April 2019 FlipBook WOPL News

WOPL News April The West Orange Public Library Newsletter 2019 Coming Soon! The library will be closed Friday, April 19 and Sunday, April 21 for the holiday. Exit 5A Is April too soon to start the countdown to summer? Well, Robotics at least Spring is here and the flowers are out in all their Workshop glory, with scattered showers. Do you know that the origins of the phrase \"April showers brings May flowers\" April 7 dates all the way back to Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales? 2:30-4:30 PM It began to take its recognizable form in the seventeenth Grades K-12 century and in an English proverb in the nineteenth century. It's the perfect saying for the month we celebrate Did you know?  Earth Day and we can't wait to see the side garden bloom The Summer here at the library. Reading Program theme for 2019 is This month the Youth Services Department is bringing in Exit 5A for a robotics one that is near workshop on April 7. The workshop is open to grades K-12 and led by an award and dear to our winning all-girls robotics team. Youth Services is also offering an early Earth Day hearts here in activity on April 15 for grades K-8. Story times continue throughout the month of West Orange. Can April. The Teen Department is showing Black Panther for Teen Movie Night and you guess what it hosting a DIY and Craft Night with Duct Tape. may be? There is a In the Adult Services Department, local author Sarada Chiruvolu will speak about quote by Muriel her latest work Home at Last on April 6. Wise Light Yoga will offer a yoga class Rukeyser in the April 13, for all ages, focusing on quality movement for health. Pete Axelrod of sidewalk of Library \"Wild Birds Unlimited\" in Scotch Plains will present a program on the migratory Way in Manhattan patterns of local birds on April 22. The library is hosting a guitar performance by that has the theme Son Lewis discussing the influence of the Blues in other musical genres on title in it... April 28. The month concludes with a presentation by the NJ Bureau of Securities on Investor Safety on April 30. Next month a sneak peek! In March, the Youth Services Department started another successful round of story times. Adult Services offered a 3-Part Series on Microsoft Office, a musical Library Hours: performance by Jan Findley, and hosted several speakers from authors to Mondays, Wednesdays, nutritionists. WOPL teens continued saving the realm in Dungeons and Dragons Thursdays 10-9:00 PM and are preparing for a Nintendo Takeover in Super Smash Mario Brothers guided Tuesdays, Fridays by the Teen Advisory Group. 10-5:30 PM Saturdays 9-5:00 PM The library is in the throes of its Summer Reading planning so keep your eyes open Sundays* 1-5:00 PM  for future sneak peeks and clues! *Closed Sundays Database of the Month:  Memorial Day weekend Celebrate William Shakespeare’s birthday this month by taking a look at Bloom’s Literature through the weekend Online. following Labor Day. West Orange Public Library Follow us on: 46 Mt. Pleasant Ave West Orange, NJ 07052 973.736.0198 | www.wopl.org

Adult Programming & Events Book Discussion: \"Manhattan Beach\" Maryann Ficker by Jennifer Egan Monday, April 1 | 1:30-2:30 PM May book discussion: \"The Wife Between Us\" by Greer Hendricks Local Author Sarada Chiruvolu Sitting Saturday, April 6 | 1:00-2:00 PM April 1 - April 30, 2019 Discussion of latest work. Reception: Sunday, April 14, 2:00 PM West Orange Poetry Workshop Barbara Kukla Saturday, April 13 | 9:30-11:30 PM Scrabble Sessions Wise Light Yoga Thursdays Saturday, April 13 | 1:00 PM 2:00 - 4:00 PM Open to families and individuals. West Essex Nonfiction Book Club Citizenship Exam Thursday, April 18 | 7:00-8:45 PM Preparation Class Flights of Fancy Saturdays, 9:00-1:00 PM Monday, April 22 | 7:00 PM Pete Axelrod, Education Community Outreach Register at the Reference Desk, Coordinator of Wild Birds Unlimited of Scotch course runs through April 27, 2019 Plains, discusses migration patterns in New Jersey. Son Lewis Bluesography Musical Performance Sunday, April 28 | 2:00 PM Keep Your Money Safe Tuesday, April 30 | 2:00-4:00 PM Presented by the N.J. Bureau of Securities English Language Lab/ Aprenda Tech Help ESOL Class Conversation Class Ingles Wednesdays Saturdays 2:00-4:00 PM 1:00-3:00 PM  6:00-7:30 PM Tuesdays at 10:30 AM Check-in at Reference Film & Dessert The Hate You Give Friday, April 5 | 2:00-5:00 PM Rated PG-13 Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Anthony MacKie, Issa Rae, Algee Smith, K.J. Apa, Common. The library will be closed Friday, April 19 for the holiday.

Children's Room Creature Comforts Clubs! Clubs! Clubs! Monday, April 1 | 4:30-5:15 PM Lego Club | Tuesday, April 2 | 4-5 PM | Grades K-5 Robotics Workshop S.T.E.A.M. Club | Tuesday, April 23 | 4-5 PM | Sunday, April 7| 2:30-4:30 PM Electronic Circuits, Ages 8-12 Grades K-12 Early Earth Day Activity Book Clubs! Monday, April 15 | 4:30-5:30 PM , all ages Origami DIY & Craft Event Speaking of Stories Thursday, April 18 | 4:30-5:30 PM, ages 7+ Tuesday, April 9 Grades 4-5 Story times The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani Registration Required mondays: tueE(elsendmdsaeyAnstpar:rily2S2t)ory times | Mondays , 4:00-4:30 PM | Grades K-3 Yakety Yak Tuesday, April 30 Terrific Toddlers | Tuesdays, 10:30-11:00 AM | Ages 2-3.5 (Resumes regular schedule in May) Preschool Page Turners | Tuesdays, 11:30-12:00 PM | Ages 3-5 Grades 2-3 Earwig and the Witch wednesdays: by Diana Wynne Jones Cuentos en espanol | Wednesdays, 4:00-4:30 PM | All ages teen zone thursdays: GSRuronabddoaetyisc, sKA-pW12roil r7k| s2h:3o0p-4:30 PM MEa4lal:3ora0nlgyd-e5aEsy:3a,0rAtpPhrMDil a15y Activity Babies & Books | Thursdays, 10:30-11:00 AM | Infants up to 24 months 6TDWe:u3ece0dnt-n7eTD:3sa.I0.dYpa.ePya,MndApCrril a2f4t Night: Terrific Toddlers | Thursdays, 11:30-12:00 PM | Ages 2-3.5 New Books 7TW:.A0e.0dGn-.8eT:s0ed0eanyP,AMAdpvrisilo3ry Group TW7:e0ee0dnn-8eG:s3ad0mayeP,MNAigphrtil 10 BW6Te:l3aee0cdn-nk8eM:Ps4oda5vaniyetPh, MeNAripgrhtil 17 Fridays, 3:00-5:00 PM - April 5, 12, &26 The Library is closed Friday, April 19 for the holiday.

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