The economy has many of us planning affordable staycations or daycations. The many local fairs appeal to all ages. Governor Relll's Staycation Program offers discounts at over 300 Connecticut staycation locations.,
Danbury has the Summer Concert Series on the Green with a variety of music. Bring a chair and enjoy the free concerts! Be sure to visit Danbury Library for one of our many free programs.
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Those of us who are familiar with the opening section of Citizen Kane will recall the "News on the March" portion covering the life of Charles Foster Kane. During this segment there are several shots of buildings with Spanish architecture as well as two statues: "El Cid" & "Youthful Diana." These are located in San Diego's Balboa Park. Both statues are by Anna Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973) who also did the statue of Sybil Ludington in front of the Danbury Library. She was a towering figure in the world of sculpture & has an international reputation. She lived with her husband, Archer, in Redding on an estate called Stanerigg. She & her husband were philanthropists of the first rank & spread many beautiful gifts in this area. Huntington Park, the site of their former estate, was donated to the state of Connecticut for use as a state park. It has two wonderful statues of wolves & bears sculpted by Anna at the entrance. Her husband, who was a student of Spanish art & history, founded the Hispanic Society of America in New York City. For more information about them read The Remarkable Huntingtons.
I had never read anything by Dennis Lehane nor had I seen any of the movie adaptations of his books. Then one day I came across the trailer for the upcoming film Shutter Island, based on the book by the same name, and I was intrigued.
It is 1954 and U.S. Deputy Marshals Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule are called to Ashecliffe, a maximum security psychiatric hospital on Shutter Island, to investigate the disappearance of a patient. How did the patient, Rachel Solando, escape from a locked cell and get past all of the guards? Why is the warden so uncooperative? Why is the staff so jumpy and secretive? I would highly recommend reading Dennis Lehane's gripping psychological thriller to find out. You may also want to check out the trailer for the film here.
Summer Reading at Danbury Library starts next week! This year's theme is "Read Green, Live Green". We're encouraging kids and families to help keep Mother Earth healthy and happy, and the focus of our summer reading events and programs is to bring awareness to our environment and our surroundings and to have fun while taking care of our Earth too! Don't forget to drop by the library and get your Reading Log for kids in grades 1 through 8, or print one out. For all our programs and events, visit the KidZone and the TeenZone!
