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April 2015

In This Issue

Family Movie Night

Community Sewing Project

Tongore Garden Club

Driver Safety Class

Thursday Night Movie Series

Piano Plus! Concert Series

Beekeeping Group

Lego Club

Book Club

Nature Club

Singing Circle

Catskill Ukulele Group

Preschool Story Hour

Color for Residential Interiors

Beehive Project

Snowshoes Wanted

Save the Date

Weekly Groups at OFL

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Director's Message

At this month's Piano Plus concert we are honored to have one of the great pianists alive today, Todd Crow. If you have not had a chance to come to the concerts, this is an opportunity to hear world-class classical music in your own backyard. Don't miss this concert on April 18th.

In April we will upgrade our digital projector and sound system in order to enhance the movie experience and other presentations in the library's community room. We are scheduling films that are recently released to DVD that are popular and/or critically acclaimed (and in the best case, both.) We welcome suggestions for film screenings from our patrons!

The Singing Circle is a joyful way to spend an hour during your week. You don't have to know how to sing, or consider yourself a good singer. You just sing along and lose yourself in the songs. Musician Julia Haines brings everyone together and keeps the rhythm and the tune.

There are still spaces available in the Driver Safety class. Pre-registration is required so please call the library if you are planning to attend.

See you at the library!

--Katie
director@olivefreelibrary.org

Thursday, April 2, 6:00 p.m. Rainbow Loom Group
We have a Rainbow Loom group on the first Thursday of each month. The group learns to make one new thing each month. If you need to borrow a loom please contact the library.

Saturday, April 4, 7 p.m.
Family Movie Night

Big Hero 6 (Rated PG)

"BIG HERO 6 is an excellent Disney animated movie about a 14-year-old boy who turns a huggable healthcare robot into a fighting machine and enlists the help of four friends to catch a villain in the city of San Fransokyo. BIG HERO 6 is delightful and charming with positive messages of helping others, courage and selflessness."

Appropriate for kids ages 7 and up according to Common Sense Media, and great entertainment for the whole family (89% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes).

Tuesday, April 7, 10:00-3:00 Community Sewing Project
Bring your sewing machine and an offering for the potluck lunch and work with others to create quilts for children in need. Please contact the library to find out additional tools to bring such as rotary cutter and mat.

Thursday, April 9, 7:00 p.m. Tongore Garden Club
The Tongore Garden Club meets on the second Thursday of the month, April through December. New members welcome.

Saturday, April 11, AARP Driver Safety Class 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Everyone is welcome to attend, no membership or age requirements. Class fee is $20 for AARP members and $25 for non-members, fee is non-refundable unless class is cancelled. Pre-registration is required, there is limited seating. To reserve a seat please call the library. (845-657-2482)

You should bring a bag lunch, pen, your license and AARP card (if applicable) the day of the class.

Volunteer instructors needed in every county. Please call 1-888-227-7669 if you are interested in becoming a volunteer.

Saturday, April 11, No Yoga
Please note that yoga is cancelled on Saturday, April 11 because of the driver safety class.

Thursday Night Movie Series!

The Hobbit:
The Battle of the Five Armies, April 2

Wild, April 15

The Imitation Game, April 30

(movies begin at 6:30 p.m.)

April 2
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

(Rated PG-13)

a 2014 epic fantasy adventure film, it is the third and final installment in the three-part film adaptation based on the novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. Bilbo and Company are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the Lonely Mountain from falling into the hands of a rising darkness.

April 16 Wild (Rated R) Based on the popular memoir by Cheryl Strayed, Wild powerfully captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddens, strengthens, and ultimately heals her.

April 30
The Imitation Game (PG-13) Based on the real life story of legendary mathematician Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

Saturday, April 18, 4:00 p.m. Piano Plus! Concert Series Todd Crow
World-famous pianist Todd Crow will deliver an unforgettable afternoon concert featuring works by Bart�k, Debussy, and Chopin including Three Mazurkas, Op. 50, Barcarolle, Op. 60, Nocturne in B major, Op. 62, No. 1, and Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52. Tickets $12. ORIGINAL ART � DURGA YAEL BERNHARD/dyaelbernhard.com Used with permission by the artist.

Monday, April 20, 6:30 p.m. Beekeeping Group
This month's discussion topic: Recently the EPA approved oxalic acid for treatment of varroa mites. The April meeting will discuss the benefits, the use, and application of oxalic acid.

Lego Club Wednesday, April 15 6:00-8 p.m. (grades 1-7)
Each month kids take up a new creative challenge with Lego. The library supplies the Lego, no experience necessary.

Book Club

Saturday, April 18, 2:00 p.m.

The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street

By Susan Jane Gilman

"In 1913, little Malka Treynovsky flees Russia with her family. Bedazzled by tales of gold and movie stardom, she tricks them into buying tickets for America. Yet no sooner do they land on the squalid Lower East Side of Manhattan, than Malka is crippled and abandoned in the street.

Taken in by a tough-loving Italian ices peddler, she manages to survive through cunning and inventiveness. As she learns the secrets of his trade, she begins to shape her own destiny. She falls in love with a gorgeous, illiterate radical named Albert, and they set off across America in an ice cream truck. Slowly, she transforms herself into Lillian Dunkle, "The Ice Cream Queen" -- doyenne of an empire of ice cream franchises and a celebrated television personality." (Goodreads)

Come discuss this with other book lovers!

Friday, March 27, 4 p.m. Nature Club
In The Nature Club kids go outdoors and observe nature, sometimes with journals, sometimes art and other projects and games.

Singing Circle!
Wednesdays
1:30-2:30 p.m.

In the Singing Circle, everyone can sing! Open to all ages and free. Participants can request a song or bring a song, and be willing to join in with others. Reading music is not necessary.

Musician Julia Haines has led Singing Circles at Cancer Support Community and in educational settings in Philadelphia. She recently relocated back to Olive.
Please call the library to sign up or email programs@olivefreelibrary.org

Catskill Ukulele Group Wednesdays 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Pull up a ukulele and learn a song! This is a friendly group who welcomes all comers. If you do not have a ukulele but would like to participate, you can check one out from the library. This group stays connected to other players through Meetup.com under the name Catskill Ukulele Group

Tuesdays 10 a.m. Preschool Story Hour
Come join the fun! Each week we do a craft activity, read some books, do yoga, sing, make music together, and everyone plays an instrument in a parade through the library. All are welcome!

Mountain Dulcimer Jamming
Are you a mountain dulcimer player? We have a patron who is interested in gathering with others to play songs of the mountains at the library. If you are interested, please email director@olivefreelibrary.org

Library Beehive Project
Local Boy Scout, Blake Overton, is building an observation beehive for the library where people will be able to learn about bees by observing them up close. The hive is entirely safe and may inspire others to keep bees. To learn more about the project click here.

Snowshoes Wanted!
The library is seeking donations of snowshoes in good condition that we can lend out (just like we loan out books and ukuleles!) We are particularly interested in kids sizes right now so we can take kids in the nature club out in the woods during the winter. If you have any snow shoes you would like to donate, please bring them to the library. Thank you!

Save the Date Up-Coming Events and Programs
May 9, 4:00 p.m., Piano Plus! Concert: Maria Asteriadou April 7, 14, and 21 Thursday night movie series

Library Hours
Monday 10-8 Tuesday 10-5 Wednesday 12-8 Thursday 2-8 Friday 1-5 Saturday 10-4

Weekly Groups at OFL
Preschool Story Hour Tuesdays at 10 a.m. Yoga - $6 drop-in Mondays at 7 p.m. (Gentle) Wednesdays at 9 a.m. (Gentle) Saturdays at 9 a.m. (Intermediate level) Ukelele Circle Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. Singing Circle Thursdays, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Knitting Circle Wednesdays at 11 a.m. A.A. Meeting Fridays at 7:30 p.m.

Olive Free Library 845-657-2482