September/October 2013 - Watertown Free Public Library
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September/October 2013 - Watertown Free Public Library
September/October 2013 watertownlib.org Meet and Greet with Hugh Howey, author of WOOL! Join us Friday, September 20 from 5 - 7 PM at Donohue’s Pub on 87 Bigelow Ave in Watertown! Come out for an informal meet and greet with the author of WOOL! We’ll provide appetizers, and there’ll be a cash bar. This is your opportunity to chat with the author and meet other fans of WOOL (aka WOOLites). Hugh Howey is Coming to Watertown! Self-published wunderkind Hugh Howey, author of WOOL, will be appearing at the WFPL as part of our One Book, One Watertown activities. There are two full months jam-packed with programs and activities related to WOOL (see full schedule insert in this issue). Mr. Howey will join us on Friday, September 20th and Saturday, September 21st for some wonderful programs sure to inspire. This is his first Boston-area appearance, and we’re thrilled to welcome him. Please join us. Check out the insert included in this issue of all the One Book, One Watertown events for September and October. Hang it on the fridge so you don’t miss anything! Fall Programming in the Children’s Room! September: Dog B.O.N.E.S. Back by popular demand, our amazing volunteers and their adorable therapy dogs will be in the Children’s Department multiple times per month! Children can register for fifteen minute sessions to read to the dogs; they are excellent listeners and love hearing stories. Reading to dogs provides wonderful benefits for kids, including reduced anxiety, increased reading fluency, and improved confidence in reading abilities. Check our calendar to find out what date works best for you! October: Preschool STEM Over the past year we’ve done lots of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math programs for children in elementary school. In October, preschoolers will get a chance to participate in STEM programs too! Together, parents and children will explore and experiment with concepts like light and color, air movement, our physical senses, and tools of measurement. We will do hands-on activities that will both introduce scientific ideas and spark an early interest in STEM subjects. Your preschooler will get the chance to explore with bubbles, color paddles, magnifying glasses, and more while building a strong foundation in early math and science skills. Preschool STEM programs are on Friday afternoons, and will require registration. Please check our October calendar for dates! Kindergarten Yoga Does your child have extra energy after school? Do they like to jump, stretch, and pose like animals? Bring your energetic and imaginative 4 to 6 year old to Kindergarten Yoga this October! A children’s librarian leads the class in active and relaxing play on Tuesday afternoons. No Registration is required. Mats will be provided on a first to arrive basis. Please check our October calendar for dates! HOLIDAY CLOSURES Labor Day Monday, September 2 Columbus Day Monday, October 14 CALLING ALL SENIORS Visit the Watertown Senior Center! A great place for fun! BINGO - CARD GAMES - EXERCISE PROGRAMS LUNCH - EDUCATIONAL CLASSES - INFORMATION SHOPPING TRANSPORTATION - WELLNESS 31 Marshall Street Watertown, MA 02472 617.972.6490 … and some serious business: If you’ve ever worried about your investments, or wondered who you can trust to guide you, please join us on Wednesday, Sept. 25th at 7 PM as The Three P’s of Investment Fraud representatives of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission present a program on “The Three P’s of Investment Fraud.” Learn the PROFILE of the typical victim, common PERSUASION tactics that fraudsters deploy, and techniques to help PREVENT investment fraud in Join staff from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Wednesday, September 25, 2013, from 7-8pm, for a presentation on “The Three P’s of Investment Fraud.” Digital Media Lab Now Open in the Teen Room! Teens love music and they love to create. And now the library offers a creative outlet through music with some really great equipment. For two hours teens can access an iMac, some downloaded, pre produced music, DJ controller and software to start producing and performing their mixes right away! We even offer a portable hard drives to take your work home. Come try your hand at becoming a DJ! Call 617-972-6437 for more information. Learn the PROFILE of the typical victim, common PERSUASION tactics that fraudsters deploy, and techniques to help PREVENT investment fraud in your community. Staff will also demonstrate how to check the status and disciplinary history of investment professionals and will be available to answer questions. SIGN UP FOR OUR E-NEWSLETTER! Would you like to receive monthly WFPL updates? Visit our home page at watertownlib.org and use the sign up box located below the banner. Want to use an iPad? Stop by the Periodicals Room on the 2nd floor to check out our two brand new iPads. These tablets are for use in the library, and are loaded with books, magazines, games, apps, and more. Come on by and satisfy your curiosity! TAKE PART IN THE ADULT BOOK GROUP! September 4 WOOL by Hugh Howey (OBOW) October 2 Slammerkin by Emma COMING IN NOVEMBER.. The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins October is Teen Read Month! Be on the lookout for some great incentives for Reading for the Fun of it @ the Library! your community. Staff will also demonstrate how to check the status and disciplinary history of investment professionals and will be available to answer questions. It’s all happening at the library!! (Don’t forget to check the insert for your full list of One Book, One Watertown events – perfect to hang on your fridge so you won’t forget!) Meetings begin at 7 PM. Anyone is welcome to join. Copies of these titles are available at the Circulation Desk two weeks before the meeting date . “Writing & Reminiscence” Writing Workshop at the Watertown Senior Center! Do you enjoy telling stories about your life? How many times have your children or grandchildren asked you to tell them more about what things were like when you were growing up? This workshop at the Watertown Senior Center will help provide the structure to get started! Learn writing tips and engage in informal exercises as we reminisce about the past. The workshop will be offered by Jennifer Quinlan who has a background in journalism and social work and experience leading memoir and creative writing workshops with older adults in the Watertown Ike’s Incredible Ink! by Brianne Farley Ike wants to write an incredible story. But he doesn’t know what to write about. After some procrastination, he realizes that he needs new ink and sets out to gather the ingredients he’ll need to make it, thus beginning a very incredible story indeed. Farley tells the story beautifully, and her descriptions of what make various “ingredients” ink-like are lovely: “Shadows, he thought, are like ink. They are shady and shifty and mysterious.” Farley’s illustrations match the story’s mood just as area. Jennifer believes everyone has a story to tell and everyone can write. The six-week workshop will meet 10 - 11:30 a.m. starting Monday, September 16 and pre-registration is required. CURIOUS? WANT TO LEARN MORE? Meet Jennifer at an information session: WHEN: 9:30 AM on Wednesday, September 4 WHERE: Watertown Senior Center 31 Marshall Street This program is made possible through an Education Grant from the Watertown Community Foundation. perfectly as her words, and the fact that Ike himself looks like a blob of ink ties the whole tale together. A truly enjoyable read for children with big imaginations, or for anyone who’s ever suffered from writer’s block and needed a little inspiration. Request this book so you can read it at home using our online catalog! In Project Literacy... evening sessions will prepare you to be an effective and confident tutor! WE NEED TUTORS! For an application and more information, go to our web-page (http://watertownlib.org/whatwe-offer/project-literacy/new-volunteers) or contact Peggie Hayes at [email protected] or call 617.924.8797. Project Literacy at Faire on the Square Project Literacy helps adult immigrants to improve their English language skills. You can be part of this effort by volunteering 1.5-2 hours a week to tutor an eager learner. We offer a 15-hour training that takes place over a five-week period in October. The five Come visit the Friends of Project Literacy booth at Faire on the Square on Saturday, September 28, 10 AM – 4 PM. Learn more about what Project Literacy does in our community! September Exhibit October Exhibit Maryam Zahiri, Photographer Jonathan Spiller, Photographer Maryam has made use of different techniques of using macro photography by using only ordinary equipment. Maryam’s philosophy about her work is that simple is the way to think, to think simply about reality and its beauty. Take a minute to think about everything that you see every day and do not pay attention to or even notice. These moments are the true reality of life. Time passes by so quickly, so take a minute to slow down and look. Focus your eyes and change your perspective. See in a way in which you’ve never seen before. There is a little soul inside everything, inside a water droplet, even inside an ice crystal. Look at it again. If you look harder, you will see something amazing. September 9 Brazil [R] September 16 Oblivion [PG-13] September 23 Serenity [PG-13] September 30 THX 1138 [R] October 7 Fahrenheit 451 [NR] October 21 Hunger Games [PG-13] October 28 1984 [R] In the T. Ross Kelly Family Gallery.... Maryam Zahiri has worked as a photographer for more than 5 years. Most of her work consists of abstract pictures shot in macro perspective. (Dystopia) Movie Mondays! Jonathan Spiller has been taking pictures of nature since 2003. He enjoys taking walks in Mount Auburn Cemetery, a place that has many lakes and flowers. He also enjoy taking pictures around the Charles River and Arnold Arboretum. Jonathan is a member of Watertown Art Association and in November 2012, exhibited three framed photos of work at Watertown Library gallery through the Able Arts Organization, a non-profit that helps artists with disabilities. In recent months he has exhibited 12 framed photos during February 2013 at Brigham House in Watertown through the Watertown Art Association. He also exhibited 15 framed photos on the patio of Watertown’s Not Your Average Joe's in June of this past year. To learn more about Jonathan’s work, you can visit his web site at: http://jonathans064.wix.com/good-eye Interested in Exhibiting? The T. Ross Kelly Family Gallery is always looking for artists who would love to share their artwork with Watertown! We have dates available in 2014 and 2015! To learn how visit: www.watertownlib.org/about-library/t-ross-kelly-family-gallery We’re devoting the months of September and October to our celebration of WOOL by screening some of the most compelling dystopias ever committed to film. If you haven’t seen these films, you owe it to yourself to do so. Even if you have seen them, you really ought to experience these fresh copies on our big screen! Movies begin at 6:30 PM in the WSBR. No registration. FREE COMPUTER CLASSES September 10 Intro to the Internet September 17 Intro to Word September 19 Computer Basics September 24 Intro to PowerPoint October 8 Intro to Social Media/Networking October 15 Intro to Excel October 22 Intermediate Excel Classes run from 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Registration is required. To register visit the Reference desk or call 617.972.6436. Science is Everywhere! If you’ve been diligently reading your WFPL newsletter, you’ve seen all of the science based programming in the Children’s Room over the last year. From owl pellets to paper roller coasters to Lego engineering-we’ve covered a lot of topics! While our grant wraps up in September, the spirit of science lives on. This September join us for two special programs: WFPL MINI MAKER FAIRE AT FAIRE ON THE SQUARE Saturday September 28 at 10 AM For all ages. Stop by our booth on the grounds! The Watertown Free Public Library is more than just books. Yes, we provide access to content, and lots of programs, but we want to be MORE! Stop by our booth at Faire on the Square and see what we’ve been tinkering with lately: from silk screening to old timey typewriters to arduino boards. We want to hear from you! What do you want to see or do? SCIENCE IS EVERYWHERE! CHILDREN’S ROOM GEODOMES Wednesday September 18 at 4 PM For children in grades 3-5. Registration is required and begins 9/4. OPEN OFFICE HOURS What is a geodesic dome? Who is Buckminster Fuller? How will I make these triangles into a circle!? We’ll tackle these topics at our final Science is Everywhere program. Science is Everywhere is a grant administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, the Library Services and Technology Act, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Library Director Leone Cole hosts monthly open office hours. Visit her in the Raya Stern Trustees Meeting Room on the fourth Monday of the month from 1 - 2 PM. Spotlight Events @ the WFPL Children Teen Adult Dads ‘n’ Donuts Teen Anime Club Meet and Greet with Hugh Howey Saturday 9/7 at 9:15 AM Skip the coffee shop and make the Children’s Department part of your morning routine! Come to the library for some coffee, a donut hole, and browse the newspaper while children explore books and color during our low-key morning program. Let’s be clear: this program is open to all caregivers, not just dads. We just like alliteration! For children of all ages. No registration. September 5 at 3 PM The Teen Anime Club will be showing From Up on Poppy Hill, the one of the newest films directed by Gorō Miyazaki, scripted by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa, and produced by Studio Ghibli. Friday 9/20 at 5 PM Come out for an informal meet and greet with the author of WOOL at Donohue’s Pub on 87 Bigelow Ave in Watetown! We’ll provide appetizers, and there’ll be a cash bar. This is your opportunity to chat with the author and meet other fans of WOOL (aka WOOLites). Teen Creative Writing Brunch with Hugh Howey! Dog B.O.N.E.S. Every other Wednesday beginning 9/18 at 3 PM No previous writing experience is required, only an interest in writing in a FUN and supportive environment and having a chance to share your writing with peers. Saturday 9/1 & Thursday 9/19 at 3:30 PM Independent readers can read to a certified therapy dog. This program creates a supportive environment for early and struggling readers to practice their skills. For independent readers in grades K to 5. Registration is required and begins 2 weeks prior to the program date. When Your Kids Push Your Buttons with Cindy Kaplan, M.A. Sunday, September 29 at 2:30 PM As parents, you know what it feels like when your kids push your buttons. Cindy Kaplan, a PCI Certified Parent Coach and family therapist, will help you defuse your buttons, maintain your authority, and find your way back to parenting the way you intended. For parents. No registration. Saturday 9/21 at 10:30 AM Join us for brunch catered by Watertown’s own Deluxe Town Diner and an author talk by Hugh Howey, followed by a Q&A session. Ticket price is $10 per person and are available for purchase at the Circulation Desk. So you wanna be an Author?! Banned Book Display Beginning 9/22 This year we’ve got some really cool banned books we want to share with you! Celebrate your freedom to read by reading a banned book. We have tons for you to choose from. Check out our list of last year's most challenged book. 90% of them are for teens! - Saturday 9/21 at 3 PM If you dream of quitting your day job and being a successful author, this brief program is for you. Hugh Howey will talk about the process of writing, along with all the other things you’ll need to master in order to reach your readers. Registration is required. Visit the Reference Desk or call 617.972.6436 to sign up. Space is limited, register early!
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