March 2017
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Broward.org/Library
March is Women’s History Month
Movies March 2, 9 - Afternoon Cinema: 3/2: The Eagle Huntress. 3/9: Queen of Katwe. Suggested for ages 16 and up, 3 to 5:30PM, South Regional/Broward College Library March 8 - Wednesdays at West: Senses of Cinema foreign film series with commentary by film expert Shelley Isaacs, Transit Café (NR), 2 to 3PM, West Regional Library March 18 - LC Cinema Presents Florence Foster Jenkins, 1 to 3PM, Lauderhill Towne Centre Library March 18 - Book-nMovie Matinee: Learning to Drive, 2 to 5PM, West Regional Library March 25 - A League of Their Own, 3 to 5PM, Northwest Regional Library Classes + Presentations March 2 - Chair Yoga for Seniors, 10:30 to 11:30AM, Carver Ranches Library March 4 - Women Closing Gaps and Uniting Resources, 12 to 3PM, Lauderdale Lakes Library March 8, 11 Women – Take Charge of Your Wealth: Money Management Workshop, 3/8: 6:30 to 7:30PM. 3/11: 2PM, Carver Ranches Library March 8 - Presentation by Patricia Zeiler of the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society: From a Fort to a City: The Women Pioneers of Broward County, 6 to 7:30PM, Miramar Branch Library and Education Center March 8 - Women’s History Month Jeopardy, 6 to 7PM, Jan Moran Collier City Learning Library March 8 - On Hemingway: Three Views, 7
to 9:30PM, Alvin Sherman Library at Nova Southeastern University March 13 - Caregiver Support Group: Know your federal benefits, 6:30 to 7:30PM, Carver Ranches Library March 18 - Belly Dancing for Women, 10:30AM to 12PM, Weston Library March 18 Healthy Living! Healthy Aging! 2 to 3:30PM, Carver Ranches Library March 20 Women’s History Trivia Contest, 6:30 to 7:30PM, Pompano Beach Library March 21 - Discussion of the Lives of Julia Tuttle and Mary Brickell, 2 to 3PM, Tamarac Library March 21 - Frida Kahlo Inspired Still Life Art Class, 4 to 5:30PM, Northwest Regional Library March 22, 25 - Natural Hair Workshop. 3/22: 5 to 7:30PM. 3/25: 3 to 5PM, AfricanAmerican Research Library and Cultural Center March 22 - Five Fascinating Females of the Prohibition Era: Learn about fascinating women who made their mark either within the law or outside it, 1 to 2:30PM, North Regional/ Broward College Library March 25 - A Public Dance Ball by the MiamiDade/Fort Lauderdale Region for the Jane Austen Society of North America, 2 to 5PM, Hallandale Beach Library
Literary Events March 7 - The Writer’s Group: Do you have a story to tell? Join writers, share your triumphs and let the group help with critiques, 6 to 8PM, South Regional/Broward College Library Women’s History Month continued inside
BROWARD COUNTY LIBRARY LOCATIONS AND HOURS OF SERVICE Branch
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African-American Research Library & Cultural Center 2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderdale 33311 • 954-357-6282 AF Beach 3250 NE 2nd Street Pompano Beach 33062 • 954-357-7830 BE Carver Ranches 4735 S.W. 18 Street, West Park 33023 • 954-357-6245 CR Century Plaza Leon Slatin 1856 A W. Hillsboro Blvd. Deerfield Beach 33442 • 954-357-7740 CP Jan Moran Collier City Learning Library 2800 N.W. 9 Court, Pompano Beach 33069 • 954-357-7670 CC Dania Beach Paul DeMaio 1 Park Avenue East, Dania Beach 33004 • 954-357-7073 DA Davie/Cooper City 4600 S.W. 82 Avenue, Davie 33328 • 954-357-6399 DC Deerfield Beach Percy White 837 E. Hillsboro Blvd., Deerfield Beach 33441 • 954-357-7680 DB
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March 10 Let’s Dance at AARLCC African-American Research Library & Cultural Center 6:30 to 9:30PM After-hours, over-21 event For ticket info, call 954-357-6210 or visit Broward.org/Library/Fridays
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Women’s History Month continued March 10 - Jewish Authors/American Classics Book Talk: Ellis Island by Mark Helprin, 11AM to 12PM, West Regional Library March 13 - Dear Readers Book Club: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, 12:30 to 1:30PM, Deerfield Beach Percy White Library March 13 - Once Upon a Rock with author Erica Bennett, 1:30 to 2:30PM, Main Library March 14 - Ruth E. Cohan Jewish Book Review Series, 10:30 to 11:30AM, Northwest Regional Library March 14 - The Page Turner’s Monthly Book Club: The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict, 2 to 3PM, South Regional/Broward College Library
Focus on Broward Broward on the Move Literary Events March 7 - Take a staycation at the Tamarac Library by attending a book discussion and presentation on Ross King’s Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies, 1 to 2PM, Tamarac Library March 18 - Read and Ride Book Discussion Group: Meet at Hollywood TriRail Station, ride to Deerfield Beach and back and discuss Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly, call 954-2018829 for more information, 1:49 to 3:11PM March 21 - Let’s Talk About Books! Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly, 10:30AM to 12PM, Southwest Regional Library March 22 - Raise a Reader @ Sharkey’s Storytime! 10:30 to 11:15AM, Alvin Sherman Library at Nova Southeastern University Classes + Presentations March 7 - FLOW: Florida Licensing on Wheels. Renew a driver license, obtain a replacement driver license, change a name or address on a driver license, get an identification card, renew a vehicle registration and purchase a specialty license plate, 10AM to 2PM, South Regional/ Broward College Library March 11 - Complete Streets: Bicycle Road Safety Presentation from Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization, 11:15AM to 1PM, Southwest Regional Library March 11 - So You Want to Be an Air Traffic Controller? Meet a former air traffic controller and experience the job a simulated environment, ages 13-30, registration required, 2:30 to 4PM, Miramar Branch Library and Education Center
Where the Books Are March 4 - Al Capone’s Miami: Sally Ling, author of Al Capone’s Miami: Paradise or Purgatory, discusses Al Capone’s influence on South Florida, 2 to 3PM, Deerfield Beach Percy White Library March 4 - South Florida Poetry Journal presents poetry reading with Deborah Denicola author of Original Human, 4 to 5:30PM, Main Library March 15 - Where the Boys and Girls Were: The Fun and Sun History of Fort Lauderdale Beach with author Dan Santoro, followed by the movie, Where the Boys Are, 1 to 4PM, Main Library March 21 - Family Story Time featuring the Suzuki Music Academy, children’s program, 5 to 5:45PM, Stirling Road Library
March 15 - Author Talk and Discussion: Margaret Atwood’s Hag-Seed (Hogarth Shakespeare), 1 to 2PM, Pembroke Pines Library March 21 - Let’s Talk About Books! Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly. 10:30AM to 12PM, Southwest Regional Library March 25 - Celebrate Women in the Arts: A diverse panel of women writers discuss writing and publishing, 2:30 to 4:30PM, Miramar Branch Library and Education Center March 28 - Reading Round Table Book Discussion: The Trespasser by Tana French, 2 to 3:30PM, North Regional/ Broward College Library
Children + Teens March 8 - Raise a Reader @ Sharkey’s Storytime! 10:30 to 11:15AM, Alvin Sherman Library at Nova Southeastern University March 8 - Colorful Women in History, 4 to 5PM, Dania Beach Paul DeMaio Library March 14 - Tuesday Fun Night: Children’s story time and craft. 6:30 to 7:30PM, Hollywood Library March 23 - Girl Power: Hero tales and a special craft, ages 5-11, 1 to 2PM, Pembroke Pines Library March 25 - Who Runs the World? Girls! 2 to 3:30PM, Carver Ranches Library
Broward Public Library Foundation’s March 14 - Upcycled Craft Projects: Display your vacation photo with a decoupage fridge frame, 5 to 6PM, South Regional/Broward College Library March 14 - Broward County Animal Control Dog Smarts 101 Class, 6 to 7PM, West Regional Library March 15 - Staycations! Family fun in your own backyard, 6:30 to 7:30PM, Southwest Regional Library March 20 - Discover Greater Fort Lauderdale: Vacationing, staycationing, music, entertainment, sports and more, 1:30 to 2:30PM, Northwest Regional Library March 22 - Get Moving: Line dance with us, 6 to 7:30PM, Jan Moran Collier City Learning Library March 23 - Car Care 101 - Do It Yourself Maintenance! This class taught by professional technicians from of the Broward College Automotive Technology Program, 6 to 7PM, South Regional/Broward College Library March 25 - FLOW: Florida Licensing on Wheels. Renew a driver license, obtain a replacement driver license, change a name or address on a driver license, get an identification card, renew a vehicle registration and purchase a specialty license plate, 10AM to 2PM, Southwest Regional Library
March 21 - Poetry in My Soul: Readings by the poets of the recently published Bards of Broward: The Courtyard Chronicles, 6 to 8PM, South Regional/Broward College Library March 28 - Reading Round Table Book Discussion: The Trespasser by Tana French, 2 to 3:30PM, North Regional/Broward College Library March 29 - Stuffed Animal Sleepover, children’s program, 6 to 8PM, South Regional/ Broward College Library March 29 - Books to Know Club: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, 6:30 to 7:30PM, Pompano Beach Library
T een T ech W eek • M arch 5-11 March 2 - Teen Crafternoon: Pixel Magnets, 4 to 6PM, Alvin Sherman Library at Nova Southeastern University March 4 - Hack-A-Thon, 10:30AM to 5:30PM, Lauderhill Central Park Library March 6-9 - Microsoft Presents: Learn to Code with Flatverse Camp Series, 4 to 5:30PM, Main Library March 6 - Superheroes and Soft Circuits for Middle and High School. Snacks! Graphic Novels! Preregistration begins 2/21, 4:30 to 6PM, Pembroke Pines Library March 6 - Teen Tech Week, 6 to 7PM, Pompano Beach Library March 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 - Coding Jam in the CTC! 3/6: Kick-off Event, 5 to 6PM, Stirling Road Library March 9 - Snap Circuit Laboratory, 3 to 4PM, Deerfield Beach Percy White Library March 9 - Explore Freegal, 4 to 5PM, Jan Moran Collier City Learning Library March 9 - LittleBits! Build circuits that do amazing stuff, ages 12-18, 5 to 6PM, South Regional/ Broward College Library March 11 - Coding Jam Certificate Day, 10AM to 6PM, Stirling Road Library March 11 - Snap Circuits, 10:30 to 11:45AM, Century Plaza/Leon Slatin Library
LitLIVE!
March 31, 6 to 8pM On March 31 from 6 to 8PM, LitLIVE! will feature 17 authors on a series of panels at three Barnes & Noble stores in Broward County. The authors will speak about their work, answer audience questions, and sign their books. A portion of the purchases will be donated to the Library Foundation. Books must be purchased in the store for signing. Although the event is free, ticketing is required. For tickets go online at bpfloundation.org/ literary-feast-litlive.
Broward County Library Has a New Director! A Message from Kelvin Watson
It is an honor for me to be named Broward County Libraries Director. My role as Director is to ensure that our customers always receive the very best service possible from our resourceful and helpful staff. I am dedicated to continuing the innovative customer service and programming, where every encounter is both a pleasant and rewarding experience. I plan to visit every community to meet staff and to gain an overview of what each library location provides. I equally look forward to working with our Library Advisory Board, Friends groups, the Broward Public Library Foundation and other Broward County stakeholders to create partnerships that bring powerful programs and expanded resources to the Broward County Libraries customers.
Kelvin Watson Broward County Libraries Director
The Feast in Fort Lauderdale panel at Barnes & Noble 2051 N. Federal Highway, includes: Moderator, Gail Bulfin, Vice President, Membership Development, Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance • Robert Olen Butler, Perfume River • Herta Feely, Saving Phoebe Murrow • Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing • Debbie Macomber, If Not for You • Joyce Maynard, Under the Influence • Gareth Russell: Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII The Mystery Panel in Plantation at the Barnes & Noble, 591 S. University Dr., Plantation, includes: Moderator, Oline Cogdill, mystery book reviewer • Linda Fairstein, Killer Look • Heather Graham, A Perfect Obsession • Mark Greaney, Gunmetal Gray • Andrew Gross, The One Man • Sophie Hannah, The Closed Casket (an Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot mystery)
• Juan Martinez, Conviction: The Untold Story of Putting Jodi Arias Behind Bars The Panel in the Pines at Barnes & Noble, 11820 Pines Blvd., Pembroke Pines, includes: Moderator, Mim Harrison, former editor of Levenger Press • Dr. James Hamblin, Our Bodies Could Talk • Jennifer Keishin, Arm-
strong, Seinfeldia • Lawrence Millman, At The End of the World: A True Story of Murder in the Arctic • Thomas Swick, The Joys of Travel: And Stories That Illuminate Them • Ronald C. White, American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant
The Literary Feast weekend also includes the signature fundraising event, A Night of Literary Feasts on Saturday, April 1. The evening begins at 6PM with a Welcome Reception with all the authors at the Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six in Fort Lauderdale, followed by individual dinners with authors in private homes and upscale restaurants. Tickets are $175 and are available on the Foundation’s website, bplfoundation. org. For more information, call 954-357-7382.
Digital Downloads March 2, 9 16, 23, 30 Open House, 12 to 1PM, North Regional/Broward College Library March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 - eBooks, Audiobooks, Magazines, Music, Movies and More, by appointment only: 954-357-6409, 2:30 to 3:30PM, Lauderhill Towne Centre Library March 2, 9, 16, 23 - Rosetta Stone, 3:30 to 4:30PM, Tyrone Bryant Library March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 - eBooks, Music and Magazines, limit 6 people, 4 to 5PM, Northwest Regional Library March 8 - Music, 3 to 3:30PM, Main Library March 8 - Movies, 3:30 to 4PM, Main Library March 8 - eBooks, 6 to 7PM, West Regional Library March 11 - eBooks, 10:30AM to 12:30PM, Miramar Branch Library and Education Center March 11 - Rosetta Stone, 1 to 2PM, Pompano Beach Library March 15 - eBooks, 3 to 4PM, Main Library March 15 - Movies, Music and More, 6 to 7PM, West Regional Library March 15 - eBooks, 6:30 to 7:30PM, Pompano Beach Library March 22 - Magazines, 3 to 4PM, Main Library March 25 - Magazines, 10:30AM to 12:30PM, Miramar Branch Library and Education Center
ONE Children’s BOOK Many Ways
Exploring Educational Options and Approaches within a Single Book Title
MARCH 17 • 9AM TO 4:30PM MAIN LIBRARY, 100 S. ANDREWS AVENUE FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33301
A free professional development opportunity where librarians, teachers, writers, illustrators, storytellers and parents gather for training and exposure to current trends in literature for youth and teens. Learn how to make one book come alive many ways!
30TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON CHILDREN’S LITERATURE & 15TH ANNUAL ASHLEY BRYAN ART SERIES
FEATURED SPEAKERS: LAURA VACCARO SEEGER is
a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator and a two-time winner of the Caldecott Honor Award, winner of the New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award, the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Best Picture Book, and a two-time winner of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award. Laura is the author/illustrator of several highly praised concept books including First the Egg, The Hidden Alphabet and Dog and
Bear series.
The joint Conference on Children’s Literature and Ashley Bryan Art Series is sponsored by the Friends of Fort Lauderdale Libraries, the Friends of the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center and the Broward Public Library Foundation. Funding provided by Broward County Public Schools through the Discovering Your Way Grant. The book vendor for the conference is Books & Books.
BRIAN PINKNEY is a two-time winner of the Caldecott Honor Award, four-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Honors and a Coretta Scott King Award, and the Boston Globe/ Horn Book Award. His work has been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, the Detroit Institute of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the School of Visual Arts and the Society of Illustrators. Brian is the illustrator of several highly praised picture books including The Faithful Friend, In the Time of the Drums and Duke Ellington. REGISTRATION IS FREE, CALL 954-357-7336 OR VISIT BROWARD.ORG/LIBRARY PLEASE REGISTER BY MARCH 14
To receive WoW Update via email, send email to LibraryMarketing@Broward.org BROWARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS — An Equal-Opportunity Employer This public document was promulgated at a cost of $2,097.00, or $0.059 per copy, to promote library programs. Mark D. Bogen • Beam Furr • Steve Geller • Dale V.C. Holness • Chip LaMarca • Nan H. Rich • Tim Ryan • Barbara Sharief • Michael Udine