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December 2017
2017
Program name:
Book Lovers’ Café Annual Holiday Gathering
Date:
1st Monday
Presenter: Melody E.
Program’s
intended age
group
Adults
Attendance: 20
Location: Pink House
Sponsored by: Friends- $50 for refreshments
Description
Holiday gathering! Share your favorite book or the current book you are reading...
a "freedom readers" session for the holidays. Bring a gently read wrapped book
for a fun book exchange.
Comments/Press
Coverage
The bookclub enjoyed the celebrations and is looking forward to the 2018 reads.
City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report
December 2017
2017
Program name:
Art In Action
Date:
December 1st
Presenter: Mary Stolass
Program’s
intended age
group
Adults
Attendance: 10
Location: Pink House
Sponsored by: Friends, $0
Description
View a live Sizzix demonstration and see finished items created with paper. Two
books on working with Sizzix Die Cutter are available for checkout when
inspiration strikes as well as the Sizzix machine and other die cuts.
Comments/Press
Coverage
Patrons were excited to see this item from the “Unusual Stuff You Can Borrow”
collection in action and checked out the machine and die cuts that afternoon.
This program is a great way to showcase that collection.
City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report
December 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: 20
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.
Program name:
Fiber Arts Night
Date:
1st & 3rd Tuesday
Presenter: Kathi J. and Joan W.
Program’s intended age group: Kids,
teens, adults, all ages/family
All ages
Attendance: 18
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.
City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report
December 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: 47
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
Program name:
Babytime
Date:
Every Wednesday
Presenter: Jeanne S. and Hilary V.
Program’s intended age group: Kids,
teens, adults, all ages/family
Babies and their caregivers
Attendance: 56
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
December 2017
2017
Program name:
Toddlertime
Date:
Every Thursday
Presenter: Hilary V.
Program’s intended age group: Kids,
teens, adults, all ages/family
Toddlers and their caregivers
Attendance: 35
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:
Saturday Family Storytime
Date:
Every Saturday
Presenter: Hilary V., Ashley K.
Program’s intended age group: Babies- preschoolers and their caregivers
Attendance: 22
Location: Library
Sponsored by: Friends, other: Friends
Description Join us every Saturday for this family storytime program for all
ages.
City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report
December 2017
2017
Program name:
Harmonica Pocket : Happy Huladays
Date:
Dec. 15
Presenter: Keeth Apgar, Nala Walla
Program’s intended age group:
Kids, teens, adults, all
ages/family
Children and families
Attendance: 24
Location: Library
Sponsored by: Friends, other:
please specify
Friends, $400 presenter fee
Description Equipped with hula hoops, ukuleles and a suitcase of props, The
Harmonica Pocket celebrates the holidays with their program
“Happy Huladays!”
Comments/Press Coverage
City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report
December 2017
2017
Program name:
Sing-A-Ling with Keeth Apgar
Date:
Dec. 21
Presenter: Keeth Apgar
Program’s intended age group:
Kids, teens, adults, all
ages/family
Middle school students
Attendance: 43
Location: Library
Sponsored by: Friends, other:
please specify
Friends, $75 presenter fee
Description Sing-A-Ling gets toddlers, preschoolers, families and the greater
community into our bodies and singing together.
Part story time, part sing-along and fully loaded with laughs, the
select songs and rhyming stories in this show combine finger play,
movement, picture books, uplifting acoustic music and an
engaging, highly-interactive banter between audience and
presenter.
In this early literacy-infused program children (and their
grownups) will create original rhymes and lyrics to traditional
American folk songs, raise their voices to play with the alphabet’s
many amusing sounds, and sing along to the words of favorite
children’s books.
Comments/Press Coverage
City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report
December 2017
2017
Program name:
Teen Movie Night: Guardians of the Galaxy 2
Date:
Dec. 8
Presenter: Hilary V.
Program’s intended age group:
Kids, teens, adults, all
ages/family
High school students
Attendance: 4
Location: Pink House
Sponsored by: Friends, other:
please specify
Friends
Description
Teens enjoy blockbuster movies and gourmet popcorn.
City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report
December 2017
2017
Program name:
PTHS Outreach
Date:
Dec. 11
Presenter: Hilary V.
Program’s intended age group:
Kids, teens, adults, all
ages/family
High school students
Attendance: 21
Location: PT High School Library
Sponsored by: Friends, other:
please specify
Friends
Description Our first monthly visit to Port Townsend High School, Students
made book inspired ornaments to take home during their lunch
period.
Comments/Press Coverage
City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report
December 2017
2017
Program
name:
Blue Heron Outreach
Date:
Dec. 18
Presenter: Hilary V.
Program’s
intended age
group: Kids,
teens, adults,
all ages/family
Middle school students
Attendance: 21
Location: Blue Heron Middle School Library
Sponsored by:
Friends, other:
please specify
Friends
Description Monthly visit to Blue Heron, Students book inspired ornaments to take home during
their lunch period.
Comments/Pre
ss Coverage
City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report
December 2017
2017
Program name:
Yule Ball
Date:
Dec. 1
Presenter: Hilary V., Ashley K.
Program’s
intended age
group: Kids, teens,
adults, all
ages/family
All ages
Attendance: 40
Location: Library
Sponsored by:
Friends, other:
please specify
Friends, about $175 for refreshments and supplies
Description Celebration of the 20th anniversary of the release of the first Harry Potter Book.
Crafts, activities, and refreshments inspired by the series.
Comments/Press
Coverage
Many children have asked to repeat this program and all ages attended.
Press coverage: http://www.ptleader.com/arts/brave-at-heart/image_2881f482-da1b-11e7-
8cb3-374325e7d66c.html