Join us downstairs in the Weston Theater (next to the Childrens' Room) on Friday, April 2 at 10:00 a.m. for Little Kids' Movietime!

The world’s most beloved and inquisitive monkey is back in Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey, the fun-filled sequel to the hit animated movie. Join Curious George and The Man with the Yellow Hat as they set out on a madcap cross-country adventure to reunite Kayla, a homesick elephant, with her family. This unlikely trio faces all types of comic calamities and colorful characters and in the end learn that with family, friends and determination you can achieve anything.

This film is Rated G. Admission is free and open to the public. The Children's Room will provide peanut-free snacks and drinks.

Gaming @ Your Library

It's the last full week of March, and you know what that means...

Gear up for Lane Memorial Library's third monthly Gaming Afternoon! Play Beatles Rock Band, Rock Band, Lego Batman, Madden 09... in the Lane Room on the big screen with surround sound! Feel free to bring your own X Box 360 compatible multi-player game rated T or under, if you'd rather play something else.

Anyone ages 10 and up welcome.
Friday 3/26/10 3:00-4:30 p.m. Come back for more gaming fun on the last Friday afternoon of every month!

Questions? Ask Kirsten: kcorbett@hampton.lib.nh.us, 926-3368, or see our blog , or our Facebook or MySpace pages.

Audiobooks and eBooks: best-selling and classic titles available anytime, anywhere

The Lane Memorial Library has expanded its services with audiobooks, language instruction, and ebooks available to download from the library's website. Library card holders can check out and download digital media anytime, anywhere by visiting our website at http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us

Users may browse the library's website, check out with a valid library card, and download to a PC, Mac, and many mobile devices.

Users will need to install free software. For audiobooks: OverDrive Media Console. To read eBooks, users will need Adobe Digital Editions.

Titles can be enjoyed immediately or transferred to a variety of devices, including iPod, Sony Reader, and many others. Some audio titles can also be burned to CDs to listen on the go. Titles will automatically expire at the end of the lending period. And there are no late fees!

Questions? Call us at (603) 926-3368.

The Twilight Book Club reads "Hotel on the corner of Bitter and Sweet"

On Tuesday, April 6th at 6:30 PM, the Twilight Book Club will meet to discuss Jamie Ford's Hotel on the corner of Bitter and Sweet.

Set mainly in the Seattle during the 1940s during the worst of WWII, Ford's novel illumines the world of young Henry Lee, and his growing friendship with Keiko Okabe, a Japanese American student. With his focus on the Asian immigrant experience and a grim reminder of the Japanese "resettlement" camps, Ford has crafted a memorable novel about endurance and hope in a time and place that should not be forgotten.

Book group copies are available at the Circulation Desk. For more information, contact Darrell Eifert at deifert (at) hampton.lib.nh.us

The Twilight Book Club meets on the first Tuesday of each month, from 6:30-8 p.m. in the Dorothy Little room.

Break Free from Perfect! - Author talk

On Saturday, March 27th at 10 AM, Eileen Palazzolo will be at the Lane Memorial Library to read from her new book FREE FROM PERFECT. After successfully battling an eating disorder, Eileen wrote this book to help others overcome debilitating and unrealistic dieting goals, to rise above the stereotypes she herself was pinned down by for so many years. "Yo-yo dieting, starvation and bulimia consumed my life," she laments, "until I began replacing self-hatred with self-love." "I believe that all 'diets' are a temporary state of hell. There is no such thing as a 'quick fix.'" That said, Palazzolo designed a program to last forever that has been leaving her students with feelings of self-empowerment, self-confidence and self-control. A fitness and gymnastics instructor who has run her "Free" program out of Southern NH for several years, Eileen will be on hand to answer questions from the audience, and sign copies of her book. For more information, contact Darrell Eifert at (603) 926-3368.

Weston Theater - "Sherlock Holmes"

Mark your calendars for Thursday, April 8th at 6:30 PM, and Saturday, April 10th at 3:30 PM for Sherlock Holmes, Guy Ritchie's ambitious reinvention of everyone's favorite literary detective. Starring Robert Downey Jr. as a brawling but brilliant Holmes and Jude Law as the long-suffering Dr. Watson, Ritchie's film moves along at a hurricane pace through the dark back alleys of old London as our heroes chase down a mesmeric cult leader rumored to have come back from the dead ...

Both movies are free of charge, with popcorn and drinks provided by the Friends of the Library.

MOMS' NIGHT OUT!!

If you are a Hampton mom in need of a free night away from it all (and what mom isn't in need of that?), the Children's Room has the remedy for you:

Please join us for our first-ever Moms' Night Out!

We are offering snacks at 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17th in the Lane Room, with the recently released DVD Up in the Air showing at 6 p.m. sharp.

Up in the Air was nominated for six Academy Awards, including best picture and best actor (George Clooney). It tells the story of a happy loner who travels from business to business firing people until some unexpected events shake up his own world.

The words "funny" and "fired" don't usually go together, but director Jason Reitman (Juno; Thank You for Smoking) is a master of finding the hilarious aspects of hairy situations.

Come see for yourself!

(And did we mention George Clooney? =)

Up in the Air is rated R and runs 109 minutes.

Please call us at 926-4729 or visit us in the Children's Room to reserve a spot.

We look forward to seeing you, ladies!

Saturday Matinee - "Ponyo"

Join us downstairs at the Lane Library's Weston Theater on Saturday, March 13 at 2:00 p.m. for PONYO.

From the Academy Award®-winning director and world-renowned Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki comes PONYO, a story inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Little Mermaid." This is a charming tale of a young and overeager goldfish and her quest to become human and reunite with Sosuke, a young boy she has befriended.

This film is Rated G for General Audiences. Admission is free and open to the public. The Children's Room will provide peanut-free snacks and drinks.

Quilt raffle winners

Congratulations to the winners of the recent quilt raffle held by the Friends of the Library:

The grand prize winner of the quilt was:  Skye Morabito

2nd place winner of an Eric Carle book and a $20 gift certificate from Barnes and Noble was:  Susan Smylie

3rd place winner of an Eric Carle book and a $10 gift certificate from Barnes and Noble was:  Patti Currie

And thank you again to Dona Janetos for making the quilt.