New Canaan Library
151 Main Street
New Canaan, CT 06840
Phone.. (203) 594-5000
Fax...... (203) 594-5026
September 2005
 
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reference@newcanaanlibrary.org
Monday to Thursday, 9am - 8pm
Friday & Saturday, 9am - 5pm
Sunday, Noon - 5pm
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STREAMING VIDEO
Real-time video streaming comes to the New Canaan Library. Click here to view the 2005 William Attwood Lecture featuring David Brooks.

MP3 PLAYERS AVAILABLE FOR LOAN
Six Rio Nitrus MP3 players are available for loan at the Library. Each comes with an FM transmitter for play-back in the car. Call the Reference Desk for more information @ 594-5003

DOWNLOADABLE AUDIO BOOKS
Choose from over 750 audio titles, download to your computer or transfer to your MP3 player.
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FRIENDS GIGANTIC BOOKSALE
Opens Friday, July 8
3:00-5:00 PM Double the marked price
5:30-8:00 PM Regular price
12:00-7:30 PM Silent Auction (Special collection items). Call the Reference Desk for more information @ 594-5003


INTERNET & COMPUTER INSTRUCTION

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YOU CAN TAKE US BEYOND THE BEST SELLER!
Help us select titles for our "Readers' Choice Beyond the Best Seller List". To vote on your favorite title, click here


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Printable Calendar of Events for September 2005

MEET THE AUTHOR SERIES
September 2005

Co-sponsored by RJ Julia at Elm Street Books


Philippa Gregory
The Virgin's Lover
Thursday
September 8th
at 9:30 AM
in the
Adrian Lamb Room
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Philip Caputo
Acts of Faith
Tuesday, June 21
7:30 PM

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In The Curtis Gallery>>






PAINTINGS

by
Joan Feick

June 5 - July 11

Opening reception
Sunday, June 5
3:00 - 5:00 PM

Sponsored by the Art Committee
Friends of New Canaan Library

Exhibit information




New & Recommended >>



Books..................

Nicholas Sparks
True Believer
A young science writer from New York travels to North Carolina to research a haunted cemetery and finds love.


Elizabeth Berg
Year of Pleasures

A Boston widow fulfills her dying husband's dream of moving out to the Midwest and starting a new life.


Jordan Fisher-Smith
Nature Noir
An intensely original story - part Edward Abbey, part James Ellroy - of Smith's fourteen years as a park ranger on forty-eight miles of Sierra Nevada river canyons.

DVDs...............

Sideways
Award-winning comedy centering on the adventures of two friends on a wine-tasting tour of the California vinyards.

Meet The Fockers
Mayhem ensues when the bride's ultra conservative parents meet the groom's way-out hippy parents.


To Be And To Have
Inspiring film which examines the success of George Lopez, a remarkable teacher in a one-room schoolhouse in France.


Compact Discs...............

Maroon 5
Songs About Jane
The band skillfully mixes R&B with rock to create a vibrant and engaging collection of new songs.

Bobby Darin
The Legendary Bobby Darin

24 of Darin's best songs, including "Mack the Knife" and "Beyond the Sea."

Claude Debussy
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un Faune

A new recording of Debussy's most popular and atmospheric orchestral works.

 

For Children>>

 

Summer Storytimes & Fun Friday Programs
Registration begins
Wednesday, June 15
9:30 AM
Teddy Bear Picnic
Thursday, June 16
Noon
On the Front Lawn
Summer Reading Kickoff
"Sir George and the Dragon" Puppet Show
Friday, June 24
3:30 - 4:15 PM
Lamb Room
Presented by Pumpernickel Puppets