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ords of War is a series of Wdiscussions, presentations, screenings, and performances designed to mark the 100th and 75th 8 13 16 anniversaries of World War I and World War II respectively. The series President Roosevelt addressing Congress on December 8, 1941. will run for four years and is the result Adult Programs Youth Programs of a partnership between the Library scholar and discussion leader will be Dr. internment, conscientious objectors, District and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Matt Schultz, who directs the Writing and the allied bombing of . You 3 Words of War 10 Nutrition & Nature 14 Teen Connection Presidential Library and Museum. Center at Vassar College. Dr. Schultz will also see the Save The Date notice 6 History 12 Computer Classes/Job Help 16 Familes & Children On December 3, 2016, the Library teaches a freshman writing class titled concerning Erik Larson’s visit in April. District hosted historian Marc Wortman, The Great War and Literary Modernism Larson will discuss two of his bestselling 8 The Arts 15 La Plaza del Aprendizaje 17 Early Learning who recounted the events 75 years ago and is also involved in Vassar’s Warrior books; Dead Wake concerns the sinking 9 Writing, Reading, Poetry 20 Friends 18 Children & Tweens that led up to the Japanese attack on Scholar Project. of the Lusitania which propelled Pearl Harbor and U.S. entry into World hile those who witnessed the America’s entry into World War I, and War II. In the spring of 2017, we will Wfirst World War are no longer In the Garden of Beasts chronicles the rise Registration mark the 100th anniversary of U.S. with us, the Library District is fortunate of the Nazis and U.S. entry into World entry into World War I with a major to have an extensive collection of War II. Most adult programs do not require registration. When specified, exhibit and series of programs that World War I materials, thanks to the rom FDR’s to Winston please register at poklib.org>Events>Calendar or (845) 485-3445 x 3702. explore the experience and reflections actions of a former director of Adriance FChurchill’s promise that “we shall General Information of the veterans of war, including more Memorial Library. Before taking up fight on the beaches… we shall fight recent conflicts. Similar programs his position here in Poughkeepsie, in the hills; we shall never surrender,” Adriance Memorial Library Boardman Rd Branch Library Friends' Book Store Location Key and activities will mark significant John C. Sickley served as the library words played a vital role in the world 93 Market Street 141 Boardman Road 141 Boardman Road ADR - Adriance anniversaries as we follow the course of director at Camp Wadsworth in South wars. They helped to build morale at Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 At rear of Boardman Library BRD - Boardman Road the two wars over the next few years. Carolina during World War I. When home and they reinforced the will of (845) 485-3445 (845) 485-3445 (845) 485-3445 x 2423 AUD - Auditorium The title “Words of War” reflects he later became the library director at those on the front line. Words were Mon-Thurs: 9 am-9 pm Mon-Thurs: 9 am-9 pm Tues, Thur, Sat: 10 am-4 pm Upcoming Closures this emphasis on those who wrote, Adriance, he brought with him assorted also used to deceive and to undermine Fri & Sat: 9 am-5 pm Fri & Sat: 9 am-5 pm On the Web Jan 1 - New Year's Day and write, about war, including those pamphlets and government-produced the enemy. When the wars were over, Sun: 2-5 pm Sun: Closed poklib.org Jan 16 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day directly involved in combat. The exhibit war paraphernalia. He then continued many of those who fought took the Feb 20 - Presidents' Day Free parking and easy access off The Auditorium scheduled for next spring is intended to collect and archive World War I time to write down their thoughts and Noxon Street. Email 105 Market Street, Poughkeepsie Donating Funds/Books GPS locator: 22 Noxon Street. administration@ poklib.org to bring veterans and their families materials, with the result that we have reflections, and their writings had a See poklib.org > Giving together with the general public to nine boxes of documents concerning the profound influence on American and Facebook Editorial Staff explore the continuing relevance of war efforts locally and abroad. Many of European literature. Words of War will Vision Poughkeepsie Public Library Editor: Gareth Davies World War I by reading, discussing these will be placed on display in 2017. offer an opportunity to remember and The Poughkeepsie Public Library District will have vibrant District Assistant Editor: Jewel Ratzlaff and sharing insights into the writings World War II and its aftermath are to discuss the experiences and major libraries where people want to be. It will meet the needs of a Library Director Designer: Julie Hering diverse and growing constituency by providing services and Tom Lawrence of Americans who experienced it still alive in the memory of many local issues of the World Wars, and to relate firsthand. The Library District is residents. In this issue of The Rotunda, that history to the issues of the present partnering with other community organizations. The Board of Trustees and the staff will work together to serve the public working with the Division of Veterans you will find programs that cover major day and to the experience of modern 2 and to respond to the changing nature of library services. Services for Dutchess County; our stories of the war including Japanese day veterans. 3 Words of War ADR: Adriance BRD: Boardman Road For more information or to register, visit poklib.org > Events

Memphis Belle The Conscientious Objector Saturday, Jan 14, 1:30 pm, BRD Saturday, Feb 11, 1:30 pm, BRD This film takes us back to 1943, as the crew The Conscientious Objector is an award- 75 Years Ago of a B-17 based in UK prepares for its 25th winning documentary which tells the and last bombing mission over Germany incredible true story of Desmond T. Doss, • December 7, 1941: Japan attacks the U.S. Pacific before returning home to the USA. a World War II hero who never once fleet at Pearl Harbor. (1990; 1 hr, 47 min) touched a firearm. An inspiring and life- • December 8, 1941: The United States affirming account of a peaceful man whose declares war on Japan. Japanese troops land in religious beliefs spurred him to renounce the Philippines, French Indochina, and British all weapons. Doss saved countless lives as a medic on the front . lines and, eventually, he received the Congressional Medal • January 1942: The first American forces arrive in of Honor. Doss was the subject of the recent movie Hacksaw Europe, landing in Northern Ireland. Ridge. (2004; 1 hr, 41 min) One Family’s Experience of Japanese Internment • January 1942: In a public speech in Berlin, Hitler Sunday, Feb 26, 2 pm, FDR Presidential Library threatens the Jews of the world with annihilation & Museum, Hyde Park • January 1 to March 1 1942: Off the east coast of Otsuka’s novel, When the Emperor Was Divine (Knopf, 2002), is the United States, 216 vessels fall prey to German about the internment of a Japanese-American family during U-boats. World War II as a result of FDR’s 9066. The • : President Roosevelt signs Executive book is based on Otsuka’s own family history: her grandfather Order 9066 regarding Japanese internment. was arrested by the FBI as a suspected spy for Japan the day • February 1942: President Roosevelt orders after Pearl Harbor was bombed, and her mother, uncle, and General MacArthur to evacuate the Philippines. grandmother spent three years in an internment camp in The Story of the American Pilots who • March 1942: The British Royal Air Force bombs Topaz, Utah. Struck at the Heart of Nazi Germany cities in and Germany. Saturday, Jan 28, 1:30 pm, BRD Author Profile: Julie Otsuka • April 1942: American forces on the Bataan When Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks decide to turn a Peninsula surrender to the Japanese. The book into an HBO miniseries, you know it has to be one Julie Otsuka was born and raised in California. After studying Philippines, Indochina, and Singapore are under heck of a story. In Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who art at Yale University she pursued a career as a painter for Japanese occupation. Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany, acclaimed historian several years before turning to fiction writing at age 30. She Donald Miller takes the reader on a harrowing ride through 100 Years Ago received her MFA from Columbia. the fire-filled skies over Berlin, Hanover, and Dresden, and In 2002, when her first novel, When the Emperor describes the terrible cost of bombing for the German people. • November 1916: Woodrow Wilson wins the Was Divine was published, The New York Times called it “a Dr. Miller will recount the story of the brave young pilots presidential election. resonant and beautifully nuanced achievement,” and USA whose exploits will be portrayed in the miniseries scheduled • January 31, 1917: Germany resumes unlimited Today described it as “A gem of a book and one of the most to be screened on HBO later this year. submarine warfare. U.S. merchant ships are attacked and sunk. (The Lusitania was sunk on May 7, 1915.) vivid history lessons you’ll ever learn.” Her second novel, Author Profile: Donald Miller • February 1917: German foreign minister Zimmerman asks Mexico to join the war on the The Buddha in the Donald L. Miller is the New York Times bestselling author of side of Germany in exchange for the return of Attic (2011), is about nine books and one of the most respected authorities on southwest U.S. to Mexico. Britain intercepts the a group of young World War II. He received his Ph.D. from the University of message. Japanese ‘picture brides’ who sailed to America Maryland and joined the faculty of Lafayette College in 1978. • February 1917: The Senate rejects Wilson’s request He has also taught at Cornell University, CUNY Graduate for greater powers to wage an undeclared naval war. in the early 1900s to become the wives of Center, and Oxford University. The Russian Revolution deposes • March 1917: men they had never Dr. Miller is widely acclaimed for his books Czar Nicholas, causing further instability in Europe. on World War II, most notably for Masters met and knew only by • April 2, 1917: Wilson asks Congress for a Save the Date! of the Air. Prior to the current adaptation of their photographs. A New York Times bestseller, The Buddha in declaration of war. this book for HBO, he worked with Steven the Attic has been translated into 22 languages. Words of War: • April 6, 1917: The United States declares war on Spielberg and Tom Hanks as a historical Otsuka’s fiction has been published in Granta, Harper’s, Erik Larson and The Germany. 100 Years of The Best American Short Stories, The Best American consultant for the HBO series The Pacific. Making of Nazi Germany Miller also served as co-producer, with Hanks, on He Has Short Stories 2012, and has been read aloud on PRI’s “Selected Sunday, April 9, 2:30 pm Seen War, an HBO documentary on World War II troops Shorts” and BBC Radio 4’s “Book at Bedtime.” She lives returning home. Miller’s other World War II books are D-Days in New York City, where she writes every afternoon in her 4 in the Pacific (2004) and The Story of World War II (2001). neighborhood café. 5 History & Culture ADR: Adriance BRD: Boardman Road For more information or to register, visit poklib.org > Events

Black History Month Women's History Month 92 Street Y Series Challenge and Change

Third Thursdays, 7 pm, BRD The Sacred Calling: Women in the Rabbinate January 19: World Politics with Ralph Buultjens: Sunday, Feb 5, 2:30 pm, ADR Israel and Its Neighbors Women have been rabbis For more than 15 years, 92Y audiences have relished the for over forty years. No clarity and thoughtfulness Professor Ralph Buultjens brings to longer are women rabbis discussions of foreign affairs. Drawing on his vast knowledge a unique phenomenon, and understanding of how conflicts in one part of the world rather they are part of affect peace in another, Buultjens offers insight you can’t find the fabric of Jewish life. anywhere else. In The Sacred Calling: Four Decades of Women February 16: A in the Rabbinate, rabbis and scholars from across Conversation with the Jewish world reflect Garry Kasparov back on the historic Garry Kasparov has been significance of women in a vocal critic of Putin the rabbinate and explore Women’s History Month for over a decade, even issues related to both the Concert leading the pro-democracy professional and personal Saturday, Mar 25 opposition to Putin in the lives of women rabbis. 2:30 pm, BRD farcical 2008 presidential This collection examines the ways in which the reality of Come celebrate the election. As Putin has women in the rabbinate has impacted on all aspects of Jewish Centennial of Women’s grown ever more powerful, life, including congregational culture, liturgical development, Raising Hell and Bail: The Danville, Virginia Suffrage in New York State the threat he poses has life cycle ritual, the Jewish healing movement, spirituality, Demonstrations of 1963 with Pat Lamanna, Lydia grown from local to theology, and more. This event will feature a conversation Saturday, Feb 4, 2:30 pm, BRD Adams Davis, and Sharleen regional and finally to with three women rabbis in our community, each from a Guest speaker Quincy Mills is Associate Professor of History Leahey in historical song! global. In this urgent book, different community and a different denomination, led by and Director of Africana Studies at Vassar College. This New York State endorsed Winter is Coming, Kasparov Rabbi Alysa Mendelson, co-editor of this anthology. presentation recounts the efforts of Black property holders in women’s right to vote one espouses that the collapse Danville, Virginia, to post bond for activists who were arrested hundred years ago, on November 6, 1917, the first eastern of the Soviet Union was not an endpoint — only a change of The panel includes: for engaging in civil rights demonstrations in the summer state to do so. This state action was three years before the seasons, as the Cold War melted into a new spring. But now, • Rabbi Alysa Mendelson, Port Jewish Center, Port of 1963. This lecture raises questions about the political and ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution after years of complacency and poor judgment, winter is once Washington, NY, co-editor, The Sacred Calling economic sites of jail and bail in the Black Freedom Struggle. giving women the right to vote in national elections. again upon us. • Rabbi Leah Berkowitz, Vassar Temple, Poughkeepsie, NY, contributor, The Sacred Calling March 16: Garrison Keillor’s Ode to • Rabbi Miriam Hyman, Prayer Leader and Education From Our Local History Archives New York Director of Temple Beth El, Poughkeepsie, NY “Ah, seventy … your work • Rabbi Rena Blumenthal, a freelance rabbi in New “Poughkeepsie… was first settled about the year 1700; and in 1702, one Myndert Van Kleeck built a house of stone is triumphant, you pee like Paltz, NY after the style of those days, with small holes through the walls near the roof for musketry, to defend it from the attacks a Palomino pony, and your of hostile Indians. This was 93 years after Henry Hudson sailed imagination is more vivid up the river in his ship, the Half Moon. The house stood just than ever before,” writes east of where the Congregational church now stands. It was Garrison Keillor. Having The Library District’s series on Jewish culture and used in 1788 by the State Legislature, also in the month of June recently celebrated his history is a result of the generous funding provided the same year by the State Convention to consider the Federal 40th anniversary as creator, writer and host of A Prairie Home by the Norman and Jeannie Greene Fund and Constitution. It was at that time kept as a tavern. The house Companion, Keillor returns to 92Y for a light-hearted evening collaboration with the local Jewish community. was demolished in 1835, being 133 years old.” of reading and reminiscing. Excerpted from: Keech, John J. (1853). A Citizen’s Friend & Stranger’s Guide to the Village of Poughkeepsie, 1853-54. Poughkeepsie, NY: 1853 6 7 The Arts ADR: Adriance BRD: Boardman Road For more information or to register, visit poklib.org > Events

Between the Covers: Book Discussions Mary Wojtecki Rotunda Gallery Writing Groups NEW! Books and Brew Not Your Mama’s Book Group Adriance Memorial Library 3rd Wednesdays, 7:30 pm, Juan Monthly, on select Thursdays Exercise Your Writing! Murphy’s Irish Pub & Mexican 6:30-7:30 pm, BRD January 3-30 First Sundays, Feb 5, Mar 5 Grub, 796 Main Street, Poughkeepsie Contact Tammy Myers (845) 485-3445 2 pm, ADR Nicole Hughes Photos: (Formerly The Dubliner) x3409 with questions. Writer’s block? Lacking motivation Veins of the Dragon Contact Chris Morgan (845)485-3445 January 26: or inspiration? Come exercise Reception: Sat, Jan 7, 3-4:30 pm x3357 with questions. Sweetness #9 your writing with prompts and January 18: by Stephan Erik Clark group sharing. Please bring a The Sympathizer Sweetness #9 may notebook and preferred writing Feb 1-27 by Viet Thanh Nguyen make food taste better, implement. Lincoln Center Local (Pre-recorded) Library Staff Art Show A dark comedy about but does what we eat Write, Write, and Re-Write Reception: Sun, Feb 5, 3-4:30 pm war and political change who we are? Select Tuesdays, 7 pm, BRD Third Saturdays, Jan 21, Feb 18, identity told in Mar 18, 10 am, ADR January 24: Act One the confession of a March 1-30 Bring copies of your work in Few have captured the of the theater better than Communist spy living February 16: When the Emperor progress and receive feedback from Moss Hart, a poor kid from the Bronx who became a lion of Nicole Hughes Paintings: amongst Vietnamese refugees in Los Was Divine by Julie Otsuka your peers. All genres. Broadway. Now James Lapine reinvents Hart's memoir for the Abstract Flow Angeles after the fall of Saigon. Winner Explore five different points of view stage, creating a world as vivid and transformative as the stage Reception: Sat, March 4, 3-4:30 pm of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. on the experience of being a Japanese itself. Starring Tony Shalhoub and Andrea Martin. (Recorded American reassigned to an internment February 15: The Girls by Emma Cline November 13, 2015; 2 hr, 19 min) camp in 1942. See information on Boardman Road Gallery Set in the summer of 1969, teenager page 5 about the author’s visit on Connect with Poetry March 28: Show Boat Evie Boyd gets tangled up in a Jan 2-30 February 26. Based on a bestselling novel by Edna Ferber, Show Boat tells charismatic cult leading to devastating, The Art of Ekphrasis the 40-year story of the lives of performers, stagehands, and Student Art from Arlington PTA Reflections irreversible consequences. March 30: Isaac’s Storm Thursday, Mar 2, 6 pm dock workers who are the denizens of the Cotton Blossom, a by Erik Larson Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Feb 1-28 March 15: Lincoln in the Bardo A chronicle of the 1900 hurricane that Vassar College Mississippi River show boat. This program contains language or by George Saunders destroyed Galveston, Texas, through Peruse the galleries and write about scenes that some may find objectionable. Viewer discretion is advised. Library Staff Art Show The spirits and spectres of Oak Hill letters, telegrams, and the testimony of what you see in a poem, short story, (Recorded November 5, 2014; 2 hr, 20 min) Reception: Thurs, Feb 2, 7 pm cemetery narrate, as a bereft Abraham survivors. See information on page 5 journal entry etc. Bring camera, journal, Lincoln visits his son's crypt amidst the about the author’s visit in April. Movies at Boardman beginnings of the Civil War. March 4-April 17 4th Wednesdays, 7 pm, BRD Claudia Gorman Photos: Books and Brew January 25: Southside with You Fabulous Felines This movie recounts the summer The idea for Books & Brews came from a session on afternoon in 1989 when future Programming for Young Professionals at the Urban President and his Accomplished local artists interested in either gallery Librarians Conference in 2016. Many libraries have future wife Michelle went on their should email [email protected] for exhibit policy. discovered that hosting book clubs in restaurants and first date. (2016; 84 min, PG-13) bars is an effective way to connect with people of varied ages and backgrounds who might not have attended a and pen. Examples will be provided the library program before. “Of course, Poughkeepsie is a perfect place for a program Get Creative night of the workshop. We will share February 22: Café Society like this,” said program coordinator Chris Morgan, “We have terrific restaurants, This new Woody Allen film follows a Bronx native to our work with the group in front of the Make Gift Baskets bars, and breweries!” Once the book group has met, participants will help pick the Hollywood in the 1930s. (2016; 96 min, PG-13) pieces that inspired us. Thursday, Feb 23, 7 pm, ADR titles for future meetings. “I’m looking forward to some great conversation, great March 22: Florence Foster Jenkins Make your own artful gift books, and great food and drink," added Chris. An Evening of Poetry The story of a New York heiress who strives to become an basket. Register. Third Thursdays, 7 pm, ADR opera singer in spite of her terrible singing voice. (2016; Guest poet followed by open mic. Poughkeepsie Prints! 111 min, PG-13) January 19: Cassandra Clarke Third Saturdays, Jan 21, Feb 18, Mar 18, 3-5 pm “Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open Barrett Art Center, 55 Noxon Street, Poughkeepsie up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, February 16: Cathy Schmitz Artists of all ages and experience levels are invited to the and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better.” - Sidney Sheldon March 16: Teresa Costa Barrett Art Center’s Community Printmaking Day every 8 Queen City Saturday. Suggested donation to Barrett: $5 per person. 9 Nutrition & Nature Miscellaneous For more information or to register, visit poklib.org > Events

Saving a Species

The Recovery of Hudson Valley Bald Eagles Saturday, Mar 25, 10 am, BRD In 1997, a nesting pair of Bald Eagles in Greene County produced the first fledgling in the Hudson Valley in 100 years. This past breeding Weekly programs, except on holidays. season, nineteen years later, Hudson Registration not required. Games

Mah Jongg Mondays Mondays, 1-5 pm, BRD Brain Games Fridays 10-11 am, ADR Presented by Dutchess County Office for the Aging. Gardens and Soups Poughkeepsie’s Coffee Roaster orth River Roasters is Poughkeepsie’s first resident coffee roaster and the Cuban Organic Gardens area’s only Community Supported Coffee Roaster. The Library District Saturday, Jan 21, 2:30 pm, ADR (Snow date: Feb 4, 2:30 pm, ADR) N is happy to partner with North River Roasters to offer freshly-roasted coffee Cuba was forced to develop urban organic gardens because they lacked access to bean pick-up at the Boardman Road Branch Library. Orders are handled directly pesticides and fertilizers in the early 1990’s. Come learn about traditional Cuban River watershed Bald Eagles produced through North River Roasters at http://northriverroasters.com/ where you can select farming methods that are blended with new, award-winning urban farming models. more than three dozen new eagles. the quantity of bags and the pick-up location. Presented by Nora Gallardo, M.S. Join Tom Lake, DEC Estuary Naturalist and editor of the Hudson River Almanac, North River Roasters (NRR) is committed to the community, generating Nourishing Winter Soups as we follow the recovery of America’s employment opportunities and living wages for local youth and formerly Wednesday, Feb 8, 6 pm, ADR (Snow date: national bird from the brink of homeless individuals. The company sources coffee beans from farms employing Feb 9, 6 pm, ADR) extirpation, to an endangered species, to sustainable farming methods and offering fair wages to their workers. NRR is also Join Poughkeepsie Farm Project educators for a its present healthy population. Knitting Groups committed to running a business built on sustainable practices locally, including hands-on soup-making workshop! Participants using compostable materials, providing reusable tin cans for coffee distribution, and will make and taste simple nourishing soups and Knitting and Crocheting Club powering operations with wind energy. leave with recipes and tips for making soups at home. Registration required. Wednesdays, 10 am, ADR For patrons who subscribe to NRR for coffee and select Boardman Road Branch Library as their preferred pick-up location, North River Roaster will drop Nutrition in the City: Walking Tour Stitch Your Heart Out off new bags of coffee every Thursday. Subscribers will simply come to the library Thursday, Feb 9, 2 pm, ADR (Snow date: Feb 16, 2 pm, ADR) Thursdays, 2 pm, BRD to pick up their (labeled) bag of coffee. If there is interest from at least ten potential Learn about indoor gardening and the social, economic, and nutritional benefits Fridays, 10 am, BRD subscribers, NRR would consider using Adriance as a drop off location too. of Microgreens. We will meet on the ground floor of ADR and walk up to 316 Pick Up Stitches Main Street for our 2:30 pm class and tour of the Indoor Organic Gardens of Saturdays, 10 am, BRD Building on Success Poughkeepsie. Registration required. Knitting con Amigos The Library District has been pleased with the success of a similar ‘pick-up’ Bluebird Boxes Herbal Remedies for Winter Mondays, 4 pm, ADR partnership with Field Goods. Over the past 6 months, local residents have been Wednesday, Mar 1, 6-7:30, ADR The Library District recently Instructor speaks Spanish and English. able to pick up delicious locally grown fruit and vegetables at Boardman Road and Tips for how to stay healthy through the winter, boost your immune system and built and installed several Adriance through a subscription service with Field Goods. how to make simple home remedies. Use spices and foods to heal yourself and bluebird boxes on the land The Color of Calm Field Goods is a year-round local produce delivery service. Customers receive make a natural vapor rub. Guest presenter is Beatrix M. Clarke RN, herbalist at surrounding the Boardman five to eight different fruit and vegetables (depending on bag size), plus optional Poughkeepsie Farm Project. Registration required. Road Branch Library. If Adult Coloring add-ons. Bags cost $15 to $30 per week, and can be put on hold at any time. Field you would like to volunteer Second and Fourth Wednesdays, Goods purchases everything directly from over 80 small farms in the region. All of to monitor the boxes (up Jan 11, 25, Feb 8, 22, March 8, 22 the produce is non-GMO, and most is organically grown. Order online at www. to 8-10 hours per month) 9:30-11 am, BRD Field-Goods.com/ please contact Tom Lawrence The library provides your materials. The Library District is only a host location and does not directly benefit from, at 845-485-3445 x 3312. nor manage, either delivery service. 10 11 Public Computer Center/Job Seeker Resources ADR: Adriance BRD: Boardman Road For more information or to register, visit poklib.org > Events

We offer drop-in lab time and free classes to address all your technology needs. Registration required. Email required for all but PC Basics and Internet 101 and 102. All classes at Adriance. JobNow! Database Microsoft Office JobNow! database is a two-part database containing Word 101 Computer Basics resources for both job-seekers and adult learners. Mondays, Jan 9, Mar 13, 1:30 pm What sets this online resource apart is the LIVE career Wednesday, Jan 11, 5:30 pm PC Basics and academic coaches that are available to help with Prerequisite: basic computer skills Tuesday, Jan 10, 3:30 pm tutoring, skill-building, and advice to help users be Wednesday, Feb 8, 1:30 pm more successful in their educational and job searching Excel 101 activities. Using JobNow! you can: Monday, Jan 23, 1:30 pm Internet 101 Wednesdays, Jan 25, Mar 15, 5:30 pm Tuesday, Jan 17, 3:30 pm • Take a practice test Prerequisite: basic computer skills Wednesday, Feb 15, 1:30 pm • Work on your writing skills and get targeted, PowerPoint 102 Prerequisite: basic computer skills structured feedback PowerPoint 101 Wednesday, Feb 22, 5:30 pm Monday, Jan 30, 1:30 pm Prerequisite: PowerPoint 101 or Internet 102 • Prepare for Citizenship or High School Wednesday, Feb 1, 5:30 pm equivalent Tuesday, Jan 24, 3:30 pm Workshops for Job Seekers Equivalency exams Prerequisite: basic computer skills Wednesday, Feb 22, 1:30 pm • Submit a resume document for critique Mail Merge in Word & Excel Prerequisite: Internet 101 or Resume Critique Using the Library in (24 hour turn-around) Access 101 Wednesday, Mar 8, 5:30 pm equivalent Tuesdays, Jan 3, 17, 31, Your Job Search Wednesday, Mar 1, 5:30 pm Prerequisite: Word 101 & 102 or • Chat with a Career Coach to prep for an Feb 7, 28, Mar 14, 28 Wednesday, Jan 4, 5:30 pm, Prerequisite: basic computer skills equivalent Windows 10 interview or for help in your job search Wednesday, Feb 1, 1:30 pm 6-8 pm, ADR ADR, registration required It’s like having an on-demand tutor or job coach Word 102 Excel Tips & Tricks Tuesday, Mar 28, 3:30 pm Drop in with a printed copy Job listing sites, resume- Monday-Sunday (—that’s 7 days! ) between 2-11 pm! Monday, Feb 6, 1:30 pm Monday, Feb 27, 1:30 pm Prerequisite: Internet 101 or of your resume. Presented by building tools, interviewing Wednesday, Feb 8, 5:30 pm Wednesday, Mar 29, 5:30 pm equivalent Dutchess County One Stop resources. Registration Prerequisite: Word 101 or equivalent Prerequisite: Excel 101 and Excel 102 Career Center. required. or equivalent Google It! Excel 102 Tuesday, Feb 7, 3:30 pm Are You Searching for a Job? Monday, Feb 13, 1:30 pm Do It Yourself With Publisher Prerequisite: Internet 101 or Wednesdays, Feb 15, Mar 22, 5:30 pm Monday, Mar 27, 1:30 pm equivalent Whether you’re newly Prerequisite: Excel 101 or equivalent Prerequisite: Word 101 or equivalent unemployed, searching for a second job or returning to the Technology to Use workforce, we are here for you. Digital Magazines & eBooks Intro to 3D Printing Services "This is such a wonderful Our staffers teach basic computer Wednesday, Jan 11, 1:30 pm Tuesday, Feb 14, 3:30 pm service for the community." skills in labs as well as classes. Prerequisite: basic computer skills - Patron comment Upgrade your skills with the tools Intro to Facebook you need to succeed. Intro to iPad (iOS 10) Tuesday, Feb 21, 3:30 pm Since the fall of 2010, we have helped hundreds of Wednesday, Jan 18, 1:30 pm Wednesday, Mar 29, 1:30 pm Intro to Pinterest individuals advance from minimal computer skills to applying Access JobNow! From the PPLD Website using Prerequisite: basic computer skills and Prerequisite: Internet 101 or equivalent Tuesday, Mar 14, 3:30 pm online for jobs on their own. No matter your skill level, we your library card’s barcode: http://poklib.org/reference- email account Prerequisite: Internet 101 or equivalent Intro to Twitter can help you move forward. and-research/online-databases/. Look for the heading Intro to Google Drive & Docs Tuesday, Feb 28, 3:30 pm Intro to Blogging “Careers and Job Information” and you’ll find the link Wednesday, Jan 18, 5:30 pm Prerequisite: Internet 101 or equivalent Wednesday, Mar 15, 1:30 pm Computer Lab Teen Geeks to JobNow! You can also come to the Reference Desk, Prerequisite: Internet 101 or equivalent Prerequisite: basic computer skills, email Drop in: Saturdays and one of our librarians will help you. Intro to Ancestry.com Drop in: Mondays-Fridays, account required 10 am-2 pm, ADR & BRD Using a Smartphone Monday, Mar 6, 1:30 pm 11 am-1 pm, ADR Students available to answer Wednesday, Jan 25, 1:30 pm Prerequisite: Internet 101 or equivalent Working with Digital Photos Tuesdays, 6-8 pm, ADR technology questions. Tuesday, Mar 21, 3:30 pm Monday, Mar 20, 1:30 pm Thursdays 1-3 pm, BRD NEW! Creating a Website Note: This class is for digital cameras Individualized help with: "I’ve been sooooo frustrated at work with Navigating the Medicare Wednesday, Mar 8, 1:30 pm Learn to Earn only, not mobile devices basic skills, email accounts, Windows 10. I’m no longer in the dark! I can’t Website Promote your business, showcase your job searches, job applications, Tuesdays & Thursdays thank you enough. The Computer Classes Wednesdays, Jan 25, Feb 22, Mar 22, art, or set up an online shop with the Intro to Instagram formatting resumes, filing 9 am-1 pm, ADR and Labs are life and career savers. I’m going 9:30 am online website building service Wix. Wednesday, Mar 22, 1:30 pm for unemployment, creating Get a High School back to the office no longer a paralyzed fossil." Presented by Dutchess County Office com. Prerequisite: Internet 101 or Prerequisite: Mobile phone, Internet and editing Microsoft Office Equivalency certificate. 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Our libraries offer teens a safe and supportive environment, with opportunities to Media Lab/Makerspace Clases de Inglés relax, expand their world, meet other teens, use technology, discover the arts, and Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30 pm grow as maturing young adults. For ages 12-18. Lunes, 6-8 pm, ADR Adriance, no registration required Teens @ Boardman Rd Literacy Connections le ayudará a aprender y practicar inglés. Puede venir e ADR Strba Teen Room Hours: Mon-Thurs: 2-8 pm, Fri, Sat & Sun: 2-5 pm inscribirse en la Biblioteca o llamar al (845) 452-8670. Jan 18: Teen Room Pics SAT Math Tutor (Drop-in) Add special effects to your pictures. Saturdays, Jan 7-Mar 11 Información Especial Jan 25: Snowy Photos 10:30 am-12 pm College Prep @ Adriance Lunes, 6-7 pm, ADR Create a cinemograph of you in snow! Dutchess County Mathcounts Además algunos lunes incluirán un conferencista con información especial y de Competition champion provides Feb 1: Electric Banana interés para nuestra Comunidad Hispana. SAT Test Prep/Math practice problems and resources to Can bananas power a keyboard? Tuesdays, Jan 10, Feb 7, Mar 7, students preparing for the SAT. Enero 23: Alianza Nacional de 6-7:30 pm (3 Sessions) Enfermedades Mentales de Math teacher Jennifer Parker Teen & Tween Fun Mid-Hudson teaches three workshops for teens NAMI Mid-Hudson va a presentar Thursdays, 3:30-4:30 pm, no interested in scoring higher on the información sobre sus programas y registration required, Gr 5-12 Math section of the SAT (Scholastic servicios para ayudar a las familias con Aptitude Test). Register for all three sus seres queridos gratuitamente con or just one. Feb 8: Mixed Media 3D Collage condiciones de salud mental. SAT Test Prep/English Make your name with 3D materials. Febrero 27: Presentación de Marzo 20: Cornell Cooperative Thursdays, Jan 19, Feb 2, Mar 2, The New FAFSA Filing Rules Feb 15, 22, Mar 1, 8: Open Lab Inmigración con Robert Fuchs Extension – Comer saludable con 6-7:30 pm (3 Sessions) Tuesday, Jan 31, 6:30-7:30 pm Experiment with something new. Presentación de Inmigración 2017 English teacher Fiona McKenna Snow date: Wed, Feb 15 tratara temas inmigratorios política un presupuesto reducido Gaming Afternoons leads three workshops for teens Stephanie Mauro, President of de inmigración. Beneficios, leyes y Planificación, cupones, comparación Mondays-Fridays, Jan 4-March 10, interested in scoring higher on College Planning 101, addresses the antiguos procedimientos que seguirán de precios y consejos de cocina, un 3-5 pm, no registration required the English section of the SAT new timeline, prior-prior tax year, en vigencia. Nuevas leyes que podrían Nutricionista de Eat Smart Nutrition Video games on Xbox One and Wii U. (Scholastic Aptitude Test). Register and more. For parents too. ser implementadas le mostrará las mejores estrategias para for all three or just one. comer sano y ahorrar dinero. How to Maximize your Teen DIY @ Adriance Jan 19: Touch Screen Gloves Understanding Financial Aid High School Experience Learn how to convert a pair of Tuesday, Jan 24, 6-7 pm Tuesday, Feb 21, 6-7 pm Thursdays, 3:30-4:30 pm, gloves so you can stay connected. Dutchess Community College Former college admissions director registration required ¡Estamos aquí para ayudarle! Financial Aid Director, Susan Mead, Sandra M. Moore, M.A., offers Jan 12: Beeswax Candles ¿Necesita ayuda en la presentación de un formulario o la comprensión de gives advice on financial aid for strategies for making high school, una solicitud de empleo? ¿Necesita la ayuda de alguien que habla español Jan 26: Touch Screen Gloves college and discusses the FAFSA the college search and application que lo pueda asistir? Comuníquese con Elva Corbaton al (845) 485-3445 Convert a pair to stay connected. application. For parents too. process successful. For parents too. x3321 o envié un email a [email protected]. Feb 2: Old Books to Bags Recycle an old hardcover book. Clases de Computación Feb 16: 3D Printing Feb 9: Crocheting & Cider Use Tinkercad to create your own Jueves, 6-8 pm, ADR Teen Workshops @ Adriance Learn to make a simple scarf, hat or 3D design and have it printed. ¡Ven y aprende computación! Le enseñaremos los fundamentos de trabajar Tuesdays, 3:30-4:30 pm, Registration required granny square. Yarn and hooks provided. en una computadora. Las nuevas clases se anunciarán a principios de 2017. Mar 2: Doctor Who Capacidad máxima para 8 personas. Póngase en contacto con Elva Corbaton Jan 17: Alphabet Soup Workshop Jan 24: Simply Sushi Feb 22 & Time this week is 4-4:45 pm. al (845) 485-3445 x3321 o envíe un mensaje a [email protected]. Share experiences, and ask questions Wrap your own sushi with veggies, 23: Book Make Doctor Who paper crafts and about the LGBTQ community. Pizza. avocado, fish (cooked) and rice. Safe discuss the TV show. Snacks too. Create a Feb 14: Chocolate Dip secret place Mar 9: Zen Drawing Celebrate Valentine’s Day with goodies for your Relax with Zen coloring pages. Knitting con Amigos dipped in chocolate. valuables. Lunes, 4-5:30 pm, ADR Feb 28: Stromboli Time Taller abierto para todas las edades de tejido a palillos o Mar 2: 3D Printing Make and eat your own stromboli. crochet. Nos reunimos los lunes de 4:00 a 5:30 en la sala Learn to use Tinkercad to create your próxima a la sección de periódicos y revistas. Para más Mar 7: Peanut Butter Cookies own 3D design and have it printed. Come bake with us. 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Special Events It’s never too soon to start! The Library District supports literacy through ❅ high-quality programs and resources. We’ll help you find the answers you need The Rhythms of Black History Science of Awesome Looking for Fun? as you raise the next generation of citizens. In these programs, children must Saturday, Jan 28, 3 pm, Auditorium with Flow Circus Kids be accompanied by an adult caregiver. Try a visit to the Mid-Hudson Hear the Tuesday, Feb 21, 5:30 pm, BRD Children’s Museum with a pass heartbeat Explore from Adriance. The Mid-Hudson At Adriance of Black the world Children’s Museum offers exhibits American of science Free parking and easy access is available from the Noxon Street Parking Lot. that get kids moving, exploring, ancestors and skill Story times are weekly series. No registration required. building, pretending, collaborating, through the toys where creating and discovering. The rhythms of things fall, Toddler Time TLC - Toddler Learning Center Library District is a member of Grammy balance Tuesdays, Jan 3-Mar 7, 10-10:30 am Fridays, Jan 6-Mar 10, 10-11 am the Children’s Museum. This Award winning, multicultural and spin. Story time for two-year-olds with books, A program focused on the importance means that as an MHLS library percussionist Jeff Haynes. Jeff and his Performer rhymes, flannel board stories and music. of play featuring toys, books and card holder, you can borrow the activities for ages 18-36 months. musical guest take Poughkeepsie families Paul Toot & Scoot one-day free Family Pass to the on a rhythmic journey from Africa to Miller Tuesdays, Jan 3-Mar 7, 10:30-10:50 am PLC - PreSchooler Learning Read Aloud Museum from the Children’s their own backyard — in a celebration leaves Movement and music for ages 1-5. Center Story Time Reference Desk at Adriance. According to ‘Read Aloud’ and of the rich culture and heritage of Black audiences with the urge to pick up Mondays, Jan 2-Mar 6, 10-11:30 am What’s more, Mid-Hudson Baby Rhyme & Play Time other literacy organizations, Americans. In honor of Martin Luther and play with the world around them Wednesdays, Jan 4-Mar 8, 10-11:30 am Children’s Museum now offers Wednesdays, Jan 4-Mar 8, 10-10:50 am reading aloud to your child is the King Jr’s birthday, Haynes will present in order to discover the invisible forces Thursdays, Jan 5-Mar 9, 1:30-3 pm discount tickets ($2 per person) Songs, rhymes, finger plays and stories, single most important thing you stories and narratives about King’s life of the physical world such as gravity Books, flannel board stories and music to low-income families when an followed by 30 minutes of play and can do to help them prepare for set to music originally produced for the and kinetic energy. For families with for children ages 3-5, followed by an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) socialization. Birth to 23 months. reading and writing. The number Pete Seeger:The Storm King audiobook. children Pre-K and up. hour of guided play in the Discovery card and photo ID is presented. of words a child knows entering Stations. For information on museum kindergarten is a key predictor passes, contact the Library District Early Childhood of his or her educational success. Healthy New Year at (845)485-3445 x 3320 and for Developmental Check-up Reading aloud together builds all information on museum exhibits Reach your Healthy New Year goals with a few simple Mondays, Jan 2, Feb 6, Mar 6, sorts of literacy skills: vocabulary, and special programs, contact adjustments in your routine. 10 am-3 pm phonics, comprehension and MHCM at (845) 471-0589. The Complete a brief questionnaire and have storytelling. Fifteen minutes a day 1. Shop around the outside perimeter of the grocery store Museum is at 75 North Water five areas of your child’s development is all it takes…so, let’s give our for fresh fruits, vegetables, and other recipe ingredients. Street in Poughkeepsie and is open evaluated by an Astor Early Childhood children a good foundation – start 2. Before buying processed food items, read the labels carefully. Beware of items Tuesday through Saturday from Sensory Lab Educator. In English and Spanish. 45 reading aloud today! 9:30 to 5, Sundays from 11 to 5. with high sodium or sugar content, and those with ‘mystery ingredients’ you can’t Thursdays, Jan 5-Mar 9, 10-10:30 am minutes per child, ages 2 months-5 years. http://www.readaloud.org/ pronounce. Sensory exploration through art. Ages 18 Call 211 to make your appointment. months to 5 years. Dress for the mess! 3. Keep moving! Don’t let the cold weather and shorter days slow you down. Balance that snuggly indoor time with exhilarating outdoor activity time. The sunshine and physical activity help fend off SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder). At Boardman Road In support of healthy families, the Library District partners with the Cornell Story times are weekly series. Registration required. Cooperative Extension bilingual staff to offer these programs. Registration required. Toddler Time Baby Rhyme Early Childhood Nutritious Kids Club Eat Smart New York Mondays, Jan 2-Mar 6, 10:30-11 am Time Developmental Check-up Tuesdays, Jan 3, Feb 7, Mar 7 Bilingual Story Time/ Thursdays, Jan 5-Mar 9, 10-10:30 am Tuesdays, Fridays, Jan 6, Feb 3, Mar 3, 4-5 pm, ADR La Hora del Cuento Bilingue A story time for two-year-olds featuring Jan 3-Mar 7, 10 am-3 pm A fun-filled time of physical activity, Wednesday, Jan 18, 5:30 pm, ADR books, rhymes, flannel board stories and 10-10:20 am Complete a brief questionnaire nutrition education, and a sample of a A fun hour of healthy food-related music. Space limited – register for Monday Songs, rhymes, and have five areas of your child’s healthy snack. Grades K-3. activities, including reading of a story OR Thursday class. finger plays and development evaluated by an Astor Healthy Kids Club book, and sampling of healthy snacks. Toot & Scoot stories for birth Early Childhood Educator. Available Tuesdays, Jan 10, Feb 14, Mar 14 Miércoles, 18 Enero, 5:30 pm, ADR Mondays, Jan 2-Mar 6, 10-10:20 am to 23 months. in English and Spanish. 45 minutes per child, ages 2 months-5 years. Call 211 to 4-5 pm, ADR Una divertida hora de actividades en Thursdays, Jan 5-Mar 9, 10:40-11 am Preschool Story Time make your appointment. Physical activity, nutrition education, relación a la comida, incluyendo la Movement and music program featuring Wednesdays, Jan 4-Mar 8, 10-10:30 am and a sample of a healthy snack for lectura de un libro de cuentos y el songs, instruments, rhymes, and play. Includes stories, songs, action rhymes, 16 older kids. Grades 4-6. saboreo de un bocadillo saludable. Ages 1-5. Space limited - register for 1 only. and a small craft for 3-5 year olds. 17 Adriance Children & Tweens ❆ Boardman Road Children & Tweens

These programs require registration at poklib.org or (845) 485-3445 x 3320. Please check age appropriateness before you register. Weekly Kids & Tween Gaming ❅ Mondays, Jan 2-Mar 6, 4-4:45 pm Test Your Taste Buds: Eat the Rainbow! Drop in to play Wii U or Xbox video Hot Cocoa Tasting Wednesday, Feb 15, 3:30-5 pm Stromboli Time games on a huge screen. Grades 1-8. Thursday, Jan 19, 4-4:45 pm A celebration of the rainbow of produce Tuesday, Feb 28, This will warm you up! Rate which that grows right here in Poughkeepsie! 3:30-4:30 pm recipe you like the best at our hot Poughkeepsie Farm Project educators Flatten some pizza dough, chocolate tasting. Grades K-5. share a story, and participants will do add mozzarella, then roll, These programs require registration at poklib.org or (845) 485-3445 x 3320. vegetable print painting and prepare a bake, and enjoy with sauce. Grades 5-12. Pokemania Day with Snapology Please check age appropriateness before you register. colorful snack. PreK-grade 2. Thursday, Jan 26, 4-5 pm It’s Mardi Gras Time! Learn about real world science as 3D Printing Paint to Music Where’s Your Shadow? Tuesday, Feb 28, 4-4:45 pm you build a habitat for your favorite Thursday, Feb 16, 3:30-4:30 pm Wednesday, Jan 4, 4-4:45 pm Tuesday, Jan 31, 4-4:45 pm Celebrate Mardi Gras with stories, Pokemon. Snapology uses building Learn to use Tinkercad to create your Let the music guide you as you paint a Mr. Groundhog isn’t the only one who music, craft, and a snack. Grades K-5. masterpiece. Grades K-5. looks for his shadow. Find out how blocks (like LEGOs) to combine play own 3D design and have it printed on shadows are made. Grades K-5. Peanut Butter Cookies & Milk with education. Grades K-6. our library 3D printer. Grades 5-12. Tween R.E.A.D. Tuesday, March 7, 3:30-4:30 pm Bright Idea: Winter Luminaries Like a Lion or Lamb? Thursday, Jan 12, 4-4:45 pm African & Caribbean Folklore The Hearts for the Arts of What better way to soothe those winter Thursday, Jan 5, 4-4:45 pm Wednesday, Feb 22, 4-4:45 pm Read, Eat, And Discuss! Bring your Thursday, Feb 2, 4-4:45 pm Black History Month blues than with some warm cookies Light up winter nights with a colorful Folklore says if March comes in like a favorite book to share while enjoying Explore African and Caribbean folklore, Wednesday, Feb 1, 4-4:45 pm and a glass of milk. Come bake with us. luminary of your own. Grades K-5. lion, it will go out like a lamb. Gr K-5. munchies. Grades 4-8. food, and games. Grades K-5. Grades 5-12. Explore the works of African-American Chinese Picture Writing musicians and poets. Create an inspired Chat & Chew: Doctor Who Rollercoasters! Seeds and Stories Wednesday, Jan 11, 4-4:45 pm acrostic poem or piece of art for your Thursday, Mar 2, 4-4:45 pm Wednesday, Jan 18, 4-4:45 pm Wednesday, Mar 8, 3:30-5 pm Learn to recognize the picture within favorite artist. Grades 3-8. Any Doctor Who fans out there? Make Design your own rollercoaster out of Join the Environmental Cooperative each character illustrated in Huy Voun Doctor Who paper crafts and discuss the plastic drinking straws and put it to the and Poughkeepsie Farm Project for Lee’s book In the Snow. Use a bamboo TV show. Snacks included. Grades 5-12. test. Grades 5-8. an afternoon of reading and seeding! brush to draw the characters yourself. Pendulum Painting Minecraft® Snapology Children will learn about gardening and Grades 4-8. conservation practices in urban settings. Thursday, Mar 9, 4-4:45 pm Workshop Touch Screen Gloves We’ll make ‘seed balls’ of pollinator- Drop paint from a large, swinging Tuesday, Jan 24, 4-5 pm Thursday, Jan 19, 3:30–4:30 pm friendly seeds that can be planted at a pendulum to make a complex, recursive Join us as we bring Minecraft® to life Do you want to use your smart phone later time. Grades 2-5. painting. Grades K-6. using Lego bricks. Create your own outside in the cold but can’t bear to take Valentine Bird Feeders Zen Drawing world, including animals, creepers and Heart Dream Catcher Mini-Robots your gloves off? Learn to convert a pair Thursday, Feb 9, 4-4:45 pm Thursday, Mar 9, 3:30-4:30 pm characters. Grades K-6. Wednesday, Feb 8, 4-4:45 pm Thursday, March 9, 4-4:45 pm of gloves so you can stay connected. Make a Valentine ornament that will Chill out with some Zen coloring pages Give your valentine sweet dreams with a Make your own mini-robots to take Grades 5-12. Celebrating Chinese New Year feed the birds. Grades K-6. and colorful pencils. Grades 5-12. Wednesday, Jan 25, 4-4:45 pm heart-shaped dream catcher. Grades K-5. home. Grades 5-8. Hear stories, learn about cultural Celebrating Jacqueline traditions, make a craft, and have a snack Woodson, Young People’s to celebrate the Year of the Rooster. Poet Laureate Grades K–5. Weekly Programs Wednesday, Feb 15, 4-4:45 pm Introduction to Babysitting Discover author Jacqueline Woodson, Lego Club Saturday, Jan 28, 10 am-2 pm read a few of her poems, and write your Tuesdays, Jan 3-Mar 7, 4-4:45 pm In this course, participants will learn own poem in her style. Grades 3-8. LEGO blocks and games. Parents welcome! Grades K-5. interviewing tips, communication Celebrating our Roots! skills, ages and stages of young babies Hoop Dance Workshop! Wednesday, Feb 22, 3:30-5 pm and toddlers, safety and first aid tips, Mondays, Jan 9, 23, 30 & Feb 6, 4-5 pm, Snow date: Monday, Feb 27 Celebrate the contributions of African- and feeding and caring for children, Hoop dancing is a graceful prop dance that encourages coordination, American farmers to agriculture. including diaper changing. A simple test creativity, and perseverance. It improves mind-body connection, focus, and Poughkeepsie Farm Project educators will be administered at the completion concentration. Class will include gentle stretches, the basics of waist hooping, share the story of Dr. George of the course and certificates will be exploration of off-body tricks, and team-building activities. Washington Carver and prepare a North distributed. Bring a notebook, pen or Grades 5-12. African recipe in his honor. Grades 3-5. pencil, and lunch. Ages 10-18. 18 19 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID NEWBURGH, NY PERMIT #2290

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