Too Good to Miss Programs in March

Come and enjoy these great programs

Saturday March 7 @ 2:30 p.m.
LOOKS AT LOVE
AMERICAN DANCE SALON
A dance performance featuring songs of American composers.

Saturday March 28 @ 2:30 p.m.
SALSA MERENGUE & SON
Featuring LOS CALIENTES (The Hot Ones)
Latin music sizzles with the musical styles of
Salsa, Merengue and Son.

Mid-Winter Recess!

Not going anywhere for Mid-Winter Recess? Saving money during the recession? Want free jewelry? Well, if you're a teen, yes you can! Auburndale Library is having a program called, "Jewelry Making with Jennifer Jacobs!" (Thursday, February 19th @ 4pm). Everyone is making their own earrings and taking them home with them!

Auburndale Library Fact-of-the-Month!

• Games and Chat are unblocked in public computers now. (Flash games--don't try to install your own games...)

Closings this month:

• Monday, February 16th, 2009: Presidents' Day.

Special Program Highlights this month:

Bettina Paley's Oscar Winners -- "...and the Winner Is..."
Saturday, February 14th @3pm

Acclaimed cabaret singer Bettina Paley presents memorable musical moments from the movies, highlighting songs that won an Oscar and some wonderful ones that didn't. Enjoy memorable musical moments from the movies with selections like:

• Moon River (from Breakfast at Tiffany’s)
• You Light Up My Life
• The Way We Were
• New York, New York (all from movies with same title)
• Maybe This Time (from the film version of Cabaret)
• and much, much more!
  

Please join us at the wonderful musical event, no registration required, just walk in!

Happy New Year!

Welcome to 2009! (Feels like 2008, doesn't it?) In case you haven't realized it yet, we have raised our renewal limits to 3! That means you can take a 3-Day DVD out for a maximum of 12 days! That means you can take a CD out for 4 weeks! That's right, magazines and bestsellers are renewable now! Well, let's get to our regular monthly announcements...

Closings this month:

• Thursday, January 1st, 2009: New Year's Day. (Ex Post Facto)
• Monday, January 19th, 2009: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Special Program Highlights this month:

Horacio Laguna Performs Love Songs
Saturday, January 17th @2:30pm

Guitarist Horacio Laguna offers a pre-Valentine's Day serenade with a medley of love songs like

• Besame Mucho
• Fly Me to the Moon
• Speak Softly My Love
• and more!

Please join us at the wonderful musical event, no registration required, just walk in!

Winter Holidays

Closings and special hours this month:

• Wednesday, December 24th, 2008, SPECIAL HOURS: Christmas Eve, 10am - 1pm.
• Thursday, December 25th, 2008, CLOSED: Christmas Day.
• Wednesday, December 31st, 2008, SPECIAL HOURS: New Year's Eve, 10am - 5pm.
• Thursday, January 1st, 2009, CLOSED: New Year's Day.

Special Program Highlights this month:

Popular Music of the '30s, '40s and '50s
Saturday, December 6th @ 2:30pm

Soprano Teresa Mazzilli will perform popular music of the '30s, '40s, and '50s with favorites such as, "You'll Never Know," "It Had to Be You," "Embraceable You," and much more. Join us for this wonderful musical event.

The Autumn Season

Closings this month:

• Tuesday, November 11th, 2008: Veteran's Day.
• Thursday, November 27th, 2008: Thanksgiving Day. (We will open again on Friday at regular hours.)

November is a wonderful month to visit the library. It's a bit chilly out, and we have plenty of heat in the building! Anyways, we have plenty of cookbooks to give you an idea of what to make for Thanksgiving this year.

Special Program Highlights this month:

Pottery Class with Pat Brintle for Adults
Saturday, November 15th @ 2:30pm
Professinal, Haitian-born artist Patricia Brintle will teach:

• General informatioin on clay
• Handbuilding methods (pinch, coil, score and slip)
• Parts of a vase (mouth, neck, body, foot)
• Firing process and terminiology (bisque, greenware, oxidation, etc.)
• Decorative techniques and terms (glaze, sgraffito, stamping, etc.)
• Optional decoratio using acrylic paint

Clay is air-dry and participants will take their work home. All supplies will be provided. Space is limited, preregistration is required. Call the library for registration today!