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Millerton Library

May 2012 
Manic Month of May
It seems like every month I start out our newsletter by saying the library is really busy, and this month is no exception.  So I am just going to say a few words and leave you to the read the rest of the newsletter.

Thanks to a wonderful donation by Don and Ginny Jones, the library now has a collection of Webutuck Yearbooks from present day, all the way back to 1946! We will be having a public viewing on May 19 between 1-3pm. 
I would also like to announce that we will be having a book sale May 26. Our book sale space in the annex is completely full, so we currently can not except any donations.     
 
Food Fight!
food fight
The NorthEast-Millerton Library is competing against other local libraries to see who can collect the most canned food for local food pantries between May and June.

If we win, we will give everyone a week of amnesty on overdue fines for all of our library items.

Help us reach our goal and earn a week of amnesty.


Oblong and NE Millerton Library Presents
  Junie B Jones

Tuesday, May 22 at 4pm

Junie B. Jones Stupid Smelly Bus Tour, is a national tour sponsored by Random House Children's Books, that brings Junie B., live and in-person, across the country to meet her fans. Fans will enjoy Junie B.'s hilarious antics through live theatrical performances based on the bestselling Junie B. Jones series.  Events will also include cool Junie B. giveaways, and an official "book stamping."

This is a ticketed event. Tickets are $6 and include one paperback Junie B. Jones book. Each ticket admits one person.

You can purchase tickets at the library, Oblong or online here.

A portion of the proceeds from ticket sales will go to benefit the NorthEast Millerton Library.

 

Take a Trip Down Memory Lane
Yearbooks
Join us for a viewing of a recent donation made to the library by Don and Ginny Jones of Webutuck Yearbooks.  Our new collection goes although way back to 1946!

Our yearbooks will be available for public viewing

Saturday, May 19th  from 1pm to 3pm

After May 19th they will be available for view upon request.


Game Night for Grown Ups
 
Friday, May 25th at 7pm
Game Night

Leave the kids at home and come to the library for a night of Scrabble, cards, and good conversation.


Bring a friend and make some new ones.



 

Artist of the Month
 
looking west
"Looking West" by Linda Puiatti 2011, oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches

May's Artist of the Month is

Linda Puiatti


Look for her work starting May 29th.


 

Music in the Annex
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Suggested $5 donation
All shows concerts start at 7:30pm

Saturday, May 5th
Trio Candela
trio candela color


Hola, Mis Amigos. Join us on the 5th for Cinco de Mayo done the Annex way with the Latin sounds of Trio Candela. The Connecticut-based trio will bring its musical blend of Latin cultures to the Annex for a slightly different flavor than we're used to in the Annex. Don't miss out on the celebration.

Gracias. Nos vemos allí. We'll see you there.


Saturday, May 19th
Hummingbird

Hummingbird band

 

Hummingbird is a band from Connecticut's Northwest Corner that plays an eclectic blend of blues, jazz, country, originals, native chants, healing sounds, and experimental compositions. The band consists of vocalist Bobbi Soares, guitarist Jim Stasiak. drummer Bruce Osborne, and bassist Andy Hicks. Bobbi, Jim and Bruce formed the nucleus of Hummingbird about a year ago and have played at various music festivals, art galleries, and gatherings ever since.



 

Fiction Writing And Story Telling Group

Thursday May 10th, 6:30pm

Do you like to write or have a flair for story telling? Then join the Northeast-Millerton Library's Fiction Writing and Story Telling Group. 

Open to all experience levels.

Bring a copy of your work with you if you're ready.


2nd Annual May Mini Camps For Families


Friday, May 4th at 6pm
Snake

Reptile Program by Sharon Audubon



Julie
Friday, May 11th at 6pm

70's Party for American Girl Doll Julie
Get Groovy with fun projects from the 70's.




Friday, May 18th at 6pmLegos

The Great Lego Build

Build with all 5 BUCKETS of legos to see how big and tall we can go!



Please register for all programs


For more children programs Check our Calendar.  or to sign up for our children's newsletter just reply to this email.

Read for the Green
books money

 

Read for the Green is our program where teens are paid to review  new young adult books.  If you are in grades 4 or higher and live in or around Millerton you can sign up for Read for Green.  Bring a friend and get paid for that too. Come into Millerton Library today and get started. 

 

Want to see what our bloggers have say?

Click here to visit our site.

 

 

Book Discussion Group
cutting for stone The next book for Margaret R. Quick book discussion group is

Cutting for Stone
by Abraham Verghese

Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother's death and their father's disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution.

The book discussion group will meet Saturday, June 2, at 3:30pm.

Let us know if you would like us to order you a copy.

 

Knitting Group
Yarn 
Wednesday at 6:30pm

Join our knitters every Wednesday night for lively conversation and knits.

Need help with a pattern or just want to learn?

Stop by, someone is always willing to help.

 
Quick Picks: Autism Awareness Month
April was Autism Awareness Month. Although we are a little late, this month's books picks focus on Autism.  

Fiction 
Anything but Typical
By Nora Raleilgh Baskin
(We just had a program with her at Webutuck)

Al Capone Does My Shirts
By Gennifer Choldenko

Curious Case of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon

Nonfiction

Atypical: A Life with Asperger's in 20 1/3 Chapers
By Jesse Saperstein (Local Author) 

 

I Wish I Were Engulf in Flames: My Insane Life Raising Two Boys with Autism 

By Jeni Decker 

 

It's raining cats and dogs : an autism spectrum guide to the confusing world of idioms, metaphors, and everyday expressions
By Michael Barton

 

By Martha R. Herbert



 

Happy Reading! 
 
Sincerely,

Rhiannon Leo
NorthEast-Millerton Library
In This Issue
Food Fight
Junie B. Jones
Take a Trip Down Memory Lane
Game Night for Grown Ups
Artist of the Month
Music in the Annex
Fiction Writing and Story Telling Group
May Mini Camps

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New in DVDs
ironlady
-Iron Lady
-Happy Feet 2
-Mission Impossible 4
-Warhorse
-We Bought a Zoo  
 

Coming Next Month

-New Years Eve
-The Vow
-Chronicle
-We Need to Talk About Kevin
-Sherlock Season 2



 

New Fiction
Beginners goodbye
 

Beginner's Goodbye

Anne Tyler

 

Dorchester Terrace

Anne Perry

 

Driven  

James Sallis 

 

House of Velvet and Glass

Katherine Howe 

 

Innocent

David Baldacci    



Coming Soon
 

 

11th Hour 

James Patterson 

 

Home

Toni Morrison 

 

In One Person  

John Irving 

 

Road to Grace 

Richard Paul Evans  

 

Stolen Prey 

John Standford 

 

 

 

 

 

New Nonfiction
Peking
 Midnight in Peking
Paul French


After Camelot

J. Randy Taraborrelli


Natural Woman

Carole King
 
    

 

Coming Soon

This Is How
Augustine Burroughs

Service: A Navy Seal at War
Marcus Luttrell

Rather Outspoken
Dan Rather

   

New Audiobooks
Kathrine Howe
 
House of Velvet and Glass
Katherine Howe

Shoemaker's Wife  Adriana Trigiani

Sacre Bleu
Christopher Moore  
 

 

   
Coming Soon 

 Sins of the Father
Jeffery Archer

In One Person

John Irving

Rather Outspoken

Dan Rather