Saturday Family Story Hour: January 23rd

Saturday Family Story Hour

Saturday, Jan. 23rd

1:30 PM

Children's Library

Thomaston Academy Building

Featuring: Thomaston Selectperson Nancy Carter.

Nancy was reelected in 2009 to her second term on Thomaston's board of selectmen. She also volunteers with the library's mystery-book discussion group, which always welcomes new members. Nancy will be reading some of her favorite children's books.

The Saturday Family Story Hour will bring representatives from the various Thomaston boards, departments or committees to read selections of stories to children of all ages. This community gathering will be an opportunity for families and the elected and appointed Thomaston officers to share a fun hour together.

Join us again on Saturday, February 20th, when we will have Bill Hahn, local business owner and Chair of the Thomaston Board of Selectmen.

Friday Night Film Series

The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library present:

Amadeus

Friday, January 22nd

6:30 PM

Thomaston Academy Building, room 208

F. Murray Abraham earned a Best Actor Oscar for his imperious performance as Antonio Salieri, a mediocre composer whose churlish young rival, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce), wins immortality witht his musical genius. Not happy to see his talent eclipsed, Salieri dons a disguise and deviously plots revenge, obsessed with muffling Mozart's maddening laughter. Milos Forman's masterful drama also won Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director.

Admission is free but donations are gratefully accepted. Light refreshments will be served. The Thomaston Academy Building is handicapped accessible from the parking lot. For more information call the library at 354-2453.

Friday Night Film Series

The Friends of the Thomaston Library Present:

The Glenn Miller Story

Friday, January 15th

6:30 P.M.

Thomaston Academy Building

The Glenn Miller Story traces Miller's (James Stewart) rise from pit-orchestra trombone player to leader of the most successful big band of his era -- the early 1940s. June Allyson plays Miller's wife, Helen, who learns the value of patience while Glenn searches relentlessly for "the sound" that will put him on top. Harry Morgan plays his side-kick. Louis Armstrong and Gene Krupa pop up in cameos.

Admission is free but donations are appreciated. The Academy Building is handicap accessible by the elevator in the parking lot.

Call the library at 354- 2453 for further information. Doors open at 6:00 and the Hallway Books bookshop is open in the hallway of the first floor.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Food Drive

Last year, President Obama encouraged the tradition of service as a feature of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. This tradition continues locally through Wednesday, January 20, with the

Second Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Food Drive for the Thomaston Interfaith Fellowship Food Pantry and the Friendship Cushing Food Pantry.

A box for food contibutions will be available at the library from Friday, January 8th through Wednesday, January 20th. All nonperishable food items are welcome, and a specific need exists for pastas, macaroni and cheese, soups, and canned tomatoes.

Thank you for your support!

Friday Night Film Series

The Friends of the Thomaston Library present:

The Great Caruso

Friday, January 8th

6:30 PM

Thomaston Academy Building, room 208

Mario Lanza stars in this Oscar-winning fictionalized account of Italian tenor Enrico Caruso's journey from obscurity in Naples to his celebrated operatic career at the Met in New York. Directed by Richard Thorpe and featuring a magnificent score, this musical extravaganza also stars Ann Blyth, Dorothy Kirsten, Richard Hageman, Carl Benton Reid, Eduard Franz and Jarmila Novotna. Admission is free but donations are appreciated.

The Academy Building is handicap accessible by the elevator in the parking lot. Call the library at 354- 2453 for further information. Doors open at 6:00 and the Hallway Books bookshop is open in the hallway of the first floor.