Dan Tremblay, paranormal expert, will discuss his twenty years in the field of the paranormal on Wednesday, October 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Beebe Library Lecture Hall. He is the creator and producer of the television series Ghost Stories of New England and will be sharing photos and discussing his findings. He will also talk about the folklore and history behind parts of New England as they pertain to the ghost stories. He promises to bring “extraordinary film footage of ghosts” and will encourage the audience to share their experiences with ghosts. This free program is sponsored by the Friends of the Beebe Library. No registration necessary.

A Supper Sleuths List for November 4, 2008

Russell Andrews Jack Keller series
Gideon 1999
Icarus 2001
Aphrodite 2003
Midas 2005
Hades 2007
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If reading your Newbery Award book is getting you down, take a look at Allen County Public Library’s website, where kids voted which Newbery Award winners were best-liked by the kids. Books are ranked by their popularity among kids, and not according to the most recently written.

Over 26 million Americans, many in the Boston area, can trace their ancestry back to Italy. Italian-Americans now form the country’s fifth largest ethnic group. To find out more about area activities celebrating Italians in America, visit www.italianheritagemonth.com.
Italian Americans have distinguished themselves in science (Enrico Fermi), business (Lee Iacocca), literature (Mario Puzo), music (Henry Mancini, Tony Bennett, Guy Lombardo), film (Ernest Borgnine, Frank Capra, Eleanora Duse), and politics (John Volpe, Silvio Conte, Fiorello LaGuardia).
The list could go on and on.
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We have bad news and good news about the NextReads newsletter service you have been enjoying. The bad news is that Beebe Library’s subscription to NextReads will be cancelled as of August 30, 2008. However, the good news is if you wish to continue to receive newsletters from NextReads, you can easily subscribe to the NOBLE (North of Boston Library Exchange) version of NextReads starting September 2, 2008.
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Supper Sleuths, a discussion group for mystery readers, will meet on Tuesday, October 14, at 6 p.m. to discuss Louis Bayard’s The Pale Blue Eye.

Books by the Lake will meet on Wednesday, October 15 to discuss Roland Merullo’s Revere Beach Elegy: a Memoir of Home and Beyond.

Learn more about all of Beebe Library’s book discussion groups.

Historical Fiction article from Beebe Library’s column from The Wakefield Daily Item.