Monday, April 27, 2009

Friday Night Film Series

The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library presents:

Breaking Away
Friday, May 1st
Thomaston Academy Building, rm. 208
6:30 p.m.

After graduating from high school, Dave Stohler (Dennis Christopher) dreams of becoming a champion bicyclist. Posing as an exchange student to mask his working-class roots, he frustrates his parents (Paul Dooley and Barbara Barrie) and charms a local college girl (Robyn Doublass). Peter Yate's Oscar-winning coming of age drama culminates when Dave gets a chance to leave his past behind and race against the Italian riders he worships.

Bookstore and doors open at 6:00. Popcorn will be served and admission, as always, is free.

Games at the Library!


Games Night!
Every Friday from noon to 5:00 p.m.

Every Friday at the Thomaston Library we invite families and groups to visit the library for an afternoon of fun with board and card games. Bring your own favorites or use the library's - the more the merrier!

All are welcome to this free event.

Monday, April 20, 2009

Job opening: Closed

The Thomaston Library is no longer accepting applications for the position of Children's Librarian. Our thanks go out to all who applied.

Friday Night Film Series

The Friends of the Thomaston Library Present:

The Belle of Amherst

Friday, April 24th
Thomaston Academy Building rm. 208
6:30 p.m.

Julie Harris reprises her Tony Award-winning Broadway role as 19th century American poet Emily Dickinson in this one woman interpretation of the great literary figure's life. Against the backdrop of Dickinson's 19th century Amherst, Mass., home, Harris declaims from the reclusive poet's poems, letters and diaries to offer a delicate portrait of the artist as both a real human being and long-suffering genius.

Doors and 211 Bookshop open at 6:00. Popcorn will be served and admission, as always, is free. For more information, call the library at (207) 354-2453.

Monday, April 13, 2009

Friday Night Film Series

The Friends of the Thomaston Library present:

Shakespeare in Love
Friday, April 17th
6:30 p.m.
Rm. 208, Thomaston Academy Building

What if a penniless William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) fell in love with a noblewoman (Oscar-winner Gwyneth Paltrow) while struggling to write a comedy with the unlikely title "Romeo and Ethel the Sea Pirate's Daughter?" Might the emotional turmoil inspire him to recraft the play into a tragedy with a more familiar sounding name? You'll have to watch this multiple Oscar winner to find out!

Doors open at 6:00. Bookstore will be open before the showing. Popcorn will be served. Admission is, as always, free, and donations gratefully accepted.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Job Opening

The Thomaston Public Library has an immediate opening for a qualified, experienced Children's Librarian.  The position requires creativity, attention to detail, a love of children and children's literature, and experience working with groups of children.  Duties include planning and running children's programs, selecting children's materials to be purchased, cataloging and processing new children's materials, maintaining and organizing the children's library and teen area, and maintaining and updating the children's computers.  This job requires a Bachelors degree in the humanities or education, and library experience is preferred.  

This is a 30 hour a week position and will include Saturdays.  Pay commensurate with experience.

For a complete job description and instructions on how to apply, go to:


Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Friday Night Film Series

The Friends of the Thomaston Library Present:
Dead Poets Society
Friday, April 10
6:30 p.m.
Thomaston Academy Building, Room 208


John Keating (Robin Williams) is an unconventional English teacher who lives by a simple motto:  Sezie the day!  Neil Perry (Robert Sean Leonard) is a prep school student who dreams of being an actor but lives in fear of his imperious father, who wants to see him matriculated into Harvard's medical school.  Can Keating - and his infectious love of poetry - inspire Neil to reach for his dreams?

Doors and bookstore open at 6:00  Free admission, donations gratefully accepted.  For more information about the Friday night film series, contact the library at (207) 354-2453

Origami Workshop


Origami Workshop
Wednesday, April 15th
3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Children's Library

Join us and Ketch Cowan for a workshop on the Japanese art of Origami, or decorative paper folding.  Learn to make basic shapes and animals out of colorful paper.  This event is free and open to all.  For more information call the Children's Librarian at 354-2453.