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he annual East Baton Rouge chance to win a special prize from a for the next week. For the first six Parish Library Summer Reading local business. The program is open books read, teens will receive the best TPrograms kick off in May! This to all children, from birth to age 11. prize packs ever! After completing the summer is sure to be packed with A complete list of rules is available in program, keep reading! There will be a great books, exciting programs, and the Children’s Division at your local mega prize awarded to the top reader fabulous prizes. With a program for branch. Calendars describing at each library location. For every age group, the entire family our programs can be picked up more information, call can participate! from any branch, and printable (225) 231-3770. The fun starts on Wednesday, versions can be found on the May 25. All locations of the Library Kids Page at the library’s Adult Summer will have reading logs for each age website – www.ebrpl.com. Reading group (Children, Teens, and Adults). For more information, call The Adult Program, These logs will be available until (225) 231-3760. Food for Your Body, Mind, Sunday, July 31. While each group has and Soul, for ages 18 and older, a different theme and guidelines – the Teen Summer will be filled with a variety goal is the same – to READ! Reading of exciting events. The theme for Adults are asked to Children’s Summer Reading the Teen Summer read three books One World, Many Stories is this Reading Program in order to receive year’s theme for the Children’s Summer this year is You a summer prize Reading Program. Summer activities Are Here. Teens, pack. This year’s will feature events that spotlight the ages 12 to 18, may prize pack will performing arts, visual arts, literature, start their journey include a library and science – all showing children how by signing up at tote and coupon to tap into their creative side. Children any library location to the Library’s gift will receive a certificate and special to begin their quest. bookstore, Recycled incentives just for reading! Children This summer will Reads. One of the three who are unable to read may join the include a variety of books can be substituted read-to-me program and have an activities: cool crafts, World Music, by attendance to any adult summer adult or older child pledge to read to gaming and, of course, candy sushi program. There will be weekly them. Reading logs completed and for the Anime bunch. For every three drawings for various prizes. At the turned in through August 15 will books read, teens will score an entry end of the program, a special drawing earn children a reading certificate, into the weekly prize drawing. Names will be held for all participants. For coupons from area vendors, and a not drawn will remain in the drawing more information, call (225) 231-3740.

Inside: Mobile Website • Cajun Comedian • Harvey Rabbit • Career Help • and more! East Baton Rouge Parish Library Launches Mobile Web Site

Check us out on your Ask-a-Lawyer smartphone! The East Baton Rouge Parish Library’s Take advantage of free and NEW mobile website, individual legal counseling sessions located at m.ebrpl.com, is offered by the Pro Bono Project of designed to be more easily the Baton Rouge Bar Association. navigated and viewed on a Area attorneys will be available mobile phone! for confidential, one-on-one, The mobile website has 15-minute sessions for legal advice quick links to the Library’s on a first come, first served basis at catalog search, “Got a the Bluebonnet Regional Branch on Question,” the Library’s Saturday, May 7, from 9:30 a.m. to locations and hours (with 11:30 a.m. links to maps), contact For more information, call (225) information, upcoming 763-2250. events, LibGuides, and databases (particularly Protecting Your databases well-suited for mobile use). Use your smartphone to scan the QR code On each page of the Trademark on the left below, and view the Library's new mobile site, there are links Does your business have mobile website! to the full website. In most a unique name, brand, or logo cases, popular smartphones will redirect a user to the mobile web site if they that you would like to protect? simply enter in the Library’s normal website address, www.ebrpl.com. Attendees of this workshop learn With the number of different types of about the application process and phones available, there are many different how to navigate the USPTO web site types of browsers. Websites display a bit and develop an effective trademark differently on each one. While it’s possible search strategy. the mobile website won’t be right for some Justin Ourso, trademark phones, the Library has attempted to get it attorney at Jones Walker Law right for most. Firm, will have a presentation and For more information, call (225) answer questions at the Bluebonnet 231-3750. Regional Branch on Tuesday, May 31, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. For more information or to register, call (225) 578-4680. Hands-On Résumé Building for Beginners Etching Do you want help editing your résumé? Come to the Eden Park Branch and bring a copy of your résumé to be critiqued and revised if necessary on Tuesday, Nancy Filastre, a Baton Rouge May 24, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Master Etcher, will present a Participants will also be assisted with constructing a cover letter. Using hands-on etching program at the Microsoft Word and Monster.com, participants will receive assistance attaching Jones Creek Regional Branch on their résumé and cover letter to an online application. Saturday, May 14, from 1:30 p.m. For more information or to register, call (225) 231-3240. to 3:30 p.m. Etching glass can result in beautifully-decorated pieces you can display or use. All supplies will be provided for participants: etching supplies Relay for Life and glass mirrors. The April 16 Relay for Life event concluded six months of fundraising, For more information or to and in that time, Library staff raised $1,510! Thank you for your support. register, call (225) 756-1150.

2 The Source, May 2011 East Baton Rouge Parish Library Baton Rouge Room Additions The 2010-2011 year has been a good year for the Baton Rouge Room Archives. This year has brought a swell of community support in the form of generous donations. Two of the collections we are most proud to have are those of Ernest Gueymard and Judge Carlos Spaht. Ernest Gueymard began to work at the Morning Advocate in 1929, eventually becoming managing editor. He worked for the Capitol City press for 44 years until his retirement in 1973. He was twice married, first to fellow journalist Clair Lunsford with whom he had two children, Anne (m. Shirley) and Davis. He then married Margaret McDearmon Reed Gueymard (former head librarian of the East Baton Rouge Parish Libraries) in 1946. This collection documents Gueymard’s career. He was a member of many community organizations and very active in the social life of Baton Rouge. The library thanks Anne Shirley for the generous donation of this historic collection. Working with local antique store, the library was also able to obtain the Carlos Spaht gives an election speech papers of Judge Carlos G. Spaht. at the Executives Club in New Orleans Spaht graduated from LSU Law circa 1950. School in 1931. He served with the US Army during World War II, where he worked with the 8th Chinese Army on the Burma Road campaign. Upon his return to Baton Rouge, he was elected District Attorney, and later was appointed Judge for the 19th Judicial District, a post which he left in 1950 to launch an unsuccessful run for governor against Robert Kennon. He went on to have a successful law career in Baton Rouge and spent time working to desegregate the LSU Law School and create a code of ethics for public servants. If you would like to learn more about these collections, visit the Baton Rouge Room at the River Center Library or view pictures from these collections at www.ebrpl.com. 1953 Miss Esso Contest From the Archive… The staff of a barber shop pose at the “new” State Capitol in this photo from the 1940s.

Do you have any photos documenting Baton Rouge history to share? Archivist Melissa Eastin would love to hear from you! Please call her at (225) 389-4960 or e-mail to [email protected] to discuss how you can share and preserve your history. For more photos and items from Baton Rouge’s history, visit the Library’s Digital Archive via www.ebrpl.com.

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2011, The Source 3 Cajun Humorist Kent Gonsoulin Cajun comedian Kent Gonsoulin will present a comedy hour at the Jones Creek Regional Branch on Thursday, May 5, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. According to Gonsoulin’s biography on his website, www.cajuncomic.com, he is a third generation entertainer who grew up loving Bud Fletcher, Redd Foxx, and Johnny Carson. While attending LSU, Gonsoulin began entering talent shows and joke-telling contests, and in 1993, Gonsoulin won the The International Cajun The Maltese Joke-Telling Contest. Gonsoulin has performed on various TV and radio programs, has been seen Falcon Book on the “E” Entertainment Network, and has acted in commercials, according to his website. Gonsoulin is the Cajun voice for Backyard Burgers, and can be seen Discussion in movies including The Dukes of Hazard and All the King’s Men. He has been The Zachary Branch will host performing comedy for more than 16 years. a book discussion on this year’s For more information or to register, call (225) 756-1150. Spring One Book One Community selection, The Maltese Falcon by Beading and Dashiell Hammett. Join us at the library to talk Beginning Crochet about this classic detective novel on Thursday, May 12, from 6:00 p.m. Paula Robertson of the Baton Rouge Bead to 7:00 p.m. Society will teach three classes of Beginning For more information or to Crochet on Saturday May 7, Monday, May register, call (225) 658-1840. 9, and Tuesday, May 10, at 2:30 p.m. at the Greenwell Springs Road Regional Branch. Robertson will also teach two classes of Bead Crochet on Thursdays, May 12 and 19 at 3:30 p.m. The beginner classes will cover basic crochet, and students of the beginner classes can continue to take bead crocheting. Bead Crochet is a crochet technique that incorporates beads into a crocheted fabric. The Bead Crochet class is also open to those who already know how to crochet. Classes are limited to 15 people. For more information, call (225) 274-4440. Tutor.Com Career Webinar Series Barbara Safani, career expert, author and owner of Career Solvers, will be the featured speaker at a Tutor.com Career Webinar Series hosted by the Main Stressnixer Art Library on Thursdays, May 5, 12, and 19 at 3:00 p.m. May 5: Your Toughest Questions Answered – Are you concerned about your Workshop ability to land job interviews due to employment gaps or excessive job changes? Do you Zachary native Darlene Eason expect to have a hard time explaining to a prospective employer that you were fired from will present an art workshop at your last job? Learn how to field these and other tough career questions. the Zachary Branch which teaches May 12: Write a Resume that Gets a Job – Participants will learn how to write participants how to relax by a resume that hiring managers will notice. creating designs using simple lines May 19: Learn How to Interview Like a Pro – A great interview is the and repeated patterns on Saturday, last step in securing the job you want. May 7, from 10:00 a.m. to noon. For more information, call (225) 231-3740. Her “Stressnixer” art form is a self-taught art developed over a 20-year period. Her art is currently The Baton Rouge Jazz Ensemble being displayed at the Zachary The Baton Rouge Jazz Ensemble will present a concert for your listening Branch. pleasure at the Jones Creek Regional Branch on Sunday, May 1, at 3:00 p.m. No previous art skills required The Baton Rouge Jazz Ensemble is a 19-piece Big Band made up of professional – just use your imagination! and amateur musicians from all walks of life. They bring with them the Big Band For more information or to sound of Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Count Basie and more. register, call (225) 658-1840. For more information, call (225) 756-1150.

4 The Source, May 2011 East Baton Rouge Parish Library Ancestry Library Edition Updated Ancestry Library Edition (ALE), a free Library database, is a major tool Blues Week for genealogists! This vital In conjunction with the Baton library tool is about to Rouge Blues Foundation’s Blues get better! ProQuest has Week, the East Baton Rouge Parish announced changes that Library is sponsoring a lecture series will make Ancestry even at the Carver Branch from noon to easier to use. 1:00 p.m. on May 3, 4, and 5. The three keys to a Maxine Crump, a charter successful genealogy search member of the Baton Rouge Blues have always been knowing Foundation, will talk about the “who, when, and where” history of blues music in Louisiana about your ancestors. With and the state of blues music in the new changes, finding Baton Rouge today on May 3. where your ancestors were On May 4, Ed Markham, may be easier with the addition of location filters that allows searches in adjacent noted blues historian, will discuss counties. Name searches should get easier with improved Soundex filters. We the1964 classic blues film And This can also look forward to enhanced country and state pages. is Free: The Life and Times of Chicago’s The new ALE is supported on Internet Explorer 7 browsers and Firefox3.x. Legendary Maxwell Street. This The new edition was rolled out by ProQuest on April 13. Look for classes to film looks at the blues musicians highlight what’s new coming later this spring. who were performing during this For more information, call our Genealogy Room at (225) 763-2283. historic era in blues history. On May 5, Everett Parker, Instructor of Black Vocal Music and National Children’s Book Week Director of Gospel Choirs at LSU, Children's Book Week is May 2-8! Children all over Baton Rouge can celebrate will present The Gospel In Blues. by reading a book! For more information, visit www.bookweekonline.com. This interactive talk will explore the relationship of gospel texts and blues tunes within the themes of African-American cultural history. The progression of these “Gospel Blues” will be explored from approximate inception to current day, inclusive of the cultural ramifications that were concurrent with its development. The talk will also feature a live demonstration of this music complete with audience participation. For more information, call (225) 389-4960.

Can't get enough blues? Visit the Blues Infoguide at ebrpl.libguides.com/BRBlues! In addition to CDs to check out, the Library offers more blues via Freegal music downloads, in Overdrive, Councilmember C. Denise Marcelle and children from Capitol Elementary smile in and in Music Online. front of the Library’s Bookmobile. Keep your eyes open for the Bookmobile as it makes stops all over the parish!

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2011, The Source 5 Library Legislative Day Join Library friends and advocates at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge on Thursday, May 5, as they discuss with legislators and other officials the importance and value of the many services public, school, academic, and special libraries offer. For information on the schedule, topics discussed, and ways you can get involved, visit llaonline.org/fp/legislative.php. Facts About Louisiana Public Libraries Unstoppable • The average Louisianan pays $39.51 for public library service each year while Comeback – $50 is the average cost of a ticket to an LSU football game. • Louisianans made 15,591,805 visits to public libraries in 2009 while Tackling the approximately 3,839,000 people attended university and professional athletic Unexpected events in the state. Did you lose your job? Did the • Louisiana public libraries circulated 18 million items in 2010. economy throw you off track? Did life throw some obstacles in your • Public libraries are the number one point of online access for people without way? Internet connections at home, school, or work. 43 percent of Louisiana Come to this seminar presented households have no internet access. by Certified Professional Speaker • Louisiana has 339 public libraries state wide that serve all citizens. Halaine Guidry deWerff, MBA. Find your unstoppable power when (Public library statistics are collected annually by the State Library of Louisiana.) the unexpected happens. Halaine's real-world techniques will inspire you to overcome limitations, view mistakes as an opportunity to learn, and move forward to greater Construction Update success at work and at home. An unstoppable comeback Bids are due on Tuesday, May 3 to select the requires intentional communication general contractor to construct the Fairwood Branch Library, which will be to prevent and resolve conflict that located on Old Hammond Highway near Millerville Road. comes with a setback. Audiences The City Parish Department of Public Works (DPW) released the RFQ join forces to break through barriers to select the architect who will design the replacement River Center Branch using the powerful techniques Library. Proposals will be evaluated on a competitive basis. The top three learned here. Check Halaine architects will be selected based on their professional qualifications; they out at www.Halaine.com and will present their proposals to the Design and Planning Selection Board on www.powerupgirl.com. Thursday, May 19. This Selection Board is comprised of industry experts; as The seminar is presented by the "user" of the building, the Library has one seat on this board. the Career Center and will take DPW has begun the Construction Bid Process to select the General place on Wednesday, May 11, from Contractor who will construct the new Main Library at Goodwood Boulevard, 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at the in accordance with Public Bid Law. Bids should be announced in May. Bluebonnet Regional Branch. Construction Documents are being reviewed for the new Rouzan Branch For more information or to Library, which will be located off Perkins Road. register, call (225) 381-8434 or e-mail For more information, call (225) 231-3710 or visit the library's website, [email protected]. www.ebrpl.com. Maintenance Update: Meeting room partitions will be bid for both Jones Creek and Bluebonnet Regional Branch Libraries. DPW and the Library Facilities Manager have held a pre-construction meeting with contractors for Thank You the lighting retrofit project at Bluebonnet Regional Branch Library. The Library would like to thank all of the volunteers who helped with the AARP Tax Assistance program, The Library will be closed on assisting patrons during this busy tax season! Monday, May 30, in observance of Memorial Day.

6 The Source, May 2011 East Baton Rouge Parish Library Computer Classes @ the Library

The following computer classes will be held throughout the month of May. Registration for some classes is required.* For more information or to register, call the individual library branch.

Baker Branch Carver Branch Intro to Publisher * Thursday, May 17, 4:00 p.m. Online Social Networking * Intro to the Internet Learn to use Publisher to create a basic Thursday, May 5, 10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 12, 9:30-11:30 a.m. flyer, program, calendar, etc. Learn how to use Facebook and connect Learn about the Library’s Web catalog. Intro to Excel * with friends and family. Computers without Fear Saturday, May 21, noon Intro to Microsoft Word 2007 * Tuesday, May 17, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Learn how to create a simple Excel Saturday, May 7, 10:00 a.m. Learn the basic parts of a computer. workbook. Learn the basics of Microsoft Word Setting up an E-mail Account 2007. Tuesday, May 24, 3:00-5:00 p.m. Greenwell Springs Road Intro to Computers * Learn how to set up an e-mail account. Regional Branch Thursday, May 12, 10:00 a.m. Intro to Computers Learn computer basics without the Delmont Gardens Branch Saturday, May 14, 10:00 a.m. to noon worry of breaking anything! Computers without Fear * Learn the basics of computers. Intermediate Microsoft Excel 2007 * Tuesday, May 1, 10:00 a.m. to noon Intro to the Internet Thursday, May 19, 10:00 a.m. Learn basic computer knowledge and Saturday, May 21, 10:00 a.m. to noon Learn how to use Excel’s more advanced skills. Learn how to use Internet Explorer to math functions, as well as how to create Intro to Microsoft Word * navigate the Internet. charts and graphs. Tuesday, May 12, 10:00 a.m. to noon Intermediate Word 2007 * Learn the fundamentals of creating a Jones Creek Regional Branch Thursday, May 26, 10:00 a.m. document. Intro to the Online Catalog * Learn to divide text into columns, create Introduction to E-mailing * Thursday, May 5, 10:00 a.m. to noon and modify a table, sort items in a table Tuesday, May 17, 10:00 a.m. to noon Learn to use the computer version of the and insert headers and footers into a Learn how to sign up for your own card catalog. document. e-mail account. Intro to the Internet * Bluebonnet Regional Branch Internet Surfing * Tuesday, May 10 and 14, 10:00 a.m. to Thursday, May 19, 10:00 a.m. to noon noon Computers without Fear Learn how to browse the Internet. An introduction to the World Wide Thursday, May 5, 10:00 a.m. to noon Web. Learn computer basics without the Intermediate Microsoft Word * worry of breaking anything! Wednesday, May 25, 10:00 a.m. to noon Intro to Word * Receive advanced instruction on Tuesday, May 24 and 28, 10:00 a.m. to Intro to Microsoft Excel 2007 making flyers, programs and brochures. noon Saturday, May 14, 10:00 a.m. to noon Learn how to create a document. Learn how to create a basic spreadsheet. Eden Park Branch Intro to the Internet Computers without Fear * River Center Branch Thursday, May 19, 10:00 a.m. to noon Tuesday, May 3, 4:30 p.m. Introduction to Computers Learn the basics of surfing the Web! Learn how to use a computer for various Wednesday, May 4, 1:00 p.m. Intro to Microsoft Publisher 2007 tasks. Receive a basic introduction to Thursday, May 26, 10:00 a.m. to noon Intro to Facebook * computers. Learn how to make a flyer, pamphlet, Thursday, May 12, 4:00 p.m. Introduction to Word newsletter and many other documents. Learn more about Facebook and how to Wednesday, May 11 and 18, 1:00 p.m. use it. Learn the basics of Microsoft Word. Scotlandville Branch Introduction to Word * Visit a library branch near you for free Wednesday, May 25, 10:30 a.m. wireless Internet! Learn the basics of Word.

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2011, The Source 7 Baker Branch “Baker Morning Book Club” Monday, May 9, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote “Baker Evening Book Club” First Tuesday of the month, Make Posters for 6:30 p.m. Our Teen Section! “Saturday Book Club” Teens will create posters related to First Saturday of the month, the Summer Reading theme, You Are 1:00 p.m. Here, at the Baker Branch on Tuesday, May 10, from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Bluebonnet Regional Branch The posters will hang in the teen Wednesday, May 18, 7:00 p.m. section of the library this summer. We’ll have paints, markers, pencils, and Herzog by Saul Bellow magazines for collaging. Teens, come and express your creativity! Central Branch For more information or to register, call (225) 778-5960. Last Thursday of the month, 11:00 a.m. Cartooning with Byron “TwoSweet” Hall Whiter Than Snow by Sandra Dallas Byron “TwoSweet” Hall will demonstrate the techniques of cartooning, Delmont Gardens Branch caricature, and real-life sketches at the Baker Branch! Learn how to quickly draw Waiting to Exhale popular figures such as a jaguar or tiger mascot, popular cartoon characters, and by Terry McMillan people on Thursday, May 26, at 3:00 p.m. Thursday, May 21, 10:00 a.m. As lagniappe, Byron Hall will also demonstrate and teach the pop and lock dance. Greenwell Springs Road For more information or to register, call (225) 778-5960. Regional Branch “Kitchen Corner Book Club” Mother’s Day Daisies Third Thursday of the month, Show your Mom how creative you can be for her special 10:00 a.m. day! Come to the Bluebonnet Regional Branch to make a bouquet Jones Creek Book Club of daisies out of cupcake holders for Mother’s Day on Saturday, “Books Into Movies” May 7, at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 3, 7:00 p.m. For more information or to register, call (225) 763-2270. Fried Green Tomatoes by Fannie Flagg Teen Knit and Crochet Club “Jones Creek Book Club” Do you have the designer gene? Do you like to knit and crochet? Tuesday, May 17, 7:00 p.m. Are you interested in learning the basics? Come on over to the Bluebonnet Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Regional Branch and meet other teens who are interested in it too! Bring Unwanted Chinese Daughter your current project or start a new one on Saturday, May 14, from 2:00 p.m. to by Adeline Yen Mah 4:00 p.m. If you don’t have the supplies, we will have some you can use while you’re Main Library here. “Mystery Book Club” For more information or to register, call (225) 763-2270. Tuesday, May 10, noon Books by Marcia Muller One Minute to Win a Prize! Pride-Chaneyville Branch The River Center Branch kicks off this year’s teen Summer Reading Program “Like It… Or Not Book Club” with Minute to Win It games! Saturday, May 28, 10:30 a.m. Contestants will have exactly one minute to win some cool and exciting The Crystal Singer games beginning at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 26. by Anne McCaffrey See how fast you can sort candy, unscramble a cereal box puzzle, knock down a pyramid of cans with rubber bands or move a cookie into your mouth without using your hands! Be sure to sign up for Summer Reading! For more information or to register, call (225) 389-4959.

8 The Source, May 2011 East Baton Rouge Parish Library Teens @ 2: Volunteer and Make Your Own Summer Diary Book Buds Are you a fan of Diary of a Wimpy Kid? Would you like Training a diary just like Gregory Heffley, aka the Wimpy Kid? Looking for a few good teens! Come and kick off the summer at the Bluebonnet If you want to volunteer at the Regional Branch on Thursday, May 26, at 2:30 p.m., Zachary Branch this summer, this and we’ll make a summer diary for you to record your is the program for you! travels, memories, books you want to read this summer Come and learn how you can and whatever else you want to remember! help and what you need to do on For more information, call (225) 763-2270. Tuesday, May 31, at 2:00 p.m. Training for Book Buds, a Mad about Madden reading buddy program, will be Teens will show off their mad football skills playing Madden given at this meeting also. 10 on the X-Box at the Greenwell Springs Road Regional Branch. If possible, pick up an No one warms the bench on this team. application for the Youth Services Everyone will get a chance to star and demonstrate awesome Desk and bring it to the training moves on the field on Saturday, May 14, at 2:30 p.m. session, along with your summer For more information or to register, call (225) 274-4470! availability. For more information or to The Game of Quelf register, call (225) 658-1870. If you want to play the silliest game ever created, a game that makes no sense whatsoever but will make you laugh and laugh, come play Quelf at the Greenwell Springs Road Regional Branch! We’ll start this silly game at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 21. For more information or to register, call (225) 274-4470. Twilight Game Day Are you a fan of the Twilight series? If so, you should join us at the Jones Creek Regional Branch to play Twilight: Teen Night: The Game and Twilight: Scene It! Celebrate! Whether you’re Team Edward or Team Jacob, you’re Celebrate the beginning of sure to have fun testing knowledge of the books and summer vacation with water games movies in these trivia-based games on Saturday, May 28, at the Zachary Branch’s first Teen at 2:00 p.m. Refreshments will be provided. Night @ the Library of 2011. For more information or to register, call (225) 756- Save your Thursday nights 1170. from May 26 to June 30 to play games, do crafts, and talk books Game Day while you make new friends and Get out of the heat and come play Rock Band 2 on the X-Box 360 at the Jones visit with old ones from 6:30 p.m. Creek Regional Branch! to 8:00 p.m. Teens can test their musical skills on the popular video game while cooling For more information or to off with refreshments Tuesday, May 31, at 2:00 p.m. register, call (225) 658-1870. For more information or to register, call (225) 756-1170. Teen Summer Anime Afternoon Reading Teens and tweens are invited to enjoy popcorn and lemonade at the Scotlandville Branch while watching a few episodes of a Library Scavenger cool anime series on Thursday, May 26, at 3:30 p.m. Hunt For more information, call (225) 354-7500. Test your library skills in a really fun library scavenger hunt Game Days at the Library! at the Bluebonnet Regional Branch. Teens are invited to the Main Library to play video games with We’ll start the hunt at 2:00 p.m. on friends on Thursday, May 26, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. For more information, call (225) 231-3770. For more information, call (225) 763-2270.

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2011, The Source 9 Summer Reading Kick-Off Tweens and teens are invited to join us as at the Central Branch as we kick off our Summer Reading Program! We will play games and sign up for summer reading at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, May 27. Bring friends to increase the competition! For more information or to register, call (225) 262-2660. Mario Kart @ the Library Tweens and teens are invited to join us for gaming at the Central Branch! We will have an hour of fun playing Mario Kart at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May Check Out Our 31! Bring friends to increase the competition! For more information, call (225) Online Databases 262-2660. Finish out the school year on a high note with help from the You Are Here! Statewide and East Baton Rouge Tweens and teens will search the Parish Library databases available Carver Branch for clues, locating answers to through the Library’s website! geography and library resource questions on Just visit www.ebrpl.com and Wednesday, May 25, at 2:30 p.m. click on the “Online Databases” Teens can also register for the summer link. From outside the Library, you reading program. just need your Library Card number For more information, call (225) 389- to log in. Check it out! 7450.

Homework Help: Stress Ball • Tutor.com: Live homework help Make-and-Take Sunday through Thursday from Hey teens, it’s almost time for final 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. exams. Feeling a little stressed? • Learning Express Drop by the Zachary Branch and make your own stress ball! We’ll also play music and provide munchies beginning at General Resources for Students: 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3. • Student Research Center For more information, call (225) 658-1870. • Searchasaurus • Kids Search Make a Duct Tape Beach Bag! • Credo Reference Are you ready for the beach this summer? How about bringing along a nice • World Book Online Encyclopedia duct tape beach bag? It will surely be the most unique accessory around! Teens are invited to the River Center Branch to make a durable and waterproof Literature: beach bag from duct tape on Saturday, May 21, at 2:00 p.m. • Gale Literature for Students For more information or to register, call (225) 389-4959. • Literary Reference Center • Gale Group Databases

Special Resources: Book Databases • Mango Languages Want to find new titles to read on the beach this summer? Use the NoveList database through • Access Science our website to find book information, searchable • Career Cruising by genre, author, title, keyword, etc.! • Careers Internet Fiction Connection is a similar database, Don't forget our recommended where you can search books by titles such as sites for students, featured on the settings, timeframe, types of characters, and Children's and Teen webpages and topics addressed in the books. in the Research Guides section of Find these fun databases and more by visiting www.ebrpl.com, clicking “Online our website. Databases”, and having your Library Card number ready! For more information, call (225) 231-3750.

10 The Source, May 2011 East Baton Rouge Parish Library Harvey Rabbit and Friends Join Harvey Rabbit, Cecil the Orangutan, Miss Laura and Mr. Tim as they bring fun and mayhem to the Library with live-action puppetry, Music Together music, and more! Demonstration It just wouldn’t be summer without a visit from this gang! Join local teacher and For children ages 2-11. For more professional violinist Sonia Feres- information or to register, contact the Lloyd for a music and movement individual library branch. class at the Bluebonnet Regional This program is supported in part Branch! by a Decentralized Arts Funding Grant Two separate sessions will be from the Arts Council of Greater Baton held on Wednesday, May 18, first Rouge in cooperation with the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of from 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, then from 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. For more information or to and Louisiana State Arts Council. OF GREATER BATON ROUGE register, call (225) 763-2260. Location Date and Time Pride-Chaneyville Branch Wednesday, May 25, 10 a.m. Zachary Branch Wednesday, May 25, 2:30 p.m. River Center Branch Thursday, May 26, 10:00 a.m. Jones Creek Regional Branch Thursday, May 26, 2:30 p.m. Baker Branch Friday, May 27, 10:00 a.m. Music Together Scotlandville Branch Monday, June 6, 10:00 a.m. Local music teacher Sonia Greenwell Springs Road Regional Branch Monday, June 6, 2:30 p.m. Feres-Lloyd will give a class on Delmont Gardens Branch Wednesday, June 8, 10:00 a.m. music, singing, and movement for Central Branch Wednesday, June 8, 2:30 p.m. children at the Jones Creek Regional Branch on Saturday, May 28, at 4:00 Eden Park Branch Monday, June 20, 10:00 a.m. p.m. Bluebonnet Regional Branch Monday, June 20, 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (225) Carver Branch Friday, June 24, 10:00 a.m. 756-1160. Main Library Thursday, July 7, 2:30 p.m.

Mother’s Day Story & Craft Children ages 3-6 will listen to the story, Mother’s Day by Anne F. Rockwell, and then they will make a pretty handprint bouquet card to give to their mothers and grandmothers at the Baker Branch on Wednesday, May 4, at 4:30 p.m. There’s Music For more information, call (225) 778-5960. in the Air Come experience the joy of The Stinky Cheese Man family music at the Main Library! Dr. Chuck Boeneke of the LSU Dairy Science Infants, toddlers, and pre-schoolers Department will present a program on how cheese is will share songs, instrument play, made and then read the story, The Stinky Cheese Man by rhythm chants and movement Jon Scieszka, at the Pride-Chaneyville Branch on Tuesday, activities on Saturday, May 21, at May 31, at 2:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. For more information, call (225) 658-1560. Children will participate in a Want another chance to hear about cheese-making? Dr. relaxed, playful setting at their own Boeneke will present to children again at the Bluebonnet levels. Branch on Friday, June 3, at 3:00 p.m. For more information For more information or to or to register, call (225) 763-2260. register, call (225) 231-3760.

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2011, The Source 11 Mother’s Day Flowers Staff of the Jones Creek Regional Summer Chess at the Library Branch will read Me and my Mom The Main Library will host chess classes for by Alison Ritchie, and children beginners ages 9 to 13 this summer! ages 3-8 will create a free-standing Volunteers from the Baton Rouge Chess Club row of pre-cut construction paper will teach basic moves and strategies to participants. flowers for Mom on Saturday, May The first class will take place on Saturday, May 28, at 7, at 2:30 p.m. 10:00 a.m. A novice chess tournament on August 6 will For more information or to end the summer sessions. register, call (225) 756-1160. For more information or to register, call (225) Make a Magic 231-3760. Carpet! Little Tykes Craft Time Children ages 2-6 will create a Children ages 2-5 are invited to join us after storytime at the Zachary Branch magic carpet and listen to the poem, to make a playful koala bear! We’ll make these cute crafts on Wednesday, May Magic Carpet by Shel Silverstein, at 25, at 10:30 a.m. the Pride-Chaneyville Branch on For more information, call (225) 658-1860. Wednesday, May 4, at 11:00 a.m. For more information or to Hawaiian Water Party register, call (225) 658-1560. Ready to get wet? Children ages 5-11 can join us at the Zachary Branch for a Hawaiian-style water party! We’ll have a water balloon toss, sponge relay, a water version of Duck, Duck, Goose, and more on Thursday, May 26, at 11:00 a.m. Wear a bathing suit or clothes you can get wet, and bring a sack lunch to enjoy after the festivities Create Origami while we listen to some cool music downloaded from our Animals library database, Overdrive! Cookies and lemonade will be provided. Children will listen to the story For more information or to register, call (225) 658-1860. Little Oh by Laura Krauss Melmed at the Pride-Chaneyville Branch, Fancy Nancy Tea Party and then they will create origami Put on your fancy clothes and come to the Zachary Branch for a Fancy Nancy- animals on Friday, May 27, at 10:30 style tea party! a.m. Children ages 4 and up will read some Fancy Nancy books, learn some fancy For more information or to words, make a fancy bracelet, and enjoy some fancy refreshments on Tuesday, register, call (225) 658-1560. May 31, at 10:00 a.m. For more information or to register, call (225) 658-1860. Mother’s Day Storytime and Craft Mother’s Day Teapot Magnet Come make a beautiful teapot magnet for your mother at the Eden Park Come and celebrate Mother’s Branch! We will take your picture and put it on your teapot, along with a short Day at the River Center Branch Mother’s Day poem, on Thursday, May 5, at 2:30 p.m. with a special storytime and craft! For more information, call We will read Mother’s Day (225) 231-3260. written by Anne Rockwell, and children will make a paper flower pot picture with painted handprints to share with Mom on Saturday, May 7, at 10:00 a.m. For more information, call (225) 389-4959.

12 The Source, May 2011 East Baton Rouge Parish Library Summer Reading Kickoff! Children of all ages are invited to come and sign up for the Summer Reading Program at the Eden Park Branch beginning at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 25. Come have your picture taken with the first book you plan to read! For more information, call (225) 231-3260. Boomerang Make and Take Craft Can you throw a boomerang and return it? Australian Aborigines Special Guest originally used boomerangs or Will Hillenbrand, beloved author and “returning sticks” for hunting. illustrator of books such as Sleep Big Bear Sleep, Children ages 5-8 are invited to Down By the Station, and Fiddle I Fee, will be at the the River Center Branch to make a Main Library at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, June 24! light-weight cardboard boomerang Hillenbrand has won numerous awards, and decorate it in a traditional such as the ALA Notable Book Award, Publishers Aboriginal style on Saturday, May Weekly Starred Review, and IRA Children’s 28, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Choice Award. For more information, call (225) 389-4959. Australian Storytime and Craft The River Center Branch kicks Save the Date! off this year’s Summer Reading Jack Gantos, author of Program with a special Australian Rotten Ralph, the Jack Henry storytime and craft! We will read stories, Joey Pigza, and recently Wombat Stew by Marcia Vaughan the author of the teen novels and other Australian favorites, The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs, and then children will put together Hole in My Life and Desire and color a cute koala made from Lines, is the featured guest for cardstock paper on Wednesday, Author-Illustrator 2011, to be May 25, at 10:00 a.m. held September 29-30. More For more information or to information to come! register, call (225) 389-4959. Aboriginal Dot Painting Paper-Roll Puppets around the World Australian Aboriginal dot painting uses dots to depict creation Join us as we celebrate our Summer Reading Program theme, One World, or “dreamtime” stories. We will Many Stories. read Ready to Dream by Donna Children ages 5-11 are invited to create colorful paper roll puppets representing Napoli, and then use tempura paint world cultures at the Eden Park Branch on Friday, May 27, at 3:00 p.m. and Q-tips to paint some Australian Books from many countries will be on display and to close, a short story will animals at the River Center Branch be read. on Friday, May 27, at 10:00 a.m. For more information, call (225) 231-3260. For more information or to register, call (225) 389-4959.

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2011, The Source 13 Get a Sneak Preview of Just a Few of the Fiesta Time! Programs Kick off our Summer Reading Program with a fiesta at the Coming to the Bluebonnet Regional Branch! We’ll dance the Mexican Hat Library Dance, play hot potato, pin the tail on the donkey, and make paper this Summer! banners to hang in the window on Thursday, May 26, at 2:30 p.m. Participants are encouraged to wear serapes, sombreros or colorful Angela the Yarnspinner skirts and blouses. For more information, call (225) Join performer and educator, Angela Davis as she uses the art of storytelling 763-2260. to bring to life "Critter Tales" at branches throughout the month of June! For ages 4 to 11. More information about dates, times and locations will be in The Source in Scavenger Hunt June, and on the online calendar at www.ebrpl.com. For more information, call (225) 231-3760. ** Kick off the summer with a fun scavenger hunt at the Baker Branch! Come any time between 2:00 p.m. Javier Juarez and 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 25, and complete a list of tasks Javier Juarez, a former principal dancer with the Ballet related to the theme, One World, Folklorico de Mexico, guides audiences on an exciting tour of Many Stories. Hispanic culture and dance. Vibrant rhythms fill the room as the You’ll enjoy wandering around dancers take us around the world to Mexico, Argentina and Spain as the library stacks and finding cool they learn about culture and dance in these fascinating countries! books. Make sure you sign up for This wonderful world of dance will be brought to branches in the our Summer Reading Program month of June. Stay tuned for dates, times, and locations! while you’re here! There are many For more information, call (225) 231-3760 or visit the online fun reading days ahead! calendar at www.ebrpl.com. ** For more information, call (225) 778-5960. Eric Herman – Cool Tunes for Kids! Eric is an award-winning performer with an incredible sense of humor and an instant rapport with kids! His music has been heard nationally on PBS Kids, and he will perform at Library branches in the month of July! Koala up a Bursting with comedy and fun, Eric’s concerts include plenty of audience participation! Eucalyptus For more information, call (225) 231-3760 or visit the online calendar at Tree! www.ebrpl.com. ** Children ages 9-11 will make a koala craft and read Koala Lou by ** This program is supported in part by a Decentralized Arts Funding Grant from Mem Fox on Tuesday, May 31, at the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge in cooperation with the Louisiana Division 10:30 a.m. of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, For more information or to Recreation and Tourism, and Louisiana State Arts Council. OF GREATER BATON ROUGE register, call (225) 231-3260.

14 The Source, May 2011 East Baton Rouge Parish Library Storytime Summer Reading Program Kickoff at the library Children of all ages are invited to come out and sign up for the Summer Reading Program and play Storytime gives children an excellent introduction to books and the Disney’s Dance Dance Revolution at library, increases their attention spans, and develops their social skills by the Scotlandville Branch! Have your involving them in stories, poetry, and songs. The Children’s Services staff picture taken with the first book you’re hopes Storytime will be an enjoyable experience for each child, leading to going to read on Wednesday, May 25, a lifelong love of books and reading. You are always welcome to attend beginning at 3:00 p.m. Storytime with your child. We offer four different Storytime formats. Since For more information, call (225) children develop at different rates, you may talk with one of our library 354-7560. staff members to place your child in a younger or older group. For more information, call your local library. Organized groups must Think Pink! reserve a date and time other than those listed below. The Bluebonnet Branch’s very own page, Danielle Adams, will read the Lapsit – for babies through crawling popular book Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann and sing her favorite song from Main Library Tuesday, May 25 10:30 a.m. the Playmaker’s recent production to children 3 and up! Toddler Time – for walking children through two years old There will be cookies and lemonade – pink, of course. Then Baker Tuesday, May 31 10:30 a.m. children will decorate a pink frame Central Wednesday, May 25 10:30 a.m. for a very special picture for Mother’s Day. Participants are encouraged Jones Creek Tuesday, May 31 10:30 a.m. to wear pink to this fun program on Main Library Tuesday, May 25 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 7, at 2:30 p.m. For more information or to Zachary Wednesday, May 25 10:00 a.m. register, call (225) 763-2260. Preschool Storytime – for children three to five years old Paper Bag Lion Central Wednesday, May 25 11:00 a.m. Children ages 4 and up will hear Delmont Gardens Thursday, May 26 11:00 a.m. the African tale of a magical tree titled Uwungelema at the Bluebonnet Jones Creek Tuesday, May 31 10:30 a.m. Regional Branch! Then they’ll make Main Library Tuesday, May 25 10:30 a.m. a paper bag lion puppet on Tuesday, May 31, at 2:30 p.m. River Center Tuesday, May 31 10:00 a.m. For more information or to Zachary Wednesday, May 25 10:00 a.m. register, call (225) 763-2260. SourceThe Combined Age Storytime EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH LIBRARY Greenwell Springs Tuesday, May 31 10:00 a.m.

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East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2011, The Source 15 East Baton Rouge Parish Library David Farrar, Library Director OnVi e w at the Library Main Library 7711 Goodwood Boulevard (225) 231-3740 Irma Alexander will display her Monday – Thursday, 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Bluebonnet Regional Branch Friday and Saturday, 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. paintings of “Life Interpretations.” A Window on Bluebonnet Swamp Sunday, 2:00 – 10:00 p.m. Bead and Fiber Jewelry Bluebonnet Swamp photography by Branch Libraries John Hartgerink will be on display. Jane Olson-Phillips, a local jewelry artist, will display her work. Baker Branch Library Calligraphy 3501 Groom Road (225) 778-5940 The Louisiana Calligraphers’ Guild Monday – Thursday, 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Jones Creek Regional Branch Friday and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. will exhibit a sampling of their crafts. Dolls around the World Sunday, 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. Bluebonnet Regional Branch Library Delmont Gardens Branch The Bayou Bebes of Baton Rouge 9200 Bluebonnet Boulevard (225) 763-2240 Handmade Dolls present dolls from around the world. Monday – Thursday, 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. Yo-Yo Exhibit Friday and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Lifelike, handmade dolls based on Sunday, 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. Local yo-yo enthusiast, Jim Johnson, images by Carolyn Wells will be on Carver Branch Library display. shares his yo-yo collection and 720 Terrace Street (225) 389-7440 memorabilia. Monday – Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Greenwell Springs Road Sunday, 2:00 – 6:00 p.m Regional Branch Central Branch Library British Royal Family Egg Cups 11260 Joor Road (225) 262-2640 Nels Anderson, a longtime egg cup LIBRARY Monday – Thursday, 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. collector, will display a Family Tree GIFT BOOK SALE Sunday, 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. of British Royal Family egg cups in Recycled Reads, Delmont Gardens Branch Library celebration of the Royal Wedding of 13505 Hooper Road 3351 Lorraine Street (225) 354-7040 Prince William and Princess Kate. Saturday, May 28 Monday – Thursday, 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Life Interpretations 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Sunday, 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. Eden Park Branch Library 5131 Greenwell Springs Road (225) 231-3240 Monday – Thursday, 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Sunday, 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. Greenwell Springs Road Prsrt Std Regional Branch Library U.S. Postage 11300 Greenwell Springs Road (225) 274-4440 PAID Monday – Thursday, 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. BR Print Friday and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. 7711 Goodwood Boulevard • Baton Rouge, LA 70806 Sunday, 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. A Department of City-Parish Government Jones Creek Regional Branch Library 6222 Jones Creek Road (225) 756-1140 Monday – Thursday, 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Sunday, 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. Pride-Chaneyville Branch Library 13600 Pride–Port Hudson Road (225) 658-1540 Monday – Thursday, 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Sunday, 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. River Center Branch Library 120 St. Louis Street (225) 389-4967 Monday – Thursday, 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Sunday, 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. Scotlandville Branch Library 7373 Scenic Highway (225) 354-7540 Monday – Thursday, 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Sunday, 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. Zachary Branch Library 1900 Church Street (225) 658-1840 Monday – Thursday, 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Sunday, 2:00 – 6:00 p.m Library Information Service (225) 231-3750 www.ebrpl.com Text a librarian at 66746 Start message with “eref”