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All Public Events for April 2009

Knit and K'Nosh

Saturday, April 4
2:00 to 4:00 pm
Higgins Room

Join in an afternoon of knitting at the Library. Bring your knitting supplies and the Library will provide the snacks. Socialize with other knitters and lend each other help and encouragement. Just drop in.

Contact Nancy Kuhn-Clark at 291-4843 nkuhn-clark@westportlibrary.org for more information.

AUTHORS@THE LIBRARY: Nina Planck

Tuesday, April 7
9:30 am
McManus Room

Nina Planck, one of the great food activists who challenged the way old-fashioned foods like butter were viewed with her groundbreaking Real Food , will discuss her newest book Real Food for Mother and Baby: The Fertility Diet, Eating for Two, and Baby’s First Foods . When she got pregnant, never one to accept conventional wisdom blindly, Nina found the usual advice about pregnancy and baby food riddled with myths and misunderstandings. In Real Food for Mother and Baby , she explains why many modern ideas about pregnancy and infant nutrition are wrongheaded and why traditional foods are best.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Murder 203: Connecticut's Mystery Festival

Saturday and Sunday, April 18 and 19

An exciting new two day event at the Easton and Westport libraries for mystery fans and writers. Panel discussions, book signings, writing tips from the professionals, and a unique opportunity to mingle with fellow crime fiction enthusiasts.

Check back soon for details! Questions? Email Jane Murphy at jmurphy@westportlibrary.org.

AUTHORS@THE LIBRARY: Seth Davis

Wednesday, April 22
7:30 pm
McManus Room

Local author Seth Davis, on-air analyst for CBS, College Sports Television, and staff writer at Sports Illustrated , discusses the dramatic story, told in his book When March Went Mad: The Game That Transformed Basketball , of how two legendary players, Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Larry Bird, burst on the scene in an NCAA championship that gave birth to modern basketball.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Jobseekers Resource Seminar

Wednesday, April 22
10:00 am
McManus Room

Learn about the excellent Library resources that will make you an informed job seeker and find out about the wide array of free services available to you at the CT Dept. of Labor. For more information, e-mail ref@westportlibrary.org or call 203-291-4800.

MUSIC@THE LIBRARY: Mustard's Retreat

Sunday, April 26
2:00 pm
McManus Room

The duo of David Tamulevich and Michael Hough, Mustard’s Retreat, has been delighting audiences for over 35 years. Whether singing their own gentle love songs and vivid ballads, telling tall tales or offering treasures from America's vast traditional song bag. They discovered their mutual love of folk music while working as cooks at the Brown Jug Cafe in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where both attended the University of Michigan. More then anything, Mustard’s Retreat are storytellers and preservationists of folk’s oral tradition. “It’s a process I’m thrilled to be part of,” Tamulevich said. “You can do a nostalgia show but the best folk show evokes that nostalgia in contemporary terms. I think a strength we have is we were there in the ‘60s as teenagers. I think of us as troubadours.”

Gallery Talk

Frederick Douglass
April 1, 2009, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Great Hall South Gallery First floor Thomas Jefferson building
Adrienne Cannon of the Manuscript Division discusses "Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln" in the "With Malice Toward None" exhibition. Contact: (202) 707-9203

Civil War Ends
April 8, 2009, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Great Hall South Gallery First floor Thomas Jefferson building
John Sellers, curator of the "With Malice Toward None" exhibition, presents a talk titled "The Civil War Comes to an End." Contact: (202) 707-9203

Sketch Artists
April 15, 2009, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Great Hall South Gallery First floor Thomas Jefferson building
Sara Duke of the Prints and Photographs Division discusses "Sketch Artists in the Time of Lincoln" in the "With Malice Toward None" exhibition. Contact: (202) 707-9203

Emancipation Proclamation
April 16, 2009, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Great Hall South Gallery First floor Thomas Jefferson building
Pam Craig of the Law Library of Congress discusses the Emancipation Proclamation in celebration of Emancipation Day in the "With Malice Toward None" exhibition. Contact: (202) 707-9203

Lincoln Assassination
April 22, 2009, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Great Hall South Gallery First floor Thomas Jefferson building
Clark Evans of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division discusses the "The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln" in the "With Malice Toward None" exhibition. Contact: (202) 707-9203

Lincoln Memorial
April 29, 2009, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Great Hall South Gallery First floor Thomas Jefferson building
Ford Peatross of the Prints and Photographs Division presents a talk on "The Making of the Lincoln Memorial" in the "With Malice Toward None" exhibition. Contact: (202) 707-9203