Friends News April 2013
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April 2013
President’s Message
The committee that works so hard each year on One Book One City does a brilliant job! This year, the book was Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. Activities were held throughout the month of February. From speakers to activities for children, there was something for all age groups -- a children’s airplane flying contest, a WWII Historian who reads, writes and speaks Japanese, two Veterans who shared their stories of WWII experiences and a presentation about WWII aircraft. What a great month of activities at our Library! I’d like to thank Sharon & Dennis Murphy, Pat Alcorn, Jane Zamanzadeh, Beth Smith Kellock, Fran Garbaccio, Sandra Dickey, Martha & Darryl Troedson, Alan Leahy, Janet Emery and Connie Wortham for helping at the Friends booth during the Wistaria Festival on Sunday, March 17. We not only sold merchandise and provided informational flyers, but also had a chance to hear from many about their concerns for the Library and support for the Friends. At this time of the year we may often reflect on money, our income taxes, property values and the end of the fiscal year. This is a good time to take stock of what we will need for the coming months, both personally and for the Library. We have just finished one annual fundraiser and are in the final stretch for the next one – the Art Fair on May 4-5. As much fun as our events are, we must keep in mind their purpose -- providing essential revenue for our Library. While our community is a charming and desirable place to live, it is small. That’s part of the reason we love it so much. The size of our community also means that the Friends’ financial support is all the more necessary to enable our Library to provide the practical, useful and cutting edge services that it offers to our patrons. Thank you on behalf of the Board of Directors, the Library Staff and the Trustees for all you do. Darlene Traxler
51st Annual Sierra Madre Art Fair
The 51st Annual Sierra Madre Art Fair, sponsored by the Friends of the Sierra Madre Library, will be held in Memorial Park, 222 West Sierra Madre Blvd, on Saturday, May 4, from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday, May 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 100 artists will be displaying and selling their fine arts throughout the weekend. Mediums include oil paintings, jewelry, watercolors, glass, wood, metal, wearable art, photography, pottery, ceramics, mixed media, and weaving. The Art Fair will be the place to find that perfect Mother’s Day, graduation, or wedding gift and to buy pieces that you will be proud to wear or display in your home. The Featured Artist this year is glassblower David Van Noppen. His dichroic vases will appear on all posters, post cards, t-shirts, tote bags and other promotional materials. Live music will be featured throughout the weekend in the band shell and on the south lawn. Guests will enjoy an eclectic selection of music ranging from country jazz to Latin to classical flute and guitar. A Food Court will offer a variety of food and drinks provided by local non-profit groups as well as food vendors. And, of course, the Friends of the Library will have a booth selling their famous sweet breads and quick breads. For the children, the Creative Arts Group has planned a Chinese kite making activity on Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This year we will again have a Silent Auction. So far, forty of the artists who are displaying and selling their creations at this year’s fair have donated lovely, one-of-a-kind pieces for the auction which means that you’ll have a chance to bid on some really beautiful artwork. So come early and stay all day. Browse through the wonderful displays of artwork, sit on the lawn and listen to music, have a little lunch, check on your silent auction bids, and then go back and purchase those lovely pieces of art that have been calling your name ever since you spotted them. Proceeds from the Art Fair benefit the Sierra Madre Library. For more information, visit our website at sierramadrelibraryfriends.org or call 626-355-7186.
W I N E TA S T I N G S U R V E Y
The Friends of the Sierra Madre Library are conducting a survey regarding our future Wine Tasting events. For those of you who have been able to attend both the Friday evening and the Sunday afternoon Wine Tasting, what would be your preference? How about a Saturday evening? We would like our members to have a voice in this matter. Please vote for your choice. You can email us at [email protected] or call 626-355-6220. Your vote will count. Thank you!
MARY TUMILTY
Present the
The 51st annual Sierra Madre Art Fair will be held in Memorial Park on Saturday, May 4, from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, May 5, from 9:30 a.m to 5 p.m. During the Fair we need people to serve at the Friends Booth, the Friends Food Booth, the Silent Auction and to act as area Hosts and Hostesses. Contact Fran Garbaccio at 3556536 or by email [email protected] to let her know how you would like to help. Once again the Friends will be selling loaves of sweet or quick breads, such as pumpkin, carrot, zucchini, spice, banana, etc., and we need help from all of you who love to bake. If you can donate one or more loaves or have any questions, please call Fran at the number listed above. The Friends and the Library appreciate your time and effort and thank you for your support. A sincere thank you is extended to our Partners Joan Crow and Margaret & Michael Ellis. Your annual renewals and your commitment to the Partner Program and our Library are greatly valued and appreciated by your fellow Partners and the Friends. We would also like to congratulate Joan for being named The Older Sierra Madre American of the Year for 2013.
VOlUNTEERS AND BAKERS NEEDED FOR THE ART FAIR
ENDOWMENT FUND
This fund was established in 1984 to honor Mary Tumilty on her retirement as City Librarian. Your gift or bequest to this fund becomes an integral part of the endowment, remaining intact and earning interest. The interest will be used to purchase books, library materials and to help support otherwise unfunded projects.
PARTNERS PROGRAM
L I B R A R I E S L E N D L I G H T TO L I T E R AC Y
It is with great pleasure that the Friends announce the printing of an updated brochure regarding the Mary Tumilty Endowment Fund (MTEF) which was established at the time of Mary’s retirement as City Librarian in 1984 and is now managed by the Friends. Many of you will remember Mary. She was a very positive force in our community and our Library was her main focus. Sadly, she passed away in 2010 at the age of 96. The new brochure offers you the opportunity to remember Mary and her many contributions to our Library and our town - one of which was a recent generous donation from the MTEF toward the renovation of the Children’s Room at our Library. The Friends thank you for your consideration. All donations are tax deductible. Brochures are available at the Library.
MARY TUMIlTY ENDOWMENT FUND
Lively roundtable discussions of new and noteworthy books highlight the Third Thursday Book Club which meets at the Library from 11:00 a.m. – Noon. A flyer listing the upcoming selections is available at the Library Service Desk and on the Library website. The April 18 selection is Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese.
Richard and Jeff Ward, of E. Waldo Ward & Son, are featured sharing their favorite books on posters around Sierra Madre. The posters, part of the Sierra Madre Public Library’s READ campaign, convey the simple but important message: READ. Richard & Jeff Ward, father and son, continue to carry on the family tradition started by Edwin Waldo Ward, Sr., who moved to Sierra Madre in 1891 from New Jersey for a better life. His passion was to make the finest marmalade around when he started his company in 1917. Four generations later, the family continues to make tasty treats. Jeff Ward selected Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser, as his reading choice, and Richard Ward’s choice was Southern California Story: Seeking the Better Life in Sierra Madre by Michele Zack. Bookmarks with the photos of the Wards are available at the Library.
THIRD THURSDAY BOOK ClUB
NEW READ CAMPAIGN
Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, was a popular and successful One Book One City selection in February and the month-long celebration was well attended. We began with the Children’s Paper Airplane Contest, then moved to the WWII Historian, the two Book Clubs, the WWII Panel, and the final program featuring a speaker from Planes of Fame in Chino. Total program attendees surpassed 200! Thank you to the Friends of the Sierra Madre Library, Rotary Club of Sierra Madre, Sierra Madre Civic Club, and Sierra Madre Community Foundation for making One Book One City possible!
SUCCESSFUl ONE BOOK ONE CITY PROGRAM CONClUDES
The Best Used Book Sale will be held on Friday, April 5, from 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, April 6, from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Featured in the Library basement will be a variety of gardening books on designing and planting gardens for year-round beauty, as well as some wonderful volumes on planning for specific garden types and plants for each type. We will also have several sets of Anthony Trollope novels, a set of Franklin Library reprints of classic literature titles and newer fiction and non-fiction. For the history buff, there are several Time-Life sets such as The Civil War and The Old West. Also in the basement will be sets of art prints by many famous artists, as well as unique “coffee-table books” on cooking, wine, history and contemporary culture. Check out the children’s and teen volumes on the table. DVDs and Audio books will also be for sale. Outside in the parking lot will be our ever-popular $1.00 Bargain Books, including newly reduced volumes from our fiction and non-fiction collection. As always, paperbacks and children’s books will be 25 cents or 5/$1.00 and we will have a variety of teen and young-adult books for only $1.00 each. Join us in welcoming Jonathan Deering, as the Library’s new part time Library Technician. Jon has been a member of the staff as a Page, shelving and helping with tasks behind the scenes since 2009. He was selected from a pool of nearly 100 applicants for the position and started his new job the second week of March.
BEST USED BOOK SALE
READER’S REVIEW
This month’s review is by Catherine Adde.
A Thousand Acres
by Jane Smiley
NEW FACE AT THE LIBRARY COUNTER
Trace your family history at the Sierra Madre Public Library using Ancestry.com. This popular database includes over 10 billion genealogical records and is the world’s largest online family history resource. Ancestry. com is available for in-Library use only. Just call the Library at 626-355-7186 to reserve a spot at the next free workshop. Space is limited. Bring in your own laptops or use Library computers.
ANCESTRY.COM IS YOUR ENTRÉE TO YOUR FAMILY TREE
Here is a book which I bought from the Friends’ Best Used Book Sale. Knowing nothing about it, I simply trusted the gold Winner of the Pulitzer Prize label on the cover and enjoyed every word. This is good literature folks, not ‘brain candy,’ and reminds me a little of the style of John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath. A poignant, thought-provoking read, told through the eyes of Ginny, a farmer’s daughter from Iowa, it is the tale of how all hell breaks loose when her stern, proud Daddy decides to retire suddenly after four generations of industrious, expansive farming. He signs his one thousand acres over to two of his three daughters, mysteriously leaving one of Ginny’s sisters out of the transaction completely. This act sets in motion a series of events, unraveling Ginny’s world-- she then has to confront a dark past, uncovering secrets and painfully revealing the real man behind the façade that she thought was her father. This acclaimed author has other titles available for you to check out, as well as this one, at our wonderful Sierra Madre Library. CALL # STATUS: FIC SMILEY Fiction Section
DOWNLOADING CITY DOCUMENTS IS EASY
TEEN BOOK CLUB ATTRACTS READERS
Youth in grades 7 –12 meet Wednesdays from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Library basement. Join other teens for fun books, games, crafts and snacks. Members brainstorm ideas for book club selections and engage in lively discussions of current cultural and literary trends. The book for April is Divergent by Veronica Roth.
City Council packets are now available online from the City’s webpage. Contact the Library anytime during open hours and we will help you access the meeting packets. Other Boards and Commissions have also begun putting their agendas and meeting packets online. The Display Case for April will feature a selection of art from some of the artists who will display and sell at the 51st Annual Sierra Madre Art Fair on May 4-5.
LIBRARY DISPLAY CASE
Editor: Sharon Sharon Murphy Murphy Editor: Contributing Writer: Writer: Alice Alice Kuo Kuo Contributing Design/Set Up: Up: Melissa Melissa Sanchez Sanchez Design/Set Printed By: By: Sir Sir Speedy Speedy Printed
4/1 10:00 a.m. Storytime 4/3 4:00 p.m. Teen Book Club 4/3 6:30 p.m. Final Parenting Workshop (NO Storytime) 4/5 3:00 p.m. Best Used Book Sale 4/6 10:00 a.m. Best Used Book Sale 4/6 10:00 a.m. eReader Class (iPad/Tablet) 4/8 10:00 a.m. Storytime 4/8 7:00 p.m. eReader Class (iPad/Tablet) 4/10 4:00 p.m. Teen Book Club 4/10 7:00 p.m. Storytime 4/11 3:30 p.m. Barks & Books 4/13 10:30 a.m. Ancestry.com Class 4/15 10:00 a.m. Storytime 4/17 4:00 p.m. Teen Book Club 4/17 7:00 p.m. Storytime 4/17 7:00 p.m. Friends Board Meeting 4/18 11:00 a.m. 3rd Thursday Book Club 4/20 10:00 a.m. eReader Class (Kindle) 4/22 10:00 a.m. Storytime 4/24 10:30 a.m. Ancestry.com Class 4/24 4:00 p.m. Teen Book Club 4/24 7:00 p.m. Storytime 4/24 7:00 p.m. Board of Trustees Meeting 4/29 10:00 a.m. Storytime 4/29 7:00 p.m. eReader Class (Kindle)
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POPULAR eREADER WORKSHOPS Learn how to download free eBooks from the Sierra Madre Public Library to your Kindle, iPad, Nook or other device. Free classes will focus on how to download free books from the Library Overdrive service and will include BARKS AND BOOKS a demonstration and individual Children are invited to visit with hands-on practice. If possible, bring and read to a gentle and specially your own e-Reader to the class. trained dog on the second Thursday Morning and evening sessions of each month, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. are available but registration SIERRA MADRE HISTORICAL is required for these popular classes. Please call the Library for ARCHIVES Explore local history in the Archives, more details and a class schedule, jointly owned and maintained by the 626-355-7186. The schedule Sierra Madre Historical Preservation is also posted on the Library Society and the Library. For research website, www.cityofsierramadre. assistance, please call Archivist com/departments/library. Debbie Henderson for an appointment at 626-355-7186.
YEAR ROUND STORYTIME Parents and preschool children meet on Mondays 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. and Wednesdays 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. for lively stories, songs and crafts. Please Note: Preschool Storytime will not be meeting on Wednesday, April 3.
President’s Message
The committee that works so hard each year on One Book One City does a brilliant job! This year, the book was Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. Activities were held throughout the month of February. From speakers to activities for children, there was something for all age groups -- a children’s airplane flying contest, a WWII Historian who reads, writes and speaks Japanese, two Veterans who shared their stories of WWII experiences and a presentation about WWII aircraft. What a great month of activities at our Library! I’d like to thank Sharon & Dennis Murphy, Pat Alcorn, Jane Zamanzadeh, Beth Smith Kellock, Fran Garbaccio, Sandra Dickey, Martha & Darryl Troedson, Alan Leahy, Janet Emery and Connie Wortham for helping at the Friends booth during the Wistaria Festival on Sunday, March 17. We not only sold merchandise and provided informational flyers, but also had a chance to hear from many about their concerns for the Library and support for the Friends. At this time of the year we may often reflect on money, our income taxes, property values and the end of the fiscal year. This is a good time to take stock of what we will need for the coming months, both personally and for the Library. We have just finished one annual fundraiser and are in the final stretch for the next one – the Art Fair on May 4-5. As much fun as our events are, we must keep in mind their purpose -- providing essential revenue for our Library. While our community is a charming and desirable place to live, it is small. That’s part of the reason we love it so much. The size of our community also means that the Friends’ financial support is all the more necessary to enable our Library to provide the practical, useful and cutting edge services that it offers to our patrons. Thank you on behalf of the Board of Directors, the Library Staff and the Trustees for all you do. Darlene Traxler
51st Annual Sierra Madre Art Fair
The 51st Annual Sierra Madre Art Fair, sponsored by the Friends of the Sierra Madre Library, will be held in Memorial Park, 222 West Sierra Madre Blvd, on Saturday, May 4, from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday, May 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 100 artists will be displaying and selling their fine arts throughout the weekend. Mediums include oil paintings, jewelry, watercolors, glass, wood, metal, wearable art, photography, pottery, ceramics, mixed media, and weaving. The Art Fair will be the place to find that perfect Mother’s Day, graduation, or wedding gift and to buy pieces that you will be proud to wear or display in your home. The Featured Artist this year is glassblower David Van Noppen. His dichroic vases will appear on all posters, post cards, t-shirts, tote bags and other promotional materials. Live music will be featured throughout the weekend in the band shell and on the south lawn. Guests will enjoy an eclectic selection of music ranging from country jazz to Latin to classical flute and guitar. A Food Court will offer a variety of food and drinks provided by local non-profit groups as well as food vendors. And, of course, the Friends of the Library will have a booth selling their famous sweet breads and quick breads. For the children, the Creative Arts Group has planned a Chinese kite making activity on Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This year we will again have a Silent Auction. So far, forty of the artists who are displaying and selling their creations at this year’s fair have donated lovely, one-of-a-kind pieces for the auction which means that you’ll have a chance to bid on some really beautiful artwork. So come early and stay all day. Browse through the wonderful displays of artwork, sit on the lawn and listen to music, have a little lunch, check on your silent auction bids, and then go back and purchase those lovely pieces of art that have been calling your name ever since you spotted them. Proceeds from the Art Fair benefit the Sierra Madre Library. For more information, visit our website at sierramadrelibraryfriends.org or call 626-355-7186.
W I N E TA S T I N G S U R V E Y
The Friends of the Sierra Madre Library are conducting a survey regarding our future Wine Tasting events. For those of you who have been able to attend both the Friday evening and the Sunday afternoon Wine Tasting, what would be your preference? How about a Saturday evening? We would like our members to have a voice in this matter. Please vote for your choice. You can email us at [email protected] or call 626-355-6220. Your vote will count. Thank you!
MARY TUMILTY
Present the
The 51st annual Sierra Madre Art Fair will be held in Memorial Park on Saturday, May 4, from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, May 5, from 9:30 a.m to 5 p.m. During the Fair we need people to serve at the Friends Booth, the Friends Food Booth, the Silent Auction and to act as area Hosts and Hostesses. Contact Fran Garbaccio at 3556536 or by email [email protected] to let her know how you would like to help. Once again the Friends will be selling loaves of sweet or quick breads, such as pumpkin, carrot, zucchini, spice, banana, etc., and we need help from all of you who love to bake. If you can donate one or more loaves or have any questions, please call Fran at the number listed above. The Friends and the Library appreciate your time and effort and thank you for your support. A sincere thank you is extended to our Partners Joan Crow and Margaret & Michael Ellis. Your annual renewals and your commitment to the Partner Program and our Library are greatly valued and appreciated by your fellow Partners and the Friends. We would also like to congratulate Joan for being named The Older Sierra Madre American of the Year for 2013.
VOlUNTEERS AND BAKERS NEEDED FOR THE ART FAIR
ENDOWMENT FUND
This fund was established in 1984 to honor Mary Tumilty on her retirement as City Librarian. Your gift or bequest to this fund becomes an integral part of the endowment, remaining intact and earning interest. The interest will be used to purchase books, library materials and to help support otherwise unfunded projects.
PARTNERS PROGRAM
L I B R A R I E S L E N D L I G H T TO L I T E R AC Y
It is with great pleasure that the Friends announce the printing of an updated brochure regarding the Mary Tumilty Endowment Fund (MTEF) which was established at the time of Mary’s retirement as City Librarian in 1984 and is now managed by the Friends. Many of you will remember Mary. She was a very positive force in our community and our Library was her main focus. Sadly, she passed away in 2010 at the age of 96. The new brochure offers you the opportunity to remember Mary and her many contributions to our Library and our town - one of which was a recent generous donation from the MTEF toward the renovation of the Children’s Room at our Library. The Friends thank you for your consideration. All donations are tax deductible. Brochures are available at the Library.
MARY TUMIlTY ENDOWMENT FUND
Lively roundtable discussions of new and noteworthy books highlight the Third Thursday Book Club which meets at the Library from 11:00 a.m. – Noon. A flyer listing the upcoming selections is available at the Library Service Desk and on the Library website. The April 18 selection is Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese.
Richard and Jeff Ward, of E. Waldo Ward & Son, are featured sharing their favorite books on posters around Sierra Madre. The posters, part of the Sierra Madre Public Library’s READ campaign, convey the simple but important message: READ. Richard & Jeff Ward, father and son, continue to carry on the family tradition started by Edwin Waldo Ward, Sr., who moved to Sierra Madre in 1891 from New Jersey for a better life. His passion was to make the finest marmalade around when he started his company in 1917. Four generations later, the family continues to make tasty treats. Jeff Ward selected Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser, as his reading choice, and Richard Ward’s choice was Southern California Story: Seeking the Better Life in Sierra Madre by Michele Zack. Bookmarks with the photos of the Wards are available at the Library.
THIRD THURSDAY BOOK ClUB
NEW READ CAMPAIGN
Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, was a popular and successful One Book One City selection in February and the month-long celebration was well attended. We began with the Children’s Paper Airplane Contest, then moved to the WWII Historian, the two Book Clubs, the WWII Panel, and the final program featuring a speaker from Planes of Fame in Chino. Total program attendees surpassed 200! Thank you to the Friends of the Sierra Madre Library, Rotary Club of Sierra Madre, Sierra Madre Civic Club, and Sierra Madre Community Foundation for making One Book One City possible!
SUCCESSFUl ONE BOOK ONE CITY PROGRAM CONClUDES
The Best Used Book Sale will be held on Friday, April 5, from 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, April 6, from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Featured in the Library basement will be a variety of gardening books on designing and planting gardens for year-round beauty, as well as some wonderful volumes on planning for specific garden types and plants for each type. We will also have several sets of Anthony Trollope novels, a set of Franklin Library reprints of classic literature titles and newer fiction and non-fiction. For the history buff, there are several Time-Life sets such as The Civil War and The Old West. Also in the basement will be sets of art prints by many famous artists, as well as unique “coffee-table books” on cooking, wine, history and contemporary culture. Check out the children’s and teen volumes on the table. DVDs and Audio books will also be for sale. Outside in the parking lot will be our ever-popular $1.00 Bargain Books, including newly reduced volumes from our fiction and non-fiction collection. As always, paperbacks and children’s books will be 25 cents or 5/$1.00 and we will have a variety of teen and young-adult books for only $1.00 each. Join us in welcoming Jonathan Deering, as the Library’s new part time Library Technician. Jon has been a member of the staff as a Page, shelving and helping with tasks behind the scenes since 2009. He was selected from a pool of nearly 100 applicants for the position and started his new job the second week of March.
BEST USED BOOK SALE
READER’S REVIEW
This month’s review is by Catherine Adde.
A Thousand Acres
by Jane Smiley
NEW FACE AT THE LIBRARY COUNTER
Trace your family history at the Sierra Madre Public Library using Ancestry.com. This popular database includes over 10 billion genealogical records and is the world’s largest online family history resource. Ancestry. com is available for in-Library use only. Just call the Library at 626-355-7186 to reserve a spot at the next free workshop. Space is limited. Bring in your own laptops or use Library computers.
ANCESTRY.COM IS YOUR ENTRÉE TO YOUR FAMILY TREE
Here is a book which I bought from the Friends’ Best Used Book Sale. Knowing nothing about it, I simply trusted the gold Winner of the Pulitzer Prize label on the cover and enjoyed every word. This is good literature folks, not ‘brain candy,’ and reminds me a little of the style of John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath. A poignant, thought-provoking read, told through the eyes of Ginny, a farmer’s daughter from Iowa, it is the tale of how all hell breaks loose when her stern, proud Daddy decides to retire suddenly after four generations of industrious, expansive farming. He signs his one thousand acres over to two of his three daughters, mysteriously leaving one of Ginny’s sisters out of the transaction completely. This act sets in motion a series of events, unraveling Ginny’s world-- she then has to confront a dark past, uncovering secrets and painfully revealing the real man behind the façade that she thought was her father. This acclaimed author has other titles available for you to check out, as well as this one, at our wonderful Sierra Madre Library. CALL # STATUS: FIC SMILEY Fiction Section
DOWNLOADING CITY DOCUMENTS IS EASY
TEEN BOOK CLUB ATTRACTS READERS
Youth in grades 7 –12 meet Wednesdays from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Library basement. Join other teens for fun books, games, crafts and snacks. Members brainstorm ideas for book club selections and engage in lively discussions of current cultural and literary trends. The book for April is Divergent by Veronica Roth.
City Council packets are now available online from the City’s webpage. Contact the Library anytime during open hours and we will help you access the meeting packets. Other Boards and Commissions have also begun putting their agendas and meeting packets online. The Display Case for April will feature a selection of art from some of the artists who will display and sell at the 51st Annual Sierra Madre Art Fair on May 4-5.
LIBRARY DISPLAY CASE
Editor: Sharon Sharon Murphy Murphy Editor: Contributing Writer: Writer: Alice Alice Kuo Kuo Contributing Design/Set Up: Up: Melissa Melissa Sanchez Sanchez Design/Set Printed By: By: Sir Sir Speedy Speedy Printed
4/1 10:00 a.m. Storytime 4/3 4:00 p.m. Teen Book Club 4/3 6:30 p.m. Final Parenting Workshop (NO Storytime) 4/5 3:00 p.m. Best Used Book Sale 4/6 10:00 a.m. Best Used Book Sale 4/6 10:00 a.m. eReader Class (iPad/Tablet) 4/8 10:00 a.m. Storytime 4/8 7:00 p.m. eReader Class (iPad/Tablet) 4/10 4:00 p.m. Teen Book Club 4/10 7:00 p.m. Storytime 4/11 3:30 p.m. Barks & Books 4/13 10:30 a.m. Ancestry.com Class 4/15 10:00 a.m. Storytime 4/17 4:00 p.m. Teen Book Club 4/17 7:00 p.m. Storytime 4/17 7:00 p.m. Friends Board Meeting 4/18 11:00 a.m. 3rd Thursday Book Club 4/20 10:00 a.m. eReader Class (Kindle) 4/22 10:00 a.m. Storytime 4/24 10:30 a.m. Ancestry.com Class 4/24 4:00 p.m. Teen Book Club 4/24 7:00 p.m. Storytime 4/24 7:00 p.m. Board of Trustees Meeting 4/29 10:00 a.m. Storytime 4/29 7:00 p.m. eReader Class (Kindle)
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POPULAR eREADER WORKSHOPS Learn how to download free eBooks from the Sierra Madre Public Library to your Kindle, iPad, Nook or other device. Free classes will focus on how to download free books from the Library Overdrive service and will include BARKS AND BOOKS a demonstration and individual Children are invited to visit with hands-on practice. If possible, bring and read to a gentle and specially your own e-Reader to the class. trained dog on the second Thursday Morning and evening sessions of each month, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. are available but registration SIERRA MADRE HISTORICAL is required for these popular classes. Please call the Library for ARCHIVES Explore local history in the Archives, more details and a class schedule, jointly owned and maintained by the 626-355-7186. The schedule Sierra Madre Historical Preservation is also posted on the Library Society and the Library. For research website, www.cityofsierramadre. assistance, please call Archivist com/departments/library. Debbie Henderson for an appointment at 626-355-7186.
YEAR ROUND STORYTIME Parents and preschool children meet on Mondays 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. and Wednesdays 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. for lively stories, songs and crafts. Please Note: Preschool Storytime will not be meeting on Wednesday, April 3.
