Flint Memorial Library Newsletter
Books & Beyond
It's time to get excited about the library!
May 2015
In This Issue
Get Your Grill On!
May Flowers
Hours of Operation
Who Stole the Gardner Paintings?
Buy Your Books At The Library!
15 in '15 Rolls On
From the Desk to the Book Store
Family Fun in Lowell
Story Time for Your Little Dumplings
Events
Children's Room
Becoming a Rocket Scientist
Book Club Potluck

Take the chill off  spring in our browsing cafe. Come work, read or just relax in a comfortable chair. Grab a cup of  coffee or hot chocolate for only $1.  A portion of each purchase goes to support the Friends of the Library.
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Get Your Grill On!
Get ready for summer with our Weber grill raffle! 
The Weber Genesis 
S-310 is an $849 value.
Tickets are $10 and are only available at the library!
Only 200 tickets will be sold!
The drawing will be held on May 16 or when all tickets are sold. 
May Flowers

April showers bring May flowers! 

From picture books to gardening how-to, the library stacks have exactly what you need to beautify your yard this spring. 








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Tuesday: 
10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday: 
1 to 5 p.m.
Thursday: 
10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday: 
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturdays (September - May): 
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
Sundays: Closed
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Who Stole The Gardner Paintings? 

Were Boston mobsters involved? According to investigative reporter Stephen Kurkjian and Connecticut prosecutors, there is evidence that they were! 

Please join Pulitzer-Prize-winning Kurkjian as he discusses his new book - Master Thieves.

The book explores the reporter's theory that Boston-area gangsters were part of the 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist and that everyone knows someone who knows something.

And now, Connecticut prosecutors agree with the theory. On Monday, April 21, a known mobster was in court, charged with other crimes. But the court heard evidence that the man had tried to negotiate with an undercover FBI agent a sale of two of the paintings stolen from the Gardner.

It has been 25 years since thieves dressed as Boston Police officers entered the museum and stole 13 works of art, including a Rembrandt and a Vermeer. The Vermeer painting The Concert is considered the most valuable of the stolen paintings.

Learn more about the heist and discuss Kurkjian's theory on Tuesday, May 19 at 7 p.m.

Registration is required as space is limited!

Buy Your Books At The Library!

The Friends of the Flint Memorial Library Spring Book Sale will be held May 7 through 9. 

Thursday, May 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. is a special Friends-only sale night. Join other Friends and get the first pick of the books! 

The sale opens to the general public:
Friday, May 8 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 
Saturday, May 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

Hardback books are $2
Paperback books are $1
Children's books are $0.50 

If you'd like to donate your lightly-used books to the sale, please drop them off in the Big Hearted Books bin behind the library or at Eastgate Plaza on Main Street. 

If you have questions about the book sale, please contact Jean Osborn at jeanco_49@comcast.net.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Flint Memorial Library

 

15 in '15 Rolls On! 

Our successful adult reading program - 15 in '15 - is just five months old, but patrons are enjoying the challenge. It's not too late to join in the fun! 

 

Full rules for participating in the 15 in '15 reading challenge can be found at our website - www.flintmemoriallibrary.org. 

Don't forget - once you've registered online or in person - to log your books online or on a log sheet (available for download at our site). Then visit the library and pick up your raffle tickets. 

You'll be eligible for every raffle all year, including our grand prize in December! 

Not sure what to read next? Here's a patron recommendation!

The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson: 
This debut novel was wonderfully written and hauntingly beautiful. Set in the early 1960s, I enjoyed its historically accurate period details. It also has one of the most unique plot premises I've encountered recently. I just had to press on to find out how everything would be resolved!

 

From the Desk to the Book Store!

You've written a book, but it's languishing in your desk drawer. 

Well, take it out and let's publish it.

Publishing has never been easier than it is right now. 

Let local author Nancy Parsons tell you how to get your book from your mind to the masses in a self-publishing talk on Thursday, May 14 at 7 p.m. 

Parsons (The Ghost Lays the Ghosts To Rest) will be joined by other local authors - Dana Owens (Shotgunned), Karen Vitale (RETRObution) and Nancy Bailey Miller (Hold On). 

Family Fun in Lowell

Treat yourself to a family baseball outing at half the price! 

The Friends of the Library is sponsoring a new Lowell Spinners pass that will allow patrons to purchase half-price tickets at all home games. 

To reserve tickets, sign up on TixKeeper then stop by the library to pick up your coupon. The coupon can be redeemed for one game at the Spinners box office ahead of time or on game day to buy up to six half-price tickets.

Story Time For Your Little Dumplings

Join Lisa Jobst for this very popular Saturday afternoon story time designed specifically for babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers and their parents. 

You and your child will meet new friends, enjoy some 
snacks, hear a story and engage in play time during this My Little Dumpling story time series. 

The next sessions are: 

Saturday, May 16 at 3 p.m 
Saturday, June 20 at 3 p.m. 

Sponsored by the Friends of the Flint Memorial Library

Happening At The Library 

Please visit EventKeeper to keep up-to-date with all library events, including monthly book discussions and craft group meetings.  
Children's Room
*NEW!* Science Story Lab: 
Join us for a science-oriented story time for pre-school and kindergarten-aged children. 

We will incorporate non-fiction books into this weekly session. There will be hands-on activities to give children the opportunity to further explore the topic of the day. 

Tuesdays from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. on May 5, 12, 19, 26.

Registration is suggested, for planning purposes.

Music with Dara: Select Fridays at 10:30 a.m. - May 22 in the Activity Room. Dara's events are sponsored by the Friends of the Library.



The Family Resource Network will be at the Library on Thursday, May 14 and Thursday, May 28 at 10 a.m. to hold a special story-time and craft. No registration needed. 


 A Toddler Tales story-time for ages 1 to 2 1/2 is scheduled for Thursday, May 21 at 10 a.m.  


Stories and Songs story-time for ages 2 to 3 1/2 will be held on select Fridays - May 1, 15, 29 from 9:30 to 10 a.m.

Our monthly craft session - Make Your Own Bubble Wand - will be held on Wednesday, May 20 at 3 p.m. No registration needed. 
 

Brown Bag Book Club: Calling all 3rd and 4th graders!  Join our parent/child book club.  Meeting on the last Monday of the month, bring your dinner and we'll provide a drink and dessert.

We will meet on Monday, May 18 at 5:30 p.m. Our book this month is Catwings by Ursula LeGuin.

Parents welcome, but not necessary for attendance.

 

Becoming a Rocket Scientist

 

The library's daytime book club will learn how Homer Hickam became a rocket scientist, as they discuss his book October Sky, on Wednesday, May 27 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

 

Annual Potluck & Movie

The library's evening drop-in book group will celebrate another year of fantastic discussion and literacy with its annual potluck dinner, June 2 at 7 p.m. 

A movie, to be determined, will be shown.

Don't worry if you've never attended a library book group session! Just stop by, all are welcome. 

 
Looking forward to seeing you at the library,

Sharon Kelleher
skelleher@northreadingma.gov
Library Director
Flint Memorial Library

Stephen Kurkjian: Master Thieves

Former Boston Globe investigative reporter Stephen Kurkjian will discuss his theory about the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist on Tuesday, May 19 at 7 p.m. Please register on our website - www.flintmemoriallibrary.org - and then clip this coupon so you have a reminder of this great event. 
Sponsored by the Friends of the Flint Memorial Library