Old Fashioned Christmas in Coventry

Are you planning to attend the Old Fashioned Christmas in Coventry on Sunday, Dec. 4? The Board of Trustees will be handing out Cookies and Cider and telling holiday stories in the Front Parlors and the Lion's Club Festival of Trees will be in our Meeting Room. 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2011  

12:00 – 4:00 PM

SPECIAL EVENTS AT TIMES SPECIFIED
12:00 – 4:00 Old Fashioned Country Cupboard Coventry Visitors Center
12:00 - 4:00 Chocolate Festival-Class of 2012 Ackert’s Hall
12:00 - 4:00 Christmas Vendor Showcase Studio 31 Storefront
12:00 - 3:30 “Festival of Christmas Trees” Raffle Booth & Dimock Library
Lion’s Club Fundraiser for Coventry Food Pantry
12:30 -3:30 Nathan Hale Ancient Fife & Drum Strolling Main Street
1:00 - 3:00 Pony Rides Beebe House/Brian’s Electric
1:00 – 3:00 Horse Drawn Wagon Rides Main & Mason Street
1:00 – 2:00 Coventry High School Chorus Lakeview Restaurant
1:00- 2:00 Dance Troupe, Can Dance Studio First Congregational Church Hall
1:00 – 3:00 Holiday Story Time Booth & Dimock Library
1:00 - 3:00 Jewelry Designer, Crafts, Music Worn Yesterday Shop
1:00 - 2:00 Quiet Corner Fiddlers Worn Yesterday Shop
1:00 - 3:00 Santa Claus – Children Visit Coventry Arts & Antiques
1:00 - 3:00 David Rogers, Photographer Coventry Arts & Antiques
1:30 – 2:30 Dulcimers and More Music Treasures Antiques
1:30 – 2:15 Karate Spirit, demonstration Karate Spirit
2:00 2:30 Choir Performance First Congregational Church
2:30 - 3:00 Carol Sing with Song A Day Music First Congregational Church

Businesses open and having a special program from 12:00 –4:00:
Meet Me on Main, Special Menu for event
Lakeview Restaurant, Hot Chocolate, Face Painting, Lake Street
Village Pizza $2.00 pizza slices
Johnson’s Antiques, Special Raffle, light refreshments
Karate Spirit, Open House, Demonstrations, Treats
Coventry Fitness, Membership raffle, Pony for viewing & petting
Beebe House Restaurant, Christmas Party 2:00-4:00 , snacks, Music
Over Brook Second Hand Shop, Mason Street, rear building, Open House
Treasures Antiques, Song A Day Music Students, 12:30 – 1:30

*** Tips to Toes Nail Spa and Impressive Acrylics Nail Spa will have paraffin hand treatments, snacks, Tastefully Simple, Hair Feather extensions, Face Painting and Celebrating Home. Many Cash & Carry Items. 12:00 – 4:00***

This yearly event is brought to you by the Village Improvement Society, First Niagara Bank, Lion’s Club and the Village Merchants!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

The library will be closed on Thursday, November 23 & Friday, Nov. 24 for the Thanksgiving holiday. We will reopen Saturday, Nov. 26 (10 AM - 3 PM). 

Dreyfus and the staff of the Children's Room wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Letters to Santa

Letters to Santa:

Write a letter to Santa, just in time for the big day! Santa's Mailbox will be located in the Children's Room (as well as the Town Hall and at the Tree Lighting) until Dec. 2. 

You can also mail your letter to:

Santa Claus, C/O Coventry Recreation Department, 1712 Main Street, Coventry, CT 06238

 

November is Picture Book Month!

November is Picture Book Month! Picture Book Month is an international initiative to designate November as Picture Book Month, encouraging everyone to celebrate literacy with picture books. Visit the official website to read posts from authors such as Jane Yolen about why picture books are so important. What is YOUR favorite picture book?

Watch this trailer to learn more...

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever Raffle!

 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever  (#6 in the series) by Jeff Kinney comes out next week...you can reserve it by visiting our online catalog or calling us at 742-7606. To celebrate, we're raffling off 1 brand new copy! Just visit the library, answer a few trivia questions, and enter to win! Raffle entries will be accepted until 5 PM on Nov. 15.

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid books so far are, in order: 

1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (red cover)

2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (blue cover)

3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: the Last Straw (green cover)

4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (yellow cover)

5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth (purple cover)

COVENTRY e-BLAST (Nov. 6, 12 PM)

Power still out to 17% of town, but CL&P is predicting that they will make their projection of 99% restoration in Coventry by midnight. If your power is still not on, call CL&P at 1-800-286-2000 to assist in location of individual service issues. School will take place at Coventry Public Schools on Monday. Showers are available at CHS until 11 PM tonight, but will close to the public as school resumes for students. Town Hall Conference Room B available for charging, warming & Internet until 10 PM tonight. Water (bring containers), bottled water and meals ready-to-eat available at Town Hall Annex side entrance from 8 AM -- 5 PM today ONLY for people who are still without power. The Regional Shelter at Mansfield Community Center is now closed. Brush debris at gravel pit off South St. Ext. near Miller-Richardson field until 5 PM daily including Sunday. Illegal dumping of brush debris in other areas will be enforced. Voting will take place in Coventry as scheduled on Tuesday, 11/8 at GH Robertson School (District 1) and Coventry Grammar School (District 2).

Election Day Movie Matinee

 

Tuesday, Nov. 8 @ 2 PM

Enjoy the day off from school by coming to a movie at the library! We'll provide the munchies (but feel free to bring your own). All ages. No registration is required. 

 

MOVIE BEING SHOWN: CARS 2 (Rated G).