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On the Town
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Eat, drink, read
Visit the Hartford Public Library booth at the 2008 CT Showcase Food & Beverage Extravaganza. Browse through our culinary mysteries (to die for) and pick up a recipe for The Maltese Falcon – our favorite cocktail and favorite read!
Event details www.ctshowcase.org
Hilton Hartford
315 Trumbull Street
Monday, March 24, 5:30 p.m.
Join the search for the Maltese falcon in downtown Hartford by taking part in The Big Read Treasure Hunt. Using clues from Hartford’s history as their guide, players are led from one historic treasure to another in search of the illusive bird of prey. Pick up your Big Read “Hunt for the Maltese Falcon” playing guide in March at Hartford Public Library or download it here. Completed playing guides must be received by the Hartford History Center no later than Friday, March 28, 2008 to be included in a drawing on Saturday, March 29, 2008. Enter to win a year’s free subscription to Hog River Journal, the state’s premier publication dedicated to exploring Connecticut’s history one good story after another, along with a copy of Dashiell Hammett’s American classic, The Maltese Falcon.
For more information, call (860) 695-6347.
Downtown Library, Hartford History Center, 3rd Floor
For years, you've telephoned librarians to answer your bar trivia questions. Now, the librarians are coming to the party. Join Hartford Public Library staff for The Big Read Mystery Trivia Contest at The Half Door Pub. Prizes will be awarded.
The Half Door Pub
270 Sisson Avenue
Wednesday, March 12, 7:30 p.m.
Solve the Mystery!
Pick up your clue at the circulation desk and enter your name for a raffle drawing.
Ropkins Branch
Week of April 7, regular library hours
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This project is part of the Big Read, an initiative of
the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with
the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts
Midwest.
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