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Lyme Library Hosts Used Book Sale, Tomorrow & Saturday

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LYME–The offerings at the Lyme Public Library this month include a wide array of readings, classes, clubs and unique explorations of the arts with some big names.

These are just a few of the events on the September schedule: 

Friends of the Lyme Library Used Book Sale

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Friday, Sept. 12  and Saturday, Sept. 13 

The Friends of the Lyme Library will kick off their annual used book sale on Friday from 3 to 7 p.m.

On Saturday, books will be sold at half price from 10 a.m to noon for the first half of the sale. From 12:30 to 4 p.m., shoppers will able to fill a bag for $10.

Organizers describe the books as near-new at very discounted prices. 

“Twice Told Tales” with Janet Roach

6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 23

An evening of entertainment and community connection returns with local Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, Janet Roach, as she guides the audience through some of her favorite films. 

Twice Told Tales, held in two installments, will feature two movies with similar plots from different directors. It kicks off with “Philadelphia Story,” directed by George Cukor, starring Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn and James Stewart. The romantic comedy follows a rich divorcee, her ex-husband and a tabloid reporter through all the emotional fireworks on the eve of her remarriage. 

The second installment on Oct. 7 will feature the musical comedy “High Society,” followed by a potluck dinner. 

To register, send an email to programreg@lymepl.org. 

Check out these events, and many more, on the library’s website. 

Lyme Library Hosts Used Book Sale Saturday

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LYME–The Friends of the Lyme Library host their annual Used Book Sale Friday, Sept. 12  and Saturday, Sept. 13. It kicks off today from 3 to 7 p.m.

On Saturday, books will be sold at half price from 10 a.m to noon for the first half of the sale. From 12:30 to 4 p.m., shoppers will able to fill a bag for $10.

Organizers describe the books as near-new at very discounted prices. 

The remaining offerings at the Lyme Public Library this month include a wide array of readings, classes, clubs and unique explorations of the arts. The following is just one of the events on the September schedule: 

“Twice Told Tales” with Janet Roach
6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 23

An evening of entertainment and community connection returns with local Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, Janet Roach, as she guides the audience through some of her favorite films. 

Twice Told Tales, held in two installments, will feature two movies with similar plots from different directors. It kicks off with “Philadelphia Story,” directed by George Cukor, starring Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn and James Stewart. The romantic comedy follows a rich divorcee, her ex-husband and a tabloid reporter through all the emotional fireworks on the eve of her remarriage. 

The second installment on Oct. 7 will feature the musical comedy “High Society,” followed by a potluck dinner. 

To register, send an email to programreg@lymepl.org. 

Check out these events, and many more, on the library’s website. 

Lyme Public Hall Hosts Writer Seminar Series with Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Janet Roach; Enrollment Open Now, Course Starts Oct. 6

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Old Lyme Native’s Course Always Oversubscribed

Janet Roach. Photo courtesy of Janet Roach.

LYME–Lyme Public Hall this fall will host the return of a popular seminar series led by the Oscar-nominated screenwriter (Prizzi’s Honor, directed by John Huston) as she guides new and accomplished writers in various genres through the process of crafting memorable characters and cohesive story lines. 

Do you have something to say, but don’t know quite how to write it? That’s where celebrated writer Roach comes in. 

Lyme Public Hall in its event description invites writers to “use their heads to explore matters of the heart, contemporary issues, historical events, family sagas and more.”

Roach, an Old Lyme native, brings writing experience spanning newspaper and magazine articles, poems, eulogies and obituaries, short stories and documentary and feature films.

Emphasis will be on participants’ work and will involve weekly writing assignments with personal feedback.

Roach was a producer and writer at 60 Minutes before going on to collaborate with Bill Moyers at CBS News and the Public Broadcasting Service. Subsequent – and award-winning – experience as a screenwriter led to her role as a professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of the Arts for nearly 20 years. She now writes for Estuary Magazine and is working on a memoir and a new film project.

The Monday night writing series will be held from Oct. 6 to Nov. 10 at the Lyme Public Hall. Enrollment for each session, which lasts from 6 to 8 p.m., will be limited to 12 students. The fee is $100 for Lyme Public Hall members and $125 for non-members. 

To enroll, contact info@lymepublichall.org.