Lane Memorial Library Blog

Finish out vacation week @ Lane Library!

kcorbett@hampton.lib.nh.us (Kirsten Corbett) — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:20:00 +0000

As April vacation draws to an end, are you home and running out of things to do? We've got a few things still coming up @ the library to keep you busy!

Thursday, April 29 at 3:30 p.m., Chapter Book Group, for teens and children old enough to read chapter books on their own. Bring whatever book(s) you are currently reading or have just finished, and we'll discuss them over snacks!

Friday, April 30 at 3:00 p.m., Gaming Afternoon. Anyone ages 10 and up welcome. Bring X Box 360 controllers and multi-player games rated Teen and under to play with everyone on our huge screen with surround sound! Come back for more gaming fun on the last Friday afternoon of every month!

Friday, April 30 at 10 a.m., The Princess and the Frog on Disney Blu-Ray. From the creators of "The Little Mermaid" and "Aladdin" comes a modern twist on a classic tale, featuring a beautiful girl named Tiana, a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana. Rated G.

Saturday, May 1 at 3:00 p.m., The Spirit, based on the long-running comic, also called The Spirit, created by Will Eisner in 1940. Rated PG-13.

All movies are free and open to the public. Snacks and drinks will be provided.
Questions? Call 926-3368, or see our blog , or our Facebook or MySpace pages.

Movies in May in the Weston Theater

noreply@blogger.com (Darrell Eifert) — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:16:00 +0000

On Thursday May 6th at 5:45 PM, and Saturday, May 8th at 2:30 PM, the Lane Library will show The Young Victoria in our Weston Theater. Based on the courtship of England's longest-serving monarch, this Academy Award winning costume drama vividly re-creates a time when the young queen resolves to establish her authority over those who would rule in her stead. Emily Blunt turns in a radiant performance as Queen Victoria, and Rupert Friend stars as the young Prince Albert who steals her heart. A not-to-be-missed tale of royal romance and intrigue!

On Thursday, May 20th at 5:45 PM, and Saturday, May 22nd at 2:30 PM, we will feature the powerful film Invictus, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Matt Damon as rugby player François Pienaar and Morgan Freeman as South African president Nelson Mandela. Knowing that his racially torn country would host the Rugby World Cup in 1995, Mandela encouraged the South African team to forge a unity and develop the winning skills that would serve as an inspiration to the entire country. Drawing from John Carlin's Playing the Enemy, Anthony Peckham's script takes its title, Latin for "unconquerable," from a British poem Mandela held close to his heart during the 27 years he spent in prison.

As always, admission is free, with popcorn and drinks provided by the Friends of the Lane Library.

Movies for Spring Break!

noreply@blogger.com (Wendy Rega) — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:44:00 +0000

Come join us over Spring Break for two fantastic kids’ movies!

Wednesday, April 28 at 2 p.m., Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. Pop sensations Alvin, Simon and Theodore end up in the care of Dave Seville’s nephew, Toby. The boys must put aside music superstardom to return to school and are tasked with saving the school’s music program by winning a “Battle of the Bands”. But the Chipmunks unexpectedly meet their match in three singing girl chipmunks known as the Chipettes. Romantic and musical sparks are ignited when the Chipmunks and the Chipettes square off. Rated PG.

Friday, April 30 at 10 a.m., The Princess and the Frog on Disney Blu-Ray. From the creators of “The Little Mermaid” and “Aladdin” comes a modern twist on a classic tale, featuring a beautiful girl named Tiana, a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana. Rated G.

All movies are free and open to the public. Snacks and drinks will be provided. If you have any questions please call the Children’s Room at 926-4729.

Martha Dana puppet-making workshop!!

noreply@blogger.com (Paulina Shadowens) — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:27:00 +0000

Kids in kindergarten to fifth grade, are you staying in the Hampton area for April vacation? If so, you are invited to join the wonderful puppeteer Martha Dana for a workshop on making owl puppets!!

The session meets in the Lane Room on Tuesday, April 27th from 10-12. All materials are provided.

The event is free, but seating is limited to 12 youngsters, so please call us at 926-4729 or come by the Children's Room to reserve a spot.

You won't want to miss this exciting chance to craft a fabulous owl AND hang out with the incredibly fun and marvelously creative Martha!

Spring Break Movies

noreply@blogger.com (Wendy Rega) — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:20:00 +0000

Come join us over Spring Break for two fantastic kids' movies!

Wednesday, April 28 at 2 p.m., Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. Pop sensations Alvin, Simon and Theodore end up in the care of Dave Seville's nephew, Toby. The boys must put aside music superstardom to return to school and are tasked with saving the school's music program by winning a "Battle of the Bands". But the chipmunks unexpectedly meet their match in three singing chipmunks known as the Chipettes. Romantic and musical sparks are ignited when the Chipmunks and the Chipettes square off. Rated PG.

Friday, April 30 at 10 a.m., The Princess and the Frog on Disney Blu-Ray. From the creators of "The Little Mermaid" and "Aladdin" comes a modern twist on a classic tale, featuring a beautiful girl named Tiana, a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana. Rated G.

All movies are free and open to the public. Snacks and drinks will be provided. If you have any questions please call the Childrens' Room at 926-4729.

Free Comic Book Day Movie!

kcorbett@hampton.lib.nh.us (Kirsten Corbett) — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:40:00 +0000

Free Comic Book Day is on Saturday, May 1.

After you've acquired all the free comic books you can at the many local participating comic shops, continue the celebration at the library with a free movie: The Spirit, based on the long-running comic, also called The Spirit, created by Will Eisner in 1940.

Please join us on Saturday, May 1st at 3:00 p.m. in the Lane Room.

This film is rated PG-13 and is free and open to the public. Refreshment will be served.

Questions? Ask Kirsten: kcorbett@hampton.lib.nh.us, 926-3368, or see our blog , or our Facebook or MySpace pages.

Earth Day Film - "No Impact Man"

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Reynolds Cooper) — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:28:00 +0000

Please join us at the library in the Weston Theater on Earth Day, Thursday April 22nd at 6 p.m. to enjoy this film. Sponsored by the Hampton Recycling Education Committee this documentary chronicles the one year experience of the Beavan family as they try to have no impact the environment while carrying out their daily lives in their Greenwich Village home.

from TheDailyGreen.com
“Although Beavan is unabashed about his liberal leaning tendencies, he approaches sustainability one step at a time, with a sincere desire to learn from each small experience, whether that's planting in an urban garden [...], biking around town, eschewing elevators and packaging and so on. In this he is like the best of Michael Moore, when the famous agitator is asking questions rather than shouting someone down.”

Open to the public free of charge.

Mom's Night Out!

noreply@blogger.com (Wendy Rega) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:19:00 +0000

Calling all Moms! Join us for a free night out with your girlfriends on Wednesday, April 21 at 6:00 p.m. (snacks at 5:45 p.m..) Leave the munchkins at home and enjoy some tasty snacks (Wendy's famous salsa!) and a great movie.

This is an encore showing of Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side", the Academy Award-winning drama about homeless teenager Michael Oher and the family that took him in and helped him win a football scholarship to the University of Mississippi.

The film is rated PG-13 and is free and open to the public. Please call us at 926-4729 or drop by the Children's Room to reserve a spot.

"Meet the Author" & book signing - Lori White Cotter

noreply@blogger.com (Darrell Eifert) — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:12:00 +0000

The Hampton Historical Society, in conjunction with the library, will present a talk by Hampton's own Lori White Cotter on Tuesday April 20 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Lane Room at the library. Ms. Cotter, Hampton teacher, historian and Toppan descendant will present the long overdue work of Edmund Willoughby Toppan (1808-1845) Toppan's History of Hampton - The Early Settlers 1630-1730. This never before published book tells the tale of the early settlers of Hampton, N.H.

Ms. Cotter transcribed Edmund Toppan's handwritten notes, updated references and dates, and edited this seminal work on early Hampton history. She will share both this history and her efforts to publish it.

Lori will be available before her talk from 5:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.and after her talk from 7:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. for book signing and questions.

For more information on Ms. Cotter's presentation contact Bill Keating, 926-2813. The public is welcome to attend free of charge and refreshments will be served.

The Twilight Book Club reads "That Old Cape Magic"

noreply@blogger.com (Darrell Eifert) — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:39:00 +0000

Join us on Tuesday, May 4th at 6:30 PM as the Twilight Book club discusses Richard Russo's That Old Cape Magic, a book that explores how the threads of our carefully planned lives can become unwoven at the oddest moments ...

(From the Publisher's description) That Old Cape Magic is a novel of deep introspection and every family feeling imaginable, with a middle-aged man confronting his parents and their failed marriage, his own troubled one, his daughter’s new life and, finally, what it was he thought he wanted and what in fact he has. The storytelling is flawless throughout, moments of great comedy and even hilarity alternating with others of rueful understanding and heart-stopping sadness, and its ending is at once surprising, uplifting and unlike anything this Pulitzer Prize winner has ever written.

The Twilight Book Club meets on the first Tuesday of every month at the Lane Memorial Library, and is open to all. Contact Darrell Eifert at deifert(at)hampton.lib.nh.us, or call 926-3368 for more information.

Little Kids' Movietime!

noreply@blogger.com (Wendy Rega) — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:29:00 +0000

Join us downstairs in the Weston Theater (next to the Children's Room) on Friday, April 16 at 10 a.m. for Little Kids' Movietime!

Join the fun and feisty Olivia as she embarks on a series of all-new adventures! Whether she’s learning to dance like a prima ballerina, running her school carnival or camping in the great outdoors, no challenge is too great for our tireless heroine!

Admission is free and open to the public. The Children's Room will provide peanut-free snacks and drinks.

April Movies - 'Sherlock Holmes' & 'The Blind Side'

noreply@blogger.com (Darrell Eifert) — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:23:00 +0000

Mark your calendars now for Sherlock Holmes, Robert Downey Jr.'s modern take on the famous London detective. Showing Thursday, April 8th at 6:30 PM, and again on Saturday, April 10th at 3:30 PM.

On the following Thursday, April 15th at 5:45 PM (note the evening time change), we will be showing The Blind Side, Sandra Bullock's Academy award-winning drama about homeless teenager Michael Oher and the family that took him in and helped him win a football scholarship to the University of Mississippi. "To the credit of writer-director John Lee Hancock, adapting Michael Lewis's acclaimed book, the result is intelligent, genuine, and alternately funny and moving." (Bret Fetzer). The film will repeat on Saturday, April 17th at 2:30 PM.

Both films will be presented in our Weston Theater in blu-ray, high definition format, with popcorn provided by the Friends of the Lane Library. Both films are rated PG-13 and are open to the public free of charge.

noreply@blogger.com (Wendy Rega) — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:33:00 +0000

Join us downstairs in the Weston Theater (next to the Childrens' Room) on Friday, April 2 at 10:00 a.m. for Little Kids' Movietime!

The world’s most beloved and inquisitive monkey is back in Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey, the fun-filled sequel to the hit animated movie. Join Curious George and The Man with the Yellow Hat as they set out on a madcap cross-country adventure to reunite Kayla, a homesick elephant, with her family. This unlikely trio faces all types of comic calamities and colorful characters and in the end learn that with family, friends and determination you can achieve anything.

This film is Rated G. Admission is free and open to the public. The Children's Room will provide peanut-free snacks and drinks.

Gaming @ Your Library

kcorbett@hampton.lib.nh.us (Kirsten Corbett) — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:59:00 +0000

It's the last full week of March, and you know what that means...

Gear up for Lane Memorial Library's third monthly Gaming Afternoon! Play Beatles Rock Band, Rock Band, Lego Batman, Madden 09... in the Lane Room on the big screen with surround sound! Feel free to bring your own X Box 360 compatible multi-player game rated T or under, if you'd rather play something else.

Anyone ages 10 and up welcome.
Friday 3/26/10 3:00-4:30 p.m. Come back for more gaming fun on the last Friday afternoon of every month!

Questions? Ask Kirsten: kcorbett@hampton.lib.nh.us, 926-3368, or see our blog , or our Facebook or MySpace pages.

Audiobooks and eBooks: best-selling and classic titles available anytime, anywhere

noreply@blogger.com (Marija Sanderling) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:31:00 +0000

The Lane Memorial Library has expanded its services with audiobooks, language instruction, and ebooks available to download from the library's website. Library card holders can check out and download digital media anytime, anywhere by visiting our website at http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us

Users may browse the library's website, check out with a valid library card, and download to a PC, Mac, and many mobile devices.

Users will need to install free software. For audiobooks: OverDrive Media Console. To read eBooks, users will need Adobe Digital Editions.

Titles can be enjoyed immediately or transferred to a variety of devices, including iPod, Sony Reader, and many others. Some audio titles can also be burned to CDs to listen on the go. Titles will automatically expire at the end of the lending period. And there are no late fees!

Questions? Call us at (603) 926-3368.

The Twilight Book Club reads "Hotel on the corner of Bitter and Sweet"

noreply@blogger.com (Darrell Eifert) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:09:00 +0000

On Tuesday, April 6th at 6:30 PM, the Twilight Book Club will meet to discuss Jamie Ford's Hotel on the corner of Bitter and Sweet.

Set mainly in the Seattle during the 1940s during the worst of WWII, Ford's novel illumines the world of young Henry Lee, and his growing friendship with Keiko Okabe, a Japanese American student. With his focus on the Asian immigrant experience and a grim reminder of the Japanese "resettlement" camps, Ford has crafted a memorable novel about endurance and hope in a time and place that should not be forgotten.

Book group copies are available at the Circulation Desk. For more information, contact Darrell Eifert at deifert (at) hampton.lib.nh.us

The Twilight Book Club meets on the first Tuesday of each month, from 6:30-8 p.m. in the Dorothy Little room.

Break Free from Perfect! - Author talk

noreply@blogger.com (Darrell Eifert) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:51:00 +0000

On Saturday, March 27th at 10 AM, Eileen Palazzolo will be at the Lane Memorial Library to read from her new book FREE FROM PERFECT. After successfully battling an eating disorder, Eileen wrote this book to help others overcome debilitating and unrealistic dieting goals, to rise above the stereotypes she herself was pinned down by for so many years. "Yo-yo dieting, starvation and bulimia consumed my life," she laments, "until I began replacing self-hatred with self-love." "I believe that all 'diets' are a temporary state of hell. There is no such thing as a 'quick fix.'" That said, Palazzolo designed a program to last forever that has been leaving her students with feelings of self-empowerment, self-confidence and self-control. A fitness and gymnastics instructor who has run her "Free" program out of Southern NH for several years, Eileen will be on hand to answer questions from the audience, and sign copies of her book. For more information, contact Darrell Eifert at (603) 926-3368.

Weston Theater - "Sherlock Holmes"

noreply@blogger.com (Darrell Eifert) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:59:00 +0000

Mark your calendars for Thursday, April 8th at 6:30 PM, and Saturday, April 10th at 3:30 PM for Sherlock Holmes, Guy Ritchie's ambitious reinvention of everyone's favorite literary detective. Starring Robert Downey Jr. as a brawling but brilliant Holmes and Jude Law as the long-suffering Dr. Watson, Ritchie's film moves along at a hurricane pace through the dark back alleys of old London as our heroes chase down a mesmeric cult leader rumored to have come back from the dead ...

Both movies are free of charge, with popcorn and drinks provided by the Friends of the Library.

MOMS' NIGHT OUT!!

noreply@blogger.com (Paulina Shadowens) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:07:00 +0000

If you are a Hampton mom in need of a free night away from it all (and what mom isn't in need of that?), the Children's Room has the remedy for you:

Please join us for our first-ever Moms' Night Out!

We are offering snacks at 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17th in the Lane Room, with the recently released DVD Up in the Air showing at 6 p.m. sharp.

Up in the Air was nominated for six Academy Awards, including best picture and best actor (George Clooney). It tells the story of a happy loner who travels from business to business firing people until some unexpected events shake up his own world.

The words "funny" and "fired" don't usually go together, but director Jason Reitman (Juno; Thank You for Smoking) is a master of finding the hilarious aspects of hairy situations.

Come see for yourself!

(And did we mention George Clooney? =)

Up in the Air is rated R and runs 109 minutes.

Please call us at 926-4729 or visit us in the Children's Room to reserve a spot.

We look forward to seeing you, ladies!

Saturday Matinee - "Ponyo"

noreply@blogger.com (Wendy Rega) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:29:00 +0000

Join us downstairs at the Lane Library's Weston Theater on Saturday, March 13 at 2:00 p.m. for PONYO.

From the Academy Award®-winning director and world-renowned Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki comes PONYO, a story inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Little Mermaid." This is a charming tale of a young and overeager goldfish and her quest to become human and reunite with Sosuke, a young boy she has befriended.

This film is Rated G for General Audiences. Admission is free and open to the public. The Children's Room will provide peanut-free snacks and drinks.

Quilt raffle winners

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Teschek) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:07:00 +0000

Congratulations to the winners of the recent quilt raffle held by the Friends of the Library:

The grand prize winner of the quilt was: Skye Morabito

2nd place winner of an Eric Carle book and a $20 gift certificate from Barnes and Noble was: Susan Smylie

3rd place winner of an Eric Carle book and a $10 gift certificate from Barnes and Noble was: Patti Currie

And thank you again to Dona Janetos for making the quilt.

Twilight Book Club reads "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"

noreply@blogger.com (Darrell Eifert) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:35:00 +0000

Join us on Tuesday evening, March 2nd at 6:30 for the Twilight Book club, a friendly group of people who enjoy reading books in a wide variety of genres. This time around we're reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, an international best-seller since it first appeared in 2008. As described in Publisher's Weekly, the book is "at once a strikingly original thriller and a vivisection of Sweden's dirty not-so-little secrets (as suggested by its original title, Men Who Hate Women). This first of a trilogy introduces a provocatively odd couple: disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist, freshly sentenced to jail for libeling a shady businessman, and the multipierced and tattooed Lisbeth Salander, a feral but vulnerable superhacker. Hired by octogenarian industrialist Henrik Vanger, who wants to find out what happened to his beloved great-niece before he dies, the duo gradually uncover a festering morass of familial corruption—at the same time, Larsson skillfully bares some of the similar horrors that have left Salander such a marked woman. Larsson died in 2004, shortly after handing in the manuscripts for what will be his legacy."

More than just a superb thriller, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is Larsson's vehicle of choice to raise awareness of financial corruption, violence against women, and questions of personal responsibility in the face of horrific crimes.

Copies of the book are still available at the Circulation Desk.

"This is It" & "The Time-Traveler's Wife" - Weston Theater

noreply@blogger.com (Darrell Eifert) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:03:00 +0000

On Saturday, February 27th at 2:30 PM, the Lane Library will show Michael Jackson: This Is It in our Weston Theater. Presented in full concert sound and blu-ray picture quality, this is the edited rehearsal footage of what would have been Michael Jackson's dazzling return to the live stage. (Note that the showing scheduled for Thursday, February 25th at 6:30 PM has been CANCELED due to unexpected water damage in the downstairs area.)

On Thursday, March 4th at 6:30 PM and again on Saturday, March 6th at 3:30 PM we will show The Time-Traveler's Wife, a charming old-Hollywood film based on the best-seller by Audrey Niffenegger. Lose yourself in timeless love with this gloriously romantic story of the journey of two hearts. Artist Clare Abshire shares a deep emotional bond with Henry De Tamble, a handsome librarian who travels involuntarily through time. Knowing they can be separated without warning, Clare and Henry treasure the moments they have together, imbuing them with the yearning and passion of two people imprisoned by time…and set free by love.

Both films are free and open to the public. Popcorn and drinks provided by the Friends of the Lane Memorial Library.

Gaming @ Your Library!

kcorbett@hampton.lib.nh.us (Kirsten Corbett) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:33:00 +0000

Staying in town for February vacation week? We've got good news!

Gear up for Lane Memorial Library's second monthly Gaming Afternoon! Play Beatles Rock Band, Rock Band, Lego Batman, Madden 09... in the Lane Room on the big screen with surround sound!
Anyone ages 10 and up welcome.
Friday 2/26/10 3:00-4:30 p.m. And come back for more gaming fun on the last Friday afternoon of every month!

Questions? Ask Kirsten: kcorbett@hampton.lib.nh.us, 926-3368, or see our blog , or our Facebook or MySpace pages.

SPRING STORY TIMES!

noreply@blogger.com (Paulina Shadowens) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:07:00 +0000

No sooner did the Children's Room finish its winter story time sessions than our thoughts turn to upcoming Spring Story Times!

Sign ups begin on Monday, March 1st. Story times themselves begin the week of March 15th and run 6 weeks till the week of April 19th.

Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. --15 months-3 years (approximate running time 25 minutes)
Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m.--15 months-3 years (approximate running time 25 minutes)
Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.--3-year-olds (approximate running time 35 minutes)
Thursdays at 10 a.m.--4-5-year-olds (approximate running time 35 minutes)

Space is limited, so please sign up for these sessions prior to March 15th, by stopping in the Children's Room or calling us at 926-4729.

We look forward to seeing you!