Browsing Archive: August, 2014
Posted by Morrill Memorial & Harris Library on Thursday, August 28, 2014,
This evening (Thursday) is the last-of-the-season Town House Forum, with Jim Rooney -- musician, award-winning music producer and author; and poet Jeffrey Harrison, often featured on NPR's "The Writer's Almanac" at 7pm.The library will be closed on Monday (Labor Day).
New titles include "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage" - Murakami, "Lisette's List"- Susan Vreeland, " "The Long Way Home" - a new Louise Penny (!) (as an audiobook also), "Strange Shores" - Arnaldur Indridason...
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Posted by Morrill Memorial & Harris Library on Sunday, August 24, 2014,
A celebration for all the children who kept Reading Logs this summer!Sunday, 6:30 pm. Please join Emily & Laura ( from the Friends of the Morrill Library) for a short celebration to congratulate our young readers.The library has some new DVD's in the collection, including "Bidder 70", a documentary about Tim DeChristopher, a keynote speaker at the Symposium this weekend; "Divergent", and "Orphan Black, Season 2".
A reminder that the circulation period for DVD's and magazines is 7 days and ther...
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Posted by Morrill Memorial & Harris Library on Thursday, August 14, 2014,
The Town House Forum continues Thursday evening at 7pm, with Jeff Sharlet, journalist, author and teacher of creative non-fiction, along with some of his Dartmouth students who are participating in the "40 Towns" project. As always, feel free to come early and bring a picnic. Next week the speakers will be M.T. Anderson, especially known for his young adult novels, and Gregory Maguire, who writes for readers of all ages.Friday at 10: STORYTIME! The last one in our summer series.
Parents, pleas...
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Posted by Morrill Memorial & Harris Library on Thursday, August 7, 2014,
We hope many of you can make it to the Town House to enjoy the start of this year's Town House Forum ------Thursday evening at 7, or come early, with a picnic, and bring friends. Writers Howard Norman and Jane Shore will be the first guests.Thanks to Jon Stableford, Jim Schley and Therese Linehan for keeping this great Strafford summer event going.Friday, 10 am: STORYTIME!
We have a special program on Monday, to wrap up our children's evening summer program:
6:30 pm, AT BARRETT HALL: award-winn...
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