Thanks to everyone who participated in our very first Crossover meeting — I hope to see all of you next month for our discussion of Judy Blundell’s What I Saw and How I Lied. If you haven’t picked up a copy yet, do call us at 985.2173 to reserve one.
I did a bit of research and discovered that the poem I was thinking of wasn’t T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, but Robert Browning’s Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came. John Connolly provides a bit of information about it in this PDF. And you’ll find more information about the other stories that made their way into The Book of Lost Things at the book’s website. (Go to the Behind the Scenes section found under The Book of Lost Things tab.)
Some of the other books and movies that came up in last night’s discussion were:
Stephen King’s Dark Tower sequence — which is only one of the many works of fiction inspired (or partially inspired) by Browning’s poem
Megan Whalen Turner’s The Thief* — another book in which the narrative pauses while a characters tell stories
Charles de Lint’s Newford stories and novels – for their exploration of the dream world and parallel worlds, mythology, the power of story and for their all-around fantasticness
Joseph Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces — while it didn’t come up in conversation, it’s a great book about comparative mythology, heroes and myth-cycles
If you haven’t already registered to participate, it isn’t too late — on-site registration begins at 4pm this afternoon under the blue tent on the library lawn. The registration desk will be open until 5:30pm.
The race goes off at 6pm, and all participants get a free meal, courtesy of Federal Jack’s, the Seafood Center, Cummings Market, the Landing Store and others. For everyone else — those who are coming to cheer the runners and walkers, those who are coming for the free concert by the Mousam River Rats, those who are coming to buy a few more tickets for our huge, huge raffle — the meal will cost $5.00.
Wednesday’s readings at the Library by Michele Cacho-Negrete and Jenny Doughty were superb, but don’t despair! The KFL will soon have the book, TheMysterious Life of the Heart on our shelves for your reading pleasure. Michele’s essay and the poems that Jenny read are included. Enjoy.
Feel free to call the library at 985.2173 to reserve!
…begins tonight at 7pm. This month’s theme: The Afterlife.
Tonight’s film is a 1943 Ernst Lubitsch classic about a man who, after his death, has to explain the choices he made in life in order to find out whether he’ll be playing a harp or trying to keep cool. It stars Don Ameche and Gene Tierney.
This month’s meeting of the Adult Book Discussion Group is tomorrow, December 4th at 11:00am. The selection they’ll be discussing is Margaret Atwood’s Blind Assassin.
We have a Book and Bake Sale coming up this Saturday, December 6th. The Friends of the Library run this every year on Prelude Weekend and it’s always a great fundraiser, regardless of the low, low prices! This year, the Friends are offering a Special Edition Advance Sale: on Friday, December 5th, from 5:30-7:30pm, you can pay $5 admission for the privilege of getting the jump on everyone else. As usual, there is no admission to the regular book sale.
Next Tuesday, December 9th, from 3:30-5:00pm, the Children’s Room is holding a cardmaking program for young artists to get a jump on the holiday season.
And next Thursday, December 11th, we’re offering a Photography and Matting Workshop with Gregory Rec and Erin Watkinson. The program begins at 6:30pm. Preregistration is requested but not required.
As always, give us a call at 207.985.2173 for more information.
This month’s Book-to-Film Night is tonight at 6pm. For more info, see this post or our website.
And the Tuesday Night Movie Series begins anew tomorrow night at 7pm. This month’s theme is Lesser Known Christmas Classics. Tomorrow night’s WE’RE pleased to offer a film that stars Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray and Peter Ustinov as escaped convicts with hearts of gold — they’re NO ANGELS.
As usual, our licensing agreement doesn’t allow us to publicize the titles of our films, but feel free to give us a call at 985.2173 for more information.
On Monday (December 1st!), from 6-8pm, we’ll be showing a film based on the novel THE ICE STORMby Rick Moody. The 1997 film was directed by Ang Lee, stars Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Tobey Maguire and Elijah Wood (among others!), and is rated R.
More information is available at our website. The terms of our licensing agreement don’t allow us to publicize the title of the films we show, so give us a call at 985.2173 for more information.
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Thanks to everyone who participated in our very first Crossover meeting — I hope to see all of you next month for our discussion of Judy Blundell’s What I Saw and How I Lied. If you haven’t picked up a copy yet, do call us at 985.2173 to reserve one.
