@yourLIBRARY Manchester Public Library September/October 2015

 One Book, One Village With a grant from the SBM Charitable Foundation, Inc., the Manchester Public Library is sponsoring a community-wide One Book program. The National Book Award winning novel 'Let the Great World Spin' by Colum McCann is the reading selection. Everyone will be welcome to participate in the conversation with the Book Discussion Group for Adults, which will take place September 21st at Mary Cheney. Books are available at the Library. A film showing of the documentary 'Man on Wire' will be held at the Whiton Branch on September 23rd (Read the book to discover the relationship!). For more info check the library website or call Reference at 860-645-0821.    

   

 MPL  Supports  The  Wall  that  Heals  

In addition to the One Book, One Village event, the library will be showing the  Academy  Award-­‐winning  documentary,  'Maya  Lin:  a  strong,  clear  vision',  revealing  the  controversial  origins  of  the  original  memorial  wall  in  Washington,  D.C.  A  complete  schedule  of  events  is  posted  on  the  Library's  website  or  call  Reference  at  860-­‐645-­‐0821  for  information.  

New  “Take  Me  Home  Totes”  

 

Looking to do something different this weekend? Grab a Take Me Home Tote! Maybe it’s your turn to plan a Girls Weekend In and you are completely stumped as to what to pick. Or your significant other has left it up to you to decide what your plans are for the weekend. For all those times when you can’t decide what you want to do, or have just plain run out of ideas or disposable income, head over to the library! Manchester Public Library now carries Take Me Home Totes, a weekend experience bag filled with all kinds of awesome materials. Each bag has a very distinct theme and the contents of the bags reflect that, including "The 80s," "Go Team!", "Un-Wine-ed," and "Chuck Norris!" Whatever you’re in the mood for, we have a bag for that! Most Take Me Home Totes contains at least: *One book based on the theme. *One cookbook with recipes and food ideas related to the time or place. And who doesn’t love to eat? *One DVD to watch and relax after a long week. *One CD to play while you are cooking, or after dinner and the movie/show has not started yet. Go ahead. Enjoy. On us. Available at the Mary Cheney building. *A list of the totes is available at the main service desk*

New Programs

Mary Cheney Library - 586 Main, Street Manchester CT 06040 Circulation: 860.643.2471 - Reference: 860.645.0821 - Children’s: 860.645.0577

Website: library.townofmanchester.org

Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:00 am - 9:00 pm Friday-Saturday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Whiton Branch Library – 100 North Main Street, Manchester CT 06042

Main Desk: 860.643.6892 Hours:

Monday-Thursday 10:00am-8:30pm Friday 9:00am-5:00pm

The Whiton Auditorium is available for group use. Contact Whiton at 860-643-6892 for

details on room rental rates and availability.

Happy Birthday Mary Cheney!

Mary Cheney, the downtown library

building's namesake, turns

160 on September 28th and the

Manchester Public Library is going to

celebrate! Come join us on Sept.

26th at 2:30 pm for birthday cake, library tours, a scavenger hunt,

and a special re-enactment appearance of

Mary Cheney by our own librarian, Jenn Bartlett! No

registration is required. For more

information call 860-645-0821

Due  to  its  popularity,    the  teen  program,  Take  Apart  Tuesdays,  will  continue  running  

through  the  fall.  If  you  have  any  old  or  broken  electronics  that  you  would  like  to  donate,  please  contact  Ed  at  860-­‐  648-­‐0821  

MPL would like to thank the Friends of the Library for providing us with new drapes and book trucks, and the late

Margaret Stevenson of Manchester, CT for donating $20,000 to the Whiton Branch Library to purchase books. Thank you

so much for your generosity!

Saturday afternoons: September 19th 2PM: Cheney Cinema presents Furious 7. (Rated PG-13 for violence, language, and suggestive content). October 17th 2PM: Cheney Cinema presents: Avengers: Age Of Ultron. (Rated PG-13 for violence and language). Saturday afternoon, October 10th: Silk City Board Game Group has its first meeting! For ages 18 and up of all board gaming levels and expertise. We'll have on hand to demo: Dominion, 1775: Rebellion, and Medieval Academy. Light refreshments will be served. 2-4:30. For more information regarding this, please contact Jenn, e-mail: jbartlett@manchesterct.gov. Thursday evenings: September 3rd 7PM: MPL’s newest book group, Keeping It Classy, focuses on classic works of literature. The first book that they will be discussing is Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. Copies of the book are available for checkout in the lobby on the fireplace mantel and at Whiton. October 29th 7PM: The Things We Carried by Tim O'Brien. For more information speak with Jenn or e-mail: jbartlett@manchesterct.gov All programs will be held in the Howroyd Room and are free.  

 

 

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In the Children’s

Room:

The *Wall that Heals will be in

Center Memorial Park next to Mary

Cheney Library from October 7

through October 11,

2015. Please come into the

library and add links to our

paper chain of remembrance, each link of the

chain represents a name on the

wall.

* A half scale replica of the

Vietnam Memorial in

Washington D. C