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Ideal House Exhibit from Ukraine


Fermata Arts Foundation
On Display Throughout the Library

A traveling art exhibit to foster peace, mutual respect and understanding, brought to you by The Fermata Arts Foundation. Student artists from Ukraine, aged 4-12, imagined either a fairytale house from their country or a house of the future and created these works using a variety of media. 

The rays of the jellyfish destroy, do not warm
So Putin sends bullets to the children's world
America takes responsibility
Helping with a groan
Save the children's world
The countries of that, those ...


(by Nick Jacobson, January 12, 2023)


​All Ages Baking Contest!
February 1-3: Submissions
February 4: Voting and Winners Announced


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Work together as a family or group to make a delicious, beautiful treat . Individual entries are welcome too! Bring your item to the library between February 1-3 (it cannot be refrigerated, we will display it for everyone to see). Come to the library for Bring Your Child to the Library Day on Feb. 4 to participate in the voting and see if you won a prize!

Categories:
  • Most delicious
  • Best family or group
  • Best adult
  • Best teen
  • Best child
  • Best book representation

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After Hours at the Beekley:
​The World Among the Caucasus Mountains
Monday, February 6th
7:00-8:00 p.m.

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Join us for a presentation and Q&A session on the Republic of Georgia. Visiting student Nikoloz Gvasalia from Tbilisi State University will share about the culture, customs, and life from his home country. This lecture is in conjunction with our temporary exhibit "Let's Build a Roof over the World" from the Fermata Arts Foundation.


​The James Maddock Trio
Saturday, February 11th 
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.

Our next concert in the Nights at the Beekley series will feature the award-winning singer-songwriter James Maddock with Aaron Comess on drums and Rich Hammond on bass. Tickets are $30 each and should be purchased in advance. For more information, and to register, visit our concerts page. 
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Beekley Book Talk
Mask of Dreams by Leigh Grant
Saturday, February 18th
​1:00-2:00 p.m.
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Join author Leigh Grant for a reading and discussion about her novel Mask of Dreams. 

In 15th century Venice, Caterina struggles against the inevitability of an arranged marriage to a man old enough to be her father. Powerless, she is consumed by dread as the process spins out of control. The betrothal fails. A letter meant to manage future suitors goes astray. Out of the violence of the Balkans comes Rade, a lawless, charismatic Slav. Having won the letter―containing a belief that the soul's beauty is reflected in the beauty of the face―in a card game, he sees it as the hand of fate.

Though scarred, Rade attempts through the artifice of a lifelike mask, to enter her world of mercantile wealth. To protect Caterina, her father negotiates a lengthy agreement. The mask, meant to be a temporary ruse, becomes, of necessity, permanent. To further complicate the situation for Caterina, a new love interest appears. From fairs to shipwrecks, bull-baiting to rescues, noble house to villa in the hills, the time arrives when Rade is hopelessly entangled in her life. Desperate, he finds he can no longer continue the deception. A choice must be made.

Leigh Grant has degrees in art history and fine art. She attended Hollins University and Pratt Institute and studied and lived in Paris and London. A former illustrator, with a number of books to her credit, Grant is currently an appraiser of fine art. As a writer, she is fascinated by the Italian Renaissance and the Venetian Empire. She has two children and lives in Norwalk, Connecticut.


​​Beekley Book Club
Solar by Ian McEwan
Tuesday, February 21st
​6:30-7:30 p.m.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement, this “totally gripping and entirely hilarious” novel (Wall Street Journal) traces the arc of a Nobel Prize-winning physicist’s ambitions and self-deception.

Dr. Michael Beard’s best work is behind him. Trading on his reputation, he speaks for enormous fees, lends his name to the letterheads of renowned scientific institutions, and halfheartedly heads a government-backed initiative tackling global warming. Meanwhile, Michael’s fifth marriage is floundering due to his incessant womanizing. When his professional and personal worlds collide in a freak accident, an opportunity presents itself for Michael to extricate himself from his marital problems, reinvigorate his career, and save the world from environmental disaster. But can a man who has made a mess of his life clean up the messes of humanity?

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.

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​​​Beekley Book Club
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Tuesday, March 21st
​6:30-7:30 p.m.
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 "Dazzling...An intimate, closely observed family portrait."--The New York Times

"Hugely appealing."--People Magazine

"An exquisitely detailed family saga."--Entertainment Weekly

Meet the Ganguli family, new arrivals from Calcutta, trying their best to become Americans even as they pine for home. The name they bestow on their firstborn, Gogol, betrays all the conflicts of honoring tradition in a new world—conflicts that will haunt Gogol on his own winding path through divided loyalties, comic detours, and wrenching love affairs.

In The Namesake, the Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri brilliantly illuminates the immigrant experience and the tangled ties between generations.
 
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.

American Patchwork Quartet
Saturday, March 25th
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
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Our next Nights at the Beekley concert will feature Clay Ross and his innovative American folk band, American Patchwork Quartet. Tickets are $30 each and must be purchased in advance. To register or for more information, please visit our concerts page. 
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​​​Beekley Book Club
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Tuesday, March 21st
​6:30-7:30 p.m.
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“The Bean Trees is the work of a visionary. . . . It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling.” — Los Angeles Times

A bestseller that has come to be regarded as an American classic, The Bean Trees is the novel that launched Barbara Kingsolver’s remarkable literary career.

It is the charming, engrossing tale of rural Kentucky native Taylor Greer, who only wants to get away from her roots and avoid getting pregnant. She succeeds, but inherits a three-year-old Native American girl named Turtle along the way, and together, from Oklahoma to Arizona, half-Cherokee Taylor and her charge search for a new life in the West. Hers is a story about love and friendship, abandonment and belonging, and the discovery of surprising resources in seemingly empty places.
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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

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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. 
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Call the Beekley, 860-379-7235, for more information or to schedule a delivery. ​

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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:
  • The Harlem Renaissance
  •  Lincoln, the Gettysburg Address, and the Transformation of the Civil War 



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