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Roberta LaMonaca, Director of Library Services |
WELCOME TO PROSSER PUBLIC LIBRARY 1 TUNXIS AVENUE, BLOOMFIELD, CT 06002
860-243-9721 (Prosser Adult) 860-242-2972 (Prosser Children) 860-242-0041 (McMahon Wintonbury Library) |
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Unless
otherwise noted, programs are held at Prosser Public
Library.
Join us for a dramatic play reading of The Gin Game by D.L. Coburn. Weller Martin and Fonsia Dorsey, residents at a nursing home, strike up an acquaintance and begin to enjoy each other's company. Weller offers to teach Fonsia how to play gin rummy, and while playing, they engage in lengthy conversations about their families and their lives in the outside world. Gradually, each conversation becomes a battle, much like the ongoing gin games. This play won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1978. Reader's Theater is a group of local actors working under the direction of Myron Gubitz. Registration is appreciated.
Join us for a discussion of the
book Too Much Happiness featuring ten stories by
Alice Munro, winner of the 2009 Man Booker International
Prize. With clarity and ease, Alice Munro once again renders
complex, difficult events and emotions into stories that
shed light on the unpredictable ways in which men and women
accommodate and often transcend what happens in their lives.
Too Much Happiness is a compelling, provocative -
even daring - collection. All readers are welcome. Copies of
the book are now available at Prosser Public Library for
readers to borrow.
Author Visit: Robert Steele
Author and former
Connecticut representative Robert Steele will discuss and
sign his new novel, The Curse: Big-Time Gambling's Seduction
of a Small New England Town. The novel begins in 1637 with
the massacre of the Pequot Indians and a Pequot sachem's
curse aimed at the young English soldier who is about to
kill him. Forward 350 years to the soldier's 13th generation
descendant, who becomes embroiled in a battle to stop a
fictional Indian tribe from building a casino that threatens
his town and ancestral home. Copies of the book will be
available for purchase and signing. Registration is
appreciated.
Introduction to
Microsoft Word 2010 Level II In this class, participants will practice using the most popular tools in Microsoft Word 2010, including hyperlinks, tables, and pictures/clipart. Prerequisite: Familiarity with a computer, keyboard, and mouse. Each participant will use a laptop provided by the library. Please register as class space is limited.
Prosser Public Library will show the French movie Persepolis in collaboration with Bloomfield High School. This film series will highlight teen and adult friendly international films. Admission for the movie is a non-perishable item which will be donated to the Bloomfield Foodbank. Register for a reminder.
The book is called The
Bangkok World and is a memoir, with stories about the
author's time in Bangkok in the 1970s. Horgan went to
Vietnam for the war, and stayed in Asia, specifically
Thailand, where he ran one of the two English language
newspapers. It's historical, funny, lighthearted, and
moving. Denis Horgan has won a variety of awards and honors
over the past 20 years as a columnist for The Hartford
Courant. Registration is appreciated. Copies of the book
will be available for purchase and signing.
Introduction to
Microsoft Word 2010 Level II In this class, participants will practice using the most popular tools in Microsoft Word 2010, including hyperlinks, tables, and pictures/clipart. Prerequisite: Familiarity with a computer, keyboard, and mouse. Each participant will use a laptop provided by the library. Please register as class space is limited.
Mac Users Group
Join facilitator Marc Edrich for
an informal gathering of Apple product users. Share your
knowledge or bring your questions. Attendees are encouraged
to bring their Apple device to the session. Registration is
appreciated.
Basic
Introduction to Computers Level II
In this class, participants will
learn about file structure in Microsoft Windows, how to use
a flash drive, and basic computer system controls.
Prerequisite: Familiarity with a mouse. Each participant
will use a laptop provided by the library. Please register
as class space is limited.
Foreign Films for Charity:
The Power of
One Prosser Public Library will show the movie The Power of One in collaboration with Bloomfield High School. This film series will highlight teen and adult friendly international films. Admission for the movie is a non-perishable item which will be donated to the Bloomfield Foodbank. Register for a reminder.
A CT Humanities Program at Prosser Public Library in Bloomfield. Food Stamped is an informative and humorous film following a couple as they attempt to head a healthy, well-balanced diet on a food stamp budget. Through their adventures the couple consults with members of U.S. Congress, nutrition experts, and people living on food stamps to take a deeper look at America’s broken food system. Discussion following the film will be moderated by Brian Trent. Registration is appreciated.
Teddy Bear, a film from Denmark directed by Mads Matthiesen. Dennis is a painfully shy 38 year old bodybuilder living with his mother in a suburb of Copenhagen. He is inspired by his uncle to make a trip to Thailand in search of true love. In The New York Times Manohla Dargis wrote about this film: “An unexpected charmer.” See the film and stay after it for casual conversation. Call for information.
In this class, participants will learn about file structure in Microsoft Windows, how to use a flash drive, and basic computer system controls. Prerequisite: Familiarity with a mouse. Each participant will use a laptop provided by the library. Please register as class space is limited.
The Rite of Spring
was written for the
1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes
company with choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky. Its premiere
shocked the musical world. Never before had such audacious,
provocative harmonies, rhythms and orchestration been
experienced by an audience. No 20th century
composition has been so controversial and sparked as much
discussion. This groundbreaking music has now become a
staple of the orchestral repertory and is deemed a
masterpiece. Jeffrey Engel will detail the riotous premiere
of Sacre du Printemps and explain the multiple
changes in Stravinsky’s style between 1910 and 1920.
Excerpts from a performance of the ballet will be shown.
Registration is appreciated.
Reader's Theater:
Dramatic Play Reading of Agnes of God by John
Pielmeier Agnes of God tells the story of a novice nun who gives birth and insists that the dead child was the result of a virgin conception. A psychiatrist and the mother superior of the convent clash during the resulting investigation. The title is a pun on the Latin phrase Agnus Dei (Lamb of God). Prosser Public Library continues with its series of Monday evening dramatic play readings by the Reader’s Theater, featuring area actors under the direction of Myron Gubitz. Registration is appreciated.
Fast-paced and gripping, infused
with a historian's exactitude, The Alienist conjures
up the Gilded Age and its untarnished underside: verminous
tenements and opulent mansions, corrupt cops and flamboyant
gangsters, shining opera houses and seamy gin mills. Here is
a New York during an age when questioning society's belief
that all killers are born, not made, could have unexpected
and mortal consequences. Copies of the book are available
at Prosser. Call to register.
Light Classical Music
Appreciation Series In the summer work is lighter, people dress lighter, eat lighter, and listen lighter. The library will present five programs of light classical music, courtesy of Jack Brin and his boom box. Musical excerpts with commentary by Mr. Brin. Please sign up for Wednesdays from 1:00 – 2:30 OR 6:30 - 8 PM. Minimum of 12 registrations is required for the class to be presented. June 19: Marches & Dances: These little gems have the catchiest melodies and rhythms in the shortest amount of time. Many come from opera and ballet. Some were composed for movement, while others are strictly for listening. A light-hearted beginning for the series.
June
26: Bach for Popular Consumption: Johann
Sebastian Bach died in 1750, and was soon overshadowed by
his sons, Haydn, and Mozart. The next century elevated
Bach to the highest level as one of the composers whose name
would appear on any list of "ten greatest composers."
Much of his music is "monumental." In the mid 20th century
some of Bach’s music got a breath of fresh air with
recordings by the Swingle Singers and others. Enjoy some of
the originals and their adaptations.
Civil War Medicine Civil War Medicine, a presentation by Dr. Robert Bedard at Prosser Public Library in Bloomfield. Quinine, morphine and whiskey were among the tools of the Civil War battlefield. Dr. Bedard, a Union re-enactor and physician will bring medical instruments and medicines from the Civil War era to illustrate his presentation. Dr. Bedard will share his enthusiasm and considerable knowledge of Civil War era medicine. Registration is appreciated.
Where do
people go to talk about their concerns after the trauma of
Newtown, Boston and other current events? Worried about the
mental health of our young people? This conversation
collage will be an opportunity for people to bring their
ideas and family concerns to share with each other and with
Suzanne Fieldman, MSW in social work and retired
psychiatrist Dr. Robert Doherty. No registration required.
Meetings are planned for June 24, July 29 and August 26.
People are invited to attend one or all of the meetings.
Fans of Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe meet to discuss his books. Discuss the second Nero Wolfe book, The League of Frightened Men. In The League of Frightened Men, Nero Wolfe tries to find evidence against a self-confessed murderer seeking revenge on a group of former schoolmates. Join Wolfe fan Marilyn Schaffer for this discussion. Copies of the book are available at Prosser. Call to register.
It’s a breakfast meeting. A time to meet with other local business people to network, learn best practices, discover ways businesses can support each other. Concepts based on the Book Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill will be used as guidelines in the approach to discussion. This is not networking as you may have known it in the past. The purpose is to empower people to be successful in business. Encouragement not competition. Local business woman Eunice Medwinter will facilitate the idea exchange. Please register. |
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