piece of the Ridgefield Library once construction starts and a large part of the building is demolished. For just $10 you can purchase an authentic brick from the old Library as a keepsake. They make a great bookend, paperweight or doorstop. Purchase your bricks now online.