Library Connections

Winter 2020 Volume 16, Issue 1 LIBRARY CONNECTIONS

Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library NEW AT THE LIBRARY

Contact Us 515 North Fifth Street Bismarck, North Dakota 58501 (701) 355-1480 www.bismarcklibrary.org Mission Collecting, organizing, and providing open access to educational, informational, January 20th through March 15th recreational, and cultural resources Vision Personal enrichment for all Hours Mon.-Thursday 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM Friday-Saturday 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Sunday 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM Heat up your reading this winter! Participate in our Winter Telephone Numbers Reading Challenge, January 20 - March 15. Register, track your reading, and complete the challenges using our new online reading Main Desk 355-1480 challenge platform called Beanstack. Access Beanstack from Administration 355-1484 www.bismarcklibrary.org/201/Winter-Reading-Challenges, or via Bookmobile 355-1491 any mobile device using the Beanstack app. Easy to use tracking makes Youth Services 355-1489 for a fun winter of reading! Interlibrary Loan 355-1487 Foundation 355-1494 Bismarck and Burleigh County patrons of all ages are welcome to participate in one of Friends 355-1483 our three challenges: Meeting Rm Reservations 355-1484 Kids’ Winter Reading Teen Winter Reading Adult Winter Reading Library Board Challenge: Challenge: Challenge: of Directors Kids through grade 5 Current middle and Adults are challenged to Bob Bartosh President are challenged to read at high school students are read books and submit least 600 minutes, submit challenged to keep track of reviews. Participants will Joyce Hinman Vice President a review of a book, and the minutes they read and earn one entry into a Pat Grantier complete an activity. log them in on Beanstack grand prize drawing for Mike LaLonde Become familiar with this to earn badges and tickets each book read or review Sue Sorlie reading software and/or for drawings. Complete all completed. The grand app, and have fun, too! challenges to be entered prize is a $25 Gifted Bean Christine Kujawa Director If you complete all of the in to win the grand prize: Coffee House gift card! Nancy Guy Bismarck City Commission challenges, you will be a winter reading basket Library Liaison entered in a drawing to full of goodies to help Kathleen Jones Burleigh County win a prize package of fun stay warm this winter! Commission Library Liaison games for the whole family.

2 · Winter 2020 www.bismarcklibrary.org · 701-355-1480 FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY Are you ready to take your membership to the next level? The Friends of the Bismarck Public Library Board of Directors is seeking members to serve on three different committees, with the purpose of helping our organization to grow in its capacity to support the Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library and provide cultural opportunities to the community. Contact Us Volunteers are needed for the following committees: Friends of the • Annual Book Sales Committee: • Community Outreach and Bismarck Public Library Marketing Committee: Members of this committee 515 North Fifth Street will assist with management Members of this committee will work Bismarck, ND 58501 of the Spring (March) and Fall to identify opportunities for cultural [email protected] (October) book sales. programs and events (such as author events, speaker series, etc.). They will 701-355-1483 • Membership Recruitment also work to identify ways to promote and Retention Committee: and market the Friends of the Library Friends of BPL in the community, via social media Board of Directors Members of this committee will work and other channels. to identify and implement ways to Michaelanne Jones, President increase membership and retain current members. Sarah Weigel, Vice President The committees will begin their work following the FOL annual meeting in April (Save Keith Demke, Treasurer the date! - April 14, 2020). If you are interested in increasing your involvement in the Don Allen, Membership Friends of the Library and helping our organization grow and thrive by participating on one of these committees, please email us at [email protected]. Amy Dellefield To learn more about the committees and the Friends of the Library’s strategic plan for Darlene Faber 2020-2024, visit bit.ly/2Z7mNOp. Rosemary Pedersen Dale Wetzel Thank you! Michaelanne Jones, President Elizabeth Jacobs, Library Staff Rep. Friends of the Bismarck Public Library Board of Directors JOIN THE FRIENDS OF THE BISMARCK PUBLIC LIBRARY ___ YES, I’ll Be A Friend! �� ___ RENEW My Membership NAME ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES �� __ Individual ��$10 __ Individual Life ��$100 ADDRESS �� __ Family ��$20 __ Couple Life ��$150 CITY STATE ZIP __ Contributing ��$50 __ Best Friend ��$250 ______�� I’m interested in participating PHONE EMAIL (Receive NL By Email? Yes or No) in the following: Complete this form, make check payable to and mail to: __ Semi-annual Book Sales Friends of the Bismarck Public Library · 515 N 5th St. · Bismarck, ND 58501 __ Book Sale Committee You can become a member online, credit card payments accepted: __ Ice Cream Social www.friendsofthebismarckpubliclibrary.wildapricot.org/Join-Us

Personal Enrichment For All Winter 2020 · 3 CHILDREN Library Movie Days Time: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Save the Date! Location: Story Room Enjoy a free family movie. Movie Days 2020 Summer Reading coincide with days off at Bismarck Public Celebration Schools. Children under age 10 must be Fri., May 29 accompanied by a caregiver 12+. Kittyko in Concert Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Mon. Jan. 20: Abominable (PG) Sat., Jan. 25 Location: ND Heritage Center Mon. Feb. 17: The Lion King (PG) Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lapsit Baby Tue. Feb. 18: Secret Life of Location: Meeting Room A Story Time (15 min.) Pets 2 (PG) Ages: All ages Mon. Apr. 13: Frozen 2 (PG) Join local musician Kittyko for a winter Ages: Infants up to 24 months afternoon of music and dancing. All ages are welcome at this free event. Time: Thursdays: 9:30 AM Dates: Jan. 23, 30 Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27 *Drinks are welcome, but no food please. March 5, ¤, ¤, ¤, Miss Sparkles’ ¤ No Story Time Mar. 12, 19, 26 Kindness Club Toddler Tuesdays, 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Story Time (20 min.) Session 1: Jan. 21-Feb. 11 B.A.R.K. Ages: 18 mo. to 3 years of age (Registration begins January 3) Session 2: Apr. 7 - Apr. 28 (Bismarck Animals Reading with Kids) Time: Tuesdays: 9:30 AM (Registration begins Mar. 2) Spring 2020 Schedule & 10:15 AM Location: Story Room Mon., Mar. 30: 7:00 PM - 8:10 PM Dates: Jan. 21, 28 Ages: Grades K-4 Thu., Apr. 2: 4:00 PM - 5:10 PM Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25 The mission of Miss Sparkles’ Kindness Mon., Apr. 6: 7:00 PM - 8:10 PM Mar. 3,¤, ¤, ¤, 31 Club is to spread joy, love, and Thu., Apr. 9: 4:00 PM - 5:10 PM ¤ No Story Time Mar. 10, 17, 24 smiles to the Bismarck community Thu., Apr. 16: 4:00 PM - 5:10 PM one kindness project at a time. Only Mon., Apr. 20: 7:00 PM - 8:10 PM Little Songbirds (30 min.) the first 25 registrants are admitted. Thu., Apr. 23: 4:00 PM - 5:10 PM Call 355-1489 to register or email Ages: Babies and toddlers B.A.R.K. is for kids who want practice [email protected] reading with non-judgmental listeners— Time: Thursdays: 6:30 PM dogs! The Library offers this special Dates: Jan. 23, 30 Stuffed Animal Sleepover program with local therapy dogs. Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27 Fri., Jan. 31 Children in grades K-5 sign up to read Mar. 5, ¤, ¤, ¤, Time: 5:00 PM aloud to a dog for 20 minutes (handler present). Contact Youth Services for ¤ No Little Songbirds Location: Story Room Mar. 12, 19, 26 details. Preregistration is required and Ages: Birth through 5th grade begins March 9. To register, call Youth Put on your PJ’s, grab your stuffed animal Services at 355-1489. The Center for Technology and friend, and get ready for a fun event! It’s a Business Women’s Leadership special story time with Bismarck Library www.bismarcklibrary.org Program is sponsoring “Little Teens. Preregistration is required. Call Visit Songbirds” for the Winter/Spring /183/Childrens-Library session. That’s 13 sessions of “Little 701-355-1489 or stop by the Children’s Information Desk to register. for our complete Songbirds.” We’re so pleased! calendar of events

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Volunteer Club LEGO Club NERF Wars V Thursdays The last Thursday of the month: Fri., Feb. 7 Dates: Jan. 30, Feb. 13, Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Time: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Mar. 12, Apr. 9, May 7 30 27 26 30 28 Registration starts Jan. 11. Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Location: Mandan Public Library Do you need volunteer hours for Location: Story Room Fri., Apr. 3 school, National Honor Society, or Youth ages 10 and up meet to build Time: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM college applications? Or maybe you with LEGO® bricks. Jr. Makers ages 5-9 Registration starts March 20. would just like to help out at the are welcome with a parent or guardian. Location: Bismarck Public Library Library! The Volunteer Club is for The Library has a collection of bricks Call 701-355-1489 to register. you. We will meet once a month and mini-figures to use. Please leave We are excited to be partnering with to work on projects in the Library, your own at home! the Morton Mandan Public Library for including, but not limited to: putting an epic across the river battle! All Nerf together take-home craft kits for items and protective eyewear will be children, helping plan and set up provided. Parents are required to stop events, and more! in before the event and sign a waiver/ You do not have to attend every media release form. session or stay for the entire time. We know that teens are busy, but any help you can give us is greatly appreciated! Video Game Tournament Teen Headquarters Saturdays @ the Library Jan., 18, Feb. 15, Mar. 21 Headquarters (HQ) is the destination Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM for teens in grades 6-12 to have fun Show off your skills against other teens and Board Game Club reading, playing games with friends, compete for prizes! We play a variety of attending events, being creative, and games and all skill levels are welcome. Tuesdays: so much more. Our walk-in hours Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May are posted weekly on the Library’s Volunteer Opportunity -- 14, 28 11 10, 24 7, 21 5 website and on our Teen Facebook Stuffed Animal Sleepover page. During regular Library hours Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM when walk-in times are not available, Date: Fri., Jan. 31 Table Top can open your eyes and show teens can gain access to HQ by you there is more to board games than Time: 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM showing a school or photo ID at the Monopoly! Try to escape a haunted house Place: Story Room Adult Information Desk to obtain or rise through the ranks and become the key. Electronics and other items We are in need of teens to help make the the best ninja burger delivery person are only available for check-out use children’s stuffed animal sleepover a reality. in your company! during walk-in hours when the room We need teens to help with a story time for is monitored by staff or volunteers. children and their stuffies. We photograph www.bismarcklibrary.org Stop by to see what’s happening! them doing crazy things and create a Visit /190/Teens craft from each stuffie to their child. All teen events are held in HQ Please let Traci or Laura know if you are for our complete unless otherwise noted. able to help out! calendar of events

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Health Education Reader’s Voice Great Books Discussion Series: Book Discussion Building Healthy and Wednesdays at 7:00 PM Delicious Meals Tuesdays at 7:00 PM Location: Missouri River Room Location: Missouri River Room Feb. 19, Smallest Woman in the Jan. 25 Feb. 4: Washington by Ron Chernow World by Clarice Lispector Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Mar. 3: Where the Crawdads Mar. 18: Lava Cameo by Eavan Boland Sing by Delia Owens Location: Meeting Room C Apr. 15: The Things They Carried Apr. 7: Eleanor Oliphant is Let’s get back to the basics! Discover by Tim O’Brien Completely Fine by the importance of getting off the May 20: Educated: A Memoir blood sugar roller coaster using Gail Honeyman by Tara Westover high-quality proteins, fats, and May 5: The Silent Patient by carbohydrates to build healthy and Alex Michaelides Everyone is welcome and there is no delicious meals. Together we’ll make charge to attend. meal planning easy! Class taught by Ellen Roufs, Nutritional Health Coach with Natural Grocers. Suds and Short Stories Health Education Series: Sundays at 2:00 PM Immune Support Location: Laughing Sun Brewing Co. (1023 East Front Feb. 11 Strictly Mysteries Book Club Ave., Bismarck) Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Feb. 9: Flannery O’Connor, Location: Meeting Room C Wednesdays at 1:00 PM “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” Just like the rest of our body, the Location: Gifted Bean Coffee Shop and “Good Country People” immune system requires optimal Feb. 12: James Lee Burke Mar. 8: Ernest Hemingway, nutrition to work at its best. Keeping Mar. 11: Margaret Coel “A Clean Well-Lighted Place” your immune system fed with the Apr. 8: Maggie Sefton and “The Short Happy Life right stuff will ensure that your May 13: John Sandford of Francis Macomber” body is ready to handle whatever Jun. 10: Dorothy L. Sayers Apr. 5: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, “The comes its way during the winter Calling all Mystery lovers! Come along Very Old Man with Enormous months. Class taught by Ellen Roufs, to our group to meet up with others and Wings” and “The Handsomest Nutritional Health Coach with discuss your favorite mystery authors. Drowned Man in the World” Natural Grocers. Feel free to read one or more books by No registration necessary. Beverages the author (the library has copies!) and and food available for purchase. come ready to discuss their work. The Discussions will be led by Tayo Basquiat, group is open to all, and there is no an Associate Professor of Philosophy registration required. and Religion at Bismarck State College. Tayo has a MFA in creative writing from University of Wyoming.

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Top 20 most circulated BIS*CON National Handwriting titles of 2019: Day Celebration Sat., May 2 1. North Dakota State Park Passes Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Jan, 23 2. Where the Crawdads Place: Bismarck Event Center Time: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Sing by Delia Owens Bis-Con is back for our 4th year! Location: Main Floor 3. Avengers: Infinity War (DVD) We are excited to share our love of Celebrate National Handwriting 4. Guinness World Records all things nerdy! Day at the library. A library staff 5. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides member will be making bookmarks 6. Bohemian Rhapsody (DVD) handwritten in Spencerian 7. Green Book (DVD) Script for patrons. 8. Mary Poppins Returns (DVD) National Handwriting Day was 9. Ant-Man and the Wasp (DVD) started to re-introduce one’s self to 10. Fishing Rod & Reel Spring Used Book Sale a pen or pencil and a piece of paper. 11. Educated: A Memoir According to the Writing Instrument by Tara Westover Sale Hours: Manufacturers Association, it is 12. The Mule (DVD) Thu., Mar. 5: 7:00 AM - 8:00 PM a chance for all to re-explore the purity and power of handwriting. 13. Becoming by Michelle Obama Fri., Mar 6: 9:00 AM - 5:45 PM January 23rd was chosen as this 14. Spider-Man Homecoming (DVD) Sat., Mar. 7: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM. 15. Deadpool 2 (DVD) is the birth date of John Hancock. The Friends of the Bismarck Public He was the first person to sign the 16. Mission Impossible Fallout (DVD) Library will be holding their Spring Used Declaration of Independence. 17. Avengers Endgame (DVD) Book Sale March 5-7 in the Library’s 18. The LEGO Movie 2 (DVD) meeting rooms. 50,000+ used books 19. Avengers: Age of Ultron (DVD) will be for sale at $1.00 per pound. 20. Christopher Robin (DVD) CDs, DVDs, and other items are priced separately. Proceeds fund special purchases/projects at the Library.

Hygge Hangout Feb. 8 Social Media Showcase Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Basic Genealogy Class Location: Missouri River Room Hygge is a Danish and Norwegian Mar. 10 Jan. 22, 1:00 PM term for a mood of coziness Time: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Mar. 20, 10:00 AM Location: Computer Training Lab with feelings of wellness and Location: Computer Training Lab contentment. We will have board The free class is an introduction to Introduces students to three of the most popular social media websites, some of games, coloring, a reading nook, online genealogy research tools. Session crochet supplies (or bring your own lasts approximately 90 minutes. To the background behind them, and some of the basic tools and purposes for using project), puzzles and a hot chocolate register contact the Information Desk bar. Bring your friends and enjoy a at 701-355-1480. each one. Class is free and lasts one hour. Register at the Information Desk. quiet Hygge afternoon.

Personal Enrichment For All Winter 2020 · 7 515 North Fifth Street Bismarck, ND 58501-4057

Published by Bismarck Veterans Memorial Library Sponsored by the Friends of the Bismarck Public Library

Library Connections Editor: Kevin R. Tengesdal

TUESDAY EVENINGS AT 6:00 P.M. Jan.14 • Fast & Furious Mar.10 • Maleficent: presents: Hobbs & Mistress of Evil Shaw (PG-13) (PG) Jan.28 • Groundhog Day Mar.24 • Frozen II (PG) (1993)(PG) Apr.7 • Little Women (2019) Feb.11 • Dora And The Lost (PG) City Of Gold (PG) Apr.28 • Jumanji: The Next Feb.25 • Downton Abbey (PG) Level (PG-13) aLL mOVIES ARE sHOWN IN mEETING rOOM a, LOWER LEVEL pARENTS/GUARDIANS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MINORS ATTENDING FILMS free and open to the public