Starting with movie night last Thursday, summer has officially begun at the library.  Our first movie was Bee Movie, which was a surprising hit (we reached capacity in the room, holy smokes!) and which both Jim and I enjoyed – once the problem with the sound was resolved.  (How frustrating to hit play on a movie for a huge crowd, only to find out that the sound wasn’t working!)

Next up:  the Ice Cream Social, which is scheduled for Tuesday.  Hopefully we won’t have to use a rain date this year.  And coming up on July 1, the first “real” program of the summer, a visit from Audubon Ark as they do a program on Habitats.  They’ll bring a skunk and painted turtle with them to show to the kids; it should be a fantastic program.

Other great programs coming up this summer include:  “Hurdy Gurdy, Monkey and Me,” a real organ grinder with his monkey Coco; another Audubon Ark program on Backyard Wildlife, with an opossum and a mallard duck; “Animal Antics,” a puppet show by Sparky Davis, who has a fantastic reputation; and a concert with Davis Bates and Roger Tincknell, perennial favorites at the library.  Not to forget the three other family movie nights – 101 Dalmatians, The Spiderwick Chronicles, and Nancy Drew.  Lisa will be running four movie nights for ages thirteen and up as well.   And, of course, there will be book group meetings, one meeting for each grade from three to six and the teen book group.  For the younger crowd, Jennifer will be running Mother Goose on the Loose storytimes every Wednesday, except for the two Wednesdays that Alex Andrews will be visiting with her Music Together program.

It’s a full summer, with lots and lots of fantastic events.  I’m psyched.