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March 2, 2010

AUTHORS @THE LIBRARY: Jerome Charyn

Secret-Life-of-Emily-Dickin.jpgTuesday March 2, 2010
Noon
McManus Room

In his new novel, The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson, author Jerome Charyn removes Emily Dickinson's own mysterious mask, revealing the passions and heartbreak of America's greatest poet. Charyn was born in the Bronx in 1937 and has written 37 books, including three memoirs about his childhood in the Bronx, two of which were named New York Times Book Of the Year .

Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Items on Emily Dickinson in the Library catalog.

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March 7, 2010

MUSIC @THE LIBRARY: Bonefide Brass

Bonefide-Brass-A.jpgSunday, March 7, 2010
2:00 pm
McManus Room

Bonefide Brass will delight the audience with this classical performance (with a few surprises) by eight trombones. These trombonists are from Fairfield and Westchester counties and include of Glenn Babakian, Zachary Aaron Barkon, Christopher Espy, Paul Geidel, Nicole Hansboro, Jim Marbury, Frank Pedulla, and John Russo.

Supported by the Grace K. Salmon Foundation.

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March 8, 2010

AUTHORS @THE LIBRARY: Irene Levine

Best-Friends-Forever-cover.jpgMonday, March 8, 2010
7:30 pm
McManus Room

New York University School of Medicine psychologist, professor, and award-winning freelance writer, Irene Levine, discusses her self-help guide for women recovering from a break-up with their best friend in Best Friends Forever: Surviving a Breakup with Your Best Friend. "Whether your friendship sputtered because of physical distance or your best friend slept with your boyfriend, Levine deftly assures us that although the pain can be strong, the sorrow will pass."—Publisher's Weekly

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

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March 13, 2010

Friends Winter Book Sale

booksale.jpgSaturday, March 13, 2010
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. More information.

Visa and MasterCard accepted.
Want to volunteer at the sale? Email Suzy Hooper geosoo143@yahoo.com.

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March 14, 2010

Friends Winter Book Sale

booksale.jpgSunday, March 14, 2010
1:00 pm 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. More information.

Visa and MasterCard accepted.
Want to volunteer at the sale? Email Suzy Hooper geosoo143@yahoo.com.

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March 15, 2010

Friends Winter Book Sale

booksale.jpgMonday, March 15, 2010
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.

Visa and MasterCard accepted.
Want to volunteer at the sale? Email Suzy Hooper geosoo143@yahoo.com.

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March 16, 2010

Friends Winter Book Sale

booksale.jpgTuesday, March 16, 2010
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.

Visa and MasterCard accepted.
Want to volunteer at the sale? Email Suzy Hooper geosoo143@yahoo.com.

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March 16, 2010

Pageturners: The White Tiger

white-tiger.jpgTuesday, March 16, 2010
10:30 am and 7:30 pm
Seminar Room

Discussion of the book The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga. 276 pages. This first novel by Indian writer Adiga depicts the awakening of a low-caste Indian man to the degradation of servitude. While the early tone of the book calls to mind the heartbreaking inequities of Rohinton Mistry's A Fine Balance, a better comparison is to Frederick Douglass's narrative about how he broke out of slavery. The protagonist, Balram Halwai, is initially delighted at the opportunity to become the driver for a wealthy man. But Balram grows increasingly angry at the ways he is excluded from society and looked down upon by the rich, and he murders his employer. He reveals this murder from the start, so the mystery is not what he did but why he would kill such a kind man.

For copies of the book, phone 291-4821 or email Sue Madeo at smadeo@westportlibrary.org.
New participants always welcome.

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March 21, 2010

The Usual Suspects Mystery Reading Group: Unnatural Causes

Unnatural-Causes.jpgSunday, March 21, 2010
2:00 pm
Seminar Room

Discussion of the book Unnatural Causes by P. D. James. Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh’s much anticipated holiday at his aunt’s country cottage ends abruptly with the macabre discovery of the handless corpse of a crime-writer in this third title of the series.  

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

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March 24, 2010

AUTHORS @THE LIBRARY: Jeff Shesol

supreme-power.jpgWednesday, March 24, 2010
Noon
McManus Room

Jeff Shesol, a former speechwriter to President Bill Clinton and the author of Mutual Contempt: Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy and the Feud That Defined a Decade, will discuss his new book Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court. “Once in a generation a groundbreaking book comes along to provide a major reinterpretation of a familiar historical event. Sheshol tells the story of FDR's court packing plan as it has never been told before. This is a stunning work of history.” — Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals.

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March 28, 2010

WHEN COOL WAS HOT! Film Series

North_by_Northwest.jpgSunday, March 28, 2010
2:00 pm
McManus Room

Enjoy winter Sundays with a hot cider, a short introduction, and a film to highlight the exhibit at the Westport Historical Society, "WESTPORT MODERN: WHEN COOL WAS HOT!," from January 24 to May 2 in the Betty and Ralph Sheffer Gallery.

Hitchcock’s stylish comedy/thriller North by Northwest is set in the luxuriously modern Frank-Lloyd-Wright era and stars Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. In one memorable scene after another, bewildered ad man Grant is chased cross country by spies who think he is a double agent and by police who think he is an assassin. (1959, 136 minutes)

Library catalog.
Co-sponsored with the Westport Historical Society.

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