| News You Can Use - July & August 2008 @ East Berlin | Tue, Jul. 1st 10:08 am |
East Berlin Community Library 105 Locust St. ~ P.O. Box 1014, East Berlin, PA 17316 259-9000 ~ www.eastberlinlibrary.org News You Can Use July 2008 CLOSED: Fri. & Sat., July 4 & 5 for Independence Day! July & August Events: Books with KPets: Children read to a therapy dog. July 1 & Aug. 5 - 6:30 - 7:30pm. Sign up for a time slot. Book Discussion Group: Meets 4th Tuesday of each month @ 7 pm. July 22 - “Song of the Lark” by Willa Cather. Aug. 26 - “Life & Times of the Thunderbolt Kid” by Bill Bryson Computer Classes: Registration is required for all classes. * Genealogy searching on the Internet - Mon., July 28 @ 6:30 * Searching the Internet - Tues., Aug. 12 @ 10am - full Garden Journaling: Register please & bring a notebook. Erica Beadle, presenter - Thurs., July 17 @ 6:30pm. Bug Olympics/China Program - Sat., Aug. 9 @ 10:30am Story time at 10:30am - Chinese Fairytales Bug Olympics - Play bug games after story time until 12 noon. Bring your own earth worm for “Worm Races”. Roy Smethers of East Berlin will have lanterns & other items from Summer Reading Program 2008 Still time to register for all programs. “Catch the for children ages Kindergarten - thru 6th grade. “Ready to Read” for children 0 thru Kindergarten “Metamorphosis @ your library“ for teens & adults Prizes, Raffles, Fun! Special events: Craft Week during the library’s regular hours: Monday, June 30 thru Thursday, July 3. Programming events for all ages on Wednesday mornings @ 10:30 am. Most events will be at the East Berlin VFW. The VFW is providing their room free of charge! Thanks to the VFW! * July 9 - “Shadow of a Bug” * July 16 - “Busy Buzzin’ Bees” (at the library) * July 23 - “Catch the Reading Bug” * July 30 - “Bug Out with the AOK Players” * Aug. 6 - “Bug Man” with local entomologist, 3rd thru 6th grade students will have special programs on Wednesday afternoons @ 1:30 pm in the library beginning June 18. * July 9 - Things that Change! Focus on Animorphs book series * July 16 - Lets get Buggy! * July 23 - Recycling Day * July 30 - Things that Crawl! * Aug. 6 - Things that slither & squirm! Pre-school thru 2nd grade story times on Friday mornings @ 10:30am in the library for 30 minutes beginning June 13. * July 11 - Beetles * July 18 - Bees * July 25 - Flies * Aug. 1 - Ants Last days to collect prizes - Teens & Adults - Sat., Aug. 2 - All Children - Sat., Aug. 9 Dinner & Movie Nights on Thursdays, July 31st and August 21st. Dinner @ 5:30 pm. Movie @ 6:00 pm. ~ Hot dogs provided by the library. ~ You bring a side dish to share & your own drink. ~ Check with the library for movie titles. | |
| News you can use - June & July 2008 @ East Berlin | Thu, May. 22nd 9:47 am |
East Berlin Community Library 105 Locust St. ~ P.O. Box 1014, East Berlin, PA 17316 259-9000 ~ www.eastberlinlibrary.org News You Can Use June 2008 CLOSED: Fri. & Sat., July 4 & 5 for Independence Day! June & July Events: Book Discussion Group: Meets 4th Tuesday of each month @ 7 pm. June 24 - “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents” by Julia Alvaraz July 22 - “Song of the Lark” by Willa Cather. Computer Classes: Registration is required for all classes. * Introduction to the Internet - Tues., June 17 @ 10 am * Genealogy searching on the Internet - Mon., July 28 @ 6:30pm. Composting Workshop: Register please. Liz Miller from Penn State extension will be presenting this program - Thurs., June 12 @ 6:30pm. Summer Reading Program 2008 Registration begins June 2 for all programs. “Catch the Reading Bug” for children ages Kindergarten - thru 6th grade. “Ready to Read” for children 0 thru Kindergarten “Metamorphosis @ your library“ for teens & adults Prizes, Raffles, Fun! Special events: Programming events for all ages on Wednesday mornings @ 10:30 am. Most events will be at the East Berlin VFW. The VFW is providing their room free of charge! Thanks to the VFW! * June 18 - “Web of Tales” * June 25 - “Sing with Jim Rule” * July 9 - “Shadow of a Bug” * July 16 - “Busy Buzzin’ Bees” (at the library) * July 23 - “Catch the Reading Bug” * July 30 - “Bug Out with the AOK Players” 3rd thru 6th grade students will have special programs on Wednesday afternoons @ 1:30 pm in the library beginning June 18. * June 18 - Spiderwick Day * June 25 - Buggy about Gardening * July 9 - Things that Change! Focus on Animorphs book series * July 16 - Lets get Buggy! * July 23 - Recycling Day Pre-school thru 2nd grade story times on Friday mornings @ 10:30am in the library for 30 minutes beginning June 13. * June 13 - Caterpillar to Butterfly * June 20 - Spiders * June 27 - Worms * July 11 - Beetles * July 18 - Bees * July 25 - Flies Craft Week during the library’s regular hours: Monday, June 30 thru Thursday, July 3. Dinner & Movie Nights on Thursdays, June 26th, July 31st and August 21st. Dinner @ 5:30 pm. Movie @ 6:00 pm. ~ Hot dogs provided by the library. ~ You bring a side dish to share & your own drink. ~ Check with the library for movie titles. * June 26 - “A misfit ant named Flik tries to save his colony from a greedy gang of grasshoppers.” * July 31 - “Barry B. Benson, a bee who just graduated from college, ventures outside of the hive & talks to a human.” * August 21 - “Based on Thomas Rockwell book, 11-year-old Billy challenges the school bully & accepts the dare of eating 10 worms in a day.” | |
| 2008 Summer Reading Program for children @ East Berlin | Sat, May. 10th 3:00 pm |
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“Catch the Reading Bug!” 2008 Summer Reading Program June 2 – August 9, 2008 Wed, June 18th @ 10:30am @ East Berlin VFW – Ann Griffith presents “Web of Tales” A Storytelling program for all ages. Wed, June 25th @ 10:30am @ East Berlin VFW – “Jim Rule” Entertainer for all ages! Come sing along with Jim! Mon, June 30 – Thur, July 3rd – during library hours – “Craft Week” Visit the library during regular hours and make a craft to take home! Wed, July 9th @ 10:30am @ East Berlin VFW – “Shadow of the Bug” Tuckers’ Tales Puppet Theatre will present a shadow puppet show for children of all ages. Performance will last about 40 minutes. Wed, July 16th @ 10:30am @ Library – “Busy Buzzin’ Bees” Virginia Green from AC library will teach us all about bee keeping. Wed, July 23rd @ 10:30am @ East Berlin VFW – “Catch the Reading Bug” John Andrews will entertain us with a good clean fun-filled magic show for the entire family. This show features audience participation. This show will last about 45 minutes. Wed, July 30th @ 10:30am @ East Berlin VFW – “Bug Out with the AOK Players” Do bugs scare you? Do you wan one for a pet? What if one day you woke up and you had become a bug? Explore all these questions and more in a fun-filled, creepy-crawly-infested AOK show. Come see why everyone’s Buzzin’ about this talented troupe of actors. Wed, August 6th @ 10:30am @ East Berlin VFW – “Bug Man” Local Entomologist, Ryan Bridge, will share with us all of his knowledge of bugs. **Last day to collect prizes is Saturday, August 9th, 2008** **Please turn prize coupons in, in order**
Story times this summer! Preschool Through Second Grade Students Fridays are Community Story time Days @ the East Berlin Community Library. Starting at 10:30pm Miss Sherry will lead story times each week with great stories and fun activities each Friday morning. Story times are for pre-school through second grade children and will last about 30 minutes. June 13: Caterpillar to Butterfly June 20: Spiders June 27: Worms July 11: Beetles July 18: Bees July 25: Flies August 1: Ants
Third through Sixth Grade Students Children who are going into 3rd grade – 6th grade will be able to attend special programming on Wednesday afternoons at 1:30pm. In the sessions, led by Miss Sherry, children will be introduced to new books, discuss books and participate in fun activities each week. June 18: Spiderwick Day June 25: Buggy about Gardening July 9: Things that Change! Focus on Animorphs book series! July 16: Lets get buggy! July 23: Recycling Day! July 30: Things that Fly! August 6: Things that slither squirm
Dinner and a Movie Nights On Movie Nights the library will provide Hot Dogs and families are asked to bring their own drinks and a side dish to share with everyone. Dinner will begin at 5:30pm with the movie starting at 6:00pm. June 26th: "A misfit ant named Flik tries to save his colony from a greedy gang of grasshoppers." Rated G, 96 minutes. July 31st: "Barry B. Benson, a bee who just graduated from college, ventures outside the hive & talks to a human." Rated PG, 90 minutes. August 21st: "Based on Thomas Rockwell's book, 11-year old Billy challenges the school bull & accepts the dare of eating 10 worms in one day." Rated PG, 98 minutes. | |
| CLOSED - HOLIDAY @ East Berlin | Fri, May. 2nd 9:53 pm |
CLOSED - Independence Day Friday, July 4, 2008 | |
| CLOSED- Holiday @ East Berlin | Sun, Apr. 6th 10:56 pm |
CLOSED - Independence Day Saturday, July 5, 2008 | |