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250 YEARS OF BOOKS FOR YOUNG AND OLD 1760 – 2010 1760: Library Company founded August 9th First Accession, John Locke’s “Essay Concerning Human Understanding” Joseph Thornton chosen librarian; books and effects kept at his home 21 original members 1761: David Twining serves as librarian to 1789; books moved to Twining’s home 1774: After the… Continue reading 250 Years of Books for Young and Old
Newtown Library Company's Penn Chair Travel Series presents: Kevin S. Fox and Arctic Svalbard Where: Newtown Library Company When: Thursday, September 26, 2019 @ 7PM Who: Kevin S. Fox Further details coming soon!
"The only thing that you absolutely have to know is the location of the library." April celebrates National Library Week! Come on in and tell us why you love your library and members can enter a raffle for a free book. Forms can be found at our front desk through the entire month of April.… Continue reading National Library Week
Who: Robbin Farr and Judith Lagana When: Friday, April 19, 2019 at 7:30PM Where: The Newtown Library Company, 114 E. Centre Ave. Newtown, PA Bring a poem and a friend! Robbin Farr, writer, poet, and bookbinder, lives in Doylestown, PA where she is actively involved in a community of poets. She is a founder and co-editor… Continue reading Poetry Night: Robbin Farr and Judith Lagana
Newtown Library Company's Penn Chair Travel Series presents: Irene & Arthur Rodgers and Japan Where: Newtown Library Company When: Thursday, June 20, 2019 @ 7PM Who: Irene & Arthur Rodgers Further details coming soon!
Newtown Library Company's Penn Chair Travel Series presents: Megan Benzio and Machu Picchu Where: Newtown Library Company When: Thursday, August 15, 2019 @ 7PM Who: Megan Benzio Further details coming soon!
Who: Lorraine Henrie Lins and you on the open mic When: Friday, March 15, 2019 at 7:30PM Where: The Newtown Library Company, 114 E. Centre Ave. Newtown, PA Bring a poem and a friend! Lorraine Henrie Lins is a Pennsylvania county Poet Laureate and author of four books of poetry. All the Stars Blown to One Side of… Continue reading Poetry Night: Lorraine Henrie Lins
Amazing Race: Newtown Library Edition 2019 When: April 27, 2019 Where: Newtown Fire Association (14 Liberty St., Newtown, PA 18940) We have designed a unique adventure, specific to Newtown Borough that will have you: solving clues competing in tasks and contests challenging your powers of observation laughing -- a lot! Team up with your family and… Continue reading Amazing Race: Newtown Library Edition 2019
Who: Lois Marie Harrod and you on the open mic When: Friday, February 15, 2019 at 7:30PM Where: The Newtown Library Company, 114 E. Centre Ave. Newtown, PA Bring a poem and a friend! Lois Marie Harrod’s 16th and most recent collection Nightmares of the Minor Poetappeared in June 2016 from Five Oaks. And She Took the Heart (Casa… Continue reading Poetry Night: Lois Marie Harrod
Who: Dave Worrell and you on the open mic When: Friday, January 18, 2019 at 7:30PM Where: The Newtown Library Company, 114 E. Centre Ave. Newtown, PA Bring a poem and a friend! Dave Worrell’s chapbook “We Who Were Bound” was published in August 2012 by Casa de Cinco Hermanas Press. His limited-edition ekphrastic collection… Continue reading Poetry Night: Dave Worrell
