The RML Friends are asking for your help with our June 7 book sale. Come help us sort before the sale, set up on June 6, or be a seller on June 7. Email nwood@richmondlibrary.info and let us know how you can help. Thanks!

The Friends of the Richmond Memorial Library invite you to their spring decorating program with Candy Anderson of Decorating Den on Wednesday, April 30 at 7 PM. Ms. Anderson will share her excitement for outdoor rooms - learn how to create fabulous outdoor spaces…. and best of all the cleaning’s a breeze.

Video Librarian, one of the review journals we use for film selection has compiled a list of the Best Documentaries of 2007. We own the following from the list - so come check them out!
51 Birch Street - DVD B BLOCK
A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash - DVD 333.7 CRUDE
Deep Water - DVD 797.14 DEEP
Deliver Us from Evil - DVD 362.7 DELIVER
The Ground Truth - DVD 956.7044 GROUND
Jesus Camp - DVD 230.046 JESUS
No End in Sight - DVD 956.7044 NO
Planet Earth:The Complete Series - DVD 550 PLANET
Sicko - DVD 362.1 SICKO
The Trials of Darryl Hunt - DVD 305.8 TRIALS
The War - DVD 940.53 WAR

Many thanks to Denise Ketterer and her wonderful art students at Thienes/Hall Elementary School for the loan of their fabulous artwork for our library walls.<img

Are you a book club member or thinking of joining one? Come to our open house for book clubs on February 26 at 7 PM. Learn about other clubs and how they are organized (or not), share books and refreshments too. NOTE - NEW DATE DUE TO WEATHER!

This winter the book vs. movie debate continues for all ages. Children and teens will have the opportunity during February vacation to participate when elementary aged children view and read Matilda by Roald Dahl and teens will do the same with Stardust by Neil Gaiman. Adults will do the same with the Big Read’s, The Maltese Falcon in March.

The Friends are participating in a special shopping night for area charities at the Buckland Hills Mall in Manchester. Buy your ticket for only $5.00 at the Richmond Memorial Library to gain admittance to the Sunday, November 18 Festival of Giving from 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM. With your ticket you get an evening of private shopping, special sales, free gift wrap, holiday music and entertainment. Plus, there will be special door prizes throughout the night. Best of all, 100% of your $5.00 ticket cost goes directly to support the library. Tickets are available at the library’s main circulation desk during regular hours.

The RML Friends are also hosting a local holiday shopping night at the Red Door Boutique at 73 North Main Street in East Hampton. The Friends will provide refreshments from 5:30 to 8 PM on Monday, December 3 and the Red Door will donate 10% of all sales that evening to support the library. Come join the fun and shop for a great local cause.

As always, many hands make light work and our recent book sale was proof. Many thanks to all who helped including: Dyanne Sullo, Mike Quincy, Mary-Ann Nichols, Mike Boscarino, Beth Michaels, Linda and Jim Cherry, Sue Trzcienski, Bob Allen, Nancy Grant, Lucille Sclafano, Sue Gallagher, Irene Klein, Elaine Castro, Susan and Mindi Hora, Linda Harmon, Rachael Kinsley, Jessica Walsh, Pam Frank-Hall, Appleton-Bolton Family and co-chairs Pat Cosgrove and Nancy Wood. We apologize to any helpers we forgot, but consider this a BIG thank you to all!

Join the reading community - East of the River - as we celebrate this year’s book, Mr. Emerson’s Wife by Amy Belding Brown at these events:
October 3 - Meet Author Amy Belding Brown and listen to talk about her book at Douglas Library, Hebron, 7 PM
October 14 - Visit Concord and see all the places you have loved reading about. Call Welles-Turner Library at 652-7720 for details, $45.00 fee includes bus an admission to two attractions, register by Sept. 27.

What better reason to come to the library than for Story Time? Registration begins August 28 for Marlborough residents, September 5 for non-residents.
Session I - September 10 through October 19
Session II - October 29 through December 5
Two year olds meet Monday or Wednesday at 10 AM
Three year olds meet Monday or Wednesday at 1 PM
Four year olds meet with 3s on Wednesday at 1 PM
Four and five year olds meet Tuesdays at 10 AM or 1 PM
Under 12 months meet on four Fridays at 10 AM beginning September 14
12 to 24 months meet on four Fridays at 10 AM beginning October 19.