Another Look Book Club to meet Monday at Derby Neck Library

Another Look Book Club at Derby Neck Library invites readers to explore familiar stories through modern works that reclaim, subvert, or expand the original text. 

Each title is a reimagining or response to well-known fairytales, myths, or classics--taking us from the Brothers Grimm to Jane Austen, Alice in Wonderland to the Odyssey, and more. 

Through guided discussions, community dialogue, and shared reflection, participants gain a deeper understanding of both the source material and its inclusive reinterpretation. 

Another Look Book Club is a space for curious readers, critical thinkers, and anyone excited to broaden the horizons of their literary world.

This month's pick: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Registration not required; coffee and light refreshments provided.

The Library is at 307 Hawthorne Ave., Derby.

Another Look Book Club to meet June 15 at Derby Neck Library

 From the Library website:

Another Look Book Club invites readers to explore familiar stories through modern works that reclaim, subvert, or expand the original text. Each title is a reimagining or response to well-known fairytales, myths, or classics--taking us from the Brothers Grimm to Jane Austen, Alice in Wonderland to the Odyssey, and more.

Through guided discussions, community dialogue, and shared reflection, participants gain a deeper understanding of both the source material and its inclusive reinterpretation. Another Look Book Club is a space for curious readers, critical thinkers, and anyone excited to broaden the horizons of their literary world.

The Library is at 307 Hawthorne Ave., Derby.

Plumb Memorial Library hosting 'Repeat Reads' of classic novels

Repeat Reads
Plumb Memorial Library
Nov. 19, 6 p.m.
Repeat Reads is now on the second Monday of each month! 

Adults re-read (or read for the first time) classic favorites from youth. 

This month’s book is Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. 

Come debate the merits and values, share tea and snacks. 

Drop in for a reader’s happy hour. Group meets in the Connecticut Room. 

Copies are available at Plumb Memorial Library, 65 Wooster St., Shelton.


This is shared from the Shelton Library System Facebook page.

Valley Shakespeare Festival announces 2018 tour program

SHELTON - Valley Shakespeare Festival, the Naugatuck Valley’s only nonprofit outdoor theater company, has announced its 2018 tour program, VSF2U. 

In addition to its annual outdoor production in July, VSF will bring its unique brand of classical theater to your organization’s own venue! 

Over the past five years VSF entertained and educated audiences in schools, senior centers, homeless shelters, libraries, restaurants, and yes, even bars. 
Each of these venues brings with it its own set of challenges, but also wondrous varieties of opportunity.

The 2018 tour offering will be Shakespeare’s classic tale of ambition-gone-bad, Macbeth. 

No matter what your organization’s mission is, be it education (VSF’s Education Initiative program is designed in compliance with Connecticut's common core directives to include lessons in literacy, historical perspective and social integration), team-building (a new “must” in today’s corporate world), or just plain entertainment the  Valley Shakespeare Festival’s tour program has you covered.

The Education Initiative program is designed specifically with schools in mind. 

It includes a 30 minute in-classroom workshop led by our professional teaching artists prior to a full adapted performance of the play (which lasts approximately 90 minutes) and concludes with a 10-15 minute Q&A. 
The classroom workshop prepares students for the performance and concentrates on helping them to understand the language, the historical and social perspective of the time, and to interpret its lessons and apply them to contemporary issues.

Some or all of the above components of the tour program can be adapted to your organization’s needs, choosing as many or as few of the program’s three components as you require. 

The cost can be adjusted accordingly.

Capacity is limited to 150 audience members per performance as the program is an interactive environment.

VSF2U’s MACBETH will run from late April through mid-May, 2018. The program is one of the least costly of its kind and books up quickly, so we encourage all interested organizations to contact us as soon as possible to save your date.

For information, call 203-513-9446 or email info@vsfestival.org.

VSF2U brings the classics to your door in a relaxed, inclusive, accessible atmosphere designed to educate, enlighten and entertain!

This is a press release from Valley Shakespeare Festival.