THE GOODWIN LIBRARY

NEWSLETTER September 2011

422 Main St., Farmington, NH 03835/ 603 755-2944
Operating Hours: PLEASE NOTE: OUR HOURS HAVE CHANGED
Mon. 12-8 / Tues. 2-5 / Weds. 12-8 / Thurs. 12-5 / Fri: CLOSED / Sat. 9-2/ Sun: CLOSED

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Reminder: The Library will be CLOSED on Monday, Sept. 5 for Labor Day. A Day in the Life of Farmington Town Photo Day Sunday, September 11 is the ten- year anniversary of 9/11. The Goodwin Library would like to honor the memory of this event by asking the community to take one digital photo of your Farmington, something that represents what is important to you in this town. It can be anything from a photo of your family, your home, or garden to your favorite local restaurant, walking trail or quiet spot. We would like everyone who can to become involved in this project- adults, children, veterans, town officials, the whole community. Please take a digital photo with a minimum of 300 dpi and e-mail it with your title, e-mail address, name and phone number to goodwinprograms@gmail.com A release form will be available online and at the library for you to fill out. Please note that Children and Teens need a parents signature on the release form. We will be collating and presenting these photos through future programs. The deadline for the photos is Sept. 30. Call 755-2944 ext. 2 for more info. New Library Hours Please note these important changes in our hours. The library will be open on Thursdays from 12:00-5:00 PM and CLOSED on Fridays. DVD Checkouts In order to meet the increasing demand on our DVD collection, DVD loans are now limited to one week (7 days) with no renewals. DVD late fees have increased to .25 per day. This will allow everyone a better opportunity to borrow our movies. Staff Picks and Patron Picks Bookmarks Are you looking for a good read among our many new books? Check out our Staff Picks bookmarks. Our staff has a wide variety of reading tastes these bookmarks will help us recommend our favorite titles to you. Did you just finish a great read that you want to recommend? Grab one of our new Patron Picks bookmarks from the bookmark rack and share your enthusiasm with other patrons. Library Program Meeting Space As we begin our Fall schedule of programs, we ask our patrons to remember the Library holds many programs from 6:00-8:00 PM on Monday and Wednesday nights at our big conference table in the Non-Fiction/Public Access Computer Room. If you need quiet time at the computer during these program times, please bring, or ask for headphones. Thank you for understanding our space limitations. Gardeners Roundtable Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 6:00 PM Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 6:00 PM On August 14, the gardeners enjoyed a bountiful and tasty meal as the group celebrated its 2nd annual Harvest Dinner. Each member brought a dish (or two!) made with ingredients from their garden. We will be planning our coming year at our September meeting, so please bring in your ideas for speakers we would like to hear and subjects we would like to explore. Past ideas have included living off the grid, organic pest management, greenhouse construction, etc. If you are a gardener or would like to be, come to the meeting and meet the other members. Call 755-2944 ext. 2 for more info. Farmington Film Society at the Goodwin Library Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 6:00 PM Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 6:00 PM

The Film Society will now be the 4th Wednesday of the month. We start up with Hanna a fast-paced, adult fairytale starring Saorise Ronan as a little girl raised to be an assassin. This movie also features Eric Bana and Cate Blanchett. Joe Wright directs it with a brilliant soundtrack by the Chemical Brothers and stunning cinematography. Dont miss it on our big screen! We have scheduled other exceptional films for our monthly screenings. Check out the film society blog at www.goodwinlibrary.com . Be sure to explore the new DVD section of the movies available for checkout including our favorite new movie Source Code (which

was too expensive for the Film Society to show, alas). Adult Poets and Writers Group Sept.12 at 6:00 PM Oct.3 at 6:00 PM A huge Thank- You to all those who attended our first Open Mike at Hay Day. Everyone did an amazing job! And an extra thank you to those who came early to help set up and stayed to break down. Our group begins our regular meetings on Monday, Sept. 12 (due to Labor Day) and meets monthly the 1st Monday of each month. We are an enthusiastic and supportive group of poets, novelists, and singer/songwriters. All writers and interested listeners are welcome to join us or sit in to listen and enjoy the work of the many talented people in our community. Call 755 2944 ext. 2 for more info. Friends of the Goodwin Library Meeting Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 6:00 PM The Friends group is the fundraising agent for the Goodwin Library. They raise the money to sponsor Library programs and services that we would not otherwise be able to offer. Every penny raised is used to sponsor Library programs and services. Past projects have included the Librarys annual membership to NH Childrens Museum, the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium, and the Farmington Film Society- including purchasing all of the equipment and the movie license. If you an idea person, or someone who has a lot of energy to help with projects the Friends could use YOU! Please join us and help the Library to continue to offer its wonderful programs to the Farmington Community. Applications to become a member of the Friends are available at the library and available on the Friends blog at www.goodwinlibrary.com. Adult Book Club Monday, Sept. 19 at 6:00 P.M Monday, Oct. 17 at 6:00 PM Welcome back, book clubbers! We will start the first meeting sharing all the great reads from this summer and pick a title for next month. Kids Cartoon Club Monday, Sept. 26 at 6:00 PM Monday, Oct. 24 at 6:00 PM Kids, do you love to draw? Do you love making faces? For the first program, we will be doing Expressionism, which will help you learn how to draw feelings and expressions, the building blocks of being a good cartoonist! Call 755- 2944 ext. 2 to reserve a spot.

Childrens Room News The Childrens Room staff wants to thank and congratulate everyone who assisted, supported and participated in this years amazing Summer Reading Program! Things were hopping during those six weeks for us as 214 children and teens set a new summer reading record- 1314 books (410 more than last year)! GREAT JOB EVERYONE! Much appreciation goes to Valley View Community School for co-sponsoring and hosting several of our performers. We are

exceedingly grateful for this collaborative relationship! Thanks to Henry Wilson Memorial School
and the Farmington Womens Club for sharing your space with us, and providing a comfortable environment for programming in the heat of summer! We would like to extend a very special thank you to the following local businesses for their generous donations: Crowleys Variety, Farmington House of Pizza, Market Place Deli, South Main Street Pizza, and Subway. You made many young patrons happy and we appreciate your generous support in these difficult times. As the new school year begins, please do not forget that we are here to recommend fun reading selections, offer homework guidance, and provide resources for projects and reports. We have home school and parenting resources, too!Look for Story Time information and registration at the end of the month. We will be offering our Lap-Sit, Pre-School and Sleepy Time programs again, beginning in October. Teens News Check out the first edition of Teen Zine form our teen group, the Mizards! In addition to their summer Reading Program, these teens met at the library over the summer to put together their own magazine. The group explored the entire publication process. They created their own content of original poetry, art, movie reviews, thoughts, and insights; then, pasted it up, printed, and stapled copies. You can pick up a copy, while they last, in the YA section of the library and in the Childrens Room. Knitting Club Saturday, Sept. 3 at 11:30-1:00 Saturday, Oct. 1 at 11:30-1:00 The knitting club is back just in time to work on holiday and winter projects! If you enjoy knitting or crocheting, bring your yarn and patterns and make some new friends who share your interests.