Hamilton-Wenham Public Library
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 Travel to China: Preparation to Immersion
Tuesday, January 17, 6:30-8 pm
Photographer and tour guide Richard Ferland takes us on a whirlwind tour of China in just over one hour. This program is for recreational tourists and business travelers, people who enjoy travel documentaries, as well as anyone with an interest in photography & art. His presentation concisely covers everything you need to know about communication, street vendors, etiquette, dining, and a few key phrases that will serve you well.
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AARP Tax Appointments
Appointments are by reservation only on Wednesdays at 10, 10:45 and 11:30 starting Feb. 1 through April 11. These dates fill up quickly, so gather your paperwork and reserve your slot. You will need to bring all of your tax documents from last year, paperwork for this year, and will be required to show your Social Security card. This service is provided by SeniorCare, Inc.
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Holiday Closings
Please note the Library will be closed
Sat., Dec 31 and
Mon., Jan 2 for
the New Year's Holiday.
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 What do you think of the Evergreen library catalog system? The powers-that-be have launched a survey of Evergreen users - here is your chance to be heard by the head committee and people who will decide if, what, and how Evergreen will change in the future. Gather your thoughts before you begin; there are some open spaces for opinions.
The more input they receive the more effective the catalog changes will be. Take the survey here & thank you for participating. |
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50 Book Challenge
Join us in celebrating a worthy goal of reading 50 books in one year. The 50 Book Challenge started as one person's goal and has grown into a vibrant online community of readers. All sorts of books count toward the Challenge: fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, ebooks, audiobooks, young adult and children's books. Any book will do, so long as it's not a magazine or newspaper. If you are a fan of very long books, try the 150,000 page Challenge: that works out to 41 pages a day. The Challenge beings January 16, 2012 and ends January 18, 2013. Stop by for a reading log or print off your own here. The 50 Book Challenge is open to all ages and every reader, bedtime stories count too.
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Children's Room Events 
Storytime & Craft: Winter. Sat. Jan. 14, 11-11:45. Celebrate the season with stories featuring cold weather and snow, then create a winter craft. Great for ages 2 and up, free and open to the public.
The Happiest Baby Program sponsored by ECP Mon. Jan. 30 from 6:30-8 pm. Details are here.
The 2012 Winter Programs have been scheduled!
Beat cabin fever by joining with other parents and children in story & craft sessions. Take a break from the same walls, the TV and computer and connect with the ultimate community resource: each other. Registration begins on Tue., Jan. 17 at 10 am, in-person registration only, please. Click for the complete schedule of Baby Bookworms, Music & Movement, Terrific 2s & 3s, Rhythm & Rhyme, Legomania, World of Wizarding, and fantastic Saturday programs like Dads & Donuts and seasonal story & craft sessions. There are no story times during the public school winter break, however we have a special Lunar New Year Celebration on Wed. Feb. 22 from 1-3 pm.
Questions? Stop by, or call 468-5577 x13, or email Lorraine Der, Children's Librarian at lder@mvlc.org.
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Teen News & Events
Join us for January Anime movies, every Wednesday starting at 2:30. For a complete listing of titles click here to jump to the Informed Teens blog movie page. Bring your own popcorn & a friend to share it with.
Ari's Magic the Gathering card games have been a success & will continue through January & February on Fridays from 3:45 to 4:45. Players in 3rd grade through 6th grade are invited to learn to play or improve their game; please bring your decks. Ari Massos, a member of the Library's teen advisory board, the Teen Think Tank, will be leading the game.
BOM: Battle-Gaming of Massachusetts
Saturdays from 10 am- 4 pm. Play and learn a variety of tabletop strategy battle games such as Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, and Brikwars. To join this illustrious group of gamers, simply show up. Membership is free. If you do not know how to play any of the games, one of the members will be happy to teach you. For more information visit the club website at http://massbattles.webs.com/.
The Teen Think Tank has chosen their top reads of 2011. Click on any of the titles to go directly to the catalog to request your copy.
Fiction: Young Samurai: Ring of Earth Chris Bradford, A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess, Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll, Hush Eishes Chayil, Nightshade Andrea Cremer, Elixir Hilary Duff, Hush Hush Becca Fitzpatrick, Ranger's Apprentice series John Flanagan, Beastly Alex Flin,Tyger Tyger: A Goblin Wars Book Kerstan Hamilton, Magic the Gathering: Lorwyn Cory J. Herndon, Seekers series Erin Hunter, Need Carrie Jones, Iron King Julie Kagawa, A Dragon's Awakening Aya Knight, The Power of Six Pittacus Lore,
Pendragon series D.J. MacHale, Wildwood Dancing Juliet Marillier,
The Murder of Bindy MacKenzie Jaclyn Moriarty, A Step from Heaven An Na,
All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs, Heroes of Olympus series Rick Riordan,
Holes Louis Sachar, Frankenstein Mary Shelley, Skinjacker trilogy Neal Shusterman, The Help Kathryn Stockett, The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien,
Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut, Girl in Hyacinth Blue Susan Vreeland, Skin Adrienne Vrettos, The Book Thief Marcus Zusak.
Graphic Fiction/Manga: The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto, Bleach Tite Kubo, Maximum Ride by NaRea Lee, Death Note Tsugumi Ōba, One Piece Eiichiro Oda, American Born Chinese Gene Luen Yang.
Graphic Biography: Perepolis Marjane Satrapi, Smile Raina Telgemeier
Non-Fiction: The Anthology of Rap Adam Bradley, The Book of Awesome Neil Pasricha.
For more information contact Kim Claire, Young Adult Librarian at 978-468-5577 X14 or by email at kclaire@mvlc.org.
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Koffee Klatch for Adults of the North Shore
Fri. Jan. 6, 10:15-Noon. Pleasures of the Table: Eating and Drinking in the Early American Republic presented by Joe Carlin, food historian. Food is part of national identity, and newly-formed America found its own way with local products, customs, our first cookbooks, and standardized measures.
Fri. Feb. 3, 10:15-Noon. All the President's Women presented by the Delvena Theatre Company. Have we already had a female President? Which first lady may have murdered her husband? Fascinating and uncommon stories provide lively entertainment and promote dialog after the performance between cast and audience.
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The Book Clubs
Literary Luncheon Book Group
3rd Tuesday from 11:30-12:30. Bring your brown-bag lunch: beverages and dessert will be provided.
Jan. 17 Let's Take the Long Way Home by Gail Caldwell. "In this gorgeous, moving memoir, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gail Caldwell reflects on her own coming-of-age in midlife, as she learns to open herself to the power and healing of sharing her life with a best friend." -Catalog
Feb. 21 Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory. In this mesmerizing work of historical fiction, River Goddess, Jacquetta, meets Joan of Arc and sees her own power reflected in the young woman accused of witchcraft.
Monday Night Book Group 7:15-8:30 pm
Jan. 23 Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff. "The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Though her life spanned fewer than 40 years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world." -Catalog
Feb. 27 Let's Take the Long Way Home by Gail Caldwell. (See the description above - it's a book club double-dip.)
The Mystery Mayhem book club 2nd Tues of the month, Jan. 10, Feb. 14, from 10:30-11:30. This group is all about mysteries and suspense novels. Come and see who and what others are reading, get a list of new books, and solve the mystery of the day. Find a new author, a series you may have missed, and tell the group who your new favorite author is. Light refreshments and coffee/ tea will be served.
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Raising Financially Responsible Children
For parents of children ages 2-18. Wed. Jan. 18, 7-8 pm. Please register. Presented by Caleb Harty, Financial Planner with New York Life. The seminar is based on the book Money Doesn't Grow on Trees by renowned family and children's expert Neale S. Godfrey. Harty will offer tips on how to encourage children to be "thoughtful savers, careful spenders, and intentional givers." There is also a duo of programs on the college application & financial aid process in February. See the flier here.
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'Happiest Baby' Program
Early Childhood Partners presents a program for new and expectant parents, Mon. Jan. 30 from 6:30-8 pm. Would you like to learn how to calm any new baby's cries in minutes? Is it magic? No, it's a reflex! Learn best-selling author and pediatrician Dr. Harvey Karp's methods to calm crying and increase your baby's sleep 1-3 hours per day. Presented by Happiest Baby on the Block Consultants Cynthia Griffin & Amy Larsen. Registration is required, please contact Cynthia Griffin at ECP: 978-468-5489 or by email at griffinc@hwschools.net.
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 Community Read 2012 Join us as we celebrate the work of a Wenham hero, Dr. Gordon Sato with
The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore. This children's book documents the work of Dr. Sato's "Manzanar Project" which solved the hunger crisis in Eritrea, Africa. The project was named after the Japanese internment camp where he was sent as a teenager. There is also a companion book Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, which offers a historical perspective on what the experience was like. Dr. Sato's time as a teenager in Manzanar led him to work closely with growing food in inhospitable conditions and to have great sympathy for 'aggrieved peoples'.
Join us to hear Dr. Gordon Sato speak at the Gordon College Campus on Thursday, March 29 at the A.J. Memorial Chapel from 7:30-8:30 pm. Greet Dr. Sato, Susan Roth & Cindy Trumbore at the reception from 6-7 in the Ken Olsen Science Center. Also the authors of The Mangrove Tree will talk about the development of their book & the artwork earlier that same day at the H-W Library from 3-4. |
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Green Grant Update
Break out your 2012 calendar and save the date for the following programs: Reducing Toxins in the Home by Toxics Use Reduction Institute Representative Heidi Wilcox Wed. Feb. 15, 7-9 pm.
Energy Retrofits and the Historic Home: Weighing Risks and Opportunities by Sally Zimmerman, Manager of Historic Preservation Services for Historic New England. Wed. Feb, 29, 7:30-9 pm.
Repair & Restoration of Wooden Windows by Alison Hardy, Window Woman of New England. Tue. March 6, 7-8:30 pm
Dirt on Your Hands, Soil in the Garden with Master Gardener Betty Sanders, Wed. March 7, 7-9 pm.
Healthy Lawns & Lawn Alternatives with Master Gardener Betty Sanders, Wed. April 4, 7-9 pm.
Vermicomposing! Creating soil with worms & compost material, presented by Master Gardener Lisa Spence of Salem Community Gardens. Wed. April 11, 6:30-8 pm.
Sunflower Growing Contest ~ visit us in the spring for your packet of 'Mammoth' sunflower seeds: who will grow the tallest plant or largest diameter head?
For more information visit our 'Go Green' pages & blog on our website.
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Ongoing Programs
Drop in once, twice, or become a 'regular'.
Mondays 11-1 Mothers' Club: Infants Social time for moms and newborns to 1 year.Mondays noon-2:30 Knitting Group For experienced or beginning knit or crochet folk. Bring your UFOs (UnFinished Objects) and get back on track.
Tuesdays 10-12 Mothers' Club: Toddlers Social time for moms and little ones 1 to 3 years old.
Tuesdays 4-6 German Playgroup German language skills practice for you & your children. Wednesdays 6-7 Eating Disorders Anonymous support group. Thursdays 10-noon Cribbage Play this unique card game with a lively group of fun-loving people. All are welcome, no experience necessary to join.
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