Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2018 13:10:21 +0000
From: Susan Clayton
Subject: Next Week at Chatham County Libraries
Monday, March 19
10am CCL Toddler Story Time –Join us for stories, songs, fingerplays, and rhymes. Appropriate for children ages 18 through 36 months. Older and younger siblings welcome, of course! Story Time lasts approximately 20 minutes. For more information, contact Katy at 919-545-8085.
Tuesday, March 20
10am CCL Toddler Story Time –Join us for stories, songs, fingerplays, and rhymes. Appropriate for children ages 18 through 36 months. Older and younger siblings welcome, of course! Story Time lasts approximately 20 minutes. For more information, contact Katy at 919-545-8085..
11am CCL Preschool Story Time- Join us for stories, songs, finger plays, and rhymes. Appropriate for children ages 3 to 5 years. Older and younger siblings welcome, of course! Story Time lasts approximately 30 minutes.
1-2:15pm CCL Computer Lab CLOSED to the public due to a college class
6:30pm Teen Book Club. Teens in grades 6 and up are invited to discuss great reads and participate in book-related activities! Snacks will be provided. *This will be the initial meeting for the Teen Book Club! Come with ideas of books you’d like to read for future meetings. For more information, contact Kathleen or Katy at (919) 545-8085.
Wednesday, March 21
12-2pm Focus on Women Film Series. Today’s film is a documentary about the incidence of sexual assault on college campuses in the United States and what its creators say is a failure of college administrations to deal with it adequately.
Films and follow-up discussions will be held in the Holmes Meeting Room. Attendees are encouraged to bring a bagged lunch. This event is free and open to the public. Due to the licensing agreement we can only post movie titles on the library website and the library social media accounts. You can also call the library at 919-545-8084 for more information.
3pm Microsoft PowerPoint, part 1. Would you like to learn how to create presentations and slide shows using PowerPoint? Topics covered in this workshop include: identifying key components and features of Microsoft PowerPoint 2013, using slide designs and themes, using basic slide layouts, formatting text boxes, creating bulleted and numbered lists, inserting pictures and shapes, managing your slides, and saving and printing presentations. Prerequisites: Participants should be comfortable operating a computer. Familiarity with Microsoft Word is helpful but not required. This workshop is FREE and open to the public; however, class size is limited and registration is required. Call the Reference desk at 919-545-8086 to reserve your spot.
6pm Virtual Justice Project: Your Rights-Expungements. This program is free and open to the public. Held in the double study room.
Thursday, March 22
6:30-8pm Rebounding Waters and Pollution of the Haw River with Anne Cassebaum
North Carolina’s Haw River has a rich geographic, ecological, and cultural history and has been key to the region’s growth and development over the centuries. Now with Gen X and 1,4-Dioxane affecting water sources, what efforts are being made to preserve one of the region’s vital waterways?
Anne Cassebaum, author of Down Along the Haw: The History of a North Carolina River will discuss the history, importance, and hope for the 110-mile Haw River. Anne taught English at Elon University for 25 years, led students on trips to the Everglades, Alaska, and the Haw exploring the natural world and literature. She is a flat water paddler and a board member of the Haw River Assembly. This event is free and open to the public and will be held in the Holmes Meeting room at Chatham Community Library.
Friday, March 23
4pm CCL LEGO Club
Saturday, March 24
1:30-3:30pm Big Tree Ambassadors: Spring Nature Walk Join the Big Tree Ambassadors for a spring nature walk around the Central Carolina Community College Pittsboro Campus. Volunteers from Grand Trees of Chatham will guide walkers in a nature exploration. What kinds of animals, plants, and of course, trees will you see? What happens in nature during spring? Celebrated in conjunction with NC Arbor Day. After the nature walk, be sure to stop back at the library to check out books about springtime! For more information, contact Katy at (919) 545-8085.
3:30pm Spanish Book Club – Our book club ‘Tertulia Compaginar’ reads titles originally written in Spanish. We do not read translations into Spanish from any language. We read both fiction and non-fiction books. The majority of our members are originally English native speakers, with the added benefit of a few native Spanish speakers from different countries in Latin America. Our sessions are a bi-monthly 1-1/2 hour immersion into both the Spanish language and its cultures. All interested persons are welcome to apply. People are welcome to RSVP to audit.
This week we will finish up with El Murmullo de las Abejas by Sofia Segovia..
If you are interested in participating you can contact Luis Melodelgado at luis.melodelgado@
Wren Library, Siler City
Wednesday, March 21
10:30am Wren Story Time
11:15am-12:15pm Exceptional Stories. People of all ages and abilities are invited to join us for Exceptional Stories – an inclusive Craft & Learn program. Each month’s session will feature books, short stories, and/or poems around a discussion topic, and participants will complete a craft. Caregivers are encouraged to attend. For more information, contact Katy at (919) 545-8085.
3:30pm Wren LEGO Club
Goldston Library, Goldston
Thursday, March 8
10:30am Goldston Story Time
3:30pm Goldston LEGO Club
“Love, butter & the company of cats is the recipe for a good life”. Julia Child.
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