The Adult Summer Reading Club has concluded.
Thank you for participating!

June 17 – September 6

Winners of the final prize drawing which includes $25 gift certificates to local retailers such as Chicklet Books, the Princeton Record Exchange (www.prex.com) and tickets to McCarter Theater will be notified on Monday, September 14th.

How to Participate

1. Sign up for the Summer Reading club at the Welcome Desk beginning June 17, 2009 and receive your reading log and bookmark.

1. Participants may read or listen to any adult fiction book, nonfiction book, or unabridged audiobook. A sampling of suggested titles appears on the reading log. Look for additional suggestions on the library’s website.
   
2. Prizes.
1. The first 25 people to sign up will receive an extra incentive.
2. Everyone who turns in a reading log will be entered into the final drawing to win a prize at the conclusion of the program.
3. Attend Monday night Master the Art of Reading programming for the chance to win that evening’s raffle. Must be present to win.
   
3. Reviews are not mandatory, but you are welcome to submit reviews to us at books@princetonlibrary.org. Reviews must be of items available in our collection. We reserve the right to publish them on our blog at http://www.princetonlibrary.org/librarylounge/.
   
4. Return your log to the Welcome Desk by September 6. Winners will be notified by phone or email on or before Monday, September 14. The final prize drawing will include $25 gift certificates to local retailers such as Chicklet Books, the  Princeton Record Exchange (www.prex.com) and tickets to McCarter Theater!

Booklists
(click on the list title for an expanded list)

Master the Classics

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

The Odyssey by Homer
Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Master the Art of Reading
Program Schedule

(Programs will be held in the Community Room unless otherwise noted.)

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All Ages Summer Reading Kickoff featuring

Alex & the Kaleidoscope Band

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 7:00 pm

Library Plaza

Art Talk with the Princeton Arts Council

Artist Debbie Reichard discusses her inspiration and process of her craft.

June 22, 7pm  

Surviving Picasso, film screening

June 29, 7pm

Vincent and Theo, film screening

July 6, 7pm

Caroline Harris, Art on Screen

Harris, curator of eduation and academic programming at the Princeton University Art Museum talks about how Hollywood portrays the art world and its unique personalities, featuring a look at Surviving Picasso and Vincent and Theo.

July 13, 7:00pm

Cardmaking Workshop for Art and Book Lovers

Linda Willimer of "Stampin' Up!" demonstrates the art of making cards for art and booklovers.

July 19, 1 pm

The Art of Flower Arranging

Rosemary of Design Inspirations will demonstrate how to create six separate summer tablescapes. Six people will go home with the arrangements made during the program.

July 20, 7pm

Picasso at the Lapin Agile

Princeton Theatre Experiment presents a reading of Steve Martin's play about a fictional meeting between Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso, in a bar at the turn of the century.

July 21, 7:30pm

Who the Bleep is Jackson Pollock? , film screening

July 27, 7pm

Interior Design Seminar

Carrie Oesmann of Bailiwick Designs shares her interior decorating expertise.

Aug. 3, 7:00pm

Frida, film screening

Aug. 10, 7pm

MOMA Highlights

A member of the MoMA staff presents highlights of the history of modern art drawn from the famed museum's collection.

Aug. 17, 7pm

Basquiat, film screening

Aug. 24, 7pm

Vicky Cristina Barcelona, film screening

Aug. 31, 7pm

Questions?

Contact us at books@princetonlibrary.org