Announcement

Wiffle Ball Game to Start Summer Reading Program!

Come to the Thomaston Public Library to celebrate reading and baseball on Saturday, June 16th at 11 A.M.! We have 50 TICKETS to the Portland Sea Dogs we are giving away to the first 50 kids who sign up for our Summer Reading Program!

Stop by the Thomaston Public Library at 60 Main St., Thomaston. Public parking is located behind the Thomaston Academy building. We will meet to sign up in the Children's Room and give away ticket vouchers. Then we will travel to the Thomaston Little League Field on Watts Lane (behind the American Legion) and play wiffle ball coached by our own Parks and Recreation manager, Matt Judkins. After the game we will be giving away free popsicles. We hope to see you there!

We recommend kids between the ages of 7 and 12 participate in the wiffle ball game, but kids of all ages are welcome to attend!

For more information contact Joanna at the Thomaston Public Library at:
354-2453 or childrensdesk@thomaston.lib.me.us.

Friday Night Film Series

The Friday Night Film Series will be taking a well deserved vacation during the month of June! Please check back on the Thomaston Public Library events page during the latter part of June to see if we have returned for July. Thank you!

Friday Night Movie Series

Terror by Night

May 25, 2012

6:30 P.M.

Affluent widow Lady Margaret (Mary Forbes) and her son Roland (Geoffrey Steele) enlist the help of Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) to keep a huge diamond from being stolen on a trip to Edinburgh. Holmes watches the precious jewel with help from Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) and Inspector Lestrade (Dennis Hoey), but all is turned upside down when the stone vanishes and Roland is killed. Now, Holmes must find the murderer among the train's passengers.

Friday Night Film Series

Dressed to Kill

May 18, 2012

6:30 P.M.


Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) looks into two surprising deaths, one of which was Dr. Watson's friend Julian (Edmund Breon). When both victims are found dead after buying the same kind of music box at an auction, Holmes tracks down the origin of the items to a convict serving time for stealing printing plates from a bank. Holmes begins to unravel a scheme that placed a secret code on the music boxes, revealing the location for stolen goods.

Movie Announcement

The Economics of Happiness will be shown at the Thomaston Public Library on Wednesday, May 16 at 6:30 P.M. This film is being sponsored jointly by the Monday Morning Meeting Group and the Friends of the Thomaston Library.

This film shows the disruption to communities around the world by "globalization", covering problems such as financial instability and unemployment, ethnic conflict and climate change. It also shows that there are communities that are resisting big money and power. Commentators, including Bill McKibbon and David Korten, as well as spiritual and community leaders from many countries provide inspiration and ideas for moving to local sustainable communities.

The film is a little over one hour long, allowing time for discussion.

You can read about it at this website:  http://www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org

For more information, please contact:  Carmen Lavertu at 354-9556 or clavertu@gmail.com

Intergenerational Book Club Announcement

On May 15th the Thomaston Intergenerational Book Club will discuss Spoonhandle by Ruth Moore. When originally published in 1946, Richard Sullivan wrote in the New York Times Book Review: 

    "A genial, easy-going novel which spreads engagingly out over the lives and affairs of some half dozen residents of a sea-coast community in Maine that is Ruth Moore's pleasant accomplishment in Spoonhandle.

This was her second novel of life on the Maine coast and was made into a Hollywood movie Deep Waters, starring Jean Peters, Dana Andrews and a young Dean Stockwell.

Please note that this meeting will begin at 2:00 P.M. to allow time to show the video after the discussion.


On the third Tuesday of each month, this group of men and women of all ages come together to share their opinions and ideas. Extra copies of the books are purchased by the Friends of the Thomaston Public Library from the Annual Appeal funds. We thank you for all donations. Please come and join us at the Thomaston Library on May 15th at 2:00 P.M. in room 208.

This event is free and open to the public.


 

Friday Night Film Series

The Woman in Green

May 11, 2012 

6:30 P.M. 


Four women are killed and fo8und without their right forefinger, causing Scotland Yard to recruit sleuth Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) to solve the mysterious case. Holmes tracks the murders to a group of hypnotists and a puzzling but stunning woman named Lydia Marlow (Hillary Brooke). Pretty soon, Holmes uncovers a tangle of hypnosis and lies devised by his nemesis, the malevolent Professor Moriarty (Henry Daniel).

Friday Night Film Series

 
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

May 4, 2012

6:30 P.M.

Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Doctor Watson (Nigel Bruce) once again set out to foil the nefarious Moriarty (Lionel Atwill)--and save humanity in the process. This time, they must prevent a Swiss-made bomb from falling into the hands of the Gestapo. Unfortunately, Moriarty has captured the bomb's inventor and intends to slowly bleed him to death unless he reveals the secret behind his handiwork.