Monday Thursday 11 AM 9 PM Friday & Saturday 12 PM 5 PM Closed on Saturdays in July & August Conversations in the Italian Language Part 2 With Francesca Della Porta-Charles Thursdays, March 1st, 8th, 22nd, 29th, April 5th and 12th 7:00 PM (No class on March 15th) This free six week enrichment series is designed to introduce adults to conversational Italian. Master the sounds of the Italian alphabet. Learn greetings, common expressions and introductions. Learn cultural words concerning the arts. Italian recipes will be provided for the last session s Italian Café night. Great for travelers or those interested in learning about Italian culture. Please Plan to attend all 6 sessions. **Registration is required. Call 856-629-1212 ext 206** Enjoy an Evening of Irish Music With Tom Brett 1-856-629-1212 ~ Circulation Desk ext. 210 or 211 Reference Desk ext. 206 Children's Reference Desk ext. 204 Teen and Youth Services ext. 208 Administration ext. 203 Tuesday, March 13th 7:00 PM Join us for an evening of Irish Music just in time for St. Patrick s Day. Tom Brett will treat us to some enjoyable authentic Irish melodies. This program is free and no registration is required. Beaded Bracelet Workshop Monday, March 26th 6-8PM Learn to make this beautiful beaded bracelet with local beading instructor Tina Pilcher. This is a free program and open to adults and teens 15 and older. All supplies are provided to participants. Space is limited and registration is required. Stop by the reference or call 856-629-1212 ext.206
Sunrise Yoga Tuesdays, February 21st, 28th March 6th, 13th 20th, & 27th 11:30AM to 12:30PM This is a FREE program! Come and join the Gloucester County Department of Health and Senior Services Yoga program, designed especially for older adults. This is a very gentle form of yoga which will help you relax and improve your well -being. It is a 1 hour program lasting 6 weeks. Yoga mats are provided by the county for your use. You are only asked to bring a towel. Registration is required. Please call Carla at the Gloucester County Health Department at 856-218-4106 to sign up. Tax Aide 2012 AARP Tax-Aide is the nation s largest free, volunteer-run tax assistance and preparation service available to taxpayers with lowand moderate-income, with special attention to those age 60 and older. In New Jersey there are over 900 AARP Tax-Aide volunteers, trained in cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), to help you file federal, state, and local tax returns. Appointments are required and can be made by calling Community Affairs at 856-728-9841 Gardening Lectures Wednesday, March 28th 7:00 PM Brenna Bosch, Consulting Rosarian, a Trustee of the West Jersey Rose Society, and Chair of the WJRS Annual Rose Show will Present a program on how to grow and care for roses. Organic options will be included. This program is free and open to the public. No registration is required. Blood Drive On the third Thursday of every month the American Red Cross will be conducting a blood drive in the Library Meeting Room. The date this month is Thursday, March 15th, from 2:00-7:30 PM. For an appointment please call 1-800-RED-CROSS.
The Bookmarks Tuesday February 28th, 7PM Major Pettigrew s Last Stand By Helen Simonson You are about to travel to Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village in the English countryside filled with rolling hills, thatched cottages, and a cast of characters both hilariously original and as familiar as the members of your own family. Among them is Major Ernest Pettigrew. The Major leads a quiet life valuing the proper things that Englishmen have lived by for generations: honor, duty, decorum, and a properly brewed cup of tea. But then his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But village society insists on embracing him as the quintessential local and her as the permanent foreigner. Can their relationship survive the risks one takes when pursuing happiness in the face of culture and tradition? Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Music Tuesday, March 6th, 7-8:300PM Music in Space - Architecture s Influences How composers use the performing spaces part of the music. This fun and informative series is presented free to the public on the first Tuesday of every month by the Bay-Atlantic Symphony and the Library. No registration is required. E-Reader Workshops Have an e-reader? Want to learn how to get free library e-books? We are here to help! Join us for one of our workshops and learn how to: ~Access and search the library s e-book collection ~Transfer library e-books to and from their e-reader ~Set up an Adobe ID (for Nook and Apple devices) ~Download Adobe Digital Editions (for Nook and Apple devices) Workshops are available for Kindle, Nook & ipad/iphone/ipod touch Kindle Classes Saturday, March 3rd, 12:30-1:30PM Thursday, March 7th, 1:00-2:00PM Saturday, April 14th, 12:30-1:30PM Thursday, April 19th, 1:00-2:00PM Saturday, May 19th, 12:30-1:30PM Nook Classes Saturday, March 3rd, 2:00-3:00PM Saturday, April 14th, 2:00-3:00PM Saturday, May 19th, 2:00-3:00PM ipad/iphone/ipod Touch Saturday, March 3rd, 3:30-4:30PM Saturday, April 14th, 3:30-4:30PM Saturday, May 19th, 3:30-4:30PM Call 856-629-1212 for more information or to register. Registration is required and space is limited.
The General 1926 78 minutes Monday, March 5th 6:30 PM Independent Film Screenings Buster Keaton aka The Great Stone Face stars as a Southern railroad engineer Johnny Gray, a man with only two loves: the sweet Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack) and his trustworthy engine, the eponymous General. When Fort Sumner is fired upon he s one of the first to enlist, but when the war office rejects him because he s too valuable as a trained engineer, his sweetie rejects him as a coward. Soon Yankee spies infiltrate and the thrilling adventure begins. Bill and Coo 1948 60 minutes Monday, March 19th 6:30 PM Wesley Willis s Joy Rides 2008 77 Minutes Monday, March 19th 6:30PM Welcome to Chirpendale. There s plenty of parking space, plus it has everything: a bar where bird citizens can drink junebug sundaes and listen to jazzy music. But the bird citizens are terrorized by an evil raven called The Black Menace, but a pluck young bird named Bill Singer, who s a taxi driver by day, comes to the aid of a damsel in distress Coo, who s trapped in a fire. The two start spending most of their time together, but soon The Black Menace returns, and Bill and the rest of the citizens put together a plan to put him away for good. An underground Chicago rock icon and revered artist, Wesley Willis has attracted and offended people the world over. This awardwinning documentary follows the life of the prolific and controversial artist on his journey from obscurity to fame. Through Interviews with friends, and footage over a four year period, this exceptional film shows a man whose day-to-day existence was wrought with pain and joy. For more information on the Independent Film Club check out http://freelibraryfilms.wordpress.com/ Free to the public. Must be 18 or older. No registration required. An open-discussion follows each screening. We are Pleased to Announce the Addition of Mango is a language program that is free to all library patrons. It offers fast, convenient, real life lessons with audio instructions. Mango Languages is recognized as a leading provider of online language learning services to libraries, government agencies, corporations and the general public. It was designed by linguists, teachers, software developers, human interface specialists, writers, voice talents and designers. Currently 34 foreign languages and 15 English as a Second Language courses are available. To access Mango Languages visit our website at http://www.monroetownshiplibrary.org/ All you need is your library card number to open up a whole world of languages and learning.
Ages 13-19. Movie Making Club Stop Motion Film Thursdays, March 1st, 15th, & 29th from 4-5:30PM The Movie Making Club at Library is working on the following stop motion films this month: 1. The cake that decorates itself 2. A monster metamorphosis 3. Spaghetti attack The movie making club meets every two weeks and uses Flip cameras provided by the library. Sign up is required. Call 856-629- 1212 ext 208 or email monroeteens@gamail.com Jeopardy Night Tuesday, March 6th from 6-8:30PM Local teens will answer questions about Williamstown, Harry Potter, Hunger Games and other categories while competing for the grand prize. All are welcome to come and watch. Yu Gi Oh Card Game Nights Monday March 12th from 5:30-8PM Tuesday, March 27th from 5:30-8PM Library s Yu Gi Oh card game nights are a place to play, trade and learn more about Yu Gi Oh. No sore losers, no rudeness, no stealing, fair trades only. N00bs welcome! Free SAT practice Exam Saturday, March 17th from 12:30-4PM Join other teens in Library s Technology Lab and take a FREE practice exam that will give you an assessment of what areas to work on in order to prepare for the big test. Sign ups are required. Call 856-629-1212 ext 208 or email monroeteens@gmail.com. Be sure to have an active Library Card with you on the day of the test. Digital Art Library Makeover Tuesday, March 20th from 6-8PM Thursday, March 22nd from 6-8PM The Teen area of the Library needs a makeover and you can be part of it. Teens will learn how to make digital art to print and hang in the teen area. Teens will use a free online photo editing and design tool called picnic to create beautiful masterpieces that the entire town will get to enjoy. Come be part of this community art project and see your work on display in the Teen area soon. Beaded Bracelet Workshop Monday, March 26th from 6-8PM This workshop, offered for adults and teens, will take you step by step through how to make a beaded bracelet. All supplies are provided. Must be at least 15 years old to attend. Sign ups are required and space is limited. Register at the reference desk or call 629-1212 ext 206. Call 629-1212 ext. 204 for sign ups and details. St. patrick S day celebration Saturday, March 10th 2PM Come make Irish potato candy with us! We ll provide the dough, kids roll and coat with cinnamon to make potato like candy. While the candies chill we ll listen to some Irish stories and watch a cartoon. Sign ups are required. Please sign up by calling 856-629- 1212 ext 204 by March 8th. Lego Night Wednesday, March 14th 7PM Kids ages 4 and up can come build fantastic creations with the Lego we provide. This program is limited to 20 children and sign ups are required. Please call 856-629-1212 ext 204. Family Game Night Wednesday, March 7th 7PM Join us for Family Game Night. Families of all ages and sizes are welcome to come play board games like Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders. Call 856-629-1212 ext. 204 to sign up. Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, March 24th Ages 6 and under: 1PM Ages 7 and up: 3PM Our Easter Egg Hunt will be held rain or shine. If the weather is nice we will have the hunt in our children s garden outside. If it s cold or rainy we will have it inside, in the children s area of the library. Children will search for plastic, candy filled eggs then hear stories and watch a cartoon. Remember to bring a basket to collect your eggs in. Sign ups are required by March 22nd. Call 856-629- 1212 ext 204 for more information or to sign up.
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