Gaming @ Your Library

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

Gear up for Lane Memorial Library's monthly Gaming Afternoon! Play Beatles Rock Band, Rock Band, Lego Batman, Madden 09... in the air-conditioned 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, along with controllers. Lane Library owns all of the Rock Band instrument controllers, but only one regular controller.

Anyone ages 10 and up welcome.
Friday 5/28/10 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.

"Alice in Wonderland" June 9 & 12

Join us on Wednesday, June 9th (note the change from our usual Thursday!) at 5:45 PM and again on Saturday, June 12th at 2:30 PM for a showing of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (rated PG) in our Weston Theater in the Lane Room. A cinematic and visual treat, Burton's twist on the classic tale has Alice (Mia Wasikowska), now 19 years old, return to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embark on a journey to discover her true destiny. This Wonderland is a world beyond your imagination and unlike anything you’ve seen before, with Lewis Carroll's characters coming to life richer and more colorful than ever. There’s the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), the White Queen (Anne Hathaway), the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter), the White Rabbit (Michael Sheen) and more. A triumphant cinematic experience – Alice In Wonderland is an incredible feast for your eyes, ears and heart that will captivate audiences of all sizes.

Admission is free with popcorn and drinks provided by the Friends of the Lane Library.

Little Kids' Movietime Classics!

Join us at the Lane Library Weston Theater on Friday, May 28 at 10:00 a.m. for Little Kids' Movietime Classics. Come check out the Flintstones: Find out how Bam-Bam first joined Barney and Betty's family and watch the hilarious antics when Dino disappears! Share some of your favorite childhood cartoons with your children and everyone will have a "yabba dabba doo time".

The Flintstones is not rated. This show is free and open to the public. Snacks and drinks will be provided.

Mom's Night Out for May

If you are a Hampton mom in need of a free night away from it all before the kids are out of school for the WHOLE summer, the Children's Room has the solution for you:

Please join us for our last Moms' Night Out until next Fall!

We are offering snacks at 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, May 26th in the Lane Room Weston Theater, with the recently released DVD It's Complicated showing at 6:00 p.m.

It's Complicated is Rated R and runs 2 hours. This movie is free and open to the public (Ladies Only, please!). Please drop by or call the Children's Room at 926-4729 to reserve a spot.

Shake it up with some new magazines

Have you read The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin? Each month for a year Gretchen decided to do something different in her life to promote happiness. During the month of May, under the theme "Be Serious About Play," she indulged in three new magazines. She admitted at the end of the month she spent too much money on this, but she loved learning new things.

Take a cue from Gretchen. But instead of spending $$$, come to the library and try out three new magazines you've never read before.

Addicted to Architectural Digest? Try Outside.

Like Cooks Illustrated? Try Chile Pepper.

Or take an indulgent peek at Mad Magazine - we dare you! Nobody's looking.

Jolt yourself out of your routine. Try something new at the library today.

Love is in the Air

Are you getting married soon? Are you addicted to that show Say Yes to the Dress?

The library has some new books you'll definitely want to check out while planning your big day.

Knack planning your wedding: a step-by-step guide to creating your perfect day, by Blair deLaubenfels, Christy Weber, and Kim Bamberg



Weddings, from the editors of In Style



The wedding book : the big book for your big day, by Mindy Weiss with Lisbeth Levine

Mad Hatter Tea Party Theater

This year, the Lane Memorial Library is celebrating Mad Hatter Day with a special viewing of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. (We're going with the British date to coincide with the release of the DVD.)

You've heard of dinner theater? Well, we're having a Mad Hatter Tea Party Theater! We'll munch on traditional English tea things before and while we enjoy the newly released movie on the big screen in Lane Library's Weston Theater. Tea is served at 4:00 p.m. on June 10.

This program is open to library patrons ages 10-19. Sign-up is necessary due to the dining aspect of this theater experience. Please contact Teen Services Librarian Kirsten Corbett @ 926-3368 or by email: kcorbett@hampton.lib.nh.us.

Alice in Wonderland is rated PG. Tim Burton brings his unique take on the classic Lewis Carroll story about a girl named Alice to the big screen. Alice falls down a rabbit-hole into a fantasy realm populated by talking playing cards, the raging Red Queen and a stark raving Mad Hatter.

Questions? Call 926-3368, or see our blog , or our Facebook or MySpace pages.

Do You Mango?

Going to a foreign country this summer? Need to learn directions in Chinese? Want to converse with our summer guest workers in Russian? Or do you simply want to brush up on your high school French?

We've got the solution for you: Mango Languages. Mango is an online language learning system that can help you learn languages today. You can see it written out and hear it spoken. Think Rosetta Stone, but accessible 24 hours a day at your computer.

Sign up with your library card number.
1. Go to our website http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us
2. Click on Mango Languages under Research Databases
3. Register with your email address so you can track your progress.

Get started today!