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Celebrate the Holidays with the Library
Tuesday, December 1, 2009

This year, the Library celebrates all the holidays, including Jane Austen's Birthday.

  • Affinity Collaborative Theater:
    W.H. Auden's For the Time Being
    Sunday, December 6 and Monday, December 7, 2009
    (two separate performances),
    7:00 p.m., Members' Room, $20/person

  • Karen Eterovich:
    Cheer from Chawton: A Jane Austen Family Theatrical
    with seasonal refreshments
    Saturday, December 12, 2009
    2:00 p.m., Members' Room, $20/person

  • Richard Peck:
    A Season of Gifts,
    with seasonal refreshments
    (for adults and students in third grade and above)
    Wednesday, December 16, 2009
    5:30 p.m., Members' Room, $5/person
Register here or contact the Events Office.

 

For the library lover on your list, we offer a handful of unique gift possibilities, available at the circulation desk.

  • Gift Memberships: Give the gift of reading.
    Gift memberships for a year or six months offer the recipient all the privileges you treasure, from books to workshops.

  • Library Tote Bags ($15)
    Reaturing our handsome logo, adapted from the 1930s bronze by Paul Manship.

  • America's Membership Libraries ($36).
    A beautiful full-color hardcover book introducing sixteen of the nation's membership libraries, including this one.

  • The President's Wife and the Librarian Exhibition Catalog ($10).
    A gracious visit to the world of Edith Kermit Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's First Lady, and the Library of the past.


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