Author John Grisham on the Value of Libraries & Librarians

There will be a special meeting of the GFJ Library Board of Trustees on Wednesday, January 11 at 6:30 PM to interview board candidates. The regular January 19 monthly meeting will begin at 6:30 instead of 7:00 in order to interview another candidate. The regular meeting on the 19th will follow immediately at 7 PM.

Join us tomorrow, Oct. 11 @ 1PM in the downstairs meeting room for a free screening of: Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic: Opening Night with Lang Lang. Doors open at 12:45. Bring a friend!

GFJ’s 2015 Quilt Raffle has begun!  This year’s quilt by Carol Bunnell celebrates our library’s 100th birthday.  Tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00 and can be purchased at our Information Desk.  Proceeds go to support library children’s programs and services.  The drawing will be December 1.  Participate early and often!  

Have you tried Mango, GFJ’s online foreign language learning suite? Here’s a brief introduction video.  Click the Mango icon on our web site (www.gfjlibrary.org) to begin (requires a GFJ-issued library card). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dubBh-WgmXo

OK Downton lovers. If you haven’t had enough of Lord Grantham running Downton into the ground, you might try these, all owned by GFJ (along with the first three seasons of Downton): Books Bentley, Nicolas. Edwardian album: a photographic excursion into a lost age. Carnarvon, Countess of. Lady Almina & the real Downton Abbey Fellows,…

Mother Goose story time will be cancelled on Thursday, February 12th due to illness. We will have all regular story times next week during the schools’ winter break.