Monday, March 30, 2009

Maine Answers Tough Times


The Maine State Library has launched a resource page for Maine residents who have been hit hard by the economic downturn over the last few months.  The page, called "Maine Answers Tough Times", lists online resources for individuals, small businesses, and community organizations on health care, finding new jobs, food, housing and legal assistance, and much more.   To visit the page, go to:




Friday Night Film Series

The Friends of the Thomaston Library Present:

Il Postino
Friday, April 3rd
6:30 p.m.
Thomaston Academy Building rm. 208

Mario Ruoppolo (Massim Troisi) stars as the mailman on an Italian island, pines from afar for a beautiful waitress. When exiled Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (Phillipe Noiret) comes to live on the island, Ruoppolo delivers Neruda's mail and picks up lessons on love, life and poetry. With director Michael Radford's commentary, a featurette about the real-life Neruda and more, Il Postino is a sun-splashed romantic comedy.

Doors and Bookshop open at 6:00. Free admittance, donations gratefully accepted. For more information, contact the Thomaston Library at (207) 354-2453

Monday, March 23, 2009

Friday Night Film Series - March 27th

The Friends of the Thomaston Library present:
The Incident
Friday, March 27th
6:30 p.m.
Room 208 Thomaston Academy Building
In this drama set in 1944, small-town lawyer Harmon Cobb (Walter Matthau) must defend the most hated man in town - a man who represents pure evil.  When Cobb's friend Doc Hansen (Barnard Hughes) dies at the local POW camp, a Nazi prisoner is accused of his murder.  Cobb, whose son is overseas fighting for the allies, is talked into representing the accused.  The town is out for blood, but Cobb uncovers evidence that may prove his innocence.  


Doors and bookstore open at 6:00 p.m.  Free admission, donations accepted, popcorn will be served.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Puppet performance - Thursday, April 2nd

Play With Me
by Marie Hall Ets
Performed with puppets by Toki Oshima of the Ashwood Waldorf School
Thursday, April 2nd
11:30 a.m.

The Thomaston Public Library will be holding a puppet play on Thursday, April 2nd at 11:30 in the morning. Toki Oshima of the Ashwood Waldorf School in Rockport will perform, “Play With Me” by Marie Hall Ets.

Play With Me is a story about a little girl who is looking for someone to play with. She asks her animal friends the turtle, the grasshopper, the squirrel, and the bluejay, but no one will play with her. Will she find someone to play with?

Friday Night Film Series - Friday, March 20th


One Against the Wind

Friday, March 20th
6:30 p.m.
Room 208, Thomaston Academy Building

In the days of occupied France during World War II, an English born French woman finds herself in he position of helping downed flyers escape German occupied territory. This is the story of a stubborn, driven woman, the countess de Melville (Judy Davis) and her part in the French Resistance. The movie captures the flavor of occupied France, and moves between action there, and London, where the first man she helps escape back to freedom (Sam Neil) works to coordinate her efforts with British intelligence.

Doors and bookshop open at 6:00. Popcorn will be served. Friday night films are free of charge, donations gratefully accepted.

Friday, March 13, 2009

Three Button Delux

Three Button Deluxe
Saturday

March 21st
7 - 10 p.m.
Watts Hall


A dance party to benefit children's programming at the Thomaston Library will be held, featuring Three Button Deluxe, the Biggest Little Band in Maine. Join us to dance the night away and sing along. All proceeds will go toward funding future events for children in the Thomaston area.

Admission is 10 dollars per person or 18 dollars for a couple.

Come at 6:30 for a FREE dance lesson!

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Origami for Children


Tuesday, March 17th
3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Origami Workshop
Local student Katie Mcguirl will lead interested children in an origami workshop in the Children's Library.  Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper to create the shapes of animals, plants - anything you can imagine.  Katie will teach us how to make basic origami shapes and animals.  Refreshments will be provided, and this event is free of charge.

Friday Night Film Series

The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library Present:
Goodnight and Good Luck
Friday, March 13
6:30 p.m.
Room 208 Thomaston Academy Building
George Clooney's Oscar-nominated docudrama pits TV newsman Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) against Senator Joseph McCarthy and his single-minded crusade to quell the red threat at home.  Despite corporate pressure to back off, Murrow and his CBS staff are determined to examine the lies and fear tactics perpetrated by McCarthy during his Communist witch hunts.
Doors and the 211 Bookstore will open at 6:00 p.m.  Popcorn will be served and donations are gratefully accepted.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Friends of the Library Meeting

The Friends of the Thomaston Library will next meet on Monday, March 9th, at 6:00 p.m. in the Thomaston Library's living room area.

The Friends of the Thomaston Library are a non for profit fundraising group which works closely with library board members and staff to fund programs and events. They also managed and operate the 211 Bookshop, which is located on the second floor of the Thomaston Academy Building.

Friends of the Library meetings are open to the public. If you would be interested in volunteering with the Friends of the Thomaston Library, contact head librarian Brian Sylvester at 354-2453 or send an e-mail to headlibrarian@thomaston.lib.me.us.

Friday Night Film Series

The Friends of the Thomaston Library present:

Norma Rae
starring Sally Field and Ron Leibman

Friday, March 6th
6:30 p.m.

Room 208
Thomaston Academy Building

In an Oscar winning performance, Sally Field is unforgettable as Norma Rae, the southern millworker who revolutionizes a small town and discovers a power in herself she never knew she had. Under the guidance of New York unionizer (Ron Leibman) and with increasing courage and determination, Norma Rae organizes her fellow factory workers to fight for better conditions and wages. Based on a true story.

Doors and Bookstore open at 6:00, popcorn will be served, and donations gratefully accepted. For more information call the Thomaston library at 354-2453.

Read Across America with Thomaston Library


Wednesday, March 4th & Friday, March 6th
1:15 p.m. both days
Children's Library


Join Children's Librarian Debby Atwell, Library volunteer Donna Tokarz, and local clarinetist Richard Tassinari as we celebrate Read Across America.

We will host dramatic readings of "The Cat in the Hat" and "Green Eggs and Ham" for local school children. These readings are free and open to the public.

Monday, March 2, 2009

Muscongus Bay Atlas Exhibit!

The Thomaston Public Library is pleased to present

The Muscongus Bay Atlas Exhibit
Opening Night: Saturday, March 14th
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
FREE Admission

Join us for refreshments and brief presentations from local figures as we unveil twenty four new full color maps of the Muscongus Bay Region, all courtesy of the Quebec Labrador Foundation. These large maps are all from the new Muscongus Bay Atlas, an invaluable resource for anyone who wants to know more about the area. The atlas contains a great deal more than maps, with full pages of text facing each of the twenty four maps.

The exhibit will remain on display in the library until April 8th, and will be fully available to the public during that time.

For more information, contact Amanda LaBelle at 832-8109 or alabelle@qlf.org, or contact the library at 354-2453.