March 2019 Individual Pages WOPL News

WOPL News March The West Orange Public Library Newsletter 2019 Coming Soon! Marching towards Spring... March Madness is here and it's not all about basketball, but Weekly story rather the excitement of spring when the flowers bloom and times begin the the grass becomes green...as well as our cars from the pollen. week of March March is also known as Women's History Month when we 18 and continue celebrate women and their contributions to society throughout history. This month the library is offering several programs through April. showcasing the talents of local women so come on in and see what some of your neighbors may be working on! Did you know?  Story times begin again in the Youth Services Department on Monday, March 18. The library is also hosting the West Orange Elementary Schools art show with a The 2019 New Jersey reception on Monday, March 11. Creature Comforts, Lego Club, and book State Park Passes are discussions will all meet according to their regular schedules. The Teen now available. Department will continue with their monthly T.A.G. meeting which is helping the The passes cover library with summer reading ideas. They are also hosting a teen open mic night, admittance and game night, and a comic book club. Friday, March 22 the library is offering a parking to all state Maker's Day event from 3:30-4:30 PM open to ages 8 and up. parks. A list is This month the Adult Department is hosting a three part series of Microsoft Office available with maps at help; focusing on Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and presented by library volunteer the circulation desk. Sam. There will also be a Carol King Tribute by Diane and Gerard Barrios and a Events at individual musical performance by Jan Findley Quartet. The Adult Department will also host a parks may be an panel discussion of women's literature facilitated by local authors Maria Mazzioti additional fee. Gillan and Laura Boss, a discussion of the benefits of eating well with Sandy Park passes now have Williams, and a book talk by Barbara Kukla. The month will end with local author a 7-day loan period. Nancy Gerber discussing her latest book \"A Way Out of Nowhere.\" The March art show is by local artist Mary H. Young and will run through the end of the month. Library Hours: Mondays, Wednesdays, Last month the library hosted several programs celebrating Black History Month. Thursdays 10-9:00 PM Adult Services started a two month series of Citizenship Exam Preparation. The Tuesdays, Fridays Youth Services Department hosted a Chinese New Year Event with the West Orange 10-5:30 PM High School's Chinese Club and the Teen Department had a very successful Saturdays 9-5:00 PM Hamilton Party! The library is in the process of preparing for its annual summer Sundays* 1-5:00 PM  reading program and we hope you'll be as excited as we are with what is being planned! *Closed Sundays Memorial Day weekend Database of the Month:  through the weekend To celebrate National Women’s History Month take a look at Facts on File: American following Labor Day. Women's History Online.  This online resource covers the important people, events, legislation, and issues relevant to the study of women's history in the United States. West Orange Public Library Follow us on: 46 Mt. Pleasant Ave West Orange, NJ 07052 973.736.0198 | www.wopl.org

Adult Programming & Events Carol King Tribute Mary H. Young Saturday, March 2 | 2:00-3:00 PM Diane and Gerard Barrios cover the music of Carole King Book Discussion: \"Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine\" by Gail Honeyman Monday, March 4 | 1:30-2:30 PM April book: \"Manhattan Beach\" by Jennifer Egan Jan Findley Quartet Concert Sunday, March 10 | 2:00-3:00 PM Women Writers Discussion Saturday, March 16 | 2:00-3:00 PM Facilitated by Maria Mazzioti Gillan and Laura Boss West Essex Nonfiction Book Club Little Worlds: falling in and out of love \"Dead Wake\" by Erik Larson March 4 through March 31, 2019 Thursday, March 21 | 7:00-8:45 PM Artist Reception: Sunday, March 31at 2:00 PM Benefits of Eating Well Saturday, March 23  | 2:00 -4:00 PM The Tech Guy Presents: a 3-Part Barbara Kukla Local nutritionist Sandy Williams discusses Class on Microsoft Word, Excel, Scrabble Sessions healthy eating and sustainability. C.O.P.E. Family Program: Active Listening and PowerPoint Thursdays Sunday, March 24  | 1:30-3:00 PM 2:00 - 4:00 PM Barbara Kukla Book Discussion Wednesdays, 4:00-5:00 PM Sunday, March 24  | 2:00 -4:00 PM March 6: Word Local Author Nancy Gerber March 13: Excel Saturday, March 30 | 2:00 PM Local author discusses her latest work \"A March 20: PowerPoint Way Out of Nowhere.\" Citizenship Exam Preparation Class Saturdays, 9:00-1:00 PM Register at the Reference Desk, course runs through April 27, 2019 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 The Wife Film & Dessert Crazy Rich Asians Friday, March 1 | 2:00-5:00 PM Friday, March 15 | 2:00-5:00 PM Rated R Rated PG-13 Starring: Starring: Glenn Close, Max Irons, Elizabeth McGovern, Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Christian Slater, Jonathan Pryce, Harry Lloyd Michelle Yeoh, Gemma Chan y

Children's Room Creature Comforts Monday, March 4 | 4:30-5:15 PM | Grades K-5 Clubs! Clubs! Clubs! Lego Club | Tuesday, March 5 | 4-5 PM | Grades K-5 S.T.E.A.M. Club | Tuesday, March 26 | 4-5 PM | Ages 8-12 Maker's Day Crafts Book Clubs! Friday, March 22 | 3:30-4:30 PM ages 8 up Story times Speaking of Stories Tuesday, March 12 (Startingtheweekof March18) Grades 4-5 You Go First by Erin Entrada Kelly mondays: Registration Required Elementary Story times | Mondays , 4:00-4:30 PM | Grades K-3 tuesdays: Terrific Toddlers | Tuesdays, 10:30-11:00 AM | Ages 2-3.5 Preschool Page Turners | Tuesdays, 11:30-12:00 PM | Ages 3-5 Yakety Yak wednesdays: Tuesday, March 19 Grades 2-3 Cuentos en espanol | Wednesdays, 4:00-4:30 PM | All ages Leprechaun in Late Winter by Mary Pope Osborne thursdays: Registration Required Babies & Books | Thursdays, 10:30-11:00 AM | Infants up to 24 months Terrific Toddlers | Thursdays, 11:30-12:00 PM | Ages 2-3.5 teen zone New Books WT7:.A0e.0dGn-.8eT:s0ed0eanyP,AMMdvairscorhy6Group T7W:e0ee0dnn-8eO:s0pd0eanyP,MMMicarNcighht13 WT7:e0ee0dnn-8eG:s3ad0mayeP,MNMigahrtch 20 3FM:3ra0ikd-ae4yr:3,'s0MDaP(aarMygcehCs r28a2afntdsup) TW6e:3ee0dn-n7eC:3so0dmaPyic,MMBaorockhC2lu7b Fridays, 3:00-5:00 PM - March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

March 2019 Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 1 29:00-1:00PM Children's  Events Teen Events Adult Events 2:00-5:00PM CitizenshipExamPrep  Film&Dessert:: Class,(lowerlevel) \"TheWife,\"RatedR 1:00-3:00PM 3:00-5:00PM Dungeons&Dragons  ESOLClass,(lowerlevel) 2:00-3:00 PM (lowerlevel) Carol King Tribute 3 4 5 2:00-4:00PM 6 7 8 99:00-1:00PM 1:30-2:30PM 10:30-11:30AM  OpenTechHours 2:00-4:00PM 3:00-5:00PM CitizenshipExamPrep AdultBook Discussion: LanguageLab 4:00-5:00PM BarbaraKukla Dungeons&Dragons  Class,(lowerlevel) \"EleanorOliphantis 4:00-5:00PM ScrabbleSessions 9:00-11:30AM CompletelyFine\"  TheTechGuyPresents: (lowerlevel) WestOrangePoetry byGailHoneyman LegoClub A3-ClassSeries Workshop MicrosoftWord 4:30-5:15PM CreatureComfort 7:00-8:00PM 1:00-3:00PM T.A.G.Meeting ESOLClass,(lowerlevel) 6:00-7:30PM EnglishConversation Class 10 11 12 13 14 15 169:00-1:00PM 2:00-3:00PM 5:30-6:30PM 10:30-11:30AM 2:00-4:00PM 2:00-4:00PM 2:00-5:00PM CitizenshipExamPrep JanFindleyConcert Elementary School LanguageLab  OpenTechHours BarbaraKukla  Film&Dessert:: Class,(lowerlevel) 4:30-5:15PM ScrabbleSessions \"CrazyRichAsians\", 1:00-3:00PM Art Reception SpeakingofStories 4:00-5:00PM  TheTechGuyPresents: 7:00-8:45PM RatedPG-13 ESOLClass,(lowerlevel) 6:00-7:30PM BookClub FriendsoftheLibrary 3:00-5:00PM 2:00PM EnglishConversation (Grades4-5) A3-ClassSeries Dungeons&Dragons  MicrosoftExcel Meeting (lowerlevel) Women'sLiterature Class PanelDiscussion 7:00-8:00PM TeenOpenMicNight facilitatedby MariaMazziotiGillan& LauraBoss 17 18 T1e0r:3rif0ic-1T1o:0d0dAleMrs19 2:00-4:00PM 20 10:30-11:00AM 21 22 23 Storytime Babies&Books 1:30-3:00PM 24 4:00-4:30PM  OpenTechHours Storytime 3:30-4:30 PM 9:00-1:00PM ElementaryStorytime Maker's Day CitizenshipExamPrep C.O.P.E.ActiveListening 10:30-11:30AM 4:00-5:00PM 11:30-12:00PM 2:00PM 6:00-7:30PM LanguageLab  TheTechGuyPresents: TerrificToddlersStorytime 3:00-5:00PM Class,(lowerlevel) EnglishConversation 11:30-12:00PM Dungeons&Dragons  1:00-3:00PM BarbaraKuklabooktalk PreschoolPage A3-ClassSeries 2:00-4:00PM 2:00 PM Class TurnersStorytime MicrosoftPowerPoint BarbaraKukla (lowerlevel) ESOLClass,(lowerlevel) ScrabbleSessions 31\"LiintAtalrMetnisaWdtrooyRurYeltdcooseu:fpnfltgaoiolvlnein\"g 25 4:30-5:15PM 4:00-4:30PM 7:00-8:00PM 2:00-4:00PM YaketyYakBookClub Cuentosenespanol WestEssexNonfiction BenefitsofEatingWell 4:00-4:30PM Book Club\"DeadWake\" withSandyWilliams ElementaryStorytime (2nd&3rd Grade) 7:00-8:30PM TeenGameNight 6:00-7:30PM EnglishConversation T1e0r:3rif0ic-1T1o:0d0dAleMrs26 27 10:30-11:00AM28 29 30 Storytime Class 2:00-4:00PM Babies&Books 3:00-5:00PM 9:00-1:00PM 10:30-11:30AM  OpenTechHours Storytime Dungeons&Dragons  CitizenshipExamPrep LanguageLab 11:30-12:00PM 4:00-4:30PM 11:30-12:00PM (lowerlevel) Class,(lowerlevel) PreschoolPage Cuentosenespanol TerrificToddlersStorytime TurnersStorytime 1:00-3:00PM 4:00-5:00PM 6:30-7:30PM 2:00-4:00PM ESOLClass,(lowerlevel) S.T.E.A.M.Club  TeenComicBookClub BarbaraKukla ScrabbleSessions 2:00PM Aerodynamics:Improving 7:00-9:00PM LocalauthorNancyGerber DaVinci'sParachute LibraryBoardMeeting \"AWayOutofNowhere\"