Tilton Library

Baby Time
2016-08-19 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | MA
Every Friday at 10 am. No sign ups needed. Our picture book area will be reserved for the littlest of our patrons to roll around (or practice standing) and meet eye to eye with their peers. All babies and their caregivers welcome. Free coffee for grownups (while it lasts).

English Conversation Group
2016-08-25 18:30 - 19:45
Do you want to practice your English? Come to a conversation group at Tilton Library on Thursdays at 6:30 this summer. Facilitated by Michael Pollitt and organized by the Center for New Americans this drop-in program is free and open to all.
Please note new day for summer! Because of summer library programming we will meet either outside at the picnic table (weather permitting), inside in the children’s room or upstairs near the book shelves by the fireplace. See you soon!

TUnESDAY
2016-08-30 14:00 - 15:00
On four Tuesdays this summer we’ll have a musical grab bag or a “cake walk” (like musical chairs) – we think of it as games with music. Designed for kids but opened to all. No sign ups needed. This free summer library program is sponsored by Friends of Tilton. Can’t make this event? Come back on July 19, August 9 and/or August 30.

Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon
2016-09-01 18:30 - 19:45
When renowned opera conductor Helmut Wellauer is found dead in his dressing room, the victim of cyanide poisoning, Guido Brunetti, the Vice Commissario of the Venice Police, must sift through several suspects to find a killer.
Join us on the first Monday of the month for a lively discussion of this month’s title and other of life’s mysteries. Copies of the book are usually available at the circulation desk or can be reserved online or by asking at the desk. This discussion also features cheese pizza while it lasts. Free and open to all.

Preschool Story Time - Let's Get Reading!
2016-09-02 11:00 - 12:00, 2016-09-14 11:00 - 12:00, 2016-09-21 11:00 - 12:00, 2016-09-28 11:00 - 12:00, 2016-10-05 11:00 - 12:00, 2016-10-19 11:00 - 12:00
No sign up needed – all children 0-5 (and their caregivers) are welcome.

Library Closed September 3-5 for Labor Day Weekend
2016-09-03 - 2016-09-05
See you on Tuesday from 1-5.

English Conversation Group
2016-09-08 18:30 - 19:45, 2016-09-15 18:30 - 19:45, 2016-09-22 18:30 - 19:45, 2016-09-29 18:30 - 19:45, 2016-10-06 18:30 - 19:45
Do you want to practice your English? Come to a conversation group at Tilton Library on Thursdays at 6:30. Facilitated by Michael Pollitt and organized by the Center for New Americans this drop-in program is free and open to all.

Art at Tilton - Deerfield Impressions by Adrienne Cremins
2016-09-10 10:00 - 2016-10-07 13:00
Artist’s Statement:
The Pioneer Valley in Western Massachusetts has beautiful scenery, as anyone who has visited will attest – mountains, rivers, lakes and ponds throughout many towns. I’ve been fortunate to live in Deerfield for over 25 years, within 10 minutes of some of the most beautiful landscapes in the valley.
I have a BFA from Cooper Union, and when my children were grown, I started getting back to painting. I began with pastels, sitting in my car on the side of the road. However, when I began painting in oils, my practice became to visit a location, take photos, and use them as reference, together with my memory of the scene, for a painting done in the studio.
Last year, I began working en plein air, painting outdoors on location in Deerfield and a whole new world opened up. Plein air is a completely different way of working. In one or two hours , before the light changes, you try to capture a scene. There is always so much more to see than there is time to get it on canvas!
As you work, the light is constantly changing, emphasizing different colors, changing forms, so you need to make decisions on the fly about what to spend time on, what notes you need to make, how to articulate the scene. Sometimes everything comes together – and the result is a complete painting. More often, it’s a note, a sketch, or an experiment in articulating light and form.
Painting an impression en plein air celebrates what is happening right in the moment. For me, it has also become a meditation – a way to focus on and appreciate a very beautiful part of the world, on canvas.

Friends of Tilton Monthly Meeting
2016-09-12 18:30 - 20:00
Friends of Tilton Library, Inc. is a separate 501(c)(3) membership organization and is open to anyone who wants to join. The Friends mission is to encourage and promote the enrichment and use of the library and to foster support for the library in the community. For people who want to show their support and appreciation of Tilton Library, being a Friend is the first step. Annual dues continue to be $15 per year and if necessary, you can contribute your time in lieu of dues. Come check us out at our monthly meetings at the library.

100th Anniversary Planning Meeting
2016-09-14 17:00 - 18:00

Tilton Library Board of Trustees Meeting
2016-09-14 18:30 - 21:00
The Board of Trustees are an elected town body which is entrusted with overseeing, maintaining and planning the future for the most democratic of all our public institutions, the public library. Library Board members are responsible for working with other board members to oversee the library, establishing policy and plans, determining the final budget and conducting public relations. The powers and duties of trustees are covered in Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 78, section 10-13.
Meeting agenda is posted at Deerfield Town Hall at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting

Third Thursday Book Discussion - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
2016-09-15 18:30 - 19:45
“From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six, she goes blind, and her father builds her a model of their neighborhood, every house, every manhole, so she can memorize it with her fingers and navigate the real streets with her feet and cane. When the Germans occupy Paris, father and daughter flee to Saint-Malo on the Brittany coast, where Marie-Laure’s agoraphobic great uncle lives in a tall, narrow house by the sea wall. In another world in Germany, an orphan boy, Werner, grows up with his younger sister, Jutta, both enchanted by a crude radio Werner finds. He becomes a master at building and fixing radios, a talent that wins him a place at an elite and brutal military academy and, ultimately, makes him a highly specialized tracker of the Resistance. Werner travels through the heart of Hitler Youth to the far-flung outskirts of Russia, and finally into Saint-Malo, where his path converges with Marie-Laure. Doerr’s gorgeous combination of soaring imagination with observation is electric. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, Doerr illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another. Ten years in the writing, All the Light We Cannot See is his most ambitious and dazzling work”– Provided by publisher
Third Thursday is an informal group, open to all, no sign up necessary. Reserve your book at the adult circulation desk or online.

POSTPONED - Deerfield Impressions - Artist's Talk - A Plein Air Journey by Adrienne Cremins
2016-09-19 18:30 - 19:30
Learning something new is one of the joys of life. Learning to paint en plein air has been both a joy and an enormous challenge. Planning, equipment, practice routine, bugs, working with changing light, and talking to folks you meet while working. One year into becoming a plein air painter, I feel that I’ve barely scratched the surface. Plein air has given me an entirely new perspective on what and how to paint.
I am looking forward to sharing this work-in-progress.
Adrienne Cremins

Frugal Fun Day
2016-10-01
Have fun at your library for free – all day event. Games and activities, refreshments served at 3:00, door prize drawing for local products. Come to the children’s room for this fabulous fall event.

Friends of Tilton Library Meeting
2016-10-03 18:30 - 19:45

Tilton Library Board of Trustees
2016-10-05 18:30 - 21:00

Mystery Book Discussion - Redemption Road by John Hart
2016-10-06 18:30 - 19:45
Over 2 million copies of his books in print. The first and only author to win back-to-back Edgars for Best Novel. Every book a New York Times bestseller. Now after five years, John Hart is back with a stunning literary thriller. Imagine: A boy with a gun waits for the man who killed his mother. A troubled detective confronts her past in the aftermath of a brutal shooting. After thirteen years in prison, a good cop walks free. But for how long? And deep in the forest, on the altar of an abandoned church, the unthinkable has just happened… This is a town on the brink. This is a road with no mercy. Since his debut bestseller, The King of Lies, reviewers across the country have heaped praise on John Hart, comparing his writing to that of Pat Conroy, Cormac McCarthy and Scott Turow. With each novel Hart has climbed higher on the New York Times Bestseller list, with his last two books – The Last Child and Iron House – landing squarely in the top ten. His masterful writing and assured evocation of place have won readers around the world and earned history’s only consecutive Edgar Awards for Best Novel. After five years, John Hart returns with Redemption Road, his most powerful story yet”– Provided by publisher.
Join us on the first Thursday of the month for a lively discussion of this month’s title and other of life’s mysteries. Copies of the book are usually available at the circulation desk or can be reserved online or by asking at the desk. This discussion also features cheese pizza while it lasts. Free and open to all.

Library Catalog Unavailable from 6:00 p.m. Sunday to Monday
2016-10-09 18:00 - 2016-10-10 17:00
Beginning Sunday evening and into Monday.

Legal Holiday - Library Closed
2016-10-10

Benefit Art Auction - Opening Reception
2016-10-14 18:00 - 20:00
Meet the artists, look at the art, enjoy delicious refreshments and contemplate your bid strategy for the following weeks. All original art has been generously donated by local artists and all proceeds benefit Tilton Library. Each item has a minimum bid posted and bids must be made in $5 increments. This is a silent auction, bidding last until the closing celebration on November 18. All art will be on display at the library during library hours. Please join us for this fun event!
Pictured: Salt Marsh on Cape Cod (Truro Pamet Harbor) by Marjorie Kramer – oil on panel 7″x9″

Third Thursday Book Discussion - The Headmaster: Frank L. Boyden, of Deerfield by John McPhee
2016-10-20 18:30 - 19:45
In the first chapter of this biography of Frank L. Boyden, McPhee writes: “By the late nineteen-thirties, it had become clear that he was one of the greatest headmasters in history, and for many years he has stood alone as, in all probability, the last man of his kind. He is at the near end of a skein of magnanimous despots who – no matter whether they had actually founded the places or not – created enduring schools through their own individual energies, maintained them under their own absolute rule, and left them forever imprinted with the own personalities.”
Third Thursday is an informal group, open to all, no sign up necessary. Reserve your book at the adult circulation desk or online.
