Library Matters
Volume 11, Issue 11
The newsletter of
Brockton Public Library
Life is Beautiful
Sons of Italy Christopher Columbus Lodge 216
Launch an Italian
Film Festival
Come enjoy Brockton Public Library’s new movie
screening system November
8, 2014, from 2 to 4 p.m. in
the Lingos Auditorium.
Thanks to the generous donation of the Brockton Library Foundation the Lingos Auditorium has been
rewired for a bigger and
better viewing experience.
To inaugurate this new system, Sons of Italy, Christopher Columbus Lodge 216
will host the first of its series of Italian themed movies with Life is Beautiful.
The movie stars Oscar
award winning, Roberto
Benigni who also directed
the film. Nicoletta Braschi
HOLIDAY PAPERCRAFTS
Can’t stand the cost of
specialized gift tags, or
commercial holiday cards
just aren’t you? Please
join Suzanne Jarnagin’s
free holiday paper craft
program, November 20,35 p.m. All the materials
you will need to make
unique cards and tags
will be provided. Just
bring your own favorite
pair of scissors! Call
Anne Fleming at 508-580
-7890 x 204 to register.
Spaces are limited.
and Giorgio Cantarini
play the other two leads.
This poignant story of a
father sheltering his son
from the reality of a Nazi
death camp by clever
story telling and a convincing ruse demonstrates the highest value
of familial love. The film
won Academy Award for
Best Original Score and
Best Foreign Language
Film.
Free pizza will be served
at intermission thanks
again to the Sons of Italy.
KRU RAW
ARTWORK BY
Jo Velhinho
and Soraia Melicio
Movimentu Shokanti
presents two very different visions in the art
work of Jo Velhino and
Soraia Melicio. From November 10-December 1
their art will grace the
walls of the Joseph A.
Driscoll Gallery at Brockton Public Library on 304
Main Street. Meet the artists on November 25, at
an art reception 5-8 p.m.
November 2014
Of Special
Interest:

The next Brockton
Public Library Book
Group will meet in the
Trustees Room on
November 22, 10
a.m.-noon, to discuss
the book Ghana Must
Go by Taiye Selasi.
New members are
always welcome.

The Council on Aging
Book Group will meet
on November 10,
10 a.m.-noon to
discuss The Storied
Life of A.J. Fikry by
Gabrielle Zevin.
Copies of the book
are available at the
Circulation Desk.

The Arnold Swartz
Gift Shop at the
Main Library is open
during regular
library hours for
your shopping
pleasure. All proceeds
benefit the Brockton
Library Foundation.
We greatly appreciate
your support.
Children’s Activities
STORY HOUR (Ages 3-6)
A weekly preschool story/craft
program will be held at the main
library on Wednesdays, November
5-December 10 from 10:30-11:15
a.m. Please sign up in the Children's Room.
TIME FOR TWOS - A program for
two year olds and their parent/
caregiver that includes stories,
nursery rhymes, fingeplays,songs,
and simple activities. It continues
at the main library on Thursdays,
November 6-December 11 (except
for November 27) from 10:30 a.m.
-11:15 a.m. Please sign up in the
Children’s Room.
WEST BRANCH WALK-IN
CRAFTS (Kindergarten-Grade
6) - Children can visit the West
Branch every Wednesday anytime
between 2-7 p.m. to work on a
craft project.
EAST BRANCH WALK-IN
CRAFTS (Ages 5 and up) Children can visit the East Branch
every Thursday anytime between
3-7 p.m. to work on a craft project.
BABY SIGN This introduction
helps parents to better communicate with their infants, toddlers
and preschools through the use
of basic American Sign Language.
The program is sponsored by
South Bay Early Intervention and
will be held on Friday, November
14 at 10:30 a.m.
LITTLE PENGUIN: PORORO’S
RACING ADVENTURE Pororo
and friends enter the Super Sled
Race in Northopia. Sign up for
this animated film in the Children’s Room to be seen November
15 at 2:30 p.m. Children under 12 must be accompanied
by an adult.
WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN
(Ages 3-8) Travel back in time
to the land of the pharaohs as
we explore the wonders of ancient Egypt through stories,
songs and crafts on Tuesday,
November 18 from 6:30-7:30
p.m. Please sign up in the
Children's Room.
THANKSGIVING WALK-IN
CRAFT (Kindergarten-Grade
6) Children may walk into the
main library anytime between
3-4:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 20 to work on a holiday project.
November Events
November 3 Knitting with Michelle 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the
Small Conference Room.
November 8 Brockton Public
Library welcomes Sons of Italy
Christopher Columbus Lodge
216 first monthly Italian movie,
Life is Beautiful in the Lingos
Auditorium 2–4p.m.
November 15 Knitting with
Michelle 10-noon in the Trustees
Room.
November 17 Explore Deep Time
with local scientist, David Bassett, 7-8 p.m. in the Lingos Auditorium.
November 20 Create original
holiday cards and gift tags with
Suzanne Jarnagin in the large
conference room, 3-5 p.m. Register by calling 508-580-7890 x.
204. Free!
the Trustees’ Room10 a.m.-noon.
November 25 Trading Card Game
Night in the children’s craft room
6:30-7:30 p.m.
November 26-27 Brockton Public
Library (all locations) will close at
noon on Wednesday through
Thursday in honor of Thanksgiving Day.
November 22 Brockton Public
Library Book Group will discuss
Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi in
New Books and Movies
Nonfiction
Fiction
Movies
Even This I Get to Experinece Norman Lear
The Arrivals - Melissa Marr
Batman: the Dark
Knight Returns
The Expo Files - Stieg Larsson
Fire Shut Up in My Bones - Charles
M. Blow
Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured Kathryn Harrison
Slim By Design : Mindless Eating
Solutions - Brian Wansink
Page 2
The Humans - Matt Haig
Crooked River - Valerie Geary
The Distance - Helen Giltrow
Living with Cancer
Nora Webster - Colm Toibin
Out of the Clear
Blue Sky
Proof Positive: a Joe Gunther
Novel - Archer Mayor
Scatter My Ashes
at Bergdorf’s
The Zone of Interest - Martin
Amis
Secrets of the Vatican
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