Seymour Library

And the Oscar goes to ...

The Academy Awards are Sunday, and there's no better movie to mark that event than this week's Saturday Matinee at Seymour Library: "The English Patient."

In 1996 "The English Patient" won nine Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director for Anthony Minghella and Best Supporting Actress for Juliette Binoche. Find out why "The English Patient" won such high praise when we show it at 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 25.

 

Our version of a triathlon

If you consider yourself something of a speed reader, here's a challenge: We have three book club meetings in a five-day period. Can you make it to one? Two? All three?

Here are the dates and details:

At 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, our morning Coffee and Conversation book club is talking about the book "The Forgotten Garden" by Kate Morton. It's about a woman abandoned on a ship as a little girl who tries to discover her secret past.

At 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25, the recently formed Coffee and Classics book club will discuss Boris Pasternak's classic "Doctor Zhivago." A true Russian epic, it's packed with drama, intrigue and romance.

And at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27, the evening Coffee and Conversation book club is talking about the recent bestseller "Maine," by J. Courtney Sullivan. With four women, three generations, one summer cottage and a few family secrets, it's a real page turner.

Ready for the challenge? Better get reading! 

 

Mark your calendar for February Fun Days

We're getting the craft supplies out in the Children's Room this week! Drop in the Children's Room any time Tuesday, Feb. 21, or Wednesday, Feb. 22, for folded paper crafts. Children can try their hand at a folded paper coin bank or origami figures. It's free, and no registration is needed. Don't forget - there's no Storytime this week, since school is on February break.