Welcome to the April 2016 issue of Cary News! Inside you'll find news about a special program for seniors, April vacation week events, and much more!

Cary News - April 2016
Celebrating Poetry @ Cary
Thursday, April 7, 7 p.m. Large Meeting Room

Local poets Sophia Yee, Cammy Thomas, and Ros Zimmermann will read poetry and discuss the creative process. Join us for this wonderful celebration of poetry during National Poetry Month. 

No registration necessary. Sophia Yee and Cammy Thomas will have books available for sale. 
Shakespeare for Seniors
Wednesday, April 13, 1 p.m. Large Meeting Room

New Rep Theater Company will explore and explain how a scene from Shakespeare can be interpreted, performed, and understood from a theatrical perspective. Actors from the repertory troupe will explore all aspects of a scene from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. We'll investigate how the scene would be staged, what the language means, and how to make it relevant and appealing to today's audiences. Seniors only; registration required. Register by phone or online at our calendar. Registration opens March 28 at 9 a.m. 

This program is made possible by the  Dana Home Foundation and their generous grant to Cary Memorial Library. 
Rescue Road: Meet the Author
Tuesday, April 19, 7 p.m. Large Meeting Room

Author Peter Zheutlin discusses the amazing story of Greg Mahle, an ordinary man from Ohio who went on to do something truly extraordinary. After Mahle's family restaraunt closed, he wasn't sure what to do next. A van full of puppies came into his life and made him realize that he could be of use to the many dogs destined to die in high kill shelters across the South. Mahle has saved over 30,000 dogs from high-kill shelters in the Southern United States and has found them homes in the Northeast. Learn more about this rescue effort and the work of Mahle and his dedicated team of volunteers

No registration is required. Books will be available for sale and signing. 
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Technology Seminars @ Cary Library
Monday, April 11-Thursday, April 14

Are you curious about computers?

Let Lexington's tech savvy teens show you how they use today's technology.  The show and tell technology seminars will feature demonstrations of the latest websites and devices . No computer experience is necessary. 

Seminars will be led by members of the Cary Memorial Library Teen Advisory Board.  Each class will be held from 4-5 p.m. in the Learning Center.    

Monday, April 11: Word Processing
Tuesday, April 12:  Facebook
Wednesday, April 13: iOS for iPhone and iPad
Thursday, April 14:  Video calls with Skype and Facetime

The seminars are free, but you must register for each class you plan to attend.  Please register by calling the Cary Library Reference Desk at 781-862-6288 x250 or register online at carylibrary.org and click on Events.
 
Looking for ways to support the Cary Memorial Library?
April Vacation Children's Programs

It's the Toe Jam Puppet Band!
Friday, April 22, 10:30 a.m.
Join us for lots of silly interactive fun with Toe Jam Puppet band!
Space is limited. Free tickets available in the Cary Children's Room beginning Monday, April 11 at 7:00 pm. Phone reservations accepted beginning at 7:30 pm. 

Think and Write Like a Poet - grades 4 & 5
Tuesday-Thursday, April 19, 20, & 21, 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Poets think and write about the world differently than writers of prose.  Using our senses as a starting point, we will learn to see, describe, and write through new eyes.  We will work together on exercises as a group and then move on to our own creations.  Participants must be able to attend all three sessions.  
Attendance is limited.  Sign up online beginning Monday, April 11 at 7:00 p.m.  Phone reservations begin at 7:30 p.m.

Join us also for:
Get Your Game On - ages 5 & up
Tuesday, April 19, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Drop in, stay for a game or three, bring your parents, siblings, or friends for an afternoon of board games, card games, and puzzles.

School Break Dance Party - ages 2-6
Wednesday, April 20, 10:00 a.m.
Put on your dancing shoes and bring your best moves to the dance floor!

Kamishibai Storytime! - ages 4-9 (parents welcome too)
Wednesday, April 20, 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Attendance is limited.  Sign up online beginning Monday, April 11 at 7:00 p.m.  Phone reservations start at 7:30 p.m.

Dinner and a Movie "Finding Nemo" [G] - everyone welcome
Wednesday, April 20, starts at 6:30 p.m. (The Large Meeting Room opens at 6:00 p.m.)

Sing-along - all ages
Thursday, April 20, 10:30 a.m.
Bring the family and sing with us, songs old and new.

Family Crafts - everyone welcome
Thursday, April 21, 2:30-4:00 p.m.
Children of all ages and abilities and their caregivers are invited to get crafty with us.

LEGOŽ Block Party! - everyone welcome
Friday, April 22, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Drop in and build with our LEGOŽ bricks.



Click here to view all of our Spring programs.
More Events at Cary Library

Don't miss our exciting schedule of events and activities for adults, teens and children of all ages! Check our Calendar of Events for programs and activities offered by the many organizations that use the library's meeting rooms. 


Art at Cary

Piper Gallery: Gail Francine, Seeing is believing: a watercolor journey

Pierce Gallery: Amantha Tsaros, Exuberant abstraction: spreading joy

Meeting Room Gallery: Rob Franco, Reflections

Cary Commons for Student Art: Lexington Schools art students


For more information, please visit our Art@Cary page.
 

Cary Library Book Groups

The Mystery Book Group will meet on Monday, April 11 to discuss "New England mysteries."

The Adult Book Group will meet on TUESDAY, April 19 to discuss To kill a mockingbird and Go set a watchman by Harper Lee. 

The Nonfiction Book Group will meet on Monday, April 25 to discuss The ascent of money: a financial history of the world by Niall Ferguson. 


For more information, please visit our Book Groups page.



Announcements

Cary Library will be closed on Monday, April 18 for Patriots' Day. 
Staff Picks

Our staff handles hundreds of books every day! Here are just a few that we are enjoying.

Janice would like to recommend two titles by Tim Myers whose mystery books she has enjoyed in the past. In Coventry, Abraham finds himself at loose ends and lonely with his daughter off to college. His friends and neighbors notice and keep him plenty busy. He finds himself taking a fatherless boy under his wing and dealing with feuding shop owners. 

In A Family of Strangers, Joshua Vance's life changes in one night. First his girlfriend asks him to move out and then he gets word that a cousin he hasn't seen in years is badly injured and wants to see him. His memories of his cousin Helen are good ones, so he heads to a hospital in North Carolina to see her. He moves into her house and meets the boarders who have become family to Helen--and soon become family to him as well. 

Alissa thinks everyone should discover the joys of Kwame Alexander. His first novel The Crossover was the 2015 Newbery Medal Winner and his newest novel Booked is just as exceptional. These free-verse novels have great pacing, wonderful, rich, deep characters, and great action sports scenes. 

Amy is recommending a book that she has not quite finished. Why? Because other people want to read it too, so she doesn't always find it on the shelf! This wonderful and eminently useful book as a straightforward title: Finding Reliable Information Online, but the subtitle says it all:  "Adventures of an Information Sleuth." The author, Leslie Stebbins, is a Lexington resident and does a great job helping internet novices and pro alike become discerning users of online information. Looking for a hotel? A nice place to eat for your anniversary? Need to find health information you can trust? Stebbins, an information science professional, picks apart our breezy use of Amazon stars and Yelp reviews, revealing in an entertaining way what's behind these ratings. Then, she shows us how anyone can, with a discriminating eye to sources and techniques, find information we can use with confidence. 
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