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Home My WebLink About2018 January Programs Monthly ReportCity of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2018 2017 Program name: Book Lovers’ Café : The Smell of Other People’s Houses Date: 1st Monday Presenter: Melody E. Program’s intended age group Adults Attendance: 16 Location: Pink House Sponsored by: Friends- $0- (bookclub kit donated by Kitsap Regional Library) Description This deeply moving and authentic debut set in 1970s Alaska is for fans of Rainbow Rowell, Louise Erdrich, Sherman Alexie, and Benjamin Alire Saenz. Intertwining stories of love, tragedy, wild luck, and salvation on the edge of America’s Last Frontier introduce a writer of rare talent. Ruth has a secret that she can’t hide forever. Dora wonders if she can ever truly escape where she comes from, even when good luck strikes. Alyce is trying to reconcile her desire to dance, with the life she’s always known on her family’s fishing boat. Hank and his brothers decide it’s safer to run away than to stay home—until one of them ends up in terrible danger. Four very different lives are about to become entangled. This unforgettable William C. Morris Award finalist is about people who try to save each other—and how sometimes, when they least expect it, they succeed. Comments/Press Coverage This is Kitsap Regional Library’s One Book One Community read for February 2018 (similar to our Community Read). City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2018 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. City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2018 2017 Program name: Nancy Pearl Readers’ Advisory Training for Staff Date: January 22 Presenter: Nancy Pearl Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Staff and guest Attendance: 20 Location: Carnegie Reading Room Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify City Library and Friends (Friends payed about $230 for lodging) Description City library staff, PT school librarians, and Imprint Bookstore staff all learned about Nancy’s philosophies on why people read, and how to connect people with books they will like based off her story quadrant: story/plot, character, setting, language. Many staff commented on how much they learned from the training and have started creating displays from Nancy’s suggestions. Nancy was so honored to be in the Carnegie that she posted this to her Twitter account: Restored Carnegie reading room at the Port Townsend Public Library. Happy this is the setting for my Reader’s Advisory training this morning. City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2018 2017 Anna Quinn and Nancy Pearl with one another’s first novels 😊 From Nancy’s Twitter: Lovely lunch with Anna Quinn in Pt Townsend- we’re holding each other’s first novels. Thanks to lib director Melody Eisler for (the) photo. City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2018 2017 Program name: Nancy Pearl Author Talk Date: January 22 Presenter: Nancy Pearl Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Adults Attendance: 130+ Location: First Baptist Church Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify City Library and Friends (Friends payed about $230 for lodging) First Baptist Church generously provided the space Description Nancy Pearl is “America’s librarian.” She regularly speaks about the value of reading at libraries and library conferences, and for literacy organizations and community groups. Nancy can be found on KUOW in Seattle, KWGS in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin Public Radio talking about books and reading. Her monthly television show, Book Lust with Nancy Pearl, on the Seattle Channel features interviews with authors, poets, and other literary figures. Among her many honors are the 2011 Librarian of the Year Award from Library Journal and the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from the PNW Booksellers Association. Nancy is the creator of the internationally recognized program If All of Seattle Read the Same Book, and was the inspiration for the Archee McPhee "Librarian Action Figure". If the library world has a rock star - Nancy Pearl is it. Nancy is a best-selling author, librarian, literary critic, as well as a radio and television personality, but first and foremost, she is a reader and has spent her life promoting reading as one of the most beneficial and joyful experiences anyone can have. City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2018 2017 Pictures/Comme nts Nancy’s talk was beloved by the community- so much so that we had to get a bigger venue to accommodate the interest. Many patrons have thanked the library for bringing her. City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2018 2017 Program name: H20 Date: January 19 Presenter: Rachel Cardone Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Adults Attendance: 25 Location: Pink House Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Humanities Washington Description It feels like not a day goes by without a story in the news that relates to some water issue. Whether it’s lead in schools, drought in California, or dwindling snowpack in Washington, water scarcity is a challenge that needs our attention—now. In this talk, participants learn about water scarcity and its effects both globally and at local levels here in Washington State. Participants are challenged to consider how they value water in its different uses, and explore whether taking an ethical approach to water issues changes how we manage and govern water on our increasingly thirsty and crowded planet. City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2018 2017 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: 65 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 January 2018 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: 104 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: Toddlertime Date: Every Thursday Presenter: Hilary V. Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Toddlers and their caregivers Attendance: 57 Location: Library Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends Description Toddlertime builds pre-reading 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 City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2018 2017 Program name: YMCA Visit Date: January 11 Presenter: Jeanne S. Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family 6-13 Attendance: 17 Location: Mountain View YMCA Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends, about $10 Description Children made glass bead magnets Press coverage: City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2018 2017 Program name: Slime Party Date: January 17 Presenter: Hilary V. Program’s intended age group: 6-11 Attendance: 50 Location: Library Sponsored by: Friends, other: Friends - $ Comments/Press Coverage City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2018 2017 Program name: Stuffed Animal Sleepover Date: January 26 Presenter: Jeanne S., Hilary V. Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Children and families Attendance: 65 Location: Library Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Description A night time storytime full of early literacy skill building. After the story time, the children left and the stuffies spent the night. Mischief and mayhem were had. (even Melody’s lion puppet and Hilary’s goat puppet joined the fun 😊) Comments/Press Coverage City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2018 2017 Program name: Sing-A-Ling with Keeth Apgar Date: January 18 Presenter: Keeth Apgar Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Middle school students Attendance: 38 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 January 2018 2017 Program name: PTHS Outreach Date: January 29 Presenter: Hilary V. Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family High school students Attendance: 11 Location: PT High School Library Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends Description Our monthly visit to Port Townsend High School, Students made giant paper snowflakes take home during their lunch period. Comments/Press Coverage City of Port Townsend Monthly Library Program Report January 2018 2017 Program name: Blue Heron Outreach Date: January 8 Presenter: Hilary V. Program’s intended age group: Kids, teens, adults, all ages/family Middle school students Attendance: 14 Location: Blue Heron Middle School Library Sponsored by: Friends, other: please specify Friends Description Monthly visit to Blue Heron, Students made giant paper snowflakes to take home during their lunch period. Comments/Press Coverage