Adult admission of $10 will be charged on Saturday only from 9 to 11 a.m. Tickets will go on sale at the book sale site Saturday at 7 a.m. Sept. 3. Monday is half-price sale; on Tuesday books will sell for $5 a bag and on Wednesday all items will be free.

For further information, call the library at 426-4533.

Book Nook Sale

TRUMBULL –– The Friends of the Trumbull Library will conduct the monthly Book Nook Sale Saturday Sept. 10 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Community Room of the Trumbull Library, Quality Street.

Book donations in good condition (except textbooks or condensed books) are welcome during sale hours.

'Script Talk!'

STRATFORD — “Closer,” Patrick Marber’s controversial drama about adult relationships in the Internet Age, will be the topic of discussion for the “Script Talk!” program Tuesday Sept. 13 beginning at noon in the Lovell Room of the Stratford Library Association, 2203 Main St.

The program is led by Tom Hole-han, area theater director and library staff member.

Patrons are invited to bring a bag lunch; coffee and tea will be served. The program is free and open to the public. For further information, call 385-4162.

Acrylics on view

STRATFORD — “Acrylics by Alberty’’ is the art exhibit on view through Sept. 30 at the Stratford Library, 2203 Main St.

Artist Hector L. Alberty of Waterbury is making his first appearance at the library. He is a self-taught visual artist who produces works in acrylic on canvas. He is also a jewelry designer and wood carver. Since 2004 Alberty has owned and operated his own art print company and sells his original works via the Internet.

The exhibit is on view in the main lobby during regular library hours (Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday and Satur-day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For details, call 385-4162.

Benefit raises $2,000

STRATFORD — The Square One Theatre Company recently presented its second annual “Fast Forward Theatre Festival,” a special benefit for the Stratford Library.

The event offered four original short plays written and produced on stage in less than 24 hours. The playwrights are members of SquareWrights, a Square One Theatre Company writing group. They include Tom Rushen, Mark Lambeck and J. Sibley Law, all of Stratford, and Kate Gill of Guilford.

At the conclusion of the festival, “Fit to Be Tied,” an original comedy by Lambeck, was selected “Audience Favorite.”

The benefit raised more than $2,000 for the library.

Art exhibit opening

EASTON — Lisa P. Oswald of Mon-roe will exhibit a collection of her mixed media monotypes in a show titled “The Body Eclectic” that will open Sept. 1 and run through Oct. 18 at the Easton Public Library, 691 Morehouse Road.

An artist’s reception will take place Wednesday Sept. 21 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to the free event.

Oswald’s art uses texture and color to present abstractions of the figure. Many of the images in the exhibit were created in Santa Fe, N.M., and Florence, Italy, during summer study programs in printmaking. Her most recent work displays a modern twist on the figure. Oswald’s work — highly abstracted, somewhat ambiguous and often provocative — consistently blurs the line between how we see ourselves vs. the way others see us.

Her work has been featured in gal-leries in New York and in this area.

The exhibit will be on view during regular library hours: Monday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m; Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Thurs-day, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Satuday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For further details, call the library at 261-0134.

Artwork on display

FAIRFIELD — Paintings, drawings and prints done by Fairfield artists will be on display through Aug. 27 at the Bruce S. Kershner Gallery at the Fair-field Public Library, 1080 Old Post Road.

The exhibit is on view during regular library hours, which are: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For further details, call 256-3155.

Baseball cards offered

FAIRFIELD — Fairfield Children’s Li-brary is offering children a special incentive to read this summer.

For each book a child reads this summer, he or she will receive a free baseball card; cards were donated by Major League Baseball.

The cards are available at the chil-dren’s information desks at the Main Library, 1080 Old Post Road, and the Fairfield Woods Branch, 1147 Fair-field Woods Road.

There are no age or residency re-quirements to participate in the “Baseball Cards for Books Read” program.

For further details, call the Chil-dren’s Library at 256-3161 or the Fairfield Woods branch at 255-7327.

Film series

WESTPORT — Film @ the Library: Singin’ in the Summer Sun Series, featuring a short introduction and a film, will be offered at 1 p.m. on Thursdays, beginning July 21, in the McManus Room of the Westport Library.

The schedule of other screenings is as follows: Aug. 25, “My Fair Lady,” with Rex Harrison and Audrey Hep-burn; and Sept. 1, “Easter Parade,” starring Judy Garland, Peter Lawford and Ann Miller.

For further information, call the li-brary at 291-4840.

Stage reading

STRATFORD — The Stratford Library Association and Square One Theatre Company will present a staged read-ing of “Bright Ideas” by Eric Coble Thursday July 7 at 7 p.m. in the Lovell Room of the library, 2203 Main St. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

The program is part of the Readers Theatre Summer Showcase series.

“Bright Ideas” is a satire about the lengths parents will go to in order to ensure the best for their children.

Performing in the comedy will be Danielle Sultini and Frank Ellison of Milford, Bill Farrell of Fairfield, Davina Porter of Westport and Lillian Garcia of Woodbridge.
Tom Holehan of Stratford will direct the reading.

The reading is recommended or adult audiences. No reservations will be taken. For further details, call 385-4162.

Theater talk

WESTPORT — A member of the ex-ecutive staff of the Westport Country Playhouse will present “Before Act I: Creating the Scene” Monday July 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the McManus Room of the Westport Library.

The talk will be about the role cos-tumes and set designs have in creat-ing the scene. The focus will be on the play “The Member of the Wedding.”

The program is free and open to all interested persons. For further details, call 291-4840.

Book donations taken

TRUMBULL — The Friends of the Trumbull Library will be collecting used books and other items during the summer.

Used books (no textbooks or con-densed books), videos and media materials can be brought to the library during regular hours. Book donations are always welcome during the sale hours. The next book sale will take place Sept. 10.

Artwork on display

EASTON — An art exhibit featuring the work of Gus Moran of Fairfield will be on display from July 1 through Aug. 31 at the Easton Public Library, 691 Morehouse Road.
Moran, who has a studio in Shel-ton, studied art in Florence, Italy, and graduated with a degree in fine arts from Southern Connecticut State University. He also attended Silver-mine College of Art in New Canaan. He just completed a mural at J.R.’s Bijou Café in Bridgeport.

A variety of his work will be on display and will include block prints, three-dimensional wall sculptures and oil paintings.

The art will be on view during regular library hours: Monday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Thurs-day, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.