Summer Movie Series

"Make a Splash" with these Wednesday night movies in the air-conditioned Weston Theater:

July 7 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 5:30 p.m.
Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightly
Buena Vista Pictures; Directed by Gore Verbinski
Rated PG-13; 2003
Charming rogue pirate Jack Sparrow (Depp) loves his life of adventure on the Caribbean Sea. All of his pleasure is brought to an end, however, when his nemesis Captain Barbossa (Rush) steals his ship. When Elizabeth Swann, the daughter of the governor, is captured by Barbossa aboard the Black Pearl Elizabeth’s childhood friend Will Turner joins with Jack to rescue the girl and get his ship back in this rollicking adventure.



July 14 Into the Blue 5:45 p.m.
Paul Walker, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin, Scott Caan
MGM/UA; Directed by John Stockwell
Rated PG-13; 2005
A group of friends is scuba diving off the coast of Florida and comes across the sunken wreckage of an airplane. Unfortunately for them, it is the illegal cargo of a drug lord who will do anything to get it back.




July 21 Splash 5:45 p.m.
Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, Eugene Levy
Walt Disney Pictures; Directed by Ron Howard
Rated PG; 111 minutes; 1984
A successful businessman (Tom Hanks) feels like life and love have passed him by. Until—SPLASH—he falls into the ocean and in love with the mysterious beauty (Daryl Hannah) that rescues him and then disappears. However, they are soul mates irresistibly drawn to each other and they meet again. But their romance is threatened by his hero’s secret . . . she’s a mermaid.



July 28 Jaws 5:30 p.m.
Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss
Universal Pictures; Directed by Steven Spielberg
Rated PG; 124 minutes; 1975
There has never been a movie or a phenomenon like JAWS, the terrifying motion picture from the horrific best seller and one of the most popular films of all time. Directed by Steven Spielberg and acclaimed by critics worldwide, JAWS continues to shock moviegoers with its riveting tale of three men who become allied in a life-and-death hunt to destroy a killer embodying nearly three tons of instant white death.



August 11 Blue Crush 5:45 p.m.
Kate Bosworth, Matthew Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Sanoe Lake
Universal Pictures; Directed by John Stockwell
Rated PG-13; 2002
Anne Marie gets up every morning to attack the surf and practice for the Rip Masters surf competition. She has moved to Hawaii on her own and lives her life only for the surf scene. When she meets pro quarterback Matt Tollman she falls for him and loses her balance in and out of the waves.



August 18 Beaches 5:30 p.m.
Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey
Touchstone Pictures; Directed by Garry Marshall
Rated PG; 123 minutes; 1988
A warm and compelling drama about two strikingly different women (Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey) who meet as children under the boardwalk in Atlantic City and whose one-day encounter is the beginning of a lifelong friendship.



August 25 Fool’s Gold 5:45 p.m.
Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson
Warner Bros.; Directed by Andy Tennant
Rated PG-13; 113 minutes; 2008
Ben and Tess Finnegan are a couple on the verge of a divorce. Ben is a surf bum-turned-treasure hunter who is obsessed with finding the legendary 18th century Queens Dowry and he has risked everything including his marriage to find the treasure. The two find themselves on an adventure together that just might rekindle their romance.



September 1 The Perfect Storm 5:30 p.m.
George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg,
John C. Reilly, Diane Lane
Warner Bros; Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Rated PG-13; 130 minutes; 2000
Set in 1991, THE PERFECT STORM, depicts the plight of one sword-fishing ship, the ill-fated Andrea Gail, and her crew during the greatest storm in modern history. While friends and family on shore could only worry and hope to rescue them, a brave crew, played by George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and others, fight nature and struggled for survival against hurricane force winds and hundred foot waves.

Admission is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided.

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

Teen Summer Programming

Today is the first day of summer, but after school lets out tomorrow, Hampton students will summer vacation-bound! The Lane Library is offering some fun programming for teens (6th grade and up) starting next week, in the air-conditioned Lane Room, on Tuesday afternoons from 3:00-4:00 p.m.

Here's the line-up:
June 29 Game Day Part 1: Rock Band!
July 6 Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (rated PG, 118 minutes)
July 13 Game Day Part 2: Board Games!
July 20 Pirate Scavenger Hunt
July 27 Game Day Part 3: Family Feud!
August 3 Just Add Water: Cooking Made Easy / Summer Prize Giveaway!

And don't forget that the Youth Book Group continues to meet every other Thursday afternoon @ 3:30 p.m.:
June 24
July 8
July 22
August 5
August 19

Gaming Afternoon is also a year-round event, occurring on the last Friday of every month from 3-4:30. So that means that this Friday, June 25, is Game Day!
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.

Teens may earn a raffle ticket for every teen program that they attend. They may also earn a ticket for every hour that they read, log, and submit to Kirsten. An additional ticket may be earned if teens choose to write a review of a book that they read for the program, which will be posted in the Teen Section. The raffle will be drawn at the Finale on Tuesday, August 3. Please see Kirsten @ the Reference Desk for a Reading Log and/or Teen Review Form.

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

June 19, 1947 is the birthday of Indian author Salman Rushdie. Best known for his novel The Satanic Verses, his most recent book is The Enchantment of Florence, which came out in 2008. The publisher's description:

A tall, yellow-haired young European traveller calling himself "Mogor dell'Amore," the Mughal of Love, arrives at the court of the real Grand Mughal, the Emperor Akbar, with a tale to tell that begins to obsess the whole imperial capital. The stranger claims to be the child of a lost Mughal princess, the youngest sister of Akbar's grandfather Babar: Qara Köz, 'Lady Black Eyes', a great beauty believed to possess powers of enchantment and sorcery, who is taken captive first by an Uzbeg warlord, then by the Shah of Persia, and finally becomes the lover of a certain Argalia, a Florentine soldier of fortune, commander of the armies of the Ottoman Sultan. When Argalia returns home with his Mughal mistress the city is mesmerised by her presence, and much trouble ensues. But is Mogor's story true? And if so, then what happened to the lost princess? And if he's a liar, must he die?

The Lane Memorial Library has these and other Rushdie novels for you to check out.

Kids/Teen Movies

Kick off your summer with 2 great new kid movies! **Please note that Percy Jackson and the Olympians was originally scheduled to be shown on June 26 but due to a scheduling problem Tooth Fairy will be shown instead and Percy Jackson will be shown on July 3 and 6.

Saturday, June 26 @ 11 a.m., Tooth Fairy - Dwayne Johnson stars as Derek Thompson, one of the toughest hockey players around -- until he's sentenced to one week's hard labor as the world's most unlikely tooth fairy! Even though he must sport frilly wings and learn the magical tricks of the trade from his silver-winged superiors (Julie Andrews and Billy Crystal), Derek's determined to do the job HIS way and prove he's got what it takes! (And seeing "The Rock" in a tutu is pretty funny!)

Saturday, July 3 @ 11 a.m. AND Tuesday, July 6 @ 3 p.m., Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief - Your kids have probably read all of the books in this fantastic Rick Riordan series and now they can see all their favorite characters brought to life on the big screen. Modern and mythical worlds collide in this thunderous fantasy-adventure starring Pierce Brosnan, Kevin McKidd and Uma Thurman as you’ve never seen them before! Percy Jackson is no ordinary teenager...he’s just learned he’s the son of Poseidon and is accused of stealing Zeus’ ­lightning bolt – the most powerful weapon ever created! With storm clouds brewing, Percy embarks on an incredible cross-country journey to prove his innocence, recover the bolt and prevent a war amongst the gods that could destroy our world!

Both of these movies are Rated PG. Admission is free and open to the public. Snacks and drinks will be provided.

The Twilight Book Club reads "Possession"

Join us on Tuesday, July 6th at 6:30 PM as the Twilight Book Club meets to discuss A. S. Byatt's Booker Prize winning novel Possession. A literary / historical romance with thought and substance, Byatt won a large audience with this meld of modern thriller and a 19th century exploration of human nature and values.

"Literary critics make natural detectives," says Maud Bailey, heroine of a mystery where the clues lurk in university libraries, old letters, and dusty journals. Together with Roland Michell, a fellow academic and accidental sleuth, Maud discovers a love affair between the two Victorian writers the pair has dedicated their lives to studying: Randolph Ash, a literary great long assumed to be a devoted and faithful husband, and Christabel La Motte, a lesser-known "fairy poetess" and chaste spinster. At first, Roland and Maud's discovery threatens only to alter the direction of their research, but as they unearth the truth about the long-forgotten romance, their involvement becomes increasingly urgent and personal. Desperately concealing their purpose from competing researchers, they embark on a journey that pulls each of them from solitude and loneliness, challenges the most basic assumptions they hold about themselves, and uncovers their unique entitlement to the secret of Ash and La Motte's passion.

The Twilight Book Club meets on the first Tuesday of each month and is open to all avid readers! Light refreshments are provided by the Friends of the Library, and copies of the book are available now at the Lane Library circulation desk.

"Shutter Island" in the Weston Theater

Join us on Tuesday, June 22nd at 12:30 PM and Thursday, June 24th at 5:45 PM for a showing of Shutter Island in our Weston Theater. Based on the book by popular Boston author Dennis Lehane and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, this is the the story of two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), who are summoned to a remote and barren island off the cost of Massachusetts to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a murderess from the island's fortress-like hospital for the criminally insane. Director Martin Scorsese creates a spine-chilling thriller that critics say “sizzles with so much suspense that it’s hot to the touch” (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone).

Note that this film is rated 'R', and that viewer discretion is advised. Popcorn and drinks are courtesy of the Friends of the Library, and admission is free.

THREE CHILDREN'S EVENTS AT HAMPTON ACADEMY!!!

The Lane Children's Room is pleased to announce that three of our most popular summer events are taking place in the Upper Gym of Hampton Academy, which allows more attendants than our own Lane Room:



1) Peter Boie-fabulous magician-June 30th-10:30 a.m.-11:30

2) Wildlife Encounters-amazing animals-July 7th-10: 30 a.m.-11:30

3) Wayne from Maine-singer extraordinaire-August 4th-10:30 a.m.-11:30

Our other exciting performers--entertainer Peter Sheridan on 7/14, puppeteer Martha Dana on 7/21, and Project Nature on 7/28--will all begin at 10:30 a.m. in the Lane Room of the Lane Library.

Sign ups are mandatory for each venue and begin two weeks before each show. Please visit us at the Children's Room to sign up or call us at 926-4729.

We look forward to seeing you!

Little Kids' Movietime Classics Continues!

Join us at the Lane Library Weston Theater on Friday, June 11 at 10:00 a.m. for more Little Kids' Movietime Classics. Come back to the future to check out "The Jetsons": see the hilarious hijinks when George and Jane try to get a new car and discover how Astro joined the Jetson family..."Ruh-roh!". Share more of your favorite Saturday morning cartoons with your children.

"The Jetsons" is not Rated. This show is free and open to the public. Snacks and drinks will be provided.

If You Liked My Book, You’ll Love These

The New York Times Magazine provided this article with six writers on their favorite reading, genre by genre. It's a great way to find new books for the summer. Check out the lists by Peter Carey, William Gibson, Kathryn Harrison, Simon Rich, Rebecca Skloot, and the owner of the Mysterious Bookshop.

http://nymag.com/arts/books/features/66294/