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Two new programs
this month!
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Come enjoy the latest stress busting trend for grown-ups--coloring parties. We will have a quiet space, beautiful patterns, and coloring pencils while we enjoy a peaceful hour of coloring. This program is free to anyone who would like to attend. This is an adults-only event, so please leave the children at home.
Registration not required, just drop in! Please invite your friends; we are looking forward to this event!
Thursday, March 24, 7:30-8:30
Want to play the latest and greatest PC games on max settings?
Want something for your home video or audio studio?
You can purchase high-end computers from companies like Alienware, but you can get a better bang for your buck by building your own.
Let's explore the world of build your own computer. For typing , Web browsing, and video streaming, a computer from your local big box will do just fine. Actually, low-priced laptop rather than a desktop may suit your needs.
Building a computer from scratch is not for everyone. The process can be long and stressful, if you don't know what you are doing, it can turn into an endless money pit.
This session will cover the basics of building your own computer.
March 23rd at 7pm in the Couper Room
Sign up is required.
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March Non-fiction
Hockey
Yeah, our Boston Bruins are giving us something to cheer for after our Patriot loss to the Broncos! Did you know the Bruins are in second place after the Florida Panthers in the Eastern Conference? The Stanley Cup play-offs are just around the corner. While you are waiting in between games, come in and browse this display for some interesting hockey stories:
Orr: my game, by Bobby Orr
Mr. Hockey: my story, by Gordie Howe
Gretzky: an autobiography, by Wayne Gretzky
Women's History Month
Everything from trekking alone to the Antarctica to running for President of the United States of America, women are stretching their limits and creating new pathways in history. This display features women's stories that are as unique as the snowflakes that fall from the winter skies...
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People Who Make a Difference
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Each newsletter will spotlight a volunteer at RHL,
This month we honor Bob and Lois Meier for over 10 years of volunteering service to the library. They come almost every Tuesday and give their gift of time and talent.
Here is what they have to say:
It is not possible to raise enough taxes to pay for all the services that a community needs. There need to be people who are willing and able to donate their time. That can be difficult for those still trying to balance the needs of work and family. It can be easier for people like my wife and myself to volunteer now that our family is grown and we no longer face the demands of the workplace and most important have been gifted good health. Since we no longer live in the community that served us so well for many years, we are fortunate to be able to pass it forward to out new community. If we can volunteer in a gathering place for all ages that radiates warmth and helpfulness and where the staff inused with congenital good humor, so much the better.
Bob and Lois Meier
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"Spotlight "
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
Thursday March 17th
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In the Gallery at the Reuben Hoar Library from March 3rd to March 31st
Reflections - Oil Paintings by Rob Franco
Mr. Franco has worked as an illustrator and a graphic designer and studied pastel with Albert Handell and oil painting with both David Ratner and John Evans. He enjoys building texture in his work with various tools, taking inspiration from New England and Eastern coastlines. He says, "Looking into a tidal pool or the refelection of a small boat on the water gives me an emotional feeling of calm. Shadows on the water are everchanging and finding these painting opportunites is exciting and priceless for me."
Stop for a few moments as you enter the library in March and share in the calm these paintings convey.
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The Dark Forest
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reviewed by James Taber
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Review: The Dark Forest, by Cixin Liu (Tor, 2015)
James Taber
Following the events of The Three-Body Problem, the world has realized it's ill-prepared for the coming Trisolaran invasion. It's four centuries away, but the future is bleak for humanity. Complicating matters are the sophons, eleven-dimensional creations used by the Trisolarans to spy on every person on Earth simultaneously, as well as prevent technological advancement. The UN's response is the Wallfacer project, four exceptional human beings chosen to think up the Earth's defense against the Trisolarans without speaking or writing a word of it. However, Luo Ji, a man who is as unexceptional as they come, was chosen as one of the Wallfacers, and all indications are that he's the only one Trisolaris wants dead.
As the sequel to the first novel in Cixin Liu's Three-Body series, you couldn't ask for better. It covers a lot of ground, greatly expands on the situation we briefly glimpsed at the end of the last book, and introduces a host of new characters while keeping a few key oldies, including the venerable Da Shi. For this novel we have a new translator, Joel Martinsen, who does a fantastic job bringing the story into English with only a few hiccups.
The thing about Liu's writing is that it's dense and full of details, which sometimes makes reading his work feel like a chore. One particular space battle is written out in excruciating detail, down to the degrees at which a ship is turning. This is usually something of a turn-off for me, and for a number of my fellow readers, but here I was willing to chalk it up to the difference in language. I can't say one way or the other if Chinese is a precise language; it could also be a cultural difference, but again, I don't know enough to say definitively.
I can say, though, that if you let a thing like that get in the way of reading this book, you'll be missing out on a fantastic story. It's becoming more and more apparent why Cixin Liu was chosen as the "ambassador," so to speak, for foreign language science fiction: the Three-Body trilogy has so far been one of the most exciting and innovative works in the last few years. I realize I'm repeating myself from my last review, but I hope it will encourage US publishers to more seriously consider translating other works.
After all, I'm still waiting on my translation of The History of the Galaxy.
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Library-Sponsored Programs
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Our Book-A-Librarian service allows you to spend up to 30 minutes with one of our friendly knowledgeable librarians who can offer assistance tailored to your needs.
We can help in many ways; typical requests may include:
- Learn to download eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, or music to your digital device
- Introduction to the library catalog - how to find a book, a CD or a DVD, place holds, manage your account
- Researching a topic beyond Google
- Setting up and using an email account
- Plus much more...just ask!
Some things we are unable to help with:
- We do not provide medical, legal or business advice or opinions.
- We cannot write, type or proofread your documents.
- We do not offer technical support or troubleshooting except when it relates to library resources.
- We cannot assist with credit card transactions.
We encourage you to bring your laptop or digital device with you to the library so that we may better help you. Please call the library at 978.540.2600 to set up an appointment, preferably one week in advance, with a librarian or fill out our online Book-A-Librarian form. Due to staff expertise and availability, your request might be declined. We appreciate your understanding. |
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Genealogy Club
meets the 2nd Monday from
10:00AM - 12:00PM
Littleton Origami Group
the last Thursday of the month
from
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Mystery Book Discussion
meets the 4th Tuesday from
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Yarn Overs
meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday from
7:00PM - 9:00PM
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Reuben Hoar Library
Library Hours
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Monday
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10:00 - 4:00
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Tuesday
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1:00 - 9:00
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Wednesday
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10:00 - 9:00
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Thursday
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1:00 - 9:00
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Friday
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10:00 - 4:00
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Saturday
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10:00 - 4:00
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Sunday
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CLOSED
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Roses are red, violets are blue, springtime is here, and we hope you will be too! Fling yourself into spring with ideas happening at your library. We have great programs and are your free resource for all those spring projects!
Please enjoy!
Sincerely,
Helen Graham
Assistant Director
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Children's Room Newsletter
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Book Clubs at the Library
by Susan Palmer
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The Library currently hosts two book groups: The Adult Book Group and The Mystery Book Club.
This month the Adult Book Group discusses The Big Oyster by Mark Kurlansky. A Limited number of copies are available at the Main Desk.
'For centuries New York was famous for this particular shellfish, which until the early 1900s played such a dominant a role in the city's life that the abundant bivalves were Gotham's most celebrated export, a staple food for all classes, and a natural filtration system for the city's congested waterways.
Filled with cultural, historical, and culinary insight-along with historic recipes, maps, drawings, and photos-this dynamic narrative sweeps readers from the seventeenth-century founding of New York to the death of its oyster beds and the rise of America's environmentalist movement, from the oyster cellars of the rough-and-tumble Five Points slums to Manhattan's Gilded Age dining chambers. With The Big Oyster, Mark Kurlansky serves up history at its most engrossing, entertaining, and delicious.'
Adult Book Group meets from 7:30-8:30 PM on the 3rd Wednesday of the month, in March on the 16th. New members are always welcome.
Meeting on Saturdays during the winter months, this month's book for the Mystery Book Club is Standing in Another Man's Grave by Ian Rankin.
'John Rebus returns to investigate the disappearances of three women from the same road over ten years. For the last decade, Nina Hazlitt has been ready to hear the worst about her daughter's disappearance. But with no sightings, no body, and no suspect, the police investigation ground to a halt long ago, and Nina's pleas to the cold case department have led her nowhere.'
The March meeting is scheduled for Saturday, 26th from 2:00-4:00.
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Are you Spring Ready?
This year try some Heirlooms!
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Winter is a fun time of year for gardeners. We get to browse seed catalogs and gardening books and dream of bountiful gardens with never a thought for inconvenient truths like digging or weeding.
Growing from seed not only gives you a much larger selection of vegetables and flowers to choose from - including unusual varieties you're unlikely to find at a garden center - it also lets you get a jump on the growing season by starting many plants indoors. Generally speaking, annual flowers and vegetables are the easiest to grow, and their seeds germinate quickly.
Look for unusal and heirloom varities using
The Seed Savers Exchange Book, this is your one stop source to locate that rare heirloom you have been looking for.
Check out all our great gardening books
and plan the garden of your dreams this year!
Call number 631.52 Seed 2016
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Mobile Hot Spot is here!!
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orrow a HotSpot from the library
Enjoy high-speed Internet access anytime, anywhere--free!
What is a HotSpot?
The HotSpot is an easy -to-use mobile device that offers Internet access over a wireless local area network (WLAN). HotSpots typically use Wi-Fi technology. Stay connected whenever you are on the go with the Hotspot. You can connect up to 10 Wi-Fi enabled devices to a BPL HotSpot and get high-speed Internet virtually anywhere.
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What do I need to know?
* How do I check out the device?
Stop by the circulation desk and use your library card to check out the device like any other item.
* Who can check out this device?
Anyone who has a valid card in good standing can borrow this device.
* How long can I keep it?
You can borrow it for one week with no renewals.
Stop by the circulation desk and ask for more info.
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re you looking for books without graphic violence, sex and language?
You would do well to consider our gentle reads, otherwise known as Christian Fiction. We don't have a Christian Fiction section, but shelve them in our general fiction shelves. You may be surprised to find that some of your favorite authors are considered Christian Fiction, one of my very favorite romance authors is Lynn Kurland, who is considered a Christian fiction writer. Ted Dekker who writes Suspense and SciFi is also a CF author.
Many of us think a Christian Fiction book will be hitting us over the head with Bible phrases and morals, but in fact, most are filled with nice people who are trying their best to get through life and the story is told without graphic sex and language. The easiest way to identify a Christian Fiction book is to look at the publisher on the title page. If the book is published by Bethany House, Zondervan, Berkley or Revell it is usually Christian Fiction. Most are larger sized paperbacks.
If you like Mystery and Suspense try authors Terri Blackstock and Lynette Eason. If you like contemporary fiction you may like Susan May Warren, Karen Kingsbury, Denise Hunter and Robin Lee Hunter as well as Lori Copeland. Sci Fi affectionados may already be reading Stephen Lawhead and Ted Dekker. If you like historical fiction try Francine Rivers, Julie, Lynn Austin and Liz Curtis Higgs (she will have Bible quotes in her stories). Many Christian Fiction write write what we call "Bonnet Stories" which are set in Amish communities, they too, will usually have more of a faith-based story line.
- Margaret Geanisis
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Need a mini vacation?
We have a ticket for that !
Welcome to the Worcester Art Museum!
The Worcester Art Museum is world-renowned for its 35,000-piece collection of paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, photography, prints, drawings and new media. The works span 5,000 years of art and culture. View paintings by Cassatt, Gauguin, Goya, Monet, Sargent and Whistler; admire floor mosaics from the ancient city of Antioch; see cutting-edge contemporary art; and discover the Museum's many other treasures. Special exhibitions showcase the masterworks, seldom-seen gems, and important works on loan.
Visit
www.littletonlibrary.org to reserve a pass today! Museum Passes provide discounts to some of your favorite area attractions.
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Friends of the Library Spring News
The Library welcomed many visitors in February during Love Your Library month including patrons who guessed the number of candy pieces in a jar (winners to be announced )
On Take Your Child to the Library Day, the Friends held the annual Love Cookies, Love Your Library Cookie Sale and made over $400! MANY THANKS to all the cookie bakers and to the cookie lovers who purchased the sweets.
Noteworthy
The Friends recognized three volunteers who made the Holiday Bazaar a great fundraiser. Don Gallant, Rachel Gallant and Judy White were honored by the Friends
with books purchased for the collection.
Mark your calendar and get your tickets for the 15th annual Taste of Nashoba Valley being held Tuesday, March 22th, 5:30-8:00 at Lawrence Academy in Groton. The Friends are partnered with Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce and selling tickets NOW at the main circulation desk. Buy your ticket in advance for $25 and $5 will benefit the Friends. Tickets bought at the door will cost $30 with no portion going to the Friends. You may also buy your tickets online at www.nvcoc.com(click "register online"); online ticket purchases made in advance can still benefit the Friends.
The Friends of the Reuben Hoar Library is a volunteer organization that supports the library in a variety of ways. Fundraisers that occur throughout the year, along with money collected as dues go toward paying for a variety of things at the library. The museum passes are all paid for with Friends money. Many of the children's programs and several of the adult programs also benefit from these funds. Members get to enter the semi-annual book sale prior to the general public.
Individual and family memberships are available. Ask for a membership application at the main desk.
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