By Sue MacMartin

July 2, 2007

 

SUMMER READING PROGRAM:  Youth Services Librarian Jean Jolley has a variety of special events in store for area children this summer.  The 2007 summer reading program, "Get a Clue @ Your Library," runs Wednesday afternoons for children in kindergarten through grade 5.  Children may attend any or all of the sessions.  A free lunch is served for anyone age 18 or younger from 12:00 - 12:30, and the program runs from 12:30 - 2:00.  Upcoming programs include a magician, Tom Joyce, on July 11th; "Marvels and Mysteries of Color" (slides and a craft) presented by the Flynn Museum on July 18th; nine-year-old Vermont author Ash Brittenham and his dog Max on July 25th; "Mysteries of Group Drumming" presented by Native American Drumming on August 1st; and a chance to solve the clues presented in a mystery play on August 8th. Adults are requested to stay with kindergarteners and 1st-graders. We hope to see you there!

MOVIES & LUNCH:  This summer Youth Services Librarian Jean Jolley is also hosting a series of get-togethers on Thursdays from 11:30 -1:30 for a free lunch (open to anyone age 18 or younger) and a free movie. The series kicks off on Thursday July 5th with "Superman." Come and join us!

COUNTING ON GRACE by Elizabeth Winthrop is the Vermont Reads book for 2007.  This program is sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council.  Brown Public Library was awarded a grant to participate in Vermont Reads Counting on Grace.   Copies of this book are now available at the library. Join us in reading the book this summer. The library will hold a Community Book Discussion and a Readathon in the fall.  Also planned is a Photography Show and Oral History Program with the Northfield Historical Socicety.   Pick up a copy of the book, read it and return it so  others may also read it and watch the Northfield News for programs in the fall.

WIRELESS ACCESS TO THE INTERNET is available in the Brown Public Library.  Through the generosity of Trans-Video Cable, you can now access the internet from your laptop computer using the library's wireless connection. For directions, please check with the Circulation Desk.

LIMITED EDITION, NUMBERED REPLICAS of the Brown Public Library are available in the Library. 100 replicas are being sold for $20.00 each. These 4 1/2" by 8" wood replicas are wonderful mementos of the celebration and rededication of the Brown Public Library. 

VISION MACHINE - The Brown Public Library has a state-of-the-art Vision Machine.  If you  (or someone you know) has vision problems, this machine may make it possible for you to read and to write.  It is very easy to use. Stop by the library to see this wonderful aid for vision problems.

 THE ECHO LEAHY CENTER - BORROW A BOOK, BORROW THE PASS - This pass is available at the Brown Public Library.  It offers reduced admissions to the Echo Leahy Lake Science Center.  The pass is valid daily for two adults and three children to pay $2.00 per person to visit the Center.  Just ask at the library's circulation desk to "borrow the Echo pass." Show the pass to the staff at the front desk at the Echo Leahy Center. And then, return the pass to the library so another family can experience ECHO at the same discounted rate. 

BROWN PUBLIC LIBRARY HOURS:  Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.; Tuesdays 2:00 - 8:00 p.m.; Fridays 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.; Saturdays 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

STORY HOURS at the Brown Public Library are held on Mondays at 10:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. and on Thursdays at 10:00 a.m.   Join us for stories, songs, crafts!

BROWN PUBLIC LIBRARY USED BOOK STORE has a wonderful collection of gently used books. Fiction, non fiction on every subject, and biographies for both adults and children are available at incredibly low prices.  New books are put out bi-weekly.  Stop by the library and check out our Used Book Store - open whenever the library is open. All proceeds help to support the Brown Public Library.