March 2012

FOR FAMILIES (ALL AGES)

Storytime with Miss Kris: 

·         Tiny Tots, for children from birth to 3 years old, meets Tuesdays at 10 a.m. 

·         Preschool Storytime, for children age 3 to kindergarten, meets Fridays at 10 a.m. 

Storytime with Miss Kris is an awesome opportunity for children and caregivers to spend quality time together.  Each session includes stories, games, music and movement, plus early literacy and social skill building activities.  This month, both groups will be learning about trains, springtime, St. Patrick’s Day, and house pets. 

Young Artist Reception – Thursday, March 1 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

The Aram Public Library children’s department becomes an art gallery this month!  We’ll be displaying student work selected by art teachers from four local schools, in celebration of Youth Art Month.  The show opens on March 1 with a reception for the artists and their teachers from 5:30 to 7 p.m.  Artwork will be on display throughout the month of March.

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss  – Saturday, March 3 at 1 p.m.

March the third is the wonderful, marvelous, very special day
Where we'll celebrate Dr. Seuss with food and with play.
You're sure to have fun and you'll laugh, loud and hearty,
When you join us at the library for a Seuss birthday party.

LEGO Club (age 6 and up) – Mondays, March 5 and 19 from 4 to 5 p.m.

Give our LEGO blocks a workout building anything from a dinosaur to a space ship.  Work in teams or individually, give your creation a name, then see it displayed in the children’s library! 

Exploration Art Studio (preschool to 3^rd grade) –

Tuesday, March 6 from 4 to 5p.m.

Is there anything more fun than play dough? We'll make play dough art, provide tools for building with play dough, and we'll have different kinds of play dough for interactive fun. We'll get messy, and all participants will get to take some play dough home with them, too.

FOR TWEENS (AGES 9-12)

Tween Game Day– Wednesday, March 21 from 4 to 5 p.m.  

If you love games—and, let’s be honest, who doesn’t?—then this is the event for you!  We have board games, a Wii, open playing space . . . all that’s missing is YOU.

FOR TEENS (AGES 13+)

Teen Book Club  – Thursday, March 8 from 4 to 5 p.m.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.

Teen Hunger Games Party  (ages  13+)– Friday, March 16 at 3:30 p.m.

Do you love the Hunger Games as much as we do?  Can’t wait to see the new movie?  Join us for food, games, and the chance to win fabulous prizes!

FOR ADULTS

Basic E-mail – Wednesday, March 14 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Learn to set up an e-mail account, send and receive an e-mail message, add attachments to your messages, manage your account, and organize your mail.  Class size is limited, please register.

Adult Book Club – Thursday, March 15 from 7 to 8:15 p.m.

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins

This is the inside story of how America turned from a respected republic into a feared empire. John Perkins should know; he was an economic hit man. His job was to convince countries that are strategically important to the U.S., from Indonesia to Panama, to accept enormous loans for infrastructure development and to make sure that the lucrative projects were contracted to Halliburton, Bechtel, Brown and Root, and other United States engineering and construction companies. Anyone who has read the book is welcome to attend.

Book-to-Movie Film Series – Saturday, March 24 from 12 p.m. to 2:40 p.m.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (English version, rated R) based on the book by Stieg Larsson.  Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found and her beloved uncle is convinced she was murdered and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced investigative journalist Mickael Blomkvist and the tattooed and troubled yet resourceful computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. Bring a lunch; we’ll provide dessert and a beverage.

English Conversation Group – Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m.

For students learning English as a second language, this is a chance for you to practice your everyday conversation skills with Walworth County Literacy Council tutors.