Library Highlights: 8/22: Horror Titles, Investment Resources Online, Community Puzzle, Meetal Detecting Program, Hurricane Preparedness,

Library Highlights 8/22

REGIONAL APPROACH FOR INDOOR MASK POLICY

Summer Genre Reads

Each week we will spotlight

new and upcoming genre reads.

Horror for all those who like to be really scared!

Database Spotlight

Investment Resources Online

INVESTING

Morningstar Investment Research Center

· Stock, mutual fund, exchange rated fund research and opinions

· Financial and investing education

Value Line Research Center

· Investment research on stocks, mutual funds, options and convertibles

· Investment education

Weiss Financial Ratings

· Accurate, independent ratings of insurance, banking, and investments

· Financial planning tools

Libby Users!

Visit our curated section of titles available for check out in the Libby App that are

discussed on our podcast episodes!

Fairfield What are you Reading?! is your go to place to find new reads. Subscribe now to listen as our library staff discuss what they are currently reading in a casual and

relaxed conversation.

Each monthly episode is only 30 minutes long. Perfect for when you are out walking, driving, visiting the beach or a park!

Community

Let's Stick Together Puzzle

Join us as we celebrate the accomplishment

Summer Reading!

Help complete our "Let's Stick Together" community puzzle. Upon registration you will receive an email with the link.. For everyone's enjoyment there is a 25 piece limit per day.

Please note these work best on a computer or laptop. When using a tablet or smart phone, please open the puzzle in your web browser for best results.

Happy Puzzling!

DROP IN EVENT

Tech Help

Get cozy with Ancestry's Library Edition access from home through December 31.

Creativebug helps you find your next

craft obsession.

Be smart with your job search using

Workforce Solutions including Job and Career Accelerator & Computer Skills. and JobNow.

Get authoritative with Newsbank for personal or school research.

Conduct Market Research with

Reference Solutions.

Create a business plan with Small Business Reference Center.

Tutor.com offers free, live one-to-one tutoring and a real-time writing center.

Find your next insurance company or bank with Weiss Financial Ratings

The list is virtually endless.

Congratulations

to our Week 8

Adult Summer Reading Winner Kristin D

Congratulations to our

Grand Prize Winners!

$50 gift card to Fred 06825 Eileen D.

$50 gift card to Brick & Wood Jessica D.

$50 gift card to Chips Brian C.

Thanks to everyone who participated by reading, finding hidden tails, guessing emoji titles and visiting various locations on the scavenger hunt!

As a library community we read over 2.6 million points,

far surpassing our goal of a million!

Well done!

Another happy adult weekly winner - Roseanne!

VIRTUAL EVENT

Portrait Drawing Class Part 3

September 2

Thursday 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

An in-depth look at portrait drawing, including key proportions, line quality, shading techniques, and capturing the eyes. Classes will include demos and drawing time, with option of feedback and class critique.

Questions are encouraged. Class is aimed for adults - beginners and current artists.

Thursday, Sep 2: Class 3.

Drawing after the masters.

Presenter: multidisciplinary artist currently living and working in Katonah NY,

Hodaya Louis (B. 1981, Israel) is influenced by her Orthodox upbringing, multi-cultural background, and training in fashion design. Her work explores the female narrative and its abstraction, seeking an emotive response to color and movement.

Awarded "Distinguished artist of Israel", Louis exhibited at The Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art and Society Of Illustrators Museum in NYC. Her art was selected for the Garment District Banners and has been commissioned for the Tribeca Featured Film “Egg” (2018), as well as numerous commercial projects and private collections. She has also been featured in Architectural Digest, Insider, W Magazine, and Brides Magazine.

www.hodayalouis.com

September 2

COMING SOON!

VIRTUAL EVENT

Intro. to Metal Detecting

Wednesday, September 15

6:30 p.m.

Have you ever thought about taking up metal detecting as a fun and fascinating hobby?

Long-time water hunter and Library employee Joey "PI Joe" Ortega will share experiences from his many years of metal detecting. He'll talk about how some of the basic equipment works, share stories of his great finds and answer your questions about this interesting pastime.

Joe has been an employee at the Library for 31 years. He has been water hunting since 2001 and is well known in metal detecting circles worldwide.

VIRTUAL EVENT

Senior Literary Society

Big Lies in a Small Town

by Diane Chamberlain

Wednesday, September 15

11:00 a.m.

"From New York Times bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes a novel of chilling intrigue, a decades-old disappearance, and one woman’s quest to find the truth…

“A novel about art and secrets...grippingly told...pulls readers toward a shocking conclusion.”—People magazine,

Best New Books"

Please join us by Zoom for a virtual session of the Senior Literary Society book club that usually meets in-person at the Bigelow Center. We will be discussing September's selection

Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain.

Please sign up with your email address and you will get the Zoom link to join the meeting. If you have any questions please email Mary Coe at mcoe@fplct.org.

IN PERSON EVENT

Main Book Club

(Formally Woods Book Group)

The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall

Wednesday, September 22

Fairfield Public Library Downtown

Memorial Room

1:30 p.m.

"This “moving portrait of love and friendship set against a backdrop of social change” (The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice) traces two married couples whose lives become entangled when the husbands become copastors at a famed New York City congregation in the 1960s."

We will be discussing The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall in person. Meeting will take place in the Memorial Room downtown

If you have any questions please email

Claudia Silk at csilk@fplct.org.

Looking forward to "seeing you".

FROM OUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY

Annual Meeting & Author Event

Fairfield Public Library Downtown

Rotary Room

Tuesday, September 21

7:00 p.m.

Join the Friends of the Fairfield Public Library for their Annual Meeting and Author Event with New York Times Bestselling Author,

Joyce Maynard.

Brief business meeting and installation of 2021-2022 officers, followed by author talk and book signing.

Books will be available for purchase.

Light refreshments will be served.

COMMUNITY NEWS

Hurricane Preparedness Checklist

Be prepared.

Visit the Town of Fairfield's website on Hurricane and Tropical Storm Information

https://www.fairfieldct.org/hurricane

Fines To Return in September.

Return OVERDUE materials now

so you won't get charged.

Excluding museum passes, late fees are being waived until August 31, 2021.

We ask that you return material on or before the due date.

Holding materials beyond the due date without renewing may impact your ability to place holds, access services or prevent other patrons from borrowing wanted materials.

For more information please

check out our Loan Period/Fine Schedule Page.