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Come explore your inner playwright at Meriden Public Library! Facilitated by Via Arts' Kristianna Smith, participants write mono-logues inspired by their real life experiences. After creating written work, participants will be coached through performance technique to make their words on the page fit for the stage.
Join us for this three day exploration of storytelling and performance! The class dates are October 3, October 10 and October 17 at 6:30 pm. Kristianna Smith is a found-ing partner of Via Arts, LLC. She has spent the past decade working with youth, educators, and the elderly reinvigorating the human experience through theatre
Moved to Write!
Vegan and Gluten Free Baking
Sioux Wimler from Crunchy-bits will present Vegan and Gluten Free Baking on Thursday, October 19 at 7:00 pm in the Griffin Room. Looking to reduce your intake of dairy and gluten? We'll focus on exploring alternative ingredients and how to use them to create delicious baked goods. Enjoy a tasty treat at the end! The last workshop, Decadent Desserts, will be
held on November 2 at 7:00 pm. Crunchybits creators are Sabrina Granniss and Sioux Wimler, two earth-loving moms living in Connecticut with a passion for all things crunchy. Their goal is to share information, tips and recipes gleaned from many years of education, research, and experience, with others looking to tread lightly on the earth. All are welcome to this free
program. To reserve a seat, contact the Community Ser-vices Department at (203) 630-6349 or visit www.meridenlibrary.org and sign up through the event calendar. Funding for this program is provided by the Friends of the Meriden Public Library.
Www.meridenlibrary.org October 2017
Meriden Public Library
News
Nov. 1—Against the
Current: Journey to
Gabon by Rindy Higgins
N o v . 2 — D e c a d e n t
Desserts with Sioux
Wimler
Nov. 3—Coffee &
Coloring
Nov. 4—Ready or Not?
Preparing for the
Unexpected with Bill
Passarelli
Nov. 6—Movie—”That’s
Entertainment”
Inside this issue:
College Financial Aid
Process
Friends News
2
Castle Craig Adult
Learning Center
Programs
3
Meriden Poetry Society
Seeing the Past
4
Are We Alone In the
Universe?
4
Monthly Programs 5
Children’s Programs. 6-8
Teen Programs 9-
10
arts. All are welcome to this free program. To register, contact the Community Services Department at (203) 630-6349 or sign up through the events calendar at www.meridenlibrary.org.
Friends of the Library Fall $5-a-bag booksale
The Friends will hold their $5-a-bag booksale October 16—21 in their bookstore at the library. The Bookstore hours are Monday through Wednesday and Friday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Thursday 10:00 am to 8:00 pm and Saturday, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Bags will be provided. Frequent Buyer cards are not honored during the sale. We thank Hancock’s Pharmacy for their generous donation of bags for this sale.
Meriden Public Library, 105 Miller Street, Meriden, CT 06450 (203) 238-2344
Library will be CLOSED
on Monday, October 9
Jennifer Philip will present her seminar, “Simplifying the Financial Aid Process“ on Wednesday, October 25 at 7:00 pm in the Griffin Room. This seminar will provide parents and students of all ages with tips on securing the best possible financial aid package. Throughout the presentation, Jennifer will explain the various student loans, grants and scholarships available, the critical financial aid forms and deadlines, the various components of a financial aid offer and how to best compare and appeal offers in extenuating circum-stances.
Jennifer Philips was Assistant Director of Financial Aid at Fairfield University for six years and has been helping parents and students navigate through the financial aid process on a one-on-one basis ever since. Through-out her career in financial aid, she has had the opportunity to work at private universities, proprietary schools, and trade schools, all of which has given her a greater perspective on financing the various types of education that are out there. In her private practice, she actively counsels parents
and students on how to complete the financial aid forms accurately and provides outreach to area high schools and libraries with respect to advising parents on the financial aid process. All are welcome to this free program. To reserve a seat, contact the Community Services Department at (203) 630-6349 or click here. Funding for this program is provided by the Friends of the Meriden Public Library.
thank Marianna’s Belltop Bakery for their generous donation of cookies for an event held at Boscov’s on September 16.
Library note cards are now available in both the Library and in the Bookstore. They are sold in packages of five for $5.00. All money raised will go into the Library
$5-a-bag booksale during the week of October 16 –21. Details on Page 1.
We will NOT receive donations during the week of the sale. We will start receiving donations again on October 23. Thank you for your consideration.
The Friends of the Meriden Public Library wishes to
Building Fund.
Remember, the Bookstore is open on Thursday evenings until 8:00 pm. Stop by and visit us.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer with the Friends, please contact Frank W. Ridley, President, ([email protected]).
Simplifying the Financial Aid Process
Friends News
Classic Book Club
If you are interested in writing, join the Writer’s Network. The group meets monthly to dis-cuss writing and assist each other with their projects. The October meeting will take place on Wednesday, October 18 at 7:00 pm in the Cook Room.
The Classic Book Club will meet on Thursday, October 12 at 1:30 pm. The October selection will be Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier. All are welcome for lively discussion.
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Writer’s Network
Bob Madison will talk about his new rails-to-trails book, "New Haven and Northampton Canal Greenway: Bike and Rail Trails Following the Historic Canal" on Tues-day, October 10 at 1:00
pm in the Griffin Room so others who enjoy the out-doors can learn a little about the old canal and its history by experiencing it. All are welcome to this free program cosponsored by
the Castle Craig Adult Learning Center. To reserve a seat, please contact the Community Services Department at (203) 630-6349 or visit www.meridenlibrary.org and click on Events.
residents. Dick Boynton will discuss cruising the islands of Croatia and Montenegro on Wednes-day, October 18 at 1:00 pm in the Griffin Room. All are welcome to this free program cosponsored by the Castle Craig Adult
Much of Croatia’s inhabitants live as they did in the 14
th century, in
historic walled fortifications with narrow streets, just wide enough for donkey carts. Travel is mostly on foot. The recent ethnic war accomplished nothing and drove away many lifelong
Learning Center. To reserve a seat, please contact the Community Services Department at (203) 630-6349 or visit www.meridenlibrary.org and click on Events
New Haven and Northampton Canal Greenway Trails
Cruising the Islands of Croatia & Montenegro
Focus on Shaker Woodenware
Dr. Stephen Miller will at the Library on Wednesday, October 11 at 1:00 pm to present this program. The presentation is based on the current Shaker exhibit at the New Britain Museum of American Art. All of the objects shown are from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. M. Stephen
Miller. All are welcome to this free program cosponsored by the Castle Craig Adult Learning Center. To reserve a seat, please contact the Community Services De-partment at (203) 630-6349 or visit www.meridenlibrary.org and click on Events
The Shakers are the most successful communal society in America and have been with us for more than 240 years. Many items we use today were invented by this society, including garden seeds in individual packages, sewing boxes, and packaged herbs.
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October 2017
Montenegro
BBC News
Shaker-made oval carrier is part of the exhibit at New Britain Museum of American Art.
Photo by New Britain Museum of American Art
Berlioz and His Symphonie Fantastique
Passionate love. Opium induced hallucinations. Murder and execution by guillotine. A Witches’ Sabbath and general mayhem. Elements of a gothic novel or a horror film? No. They are part of a musical nightmare for a 130 piece symphony
orchestra. And there is a sequel too!. Jeffrey Engel, Professor of Music at Northwestern Community College, will discuss Berlioz and his Symphonie Fantastique on Wednesday, October 25 at 1:00 pm in the Griffin Room.
All are welcome to this free program cosponsored by the Castle Craig Adult Learning Center. To reserve a seat, please contact the Community Services Department at (203) 630-6349 or visit www.meridenlibrary.org and click on Events.
Meriden Public Library
scientist and former President of Space Electronics, Inc., will discuss the search for extraterrestrial life in our solar system and in exoplanets orbiting dis-tant stars on Wednesday, October 4 at 1:00 pm in the Griffin Room.
With as many as 900 billion galaxies in the universe, each contain-ing at least 90 billion planets, statistically it seems likely that there are smarter beings in the universe than we are.
Dick Boynton, rocket
All are welcome to this free program cosponsored by the Castle Craig Adult Learning Center. To reserve a seat, please contact the Community Services Department at (203) 630-6349 or click here.
Are We Alone in the Universe?
Meriden Poetry Society
The Meriden Poetry Society will meet Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 1:30 pm in the Marion Cook Room. Eddie Morales, a local poet and member of the Meriden Poetry Society will read from and discuss his latest book The Sonnet of Puerto Rico. In this book, Mr. Morales introduces a new sonnet form which he has created. He calls it the Puerto Rican
Sonnet. He hopes that this form will join the other great sonnet forms of the world: The Shake-spearian, Spenserian, Petrarchan, and Spanish sonnets. This book traces the history of the Tainos people and each poem is written in both English and Spanish. Eddie was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico and lived for over 30 years in the Bronx, New York before moving to
the Meriden area. He has written and published a number of books of poetry. They include: A Reason for Rhyme, The Suicide Sonnets, Count Edweird Lefang’s Rhymin’ Hallow-een, A Candle on Fire, Poems for Edna, The Burning of Bishop Nicholas Ridley, and For the Love of Nine Muses. All poets and those interest-ed in poetry are invited to attend this meeting.
Seeing the Past
Author James T. Powers will be discussing his new book Seeing the Past: Stories on the Trail of a Yankee Millwright on Thursday, October 12 at 6:30 pm in the Griffin Room. This book follows the life of a 19
th century North-
ford, Wallingford, and Windsor Locks resident, Milo Todd, as he pursues a dream to become part of the transforming industrial economy of the time.
Seeing the Past includes specific episodes in the history of Meriden that occurred during the time Milo lived in the area in-cluding stories about the early days of the Britannia industry with the Stevens Family in North-ford and then Meriden, the growth and evolution of the International Silver Company, and the development of industry in Connecticut during the 19
th century.
Seeing the Past vividly brings the past to life and connects us with the often forgotten shadows of our shared history. In doing so, we gain a better under-standing of how, through time and place, in seeing the past, we see our-selves. All are welcome to this program cosponsored by the Meriden Historical Society. Please contact the Community Services Department at (203) 630-6349 if you would like to reserve a seat or click here.
October 2017
Changes in Book Holds and DVDs
BOOK HOLDS—The Board of Trustees of Libraries Online, Inc., (LION) contracted with Riverbend Express of Portland, CT to provide supplemental delivery services among member libraries. This service began September 18, 2017. With the addition of this service, LION patrons will no longer be restricted in the number of items they wish to borrow from libraries other than their home libraries. Meriden Public Library is part of LION so the hold limitation has been removed. Items from non-LION libraries will continue to be distributed by the state service deliverIT CT. DVDs—The limit on dvds has been raised to 10 per person. The late fine for a dvd has been reduced to $.50 cents per day.
Computer Classes
Meriden Public Library offers free computer classes for adults. The classes meet on Wednesday afternoons from 2:00 to 3:00 pm. The October schedule is: October 4 – Basic computers October 11 – Intro to Email October 18 – Job searching on the internet Class size is limited. Contact the Information Desk at (203) 238-2346 to reserve a seat.
Retirement by Design
Bill Passarelli, from Edward Jones, will present the financial workshop “Retirement by Design” on October 14 at 3:00 pm at the Meriden Public Library. In this workshop, you will learn the steps you can take to prepare for retirement. All are welcome to this free workshop. To reserve a seat, contact Bill Passarelli at (203) 294-1305, the Community Services Department at (203) 630-6349, or click here.
Coffee & Coloring
Friday, October 6 12:30 pm—2:00 pm
Tuesday, October 17 6:30 pm—8:00 pm
Supplies provided.
Refreshments served.
Scrabble
Tuesday,
October 10 and
Monday, October 23
2:00 pm
Marion Cook Room All are welcome.
Chess Club
Wednesday, October 25 6:30 pm
All skill levels are welcome. Bring your chess boards.
Intro to Digital Photography
Photographer Ben Sordo will continue the Intro to Digital Photography clas-ses this month. They will meet on Monday, October 2, 16, 23, and 30 at 6:30 pm.
This adult program is free. Seating is limited. To register for the classes, contact the Community Services Depart-ment at (203) 630-6349. Funding for this program is provided by the Friends of Meriden Public Library.
Bookmobile
The Bookmobile visits preschools, nursery schools, schools, nursing homes, and neighbor-hoods. Check out the monthly schedule here.
Meriden Public Library, 105 Miller Street, Meriden, CT 06450 (203) 238-2344
Meriden Public Library ● Tomie dePaola Children’s Library ● 105 Miller St. Meriden, CT 06450 Phone: (203) 630-6347 ● E-mail: [email protected]
MONDAYS 10:30 am 3’s & 4’s Preschool Storytime
6:30 pm Grades K-2 STEAM Storytime
TUESDAYS 10:30 am Terrific 2’s & 3’s (with caregiver)
6:30 pm Bedtime Storytime 2-3 year olds with caregiver
WEDNESDAYS 10:30 am 2’s & 3’s Wiggles, Rhymes & Storytime (with caregiver)
6:30 pm 3’s & 4’s Reading Stars!
THURSDAYS 10:30 am Start on Stories (Birth—2)
September 18 — November 16
No Storytime on Monday, October 9 Storytimes will end the week of Nov. 13
La Biblioteca Pública de Meriden presenta
Cuentacuentos/ Bilingual Story Hour
La hora del cuento es un programa divertido para familias y niños. Leyendo juntos los niños se preparan para ir a la escuela y tener éxito. Todos están invitados a celebrar cuentos y juegos divertidos en español y en inglés. Habrá refrescos y bocadillos. Story hour is a fun program for families and children. Reading together helps prepare children for success in school. Everyone is invited to listen to stories in English and Spanish and participate in games and crafts. Refreshments and snacks will be served.
7 y 21 de octubre Sábado a 10:30 am
October 7 and 21 Saturday at 10:30 am
Library closed on Monday October 9
Saturday, October 7, 10:30am Two overly imaginative pranksters named
George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking he's a ridiculously
enthusiastic, incredibly dimwitted superhero named Captain Underpants.
Rated PG; 1 hr 29 min
Saturday, October 28, 10 am When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in
the outside world, Diana, an Amazonian warrior in training, leaves home
to fight a war, discovering her full powers and true destiny. PG-13; 2 hr 21
min
Trick or Treat with Kiwanis j A free family-friendly Halloween event
Saturday, October 21, 2017
1:00pm-3:00pm Meriden Public Library - Griffin Room
Wear your Halloween costume and join us for:
Story read-alouds!
Sing-alongs and entertainment!
Crafts and games!
Costume parade!
Snacks!
For more information and to RSVP, please contact the Meriden Public Library at 203-238-2346 or go
to meridenlibrary.org and click on “Events.”
Presented by
www.meridenkiwanis.org
With support from
October 2017
Teen Anime Club Friday, Sept 8
2:30-4:30pm Griffin Room
Are you a fan of anime, manga or just like Japanese culture? All are welcome, whether you’re an otaku or just discovering anime and manga. This month we’re watching Yu-Gi-Oh! And making manga inspired pencil cups. Open to anyone in grades 6-12. Snacks and drinks provided.
Meriden Public Library 105 Miller Street, Meriden, CT 06450
203-630-6347
Teen Chat and Chew Thurs, Sept 21
3-4 pm Griffin Room Come and join us as we make pizza cupcakes and talk about what we’re reading, watching and thinking about. Open to anyone in grades 6-12. Drinks will be provided. Sign up online at meridenlibrary.org or call 203-630-6347.
What were your favorite books this year? Make your voice
heard! Check out the display in the Teen Center and vote for your
favorite books from the past year. Voting is open until
October 14
Vote now at http://bit.ly/2uZ1xdj
Protip of the month: Do you like reading comics? Download the Hoopla app so you can read them on the go.
New Books Check out the display in the Teen Center for these and other new books.
