events @ the Library

Sunday, April 11, 2010
2:00 pm
McManus Room

Sandra Murphy and Rita Lapcevic have been a duo-piano team for 38 years. Sandra, organist and choir director of Greenfield Hill Church, is well known in the Fairfield County area as a duo-pianist, ensemblist, and teacher. She is a member of the Silvermine Duo-Pianists as well as being Director of the Silvermine School of Music. As a member of the Schubert Club of Fairfield County, she has performed extensively. Rita, who earned her Masters degree in music from Duquesne University, is an active musician in Fairfield County both as a duo-pianist and as a chamber ensemblist. A member of the Silvermine Duo-Pianists and the Schubert Club of Fairfield County, she combines teaching with her performing activities.

Supported by the Grace K. Salmon Foundation.

Saturday and Sunday, April 17 and 18, 2010
Westport and Easton Libraries

Connecticut now has its own major event for the mystery-minded! Murder 203 is a two day festival organized by the Easton and Westport Libraries for readers and writers. Attendees enjoy author talks, panel discussions, book signings, writing tips from the professionals, and a unique opportunity to mingle with authors and fellow crime fiction enthusiasts at the Cocktails and Crime reception on Saturday evening.

The event is $65 if you register before March 1st. After March 1st, registration is $75. Meet-the-Authors continental breakfast Saturday and Sunday morning is included in the registration fee as well as lunch on Saturday and admission to Cocktails and Crime.

For information and registration, visit murder203.com.

Questions? Phone Jane Murphy at 203-291-4836.

Saturday and Sunday, April 17 and 18, 2010
Westport and Easton Libraries

Connecticut now has its own major event for the mystery-minded! Murder 203 is a two day festival organized by the Easton and Westport Libraries for readers and writers. Attendees enjoy author talks, panel discussions, book signings, writing tips from the professionals, and a unique opportunity to mingle with authors and fellow crime fiction enthusiasts at the Cocktails and Crime reception on Saturday evening.

The event is $65 if you register before March 1st. After March 1st, registration is $75. Meet-the-Authors continental breakfast Saturday and Sunday morning is included in the registration fee as well as lunch on Saturday and admission to Cocktails and Crime.

For information and registration, visit murder203.com.

Questions? Phone Jane Murphy at 203-291-4836.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010
10:30 am and 7:30 pm
Seminar Room

Discussion of the book The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak. 360 pages. Beautifully imagined—it's as much family history as national history that drives this vital and entertaining novel. And it's the powerful and idiosyncratic characters that drive the family history. And, as you hear in your mind's ear, it's Shafak's vibrant language that drives the characters. Shafak was recently acquitted of the charge of "denigrating Turkishness" because of her frank look at Turkish-Armenian antipathy.

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

Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Noon
McManus Room

Author Diane Meier's debut novel, Season of Second Chances illustrates how coming-of-age can happen at any age. A world of possibilities opens up for Joy Harkness when she sets out on a journey that’s going to show her the importance of friendship, love, and what makes a house a home. Meier is the author of The New American Wedding and president of Meier, a New York City–based marketing firm. Her career spans from writing and design to public speaking. This is her first novel. Meier lives in New York City and Litchfield, Connecticut.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Monday, April 26, 2010
7:30 pm
McManus Room

Meet our detective: Maria Altmann. In a real-life David vs. Goliath tale, one woman, almost 90 years old and more than 10,000 miles away, took on the Austrian government—and won. Jane Cleland, author of the award-winning Josie Prescott mystery series, will present the story behind this thriller and will also examine the fate of more than 100,000 pilfered objects yet to be found.