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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017 January Programs Monthly ReportCity of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2017 2017 Program name: Fiber Arts Night Date: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays Presenter: Kathi J. Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family All ages Attendance: 11 Location: Pink House Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends Description Come and enjoy an evening of working on handiwork projects with other fiber artists (from knitting to quilting to weaving all fiber arts projects are welcomed). Please bring your own supplies. FAN meets the first Tuesday of the month from 6:30- 8:30pm in the Library Learning Center. Comments/Press Coverage The group had a holiday party celebration on the 3rd Tuesday. Program name: Book Lover’s Café: Date: 1st Monday- January 10 (moved because of the holiday) Presenter: Melody E. Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Adults Attendance: 9 Location: Pink House Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends about $100 for 10 bookclub books Description The bookclub started the new year reading The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2017 2017 Comments/Press Coverage Program name: Spiritual Read- Interfaith Amigos Date: January 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Presenter: Community facilitators organized by Barb Laski Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Adults Attendance: 65 Location: Pink House Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends – about $200 for 20 bookclub books Description City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2017 2017 Port Townsend Public Library will join a January-February Spiritual Read about justice and environmental concerns of our time! To sign up to attend a book discussion and borrow a book call the Library at 385-3181. http://spiritualread.org/ Beginning weekly in early January, small groups in our region will read, reflect and discuss Finding Peace through Spiritual Healing, The Interfaith Amigos’ Guide to Personal, Social and Environmental Healing. Neighborhoods, spiritual organizations and other groups will participate. The Port Townsend Public Library will continue to offer its annual Community Read in March. The authors – a Jewish rabbi, a Christian pastor and an Islamic Imam – boldly explore issues of violence, environmental degradation and economic inequality to: * Debunk faith misunderstandings to cultivate understanding and respect, * Transcend polarization to foster unity over divides, and *Offer spiritual practices for our ‘inner worlds’ to better sustain efforts in our ‘outer worlds.’ We invite you to join one of our two library Discussion Groups for the ten-week Spiritual Read. If you cannot attend ten weeks, come as often as you can. Comments/Press Coverage http://www.ptleader.com/news/interfaith-amigos-spiritual- read-offers-gift-of-peace/article_289d237c-b68d-11e6-8453- 772cbf55dcdf.html Program name: Changeling Shakespeare Reading Group Date: January 10 & 24 Presenter: Bob DeWeese Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Adults Attendance: 25 Location: Pink House Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2017 2017 Description CHANGELING will meet twice monthly to read and discuss the plays of William Shakespeare. Readers will alternate roles scene by scene, “so that everyone gets a chance at the juicy parts,” Bob DeWeese said. The group will decide together about which plays to read, and everyone is welcome to join. Comments/Press Coverage Program name: The Northwest Coastal Explorer with author Robert Steelquist Date: January 27 Presenter: Paula Becker Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Adults Attendance: 45 Location: Carnegie Reading Room Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends $50 Description City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2017 2017 When gardeners travel, we want to see … plants. But that doesn’t mean gardens, necessarily, as brought home by a new, photo-filled guidebook to our magnificent coastline from Northern California to British Columbia. Steelquist, a naturalist and environmental educator, arranged the book by habitat. From estuaries to coastal forests, he details the birds, animals, sea life and plants you’ll find within each. Learn how European beach grasses came to monopolize the Oregon dunes, and the challenges faced by that monarch of the coastal forests, western red cedar (Thuja plicata). Plenty of quality photos and the interweaving of habitat, plant life and creatures make this book an inviting guide to our unique coastal ecosystem. Comments/Press Coverage Program name: Paula Becker - Looking For Betty MacDonald: The Egg, The Plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and I Date: January 19 Presenter: Paula Becker Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Adults Attendance: 60 Location: Carnegie Reading Room Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends $100 Description City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2017 2017 Paula Becker is the award-winning author of Looking For Betty MacDonald: The Egg, The Plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and I, and co-author of The Future Remembered: The 1962 Seattle World's Fair and Its Legacy and Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: Washington's First World's Fair. An expert on the history of world's fairs, she is featured in the documentary films When Seattle Invented The Future: The 1962 World's Fair, which aired on PBS stations nationwide; and Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposition: Washington's Forgotten World's Fair, which aired on Seattle's KCTS-9; and Structural Engineers of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, which she narrated. Paula Becker has written for HistoryLink.org since 2001, and is a staff historian. Her 300+ essays on the site document all aspects of Washington state history. Comments/Press Coverage Paula Becker is coming back to Port Townsend in March: Friday, March 3, 2017, 7:00 pm Paula Becker, Humanities Washington, and the Jefferson County Museum of Art and History present “The Truth and I: Reading Betty MacDonald in the Age of Memoir,” an interactive illustrated lecture. Historic City Council Chambers, 540 Water Street, Port Townsend, WA. Free. http://paulabecker.org/events-schedule/ Program name: Art in Action: Spinning Demonstration Date: January 20 Presenter: Kathleen Hawn & Teresa Chedoen Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Adults Attendance: 10 Location: In main library Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Library Description View a live spinning demonstration with local spinners and see finished items in this beautiful craft. Library books on spinning will be on display and available for checkout when inspiration strikes. Comments/Press Coverage City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2017 2017 Program name: Preschool Storytime Date: January 10, 17, 24, 31 Presenter: Kit Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Preschoolers and their caregivers Attendance: 19 Location: Library Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends Description Preschool storytime brings early literacy to kids and their caregivers with songs, rhymes, and activities. The emphasis for this age group is on kindergarten readiness and fostering a love of reading. Comments/Press Coverage Storytimes were on a break from the last week in December 2016- the first week of January. Programs resumed on January 7, 2017. Program name: Toddlertime Date: January 12, 19, 26 Presenter: Jeanne Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Toddlers and their caregivers Attendance: 88 Location: Library Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends Description Toddlertime builds prereading skills like vocabulary, phonological awareness, and sequencing. Young children and their caregivers share fun rhymes and songs and very short stories. The emphasis is on modeling for caregivers how to build literacy skills in very young children. Comments/Press Coverage Storytimes were on a break from the last week in December 2016- the first week of January. Programs resumed on January 7, 2017. City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2017 2017 Program name: Babytime Date: January 11, 18, 25 Presenter: Jeanne Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Babies and their caregivers Attendance: 55 Location: Library Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends Description Babytime uses a warm, caring atmosphere to make parents of very young children comfortable in the library and in singing and playing with their babies. The emphasis is on modeling and teaching simple games, rhymes, songs and sign language that can help build very early literacy. Comments/Press Coverage Storytimes were on a break from the last week in December 2016- the first week of January. Programs resumed on January 7, 2017. Program name: Saturday Storytime Date: January 7, 14, 21, 28 Presenter: Jeanne Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Kids of all ages and their families Attendance: 45 Location: Children’s Room Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends Description In this all-ages storytime, we sing songs appropriate for all ages while reading some short and some longer stories to engage all our listeners. Comments/Press Coverage Storytimes were on a break from the last week in December 2016- the first week of January. Programs resumed on January 7, 2017. City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2017 2017 Program name: First Friday Babytime at Jefferson County Health Department Date: January 6 Presenter: Jeanne Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Babies and their caregivers Attendance: 6 Location: County Health Department Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends Description Babies up to 18 months and their caregivers enjoy songs, nursery rhymes, finger plays, bubbles, and other gentle activities, while building early language skills and having lots of fun! Comments/Press Coverage Program name: FIRST LEGO League Practice/Tournament Date: January 19, 26 Presenter: Kit Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Kids on the library FIRST LEGO League robotics team Attendance: 24 Location: Pink House Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends, League of Steam, PT Shirts, Whistle Stop, Boeing, anonymous donor Description The library's FIRST LEGO League Junior team for ages 6-9 practices for their competition. City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2017 2017 Program name: Outreach at Grant Street Elementary School Library Date: January 6, 17 Presenter: Kit Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Kids at Grant Street Attendance: 39 Location: Grant Street Elementary School Library Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Library Description Kids were given book talks, read to, and encouraged to checkout new books from the public library on special display. Program name: Dungeons and Dragons Date: January 17, 24, 31 Presenter: Thierry Williamson Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Teens Attendance: 27 Location: Library Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends Description Teens play the cooperative role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons. All experience levels are welcome, and supplies are provided. Program name: Bring Back Reading Teen Book Club Date: January 6, 20 City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2017 2017 Presenter: Phoebe and Lydia Arthur - teen volunteers running this program as part of their senior project Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Teens Attendance: 6 Location: Library Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends Description A bookclub for teens and run by teens at the library.