Derby Public Library to show movie 'Love Again' Tuesday

 

Derby Public Library to launch new book, '350 Years of Derby History' Saturday

 The Library is at 313 Elizabeth St., Derby.

Derby Public Library to show 'Barbie' movie

If you didn't have the time or energy to do Barbenheimer this past summer (Barbie and Oppenheimer), at Derby Public Library you can watch both movies with a week in between:

Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. 

However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.

Studio: Warner Bros
RunTime: 116 Minutes
Rated: PG-13
Starring: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling

'Barbie' will be shown at 1 p.m. Jan. 9. The Library is at 313 Elizabeth St., Derby.

No registration needed - light snack provided.
Contact: Reference Desk 203-736-1482 dplreference@biblio.org

This is shared from the Library's events calendar.

Derby Public Library to host 'The Fright Before Christmas' with Jeff Belanger

6 p.m. Nov. 27Derby Public Library313 Elizabeth St., Derby

Please register at https://bit.ly/3QwlRyv
Putting FEAR back into this festive time of year....
“There'll be scary ghost stories / And tales of the glories / of Christmases long, long ago…”

Author, researcher, storyteller, podcaster, and explorer of the unexplained, Belanger returns to the Derby Public Library to share stories and lore from his new book, "The Fright Before Christmas: Surviving Krampus and Other Yuletide Monsters."

His new book delves into the folklore of Krampus and other yuletide beasties and ghosts coming for us in "The Fright Before Christmas." Join us as Belanger explores some of the darker sides of the holidays.

One of New England’s premiere legend storytellers, Jeff is the award-winning, Emmy-nominated host, writer, and producer of the New England Legends series on PBS and Amazon Prime, and is the author of over a dozen books on the paranormal (published in six languages). He also hosts the popular New England Legends weekly podcast. For more on Belanger please visit www.jeffbelanger.com
This will be an evening you won’t forget! 
The is shared from the Library's Facebook page.

'Turnback Tuesday' features 'Salt Box House' author's words

Turnback Tuesday takes another look at the Salt Box House (photo taken circa 1900.)

This is how author Jane de Forest saw the home that was the inspiration for her book, Salt Box House:

“The old house looks as if it had stood in the path of a tornado. But it only yielded to the pressure of the hand of time weighted with the vagaries of New England’s climate.

"Set on CT's hills with her extremes of heat and cold to try their temper; and the old house, though firm in its foundation and staunch in its up-rearing, after bearing itself bravely for one hundred and thirty years, fell, as an old man falls by the wayside – when the knees give way and the head drops forward – all of a heap!”

*Below is the link to last Tuesday's post about The Salt Box House:

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2017319057088263722/3445645468062233676

Thanks goes to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting local history each week.