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Thursdays are for Teens during the month of August!  To help you beat the heat and have some fun, we have scheduled events every Thursday in August just for you.  Join us at 2:00 PM in the 2nd Floor meeting room on August 5 as we kick off the series with FIFA World Cup, our new XBox game.  We'll provide snacks and games, your job is to grab a friend, drop in and play. 

Other Thursdays will feature the films Star Trek and Twilight, as well as another game day.  See the full schedule here.

Don't let your individual artistic, scientific or educational ventures fail because of a lack of funding. There are foundations offering grants that will help you meet your goal and complete your project. Get the best insider tips on how to find grants and sway funders as the Greenwich Library continues its @sk the Expert series with Grants for Individuals on Friday, July 23, at 11 a.m., in the Meeting Room.

Judith Margolin, an independent consultant on foundations and grants, will provide a thorough introduction to everything the individual grant seeker needs to know about seeking funding from foundations and other sources.

British author Alison Weir will take you inside her latest novel Captive Queen as part of AuthorsLive@GreenwichLibrary on Thursday, July 29, at 7 p.m., in the Meeting Room.

Captive Queen is based on the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine, the French queen whose marriage to the future King Henry II would usher in the Plantagenet Dynasty. Weir crafts a work of historical fiction that brilliantly enriches and casts new light on this legendary story.

Casey Carle's Bubblemania will kick off Greenwich Library's 2010 Summer Reading Program on Saturday, June 19, at 2 pm, in the Cole Auditorium. Bubblemania will feature amazing tricks such as giant floating bubbles up to six feet in diameter, bubbles that bounce, hands-only bubbling and more. Raffles and refreshments will follow the performance, which is suitable for children ages 4 and up.

"Make a Splash--Read!" is the theme of this year's Summer Reading Program. The Summer Reading Club, for students grades K-5, is designed to encourage the joy of reading through activities, games, incentives and a summer full of special programs. The Greenwich Library will roll out a host of special events throughout the summer, in addition to story times, books clubs and craft programs, that will help foster a love of reading in children.

Get out your summer reading lists! The Friends of the Byram Shubert Library, a branch of Greenwich Library, will be holding its popular Book & Media Sale inside St. Paul's Lutheran Church, next to 55 William Street West, on June 12-13, 2010.

This sale includes a guesstimated 25,000 books, CDs, DVDs, videos, and audiobooks, including loads of brand new items, as well as many antiques. You will find a wide selection of goodies, including fiction, thirty-something categories of nonfiction, and TONS of incredible children's books.

If you're a true bibliophile, come to a special preview sale on Friday, June 11 from 5:30-8:30 pm. For $15, you can attend the preview and get the best selection - it's well worth the entrance fee! On Saturday, June 12 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm the sale is open to all. On Sunday, June 13 from 12:00 to 4:00 pm will be the bargain hunter's delight "bag and box" sale ($3/bag or $5/box).

All proceeds from the sale benefit the branch library's programs and events. For specific questions, please contact the Byram Shubert Library at (203) 531-0426.

Greenwich Reads Together is a community-wide reading experience which will engage all of Greenwich in exploring a single book. Members of the community are encouraged to suggest their favorite books in the comment box below.

In order to be selected, the book should be of high literary quality, reflective of universal issues and capable of generating thought-provoking discussions. It should lend itself to engaging public programs and appeal to a diverse population. It must also be currently in print and available in large quantities and in multiple formats, including paperback, e-book, audiobook and large print.

The suggestions will be evaluated by the Selection Committee, which is comprised of distinguished members of the community including Greenwich High School English Teacher and Program Administrator Brigid Barry, WGCH Radio host Darby Cartun, former Superintendant of Schools Ernie Fleishman, author and publishing consultant Lucy Hedrick, National Children's Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman, freelance journalist and writer Shashi Khorana and Brunswick junior Will Peisch.

Several community organizations have formed a Steering Committee to lead this effort including Greenwich Arts Council, Greenwich Boys and Girls Club, Greenwich Historical Society, Greenwich Library and the YWCA of Greenwich. The book will be selected for Winter/Spring 2011, and will be explored through discussions, programs and lectures.

Andrew Ross Sorkin, a leading journalist who writes about Wall Street and corporate America, is assistant editor of business and financial news at The New York Times and editor of DealBook, an online daily financial report he started in 2001. During his career, he broke the news of Chase's acquisition of J.P. Morgan, I.B.M.'s sale of its PC business to Lenovo, and Johnson & Johnson's $25 billion acquisition of Guidant. He has appeared on NBC's "Today" show, PBS's "Charlie Rose" and CNBC's "Squawk Box."

Piper Kerman will discuss her newly released memoir Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison as part of AuthorsLive@GreenwichLibrary on Thursday, May 13, at 7 p.m., in the Cole Auditorium at Greenwich Library.

Orange is the New Black takes you on the journey of a curious post-grad swept up in the underworld of international drug trafficking, her escape and subsequent arrest six years later. Compelling, moving and often hilarious, Orange is the New Black sheds a unique light on life inside Danbury's federal prison, by a Smith College graduate who did the crime and did the time.

The Greenwich Library's Foreign Affairs Book Club will take an in-depth look at the story of a real-life Robin Hood who views globalization at its philosophical core--that "the only real nation is humanity."

The Foreign Affairs Book Club will discuss Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder on Tuesday, May 18, at 7 p.m., in the Jewel.

Mountains Beyond Mountains tells the true story of Dr. Paul Farmer, who has followed his life's calling to diagnose and cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need it most. The book follows Farmer, a renowned infectious disease specialist, from Harvard to Haiti, Peru, Cuba and Russia as he changes minds and practices through his dedication and philosophy.

The Foreign Affairs Book Club meets every third Tuesday of the month. New participants are always welcome. The group will discuss The Year that Changed the World by Michael Meyer on June 15.

For more information, please call Yang Wang at 203-622-7924.