Join author and historian Marty Podskoch from East Hampton for a presentation on his new book, Connecticut Civilian Conservation Corps Camps: History, Memories and Legacy. This year is the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Civilian Conservation Corps on March 31, 1933 with President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” program to relieve the poverty and unemployment of the Depression. The US Army supervised the camps, which had approx. 200 men each. Men 18 - 25 (with families on relief) enrolled for 6 months and worked a 40-hour week for $30 a month. The government sent $25 a month home and the boys received $5 spending money. The boys got good food, uniforms, shelter, and medical care. At first they lived in tents; later they lived in wooden buildings. Workers built trails, roads, campsites, dams, stocked fish, built and maintained fire towers, observer’s cabins and telephone lines, fought fires, and planted millions of trees. The CCC disbanded in 1942 due to the need for men in World War II.
After the presentation Marty will have his new book about the Connecticut CCC available for sale and signing as well as his eleven books on the Catskills, Adirondack mountains and his two new travel books, Connecticut 169 Club: Your Passport and Guide to Exploring Connecticut and Rhode Island 39 Club. Cash or checks will be accepted.
After the presentation Marty will have his new book about the Connecticut CCC available for sale and signing as well as his eleven books on the Catskills, Adirondack mountains and his two new travel books, Connecticut 169 Club: Your Passport and Guide to Exploring Connecticut and Rhode Island 39 Club. Cash or checks will be accepted.
Helter Skelter: The Manson Family
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HOLIDAY COFFEEHOUSE FUNDRAISER
Saturday, December 9th
7:00 p.m.
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Come support the Beekley Library this holiday season! We will have music by the Dan Liparini Jazz Trio, refreshments, and raffle/auction items. All ages welcome. For more information, please call 860-379-7235 or email jfrancini@beekleylibrary.org. Register at the link below, then pay in advance or at the door. Ways to pay:
Adult tickets: $10
Children 14 and under: $5 Tickets include tea, coffee, snacks, and soft drinks. Beer and wine will be available for a donation. |
NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • A monumental work of erudition and irony, sexual tension and intellectual ferment, The Magic Mountain is an enduring classic.
With this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Thomas Mann rose to the front ranks of the great modern novelists, winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929. The Magic Mountain takes place in an exclusive tuberculosis sanatorium in the Swiss Alps–a community devoted to sickness that serves as a fictional microcosm for Europe in the days before the First World War.
To this hermetic and otherworldly realm comes Hans Castorp, an “ordinary young man” who arrives for a short visit and ends up staying for seven years, during which he succumbs both to the lure of eros and to the intoxication of ideas.
Reserve a copy of the book through a patron account or call the Beekley at 860-379-7235. The Beekley Book Club is a book discussion group that meets on the third Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to join in.
With this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Thomas Mann rose to the front ranks of the great modern novelists, winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929. The Magic Mountain takes place in an exclusive tuberculosis sanatorium in the Swiss Alps–a community devoted to sickness that serves as a fictional microcosm for Europe in the days before the First World War.
To this hermetic and otherworldly realm comes Hans Castorp, an “ordinary young man” who arrives for a short visit and ends up staying for seven years, during which he succumbs both to the lure of eros and to the intoxication of ideas.
Reserve a copy of the book through a patron account or call the Beekley at 860-379-7235. The Beekley Book Club is a book discussion group that meets on the third Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to join in.
Homebound Delivery Service Available
The Beekley Library offers Homebound Delivery Service to New Hartford residents who are unable to come to the Library due to restricted mobility or health problems. This service is free and based on volunteers' availability.
This program is open to any New Hartford resident who is having difficulty getting to the Library due to illness or restricted mobility. Circulation Library Assistants will select materials for you at your request and can include a variety of fiction, non-fiction, DVDs, audiobooks, magazines, CDs, and Large Print items. Materials will circulate for an extended period of time. When you finish your materials and need another delivery, just call the Library and let us know. We will be in touch with a volunteer to schedule a dropoff or pickup. Library items will be delivered in a bag to your door. Returns can be placed on your doorknob ahead of time for a contactless experience.
Call the Beekley, 860-379-7235, for more information or to schedule a delivery.
This program is open to any New Hartford resident who is having difficulty getting to the Library due to illness or restricted mobility. Circulation Library Assistants will select materials for you at your request and can include a variety of fiction, non-fiction, DVDs, audiobooks, magazines, CDs, and Large Print items. Materials will circulate for an extended period of time. When you finish your materials and need another delivery, just call the Library and let us know. We will be in touch with a volunteer to schedule a dropoff or pickup. Library items will be delivered in a bag to your door. Returns can be placed on your doorknob ahead of time for a contactless experience.
Call the Beekley, 860-379-7235, for more information or to schedule a delivery.
You Tube Programs
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the Beekley Historical Lecture Series
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Hamish Lutris, Associate Professor of History, Political Science, and Geography, Capital Community College presents talks on: