Save the date:

*July-August:  In the community room, view the exhibit “Journey to Sierra Leone,” featuring photos of the people of this West African nation, which is considered the 2^nd poorest in the world. They were taken by Noah Goldman, a teenager from Montague, and his mother, Marina.

*Thursday, August 12, 6:30 p.m. Free showing of the children’s film “Mist: The Round-Up,” about a border collie and its sheep on a farm in England. 66 minutes. Come early or stay afterwards to meet one or more trained border collies belonging to Jill Horton-Lyons of Winterberry Farm.

*Thursday evenings from 7 to 8 p.m., June 24-August 5, hear local musicians outdoors on the beautiful library patio (and indoors if rainy). Check with the library for a schedule.

Free library services for people with visual and physical disabilities

Summer Reading Program: “Read to Feed” with Heifer International. Kids who are finishing grades K-6 can help purchase a goat, sheep, rabbits, ducks/geese, or bees for a family in need. The kids do their part by reading. They DON’T collect any money. Thanks to support from the Friends of the Leverett Library, the library will donate the funding, up to $180. Sign up at the library. Every book read earns money toward a farm animal.

Summer Story Hour with Georgie Schmid, Wednesdays at 10:30, features books, crafts, and visitors, from animals to trucks. It is geared for toddlers and preschoolers but all are welcome.

Join us for our 3rd summer of music on the patio on Thursday evenings from 7-8 p.m.  June 24: Bruce Colegrove, rock, country, and folk music; July 1: Michael Orlen, folksongs, some influenced by blues and ragtime; July 8: Tom Nielsen, folksongs of a progressive political satire bent; July 15: Tim Van Egmond: traditional songs accompanied by limberjack, hammered dulcimer, Appalachian dulcimer, and more; July 22: Dennis Shapson, Jon Lawless, & Alan Kurtz, blues; July 29 Cynthia Thomas & Chris Darrow, Quebecois music, August 5: performer to be announced. In the event of rain, the performance will be moved in to the community room.

Murder at the Sugar Shack: Thanks to Bruce Watson, Steven MacLean, Rosie McMahan, Susie Chang, Peggy Marshall, Peter D’Errico, Petriana Monize, Sahar Eisenstein-Bond, and Noah & Randy Tevelde, the tale of a sticky murder in Leverett continues to unfold. Read the sinisterly sweet story at our website or at the front desk. Sign up to add a page, and keep the tale alive!

Thanks to the Friends of the Library, we have museum passes to the Eric Carle Museum, Historic Deerfield, the Springfield Museums, the Norman Rockwell Museum, and the Clark Art Institute. We also have a State Parks pass.

Free “Weed and Read” Fitness Program: The perennial garden encircling the patio behind the library always needs weeding. Spend 10 minutes and feel good! Ask the staff to use our bucket, digger, and trowel. Call Judy Ricker if you need information: 548-9895.

Wish list:  A used laptop with Windows XP and PowerPoint.

We are grateful to have received donations in memory of Leverett residents Gardner Hobart, Mary Field, Calvin Glazier, and Klaus Kroner. Thank you to Jennifer Rosner for donating a copy of her new book, If a Tree Falls: A Family’s Quest to Hear and Be Heard.

It's Here! The Murder at the Sugar Shack website is now up. Check it out at:

http://leverettlibrary.blogspot.com/

If you wish to participate, please contact Linda Wentworth at the Leverett Library for more information.