April 2014 newsletter - Grand Forks Public Library

Check It Out
Library Hours
Volume 8, Issue 8
April 2014
Monday-Thursday 9am-9pm
Friday, Saturday
9am-5pm
Sunday
1pm-5pm
Closed, Sunday, April 20
Easter Sunday
Library Events
Is It Spring Yet?
Library Board
What’s up with the
weather? STEM Café on
Tuesday, April 1st @ 7
pm will teach you about
weather forecasting. See
the ad on page 2 for more
details.
International Tabletop
Day is Saturday, April 5.
Come to the library
between noon and 5 pm to
play tabletop games. We
will have games available,
but you can bring your
own! There will be pizza
and drinks, too.
The library is pleased to
welcome Marion Blumenthal Lazan, author of
Four Perfect Pebbles, on
Monday, April 7 at 7 pm.
She will speak about her
experiences as a child during the Holocaust. Copies
of her book will be available to purchase from Ferguson Books and More!
National Library Week is
April 13-19. We have
some fun things planned
throughout that week, so
be on the look out.
Windows 8 driving you
crazy? Don’t let it get the
best of you. Our new IT
specialist, Bryan, will be
teaching a Windows 8
class on Thursday, April
24 @ 6 pm.
It’s the Friends of the
Library Spring Book Sale.
See what they have to
offer Thursday, April 24,
5 - 8:30 pm, Friday, April
25, 9 am to 4:30 pm, and
Saturday, April 26, 9 am
to 4:30 pm.
Coming soon - the greeter
desk. Someone will be stationed near the entrance,
ready to help anyone with
questions about where
things are, what services
the library offers, and
more.
by Aaron S.
World Cultures Day was
held on Sunday, March 9th.
Volunteers shared information about Norway, Scotland, Argentina, Ukraine,
Egypt, and China in the
Children's Dept. (see top
picture).
A Young Writer’s Workshop
was held in March (see bot-
STEM Cafe
Tuesday, April 1, 7 pm
Weather forecasting
Tabletop Gaming
Saturday, April 5, 1 pm
Northern Ink
Writing Group
Wed., April 2 & 16, 6 pm
GFPL Animanga Club
Thursday, April 3 & 17, 6 pm
Coupon Swap
Sunday, April 6, 1 pm
Marion Blumenthal
Lazan
Monday, April 7, 7 pm
A Good Yarn
Knitting Group
Thursday, April 17, 7 pm
Free Movie
Saturday, April 19, 2 pm
Frozen
The mission of the
Grand Forks Public Library is to
connect the community, enrich the
mind, and inspire the imagination.
Kid Stuff
Wednesday, Apr. 16, 3 pm
tom picture). The group met
once per week for four weeks
in order to revise, edit, share,
and redraft their writing.
Each child created a twenty
page book to be published
free of charge by ANNA
Learning. Thank you to the
University of North Dakota
student volunteers who facilitated the workshop. Please
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Alzheimer’s
Information
Monday, April 21, 1:30 pm
Friends of the Library
Spring Book Sale
Thursday, April 24, 5-8:30 pm
Friday, April 25, 9am-4:30pm
Sat., April 26, 9am-4:30pm
Family Fun Day
Sunday, April 27, 1 pm
Teen Events
Teen Advisory Board
Wednesday, April 2, 4 pm
More library events listed
on page 3.
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Meet the Staff - Bryan, IT
What do you do at the Grand Forks
Public Library and how long have
you been working here?
I am the I.T. Specialist, I started
working here February 24th, 2014.
What brought you to the Library?
How has working at the Library
affected your life?
What are some of your favorite
books?
I have more free time to spend at
home with my family, and they are
always welcome to participate in
events going on here at the Library
as well.
I have kids and our favorites are The
Cat in the Hat, Brown Bear Brown
Bear What Do You See, and No, David. My current book is Communion,
a True Story.
I have worked with the library in
the past and enjoyed the experience.
Everyone here has always been
great to work with.
What do you like best about your
job?
I am always looking for a good challenge and working in I.T. provides
exactly this.
What do you like to do outside of
work?
Take my family to Northern Air
Family Fun Center.
If you had three wishes…
Win the lottery, who doesn't want
that?
Children’s
Events
Preschool Storytime
Tuesdays at 10 am
Toddler Storytime
Thursdays at 10 am
*Babies welcome.
Kid Stuff cont.
contact the Children’s Dept.
if you would like your child
to be involved in a future
Young Writer’s Workshop.
STEM in the Library: Geosciences was held on Sunday,
March 2nd (see picture below). Thank you to the University of North Dakota Geography, Geology, and At-
Children’s Chess Club
Fridays at 3:45 pm
mospheric Science Departments for providing volunteers and activities.
On three Saturdays in March
from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., Girl
Scouts from Troop 20002
read to children in the Grand
Forks Public Library Children's Dept. (pictured below)
The 23rd Annual Hands-On
Learning Fair will be held on
Saturday, April 26, 2014 at
the Purpur Arena in Grand
Forks. The fair features an
exciting variety of learning
activities for children from
birth to age seven, including
art, science, water play, music, dramatic play, interactive stories, and an infant
toddler area. The mayor’s
proclamation will kick off
the event at 9:45 AM, and
the activity floor is open
from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
If you attend, please visit
the Grand Forks Public
Library Storytime Tent.
R.E.A.D. Therapy Dogs
Sunday, April 13, 1 pm
Please contact the
Children’s Department
772-8116, ext. 13
for an appointment.
Computer
Classes
Drop-In Computer Help
Wednesdays
10 am & 6 pm
April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Saturdays @ 10 am
April 5, 12, 19, 26
Intro to Computers
Thursday, April 10, 6 pm
Windows 8
Thursday, April 24, 6 pm
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2110 Library
Circle
Contact
Wendy
Wendt
Grand Forks, ND 58201
Wendy.Wendt@gflibrary.com
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Contact the Children’s Dept.
Aaron.Stefanich@gflibrary.com
Contact the Reference Dept.
reference@gflibrary.com
Phone: 701-772-8116
Fax: 701-772-1379
Website: www.gflibrary.com
Library Director
Wendy Wendt
Library Board
Chairperson
Brian Schill
Vice-Chairperson
Fawn Behrens-Smith
Secretary
Corey Mock
Bret Weber
Marie Strinden
Check It Out
Editor/Head Writer
Tonya Palmer
Book Clubs
Teen
Meeting
W ednesda y,
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@ 4pm
Free
Movie!!
April 19th @ 2 pm
In the Teen Ha ven
W e Ha ve Food
April Book Clubs
This & That Book Club
Tuesday, April 8, 7 pm
May - 11/22/63
by Stephen King
Who Done It?
Brown Bag Book Club
Wednesday, April 9, noon
May - A Great Deliverance
By Elizabeth George
Great Reads Book Club
Tuesday, April 15, 7 pm
May - The Art of Hearing
Heartbeats
by Jan-Philipp Sendker
Classic Re-Reads
Wednesday, April 30, 7 pm
May - Turn of the Screw
by Henry James
Classic Re-Reads book club, April 30, 7
pm - Main Street by Sinclair Lewis. This
1920 novel shattered the myth of the
American Midwest as God’s Country,
and became a symbol of the cultural
narrow-mindedness and smug complacency of small towns everywhere.
Great Reads book club, April 15, 7 pm Heft by Liz Moore. Arthur, an obese
man who never leaves his home, and
Kel, a poor kid attending a rich school
with hopes of a basketball career, find
an unexpected connection and friendship.
This & That book club, April 8, 7 pm The Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Miss Mary Morstan has been
receiving a rare and beautiful pearl
each year since her father’s disappearance. Now her mysterious benefactor
wants to meet. She turns to Sherlock
Holmes for help.
Who Done It? book club, April 9, noon Cover Her Face by P.D. James. Sally
Jupp used her body and her brains to
work her way up the social ladder. Now
she’s dead, strangled, and Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh must discover her
murderer.