“The Art of Georgia O’Keeffe: How to Pastel Paint Flowers,”
Thursday, December 1st
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
This pastel painting workshop serves sheer adult beginners to advanced artists and is free and open to the public.
Seats may fill quickly, so please call (413) 436-9892 to pre-register.
Maichack is accepting
requests to do portraits, and other commissions for pastel paintings. Please call
(413) 532-3667 or e-mail Mr. Maichack at EmJay7@aol.com. Visit his new web
site at www.GregoryMaichack.com.
“This project is supported in part by a grant from the Warren Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.”
Gothic Victorian Tales by Candlelight performed by Rita Parisi
Intended for a mature audience
Wednesday, November 30th
7pm
Warren Senior Center
Rita Parisi from Waterfall Productions will present Gothic Victorian Tales by Candlelight at Warren Senior Center on November 30th at 7pm. This theatrical storytelling presentation will feature stories about CURSES, DEATH and IMMORTALITY from the 19th century New England writer, Sarah Orne Jewett. A native of South Berwick Maine, her stories mirror the everyday lives of New Englanders; often reflecting the mysterious and supernatural.
Rita Parisi has been entertaining audiences for over 14 years in the New England area. In 2002, she founded Waterfall Productions to create shows that highlight her passion for theatre as well as history, literature and costuming. She has had the pleasure of performing these shows all over New England. Rita Parisi is also actively involved in the independent film scene in Boston and some of her films have been debuted at the Boston International Film Festival and Cannes film Festival.
For more information, please contact the West Warren Library at 413-436-9892
Pancake Breakfast With Santa
Saturday, December 3rd
7:30 am until 11:30 am
(Santa will visit from 9 am – 11 am)
Warren Senior Center
2252 Main Street, West Warren
Adults $5
Children $3
Sponsored by the WEST WARREN LIBRARY
For more information call 436-9892
Bring Camera for Photographs with Santa
Dinner Dance
Silent Auction
Proceeds to benefit West Warren Library
Friday, October 7, 2011
Salem Cross Inn
Rt 9, 260 West Main Street, West Brookfield, MA
6:00 pm – Hors d’oeuvres
7:00 pm – Dinner (Chicken Pot Pie)
“Benny Goodman Band”
$25 pp
Purchase tickets at West Warren Library or call 436-7268
Team Trivia Night
Saturday, October 22nd
6pm
St. Stanislaus Parish Hall
2270 Main Street
West Warren
Do you know your…
Movies Music History
Geography Science Entertainment
Television Sports Literature
Come join us for a fun filled evening of questions and answers!
Form a team (maximum 10 players) or come and join a team!
Prize awarded to winning Team!
Proceeds to benefit West Warren Library
Admission: $10 pp (Includes Refreshments)
Tickets can be purchased in advance at the West Warren Library
or call 413.436.9892
Annual Fall Book & Bake Sale
Saturday, October 1st
9am – 4pm
Village Point Plaza
Come fall into a good book! The West Warren Library is having their annual fall book and bake sale at the Village Point Plaza. If you would like to rent a table call the Hair Studio & Day Spa at 436-7220.
Story Time for Tots
Monday, September 12th
10:00am – 10:30am
West Warren Library
This month’s selection is Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel.
Children in attendence will learn how bad, bad kitty really is.
For more information call the library at 436-9892.
Book Discussion Group
Come join us Tuesday, July 5th at 7:00pm for this month’s selection The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.
“Anyone who has read J. D. Salinger’s New Yorker stories – particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and For Esme – With Love and Squalor, will not be surprised by the fact that his first novel is full of children. The hero-narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days. The boy himself is at once too simple and too complex for us to make any final comment about him or his story. Perhaps the safest thing we can say about Holden is that he was born in the world not just strongly attracted to beauty but, almost, hopelessly impaled on it. There are many voices in this novel: children’s voices, adult voices, underground voices-but Holden’s voice is the most eloquent of all. Transcending his own vernacular, yet remaining marvelously faithful to it, he issues a perfectly articulated cry of mixed pain and pleasure. However, like most lovers and clowns and poets of the higher orders, he keeps most of the pain to, and for, himself. The pleasure he gives away, or sets aside, with all his heart. It is there for the reader who can handle it to keep.”
Uno’s Fundraiser
Uno’s Chicago Grill
100 Charlton Road
Sturbridge, MA
Raise money for the West Warren Public Library just by raising your fork!
The UNO Chicago Grill in Sturbridge will donate up to 20% of your
check to the library if you present the coupon pictured while dinning.
FRIDAY, JUNE 24th
&
SUNDAY, JUNE 25th
Dine-In or Takeout, the library benefits!
Please invite all your friends so they too can enjoy a great meal, and at the same time help the West Warren Library!
Book Discussion Group
Come join us for this Monday, June 6th at 7:00pm for this month’s Book Club selection, The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy.
“With sensuous prose, a dreamlike style infused with breathtakingly beautiful images and keen insight into human nature, Roy’s debut novel charts fresh territory in the genre of magical, prismatic literature. Set in Kerala, India, during the late 1960s when Communism rattled the age-old caste system, the story begins with the funeral of young Sophie Mol, the cousin of the novel’s protagonists, Rahel and her fraternal twin brother, Estha. In a circuitous and suspenseful narrative, Roy reveals the family tensions that led to the twins’ behavior on the fateful night that Sophie drowned. Beneath the drama of a family tragedy lies a background of local politics, social taboos and the tide of history?all of which come together in a slip of fate, after which a family is irreparably shattered. Roy captures the children’s candid observations but clouded understanding of adults’ complex emotional lives. Rahel notices that “at times like these, only the Small Things are ever said. The Big Things lurk unsaid inside.” Plangent with a sad wisdom, the children’s view is never oversimplified, and the adult characters reveal their frailties?and in one case, a repulsively evil power?in subtle and complex ways. While Roy’s powers of description are formidable, she sometimes succumbs to overwriting, forcing every minute detail to symbolize something bigger, and the pace of the story slows. But these lapses are few, and her powers coalesce magnificently in the book’s second half. Roy’s clarity of vision is remarkable, her voice original, her story beautifully constructed and masterfully told.” – Publisher’s Weekly
Annual Spring Bake & Tag Sale!
The West Warren Library is having a book sale and bake sale on Saturday, May 14th, rain date May 21st!!!
9:00am – 4:pm
If you would like to rent a space call the Hair Studio & Day Spa at 436-7220.
Story Time for Tots
Monday, May 9th
10:00am – 10:45am
This months selection is,
Children in attendance will learn what happens if you give a mouse a cookie.
For more information call the library at 413-436-9892
Community Blood Drive
Thursday, May 12th
2:00pm – 7:00pm
Warren Senior Center
2252 Main Street
West Warren, Massachusetts
The Knights of Columbus, Masons, and West Warren Library are holding a community Blood Drive.
When you donate you get a free Whopper Value Meal from Burger King and a chance to win Red Sox Tickets
The goal is to collect 40 pints of blood!!
The West Warren Library is holding an open skate at Interskate 91!
Thursday, April 21st
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Tickets are $5.00 per child and $2.00 per non-skating adult
Tickets can be purchased at the West Warren Library or at the door.
For more information call the library at 436-9892
Butter Braid Fundraiser!
The WEST WARREN LIBRARY is selling Butter Braid Pastries!!!
**Orders will not be placed if payment is not received by April 2nd!**
$11.00 Each
Bavarian Chocolate Creme
Apple
Blueberry Cream Cheese
Cinnamon
Raspberry
Cream Cheese
Caramel Rolls (9 rolls)
Orders Accepted, March 13th – April 2nd , 2010
Pickup, Wednesday, April 13th at 6:30pm
E-mail or call in your order.
Checks Made Payable to the West Warren Library
**Orders will not be placed if payment is not received by April 2nd!**
For MORE information Call the library at 436-9892
Come join us, Monday, April 4th at 7:00 for this month’s selection Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout.
“At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn’t always recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by a past romance; a former student who has lost the will to live; Olive’s own adult child, who feels tyrannized by her irrational sensitivities; and her husband, Henry, who finds his loyalty to his marriage both a blessing and a curse.
As the townspeople grapple with their problems, mild and dire, Olive is brought to a deeper understanding of herself and her life–sometimes painfully, but always with ruthless honesty. Olive Kitteridge offers profound insights into the human condition–its conflicts, its tragedies and joys, and the endurance it requires.”
Story Time for Tots
Monday, April 11th
10:00 am -10:45 am
This month’s selection is Corduroy by Don Freeman
Children in attendance will explore the life of Corduroy.For more information call 436-9892
In 1954, Life magazine carried an article Why Do Students Bog Down on First R? A Local Committee Sheds Light on a National Problem: Reading by John Hersey in which he was critical of school primers. What children’s classic was written in response?
The West Warren Library is holding a Team Trivia Night!
Come test your knowledge Saturday, March 19th
starting at 7:00pm
Scottish Meadow Golf Club
361 Little Rest Road (off Rt. 19)
Warren. MA 01083
You can form a team, up to 10 people, or come and join a team!
Tickets are $10 per person (includes Hors d’oeuvres)
Cash Bar
To purchase tickets stop by the library or give the library a call at 413-436-9892
A: The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Story Time for Tots
Monday, March 14th
10:00am – 10:45am
This months selection is Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin.
For more information call the library at 436-9892
Book Club
Monday, March 7th, 2011
7:00pm
Come join us for this month’s selection Hotel on the Conner of Bitter and Sweet by Jaime Ford
“Ford’s strained debut concerns Henry Lee, a Chinese-American in Seattle who, in 1986, has just lost his wife to cancer. After Henry hears that the belongings of Japanese immigrants interned during WWII have been found in the basement of the Panama Hotel, the narrative shuttles between 1986 and the 1940s in a predictable story that chronicles the losses of old age and the bewilderment of youth. Henry recalls the difficulties of life in America during WWII, when he and his Japanese-American school friend, Keiko, wandered through wartime Seattle. Keiko and her family are later interned in a camp, and Henry, horrified by America’s anti-Japanese hysteria, is further conflicted because of his Chinese father’s anti-Japanese sentiment. Henry’s adult life in 1986 is rather mechanically rendered, and Ford clumsily contrasts Henry’s difficulty in communicating with his college-age son, Marty, with Henry’s own alienation from his father, who was determined to Americanize him. The wartime persecution of Japanese immigrants is presented well, but the flatness of the narrative and Ford’s reliance on numerous cultural clichés make for a disappointing read.”–Publisher’s Weekly
Story Time for Tots
Monday, February 14th, 2011
from 10:00am – 10:45am
This month’s selection is Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
For more information call the library at 436-9892
Little Ceaser’s Pizza Fundraiser
The West Warren Library is selling Little Ceasers Pizza!! We will be selling them until February 23rd. Stop by the library during our open hours to place your order! Delivery will be Thursday, March 3rd at 6:00pm at the West Warren Library. If you have any questions stop by the library or give us a call at 436-9892.
Book Club
Monday, February 7th, 2011
7:00pm
Come join us for this month’s book selection A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.
The hero of John Kennedy Toole’s incomparable comic classic is one Ignatius J. Reilly, “huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original characters, denizens of New Orleans’ lower depths, incredible true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures.” — Chicago Sun-Times
Story Time for Tots
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
from 10:00am -10:45am
This month’s selection is Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Children in attendance will enjoy the adventure of playing a board game.
For more information call 436-9892
Book Club
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
7:00pm
Come join us for this months selection The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.
“”The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under — maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther’s breakdown with such intensity that Esther’s insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made The Bell Jar a haunting American classic.”
Pancake Breakfast with Santa
Sponsored by the West Warren Public Library
Saturday, Dec 18, 2010
8:00 -11:00 am (Santa to arrive at 9:00)
at the Senior Center
Tickets available to be purchased at the WWPL or at the door
$5.00 for adults / $3.00 for children
Story Time for Tots
At the West Warren Library
Tuesday, December 14th , 2010
10:00 am -10:45 am
This month’s selection is The Mitten, by Jan Brett.
For more information call 436-9892
Teddy Bear Sleepover
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
7:00 – 8:00pm
At the West Warren Public Library
Bring your favorite Teddy Bear or other beloved stuffed animal. Enjoy snack, stories, and games before bedtime. At the end of the evening, leave your teddy behind to enjoy a sleepover in the library. Come back to pick him up the next day and hear about his exciting night in the library.
Advanced registration requested, please leave your name with the librarian or call 436-9892 to sign up.
Story Time for Tots
At the West Warren Library
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
10:00 am -10:45 am
This month’s selection is One Morning in Maine, by Robert McCloskey.
For more information call 436-9892
Book Club
Monday, November 8th, 2010
7:00pm
Come join us for this month’s book selection, Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen
“At first, the worst week of Janzen’s life—she gets into a debilitating car wreck right after her husband leaves her for a guy he met on the Internet and saddles her with a mortgage she can’t afford—seems to come out of nowhere, but the disaster’s long buildup becomes clearer as she opens herself up. Her 15-year relationship with Nickhad always been punctuated by manic outbursts and verbally abusive behavior, so recognizing her co-dependent role in their marriage becomes an important part of Janzen’s recovery (even as she tweaks the 12 steps just a bit). The healing is further assisted by her decision to move back in with her Mennonite parents, prompting her to look at her childhood religion with fresh, twinkling eyes. (She provides an appendix for those unfamiliar with Mennonite culture, as well as a list of “shame-based foods” from hot potato salad to borscht.) Janzen is always ready to gently turn the humor back on herself, though, and women will immediately warm to the self-deprecating honesty with which she describes the efforts of friends and family to help her re-establish her emotional well-being.”-Publisher’s Weekly
Book Club
Monday, October 18th, 2010
7:00pm
Come join us for this months book selection Empire Falls by Richard Russo.
“People don’t mind imposing on a nice guy like Miles Roby. Francine Whiting, for instance, owns most of the struggling mill town, including the Empire Grill that Miles manages for her, though she won’t agree to the liquor license that might make it profitable. Francine’s disabled daughter, Cindy, has a lifelong crush on Miles and has twice attempted suicide over him. His wife has left him for a flashy jerk, a health club owner who comes to the grill daily to taunt Miles; his ne’er-do-well father constantly nags him for handouts; and his daughter Tick seems to care about Miles, but she is navigating the treacherous shoals of high school, with the school bully determined to win her back and a complete outcast dependent on her for friendship. Reader Ron McLarty doesn’t get the Maine accent quite right, but his performance will surely prove among the best of the year. Packed with heart and with wonderfully drawn characters (and a good deal funnier than it sounds), Empire Falls is an excellent choice for any library”-Library Journa
4th Annual Scarecrow Contest
Entry Fee: $5.00 Scarecrows up by or before October 18th, 2010
All proceeds from entry fees go directly to local community charities.
Local businesses can enter a scarecrow this year!
Winners will be announced October 25th at the Spencer Savings Bank Pumpkin Carving Contest.
Categories & Prizes
Grand Prize $150
Adults (18+) 1st Place – $100 2nd Place – $75 3rd Place – $50
Youth (13 – 17yrs) 1st Place – $10 2nd Place – $75 3rd Place – $50
Child (5 – 12yrs) 1st Place Prize 2nd Place Prize 3rd Place Prize
Best Business 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place
Special recognition will be awarded to the scarecrow which best captures the spirit and enthusiasm of the Quaboag Plantation’s 350th Anniversary.
To enter your scarecrow contact the Hair Studio & Day Spa at 436-7220
All Hallows Eve Tea
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
7:00pm
Join Mrs. Gordon for a ghostly tea
party perfect for the haunting
season. Be chilled and thrilled as she
recants some of her own uncanny
experiences with the supernatural.
Mrs. Gordon will also discuss
Halloween traditions from the late
19th and early 20th century as well
as Harry Houdini and her recent
attendance of a seance.
Great for costumed tea parties, seniors &
families with children over the age of 5!
Story Time for Tots
At the West Warren Library
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
10:00 am – 10:45 am
This month’s selection is Franklin’s Halloween, by Paulette Bourgeois
Children in attendance will learn the fun of Halloween.
For more information call 436-9892
Prime Rib Dinner
Saturday, October 9, 2010
5:00 PM
Entertainment by Violinist, Hunter Foote
Paid for by a grant from the Warren Cultural Council
Tickets are $15.00, and can be purchased at the library.
For more information call 436-9892
Annual Fall Tag Sale & Bake Sale
Saturday, October 2nd, 2010
9:00am – 2:00pm
Fall into a good book! The West Warren Library is having a book sale and bake sale on Saturday, October 2nd! Come find a good read to enjoy over the winter months or get some homemade goodies! If you would like to rent a space, call the Hair Studio & Day Spa at 436-7220
ARMS ~ ABS & GLUTES !!!
Treat your Body Right!
It’s the only one you’ve got !
This is a 1 hour class that focuses on toning & strengthening the arms, abdominals and gluteus muscles (with music). Students should bring a bottle of water, two 3-4lb. hand weights, and a yoga matt to do floor work on.
Body Tone and Tension Release
Exercise and have fun at the same time.
This class is a ½ hour of Pilates movements to strengthen and tone your core, and a ½ hour of Yoga to help distress the body, while improving balance and flexibility.
The classes meet 2 times per. week, for 6 weeks (12 classes total)
(Arms – Abs & Glutes, alternating with Body Tone)
$35.00 per. student
September Exercise Dates (6:30 pm – 7:30 pm)
9/22 & 9/23
9/29 & 9/30
October Exercise Dates (6:30 pm – 7:30 pm)
10/7 & 10/8
10/13 &10/14
10/20 & 10/21
10/27 & 10/28
Students will need to bring a Yoga matt for floor work, and a pair of 3lb. hand weights. These can be purchased at Walmart or Ocean State Job Lot for a very reasonable cost. You may also want to bring a bottle of water.
Contact: Susan Tower (413) 436-9892
At the West Warren Public Library for details,
and reserve your spot!
Instructor: Debi Nau : certified AFAA group fitness instructor.
[All fitness levels are welcome[
Story Time for Tots
At the West Warren Library
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
10:00 am – 10:45 am
This month’s selection is Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, by Mo Willems
Children in attendance will learn why we don’t let the pigeon drive the bus.
For more information call 436-9892
Book Club
Monday, September 13th, 2010
7:00pm
Come join us for this month’s selection To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee, which just turned 50 in June.
“Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
A lawyer’s advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee’s classic novel—a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man’s struggle for justice—but the weight of history will only tolerate so much.
One of the best-loved classics of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has earned many dis-tinctions since its original publication in 1960. It has won the Pulitzer Prize, been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, and been made into an enormously popular movie. It was also named the best novel of the twentieth century by librarians across the country (Library Journal). HarperCollins is proud to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the book’s publication with this special hardcover edition
Book Club
Monday, August 9th, 2010
7:00m
Come join us for this month’s selection Tattoo Artist by Jill Ciment
“Ciment’s notable new novel (after Teeth of a Dog) narrates the vanguard life of a New York surrealist artist whose 30 years among South Pacific natives teaches her the sacred art of tattooing. Born at the turn of the century to Jewish immigrants, freethinking Sara escapes her seamstress job via Philip Ehrenreich, a banker’s son turned Marxist revolutionary who moves her into his Greenwich Village flat and introduces her to the New York art scene. They make a fabulous avant-garde couple until the New York art world goes bust in the run-up to WWII, and they take off for the South Seas in search of native art. Marooned on the island of Tu’un’uu, the castaways find their love tested when the natives forcibly tattoo their faces. Eventually, with no hope of escape, tattooing each other with the gorgeous dyes becomes a mournful expression of love and loss. After Philip’s untimely death, Sara becomes an elder craftsman of the religious art, rendering herself “a piece of living tapestry.” Three decades later Sara returns to New York after a roving Life magazine reporter discovers her on the island and photographs her, revealing her curious life’s work to the world. Though historically fantastic, Ciment’s latest is poignant and anthropologically intriguing.”-Publisher’s Weekly
A Little Green
Friday, July 16th, 2010
10:00am – 11:00am
Come enjoy a performance by Mary Jo Maichack, at the Warren Senior Center!
For more information call the library at 436-9892
Book Club
Monday, July 12th, 2010
7:00pm
Come join us for this month’s book club selection The Girl Who Played With Fire by Steig Larsson
“Fans of intelligent page-turners will be more than satisfied by Larsson’s second thriller, even though it falls short of the high standard set by its predecessor, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which introduced crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist and punk hacker savant Lisbeth Salander. A few weeks before Dag Svensson, a freelance journalist, plans to publish a story that exposes important people involved in Sweden’s sex trafficking business based on research conducted by his girlfriend, Mia Johansson, a criminologist and gender studies scholar, the couple are shot to death in their Stockholm apartment. Salander, who has a history of violent tendencies, becomes the prime suspect after the police find her fingerprints on the murder weapon. While Blomkvist strives to clear Salander of the crime, some far-fetched twists help ensure her survival. Powerful prose and intriguing lead characters will carry most readers along.”-Publisher’s Weekly
Community Blood Driver
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
2:00pm – 7:00pm
The Knights of Columbus, Masons, and West Warren Library are holding a community Blood Drive. The goal is to collect 40 pints of blood!!
Go Green
Friday, July 2nd – Agust 6th, 2010
10:00am – 11:00am
Come join us every Friday from 10:00am – 11:00am for our Summer Reading program! The theme this year will be Go Green!
For more information call the library at 436-9892
“And Now . . . Mark Twain”
Wednesday, July 30th, 2010
7:00pm – 9:00pm
A delightful look at the life and work of America’s foremost humorist. This one-person play is full of wit and wisdom and the special brand of storytelling that made him a legend in his time
2nd Annual Touch-a-Truck
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
4:00pm – 5:30pm
Ever wanted to see a firetruck up-close? Have you ever wondered what the inside would look like? Have you ever wanted to be in an ambulance? On June 29th, come visit the West Warren Library for the 2nd Annual Touch-a-Truck!
This year there will be a Rosenbauer fire truck and a McCoy Miller ambulance! There will also be a visit from the Warren Firefighters! No RSVP is needed! Event is free and open to the public!
For more information call a librarian at 436-9892
Uno’s Dough Rai$er
Friday, June 25th – Saturday, June 26th, 2010
Raise money for the West Warren Public Library just by raising your fork!
The UNO Chicago Grill in Sturbridge will donate up to 20% of your
check to the library if you present the coupon pictured while dinning.
FRIDAY, JUNE 25th
or
SUNDAY, JUNE 27th
Dine-In or Takeout, the library benefits!
Please invite all your friends so they too can enjoy a great meal, and at the same time help the West Warren Library!
Story Time for Tots
At the West Warren Library
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
10:00 am -10:45 am
This month’s selection is The Giving Tree, by Shel Silvertein.
Children in attendance will Children in attendance will learn how giving can be nice, but you don’t always need to next new better thing.
For more information call 436-9892
Book Club
Monday, June 7th, 2010
7:00pm
Come join us for this months selection Couldn’t Keep It To Myself: Testimonies from Out Imprisoned Sisters by Wally Lamb, and the women imprisoned in York Correctional Institution
“At the urgent request of the librarian at York Correctional Institution in Connecticut, Lamb (She’s Come Undone) organized a writing class for incarcerated women. The intention was to make writing a coping tool that might counter an epidemic of despair at the prison. The 12 pieces in this volume are the best of the students’ efforts, and as efforts they are noteworthy, offering memoirs of childhood and acute observations about prison life. In “Three Steps Past the Monkeys,” Nancy Birkla chronicles her dependence on drugs by describing her early dependence on candy. In “Christmas in Prison,” Robin Cullen describes a congregation at a prison church service as “a rainbow of skin tones, their chocolate, honey vanilla, and raspberry ripple-colored hair topped with crocheted red scrunchies that sit like cherries atop ice cream parlor hairdos.” All in all, the volume represents good student writing and a success from everyone’s point of view. If it is vying for shelf space with professional writers, it will probably (and justifiably) lose out. But if funds permit, it is worth considering.-Frances Sandiford, formerly with Green Haven Correctional Facility Lib., Stormville, NY Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.”-Publishers Weekly
Annual Spring Tag & Bake Sale
Saturday, May 15th, 2010
9:00am – 2:00pm
The West Warren Library is having a book sale and bake sale on Saturday, May 15th! If you would like to rent a space call the Hair Studio & Day Spa at 436-7220.
Story Time for Tots
At the West Warren Library
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
10:00 am -10:45 am
This month’s selection is How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?, by Jane Yolen.
Children in attendance will learn how dinosaurs say goodnight.
For more information call 436-9892
Book Club
Monday, May 3rd, 2010
7:00pm
Come join us for this months book selection The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
“With its rich characterizations and intriguing plot, the first book of the late Stieg Larsson’s completed trilogy, involving disgraced Swedish journalist-publisher Mikael Blomkvist and the eponymous, pierced and tattooed, emotionally troubled young hacker-investigator Lisbeth Salander, clearly deserves the acclaim it’s received overseas. Martin Wenner’s almost indifferent, British-accented narration would seem an odd choice for a novel filled with passion, sex and violence, but as the oddly coupled Blomkvist and Salander probe the four-decade-old disappearance of Harriet Vanger, heiress to one of Sweden’s wealthiest clans, the objective approach actually accentuates the extreme behavior of both and the strange subjects of their investigation. Wenner’s calm, controlled manner aids the listener in keeping track of the numerous members of the Vanger family, a task that the printed book simplifies with a reference page.” -Publishers Weekly
Interskate 91
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Come and join the West Warren Library at Interskate 91 on April 20th from 6pm-8pm. Enjoy a night filled with fun, laughter, and roller skating. Admission is $6 at the door, excluding skate rental.
See you there!
Story Time for Tots
At the West Warren Library
Tuesday, April 6th , 2010
10:00 am -10:45 am
This month’s selection is The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle.
Children in attendance will explore the life of the very hungry caterpillar through a story and a craft
For more information call 436-9892
Story of the Titanic
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
7:00pm – 8:00pm
The “Unsinkable” Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage April 10th 1919, and shortly before midnight April 14th collided with an iceberg. Come here the story of her luxurious beginnings and tragic ending, as told by Titanic enthusiast John Banack, on behalf of the West Warren Library and Warren Council on Aging. This event will be held Tuesday, March 30th at 7:00pm at the Senior Center, and is free and open to the public. For more information call 436-9892
Story Time for Tots
At the West Warren Library
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
10:00 am – 10:45 am
This month’s selection if One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, by Dr. Seuss
Children in attendance will explore the many adventures of Dr. Seuss and his friends.
For more information call 436-9892
Book Club
Monday, March 1st, 2010
7:00pm
Come join us for this months book selection Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
“When the NSA’s invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant, beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power. The NSA is being held hostage—not by guns or bombs—but by a code so complex that if released would cripple U.S. intelligence. Caught in an accelerating tempest of secrecy and lies, Fletcher battles to save the agency she believes in. Betrayed on all sides, she finds herself fighting not only for her country but for her life, and in the end, for the life of the man she loves.”- St. Martin’s Press
Butter Braid Fundraiser!
March, 1st – March 22nd, 2010
FUNDRAISER
The WEST WARREN LIBRARY is selling Butter Braid Pastries
**Orders will not be placed if payment is not received by March 24th!**
$11.00 Each
Bavarian Chocolate Creme
Apple
Blueberry Cream Cheese
Cinnamon
Raspberry
Cream Cheese
Orders Accepted, March 1st – March 22nd , 2010
Pickup, Monday March 29th at 5:30pm
E-mail or call in your order.
Checks Made Payable to the West Warren Library
PO Box 360
West Warren, MA 01092
**Orders will not be placed if payment is not received by March 24th!**
For MORE information Call the library at 436-9892
Story Time for Tots
At the West Warren Library
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
10:00 am -10:30 am
This month’s selection is Winnie the Pooh, by A.A Milne.
Children in attendance will explore the many adventures of Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh through story, play, and a craft.
For more information call 436-9892
Book Club
Monday, February 1st, 2010
7:00pm
Bring Your Own Book! Read a book of your own choice, and we will meet and explain (without giving away) the book that we read.
Breakfast with Santa
Saturday, December 20th, 2009
9:00am – 11:00am
Come have breakfast with Santa! Santa will be availible from 9:30-10:30. Pancakes and Sausage will be served.
Adults $5 Children $3
Parents please bring your own camera!
Tickets can be purchased at the Library or at the Hair Studio & Day Spa
Book Club
Monday, December 7th, 2009
7:00pm
Come join us for this months book selection the Guinea Pig Diaries by A.J. Jacobs
“Having already read the Encyclopedia Britannica from cover-to-cover (The Know-It-All) and spent a year living by every rule in the Bible (The Year of Living Biblically), Jacobs, a kind of latter-day George Plimpton, tests our patience and our funny bones once again with his smart-aleck, off-the-wall and uproarious experiments in living. No cross-dresser he, Jacobs lives a vicarious life as a beautiful woman, the experiment growing out of his role in persuading his son’s nanny, Michelle—a stunning beauty—to participate in an online dating service. He signs her up for the site, creates a profile for her, sifts through her suitors and co-writes her e-mails. Pretending to be Michelle, he learns not only the regret of rejection (having to let some guys down), but he also predictably discovers that there’s a lot of deceit, boasting and creepiness in Internet dating. In another experiment, Jacobs outsources everything in his life to a company in India, from his research for articles to a complaint letter to American Airlines. This experiment worked so well that he continues to use this company every few weeks to make car rental reservations or to do research for him. Although a coda of reflection follows the tale of each experiment, they provide no clarity or wisdom about his experiences. Everybody plays the fool sometimes, and with this book, Jacobs seems to have made a career out of it.”- Publisher’s Weekly
How to Pastel Paint As Impressionists Monet’s Magic Garden
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
6:00pm – 8:00pm
an Pastel Workshop for Audlts painting Monet’s Magic Garden, with award-winning pastel painter Gregory Maichack.
Book Club
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
7:00pm
please join us for this month’s selection, the Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns.
“The one thing you can depend on in Cold Sassy, Georgia, is that word gets around – fast. When Grandpa E. Rucker Blakeslee announces one July morning in 1906 that he’s aiming to marry the young and freckledy milliner, Miss Love Simpson – a bare three weeks after Granny Blakeslee has gone to her reward – the news is served up all over town with that afternoon’s dinner. And young Will Tweedy suddenly finds himself eyewitness to a major scandal. Boggled by the sheer audacity of it all, and not a little jealous of his grandpa’s new wife, Will nevertheless approves of this May-December match and follows its progress with just a smidgen of youthful prurience. As the newlyweds’ chaperone, conspirator, and confidant, Will is privy to his one-armed, renegade grandfather’s second adolescence; meanwhile, he does some growing up of his own. He gets run over by a train and lives to tell about it; he kisses his first girl, and survives that too. Olive Ann Burns has given us a timeless, funny, resplendent novel – about a romance that rocks an entire town, about a boy’s passage through the momentous but elusive year when childhood melts into adolescence, and about just how people lived and died in a small Southern town at the turn of the century. Inhabited by characters who are wise and loony, unimpeachably pious and deliciously irreverent, Cold Sassy, Georgia, is the perfect setting for the debut of a storyteller of rare brio, exuberance, and style.”
Annual Fall Fundraiser
Saturday, October 10th, 2009
9:00am – 2:00pm
The West Warren Library will have tables of books and bake sale goodie for sale in the fall fundraiser. Help support the Library!
Book Club
Monday, October 5th, 2009
7:00pm
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.
“This is a warm, funny, tender, and thoroughly entertaining celebration of the power of the written word. This marvelous debut novel, sure to have book club appeal, is highly recommended” -The Library Journal
Italian Buffet
Saturday, September 19th, 2009
4:00pm – 9:00pm
Italian Buffet Auction Dinner! tickets are $15, we will have a Live and Silent Auction and Raffles!!! 5-6 will be auction previews and dinner will be served at 6:00. Help support your local library!
Book Club
Monday, August 31st, 2009
7:00pm
This months book is The Secret History by Donna Tartt.
“The Secret History implicates the reader in a comspiract which begins in bucolic enchantment and ends exactly where is must – though a less gifted or fearless writer would never have been able to imagine such a rich skein of consequence. Donna Tartt has written a mesmerizing powerful novel, all the more surprising for being her first.” – Jay McInerney
Sun, Moon, Stars, Shine!
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
10:00am – 11:00am
Mary Jo Maichack will be blasting off with a magical story, for ages 4-12.
Summer Reading!!
Wednesday, June 24th – Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
10:00am – 11:00am
Reading can take you many places. This summer, join our summer reading program every WEDNESDAY at the West Warren Public Library and BLAST OFF into deep space! We’ll let you know more about your interplanetary destinations as details are released from mission control, but meanwhile, get ready for action and virtual space travel through the magic of reading.
