2016

Friends of the Library Hot Chicks with Sticks Holiday Party The knitters will meet on Mondays, Thursday, December 8th at 7:00 PM December 5th & 19th at 6:30 PM

Join the Friends at the Community Center across the street from Like to knit? All knitters are welcome to join this friendly group. the library for their annual holiday gathering. This is always a fun (Crochet is welcome too!) potluck dinner with an optional Yankee Book Swap. Bring some food to share and a wrapped book (used or new) if you want to participate in the swap. (Friends membership forms will be Try Zinio! Read Magazines on Your available at the event!) iPad, Phone, Tablet, or Computer Go to www.lebanonctlibrary.org to borrow from Zinio with your Book Discussion library barcode. No expiration dates or overdue fines! Includes over 60 magazines. Magazines can be read on desktops or Tuesday, December 13th at 6:30 PM mobile devices that include iOS (Apple), Android, and Kindle Fire/HD/HDX. Patrons can check out as many magazines as Last Night at the Lobster they like and keep them as long as they want. by Stewart O’Nan (Led by Linda Wallace) The Red Lobster perched in the far corner of a run-down New Consumer Reports Online England mall hasn’t been making its numbers and headquarters has pulled the plug. But manager Manny DeLeon still needs to navigate a A valuable resource for patrons! Don’t forget it’s tricky last shift with a near-mutinous staff. All the while, he’s there while you’re doing your holiday shopping! wondering how to handle the waitress he’s still in love with, what to Access it from your computer anywhere from the do about his pregnant girlfriend, and where to find the present that library’s homepage, www.lebanonctlibrary.org will make everything better. December Library Closings

The library will close at 12:00 PM on Saturday, December 24th and be closed on Monday, December 26th in observance of Christmas. We will also close at 12:00 PM on Saturday, December 31st for New Year’s Eve.

We wish all our patrons safe and happy holidays!

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First Tuesday Films Free popcorn and comfy seats at all films! A Hologram for the King (2016): Tuesday, December 6th at 2:00 PM Starring Tom Hanks, Alexander Black and Sarita Choudhury. Cultures collide when an American businessman is sent to Saudi Arabia to close what he hopes will be the deal of a lifetime. Baffled by local customs and stymied by an opaque bureaucracy, he eventually finds his footing with the help of a wise-cracking taxi driver and a beautiful Saudi doctor.

Florence Foster Jenkins (2016): Tuesday, January 3rd at 2:00 PM Meryl Streep stars as Florence Foster Jenkins in this true story set in 1940s New York City. Florence was a legendary New York heiress and socialite who obsessively pursued her dream of becoming a great singer. The voice she heard in her head was beautiful, but to everyone else it was hilariously awful. Her husband and manager, St. Clair Bayfield (Hugh Grant), an aristocratic English actor, was determined to protect his beloved Florence from the truth. But when Florence decided to give a public concert at Carnegie Hall, St. Clair knew he faced his greatest challenge. Time for Stories: Read, Rock, & Rhyme: 2s, 3s, & their caregivers Infants to 24 months & their caregivers Mondays at 10:00 AM Wednesdays at 10:30 AM December 5th, 12th, & 19th December 7th, 14th, 21st, & 28th Time for Stories is an early literacy program filled with age- Read, Rock and Rhyme is fashioned after the Mother Goose on the appropriate activities. Please join us for stories, rhymes, flannel Loose program that integrates the latest research in early literacy and boards, finger plays, music, and more. infant brain development with traditional story time elements. Join us as we share books, rhymes, musical instruments, songs, movement, This program is designed for a preschool audience, but siblings flannel board tales, puppets, finger plays, and more. are welcome. Open play is available at the end of the program. This program is designed for the birth to 24 month audience, but Saturday Stories siblings are welcome. Open play is available at the end of the program. Saturday, December 3rd at 10:00 AM Holiday Ornaments Ages 2 - 4 and their parents/caregivers Tuesday, December 6th at 6:00 PM For all of you who are unable to attend Monday morning stories! Ages 4 & up. Limit 25. Please call to register.

Please join us for stories, rhymes, flannel boards, finger plays, music, and more. Get ready to trim your tree! We’ll be making simple ornaments to enjoy. This program is designed for a preschool audience, but siblings are welcome. Open play is available at the end of the program. Homeschool Building Club Wednesday, December 7th at 2:00 PM Yarn Bombing All ages welcome. Tuesday, December 27th at 2:00 PM Duplo and Lego bricks will be available for your kids to create with All ages welcome. while you network with other caregivers and explore our collection. Yarn bombing is a form of temporary street art where yarn in any form (knit, crochet, latch hook, cross-stitch, braided or wrapped) is Pokèmon Club attached to an object in a public space. We’ll be wrapping an object Saturday, December 17th at 10:00 AM of your choice. I’m suggesting small branches, but if you have All ages welcome. another object you’d like to use, bring it along. We’ll have variety of yarn colors to choose from. Grab a friend or two and spend the Get ready to swap cards & wage battles against your friends. Are you new to Pokèmon? Not to worry! We have plenty of afternoon ‘bombing’! experienced players who will be happy to show you the ropes.

Jamilah Henna Creations Teen Book Discussion Wednesday, December 28th at 2:00 PM Tuesday, January 3rd at 6:30 PM Ages 10 & up. Limit 25. Please call to register. Flawed by Cecelia Ahern This Henna program consists of a short power point presentation of the history and origin of henna and then In Celestine's society, perfection isn't just attainable, it's required; everyone gets a design done! Examples of her work can be those found Flawed in some way are branded for life and ostracized seen on our Facebook page. from society. Celestine has never had any problems with the way things are run. She is a rule follower at her core and dating the son Mix-It Clubs of the most powerful judge in the city. But a moment of compassion has dire consequences, and Celestine soon finds herself on trial Thursday, December 29th at 2:00 PM before the whole city, accused of Flaws that will change her life All ages welcome. forever. Ahern, a best-selling author of adult novels, turns to a Pokémon fans? Love to play games? Can’t get enough crafts? young-adult audience with this interesting examination of human Call your friends, gather your supplies and spend the afternoon nature. A cliff-hanger ending raises the stakes considerably, doing what you enjoy doing. We’ll try to accommodate everyone! promising an exciting return in the next volume (Booklist).