events @ the Library

"The Revealing Eye", drawings by Emil Weiss, 1896-1965, will be on display in The Great Hall for the months of October and November. One of the last “artist-reporters,” an old journalistic specialty which was superseded by photography, the collection includes coverage of many political figures of the day.

Opening reception: Friday, October 10, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm. Light refreshments served. Enter through the main level Library entrance.

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See the film Hud, inspired by a portion of Larry McMurtry's novel, Horseman Pass By. Newman, who was nominated for an Oscar for best actor, plays Hud Bannon, a young Texas rancher who lives with his cattleman father Homer, played by Melvyn Douglas, and his hero-worshipping nephew Lon. Hud is an amoral, cold-hearted creature; his father, who holds Hud responsible for the death of his other son, tries to imbue Lon with a sense of decency and responsibility to others, but Lon is devoted to Hud and isn't inclined to listen. (112 mins).

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Caren Schwartz of Time and Cents.com will lead a workshop on Quick Books, which combines bookkeeping software with essential tools for your small business. It's the simplest way to track sales and expenses. Learn how it can work for your business.

To reserve a seat, contact Sylvia Schulman at 203-291-4844 or sschulman@westportlibrary.org.

Co-sponsored with the Fairfield County chapter of SCORE.
About SCORE.
Time and Cents.com

See The Color of Money, for which Newman won the Oscar for his role of pool hustler Fast Eddie Felson. Felson finds the young, promising pool player Vincent, played by Tom Cruise, in a local bar. After some hesitation, Vincent accepts and Eddie takes him and Vincent's girlfriend Carmen on a tour through the country to work the pool halls. (119 mins.)

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See The Sting, which won a total of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, and Screenplay. Reunited several years after being paired in 1969's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Paul Newman and Robert Redford proved with The Sting, a delightful 1973 caper film, that their onscreen chemistry was, in cinematic terms, historic. The action is set during the depths of the Depression in Chicago, where small-time grifter Johnny Hooker (Redford) enlists the aid of legendary con man Henry Gondorff (Newman) to mount an elaborate "sting," targeting ruthless New York gangster Doyle Lonnegan played by Robert Shaw, who was responsible for the murder of Johnny's mentor, Luther Coleman, played by James Earl Jones. (135 mins.)

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A silent auction of the imaginative, original Altered Books made over the summer.

Enter through the upper level Library entrance. All proceeds benefit the Library. Donation requested.

Library Books Unbound website.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Westport Library.
Picture above: Book Bracelet by Megan Dunn

"Vote for me!" 200 Years of Presidential Campaign Memoribilia.

Join GirlTalk, a unique mentoring program led by SHS students. Each session deals with real-life issues, such as bullying, body image, stress, and peer-pressure. Check back here for more details on dates, times and location. Registration is required. For further details, contact Teen Services Librarian Jaina Lewis at jlewis@westportlibrary.org or 291-4809. Space is limited!

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Poet’s Voice is supported by the Horace E. Manacher Poetry Fund.

PlayClub is a collaboration between Westport Library and Westport Country Playhouse to allow you to read and discuss a play before you see the live performance, and have a sneak-peek at the set under construction.

On October 6th, come prepared to discuss the enduring masterpiece, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, with a member of the artistic staff of the playhouse. The play is based on John Steinbeck's 1937 tale of two traveling companions, George and Lennie, who wander the country during the Depression, dreaming of a better life for themselves.

Registration required. Call the Playhouse box office at 227-4177, or toll-free at 1-888-927-7529.

To obtain a copy of the play, phone 291-4821.

Deborah Carr, a sociology professor at Rutgers University and co-author
of Making Up with Mom: Why Mothers and Daughters Disagree about Kids,
Careers, and Casseroles (and What to Do about It), will discuss her book
which explores the unique tensions between women and their mothers and how to reclaim their loving relationships. Difficult topics such as mothers not understanding their daughter's choices in marrying an underemployed husband, breastfeeding babies until they're toddlers, or raising kids who have haute couture wardrobes and schedules more packed than presidential candidates are addressed.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.
About the book.
Authors' website.

Light refreshments served.
Enter through the main level Library entrance.

More information on Professor "Louie".

Supported by the Grace K. Salmon Foundation.

The Library will screen Waitress, starring Keri Russell, a touching film about a cafe waitress who dreams up and bakes wondrous life-enhancing pies. Cafe life is good, but Jenna wants to escape her jealous, abusive husband by winning a pie baking contest. (108 mins.)

NYT review.
Movie site.
Co-sponsored with the Westport Domestic Violence Task Force. For the first time, Silent Witness life-size cardboard silhouettes, which powerfully depict the stories of Connecticut woman who were the victims of abuse, will be on display in Westport along with educational material.
Silent Witness program.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.
About the book.
Author's website.

For more information, contact Sylvia at 291-4840 or e-mail sschulman@westportlibrary.org

For copies of the book, phone 291-4821. New participants always welcome.

Author's website.
Book reviews.

Discuss Restless by William Boyd. An absorbing historical thriller, the story unfolds on parallel tracks as Sally Gilmartin, born Eva Delectorskaya, a Russian émigré recruited into the British Secret Service in 1939, reveals her clandestine past in an autobiography that she gives to her daughter, Ruth, a graduate student and single mother living a dull civilian life in Oxford in 1976.

For copies of the book, phone 291-4821.
New participants always welcome.
Book Review.

Flickr.
Kodak Gallery.
Shutterfly.
Snapfish.

Enjoy an afternoon of the popular new game Rock Band. Jam out with your family, friends, or favorite library staff member. Just drop in!

Contact Jaina Lewis at 291-4809 or jlewis@westportlibrary.org for more information.

About the book.
Bob Woodruff Family Fund for Traumatic Brain Injury.
Co-sponsored with the Y’s Women.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Author's website.

Contact Jaina Lewis at 291-4809 or jlewis@westportlibrary.org

Westport Arts Center.

In Four Rooms, Upstairs: A Psychotherapist's Journey Into and Beyond Her Mother's Mental Illness, Linda Appleman Shapiro, wife of Recorded Book narrator George Guidall, offers a compelling family history, addressing issues of love, loss and loyalty as she takes the reader back to her childhood and to her life with a mother suffering from mental illness. With the insight of a seasoned psychotherapist and as a witness to the human capacity for pain and survival, she helps us understand the healing power of forgiving without forgetting in this book, a finalist for the 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Award.

Books available for purchase and signing.
About the book.
Author's blog.

Books available for purchase and signing.
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