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Mercer County Library
System’s Adult and Family Programs
September 2010
All Branches will be closed Saturday, September 4; Sunday, September 5;
and Monday, September 6. for Labor Day weekend.
Sunday Hours (12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.) at Lawrence, Ewing, Hickory Corner & West
Windsor Branches begin September 12
Gallery
Drawings by Keenu Hale, September 1-30, 2010
Small Business
Development Center Workshop: Products & Services
Thursday, September 9, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Amateur Photo Contest “A
perfect Day…”
Entries due Friday, September 10
Photos must be submitted on CD, flash drive, or online in
jpeg format, not more than 1MB in size to
nmathur@mcl.org. All
entries must have a caption. All prize winning entries will
be displayed in the main lobby of the library.
Socrates’
Café
Monday, September 13 at 7:00 p.m.
Participants pose questions, listen to others, raise
challenges, and consider alternative answers. Background in
philosophy is not required and no advance preparation
necessary.
New Jersery Writers’
Society Meeting
Monday, September 13, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
All are welcome to come and enjoy challenges of becoming a
better writer, defeating writer’s block and perfecting a
craft. No advance registration.
Friends of the Library
Board Meeting
Monday, September 20, at 7:30 p.m.
How to Start a Business:
A-Z
Small Business Development Center Workshop
Thursday, September 16, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Job Search Strategies for
Older Adults
Thursday, September 16, at 7:00 p.m.
Presented by the Princeton Senior Resource Center.
Strategies for competing in the new work place, updating
your skills, networking, dealing with ageism, job searching
on the internet and avoiding job scams.
Maximizing Your Volunteer
Experience
How to find the right volunteer opportunity and make the
most of it.
Wednesday, September 22 at 3:00 p.m.
Learn how to connect to the many opportunities available and
find the one(s) that will best meet your personal and
professional goals. Presented by Adrienne Rubin, Executive
Director of VolunteerConnect, the volunteer center in the
greater Mercer County area.
Book Club
No meeting in
September
Computer Classes
Limited seating. Call the Reference Desk at 275-8901 for Information or to
register. All Classes are in Room 4.
Excel: Monday, September 13, 6:00-7:00 p.m. & Thursday, September
16, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Excel II: Monday, September 13, 7:00-8:00 p.m. & Thursday,
September 16, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
PowerPoint: Monday, September 13, 8:00-9:00 p.m. & Thursday,
September 16, 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Word: Saturday, September 11, 10:00-11:30 a.m. & Thursday,
September 9, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Word II: Thursday, September 9, 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Basic PC Skills: Thursday, September 9, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Program Calendar
for Children - September 2010
All
programs are walk-in except when noted.
The Library
will be closed on Monday, September 6, for Labor Day.
Beginning on September 12, the Library will be open on
Sundays from 12:30 p.m. until 5 pm.
Welcome to
September at the library. Fall is here, time for starting
school, picking apples, and for visiting your library. We
are happy to welcome a new children’s librarian,
Dragana Drobnjak, to the youth
services department. Dragana will offer three brand new
programs: Family Storytime;
Weird Science;
and
D.I.Y. Art.
Don’t miss the
Indian Classical Music Demo
Class.
Magician Dennis Thomas will present the “Fun
For All Magic Show.”
Teens, be sure to enter the
Banned Books Week
Review/Raffle
(ages 13 & up). Complete a review about a book that has been
banned or challenged in the last three years (list available
at the Reference Desk from Saturday, September 25 through
Saturday, October 2). There will be a Random drawing of
three winners, prizes to be announced. See you at the
Library.
New
Programs
D.I.Y. Art (for ages
8 to 11)
Participants will be encouraged to explore an art medium of
choice to create an art piece. Emphasis will be placed on
the creative art process, not the final product.
Thursday, September 9, 16, 23, 30, 4:15-5:15 p.m.
No registration required.
Weird Science
(ages 4 to 6 )
This program is geared towards preschool science. Each
session will follow a theme, for which we will read stories,
observe experiments and create crafts.
Tuesday, September 14 & 28, 4:15—5:00 p.m.
No registration required.
Family
Storytime and Craft (designed for ages 4 and up, but all
are welcome)
Bring your whole family to this weekly program geared for
preschool aged kids. Adults, toddlers and school aged kids
will also enjoy our stories and craft.
Sunday, September 19 & 26, 12:30—1:00 p.m.
No registration required.
Special
Programs
Singalong with Pat McKinley
(for all ages)
Friday, September 3, 10:30—11:00 a.m.
No registration required.
Sponsored by the Friends of the West Windsor Library
Indian Classical Music Demo
Class (ages birth to 5 years)
Introduces the fundamentals of Indian Classical Music—Sargams,
alankars, ragas and taal, through playful puppets, vibrant
visuals and rhythmic sounds
Tuesday, September 7, 5:00—5:45 p.m.
Registration required.
Chess Program (for
2nd to 5th grades)
Saturday, September 11, 18, and 25, 10:30—12 Noon
Bring your own chess board.
Weekly registration required.
Dennis Thomas Fun For All
Magic Show (Age 3 & up)
Sunday, September 12, 1:45—2:30 p.m.
No registration required.
Sponsored by the Friends of the West Windsor Library
Studio Scrawl: The College
Application Essay (HS Seniors only)
A writing workshop & information session lead by a Senior
Admissions Counselor at Rutgers University
Tuesday, September 14, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Registration Required beginning September 1
Princeton Review’s College
Admissions Seminar (Grades 10-12 and parents)
Saturday, September 18, 10:00-11.30 a.m.
Registration Required beginning September 1
Banned Books Week
Review/Raffle (ages 13 & up)
Complete a review about a book that has been banned or
challenged in the last three years (list available at the
Reference Desk)
Saturday, September 25 through Saturday, October 2
Random drawing of three winners, prizes to be announced.+
Kelly’s Kids (ages
1-24 months)
Monday, September 27, 10:30-11:00 a.m.
No Registration Required.
Sponsored by the Friends of the West Windsor Library
Teen Craft: Sticky Note
Books (ages 12 & up)
Monday, September 27, 4:30—5:15 p.m.
Registration required beginning September 13
Teen Movie (age 13
& up, 6th & 7th graders with parental permission)
Clash of the Titans (PG-13, 106 minutes)
Wednesday, September 29, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
No Registration Required.
Sponsored by the Friends of the West Windsor Library
Regular
Monthly Programs
Sing & Play
(designed for children 1 mo. To 5 years, but everyone is
welcome)
Sing-along program with guitar and CD music and lots of
audience participation.
10:30 a.m., Friday, September 10 & 17
No registration required
Books and Babies
(ages 1 to 24 months) (30 minutes)
A program of songs, rhymes, movement and simple stories
designed to introduce under twos and infants to the library.
10:30 a.m., Monday, September 13 & 20
No registration required
Toddler Story
and Craft (ages 2- 4) (30 minutes)
10:30 a.m., Tuesday, September 7, 14, 21 & 28
10:30 a.m., Wednesday, September 8, 15, 22 & 29
The Tuesday and Wednesday Toddler classes will have the
same
craft and the same stories. Please attend only one toddler
class.
No registration required.
Preschool
Story and Craft (ages 4-6)
Tuesday, September 7 & 21, 4:15—5:00 p.m.
No registration required.
Picture Books
and Craft (ages 3 to 5) (30 minutes)
Stories followed by a craft.
10:30 a.m., Thursday, September 9, 16, 21 and 30
No registration required.
Circle Story Time: Stories,
Games, Music & Craft (ages 4-6)
Monday, September 13 & 20, 6:30—7:15 p.m.
Registration required (limited to 20 children)
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