South Hadley Reads
A Community Reading Event

March 2 - April 2, 2011

 


Selection for 2011:
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 
by Jamie Ford

 

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MARCH & APRIL 2011

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1     6:30 p.m.
Film: Rabbit in the Moon

2     3 4 5
6 7 8 9     6:00 p.m.
Speaker: History of Westover During WWII    
10      11 12
13 14 15 16      6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Journey to Auschwitz
17 18     10:30 a.m.
Storytime: Yoko by Rosemary Wells
19
20 21     6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Japan & China in the 20th Century
22      1:00 p.m.
Film: Magic of Ordinary Days
23     6:30 p.m. Discussion: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 24     6:30 p.m.
Youth Workshop:Origami and Story
25 26     10:00 a.m.
Children's Event: Meet Miss Martha: A Burma, China India Nurse from WWII
27 28     6:00 p.m.
Speakers: Ned Noel & Ted Belsky
29    10:30 a.m.
Teen Book Discussion: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
30      31     6:30 p.m.
Book  Discussion: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

April 1     

2     11:00 a.m.
Storytime: The Bracelet  E. Bunting & Baseball Saved Us K. Moshizuki

Activities

South Hadley Public Library

Wednesday, March 2, 6:00 p.m.
Film: Rabbit in the Moon  
Documentary on internment of Japanese citizens.  Refreshments served.  

Wednesday, March 9, 6:00 p.m.
History of Westover During World War II 
Master Sergent Biscoe from Westover Air Force Base will speak.

Monday, March 21, 6:00 p.m. 
Japan and China in the 20th Century: Historical Background of Jamie Ford's Novel 
Lecture by Jonathan Lipman, Professor of Asian Studies.

Wednesday, March 23, 6:30 p.m.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet  
Group discussion of the book.

Saturday, March 26, 6:30 p.m.
Meet Miss Martha: A Burma, China, India Nurse from World War II 
Re-enactor Martha Smith explains life on the frontlines in the Pacific Theatre.  All ages welcome.

Monday, March 28, 6:00 p.m. 
Ned Noel:
The War in the Pacific: My Experiences 
Ted Belsky:
South Hadley Oral Histories On the Home Front during WWII

Gaylord Memorial Library

Wednesday, March 16, 6:30 p.m.
Journey to Auschwitz
Nancy Kundl's recent trip to the concentration camp.

Friday, March 18, 10:30 a.m.
Children's story-time:  

Yoko
by Rosemary Wells

Thursday, March 24, 6:30 p.m.
Origami and Story: 
Origami Master by Nathanial Lachenmeyer. Ages 6 & up.

Thursday, March 31, 6:30 p.m.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Grroup Discussion of the Book.  Refreshments served.

South Hadley Council on Aging

Tuesday, March 22, 1:00 p.m.: Film: Magic of Ordinary Days 
Uplifting romance set in 1944.

South Hadley High School

Tuesday, March 29, 10:30 a.m. - noon 
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 
High School Book Discussion.  Books available in the High School Library.

Odyssey Bookshop

Thursday, April 2, 11:00 a.m.
Storytime with Marika McCoola: Ages 5 & up.
The Bracelet by Eve Bunting
Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki