East Bridgewater Public Library News and Events
FEBRUARY 2012
Hynosis: Your Tool for Positive Change!, February 6, 2012 @ 6 PM
Join Kyle Horton today. Kyle has been a certified hypnotist through the National Guild of Hypnotists since 2009. This event will serve to educate people on the topic of hypnosis and engage them in an interesting and open way. Topics include: history of hypnosis; truth and benefits of hypnosis; participate in tests using the power of suggestion; find out how hypnosis pertinas to you personally.
Kyle will be available afterwards to discuss further topics and points. Handouts will be available.
A to Z Social Skills Storytime, February 7, 2012 @ 2 PM
An Early Childhood Support Specialist, Carol Carver, from Self Help, Inc. Community Partnerships for Children, will be running this program. The activities for these storytelling times include songs, gross motor movement, art, stories and puppets!
This is a parent-child activity, please plan to attend with your preschooler.
February Vacation Events, February 21-24, 2012
Come in on Tuesday, Feb. 21 @ 2:30 for a Clay Craft Project. Gr. 1-6. Children MUST be registered for this. Drop ins will not be admitted.
Wednesday, Feb. 22 @ 10:30 - Magic with Tommy James. All ages. Drop in, no registration. Thanks to the Friends of the Library!
Thursday, Feb. 23 @ 10:30 - Dog Safety with Tracey & Dundee. Please register and plan to learn about dogs, their cues and learn a trick or two.
Friday, Feb. 24 @ 2
come to watch Puss in Boots. All ages, no registration.
JANUARY 2012
A to Z Social Skills Storytime, January 3, 2012 @ 2 PM
An Early Childhood Support Specialist, Carol Carver, from Self Help, Inc. Community Partnerships for Children, will be running this program. The activities for these storytelling times include songs, gross motor movement, art, stories and puppets!
This is a parent-child activity, please plan to attend with your preschooler.
Winter Storytimes begin the week of January 1, 2012: Book Buddies (3 years old to K) meet on Tuesdays at 2 PM (except for 1/3 & 2/7 when A to Z Storytime meets); Mother Goose meets on Wednesdays at 10 AM (birth to 3 year olds); and Families & Books meets on Thursdays at 10:30 AM (for all preschoolers).
Story Times will not meet during February vacation week (2/20). Story Times are cancelled when the EB schools are cancelled for inclement weather.
Sugar & Your Health, presented by Kelli McPherson - Monday, January 30 from 6-7 p.m.
Learn how sugar affects your body. Gain control of your sugar cravings. Join us for this free lecture to start the new year off right. Visit Kelli's web site at www.wellnesscoachingnow.com
DECEMBER 2011
A to Z Social Skills Storytime, December 6 @ 2 PM
An Early Childhood Support Specialist, Carol Carver, from Self Help, Inc. Community Partnerships for Children, will be running this program. The activities for these storytelling times include songs, gross motor movement, art, stories and puppets!
This is a parent-child activity, please plan to attend with your preschooler.
Tail Waggin' Tutors will meet the first two Mondays and Tuesdays of December and then be off for the holiday season!
Holiday Story Times
Join us for seasonal stories, songs and rhymes on:
Wednesday, December 7 @ 10 a.m. (preschool)
Thursday, December 15 @ 10:30 a.m. (preschool)
Monday, December 19 @ 6 p.m. with a craft to follow (preschool through Gr. 1 invited tonight only)
Christmas at the Libarary, Sunday, December 11 from 2-4 p.m.
The community is invited to a Christmas Open House sponsored by THE FRIENDS OF THE EAST BRIDGEWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY! Highlights of the afternoon will be The Island Grove chorus http:// www.islandgrovechorus.org/ index.html,
The Filedheach Music School Musicians https://www.facebook.com/ pages/ Filedheacht-Music-School/ 116788661694929
and the Union Congregational Church Bell Ringers. Holiday Refreshments will be served. Come enjoy the Holiday Season with your friends at the Library.
Vacation Movie, Wednesday, December 28 @ 2 p.m.
Join us for a chilly movie about a man and his pengins! Bring comfy seating and snacks! See you there.
OCTOBER 2011
A to Z Social Skills Storytime, October 4 @ 2 PM
This is a seasonal story time gathering about fall leaves where everyone will be using their senses - in dorrs and outdoors - making observations, playing games and creating an art project! Please sign up either at the library or by calling the library.
An Early Childhood Support Specialist, Carol Carver, from Self Help, Inc. Community Partnerships for Children, will be running this program. The activities for these storytelling times include songs, gross motor movement, art, stories and puppets!
This is a parent-child activity, please plan to attend with your preschooler.
Friends Fall Book Sale
Join us on either Friday, October 21 from 3-6 or Saturday, October 22 from 9-1. Proceeds help fund Children's Room programs.
SEPTEMBER 2011
A to Z Social Skills Storytime, September 6 @ 2 PM: Activities will be based on how our bodies and faces change depending on what we are feeling and understanding that all feelings are OK.
Please sign up either at the library or by calling the library.
An Early Childhood Support Specialist, Carol Carver, from Self Help, Inc. Community Partnerships for Children, will be running this program. The activities for these storytelling times include songs, gross motor movement, art, stories and puppets!
This is a parent-child activity, please plan to attend with your preschooler.
Special Storytime & Craft, September 15 @ 10:30 AM: Join us to celebrate Bear's Loose Tooth, a new book by Karma Wilson. We will read some bear stories and sing some bear songs, then complete a bear craft!
Fall Storytimes begin the week of September 19th: Book Buddies (3 years old to K) meet on Tuesdays at 2 PM (except for 10/4 & 11/1 when A to Z Storytime meets); Mother Goose meets on Wednesdays at 10 AM (birth to 3 year olds); and Families & Books meets on Thursdays at 10:30 AM (for all preschoolers).
AUGUST 2011
Movie Matinees in August: 12 & 26 at 2 PM
Family Game Night, August 2 @ 6 PM. Bring friends and family members to play board games. Bring your own game, or borrow one of ours for the evening!
Family Craft: Make a Fairy House, August 4 @ 10:30 AM. All families welcome - bring some natural materials from your yard (don't kill anything) and think up a house design!
Rainforest Reptile Show - August 11 @ 10:30 AM
EB Library Foodie Group, Monday, August 15 @ 7 PM
Kids Only Book Sale, August 17 from 10-12
JULY 2011
Movie Matinees in July: July 1 & 29 at 2 PM
Resume Workshop: Interviewing: Monday, July 11 @ 5:30
Uno, Dos, Tres Spanish Story Time begins Tuesday, July 12 @ 10:30
Steve Blunt: Music for All: Tuesday, July 12 @ 1:30 PM
Kids Only Summer Book Sale - Wednesday, July 13, 10:30-12 and Wednesday, August 17, 10:30-12.
Healthy Relationships: Drama in Girl's Lives: Thursday, July 14 & July 21 from 10-12. Fun program that helps girls deal with problems in a healthy, positive way.
Pumpernickel Puppets: Friday, July 15 @ 2 PM
Baby Mouse & Binky: Graphic Novels Monday, July 18 @ 2 PM. Come learn about graphic novels and try your hand at drawing and adding dialogue to them. Gr. 3+
EB Library's 2nd Annual Touch a Truck Event, Wednesday, July 20 10:30-12:30. Join us for more fun this year. EB Cable, DPW, Fire and Police will be there. Some military vehicles, and other fun trucks. Music from WODS, a face painter, many area sports' teams mascots as well. Good time! Event is located at the High School in the back parking lot. Please park in front of the high school.
AbraKIDabra Magic with Mike Bent: Monday, July 25 @ 6:30. Back by popular demand - Mike always puts on a show that has kids laughing and in awe! Ages 3 and up.
You Are Hot Here: Beach Crafts - Tuesday, July 26 @ 2:30 PM.
Gr. 4+ Join us for a fun hour. We'll make a craft or two related to the beach. We'll also make our snack and then enjoy it! Some good "beach reads" will out to share.
Fairies: Books and Craft - Thursday, July 28 @ 10:30 AM - Come learn about all the fairy books the library owns, learn stories about fairies and complete a fairy craft. Gr. 2 and up. Next week (same time) families come to make fairy houses!
JUNE 2011
Friends of the Library Summer Book Sale - Friday, June 10 from 3-6 and Saturday, June 11 from 9-1.
Special Dad's Story Time & Craft - Thursday, June 16 @ 10 a.m.
Geared for children ages 3 and up. Come listen to some stories with Dad in them and make a craft to give to your Dad on Father's Day!
June 18 - Last Saturday open until after Labor day.
EB Foodie Group - Monday, June 20 at 7 p.m.
June 24 - Open on Fridays from 9-5 through September 2.
Big Ryan's Tall Tales - Wednesday, June 29 @ 10:30 a.m.
Join us for our first FREE program of the summer season. Big Ryan is a huge hit with all ages. Story telling, puppets, and more! Perfect for older preschoolers through elementary aged kids!
Thanks to the Friends of the Library for supporting this worthwhile program!
MAY 2011
Info on Asian Longhorned Beetle - May 9 at 6:30 p.m.
Join Chris Blood, from the National Park Service, for an informative discussion about what this pest means to Massachusetts. Learn how to detect the Asian Longhorned Beetle early and prevent what happened in other areas in Massachusetts from happening to the trees in your neighborhood.
Stories and More with Kate Goodwin - Saturday, May 14 from 10:30 a.m.
Join us for this theme-based, Saturday morning storytime. We’ll read stories, sing songs and make a simple craft. Each child will receive a book to bring home and read with you again and again. Parents will receive handouts on suggestions for age-appropriate expectations for growing readers. Space is limited to 14 children so sign up early. Supported by a grant from Target. For children 4 and under. Please register with the NRC at 781-681-9736
EB Library Foodie Group - Monday, May 16 from 7-8 p.m. Slave to Chocolate
Chocolate industry's issues and trends, Fair Trade chocolate, use of slave labor in chocolate production and more - presented and discussed by Diane Kunkel, owner of Rockin K cafe in Bridgewater, MA.
Infant/Toddler Massage with Sue West from Jordan Hospital - Thursday, May 17 @ 11 a.m.
Self Help, Inc. Community Partnerships for Children present this free program. Sue is a certified infant massage specialist and will work with you to learn and practice a massage routhine that you can use daily with your child at home. It can provide some special, calming, bonding time for you and your little one!
Please register in the Children's Room.
Music from the Gaslight Era (1890-1920) - Tuesday, May 31
@ 7 p.m.
Features a delightful repertoire of instrumental and vocal musical styles from the turn of the previous century. Everyone is invited to sing along and to experience the range of feelings evoked by this music.
APRIL 2011
EB Library Foodie Group - Monday, April 11 from 7-8 p.m.
Our speakers, Mark Nickerson and Michael Grossman will talk about food choices available to soliders on the Civil War battlefields, how the meals were prepared, what challenges were faced by the cooks and presnt some dishes made using period recipes. Mark Nickerson and Michael Grossman reenact with the 12th Massachusetts Volunteers Infantry regiment.
Spring Story Time begins Tuesday, April 5.
Check the calendar for specific dates and times.
Animal World Experience, Tuesday, April 19 @ 1 p.m.
All families welcome, stay after for an extra petting session. Thanks to the Friends of the EB Library for this worthwhie program!
Magic By Scott Jameson, Wednesday, April 20 @ 1 p.m.
Magic show recommended for ages 3 and up. Come, ready to be amazed! This program is supported in part by a grant from the EB Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the MA Cultural Council, a state agency.
Zumba with Christine from Zumba Fuzion,
Thursday, April 21 @ 2 p.m.
Come, learn how to Zumba, or if you already know come to have a fun time! Christine loves to Zumba with kids! Please register for this program beginning April 4 - all school aged children welcome!
Vacation Movie, April 22 @ 2 p.m.
Can you guess this movie? It's the second in the series about a dog who lives in CA and lives the good life! Snacks and comfortable seating are welcome!
MARCH 2011
Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale - Friday, March 25: 3-6 and Saturday, March 26: 9-1
FEBRUARY 2011
Canceled - EB Foodies Group - Wednesday, February 2 from 7-8 p.m.
Rescheduled for April 11. This is a free and public event.
Vacation Crafts - Tuesday, February 22 from 2-3 p.m.
Chris will show you how to make a tug toy for your dog or cat. She'll also have a special craft just for the cats! This is open to Gr. 2-6. Please register so we can have materials ready!
Magic Show with Ed Popielarcyzk - Wednesday, February 23 at 11
Join us for some magic and lots of laughs. Ed has been here before and he's always a great show! 1st 90 people to show will get seating for this program!
Movie Matinee - Thursday, February 24 at 2:30 p.m.
We can't tell you the specific name of the movie, but it's the 3rd movie in a trilogy and it's all about toys and a not-so-little boy named Andy! Bring comfy seating and snacks - no registration!
January 2011
EB Foodies Group - Wednesday, January 5 from 7-8 p.m.
This free and public event will feature Adam Tedeschi, owner of Second Nature Farm, in Norton, MA. The topic is Winter's Harvest.
EB Council on Aging - Monday, January 24 at 6:30 p.m.
Come to learn more about the proposed Community Center at Sachem Rock.
DECEMBER 2010
Christmas at the Library "Ringing in the Season" - Sunday, December 12 from 2-4 p.m.
This community event will feature Holiday Bell Ringers (from Union Congregational Church), Filedheacht Music School Musicians and Breath of Life Revival Band. Refreshments will be served.
Christmas Crafts - Monday, December 13 from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Join us for some Christmas craft fun!! Children in grades 1-5 will make a mini door decoration and an ornament. Snacks and holiday music will be provided. Please register - limited seating.
Mrs. Kenney's Retirement Weeklong Celebration, Week of December 13
Join us in wishing Mrs. Kenney well on her impending retirement (Dec. 23). Drop in this week to sign our guest book, enjoy a light treat and say good bye! There is a special story time on Tuesday, December 14 at 2 p.m. for children who have had story time with Mrs. Kenney!
NOVEMBER 2010
Hanson Children's Museum Preschool Play & Learn Programs: November 1, 3 & 4 at 10 & 11 a.m.
Please register in the Children's Room for the programs. All programs include a free craft and lesson. Monday's topic is Bog in a Cup; Wednesday - Eco Tours; Thursday - Tools of the Trade. Seating is limited, please call to register.
November 8 at 6:30 p.m. for The Beatlemania Years.
What was the Beatles first #1 hit in America?
What was the original title of the film "Help!?"
Who was known as "the quiet Beatle?" Why did the Beatles stop touring?
The East Bridgewater Public Library is supporting a FREE presentation local actor, Mark Cartier.
This 75 minute program is designed for anyone interested in the music of the Beatles. This program is supported in part by a grant from the East Bridgewater Arts Council, a local agency, which is supported by the Massachu setts Cultural Council, a state agency.
November 17 at 10:30 a.m. for Charlie & Lola Day
Join us for a fun morning of stories, songs, a movie and a craft related to the popular t.v. show Charlie & Lola, by favorite author, Lauren Child. No registration necessary!
