News & Notes from the Blanding Library

Annual Book Sale Oct. 6-8

• Fri. Oct. 6: Friends Preview, 5-7
• Sat. Oct. 7: General Sale, 10-3
• Sun. Oct. 8: Close-out sale, 12-3
• Raffle prize drawing at 3 pm Sun.

All proceeds to benefit library

“Star-Crossed” Author Talk       
The Blanding will host an author visit on Thurs. Oct. 12 at 6:30. Heather Dune Macadam and Simon Worrall will discuss their new book, “Star Crossed: A True Romeo and Juliet Story in Hitler’s Paris”. An epic story of love and resistance during the Nazi occupation of France, it tells the tragic story of a Catholic Resistance fighter and a Holocaust victim who meet and fall in love in Paris. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.

Halloween Happenings
Author Barry Lee Dejasu will visit the Blanding on Tues. Oct. 24 at 6:30. Enjoy a spooky evening with this long-time Rehoboth resident as he shares his tales of the dark, the weird, and the horrific, reading from his short story collection, “Black City Skyline and Darker Horizons”. He plans to share a story that takes place in Rehoboth, about a certain red-headed phantom hitchhiker on Rt. 44. Copies of the book will be available for purchase.

“Chilling Tales”: More Halloween fun will take place on Mon. Oct. 30 at 6:30. Cozy up with a cup of cider as readers share spooky stories and poems in dimly lit Goff Hall. For ages 12 and up.

Let’s Go on a Spider Hunt! Come to the library for a spider hunt from Oct. 16-31. Prizes will be awarded to those who find 15 or more spiders, or find them all for an extra challenge!

Story Times & Legos
Story & Craft Hour for children ages 3 and up continues on Thursdays from 10:30 to 11:30. Baby and Toddler story times are on Tuesdays from 10:30 to 11. Siblings are welcome at both programs. No registration necessary for programs. The next Legos at the Library will be from 11 to 2 on Sat. Oct. 21.

Puppet Show Nov. 7
Pumpernickel Puppets presents “Sir George and the Dragon” for children ages 3 and up on Tues. Nov. 7 from 2 to 3pm. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Blanding Library.

History Group Returns
Hank Coleman is continuing his history discussion group at the library on Wednesdays mornings at 11. In the coming weeks, Hank will focus on the pace of human activity following the Civil War and events unfolding in Europe during the last decades of the Nineteenth Century and their dramatic impact on social, political, economic and military structures. This group is open to all with an interest in history. For more details, contact hjcoleman@comcast.net.

The Blanding Public Library, 124 Bay State Rd. Rehoboth is open Monday through Thursday from 10 to 8, and on Friday and Saturday from 10 to 4. Closed on Sundays and holidays, including Mon. Oct. 9.  Visit www.blandinglibrary.net or call 508-252-4236.