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This Week at Your Library:
February 1
 

 

February is Libraries Love You Month 


 

 

Black History Month

 

Book Donations Temporarily Suspended 

 

Maker Mondays - Dragons for Lunar New Year

 

PowerPoint and LinkedIn Classes

 

Adult Craft - Mardi Gras Beads

 

Charlie & Chocolate Factory Party

 

Creating Short Fiction That Sells

 



Dear Library Member,
 
We love our patrons year-round in everything we do - helping you learn something new, find a job, or give you a new book to enjoy.  In February though, we want to show our love of the community in more obvious ways so keep your eye out for giveaways, signs and fine forgiveness to name a few!
 
February is also Black History Month.  We have a special display of books and DVD's in the Library in honor of this month and an African American genealogy program later in the month.  Please browse our display which is only a small portion of what the Library can offer to learn about this important part of our history.
 
To help prepare for new carpeting in the Library, the Friends will temporarily stop taking donations of books and DVD's.  No donations will be accepted between February 1 and February 21.  Please wait to make your generous donations when they resume on Monday, February 22.  Thanks so much for your patience and understanding!
 
This month's Maker Monday theme is dragons for the Chinese Lunar New Year.  Each Monday the skill level changes according to the age group involved.  This Monday ages 5-8 will create their own dragons and learn STEAM skills in the process.  Please join us at 7 pm.
 
This week we have two classes for those interested in gaining computer and social media skills.  PowerPoint will be offered on Wednesday at 7 pm.  PowerPoint is a presentation program consisting or a series of slides that may contain text, clipart and WordArt.  LinkedIn will be offered on Thursday at 2:30 pm.  Learn how to use this popular business social networking site to make contacts, present a professional image, and find jobs.  Registration required for PowerPoint.
 
Join us on Friday at 10:30 am for our latest adult craft program.  On Friday you will learn how to make colorful, environmentally friendly paper Mardi Gras beads.  Registration required.
 
Tweens- tremendous things are in store for you this week!  Wonderful surprises await you at our exciting night filled with crafts, games and treats!  Join us for the Charlie & The Chocolate Factory Party on Friday at 7 pm.  You don't need a Golden Ticket to get in, you just need to be between the ages of 8 and 12!
 
On Saturday at noon, Space and Time Magazine Editor-in-Chief Hildy Silverman and associate editors will discuss methods to get your short story noticed and published successfully.  They will critique and discuss your 500-word writing sample.  Please email your sample this week to dooteronomy@yahoo.com for review.
 
Please look at our calendar below for other wonderful programs!

Have a spectacular week.  See you in the Library!
 
Regards,
Nancy Cohen, Library Director
Events This Week
Monday
10am: Preschool Storytime/Craft
12:30pm: Bridge Club
4:30pm: Kids Chess Club
6-8pm: Tech Buddies - come get help from a tech-savvy teen!
6:30pm: Craft Club 
7pm: Drop-in Sewing Workshop - Idea Farm
7pm: Maker Monday: Dragons (Ages 5-8) - Idea Farm [Registration Required]
Tuesday
10am: Canasta Club
6pm: Harbor Night at the Movies: "Casablanca" (1942, PG) - Laurence Harbor
Wednesday
3:30-5pm: Math Tutoring (Grades 6+)
5pm: Teens Taking Action Project: Bench Reupholstering
6:30pm: Chess Club
7pm: PowerPoint [Registration Required]
Thursday
1pm: Craft Club
1pm: Scrabble Club
2:30pm: LinkedIn [Registration Required]
4:15pm: Make & Create (Grades K-3)
Friday
10:30am: Adult Craft: Mardi Gras Beads - Idea Farm [Registration Required]
11am: Alphabet Art (Ages 2+ with adult)
1:30pm: Friday Film: "Field of Dreams" (1989, PG)
7pm: Tweens Night Out: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Ages 8-12)
Saturday
10am-12pm: Math Tutoring (Grades 6+)
11am-1pm: Tech Buddies - come get help from a tech-savvy teen!
12pm: Garden State Speculative Fiction Writers -- Rise Above the Slush: 
Creating Short Fiction that Sells. Presented by Space and Time Magazine Editor-in-Chief Hildy Silverman and Associate Editors 
12pm: LEGO Lab - Idea Farm
3pm: Cook Up a Story (Grades K+ with adult)
Sunday
2pm: Safety Class - Idea Farm [Registration Required]
Upcoming Events Next Week
 Monday 2/8, 10am: Preschool Storytime/Craft
10:30am: Safety Class - Idea Farm [Registration Required]
7pm: Drop-in Sewing Workshop - Idea Farm
7pm: Ladies' Book Discussion: Dinner by Hermann Koch and 
Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett
7pm: Maker Monday for Tweens: Dragons (Ages 9-12) - Idea Farm
Tuesday 2/9, 10am: Resume and Interview Seminar 
2:30pm: Computer Basics [Registration Required]
3:30pm: Intro to 3D Printing - Idea Farm [Registration Required]
6pm: Laurence Harbor Night at the Movies: "Must Love Dogs
(2005, PG-13)
7pm: No-Sew Pillow Craft (Grades 4-6) - Idea Farm [Registration Required]
Wednesday 2/10, 3:30-5pm: Math Tutoring (Grades 6+)
7pm: Chromebooks [Registration Required]
7pm: Fast Sketching for Beginners - Idea Farm
Thursday 2/11, 2:30pm: Email Basics [Registration Required]
4:15pm: Make & Create (Grades K-3)
5:30pm: Bookenders' Book Group: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
7pm: Reiki
Friday 2/12, 1:30pm: Friday Film: "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961)
Saturday 2/13, 10am-12pm Math Tutoring (Grades 6+)
11:30am: Toddler Dance Party
2pm: Sensory Storytime (Ages 3-7 with special needs) [Registration
2pm: Laurence Harbor Family Movie: "Tangled" (2010, PG)
2:30pm: Second Saturday Performance: Ed Goldberg's Odessa Klezmer
Band
3pm: Crochet and More - Idea Farm
Sunday 2/14, 1pm: Children's Sewing Workshop (Ages 8-12) - Idea Farm 
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