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Our meetings will be online for the winter. We will reassess in the spring, when we hope virus cases will be falling and more people will be vaccinated. This same zoom link should work for all the book club meetings. Please invite your friends who may be staying inside, and remind fellow book club regulars to meet on Zoom.
Upcoming titles:
April: The Given Day by Dennis Lehane
May: Haverner Sisters by Ardeana Hamlin
Winter Wellness Bingo
Now that everyone has had a chance to pick their first bingo prize, for
each of first five bingo rows completed, you can pick something from our stash of wellness prizes. There are chocolates, mugs, books, and more!
Volunteers repair Bethel senior citizen s home, other community highlights
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The nonprofit ASAP! will offer an in-person program, “Look, Build, Play!,” a natural building workshop where participants will develop their ideas in virtual sessions, then bring them to life outdoors at Macricostas Preserve in Washington./ Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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The Brookfield Democratic Town Committee will hold a monthly virtual book club called, “Reading With Intention,” starting Monday, Feb. 1./ Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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Volunteers recently repaired 90-year-old Bethel resident Julia Herring’s home. Those involved included Bruce Pelaccio, Matt Trachten, Mike Curley, Dan Bashak, Jose Geovanny and Carlos Javier./ Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
This month we ll be discussing
Question of Identity by Susan Hill. There will be copies available in hard copy at the circulation desk. Register here.
Nonfiction Book Club
This month we ll be discussing
Leadership: In Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin. There will be copies available in hard copy at the circulation desk. Register here
Tuesday Fiction Book Club
This month we ll be discussing
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. There will be copies available in hard copy at the circulation desk. Register here
Children and Teen Virtual Events
Information and Registration: Children/Teen Department at 203-262-0626 ext. 3
Ridgefield puts twist on Take Your Child to the Library Day
Greg Marku
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RIDGEFIELD Even a pandemic cannot stop librarians from delivering services to their patrons.
On Feb. 6, public libraries throughout Connecticut and country will celebrate the 10th annual Take Your Child to the Library Day with free, safe events and activities for children and families. The event launched in Connecticut in 2011 and has since grown to more than 1,300 participating libraries from 49 states and five countries.
Ridgefield Library has participated in the event for the past nine years.
Libraries serve a large purpose in children’s lives, not just on Take the Library to Your Child week, Ridgefield Library Director Brenda McKinley said.
I m at a loss for words, so let me say these right away: The Book of Eli is very watchable. You won t be sorry you went. It grips your attention, and then at the end throws in several WTF! moments, which are a bonus. They make everything in the entire movie impossible and incomprehensible but, hey, WTF.
Now to the words I am at a loss for. The story involves a lone wanderer (Denzel Washington) who wears a name tag saying Hi! My name is Eli. It may not actually be his name tag, but let s call him Eli, anyway. Eli has been walking west across the devastated landscape of America for 30 years, on his way to the sea. I haven t walked it myself, but I m pretty sure it doesn t take that long.