Ontario Public Library Week-Saturday October 25

Enjoy the National Film Board film ...
The Chocolate Farmer
“Without the land, we will cease to exist.”

In an unspoiled corner of southern Belize, cacao farmer and father Eladio Pop manually works his plantation in the tradition of his Mayan ancestors: as a steward of the land.

 A tender and moving family tale, director Rohan Fernando’s lush cinematic journey intimately captures a year in the life of the Pop family as they struggle to preserve their values in a world that is suddenly and dramatically changing.

 A lament for cultures lost, this timely and vital film challenges our deeply held assumptions of progress.
2010; 71 minutes; directed by Rohan Fernando

Saturday October 25 @ 2 pm
Fleming Library, in TLCC Meeting Room A

 Free Admission! Free Popcorn and Punch

Ontario Public Library Week - Thursday October 23

  Author Talk - Lynn Kositsky

Lynne will read from and talk about her writing, and sign copies of her books, which will be available for purchase.
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  Thursday October 23 @ 7 pm
Fleming Library, in TLCC Meeting Room

Vineland resident Lynne Kositsky is an award-winning Canadian poet, author, Shakespeare scholar, and former teacher. Her 2004 Holocaust novel, The Thought of High Windows, received rave reviews and won the Canadian Jewish Book Award for Youth. Her Our Canadian Girl Series, Rachel: A Mighty Big Imagining, won an award from the International Youth Library in Munich. Lynne’s recent YA novels include The Plagues of Kondar, With Fearful Bravery, about Jewish refugees accepted in Shanghai during World War II (inspired by the story of Hannelore Headley, who owned a bookstore in St. Catharines for many years), and Minerva’s Voyage, which was influenced by the author’s interest in Shakespeare. She recently appeared at Toronto’s prestigious Word on the Street festival.

Ontario Public Library Week - Wednesday October 22

Author Talk - Tiffany Mayer

 Tiffany Mayer is an award-winning journalist with a passion for agriculture journalism. She has written about farming and food for a range of publications, including the St. Catha...rines Standard, Edible Toronto, the Western Producer and the Toronto Star. She writes a blog, Eating Niagara, and leads the Garden of Eating–Niagara, a non-profit she founded that harvests fruit for social agencies in Niagara. Tiffany lives in    St. Catharines with her husband and daughter, and their three felines.

Tiffany will speak about her writing and sign copies of her new book, Niagara Food, which will be for sale. Local refreshments will be served.

 

Please register.

 

 

Ontario Public Library Week Programs - Wednesday October 22

Cross Stitch Workshop  with Barb Stones


Wednesday October 22 @ 2 pm...
Fleming Library, in TLCC Meeting Room A

Learn the art of Chicken Scratch Cross Stich at this hands-on workshop.

Beamsville’s Barb Stones demonstrates this wonderful needlework technique, which dates back many centuries and is enjoying a revival. Lace-like effects are created on gingham fabric with only three easy stiches!

Participants will create small piece. Please bring a 5- or 6-inch embroidery hoop and scissors; all other materials will be supplied.

Please register.

Ontario Public Library Week Programs - Wednesday October 22

 Free Hearing
Health Check
with Connect Hearing, Grimsby
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Wednesday October 22 @ 10 am to noon
Fleming Library, Study Room

Wednesday October 22 @ 1 to 3 pm
Moses F. Rittenhouse Meeting Room

Each 15-minute complimentary hearing health check involves finding out about hearing situations that cause difficulties, listening to a series of beeps requiring responses to different levels of volume, and a recommendation from a Hearing Instrument Specialist for further follow up.

Ontario Public Library Week Programs - Tuesday October 21

Winter Containers with a Master Gardener
 Before the snow flies, let Master Gardener Wendy Fletcher show you how to make a Winter Container. Please register.

Tuesday October 21 @ 6:30 pm
Fleming Library, in TLCC Meeting A

Ontario Public Library Week Programs - Tuesday October 21

Advocating for Yourself with Your Doctor

 Talking to your doctor to make sure that you get the care you need can be difficult when so many health care professionals are rushed, and can't always take time to listen. Learn the essential skills to make the most of your doctor's appointment with Lorraine Hulley of Niagara Health Partners, the region's first and only professional health advocates.

 

Tuesday October 21 @ 10:30 am
Moses F. Rittenhouse Library

 

 

 

Ontario Early Years coming to Fleming Library this Friday

Ontario Early Years Beamsville Satellite

        

Welcome Families!
The Ontario Early Years Centre will be at the Fleming Library, Beamsville the last Friday of each month.

Drop in 1:30 to 3pm.
Dates: September 26, October 31, November 28 and December 19.

 Children and their caregivers can drop in to take part in activities, get answers to questions and information about programs and services.

Fall Registration is in full swing

Fall Registration Update


Babies & Books and Tales for Two at the Fleming Library are both full, but we are taking names for a waiting list.
There are still spaces available for Story Time at the Fleming Library - Wednesdays 10-11am
$16 for the 8-week session

There are still spots available for Tales for Two at the Moses F. Rittenhouse Library in Vineland
Thursdays, 10-11am
$16 for the 8-week session

Story Time at the Moses F. Rittenhouse Library in Vineland
Thursdays, 1:30-2:30pm
$16.00 for the 8-week session

There are spaces left in the following programs:

Something Cool After School at both locations
(ages 5-11)
Moses F. Rittenhouse Library - Mondays from 4-4:30pm
Fleming Library - Tuesdays 4-4:30pm
Free

Saturday Morning Craft Club
(ages 6-12)
Fleming Library - November 29 from 10-11am
DIY Cards & Gift Bags -
$2.00 material fee

Undead Club
(grades 6-12)
Fleming Library - October 6,20,27
3:30-4:30
$5.00 material fee

Drama Club
(grades 6-12)
Fleming Library
November 3-December 15
3:30-4:30
$5.00

Special Thursday Programs for Teens
(grades 6-12)
$2.00 material fee per program

Urban Legends
Fleming Library
October 23 - 3:30-4:30

Candy Sushi
Fleming Library
November 20 -3:30-4:30

Christmas Craft
Fleming Library
December 18 - 3:30-4:30

Register for these programs today!

Teen Fall Program Registration starts now!

Fall means Fall Teen Programs! Yahoo!  If you are in grades 6-12, these programs are for you.

 

In celebration of Halloween and all things spooky there is  the Undead Club.

 

The Undead  Club

• Monday October 6 – Ghosts – Learn all about things ghostly
• Monday October 20 – Pumpkin Carving - Bring back childhood memories and carve a  pumpkin.
• Monday October 27 – All things Zombie – Find out how to become a zombie with house hold items.

There is a $5.00 material fee to join the club.

 

 

 

 In November and December,  let's get dramatic with the Drama Club.

This game oriented program introduces basic drama concepts and more. The Club is offered on Mondays from 3:30-4:30. The material fee for this club is only $5.00.

• Nov. 3 - Fun Drama Games – Let’s get to know each other
• Nov 10 – Tableaux Game
• Nov 17-  Space & Movement Game
• Nov 24 – Improv Game
• Dec 1- Creating Characters
• Dec 8- Reader’s Theater Practice
• Dec 15 Reader’s Theater Practice and Performance from 5- 5:30  for parents and guardians.

This year we decided to add some special one off programs. We will be having these party type programs once a month on Thursdays from 3:30-4:30. The material fee is $2.00 per program.

 

• October  23-  Urban legends – Lean about classic urban legends are find out if they fact or fiction.
• November 20 - Candy Sushi –  Learn how to make these tasty treats.
• December  18 – Christmas Craft – Make a jar gift for someone you love!

 

If you need community service hours you may want to join the Teen Advisory Committee.

 

 

Do you want to take part in creating innovative programs? Are you a teen between the ages 11 to 18 and need community service hours?  Join the Lincoln Public Library’s Teen Advisory Committee!  We meet the first Thursday of every month from 3:30-4:30 pm.

 

• October 2
• November 6
• December 4

We will also be starting up our Computer Training with Seniors. We are looking for teens that are tech savvy and would like to share their skills  to help seniors learn how to use their computer.

 

 

 

 

Fall Program Registration begins Monday September 15 at both Libraries

Children must be the minimum age by the end of the session.

 

 Babies & Books (6 to 19 months)

 

Stories, songs, finger plays and rhymes in a special program designed for your baby and you.

 

Mondays, 10 – 11 am, Fleming

September 29 to November 17

(no program October 13)

     $14 for the 7-week session. Please register.

 

Tales for Two (20 to 35 months)

You and your toddler will enjoy stories, finger plays, songs, a simple craft and free play activities together.

 

Tuesdays, 10 – 11 am, Fleming

Thursdays, 10 – 11 am, MFR

September 30/October 2 to November 18/20

$16 for the 8-week session. Please register.

 

Story Time (ages 3 to 5)

 

An hour filled with stories, finger plays, songs, a simple craft and free play activities. Caregivers are  required to remain in the library during the program.

 

Wednesdays, 10 – 11 am, Fleming

Thursdays, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, MFR

October 1/2 to November 19/20

$16 for the 8-week session

Please register.

 

Veronika Reiser's 25th Anniversary at LPL

Please join us in the meeting room of the Moses F. Rittenhouse Library on Thursday September 11, anytime between 2 and 4 to help celebrate Veronika Reiser’s 25 years with Lincoln Public Library.
Veronika started working in the old Vineland Library on First Avenue (now the Niagara Academy of Tennis) on September 11, 1989. At the time, the library shared the building with the tennis club. Veronika also worked at the old Jordan Library.
In the mid-1990s, in addition to her work helping the public, Veronika took over organizing the LPL art shows, having been on the executive of the former Lincoln Regional Arts Council. She continues to coordinate the shows at both LPL locations. She also became the library’s first employee whose specialty is local history. The collection at the Moses F. Rittenhouse Library in Vineland has flourished under her supervision, and people contact her from all over to ask questions about Lincoln and Niagara history. She also organizes the library’s popular Local History Talks and is active in the community, as a member of the Museum Volunteer Association Board and Friends of Lincoln’s History.
Please join us on the 11th. There will be cake!