Date Start Event Name Location End Description Group
Fri 10/08/2010 5:00 pm Community Story Hour FI Library 7:00 pm "GROWING UP" with Dr. Maria Frank, Bob Rogers, Laura Edwards, Nina Schmid, Harry Hurlburt, Tom Doherty and....autumn beverages and snacks served. Join us for the "falling back" into the dark of night. FI Library
Mon 10/18/2010 7:00 pm Fishers Island Library Adult Book Discussion Group FI Library 8:00 pm   FI Library
Mon 11/08/2010 5:00 pm "My Life as a Child" stories of growing up FI Library 7:00 pm Featured story tellers, sharing stories about their own childhood! All ages welcome. FI Library
Sun 11/21/2010 12:00 pm Book Party FI Library 1:00 pm   Island Concerts
HL Ferguson Museum
FI Library
Mon 11/22/2010 12:00 pm another fake library event FI Library 1:00 pm   FI Library
Thu 11/25/2010 12:00 pm bogus bogus Fire House 1:00 pm lib event at fire house FI Library
Mon 12/13/2010 3:00 pm Christmas Literary Tea FI Library 6:00 pm Drop in, mix and mingle!
Pots of tea and tasty treats. Literary games and Christmas books
4:30 - 5:30 - Laura Edwards, Maynard Banks & Nina Schmid read their their favorite Christmas stories!
FI Library
Fri 12/24/2010 All Day Library Closed FI Library All Day   FI Library
Sat 12/25/2010 All Day Library Closed FI Library All Day   FI Library
Fri 12/31/2010 All Day Library Closed FI Library All Day   FI Library
Sat 01/01/2011 All Day Library Closed FI Library All Day   FI Library
Thu 01/06/2011 4:30 pm Screenwriter Seminar FI School 6:30 pm for teens and adults, co sponsored by the Library, IPP and the School. Meet in the English Room. FI Library
FI School (Public Events)
Island People's Project Program
Thu 01/13/2011 4:30 pm Screenwriter Seminar FI School 6:30 pm for teens and adults, co sponsored by the Library, IPP and the School. Meet in the English Room. FI Library
FI School (Public Events)
Island People's Project Program
Thu 01/20/2011 4:30 pm Screenwriter Seminar FI School 6:30 pm for teens and adults, co sponsored by the Library, IPP and the School. Meet in the English Room. FI Library
FI School (Public Events)
Island People's Project Program
Mon 01/24/2011 7:00 pm Adult Book Discussion- Rescheduled to Jan 31 FI Library 8:00 pm Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs, Book 6) by Jacqueline Winspear FI Library
Tue 01/25/2011 4:45 pm Screenwriter Seminar FI School 6:30 pm For teens and adults, co sponsored by the Library, IPP and the School. Meet in the English Room.
FI Library
FI School (Public Events)
Island Health Project
Thu 01/27/2011 4:30 pm Screenwriter Seminar FI School 6:30 pm for teens and adults, co sponsored by the Library, IPP and the School. Meet in the English Room. FI Library
FI School (Public Events)
Island People's Project Program
Mon 01/31/2011 7:00 pm Adult Book Discussion-"Among the Mad" FI Library 8:00 pm Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs, Book 6) by Jacqueline Winspear FI Library
Tue 02/01/2011 4:45 pm Screenwriter Seminar FI School 6:30 pm   FI Library
FI School (Public Events)
Island People's Project Program
Thu 02/03/2011 4:30 pm Screenwriter Seminar FI School 6:30 pm for teens and adults, co sponsored by the Library, IPP and the School. Meet in the English Room. FI Library
FI School (Public Events)
Island People's Project Program
Tue 02/08/2011 4:45 pm Screenwriter Seminar FI School 6:30 pm   FI Library
FI School (Public Events)
Thu 02/10/2011 4:30 pm Screenwriter Seminar FI School 6:30 pm for teens and adults, co sponsored by the Library, IPP and the School. Meet in the English Room. FI Library
FI School (Public Events)
Island People's Project Program
Thu 02/17/2011 4:30 pm Screenwriter Seminar FI School 6:30 pm for teens and adults, co sponsored by the Library, IPP and the School. Meet in the English Room. FI Library
FI School (Public Events)
Island People's Project Program
Mon 02/21/2011 1:00 pm FI Library Closed for Normal Hours Today FI Library 5:00 pm   FI Library
Mon 02/21/2011 7:00 pm Adult Book Discussion - Snow Treasure FI Library 9:00 pm "Snow Treasure" by Marie McSwigan FI Library
Tue 02/22/2011 4:45 pm Screenwriter Seminar FI School 6:30 pm   FI Library
FI School (Public Events)
Thu 02/24/2011 4:30 pm Screenwriter Seminar FI School 6:30 pm for teens and adults, co sponsored by the Library, IPP and the School. Meet in the English Room. FI Library
FI School (Public Events)
Island People's Project Program
Tue 03/01/2011 4:45 pm Screenwriter Seminar FI School 6:30 pm   FI Library
FI School (Public Events)
Tue 03/08/2011 4:45 pm Screenwriter Seminar FI School 6:30 pm   FI Library
FI School (Public Events)
Tue 03/15/2011 4:45 pm Screenwriter Seminar FI School 6:30 pm   FI Library
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Fri 03/18/2011 5:30 pm Screenwriter Finale - moved to April 1st FI Library 7:30 pm Come hear Fishers Island residents read and act out scripts written by island residents who have been enrolled in the 2011 screenwriter seminar. Teens and adults acting out the words written by teens and adults! Food and beverages served FI Library
FI School (Public Events)
Island People's Project Program
Mon 03/21/2011 7:00 pm Adult Book Discussion FI Library 8:00 pm "The Widow's War" by Saly Gunning FI Library
Fri 04/01/2011 5:00 pm Screenwriter Finale FI Library 7:00 pm Island writers have been writing new screenplays. They'll be read by other island residents at the 2011 screenwriter finale.
"The King's Speech" would not have happened without a screenplay and a screenplay reading!

Snacks and beverages served.
FI Library
Mon 05/02/2011 12:20 pm Teen/Adult Book Discussion FI Library 1:20 pm FI Library Adult book discussion group joins with FI School's teen book group for a ONE BOOK, ONE COMMUNITY discussion. Teens choose 3 books they'd like to discuss and the adults picked 1 of the 3. "A Time of Gifts" by Patrick Leigh Fermor FI Library
Tue 05/03/2011 5:00 pm Community Reading Night - Postponed to May 17th FI Library 6:30 pm FI Library and FI School Library join together for an evening of learning and fun. Adults, teens and children will read selections from the "We the People Bookshelf" You'll be surprised by how much you enjoy this Shared reading time. Refreshements served. FI Library
FI School (Public Events)
Mon 05/16/2011 7:00 pm Book Group - AT HOME: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson FI Library 9:00 pm From one of the most beloved authors of our time—more than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country alone—a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home. "Houses aren't refuges from history. They are where history ends up." FI Library
Tue 05/17/2011 5:00 pm Community Reading Night-Rescheduled FI Library 6:30 pm The FI School LIbrary and the FI Public Library bring together children, teens and adults to read excerpts from the WE the PEOPLE BOOKSHELF. An multigenerational evening of fun and learning, past attendees have raved about for months. Refreshements served. Held at the Public Library. FI Library
FI School (Public Events)
Sat 05/28/2011 3:00 pm LIBRARY BOARD MEETING Fishers Island Community Center Conference Room 4:00 pm   FI Library
Mon 05/30/2011 All Day Library Closed on Memorial Day FI Library All Day   FI Library
Wed 06/08/2011 2:09 pm FI Library Book Award Presentations FI School 2:15 pm FI Library Association trustee, Shelia Kennedy, will present the FI Library Book Awards at the school as part of the World Oceans Day program. FI Library
FI School (Public Events)
HL Ferguson Museum
Island People's Project Program
Mon 06/13/2011 All Day Library Summer Hours Begin FI Library All Day The library hours from June 13 thru Sept 17th are:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday - 9 to 12 & 1 to 5
Wednesday & Saturday - 9 to 12
FI Library
Sat 07/02/2011 3:00 pm Library Board Meeting Fishers Island Community Center Conference Room 4:00 pm   FI Library
Mon 07/04/2011 All Day Library Closed for Holiday FI Library All Day   FI Library
Tue 07/05/2011 4:15 pm Library Event-Welcome Reception for Parents FI Library 5:15 pm   FI Library
Tue 07/12/2011 4:15 pm Library Event Children's Story Hour FI Library 5:15 pm Community Readers share books with our youngest readers: infant-5 FI Library
Tue 07/12/2011 5:30 pm Library Event: "The Sea Connects All things" Union Chapel 6:30 pm Peter Neill of the World Oceans Observatory will be giving the Peter Brinckerhoff Nautical Lecture this year, combining nautical and marine interests in a large look at what the ocean means to people. More details will be found on the library website in June. FI Library
Wed 07/13/2011 3:30 pm Library Event- Magical Story Hour w/ Peg Donovan for infants to age 2 FI Library 4:00 pm Peg Donovan of Connecticut Storytelling Association takes you and your child on a merry journey into the world of words. Rhyme, Rhythm and Audience Participation. Our Littlest Listeners will be enchanted. FI Library
Wed 07/13/2011 4:15 pm Library Event-Interactive Story Hour for ages 3-5 with Peg Donovan FI Library 5:15 pm Ms. Peg will enchant both parents and children as she takes them ona magical word journey. Rhyme, rhythm and audience participation will captivate children. FI Library
Tue 07/19/2011 4:15 pm Library Event Children's Story Hour FI Library 5:15 pm Community Readers share books with our youngest readers: infant-5 FI Library
Tue 07/19/2011 5:30 pm LIBRARY EVENT- Discussion of "THE BLACK SWAN" with the author FI Library 7:00 pm Chris Knopf will be at the Library to discuss his novel that describes FI as a "...disassociated scrap of Long Island. A summer preserve for the oldest old money...and defended by year round residents...with xenophobic fervor. FI Library
Wed 07/20/2011 4:15 pm Library Event Children's Story Hour FI Library 5:15 pm Community Readers share books with children: infant-age 5 FI Library
Wed 07/20/2011 5:30 pm LIBRARY EVENT, "Behind the Scenes of 'Changing Shoes...HILARIOUS life on the road across America with Tina Sloan McPherson and the Parsons Sisters, Becca and Emily Union Chapel 6:30 pm Tina, Becca and Emily share funny and whimsical insights of their experiences producing and performing "Changing Shoes."
SEE ATTACHMENT
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Sat 07/23/2011 5:30 pm Library Event- Wham! Bam! Islam! a documentary by Isaac Solotoroff Fishers Island Community Center Multi-Purpose Room 7:00 pm Isaac Solotoroff, film maker presents his documentary Wham! Bam! Islam!
Reception to follow
FI Library
Tue 07/26/2011 4:15 pm Library Event Children's Story Hour FI Library 5:15 pm Community Readers share books with our youngest readers: infant-5 FI Library
Wed 07/27/2011 4:15 pm Library Event Children's Story Hour FI Library 5:15 pm Community Readers share books with children: infant-age 5 FI Library
Thu 07/28/2011 4:30 pm Library/IPP Event "THE GHOST NET:An Environmental Musical of the Sea" FI School 5:45 pm The Grumbling Gryphons perform a wondrous tale of Marina and her dolphin friend as they explore the sea. Interactive Audience Participation. For all ages. For those who want to be in the show, there is a dance and acting workshop at 3:00 PM FI Library
Mon 08/01/2011 7:00 pm LIBRARY- BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP FI Library 8:30 pm Regular monthly informal adult book discussion will be about:
"Unbroken: A World War II story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption" by Laura Hillenbrand.
At the library
FI Library
Sat 08/06/2011 5:00 pm LIBRARY EVENT- Ginger Cutler presents "Would you send your four-year-old to boarding school?" Union Chapel 6:00 pm Ginger shares her experience working at boarding school in rural India with children from the Unrouchable Caste." FI Library
Tue 08/09/2011 3:30 pm Library Event- "Littlest Listeners" with Peg Donovan of Connecticut Storytelling Center FI Library 5:00 pm 3:30-4:00 PM infant to age 2
4:15-5:00 PM age 3-5
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Tue 08/09/2011 5:00 pm Library Program- Tim and Sharon Patterson: Vietnam, Cambodia and Bangkok Union Chapel 6:00 pm   FI Library
Thu 08/11/2011 5:00 pm LIBRARY EVENT- Lucia Henderson, "The Mount Vernon Ladies Association: 150 Years of Restoring George Washington's Home" Union Chapel 6:00 pm Join Lucia as she relates the compelling story of the rescue and preservation of Mount Vernon FI Library
Tue 08/16/2011 5:00 pm LIBRARY EVENT "Breaking the Stranglehold and Reclaiming our Homes" Union Chapel 6:00 pm Joe Henderson on behalf of the Habitat Committee will review habitat destruction and creation on Fishers Island FI Library
Sat 08/20/2011 5:00 pm The Harbor School-Murray Fisher Union Chapel 6:30 pm leading edge learning, farming for food and use of resources FI Library
Sat 09/03/2011 3:00 pm Fi Library Meeting Fishers Island Community Center Conference Room 4:00 pm   Community Center
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Sat 10/08/2011 3:00 pm FI Library Board Meeting at the Library FI Library 4:00 pm   FI Library
Wed 10/26/2011 7:00 pm ALL ARE INVITED TO A START-UP BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP MEETING FI Library 8:00 pm TURN OVER A NEW LEAF for FALL!AND, TURN A FEW PAGES WITH THE
NEW FISHERS ISLAND LIBRARY BOOKCLUB!!!!
POETRY, SHAKESPEARE, NON-FICTION, FIELD TRIPS, BOOK & COOK, SERIOUS, LIGHT-SIDE, ETC. YOU DESIGN THE PROGRAM!
CONTACT NINASCHMID FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
631-788-7975;nina9ah@hotmail.com
SEE ATTACHMENT
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Community Center
Wed 12/07/2011 5:00 pm Holiday Reading and Celebration at the Fishers Island Library FI Library 7:00 pm Join us at the library for readings of holiday books by your favorite island personalities. Co-hosted by the library and the elementary students at Fishers Island School. Refreshments will be served. Open to all! Hope to see you there. FI Library
Wed 12/28/2011 6:00 pm GAME NIGHT!! Fun for all ages At the Library FI Library 8:00 pm Please join us on December 28th for a family night of fun and games. We will have a puzzle in progress, sprinkle around some board and card games and offer a few snacks and drinks to spice up the evening. Come by to test your skills and see some old and new friends! FI Library
Wed 01/11/2012 7:00 pm Library: Book Discussion "In the Garden of the Beast" by Erik Larson FI Library 8:00 pm   FI Library
Wed 02/08/2012 7:00 pm Library: Book Discussion "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain FI Library 8:00 pm   FI Library
Mon 03/12/2012 12:15 pm Todd Gipstein author of 'Legacy of the Light' FI Library 1:30 pm Todd Gipstein author of Legacy of the Light is coming to the Island. All are welcome- March 12th- Monday
Luncheon conversation at the public library 12:15 to 1:30 (Bring your own lunch).
FI School (Public Events)
FI Library
Community Center
Wed 03/14/2012 7:00 pm Library: Book Discussion "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain FI Library 9:00 pm SEE ATTACHMENT FI Library
Sat 05/26/2012 3:00 pm Library Board Meeting FI Library 4:00 pm   FI Library
Tue 06/12/2012 7:00 pm Library: Book Discussion "Hunger Games"by Suzanne Collins FI Library 9:00 pm   FI Library
Tue 07/03/2012 4:00 pm Library 4th of July Celebration FI Library 6:00 pm A reading and costumed historical performance event, with games, crafts and other fun for children, to celebrate the 4th of July. To be held in the library and on the patio/lawn, weather permitting. More details TBD. FI Library
Fri 07/06/2012 6:00 pm FI Library: Cocktails on the Harbor Islandwide - various locations 8:00 pm Cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, & Silent Auction; Tickets $45.00 per person; Sponsorship levels: $250.00, $500.00(2 tickets) $1,000.00(4 tickets)
FI Library
Wed 07/11/2012 7:00 pm Library: Book Discussion "Starboard Seas" by Amber Dermont FI Library 9:00 pm   FI Library
Tue 07/17/2012 4:15 pm Children’s Story Hour. Reader: Nina Schmid FI Library 5:00 pm   FI Library
Tue 07/24/2012 4:15 pm Children’s Story Hour. Reader: Holland Lynch FI Library 5:00 pm   FI Library
Sat 07/28/2012 5:00 pm Young Adventurers Series: Jessie Parsons FI Library 6:00 pm Jessie Parsons will share her experiences traveling in Thailand and Burma. FI Library
Tue 07/31/2012 4:15 pm Children’s Story Hour. Reader: Kelly Ramsey FI Library 5:00 pm   FI Library
Wed 08/01/2012 All Day Island to Island: Part I FI Library All Day In Part I of this exchange between Fishers Island and Block Island, Fishers Islanders will take a charter boat trip to Block Island to meet with island leaders and discuss community planning and managment. All day trip sponsored by the Fishers Island Library. FI Library
Tue 08/07/2012 4:15 pm Children’s Story Hour. Readers: Sheila Kennedy and Lorna Stengel FI Library 5:00 pm   FI Library
Tue 08/14/2012 4:15 pm Children’s Story Hour with Professional Storyteller: Peg Donovan of the CT Storytelling Center’s Littlest Listeners Progr FI Library 5:15 pm   FI Library
Tue 08/21/2012 4:15 pm Children’s Story Hour. Reader: Bonnie Benkard FI Library 5:00 pm   FI Library
Tue 08/21/2012 5:00 pm Mixed-Media Presentation by photographer Todd Gipstein Fishers Island Community Center Multi-Purpose Room 6:00 pm In this mixed-media presentation, Todd Gipstein weaves together stories and observations drawn from 40 years of travel and photography, much of it for National Geographic.
Todd, a local Connecticut writer, will also be happy to sign copies of his books including Legacy of the Light. This program is sponsored by the FI Library.
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Tue 08/28/2012 4:15 pm Children’s Story Hour. Reader: Rich Bartels FI Library 5:00 pm   FI Library
Wed 09/05/2012 5:00 pm Library: Book Discussion: "Catch'd on Fire" by Nora Oakes Howard FI Library 6:00 pm Fishers Island Author! Nora will be presenting a lecture on "Catch'd on Fire". Books available at the FI Library FI Library
Thu 11/08/2012 7:00 pm FI Library Book Group: The Light Between the Oceans by M.L. Stedman (novel) FI Library 8:30 pm   FI Library
Thu 12/13/2012 7:00 pm FI Library Book Group: Lunch Poems by Frank O'Hara (poetry) FI Library 8:30 pm   FI Library
Fri 12/14/2012 5:00 pm Holiday Reading at the Library FI Library 6:30 pm In a repeat of last year's very fun evening, students from Fishers Island School and adults from the community will share their favorite holiday tales in an evening of treats and merriment at the Fishers Island Library. FI Library
Thu 01/10/2013 7:00 pm FI Library Book Group: The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher (novel which most have read, but would like to reread) FI Library 8:30 pm   FI Library
Thu 02/14/2013 7:00 pm FI Library Book Group: Any biography or autobiography of readers choice FI Library 8:30 pm (e.g. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, Cleopatra:A Life by Stacy Shiff, Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Uslysses S. Grant) this is one of the evenings we will all bring some food item to share and hopefully entice others to join us. FI Library
Thu 03/14/2013 7:00 pm FI Library Book Group: The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol, Agnete Friis (novel) FI Library 8:30 pm (there is also another book titled Boy in the Suitcase: Holocaust Family Stories of Survival by Sheryl Needle,(nonfiction). It sounds very interesting and perhaps some of us may also read that. FI Library
Thu 04/11/2013 7:00 pm FI Library Book Group: Classic of readers choice FI Library 8:30 pm (e.g. Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. This could be another evening to bring food items to share and bring guests. FI Library
Thu 05/09/2013 7:00 pm FI Library Book Group: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (novel) FI Library 8:30 pm   FI Library
Thu 06/13/2013 7:00 pm FI Library Book Group: A Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling (novel) FI Library 8:30 pm   FI Library
Sat 07/06/2013 8:30 am Fishers Island Library Board Meeting FI Library 10:30 am Open to the public FI Library
Thu 10/10/2013 7:00 pm FI Library Book Group: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes FI Library 8:00 pm   FI Library
Wed 11/06/2013 5:00 pm Meet The Lighthouse Works Fall Fellows FI Library 6:00 pm Writer Jaime deBlanc-Knowles, singer-songwriter Nicolette Good and visual artist David Whelan will be in residence on Fishers Island from November 1 to mid-December. Meet the artists, learn about their work and what they plan to do on Fishers Island, and share drinks and refreshments. The evening is free and open to all ages! FI Library
Thu 11/14/2013 7:00 pm FI Library Book Group: How The Light Gets In by Louise Penny FI Library 8:00 pm   FI Library
Fri 11/29/2013 9:00 pm Thanks for Giving Fundraiser to benefit the FI Library Garden Project Peqout Inn TBD We will supply the wine, beer & DJ You supply the dancing & donations $20.00 and up
Guests 21 & over
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Thu 12/12/2013 7:00 pm FI Library Book Group: The Boys In the Boat by Daniel James Brown FI Library 8:00 pm   FI Library
Thu 02/13/2014 7:00 pm FI Library Book Group: My Daughter in France by Barbara & Stephanie Keating FI Library 8:00 pm   FI Library