PORTAGE DISTRICT LIBRARY
August library events & classes
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this month’s newsletter PAGE 2 TumbleBook Library PAGE 3 July 5-11 Library Programs PAGE 4 July 12-14 Library Programs PAGE 5 July 18-21 Programs PAGE 6 July 21-28 Library Programs
PAGE 7 Art Encounters of the Worldly Kind
TumbleBook Library Looking for a great interactive reading resource for your child? Then check out our TumbleBook Library! The TumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated, talking picture books designed to teach kids the joy of reading by using an engaging interactive format they’re sure to love. You’ll also fin games and much more. Check it out today! Go to the library’s website and click on TumbleBooks on the front page.
PAGE 8 What’s Coming in September
library hours Monday – Thursday 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM Friday 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Saturday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Sunday CLOSED FOR SUMMER
library board BOARD CHAIR Scott Pierangeli VICE CHAIR Betty Lee Ongley MEMBERS Laurie DeHaven, Annee Dunn, Martha Pacheco, Alisha Siebers, Joseph Yantis
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Distribution The Library Events & Classes brochure is published on a monthly basis and includes library events, programs and new services for each month. The library has 20,000 copies printed and distributed through insertion in the Portage Hometown Gazette as well as copies available in the library. An online printable calendar of events and classes is available on the library website.
programs & events ANIMAL MAGIC, INC. Monday, August 1st 12:15 PM Location: CELERY FLATS HISTORICAL AREA Age Group: PRESCHOOL-5TH GRADE Nickelodeon’s 2010 Entertainer of the Year! This amazing high energy live animal show will feature both rare and endangered animals from almost every continent. It promises to teach you and entertain you. Please bring blankets for the grass in front of the Grain Elevator. (If you bring chairs you will be seated in the back.) A joint venture with the City of Portage Summer Entertainment Series. The rain location is located in the Barn at the Celery Flats Historical Area. No registration required. PORTAGE PARKS DISCOVERY SERIESGOING TO THE BOG Monday, August 1st 7:00 PM Location: SCHRIER PARK Age Group: ALL AGES Beyond the Schrier Park pavilions is a path that leads through the forest towards Bishop’s Bog, a gem of a park in Portage. Join Naturalist Dan Keto on a walk to the south border of Bishop’s Bog from Schrier Park. Discover seasonal highlights as we move from forest to bog. Observe the plants and animals that call this unique place home. These programs are
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a cooperative effort between the Kalamazoo Nature Center and the Portage Parks and Recreation Department. Generous support provided by Portage District Library. No registration required. LITTLE ART HOUSE FAIRYTALE THEATER Tuesday, August 2nd 10:30 AM Age Group: PRESCHOOL-5TH GRADE You are invited to set sail on the sea of imagination and drift away to the island of fantasy. Join “The Little Art House” readers’ theater group as we rediscover two classic fairytales and create one of our own. There is sure to be plenty of audience participation. This event will be performed by local middle school students. No registration required. RECYCLED ART Tuesday, August 2nd 2:30 PM Age Group: MIDDLE SCHOOL Go green and create a cool piece of wearable or hang-able art using everything from metal washers to safety pins. No registration required. PORTAGE COMPUTER USERS GROUP Thursday, August 4th 10:00 AM Age Group: ADULTS This program is a drop-in computer question and answer session. No registration required.
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programs & events COMIC AND GRAPHIC ART WITH MARK CRILLEY Thursday, August 4th 6:30 PM Age Group: TEEN Join us for this drawing workshop. Mark Crilley, author of the Akiko and Miki Falls graphic novels, will teach you some tricks and skills. No experience required. (For teens entering 6th – entering 12th grade) Registration begins July 21st. Register online at www.portagelibrary.info or call 329-4542 Ext. 603. REGISTRATION REQUIRED PORTAGE COMPUTER USERS GROUP Thursday, August 11th 10:00 AM Age Group: ADULTS This program is a drop-in computer question and answer session No registration required. ENCHANTED DWELLINGS Monday, August 8th 6:30 PM Age Group: ALL AGES Build a hobbit hole, gnome home, or fairy fortress by bringing collected natural materials from your backyard to add to the supplies provided by the library. These enchanted
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dwellings will be displayed in the library and on the Bicentennial Trail during the end-ofthe-summer Art Encounters Event on Saturday, August 13th. No registration required. PORTAGE PARKS DISCOVERY SERIES - LOOKING AT WILDLIFE Monday, August 8th 7:00 PM Location: LAKEVIEW PARK Age Group: ALL AGES When you walk with KNC Naturalist Dan Keto, you will see that Lakeview Park is more than just playgrounds, tennis courts, and pavilions. Take a walk on the wild side and see the park for its natural features: lakefront, wildflower plantings, insects, spiders, birds, and trees. These programs are a cooperative effort between the Kalamazoo Nature Center and the Portage Parks and Recreation Department. Generous support provided by Portage District Library. No registration required. JOHN BALL “TRAVELING” ZOO Tuesday, August 9th 11:00 AM Age Group: PRESCHOOL-5TH GRADE Have an up-close encounter with live zoo animals. Each animal has its own “job” or purpose in the web of life. We will discuss food chains, food webs and other animal interactions. No registration required.
programs & events ANIMAL ED Tuesday, August 9th 2:30 PM Age Group: MIDDLE SCHOOL Get some hands-on time with unique and interesting wild animals from John Ball Zoo. No registration required. LEGO BLOCK PARTY Thursday, August 11th 10:00 AM Age Group: PRESCHOOL-5TH GRADE Calling all young architects and engineers…you are invited to join us for LEGO building fun! Legos of various sizes will be provided for all ability levels. Preschool-5th graders are invited with their favorite adult. No registration required. LEGO BLOCK PARTY Friday, August 12th 1:00 PM Age Group: PRESCHOOL 5TH GRADE Calling all young architects and engineers… you are invited to join us for LEGO building fun! Legos of various sizes will be provided for all ability levels. Preschool-5th graders invited with their favorite adult. No registration required. END OF THE SUMMER PARTY Tuesday, August 16th 2:30 PM Age Group: MIDDLE SCHOOL This is the last event of the Summer Fun Se-
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ries. Join us for games, activities, and fun. No registration required. DOWNLOADING TO YOUR EREADER: AN OVERVIEW Wednesday, August 17th 6:30 PM Age Group: ADULTS This workshop will offer an introduction to Overdrive, the difference between ePub and PDF formats and a demonstration on downloading your books to an eReader. REGISTRATION REQUIRED TEEN SCIENCE QUEST: ACCELERATION Wednesday, August 17th 1:00 PM Age Group: TEEN Fulfill your need for speed as you experiment with acceleration and air resistance. Snacks provided. (For teens entering 7th grade – entering 9th grade) Registration begins July 13th. Register online at www.portagelibrary.info or call 3294542 Ext. 603. REGISTRATION REQUIRED PORTAGE COMPUTER USERS GROUP Thursday, August 18th 10:00 AM Age Group: ADULTS This program is a drop-in computer question and answer session No registration required.
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programs & events OUTDOOR MOVIE NIGHT Friday, August 19th 8:30 PM Location: CELERY FLATS HISTORICAL AREA Age Group: ALL AGES Join us for one last summer movie under the stars. Bring your blanket and watch Mary Poppins with your friends and family. This event is brought to you by the Portage Summer Entertainment Series with a suggested $2.00 donation. No registration required. PORTAGE COMPUTER USERS GROUP Thursday, August 25th 10:00 AM Age Group: ADULTS This program is a drop-in computer question and answer session Registration is not required.
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ART ENCOUNTERS OF THE WORLDLY KIND Saturday, August 13th from 12:00 - 4:00 PM • Age Group: ALL AGES Art Encounters of the Worldly Kind is an art festival full of dance, performance art, music, interactive art, visual art from local artists topped off with an ice cream social. There is truly something for everyone. You can stroll down the trail to the smooth sound of the Matt Landon Jazz Trio followed by the lyric sounds of the Ginny Parnaby and Jennie Miller playing hammered dulcimer and Renaissance recorders and the rhythmic guitar music and vocals of Dennis Kreps. While on the trail, help dress a gargantuan gazook in chalk, decorate the trail in handmade peace flags and search for fairy houses. Back at Celery Flats experience the traditional and folk dances of the Middle East; connect to the powerful voices and poetry of Kinetic Affect; and tap your toes to the eclectic blends of blues, folk, and rock of the Hired Hands. Budding artists of all ages can create rubbings for a stupendous nature book art installation; fold and create a paper crane tree, design and fly paper airplanes while viewing the aerial “kite art” of Jim Ratliff and visit the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra Petting Zoo. The trail ends at Portage District Library with a performance by the Dunuya Drum and Dance Ensemble and an art exhibit and reception by the members of the Artists and Illustrators. This diverse group of artists uses different mediums and styles to showcase their talents while portraying different world cultures. Exhibit includes paintings, drawings, fiber art, mixed media and jewelry. Celery Flats Boheme Tribal Belly Dance stage Kinetic Affect, performance poetry Ice Cream Social Fold origami cranes to hang on portable tree Create peace flags to hang on the trail Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra Petting Zoo Nature rubbings Hired Hands, eclectic music
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Stuart Manor Jim Ratliff art exhibit & reception Create and fly designer paper airplanes
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Bicentennial Trail between the library & Celery Flats Chalk painting Fairy house searching Matt Landon Jazz Trio Dennis Kreps, guitar Ginny Parnaby & Jennie Miller recorder/ hammered dulcimer
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Portage District Library One World Art Reception Dunuya Drum and Dance
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Sponsored by the City of Portage Parks Department and Portage District Library, with funding from the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo.
Great Books Reading & Discussion Group September 11th Reading and discussing the Seven Deadly Sins Introduction to Business Research September 13th An introduction to business resources Bonnie Jo Campbell Craft Talk September 14th Hear Bonnie Jo talk about fiction writing
what’s coming in september!
Fiction Writing Workshop with Dr. Janet Heller September 17th A fiction writing workshop Fundamentals of Writing a Business Plan September 20th A workshop to prepare a business plan OverDrive September 21st An introduction to OverDrive and the different formats Motor City Shakedown September 22nd A reading & discussion by D.E. Johnson Fiscal Fitness September 27th Learn how to use financial statements to make business decisions Meet the Chef: People’s Food Co-Op September 27th Techniques and samples of freshly created salads and dips