Join us for a different family-friendly movie on Tuesday nights this summer. Movies begin at 6:30, are free to the public, and no registration is required. Here’s what’s playing:
JULY 27 - “Muppet Treasure Island” rated G, (1 hr. 39 min.)
AUG 3 - “Finding Nemo” rated G, (1 hr. 40 min.)
AUG 10 - “Free Willy” rated PG, (1 hr. 52 min.)
AUG 24 - “The Princess and the Frog” rated G, (1 hr. 37 min.)
Readers rejoice! Registration starts today for our Kids’ Summer Reading Club. Stop into the Children’s Department anytime this summer to register.
Regular reading over the summer keeps kids from falling back and forgetting 1-3 months worth of school work. Summer is also the time kids get the freedom to read what they want to read, which is what will really help them to become life-long readers!
Adults can help their kids read by being reading role-models. So enter our Adult Summer Reading Program by filling out an entry form and a sentence or brief review about the book you read or heard (audiobooks count!)
Got an iPad or other mobile device or phone? Want to watch video or read books on your laptop? Check out our downloadable collection from OverDrive. With your Cheshire Public Library card, you have access to thousands of new and classic titles with just a few clicks.
Enjoy!
One of our favorite children’s music performers, Dan Zanes, just won a Parents’ Choice Gold Award for his new album 76 Trombones.
And, bonus, he’s performing a free concert on the New Haven Green Saturday, June 26 at 7pm! The concert is free and open to the public. Visit the International Festival of Arts and Ideas for more information.
Check this link to see the Dan Zanes albums we own at CPL.
CPL’s Teen and Children’s Departments are getting excited for summer! We’ve already started posting many of our summer offerings on our Event Calendar.
One new program this summer will be our Monday Madness activities from 3:00-4:00pm Monday afternoons in July & August. You can help us get ready by cleaning out those closets!
The Children’s Department will gladly take donations off your hands. We’re looking for simple Legos (no fancy sets, please), for our Lego Building Afternoon: Mon. August 2nd. Also, wading pools and bubble wands (or fly swatters, badminton rackets, etc.) for our Bubble Bonanza: Mon. July 26th. Contact Megan at mhegna @ cheshirelibrary.org or call the Children’s Department 203-272-2245 and press “3″ or ext. 3003.
Author Jan Mann will discuss her book “Cruising Connecticut with a Picnic Basket” at 7:00pm on Thursday, May 6, 2010 at the Cheshire Public Library. Books will be available for sale and signing.
For more information about Mann’s book, visit www.cruisingconnecticut.com.
For questions about the program, call the Cheshire Public Library at 203-272-2245 and press ‘4′. Sponsored by the Friends of the Cheshire Public Library, this program is free and open to the public.
The Friends of the Cheshire Public Library are hosting their semi-annual Book Sale at the Cheshire Public Library (104 Main Street, Cheshire CT) on the following dates:
Wednesday 4/28/10 (Members-Only Preview Night; memberships can be purchased at the door): 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Thursday 4/29/10: 9:30am - 8:00pm
Friday 4/30/10: 9:30am - 4:00pm
Saturday 5/1/10: 9:30am - 3:00pm
NOTE: Most of the library’s former VHS tape collection will also be for sale.
Chandra Prasad, author of the novel Breathe the Sky, will speak at the Cheshire Public Library on Thursday, MAY 13 at 7:00 p.m.
Breathe the Sky is a novel based on the life of Amelia Earhart. It is part social history, part adventure, and part love story. Copies of the book will be available for sale.
Funded by the Friends of the Cheshire Public Library, this program is free and open to the public. Please call 203-272-2245 ext. 4 to register. More information and events at www.cheshirelibrary.org.
On Wednesday, April 7, 2010 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm, the Cheshire Public Library will present a Department of Environmental Protection lecture and exhibit on black bears and their recent activity in Connecticut. Seating is limited, so please call 203-272-2245 ext. 4 to register.
As part of the Friends of the Cheshire Public Library’s semi-annual Book Sale, most of the library’s collection of VHS tapes will be offered for sale, for only 50 cents each. It has been several years since movies stopped being distributed in VHS format, and the library has not added to its VHS collection in more than 5 years. But if you happen to have an old VCR lying around, the Book Sale will be a great time to snap some “retro” materials to feed it!
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