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March 1, 2009

MUSIC@THE LIBRARY:
New England Winds

NEWINDS1.jpgSunday, March 1
2:00 pm
McManus Room

Bringing an attitude that is all their own, the Air Force's New England Winds create an intimate musical setting that will capture the imagination of any audience. This group of five is well versed in traditional quintet repertoire and performs musical selections ranging from the 18th century to the contemporary period. The group consists of Staff Sergeant Avril Claytor on flute, Staff Sergeant Kate Nettles on oboe, Senior Airman Ian Tyson on clarinet, Staff Sergeant Andrew Fordham on horn, and Staff Sergeant Christopher Stahl on bassoon.

More information.
Supported by the Grace K. Salmon Foundation.

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March 2, 2009

AUTHORS@THE LIBRARY: Adam Gopnik

Angels-and-Ages.jpgThis speaking engagement has been cancelled due to scheduling conflicts. There will not be a re-scheduled date.

On a memorable day in human history, February 12, 1809, two babies were born an ocean apart: Abraham Lincoln in a one-room Kentucky log cabin; Charles Darwin on an English country estate. Searching for the men behind the icons of emancipation and evolution, New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik will discuss his book Angels and Ages: A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life. Hear about their captivating lives, Lincoln and Darwin as they really were: family men and social climbers; ambitious manipulators and courageous adventurers; the living husband, father, son, and student behind each myth.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.


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March 3, 2009

Tax Law Changes for 2008 and 2009

tax-law-changes.jpgTuesday, March 3
2:00 pm
McManus Room

Frances Brandenburg, an IRS official and CPA with years of experience in the private sector, will speak and answer tax questions.

For more information, contact sschulman@westportlibrary.org or call 203-291-4844.

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March 4, 2009

Riverwalk Display: BYOBags: Westport Opts for Reusable Bags

BYOBags-FIXED-jpg.jpgMarch 4 through April 30
Riverwalk Display

“BYOBags: Westport Opts for Reusable Bags” features all of the entries to Westport’s Reusable Bag Contest.

A companion exhibit by Belleville, N.J., artist Karen Guancione of banner art made from plastic shopping bags from around the globe will hang from the mezzanine railings in The Great Hall from March 4 through April 30.

On Tuesday, March 17, from 6:30-8:00 pm, the Town of Westport will have a reception in the McManus Room to honor the winners and all participants.

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March 7, 2009

Friends Winter Book Sale

booksale.jpgSaturday, March 7
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
McManus Room

Hardcover and trade paperback fiction, mysteries, sci-fi, and fantasy. Also, nonfiction and fiction mass-market paperbacks, LP records, video cassettes, in addition to children's paperback and hardcover books. Nothing is priced above $2. This is a bargain sale.

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March 7, 2009

Knit and K'Nosh

knitting-for-web.jpgSaturday, March 7
2:00 to 4:00 pm
Higgins Room

Join in an afternoon of knitting at the Library. Bring your knitting supplies and the Library will provide the snacks. Socialize with other knitters and lend each other help and encouragement. Just drop in.

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March 8, 2009

Friends Winter Book Sale

booksale.jpgSunday, March 8
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
McManus Room

THardcover and trade paperback fiction, mysteries, sci-fi, and fantasy. Also, nonfiction and fiction mass-market paperbacks, LP records, video cassettes, in addition to children's paperback and hardcover books. Nothing is priced above $2. This is a bargain sale.

More information.

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March 9, 2009

Friends Winter Book Sale

booksale.jpgMonday, March 9
9:00 am to 8:00 pm
McManus Room

Everything 1/2 price!

Hardcover and trade paperback fiction, mysteries, sci-fi, and fantasy. Also, nonfiction and fiction mass-market paperbacks, LP records, video cassettes, in addition to children's paperback and hardcover books. Nothing is priced above $2. This is a bargain sale.

More information.

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March 10, 2009

Friends Winter Book Sale

booksale.jpgTuesday, March 10
9:00 am to Noon
McManus Room

Everything free! Donation requested.

Hardcover and trade paperback fiction, mysteries, sci-fi, and fantasy. Also, nonfiction and fiction mass-market paperbacks, LP records, video cassettes, in addition to children's paperback and hardcover books. Nothing is priced above $2. This is a bargain sale.

More information.

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March 10, 2009

BUSINESS AUTHORS@THE LIBRARY: Eric Tyson

Investing-for-Dummies.jpgLet's-Get-Real-about-Money.jpgTuesday, March 10
7:30 pm
McManus Room

Eric Tyson is a financial counselor, syndicated columnist, and author of the best-selling books Personal Finance for Dummies and Let's Get Real About Money. He will discuss personal finance, investing and mutual funds providing suggestions to breaking counterproductive money habits, adopting a healthy approach to personal finance, and becoming an investment expert– even in a down market.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

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March 11, 2009

AUTHORS@THE LIBRARY: Penny Pearlman

FrontCover-PrettySmartl.jpgWednesday, March 11
Noon
McManus Room

Westporter Penny Pearlman will discuss her book Pretty Smart: Lessons From Our Miss Americas. Pearlman interviewed twenty-two former Miss Americas and shows how the women who become Miss America shatter the myth that the pageant is “only a beauty contest” through their thoughtful intelligence and eloquent poise. Learn why Miss America is still America's royalty and relevant in today's world.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

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March 12, 2009

AUTHORS@THE LIBRARY: S. J. Rozan

shanghai-moon.jpgThursday, March 12
7:30 pm
McManus Room

S.J. Rozan, winner of the Edgar, Shamus, Anthony, Nero, and Macavity awards for Best Novel, returns to her critically acclaimed and much-loved characters Lydia Chin and Bill Smith in her latest book, The Shanghai Moon. Jewelry stolen from a Jewish refugee is found during an excavation in Shanghai and Lydia and Bill must unravel its past disappearance to stop the killings and uncover the truth of what is going on today.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

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March 14, 2009

FAMILY PROGRAM:
The Magic of Dan Bowen

Dan-Bowen.jpgSaturday, March 14
2:30-3:30 pm
McManus Room
Ages 4 and up

Magician Dan Bowen includes magic markers, card tricks and floating tables in this magic show that will be fun for the whole family.

Children's Library webpage.

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March 15, 2009

Film @ the Library: Refusenik

Refusenik.jpgSunday, March 15
1:30 to 4:30 pm
McManus Room

The Library and the Westport Arts Center present Refusenik, the first retrospective documentary to chronicle the thirty-year movement to free Soviet Jews, showing how a small grass roots effort bold enough to take on a Cold War superpower blossomed into an international human rights campaign that engaged the disempowered and world leaders alike. Told through the eyes of activists on both sides of the Iron Curtain —many of whom survived punishment in Soviet Gulag labor camps — the film is a tapestry of first-person accounts of heroism, sacrifice, and ultimately, liberation. (117 min) Discussion to follow led by Kyle Seaburg, a film teacher at Norwalk High School, and several of his students.

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

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March 15, 2009

The Usual Suspects Mystery Reading Group: The Golden Spiders

the-golden-spiders.jpgSunday, March 15
2:00 pm
Seminar Room

Discussion of the bookThe Golden Spiders by Rex Stout. A twelve-year-old boy shows up at Wolfe’s brownstone with an incredible story. Soon the great detective finds himself hired for $4.30 and wondering why the last two people to hire him were murdered.

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

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March 17, 2009

Pageturners: The Secret Life of Bees

secret-life-of-bees.jpgTuesday, March 17
10:30 am and 7:30 pm
Seminar Room

Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees , by Sue Monk Kidd, is the moving tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright sisters, Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping, honey and the Black Madonna.

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

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March 19, 2009

AUTHORS@THE LIBRARY: Franz Wisner

How-the-World-Mak.jpgThursday, March 19
7:30 pm
McManus Room

New York Times bestselling author of Honeymoon with my Brother, soon to be a movie, Franz Wisner, discusses his sequel, How the World Makes Love: And What It Taught a Jilted Groom, on one average man's search for happiness--a search that turns into an improbable love story in the author's own backyard.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

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March 21, 2009

FAMILY PROGRAM: Suzanne Propp:
Launch of her Music CD Play

PLAY-cover-medium.jpgSaturday, March 21
2:30 pm
McManus Room

Suzanne Sherman Propp, Westport native and music teacher at Green’s Farms School will perform songs from her newly released CD, Play, a family CD of original songs and traditional songs as well as versions of favorites from artists including James Taylor. Play was produced by fellow Westport Native Josh Margolis and Suzanne’s husband Peter Propp. All families and children are encouraged to come listen and "PLAY" at the library.

CDs will be available for purchase and signing.

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March 22, 2009

AUTHORS@THE LIBRARY: Alice Schroeder

cover-snowball.jpgSunday, March 22
2:00 pm
McManus Room

Alice Schroeder, former managing director at Morgan Stanley, hand picked by Warren Buffett to be his biographer, will discuss her NYT bestseller Snowball. The biography strips away the mystery that has cloaked Buffet, the world's richest man.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

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March 24, 2009

Animé Night

Collage-Anime.jpgTuesday, March 24
6:00 pm
McManus Room
Ages 12 and up

Join the Staples High School Animé Club for a night of Animé and Manga! Japanese refreshments will be served.

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

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March 25, 2009

AUTHORS @THE LIBRARY: Riki Ott, Ph.D

Dr_Riki_Ott.jpgWednesday, March 25
7:00 pm
McManus Room

Called by one reviewer the Erin Brockovich of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Riki Ott, Ph.D. meticulously recounts the events and aftermath of the catastrophic 1989 oil spill in Alaska’s Prince William Sound in her new book, Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Actor James Naughton will introduce Ott who will also show clips from her documentary on the spill. A former commercial salmon fisherman with a PhD in marine toxicology and a specialist in oil pollution, Ott experienced the disaster firsthand as a resident of Cordova, Alaska.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

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March 25, 2009

AUTHORS@THE LIBRARY: Mar Jennings

Life-on-Mars.jpgWednesday, March 25
10:00 am
McManus Room

Westporter Mar Jennings will discuss his book Life on Mar's: A Four Season Garden, a photographic essay documenting the four seasons of his Connecticut garden. This book provides beautiful garden design, detail and implementation ideas that are easy enough for novices and interesting enough for seasoned gardeners.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

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March 26, 2009

MovieLine: Vicky Christina Barcelona

VickyCristinaBarcelona-post.jpgThursday, March 26
7:00 pm
McManus Room

Directed and written by Woody Allen, Vicky Cristina Barcelona charms with a marvelously well-matched cast and beautiful views of the Spanish city. Recent Oscar winner Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson star in this story of two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain who become enamored with the same painter. (96 mins)

Review.


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March 28, 2009

The Library's First Mini-Golf Tournament

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Saturday, March 28
10:00 am-4:00 pm
Throughout the Library

Play 18 holes of miniature golf in this unique specially-designed Library course! Snacks and lunch may be purchased at the 19th hole cafe. Fun for the whole family!

Click here for more information and to reserve a tee time.

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March 29, 2009

AUTHORS@THE LIBRARY: Dalton Conley

Elsewhere,-usa.jpgSunday, March 29
2:00 pm
McManus Room

Author and sociologist Dalton Conley will discuss his book Elsewhere, U.S.A.: How We Got from the Company Man, Family Dinners, and the Affluent Society to the Home Office, BlackBerry Moms, and Economic Anxiety, an X-ray view of the new social reality. Conley connects daily experience with occasionally overlooked sociological changes to offer an essential understanding of how the technological, social, and economic changes that have reshaped the world are also reshaping individual lives.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

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March 30, 2009

FAMILY PROGRAM: Draw On!
Kick-off Workshop

draw-on-big.jpgMonday, March 30
2:30-3:30 pm
Smilow Family Children’s Library
Grades K & up
Registration begins March 1 for the kick-off workshop

A community program with the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. After the kick-off workshop (registration required), co-sponsored with the Westport Arts Center, an open-to-all project table will be available Tuesday-Friday, March 30 to April 3, to make a collage that will be displayed in Children’s Library.

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March 30, 2009

Internet Safety Presentation

internet_safety_check.jpgMonday, March 30
7:30 pm
McManus Room

The Westport Library and the Westport Youth Commission’s IMentor Committee will present a program on Internet Safety. How can students protect themselves on MySpace and Facebook? How can you chat safely online? How can parents help keep their kids safe? This is a great program for parents to attend with students!

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

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March 31, 2009

AUTHORS@THE LIBRARY: Jimmy Breslin

The-Good-Rat.jpgTuesday, March 31
7:30 pm
McManus Room

Pulitzer Prize-winning American columnist and author of The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, Jimmy Breslin will discuss his new book The Good Rat: A True Story. This collection of stories and anecdotes about the mob revisits a familiar wise-guy milieu as tales of mistaken identity, crooked cops, snitches and murder are told.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

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March 31, 2009

Jobseekers Resource Seminar

jobseekers.jpgTuesday, March 31
10:00 am
McManus Room

Learn about the excellent Library resources that will make you an informed job seeker and find out about the wide array of free services available to you at the CT Dept. of Labor. For more information, e-mail ref@westportlibrary.org or call 203-291-4800.

Funded by Jerry A. Tishman.

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