Sunday, March 1, 2015

Thomaston Library News


Librarian Joanna Hynd with kids enjoying exotic foods during Story Hour.
 Photo by Eileen Skolds

 




 
March Story Hour
Let’s see, where are we going to travel to next? This March Story Hour: Join the Thomaston Public Library on Thursdays at 11am in the Children’s Room to learn about India, Costa Rica, Hawaii, and other far off locations! Try new foods, listen to new music, and enjoy learning about different cultures.


Saltwater Film Society Screening of

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
On Thursday, March 19th, at 6:30 PM, the Thomaston Public Library will host the Saltwater Film Society screening of  the 1991 documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, about the "magic and madness" of making Francis Ford Coppola's celebrated 1979 movie Apocalypse Now.
This highly-rated, award-winning documentary depicts the difficulties the Apocalypse Now filmmakers had with virtually every aspect of its creation: the quality of the acting, over-spending, the jungle location, the weather, the film's script, the health of some of those on-site (most notably, actor Martin Sheen's on-location heart attack), and the director's doubts about the quality of the film he was making. Famous moments such as Marlon Brando's improvised rambling monologues are included in the documentary and have helped to make it a cult classic.
For more information about the Saltwater Film Society, please see their website, http://www.saltwaterfilmsociety.org/.
March Madness Sale in Friends of the Thomaston Public Library's Hallway Bookshop

Spring into mud season with a stack of good reads! Through the month of March, all books in The Friends of TPL's Hallway Bookshop -- large or small, paperback or hardback --  are on sale for one dollar apiece.

On the sale table are included a selection of books chosen by staff and volunteers, but the sale includes every volume in the bookshop.

The Hallways Bookshop is located in the Thomaston Academy at 60 Main Street in Thomaston. Parking and entrance are at the rear of the Academy building. The Hallway Bookshop is available during all open library hours: Monday and Friday, 11 to 7; Tuesday through Thursday, 11 to 5; and Saturday, 9 to 1. 
 
Photo by Tim English
 
A Backpacking Adventure Through Europe

On Wednesday, March 25th, at 7 PM, Thomaston resident Tim English will talk and present a slide-show about his backpacking trip through nine countries of Europe. Tim traveled to Europe in 2013 and over the course of a three-month trip, backpacked his way to Spain, Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Poland, the Czech Republic, Norway, and Finland. He has photographic and written records of his adventure and will read excerpts from his travel journal during the slide-show.

When not traveling, Tim teaches and leads Qi Gong groups on Maine's midcoast. He also works as a chef.

Swing-into-Spring Bake Sale

And European Slide Show
Why wait until Easter to indulge your sweet tooth? Thomaston Public Library will host a bake sale on Saturday, March 21st, featuring a variety of freshly baked items along with two gift certificates redeemable for out-of-this-world, custom-made cheesecakes.
All proceeds from the bake sale will go to support 40 Days of Summer, Thomaston Public Library's summer reading program for children, which provides kids with forty days of fun, fresh air, healthy food, and really great books.
Donations of baked goods for the sale can be dropped off at the library at 9 AM on Saturday, March 21st, or anytime between 11 and 7 on Friday, March 20th. The sale itself will run from 9 AM to 1 PM on Saturday.

Also, next Wednesday, March 25th, at 7 PM, will be Tim English's slide-show presentation about his whirlwind, nine-country European backpacking adventure.

Both events will be here at the Thomaston Public Library.
 

 

 
 
 



 

 



 
 

 

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