Holidays

ART @ the Library

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Have you seen our new program? With the help of local artist, Isabelle Files, and the children’s room staff we have started a program called ART @ the Library. Once a month on a Tuesday evening at 6:00 in the Children’s room we are doing an art project for all ages. The first event was September 26th, featuring origami. We had fun making animals, boxes, and other items. On October 24th we did apple and leaf printing. Our youngest attendees loved working with the paint, and we got very creative. On November 7th we did collages by cutting pictures out …

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Happy Holidays!

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H ~ Here Comes The Easter Cat A ~ Animal Holiday P ~ Presidents’ Day P ~ Picture Book Of Hanukkah Y ~ Yuckiest, Stinkiest, Best Valentine Ever H ~ Hooray For St. Patrick’s Day! O ~ Orange You Glad it’s Halloween L ~ Long-Long’s New Year I ~ Independence Day D ~ Double Trouble Groundhog Day A ~ April Foolishness Y ~ Year Of The Perfect Christmas Tree S ~ Story Of Kwanzaa Ann Russell, Technology Librarian

Christmas Movies

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What’s your favorite holiday movie?  Is it White Christmas?  Love, Actually? A Christmas Story?  There are certainly many to choose from.  My ultimate favorite holiday movie is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacationfrom 1989.  A synopsis from the library’s copy of VideoHound’s Golden Movie Retriever says, “The third vacation for the Griswold family finds them hosting repulsive relatives for Yuletide.  The sight gags, although predictable, are sometimes on the mark.  Quaid is a standout as the slovenly cousin.”  Now that doesn’t sound very promising, does it?  But no matter how many times I have seen it, I swear – every time that …

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A Thanksgiving Feast

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Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and I thought it might be fun to FEAST on a variety of books. Run, TURKEY, run All I know learned about animal behavior I learned in Loehmann’s DRESSING room If MASHED POTATOES could dance The SWEET POTATO Queens’ book of love Lucky and SQUASH A little story about a big TURNIP The ugly VEGETABLES The monster who ate my PEAS Gimme cracked CORN & I will share Buried ONIONS Dry BEANS in the snow CARROT in my pocket Onions and GARLIC APPLESAUCE season In a PICKLE OLIVE Kitteridge 44 CRANBERRY Point Sharing the …

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Thanksgiving Books and Movies

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Check out these books and movies that have the Thanksgiving holiday at their core. Books: Nobody’s Fool by Richard Russo An unlucky man in a deadbeat town in upstate New York, Sully must overcome numerous obstacles–a bum knee, terminal underemployment, and a not-too-helpful group of friends–as he copes with a new problem, his long-estranged son. Weight of Winterby Cathie Pelletier Dreaming of the history of the Maine town of Mattagash, a 110-year-old woman relives her own life and runs through the history of the town’s assorted residents, beginning with the season’s first snowfall and ending at Thanksgiving. Cloud Nine by …

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Great Holiday Reads

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Okay, let’s admit it, the holidays are very stressful.  Celebrants scramble through stores looking for the perfect gift knowing that as time gets closer to the holidays supplies dwindle and panic can set in!  The staff suggests taking some time for your self and yes, check out a good book to read. As they say at all the retail spots, we have something for everyone but here, you can have it all for free!  Come on in and re-read a classic…when was the last time you read Gift of the Magi by O’Henry?  I know that we have all seen …

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