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Home My WebLink About2017 July Programs Monthly ReportCity of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report July 2017 2017 Program name: Book Lover’s Café: Soul of the Octopus Date: 1st Monday Presenter: Melody E. Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Adults Attendance: 10 Location: Pink House Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends, about $100 for book club kit- this kit was purchased in memory of Sue Estes from donated funds from the Bookies Book Group Description “One of the best science books of the year” —Science Friday, NPR Program name: Fiber Arts Night Date: 3rd Tuesday Presenter: Joan W. Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family All ages Attendance: 7 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 City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report July 2017 2017 Another New York Times bestseller from the author of The Good Good Pig, this “fascinating…touching…informative…entertaining” (Daily Beast) book explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. In pursuit of the wild, solitary, predatory octopus, popular naturalist Sy Montgomery has practiced true immersion journalism. From New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, she has befriended octopuses with strikingly different personalities—gentle Athena, assertive Octavia, curious Kali, and joyful Karma. Each creature shows her cleverness in myriad ways: escaping enclosures like an orangutan; jetting water to bounce balls; and endlessly tricking companions with multiple “sleights of hand” to get food. Montgomery chronicles the growing appreciation of this mollusk as she tells a unique love story. By turns funny, entertaining, touching, and profound, The Soul of an Octopus reveals what octopuses can teach us about the meeting of two very different minds. Comments/Press Coverage City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report July 2017 2017 Program name: Changeling Shakespeare Reading Group Date: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays Presenter: Bob DeWeese Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Adults Attendance: 19 Location: Pink House Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends 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: Master Gardener’s "Growing Groceries" Program Date: July 6 Presenter: Lys Burden and Nita Wester Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Adults Attendance: 45 Location: Pink House Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify WSU Master Gardeners Description Interested in growing your own food this year? Join Master Gardeners and seasoned gardening experts for a fun City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report July 2017 2017 presentation to help you get started. Comments/Press Coverage This was a very successful program and partnership and we look forward to working with the WSU Master Gardeners again. Program name: Art in Action: Drawing with Joan Wenske Date: July 21 Presenter: Joan Wenske Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Adults Attendance: 10 Location: Library Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Library City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report July 2017 2017 Description View a live drawing demonstration. Books on drawing will be on display and available for checkout when inspiration strikes. Comments/Press Coverage Program name: PETE SEEGER: The Man and the Music Date: July 29 Presenter: Hank and Claire Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Adults City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report July 2017 2017 Attendance: 50 Location: Carnegie Reading Room Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends $250 presenter fee Description Musical duo Hank & Claire take listeners back in time with their banjo and 12- string guitar as they share stories, historic photos, and sing-along songs from Pete’s life. Learn about his activism on labor, war, civil rights, and the environment and the back stories of songs like “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” and “Turn, Turn, Turn.” For Pete's sake, sing along! Comments/Press Coverage City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report July 2017 2017 Program name: Preschool Storytime Date: Every Tuesday Presenter: Jeanne S. Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Preschoolers and their caregivers Attendance: 68 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 City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report July 2017 2017 Program name: Toddlertime Date: Every Thursday Presenter: Jeanne S. Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Toddlers and their caregivers Attendance: 68 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 Program name: Babytime Date: Every Wednesday Presenter: Jeanne S. Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Babies and their caregivers Attendance: 68 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 City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report July 2017 2017 Program name: First Friday Babytime at Jefferson County Health Department Date: 1st Friday of the month Presenter: Jeanne S. Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Babies and their caregivers Attendance: 2 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 The attendance ebbs and flows. Jeanne has made important connections with new mothers and new residents at this program and is seeing them come to the library for the first time. Program name: Storytime Blue Heron Middle School Date: Thursdays in July Presenter: Diana R Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family kids Attendance: 36 Location: Blue Heron Middle School Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Library Description Storytime provided to YMCA classes Comments/Press Coverage Diana wrote the storytimes, “I shared story times with the YMCA’s K-2 summer class at Blue Heron for three Thursday mornings in July (13th through 27th). Our themes were Under the Sea, Pirates, and Fractured (Three Little Pigs) Fairy Tales. I was so happy to work with such an engaged group of students! (in spite of presenting just before recess).” City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report July 2017 2017 Program name: Sewing and Upcycling for Kids Date: July 13 Presenter: Sidonie Maroon Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Elementary school children and their parents Attendance: 14 Location: Pink House Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends -$100 for presenter honorarium Description Join Arts Educator, Sidonie Maroon, and make a Boho Bag!. Kids will design a unique pattern, hand sew, and learn to use a sewing machine to create a boho gift bag using recycled fabrics. Learn a valuable skill, reuse unwanted cloth and clothing, and create clothing and accessories for free! All equipment and materials provided. Please note: the library has two sewing machines available for checkout for future sewing endeavors! For ages 7-11. City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report July 2017 2017 Program name: Mondays with Melody: Read, Chat, and Healthy Snack Date: July 10 and 24th Presenter: Melody E. Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Kids Attendance: 19 Location: Children’s Room Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends Description Do your “big kids” miss going to storytime? Mondays with Melody is a storytime program geared for kids ages 6 – 10, featuring books about fairness, courage, and dreams, followed by conversation and a healthy snack. Join Director Melody Sky Eisler for this special program! July’s themes were “honesty” and “inclusion.” Comments/Press Coverage Program name: Fort Night at the library Date: July 21 Presenter: Jeanne S Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Kids Attendance: 22 Location: Children’s Room Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends Description Join librarian Jeanne for a fun evening of fort building after hours at the library. Kids will construct forts using a variety of materials. Flashlights, snacks, and adventure guaranteed! Registration required with a limit of 15 kids. For ages 7-11. City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report July 2017 2017 Comments/Press Coverage Program name: STEAM Workshop Date: July 26 Presenter: Jen Kingfisher Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Kids Attendance: 25 Location: Pink House Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends, Description Kids will combine art and technology to create electric crafts! Kids will build circuits, engineer mobiles, create light-up wearable art, and more! For ages 8-14. Comments/Press Coverage City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report July 2017 2017 Program name: Build a Fairy or Gnome House Date: July 21 Presenter: Jeanne S Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Kids Attendance: 42 Location: Library Lawn Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends Description Build your own magical Fairy or Gnome house to bring home, and help decorate the library Gnome house in the shade garden beside the library with jewels, shells, pinecones, and other treasures. For ages 6 and up. Comments/Press Coverage City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report July 2017 2017 Program name: Legos at the Library: Design Challenge! Date: July 20 Presenter: Ashley K. Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family kids Attendance: 11 Location: Pink House Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends Description Kids, ages 7-11, will be presented with a Lego design challenge and will use their creativity and engineering skills to find solutions. The resulting Lego creations will be displayed in the library until the following session. For ages 7-11. Comments/Press Coverage Program name: Dungeons & Dragons Role Playing Date: Every Friday in the summer starting on June 23rd Presenter: Ashley K. Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Tweens/Teens Attendance: 22 Location: Pink House Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends about $150 for supplies Description Want to explore dungeons and find treasure? Come join our ongoing Dungeons and Dragons game for kids age 10+ and up. No experience or equipment necessary. This will be a PG-rated adventure full of glory, City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report July 2017 2017 magic, treachery, risk, and reward! The program will run every Friday in the summer from June 23rd-August 25th. Comments/Press Coverage Program name: Sewing and Upcycling for Teens Date: July 11 Presenter: Sidonie Maroon Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Teens Attendance: 9 Location: Pink House Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends, $100 for presenter honorarium Description Join Arts Educator, Sidonie Maroon, and make a Boho Bag! Teens will design a unique pattern, hand sew, and learn to use a sewing machine to create a boho gift bag using recycled fabrics. Learn a valuable skill, reuse unwanted cloth and clothing, and create clothing and accessories for free! All equipment and materials provided. Please note: the library has two sewing machines available for checkout for future sewing endeavors! For ages 12-17. Comments/Press Coverage City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report July 2017 2017 Program name: Alley Cat Bike Adventure for Teens Date: July 11 Presenter: Jeanne S and Jen K Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Teens Attendance: 4 Location: Pink House Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends Description Made famous by big city bike messengers, the Alley Cat is a scavenger hunt on bikes! Follow clues to various checkpoints throughout Port Townsend, and demonstrate your skills while navigating the streets, alleyways, and trails of PT! Prizes will be awarded to every participant. Helmets required! For teens ages 12-17. Comments/Press Coverage City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report July 2017 2017 Program name: Hypercollage! Teen Art Program with Counsel Langley Date: July 25 Presenter: Counsel Langley Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Teens Attendance: 10 Location: Pink House Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends, $100 for presenter honorarium Description Collage enables you to take what is on hand and use it in unexpected ways, giving it new meaning. Whether for artwork, gifts, cards, presentations, communication of your ideas, or fun, collage skills can help you make powerful images. Join local artist Counsel Langley for this hands-on workshop in which she'll be sharing many of the unique collage techniques she has developed over the past ten years and uses in her own work. For teens ages 12-17. Comments/Press Coverage Program name: Pollinators at the Library, with Erin Yeakel Date: July 6 Presenter: Erin Yeakel Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family All Ages/Family Attendance: 25 Location: Pink House Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends, $100 for presenter honorarium Description Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, oh my! Join Garden Educator, Erin Yeakel and learn about the big role these little creatures play in the food cycle. Kids will add plants that pollinators love to the existing PT Library garden, enjoy stories and games, and bring the pollination home with a plant start for their home gardens. This is an all-ages family program. Comments/Press Coverage City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report July 2017 2017 Program name: Despicable Me on the Big Screen! Date: July 7 Presenter: Jeanne S Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Teens Attendance: 55 Location: Carnegie Reading Room Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends and the Rose Theatre Description What could be better than watching the original Despicable Me on the big screen while munching on popcorn! Watch as criminal mastermind, Gru, uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, but finds that their love is profoundly changing him for the better. Please join us for this fun family event upstairs at the library. Minions welcome! All ages. Comments/Press Coverage Program name: Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue Date: July 12 Presenter: Cynthia Daily Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Teens Attendance: 100 Location: Pink House Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends, $150 donated to Wild Bird Rescue Description Come meet some amazing people and birds! Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue provides the care and treatment of native wild birds that have been orphaned or injured and need to be rehabilitated for the purpose of release back to the City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report July 2017 2017 wild. Don’t miss this special opportunity to observe raptors and other bird species, live, at the library. This is a family program for all ages. Comments/Press Coverage