November 13, 2015

   


Highlighting a Community Partner
 Delivering the Magic of
Christmas to Children 
 
Select a "bear" from the tree at either library branch. Have fun shopping, then return the unwrapped gifts to the same location by Monday, November 30.

Share your good fortune with a needy child in Queen Anne's County!

For more information www.adopt-a-bear.net
Highlighting a Community Partner
Church Hill Theatre
proudly presents

Wait Until Dark
A Mystery by Frederick Knott
Directed by Bonnie Hill

November 13-22, 2015

Fridays & Saturdays at 8 p.m. Sunday at 2 p.m.

For tickets & reservations
call 410-556-6003
 
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 Kent Island Branch Children's & Teen Events
 
Mother Goose on the Loose
Friday, Nov. 13 at 9:45 and 11:00 a.m.
For ages 3 to 36 months with an adult
Nursery rhymes, songs, movement, puppets, and story followed by playtime.  
  
Saturday Art - Fall Candle Holders 
Saturday, November 14 at 10:00 a.m.
For Kdg. to 5th grade
 
Join artist Alex Sabo to make a fall candle holder for your Thanksgiving table using a mason jar, tissue paper, glue and paint. Please register at calendar.qaclibrary.org
The Saturday Art series has been funded in part by the Queen Anne's County Arts Council and the Maryland State Arts Council with support from Friends of the Queen Anne's County Library and Eastern Shore Regional Library. 

Turkey Time 
Thursday, November 19 at 10:30 a.m.
For ages 2 to 5 with an adult
Gobble along as we read about turkeys, feasting, and feeling thankful. Stories followed by a craft. 

Saturday Art - Wire Wrapping 
Saturday, November 21 at 10:00 a.m.
For Kdg. to 5th grade

Join artist Melissa Kay-Steves to learn wire wrapping techniques to make a "Tree of Life" pendant. Please register at calendar.qaclibrary.org
The Saturday Art series has been funded in part by the Queen Anne's County Arts Council and the Maryland State Arts Council with support from Friends of the Queen Anne's County Library and Eastern Shore Regional Library.

Cooking for Kids
Monday, November 23 at 4:30 p.m. 
 
For ages 6 to 16 
Rob Glass, a KIHS teacher, leads "Cooking for Kids: Easy No heat Recipes for Kids and Parents".
  November theme: Thanksgiving. Please register online at calendar.qaclibrary.org.  

Teen Writers 
Monday, November 30 at 6:00 p.m.
For grades 6 to 12
Love to write? Practice your craft and be inspired by others who enjoy creative writing. Bring your writing tools or use ours. We'll
try free writing and themed prompts in your choice of poetry or prose.     
Kent Island Branch Adult Events
Dealing With Difficult People During the Holidays
with Loriann Oberlin

Monday, November 16 at 7:00 p.m.
How do you endure six weeks of excess - an overtaxed schedule, strained finances, unrealistic expectations, and people whom you wouldn't ordinarily ask for lunch? Therapist, author, and mother, Loriann Oberlin tackles the topics with movie clips and a Q&A. Don't miss this informative talk on how you can reduce stress and get more enjoyment from the holidays. Lecture will be followed by a book signing.

Computer Classes: One-on-Ones

November 17 to 19 at 3:00 and 4:00 p.m.
Registration Required. Get individual attention on topics that YOU want to learn. Sign up for a 45 minute one on one session that covers the subject of your choosing. Possible topics include: computers for beginners, Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint, job search strategies, Resume review, Internet, Email, Library services, Tablets and Smartphones. Interested in something else? Just let us know! Register by calling the library at 410-643-8161.

Computer Classes
Tuesday, November 24
iPads for Beginners at 2:00 p.m.
Registration Required. Thinking about getting one for the holidays? Perhaps you just got an iPad and need some help getting started. Maybe you're just curious about what they are and how they work. Sign up for an introductory session and learn the basics of using an iPad and some helpful hints and tricks.
More iPads at 3:15 p.m.
Registration required. This class is designed for those already familiar with iPads. We will go over how to tweak your device to better suit your needs and how to use it more efficiently.
To register call the library at 410-643-8161.

Computer & e-Reader/Tablet Assistance 
Do you have questions about a Microsoft Office product? Do you need to set up an email account, but don't know how? Or maybe you have questions about how to download a library book to your e-Reader. We can help answer your computer and e-Reader questions at the Kent Island Branch. Just call 410-643-8161 to set up an appointment today. 
Centreville Branch Children & Teen Events 

Finger Paint Friday 
Friday, November 20 at 10:30 a.m.
For ages 2 to 5 with an adult
Have fun finger painting at the library. Make sure that your child wears
something that can get messy.

Thanksgiving Make and Take 
Monday, November 23 - ALL DAY
For preK to 8th grade
Drop by the children's room to make a craft and then bring it home.

LEGO Mania 
Tuesday, November 24 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
For Kdg. to 8th grade
Come to the library and build with our LEGO bricks.  


Centreville Branch Adult Events
nanowrimo


NaNoWriM
o Write In
Wednesday, November 18 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Paper, pens and pencils will be available along with music and refreshments. Registration is required.
Writing supplies will also be available all month long in celebration of NaNoWriMo.




Computer Classes
Tuesday, November 24
iPads for Beginners at 10:00 a.m.
Registration Required. Thinking about getting one for the holidays? Perhaps you just got an iPad and need some help getting started. Maybe you're just curious about what they are and how they work. Sign up for an introductory session and learn the basics of using an iPad and some helpful hints and tricks.
More iPads at 11:15 a.m.
Registration required. This class is designed for those already familiar with iPads. We will go over how to tweak your device to better suit your needs and how to use it more efficiently.
To register call the library at 410-758-0980.

Afternoon Book Club 
Thursday, December 3 at 1:00 p.m. 
The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht is set in an unnamed Balkan country, in the present and half-a-century ago, and features a young doctor's relationship with her grandfather and the stories he tells her, primarily about the "deathless man" who meets him several times in different places and never changes, and a deaf-mute girl from his childhood village who befriends a tiger that has escaped from a zoo. 


 
How America Can Spend Its Way Back to Greatness: an evening with Richard Striner
Wednesday, December 16 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Richard Striner is a writer and historian whose books and articles have covered political and presidential history, literature, economics, film, architecture, and historic preservation. He will be presenting his newest book, : A Guide to Monetary Reform.  Following his lecture on the history of how our money supply has been created from colonial times to the present and his book's contribution to policy debates will be time for questions. 

Winter Wreath Craft
Wednesday, December 30 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Come and get your craft on at the library.  Make and take your own beautiful burlap wreath.
Craft items supplied by the library.  Registration is required.



Computer & e-Reader/Tablet Assistance
Do you have questions about a Microsoft Office product?  Or maybe you have questions about how to download a library book to your e-Reader. We can help answer your computer and e-Reader questions at the Centreville Branch. One-on-one tutorial sessions are available. Just call 410-758-0980 to set up an appointment today. 

What Staff are Reading
John is reading...
 
In a Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
Lenora reluctantly accepts an invitation to a weekend bachelorette party in the English countryside for her estranged best friend Clare.   Several new friends are added to the mix and tensions build as past secrets are revealed.   At 2 a.m. the guests are surprised by an unexpected person in the house and a shot is fired. Lenora wakes up in the hospital with no memory of what happened after the shot was fired and someone has been murdered.   This well -crafted psychological thriller will keep you reading until the very end. 
 
Staff are reading...

Make Me by Lee Child

A Likely Story by Jenn McKinlay

Masked Truth by Kelley Armstrong

The Chili Queen by Sandra Dallas

The Dead Will Tell by Linda Castillo

To Shield the Queen by Fiona Buckley

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

 
 
 
For a list of the Top 10 Books published this month that librarians 
across the country love check out Library Reads.
 
 
 
Did you know?

The Queen Anne's County Garden Club members have been providing fresh flower arrangements weekly, to the Centreville Branch, for longer than anyone alive today can remember. The front garden at the Kent Island Branch had been maintained by the Kent Island Garden Club since the Branch's opening in 1989. The Master Gardeners of Queen Anne's County are the caretakers of the rain garden located behind the Centreville Branch.

Many thanks to the hard working gardeners who volunteer their time to keep your libraries looking good! 
    
 
Queen Anne's County Library
 
Centreville Branch - 121 S. Commerce St., Centreville, MD 21617 - 410-758-0980
Kent Island Branch - 200 Library Circle, Stevensville, MD 21666 - 410-643-8161