2015 Labor Day Weekend
Closed ~ Saturday, 9/5/15
Closed ~ Monday, 9/7/15
2015 Adult Summer Reading Program
This summer’s challenge was to “Escape the Ordinary” by exploring heroes, superheroes, and extraordinary people, places, and activities. It offered adults the opportunity to have fun, explore new interests, and to interact with other adults.
Summer Reading Club
Fifty-six adults registered for the reading club and logged in 108,935 pages and 129 reviews. This was the highest participation of adults in the summer reading club to date.
2015 Adult Summer Reading Activities
During the summer, we showed 6 movies, had 3 book discussions, 3 Lunch and Learn activities, and 3 special programs. We finished the season with an all ages Flash Read and Ice Cream Social on the Portland Town Green.
Thanks to the Friends of the Portland Library for supporting the programs and activities. 
Monthly Book Discussion
All are welcome to attend. Titles are available to borrow; no reservations are necessary.
Thursday, September 3rd at 6:30 p.m.
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver 
After more than a decade of tending to small children on a failing farm, Dellarobia Turnbow has surrendered to an obsessive flirtation with a handsome younger man. On the way to meet him at a secluded mountain cabin, she walks into something on the mountainside she cannot explain or understand: a forested valley filled with silent red fire that appears to her to be a miracle.
Thursday, October 1st at 6:30 p.m.
The Light between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Set on a remote Australian island Tom and Isabel, a childless couple, live quietly, running a lighthouse. When a boat carrying a dead man and a living baby washes ashore, against Tom’s judgment, they claim the baby as their own. But when they return to the mainland two years later they are reminded that there are other people in the world and that their choice has devastated one of them.
Lunch & Learn
Book Discussion
Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
Tuesday, September 8th at 12:00 noon
Invention of Wings Inspired
by the true story of early-nineteenth-century abolitionist and suffragist Sarah Grimké, Kidd paints a moving portrait of two women inextricably linked by the horrors of slavery. Sarah is the daughter of a wealthy South Carolina plantation owner and Handful is a slave in the Grimké household. Books will be available for borrowing prior to the discussion. Bring a lunch if you like. Dessert and beverages will be served. Registration appreciated!
Book Discussion
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Tuesday, October 20th, 2015 at 12:00 noon. The story of a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to overcome her own past.
Books will be available for borrowing prior to the discussion.
Bring a lunch if you like. Dessert and beverages will be served.
Registration appreciated!
Family Day on the Green
Saturday, September 12, 2015
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Family Day is an annual event organized by the Town of Portland Youth Services Department. Many groups have booths and offer free items as well as sales of food and other items. Come enjoy the fun activities for kids!
The Library Board of Directors
wish to invite all to a ceremony to be held at 12 noon. We are celebrating Portland Public Library’s 120th birthday! After a brief ceremony with a proclamation ready by First Selectwoman Susan Bransfield, please enjoy an entertaining performance by:
Danny Magic!
If you can’t be on hand for the ceremony and entertainment, drop by anyway to enjoy the fun and pick up some free giveaways and cookies too!
Tuesday, September 15th at 7:00 p.m.
Friends of the Portland Library and the Portland Historical Society present Carl Oscar Hedstrom and The Indian Motorcycle by George Gilbert. Carl Oscar Hedstrom, a prominent Portland resident, built and raced bicycles, creating the original motorized bicycles that led to the Indian Motorcycle.
Presenter and society member, George Gilbert has developed an extensive knowledge of Hedstrom’s work. All are invited to attend Gilbert’s interesting talk illustrated by many historical photos.
This is a free event. Registration is suggested.
Fitness – How To Get Motivated!
Wednesday Sept 16, 2015 6:30 p.m.
Jen LaFave, Club Manager of Snap Fitness Portland, will lead a discussion focused on finding the right routine for you, how to stay motivated, finding the right exercises and making sure they are being done correctly. Form is crucial! Learn how often you should be exercising and when to do strength training and cardio work. She will demonstrate some very effective exercises and handout some exercise guides along with a weekly exercise tracker. All fitness levels are welcome.
Jen is a certified personal trainer through the
National Academy of Sports Medicine.
No registration required.
Movies in the Afternoon
Wednesday, September 9th, 2015 at 1:00 p.m.
Showing: 
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Starring: Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, & Richard Gere; 20th Century Fox; directed by John Madden; PG, 2015, 123 minutes. Since the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy and is posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals, Sonny Kapoor pursues his expansionist dream of opening a second hotel.
Movies in the Evening
Monday, September 21st, 2015 at 6:30 p.m.
Showing I’ll See You in My Dreams: 
Starring: Blythe Danner , Sam Elliott, and Rhea Perlman; Universal Studios; directed by Brett Haley; PG-13, 2015, 97 minutes. A widow and former songstress discovers that life can begin anew at any age. With the support of three loyal girlfriends, Carol decides to embrace the world, embarking on an unlikely friendship with her pool maintenance man, pursuing a new love interest, and reconnecting with her daughter.No reservations necessary! The Friends of Portland Library supports the Library’s DVD collection.
Read & Recycle
The Friends of the Portland Library’s next intake date of gently used books & DVDs is Saturday, September 26th from 10:00 am until 12:00 noon.
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Art Exhibit by Brownstone Artists
Brownstone Arts returns to the Library with its annual fall exhibit. Their show this year is titled “Elsewhere,” The show opens with a Reception on Saturday September 19th from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. which is hosted by the Friends of the Library. Based in Portland, Brownstone Arts consists of members from towns up and down the Connecticut River Valley. The artists work in a variety of mediums. New members are welcome.
