Madison’s Scranton Memorial Library will close 3 1/2 hours earlier on Thursdays because of budget cuts. The library will now close at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday instead of 9 p.m.
The library’s hours are:
Mark Schenker
In Victorian England, the status and role of women were subjects of political debate, literary discourse and pictorial representation. From the idealization of The Angel in the House (the domestic guardian of morality and virtue) to the imprisonment of The Madwoman in the Attic (the closeted hysteric), various images of women suffuse Victorian literature and art. Through discussions of four great novels of the period, we will consider the depiction of women in an age in which women were both worshiped and subjugated.
You are invited to attend a series of book discussions at the Scranton Memorial Library in Madison, CT. The series, sponsored by Friends of Scranton Library and the Connecticut Humanities Council, will be held at the library on Thursdays from 7-8:30 p.m. The discussions will be moderated by Mark Schenker, dean of academic affairs at Yale College.
The series begins on Thursday, Sept. 9, with a discussion of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. Upcoming book discussions include The Mill on the Floss, by George Eliot on Sept. 23; Tess of the D’Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy on Oct. 7; and The Eustace Diamonds, by Anthony Trollope on Oct. 21.
The 2010 Fall Sports Night will take place starting at 6 p.m. tonight, Wednesday, Sept. 8, in the Dining and Assembly Hall at Daniel Hand High School.
All student-athletes participating in fall sports — and their parents — are expected to attend the meeting, which will kick off the beginning of the 2010-2011 athletic season. Student-athletes from the winter and spring seasons, together with their parents, are strongly encouraged to attend.
Craig Semple, director of athletic programs, will review the mission statement of the Department of Athletics and this will be followed by parent/coach meetings. Please note that the parent/coach meetings are for general information only, and individual, specific topics for discussion should be scheduled with the coach at a later date.
The Town of Madison will be closing its three town beaches — The Surf Club, East Wharf, and West Wharf — to all residents at noon on Friday, September 3, due to the expected high winds and surf conditions from Hurricane Earl. Residents are asked to factor this in to their plans. For more information on this, residents are asked to contact John N. Bowers, director of emergency management for Madison at 203-996-7396.
In addition, Madison public schools will be dismissed early on Friday. Afternoon kindergarten and preschool will not be held. The dismissal times are as follows:
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Madison Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m. Madison Town Green – 26 Meetinghouse Rd. Madison: The Madison Farmers Market was established in 2007, and will commence May 7th-October 22nd every Friday from 3-6pm in the 2010 season. This beautiful and diverse market is centrally located in Madison, CT, on the Historic Madison Green. The farmers/vendors who make up this bustling market offer a wide array of CT Grown/produced items, which are beautifully presented.SATURDAY:
Film Screening of “Harvest,” 4:15 p.m., Madison Art Cinemas, 761 Boston Post Rd. Madison, CT: Movie filmed in and around Madison, CT.SUNDAY:
In a wide-ranging letter to parents (and a posting on the school system’s new website), Schools Superintendent David J. Klein provides important information about the upcoming school year, including:
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The Madison Historical Society’s Antiques Fair, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., The Green in Madison, CT – 26 Meeting House Ln. Madison: The Madison Historical Society’s 39th Annual Antiques Fair. Saturday, August 28, 9 am to 4 pm. Rain or Shine. With 90 quality Antiques Dealers, MHS Country Store, Booth Chats and a Sidewalk Cafe by Chef Paul Staley of Splash & Madison Chocolates. Benefits The Madison Historical Society.
Madison Historical Society Annual Summer Exhibition, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Lee Academy, Madison, CT: Visitors to Madison’s iconic Lee Academy often wonder about its history and its varied uses through nearly two centuries. The MHS Annual Summer exhibition should satisfy the curiosity of all visitors with its representation of a nineteenth-century school and classroom. Supported by a grant from the Erwin C. Bauer Charitable Trust, the 2010 exhibition will present the history of the Academy, including its place in a New England-wide educational movement. Learn the stories of the people who served the Academy’s goals and discover those who benefited from the vision of Captain Frederick Lee and his fellow citizens.
The Friends of Scranton Library invite you to the library’s air-conditioned Community Room at 7 p.m. Thursday, August 26, to attend a presentation by Bill Duesing, executive director of the Connecticut Chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Association (CT NOFA, www.ctnofa.org).
CT NOFA is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening the practice of ecologically sound farming, gardening and land care and is one of seven state chapters which make up the Northeast Organic Farming Association.
Mr. Duesing’s talk, “Food, Organic Gardens and Farms, and the Future,” will stimulate your thinking about what you eat, how your food is grown, and how you can make a difference. Preregistration is highly recommended by calling the library (203)245-7365 or going online at www.scrantonlibrary.org/calendar. Light refreshments will be served.
Author Elizabeth Brundage will be at RJ Julia at 7 p.m. tonight, Wednesday, August 25, to discuss here new thriller, A Stranger Like You.
Hedda Chase is a top-flight executive producer at Gladiator Films, fast-tracked in the business since she graduated from Yale. An aggressive businesswoman, she recently pulled the plug on a film project initiated by one of her predecessors. The screenwriter on the project was Hugh Waters, a wannabe with a dead-end marriage and a day job at an insurance company. This script was his ticket out-until Hedda tampered with his plans, claiming his violence was over the top, his premise not credible, and his ending implausible. Hugh decides to prove otherwise by staging his script’s ending and casting Hedda Chase as the victim. He flies to Los Angeles and finds Hedda, kidnaps her, and locks her in the trunk of her vintage BMW in the parking lot at LAX. He leaves the keys in the ignition, the parking ticket on the dash, and lets “destiny” take its course.
Tickets for this event are $5 and may be used toward the purchase of the book.
Harvest, a film shot primarily in Madison, CT, that had a successful advance screening in town over the weekend, will return to Madison for Labor Day weekend.
Written and directed by former resident Marc Meyers and produced by Meyers and Jody Girgenti, the film sold out its Friday, Saturday, and Sunday showings at the Madison Art Cinemas.
Shot in September 2008 at venues that include downtown Madison, the Post Road, Island Avenue, Middle Beach Road, and West Wharf, Harvest won Best American Independent Film at the 34th Cleveland International Film Festival, the Jury Prize and Audience Award for Best Feature Film at the Sacramento Film & Music Festival, and Best Connecticut Grown Film at the Connecticut Film Festival.
Harvest stars Academy Award-nominated Robert Loggia, Jack Carpenter, Arye Gross, Tony-winner Victoria Clark, and Academy Award-nominated Barbara Barrie, with Peter Friedman, Adriana Sevan, Kel O’Neill, Christine Evangelista, and Daniel Eric Gold. The film tells the story of three generations of a family coming together one summer, around the eventual passing of the patriarch of the family, a WWII veteran. Gathered at the family home and in and around their beautiful shoreline town, years of resentment and betrayal surface, and the grandson does his part to hold them all together.
Madison Art Cinemas Owner/Operator Arnold Gorlick announced that Harvest will have a return engagement on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday of Labor Day weekend. Tickets will be available at the box office or at the the cinemas’ website, www.madisonartcinemas.com.
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