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Summer Reading 2014
June 21, 11am The Big Idea: Summer Reading 2014
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This Week At Your Library: June 16
Summer Days at the Library: Science and Scenery
 
 
  • This upcoming weekend is our Summer Reading Kickoff for all ages! This year's theme is "the Big Idea" - Science!
 
We will have live music by Beatles cover-band The Wag, an Albert Einstein lookalike contest, and our Mad Science program to celebrate the launch of our Summer Reading 2014 program.
 
Why take part in summer reading? I mean, besides the great programs and prizes? Well, because it stops loss of reading skills in students over the summer break AND increases the reading skills a student ends the school year with!
 
We have a summer reading program for all ages, not just kids. We encourage you to reconnect with the joy of reading for fun, for enrichment, and for self-directed learning.
 
  • Summer is also a great time of year to take photos, be they of exotic vacation spots or across the varied vistas of New Jersey. We're considering hosting a photography club here at the library to swap tips, review work, discuss retouching digital photos, and potentially display work in the Library. If you're interested in such a gathering of photography fans from amateur to pro, let me know! 
 
  • On Sunday, June 22nd we will have our "Growing Your Vegetable Garden" program with Rutgers Master Gardener and Old Bridge Community Garden Steering Committee Member Kathy Krug. Come by and learn how to create a vegetable garden and maintain it as part of our Idea Farm programming.
 
Regards,
Darren Miguez, Library Director
Events This Week
Monday
10am: Preschool Playtime
12pm-9pm: Exam Cram: Finals Study Space (Teens)
6pm-8pm: Tech Buddies - come get help from a tech-savvy teen!
Tuesday
12pm-9pm: Exam Cram: Finals Study Space (Teens)
4:30pm: Tweens Make It Take It: Fans (Grades 4-6)
6pm: Harbor Night at the Movies: "The Year of Living Dangerously" (PG, 1983) -
      Laurence Harbor
Wednesday
12pm-9pm: Exam Cram: Finals Study Space (Teens)
1:30pm: Watch It Wednesday: "Rebecca" (Film) (NR, 1940)
3:30pm-5pm: Math Tutoring (Grades 6+)
6:30pm: Chess Club
7pm: Computer Basics [Registration Recommended] 
Thursday
12pm-9pm: Exam Cram: Finals Study Space (Teens)
1pm: Craft Club
1pm: Scrabble Club
2:30pm: Internet Basics [Registration Recommended] 
4:15pm: School-Age Open Craft (Grades K-3)
Friday
1:30pm: Friday Film: "Hours" (PG-13, 2013) 
Saturday
11am-1pm: Tech Buddies - come get help from a tech-savvy teen!
11am: Summer Reading Kickoff! Mad Science [Registration Required]
2pm: Costume Party: Albert Einstein Lookalike Contest and Live Music by the    
     Wag Band (All Ages Welcome)
2:30pm: Using eLibraryNJ with Your Kindle [Registration Recommended]
Sunday
2pm: Idea Farm: Growing Your Vegetable Garden
2:30pm: MS Power Point 2007 [Registration Recommended]
Upcoming Events Next Week
 Monday 6/23, Golden Ticket Scavenger Hunt for "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" 
                             50th Anniversary Begins 
10am: Preschool Playtime 
Tuesday 6/24, 12pm: Turning the Tides for Children and Families: Success after 
                             Super Storm Sandy [Registration Required]
                         3pm: Idea Farm: Safety Class [Registration Required]
                         4:30pm: Tweens Craft: Make Your Own T-Shirts (Grades 4+)
                         6pm: Laurence Harbor Night at the Movies: "Grudge Match" 
                             (PG-13, 2013)   
                         7pm: Idea Farm: Quick and Easy Pickling Ideas [Registration Required]
Wednesday 6/25, 2pm: Summer Reading: Literary Elements Bingo (Adults) 
                         7pm: MS Excel 2007 Advanced [Registration Recommended] 
Thursday 6/26, 2pm: Terrific Tweens: Paper Flying Machines (Grades 4-6)  
                2:30pm: Email Basics [Registration Recommended]
                4:15pm: School-Age Open Craft (Grades K-3) 
                7pm: Teens Taking Action Meeting 
                7pm: Healing Without Medicine
Friday 6/27, 11am: Children's Drop-In Craft (Ages 2+)
                     12pm: Turning the Tides for Children and Families [Registration Required]
                     1:30pm: Friday Film: "Pompeii" (PG-13, 2014)  
                      3pm: Teens Get Crafty! T-Shirt Bracelets
Saturday 6/28, 2pm: Family Film: "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" (G, 1971)
Sunday 6/29, 3pm: Idea Farm: Safety Class [Registration Required] 

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