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May 2018
2018
Program
name:
Book Lovers’ Café : A Man called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Date:
1st Monday
Presenter: Melody E.
Program’s intended
age group
Adults
Attendance: 18
Location: Pink House
Sponsored by: Book club kit from JCL
Description
A feel-good story in the spirit of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and Major
Pettigrew’s Last Stand, Fredrik Backman’s novel about the angry old man next
door is a thoughtful exploration of the profound impact one life has on countless
others. “If there was an award for ‘Most Charming Book of the Year,’ this first
novel by a Swedish blogger-turned-overnight-sensation would win hands down”
(Booklist, starred review).
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Program name:
Fiber Arts Night
Date:
1st and 3rd Tuesdays
Presenter: Kathi J. & Joan W.
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
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.
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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: 25
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.
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Program name:
Grand Rhododendron Parade
Date:
May 19
Presenter: Friends
Program’s
intended age
group:
All ages
Attendance: 15
Location: Parade Route
Sponsored by: Friends
Description
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The Friends, Foundation, Melody and library patrons marched for the second year in a
row in the parade. The cheers and applause for the library were heartfelt and the
group had fun wearing fun hats and carrying signs to promote programs.
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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.
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May 2018
2018
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: 110
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.
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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: 45
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.
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Program name:
Storytime with Toni Yuly
Date:
May 31
Presenter: Toni Yuly
Program’s intended age
group: Kids, teens,
adults, all ages/family
Ages 0-5 and caregivers
Attendance: 24
Location: Library
Sponsored by: Friends,
other: please specify
$150 presenter fee Friends
Description Author and illustrator Toni Yuly read her books, and made sounds with children. She also
led a tissue paper craft.
Comments/Press
Coverage
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Program name:
Outreach to Grant Street Elementary
Date:
May 11
Presenter: Hilary V. and Joy W.
Program’s intended
age group: Kids,
teens, adults, all
ages/family
Elementary School
Attendance: 23
Location: Library
Sponsored by:
Friends, other: please
specify
Friends
Description Monthly visit to Grant street. This Month, Hilary visited half of the OPEPO class. We
read a book about architecture, and used straws and connectors to build something
they could fit inside.
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Program name:
Sing-A-Ling with Keeth Apgar
Date:
May 17
Presenter: Keeth Apgar
Program’s intended age group:
Kids, teens, adults, all
ages/family
Pre-K
Attendance: 53
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.
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Program name:
YMCA Visit
Date:
May 10
Presenter: Jeanne S.
Program’s
intended age
group: Kids, teens,
adults, all
ages/family
6-13
Attendance: 12
Location: Mountain View YMCA
Sponsored by:
Friends, other:
please specify
Friends
Description Kids used straws and connectors to complete architecture challenges
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Program name:
DIY Terrariums
Date:
May 2
Presenter: Hilary V.
Program’s
intended age
group:
6-11
Attendance: 11
Location: Library
Sponsored by:
Friends, other:
Friends – $55 for supplies
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Coverage
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Program name:
Blue Heron Outreach
Date:
May 7
Presenter: Hilary V. and Joy W.
Program’s intended age group:
Kids, teens, adults, all
ages/family
Middle school students
Attendance: 24
Location: Blue Heron Middle School Library
Sponsored by: Friends, other:
please specify
Friends $20, snacks
Description Monthly visit to Blue Heron. Students made tote bags out of
recycled t-shirts.
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Program name:
PTHS Outreach
Date:
May 15
Presenter: Hilary V. and Joy W.
Program’s intended
age group: Kids, teens,
adults, all ages/family
High school students
Attendance: 12
Location: PT High School Library
Sponsored by: Friends,
other: please specify
PTHS
Description Our monthly visit to Port Townsend High School. Teens made
lightbulb terrariums.
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Coverage
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Program name:
Transgender Youth, Transforming Society
Date:
May 16
Presenter: Hilary V. & Marc Weinblatt & Youth Panel
Program’s intended age
group: Kids, teens, adults, all
ages/family
Teens and Adults
Attendance: 52
Location: Carnegie Room - PTPL
Sponsored by: Friends, other:
please specify
Mandala Center for Change
Description A Presentation on Transgender Youth Legislative Theatre and Q & A Panel with
Marc Weinblatt of the Mandala Center for change, and youth involved in the
project. Showing of a Health services training video.
Comments/Press Coverage Article in the Leader on May 2