MAY 2021

One One Community Author Watch Party & Live Stream Event! Join us for a FREE culminating One Book One Community Author Watch Party and Live Stream event at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 15, featuring New York Times Best-Selling author of The Yellow House, Sarah M. Broom, along with award-winning author of The Revisioners, Margaret Wilkerson Sexton. The panel-style program will be presented in-person on the BIG screen of the Large Meeting Room at the Main at Goodwood, virtually via YouTube live stream, and will include a robust discussion of each author’s book, as well as the experiences and inspirations that have shaped their work. Go online for the YouTube live stream the day of the event! Visit the Events Calendar at ebrpl.com to access the link. For more information about this year’s One Book One Community selection, visit the InfoGuide at www.ReadOneBook.org.

Genealogy Courses • Virtual Business Forum with Josh Linkner • Red Stick Farmers Market • and more! Building a Better America with AMOA! An understanding of diversity, inclusion, and equity are the foundational building blocks to ensuring a better America for us all! The America, My Oyster Association (AMOA) is proud to launch Building a Better America Today with AMOA, an online certification program in conjunction with the East Baton Rouge Parish Library. The program is designed for high school and college students, and recent graduates who want to learn more about the fundamentals of diversity, cultural competency, and empathy. This interactive program will introduce participants to a diverse array of curated online courses through Lynda.com and Gale Presents: Udemy Courses, which participants can complete at their own pace between Saturday, May 1, and Sunday, June 6. Seating is limited for the in- person orientation session at the Main Library at Goodwood at 5 p.m. Thursday, The USS Kidd May 6; register in the Events Calendar at EBRPL.com. An in-person study hall Ship & Veterans session will also be available from 2 until 5 p.m. Saturday, June 5. To celebrate the close of the program, AMOA will host a small recognition ceremony at the Museum Main Library at Goodwood at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 19, where participants will Adults can come to the Large be recognized for their efforts and will receive a certificate of completion. Join us Meeting Room at the Main Library as we invest in the future leaders of tomorrow and build a better America, today at Goodwood at 6 p.m. Wednesday, with AMOA! For more information, please visit www.theamoa.org. To register May 19, to learn the history of the for this FREE month-long online program, contact americamyoysterassociation@ USS Kidd Naval Destroyer that’s gmail.com. located in downtown Baton Rouge, in a FREE presentation led by Ship Take the City Nature Challenge! Superintendent, Tim Nessmith. How much nature can you find in your yard? In the park? The discussion will cover the At school? Help the Greater Baton Rouge region compete history of the ship, how it came to and win in the 2021 City Nature Challenge by taking pictures be permanently docked in Baton of nature, like bugs, trees, turtles, plants, birds, mushrooms, Rouge, and what exhibits and mammals, frogs — anything wild you can find — and upload events are planned for the future. them into the iNaturalist app, or at www.inaturalist.org. Can’t make it? Enjoy the live stream There are a lot of fun ways to look for wildlife, like take a option from the comfort of your nature walk, watch the bird feeder, check the lights for moths at night, go to home via Facebook Live. For more a park or pond, or hunt for bugs in the grass and leaves. The contest will go information, call (225) 231-3751. on all over the world through May 3. For more information, visit http://www. brnaturechallenge.org.

Maximum OverDrive: E-books for Everyone! Adults are invited to the Eden Park Branch at 2 p.m. Monday, May 10, to find out more about switching from hardcopy , to digital versions that can be enjoyed on a variety of electronic devices. Bring your personal Be a Hero, devices, and have a staff member show you how to use the OverDrive and Give Blood! Libby apps, which are the Library’s FREE e-book services. Stick around to Would you like to be a hero? have your questions answered about how to use a Kindle, Nook or any other You can when you give blood to device that supports e-book . help save three lives in only 15 minutes! Come to the Main Library at Goodwood at any time between 2:30 and 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 25, to donate blood through Vitalant. Every donor will receive COVID-19 antibody results, and a text message letting you know when your donation was used and how it made an impact in the community! For more information or to schedule a donation appointment, call 877- 258-4825, or visit vitalant.org.

2 The Source, May 2021 East Baton Rouge Parish Library *FREE In-Person & Virtual Class: Decoding Your DNA, Testing & Results There are many different genealogy DNA tests on the market today, each with a different set of information, results, and terminology. These tests have their own unique strengths and weaknesses, and each one will help to answer some questions about where you came from. Adults are invited to the second floor Tech Lab of the Main Library at Goodwood at Free Re-Entry 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 15, for a FREE class offered in-person, as well as virtually, that will cover the differences in the available tests, reveal the Legal Clinics with basics of how to read test results, and help you decide which one is right for Southeast Legal you. Seating is limited to five students for the in-person option, and 15 Services students for the virtual live stream option. To register, visit the Library’s If you or someone you know Events Calendar at www.ebrpl.com. has served at least two months in jail in the last five years, you’ll want to attend a FREE Re-Entry *Genealogy Fold3 Military Records Legal Clinic brought to you by Southeast Louisiana Legal Fold3 is a genealogy database that Services (SLLS) and the Justice and specializes in military records. Adults are Accountability Center. Attorneys invited to the second floor Tech Lab at will be available from 10 a.m. until the Main Library at Goodwood at 6 p.m. noon Saturday, May 29, to cover Thursday, May 20, to learn how to track topics including public benefits like ancestors and find proof of their military disability and Medicaid, driver’s service by searching service records, draft license reinstatement, family law cards, pension lists, casualty lists, and other & child support, consumer issues, sources. Attendees will also learn about landlord/tenant issues, TWIC, Fold3’s tools for keeping track of research traffic tickets, public benefits, results, like Annotations and , and successions. Divorces and in addition to other features of the website. expungements will not be covered. Seating is limited to five for the in-person option, and 15 for the live streaming Each clinic will serve the first 15 option. Please register online through the Events Calendar at www.ebrpl.com. attendees to sign in. Masks or other face coverings are required to Maps and Land Records attend. If you cannot attend or have questions about these services, call Land records are some of the most important a SLLS representative at (225) 436- documents available in genealogy research. Using 5716. maps and land records will help you learn not only when and where your ancestor lived, but why he lived there and how he got there. Come to the second floor Tech Lab at the Main Library at Goodwood at 6 p.m. Monday, May 3, for a FREE class that will cover some of the ways your ancestor could acquire land, including bounty YOUR land warrants, federal patents, inheritance, or private sales. Attendees will also learn how to LIBRARY use maps to ensure that they are looking in the right places ancestors. Seating is limited to five for the in-person option, IS HERE and 15 for the live streaming option. Please register online through the Events Calendar at www.ebrpl.com. FOR YOU

All programs are free and open to the public. Registration for all programs is encouraged. To register, call the Library branch directly. For more information, visit www.ebrpl.com. *Registration required.

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2021, The Source 3 WHAT’S YOUR THING? GARDENING!

Your Library aims to help you pursue your hobbies and interests with FREE quality tools and resources at your fingertips! Go to the Digital Library at www.ebrpl.com/DigitalLibrary to discover a wealth of digital offerings that you can enjoy from the safety and comfort of your home. All you need is your Library card! Check out this month’s featured items:

Baton Rouge is #8 in the U.S. in terms of gardening in urban areas, according to LawnStarter.

PressReader Digital Print Gardening Books Magazines • Gardening in the South • Easy Gardens • How to Create an Eco Garden • Gardens Illustrated • How to Get Started in Southern • Gardeners’ World Gardening • Kitchen Garden • New Heirloom Garden • Organic Gardener • Southern Fruit & Vegetable Gardening Print Magazines • Successful Southern Gardening • Better Homes and Gardens • Timber Press Guide to Vegetable • Birds & Blooms Gardening in the Southeast • Fine Gardening • Horticulture Kids Gardening Books • Gardening with Emma by Emma Biggs OverDrive E-books Resources for • Gardening Lab for Kids by Renata • Backyard Homesteading Brown Gardeners and Those • The Complete Kitchen Garden • The Nitty-Gritty Gardening Book by Who Want to Train Their • Gardening for Geeks Kari Cornell Green Thumb • Gardening with Native Plants of the • The Secret Lives of Backyard Bugs South by Judy Burris Online Courses • The Indestructible Houseplant • The Ultimate Guide to Gardening Udemy: • The New Gardener’s Handbook by Lis Amstutz • Fundamentals of Garden Design • Mastering the Art of Flower • Growing Microgreens for Gardening Business and Pleasure • Vegetable Gardening in the What’s Your Thing? Southeast Continued on next page Gale Courses: • Growing Plants for Fun and Profit • Start Your Own Edible Garden CreativeBug Courses: • Canning Basics: How to Can Tomatoes • Painted Terracotta Pots • Watercolor Painting in the Garden The Great Courses: • How to Grow Anything • How to Grow Trees and Shrubs • The Science of Gardening

4 The Source, May 2021 East Baton Rouge Parish Library WHAT’S YOUR THING? GARDENING!

• New Story Walks for kids are Garden Friends added monthly to trails around • Baton Rouge Green https:// the Main Library at Goodwood, batonrougegreen.com/ and in Baker at the Baker • The Capital Area Native Plant Municipal Park. Travel from Society http://canps.weebly. station to station, reading a com/ children’s book along the way. • EBR Master Gardener Association • What could make gardening https://www.ebrmg.com/ even better? How about listening • Herb Society of America, Baton to a great from Rouge Unit https://www.hsabr. OverDrive, or streaming some org/ soothing music through our • Independence Botanical Gardens Freegal service? Check it out! https://www.brec.org/index. cfm/page/BotanicGarden Volunteer Opportunities • LSU AgCenter https://www. Baton Roots Community Farm lsuagcenter.com/ • Baton Roots Volunteer • LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens Form: https:// at Burden batonrootsvolunteer.paperform.co/ Baton Rouge Botanic Garden • https://www.lsu.edu/botanic- • Info about volunteering, email: Foundation gardens/ [email protected] • To volunteer, email: • LSU AgCenter EBR Parish • Learn more about Baton Roots batonrougebotanicalgardens@ Office / County Agent https:// Community Farm: https://www. gmail.com www.lsuagcenter.com/portals/ thewallsproject.org/batonroots • Learn more about the Botanic our_offices/parishes/east%20 • Baton Roots on Facebook & Gardens: https://www.brec.org/ baton%20rouge Instagram: @batonroots index.cfm/page/BotanicGarden • LSU Hilltop Arboretum https:// HealthyBR Baton Rouge Garden Club www.lsu.edu/hilltop/index.php • Geaux Get Healthy, a project • To volunteer, contact: https:// • Southern AgCenter https:// of HealthyBR: http://www. www.lgcfinc.org/contact-lgcf. www.suagcenter.com/ healthybr.com/geauxgethealthy html • Facebook: @healthybr Find archives of previous • Instagram: @healthybrcity Garden Discoveries at • YouTube: Healthy BR Facebook.com/EBRPL

Red Stick Farmers Market is Back! Red Stick Farmers Market will host a seasonal mobile market at the Main Library at Goodwood from 8 a.m. until noon every Events Tuesday in May. Red Stick Farmers Market is an open air, producer only market, which Garden Discoveries: Color in the ensures that all produce sold at the Market Garden is grown locally by each farmer. With more • 10 a.m. Saturday, May 8 than 50 member farmers, it offers a variety of Go Public Garden Days locally grown products, including fresh fruits, • Saturday, May 15 & Sunday, local plants, herbs and vegetables, plus meats, May16 seafood, artisan breads, homemade pies, honey, milk and cheese and Celebration at The LSU AgCenter specialty food items. Cash, credit, debit and Louisiana Purchase EBT/ Botanic Gardens located at 4560 SNAP benefits cards all are accepted for payment at every location of the Essen Ln. Red Stick Farmers Market.

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2021, The Source 5 WHAT’S YOUR THING? BOOKS ... WE LOVE BOOKS!

access a short video introduction Book Recommendations to Novelist from the Library & Resources Academy, located to the far right on each page on the Library’s Did You Know? website www.ebrpl.com. • 20% of readers discover new titles • NoveList K-8 Plus through recommendations from offers all the friends? Let the Library help the powerful read-a-likes and tools other 80% of you find your next from NoveList, but with a focus great read! on K-8. It provides Accelerated Reader levels and Lexile Levels • If you search for a book in Google offering the perfect way to find locally, it’s linked to our Library books that are just right for catalog listing, and you’re only a young readers. click away from reserving it? • eSequels is a simple search tool • If you search for a book in the that lets you find the reading Library catalog and open up the order of selected fiction book book record, you’ll find similar series. titles recommended at the bottom • Gale Literature of the page? has biographical information, overviews, full- • Library staff automatically order text literary criticism, and book books that are , so you reviews covering writers in all don’t have to put in a purchase disciplines, from all time periods, recommendation? Quick Books and from around the world. Lagniappe Express: • The Library lists the new books • The Columbia Granger’s World each month under “New Items” • NEW Bestsellers that cannot be of Poetry features over 250,000 on the Catalog Search page? reserved i.e. “Top Ten” books that check out for 7 days. Available at poems, along with biographies, • Reader’s Advisory resources and commentaries. are included in the Library’s the Main Library at Goodwood. “Find a Good Book” Infoguide McNaughtons: A Few Books about Books at https://ebrpl.libguides.com/ • The green label on the spine • 1000 Books to Read by James books of book with the letters MCN Mustich • Curated lists are regularly identifies additional copies of • The Book of Books by Jessica Allen refreshed in OverDrive? Plus, high-demand, popular books. the Teens and Kids pages on We’ve added these to the • Books for Living by Will Schwalbe the Library’s website at www. so you can get your • Book Lust by Nancy Pearl ebrpl.com also point to lists of book quicker! Available at all • Check These Out by Gins Sheridan recommended titles. branches. • 40% of readers searching for books say that genre is the #1 In the Digital Library factor in why they pick up a • NoveList Plus is a book, followed by author? Of all comprehensive resource that genres, mysteries and thrillers provides read-a-likes to your lead the pack! favorite authors and books, along • 70% of audiobook readers are with expert recommendations multi-tasking while they listen for fiction, nonfiction, graphic to their books … so if you want and . Novelist to listen while you drive, garden, also includes the reading exercise, paint, sew, craft, or just order for books in series as pet your dog, try a book from well as discussion guides and our large collection of audio information about the author. CD books and Playaways, or You can even find books based on download an e-audiobook from NoveList’s unique story elements OverDrive. like appeal, time period, genre, location, and theme. You can

6 The Source, May 2021 East Baton Rouge Parish Library Adult Book Clubs WHAT’S YOUR THING? BOOKS! @ Your Library – – Main Library at Goodwood • Mystery Lovers Virtual Book Club Noon Tuesday, May 11 We will be reading the ‘purr-fect’ mystery featuring cats! Please register in the Events Calendar at ebrpl.com Bluebonnet Regional Branch • *The QUIRKY Ladies’ Book Club 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 20 Porch Lights by Dorothea Benton Frank Fairwood Branch • Books and Brew: Virtual 1 p.m. Monday, May 17 Literary Adventures Favorite Websites Parable of the Sower • Literary Feuds by Anthony Arthur • Goodreads www.goodreads.com by Octavia Butler • Literary Rogues by Andrew • Fantastic Fiction www. Shaffer fantasticfiction.com Greenwell Springs Road • A Literary Tea Party by Alison Regional Branch Walsh EXTRA! • *QUIRKY Ladies’ Virtual Book • Destinations by Shannon • Many authors share information Club McKenna Schmidt with their readers through 6:35 p.m. Thursday, May 20 Porch Lights • Outlander Kitchen by Theresa active websites, newsletters, or by Dorothea Benton Frank Carle-Sanders FaceBook pages. Publishers such as Penguin/, Email Lisa at [email protected] • Twitterature: The World’s Great for the Google Meet link. Books in Twenty Tweets or Less by , Collins, and Alexander Aciman McMillan, Scholastic, St. Martin’s Jones Creek Regional Press, and Simon and Schuster, • What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Branch as well as book sellers such as Dickens Knew by Daniel Pool Barnes & Noble and City Lights • Historical Book Society regularly share new titles and 11 a.m. Thursday, May 27 Literary Magazines authors on Facebook as well as The Storm on Our Shores (on shelves) offer newsletters, podcasts, and by Mark Obmascik • Country Roads virtual events. Mystery lovers are Pride-Chaneyville Branch • Firsts: ’s especially fond of the Poisoned Pen Bookstore (newsletter, • Like it or Not Book Club Magazine 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 22 • New York Times virtual events for mystery lovers) https://poisonedpen.com. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder • Writer by Holly Jackson • In addition to Barnes & Noble • Writer’s Digest bookstores, visit local book stores such as Cottonwood LSU Press hosts FREE Literary Digital Magazines Books (3054 Perkins Road, also book at (in OverDrive) on Facebook); Cavalier House 2 p.m. every Tuesday • The New York Review of Books Books (100 N. Range Street in and Thursday! Authors • The Paris Review Denham Springs or https:// of books on topics • The Writer www.cavalierhousebooks.com/, from history to poetry read from and our newest bookstore, Red their works, and answer audience • Writer’s Digest Stick Reads (541 S. Eugene Drive questions. Visit the LSU Press • Oxford American or https://redstickreads.com/). Facebook page to learn more.

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8 The Source, May 2021 East Baton Rouge Parish Library Plein Air Artists at the Library The Baton Rouge Botanic Garden Foundation will host 19 Baton Rouge middle school students at a plein air workshop Saturday, May 1, to be conducted by professional plein air artist David Gary and members of Moderna the Thursday Plein Air Artists. Students have been selected by art teachers from McKinley Middle COVID-19 School, Woodlawn Middle School and Glasgow Middle School. You Vaccine Clinic will see their paintings on display at the Main Library at Goodwood Join the East Baton Rouge Parish Library and Open Health Care in May and June! Clinic for a community COVID-19 vaccine clinic! The Moderna vaccine will be made available at no cost to eligible adults 18 and older. To register, just go to https://bit.ly/ohcc_vaccine, and fill out the short form. Open Health nurses will call you to schedule your appointment at the Scotlandville Branch on Monday, May 10. It's that easy! You can also call (225) 655-6422 to schedule an appointment. #preventandprotect All these are FREE in the Digital Library! ✔ Homework Louisiana provides FREE online tutoring & test prep via Tutor.com ✔ Learning Express REMINDER ✔ Access Science Book donations ✔ TumbleBookCloud are postponed at this time. ✔ Gale Interactive Science ✔ Gale Literary Source ✔ AND SO MUCH MORE!

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2021, The Source 9 Thank you for joining us for this year’s One Book One Community program series, our parish-wide exploration of Sarah M. Broom’s The Yellow House! Through a combination of virtual programs and socially-distanced in-person events this Spring 2021, we have sought to provide a safe way for patrons to engage and celebrate this powerful memoir. To view recordings of the events, visit YouTube.com/EastBatonRougeParishLibrary! Reading The Yellow House together as a community has inspired book discussions, programs, crafts, and classes throughout the library system, including:

The Art of Seating: • Black Baton Rouge Yesterday & Today: Looking Back to Two Hundred Years Effectively Move Forward was a virtual discussion between co-authors Dr. Lori Martin and Chris Tyson, facilitated by of American Design Reverend Raymond Jetson. Together, we looked at the rich On view now through Sunday, history of the Louisiana capitol from the perspective of its June 6, at the LSU Museum of Art, see Black community members. The Art of Seating: Two Hundred Years • Place: How Historic Resources Define Significance in of American Design which features a Our Cultures was a conversation between Rodneyna Hart selection of more than forty iconic of the Louisiana State Museum, Nicole Hobson-Morris and and historic chairs reaching back Emily Ardoin of the Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation, and Maegan A. from the mid-1800s to pieces from Smith of the Louisiana Division of Archaeology. They examined how Louisiana today’s studio movement. highlights the spaces, structures, and cultural resources that help preserve the Pregnancy 101 histories of our communities. • From Home Maker to Culture Shaper: Black Women's Creative Legacy. Dr. Expectant mothers are invited Sharbreon Plummer shared how quilting and fiber arts within the home served to attend a FREE virtual class to as one of the earliest forms of creative expression and cultural preservation for learn how to provide their baby Black women. with the best possible environment for growth and development. This • DIY Oral History Workshop. Melissa Eastin class highlights nutrition, exercise showed us how to record and preserve the and normal physical discomforts memories and stories of our loved ones. throughout pregnancy. You will get • Healing Words: Telling Stories & Poems an overview of the services offered at to Find Purpose Again in the Years After Woman’s Hospital as well as a short Katrina. A panel made up of Baton Rouge exercise session presented by one Community College faculty surveyed of our very own Woman’s Wellness The Yellow House through a dynamic Center trainers. Register as soon as combination of poetry and cultural critique. you learn you are pregnant. Monday • Book discussions including a virtual book classes are held from 6:30 until 8 discussion with Dr. Robyn Merrick p.m., and Zoom virtual meeting • Genealogy classes information will be emailed to registrants. To register, go to • Crafts & more http://www.womans.org/classes- and-events/childbirth-preparation- classes/pregnancy-101.

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10 The Source, May 2021 East Baton Rouge Parish Library Our Louisiana Now On View at LASM Our Louisiana, on view until January 14, 2024, explores Louisiana’s history and culture through objects from LASM’s permanent collection. Featuring artwork in a variety of media by Louisiana-born and Louisiana- based artists, the exhibition is divided into the categories of Nineteenth Century Art; Modern Art; Contemporary Art; Baton Rouge Art; and Self-Taught Art, Folk Art, and Craft. Organized by the Louisiana Art & Science Museum and curated from its collection, Our Louisiana is on view on the first floor of the main gallery.

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www.ebrpl.com - www.facebook.com/ebrpl Sign up at your local branch or online at ebrpl.beanstack.org Grab & Geaux Programs are available for all ages! Crafts for Adults Li'l Ones: for non-readers or ages 0 to 5 Adults can head over to their Young Readers: for readers or ages 5 to 11 local Library branch to pick up Teens: for ages 11 to 18 a Grab & Geaux craft kit! Check Adults: for ages 18 and up the Online Calendar to see what crafts are available at branches June 1 through August 15 throughout the month, while supplies last. For more information, call the Library branch directly. Here’s the schedule:

• Abstract Painting All month long, Eden Park Branch Join us through Beanstack online for our • Oyster Shell Trinket Dish for Children's Virtual Programming Activities Mom Enjoy lots of online programming and activities through June and July! All month long, Pride- Stop by your local library for the in-house calendar of events. Chaneyville Branch

• Terracotta Pot Wind Chimes 3-5 p.m. Saturday, May 15, River Center Branch

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All programs are free and open to the public. Registration for all programs is encouraged. Circulation Desk at (225) 231-3740 To register, call the Library branch directly. for assistance. For more information, visit www.ebrpl.com. *Registration required.

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2021, The Source 11 Writers’ Garden Discoveries: Color in the Garden Rendezvous The Baton Rouge Botanic Garden Calling all writers! If you’re Foundation will host a FREE Garden geared up to get some words on Discoveries series event for families at the page, join other adults at the the Main Library at Goodwood at 10 a.m. Fairwood Branch at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Saturday, May 8, led by Josette Lester & May 11, for the Writers’ Rendezvous Juliette Chappo. Attendees can register for meeting. This informal group is limited in-person seating or attend virtually designed for writers to meet, share on Facebook Live! Color in the Garden in ideas and get feedback on current May is just popping! Join us as we begin projects. with a presentation of selected colors used in gardens and why you’d choose them, followed by a meander through the Botanic Crafting for a Cause Garden at Independence Park to look at the Adults are invited to the Pride- colors shown by flowers, shrubs, and herbs. Chaneyville Branch at 1 p.m. every Even a green plant without flowers has a Thursday in May for a chance to color to offer! And a walk through the Rose create doilies like grandma used Garden will show you how many colors to make, and enjoy the company can be used in one place. The gardening fun doesn’t stop there! Mark your of fellow crafters. All skill levels calendar now for Garden Discoveries: Be a Bee with Kevin Langley, scheduled are welcome. Donations of yarn, for 10 a.m. Saturday, June 12. supplies or finished items are welcome. • To attend in-person: To comply with social distancing guidelines, in-person seating is limited and registration is required to attend. Registration is available in the Events Calendar at EBRPL.com or call (225) 231-3750 for registration assistance. • To attend virtually: View this event virtually on Facebook Live at Facebook. com/EBRPL at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 8. A recording will be available at Facebook.com/EBRPL and YouTube.com/EastBatonRougeParishLibrary after the event.

A Garden of Stories The East Baton Rouge Parish Library’s Main Library at Goodwood has partnered with BREC, and its Baker Branch has Zen Coloring teamed up with the City of Baker, to bring you Garden Stories in two for Adults locations! Families are invited to Touted as a therapeutic source the BREC Gardens at Independence of creativity and relaxation, people Park, and the Baker Municipal everywhere are rediscovering Park, to take a stroll through the coloring! Come to the River Center beautifully serene area and enjoy Branch at 3 p.m. Monday, May 3, to reading stations where one-to- release stress with other adults, as two pages of a children’s book can be read. Story titles will we color inside and outside of the change each month. This month, read through My Busy Green Garden lines. Coloring sheets and colorful by Terry Pierce, at the Main Library, and I Am Every Good Thing by pencils will be provided. Derrick Barnes, in Baker. Play Bingo at the Library! Audubon Native Plant Sale Pickup This game never goes out of Audubon Delta will be in the parking lot of the Main Library at Goodwood style! Join other adults at the Main from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday, May 1, to offer pickup services for their online Library at Goodwood at 10 a.m. Native Plant Sale. If you purchased a plant online, you can conveniently drive Tuesday, May 18, to test your luck in through their setup to pick them up! For more information, visit gonative@ a few rounds of Bingo. audubon.org or call (662) 252-1155.

12 The Source, May 2021 East Baton Rouge Parish Library FREE Computer Classes at the Library Adults are invited to the Library this month for FREE computer classes. Registration is required for all. For more information and to register, call the Library location directly. Check out the schedule: Introduction to Computers 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 11, Delmont Gardens Branch *Introduction to Computers 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 11, Zachary Branch *How to Use Facebook 3 p.m. Thursday, May 20, Zachary Branch Introduction to Microsoft Word 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 25

Now through May 2021 Inspired by Matthew Desmond’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, the National Building Museum’s Evicted exhibition brings visitors into the world of low-income renter eviction. The exhibition challenges visitors to face the enormity of one of 21st-century America’s most devastating problems, while providing context for the crisis and a call to action.

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2021, The Source 13 CAREER *FREE Virtual Seminar: How to Pay for College College is getting more expensive by the year. Families are invited to join the Library’s Career Center staff online via Zoom at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 11, for a FREE virtual seminar that will cover the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) for Louisiana residents, financial aid options, grants and scholarships, and more. Learn what tools and support is out there to help you Need e-books for afford a college education, and strategies to maximize financial awards. Find out how and where to research the right scholarships for you, and how to successfully a distraction? apply for them. Registration is required. To register, call (225) 231-3733, or visit Visit the Digital Library www.careercenterbr.com/events. at www.ebrpl.com/ DigitalLibrary Get FREE, Certified Professional to get started Career & Job Search Help Virtually! • Did you know that your East Baton Rouge e-books & e-audiobooks Parish Library’s Career Center has a YouTube for Reading on the Go channel? All the career and job search help you need is at your fingertips when you visit www. • CareerCenterBR.com/YouTube to see FREE video Popular Digital seminars on cover letter and résumé writing, job Magazines interview tips, computer skills and more. The • collection is updated twice weekly, with new offerings becoming available regularly. Check out Music Downloads these videos: of Popular Artists • Introducing the En Espanol Playlist Streaming Videos Esta lista de reproducción incluye algunos de & Concerts nuestros videos más populares en español. Si tiene sugerencias para un seminario o vídeo específico • en español, póngase en contacto con André de la Fuente en adelafuente@ebrpl. Recipes & Craft Tutorials com. Los vídeos incluyen: • • Cómo Conseguir un Correo Electrónico en Gmail AND MORE! • Cómo Crear Las Contraseñas Buenas • All you need is your • Cómo Solicitar un Trabajo con Walmart Library card! Google Career Certificates • www.ebrpl.com/ In this video, we discuss a valuable low-cost educational opportunity: Google DigitalLibrary Career Certificates. Google Career Certificates provide training in high-demand technical skills which can qualify you for entry-level jobs in information technology. These certificates typically take less than 6 months to complete and cost less than $300, and they are well regarded by technology companies. BRCC and IBM Skills Builder

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CARD Community Foundation and IBM. They teamed up to give members of the Text-a-Librarian Y Y xt @ 66746 Te eref) (start your question with greater Baton Rouge area access to IBM badge and certificate courses for FREE. Website www.ebrpl.com You can complete online certification courses for a number of in demand tech LIBRAR disciplines such as data analytics, cyber security or agile methodology. They also offer personal development classes like critical thinking, decision making and communication.

14 The Source, May 2021 East Baton Rouge Parish Library SOCIAL MEDIA ROUNDUP IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Engage with your Library on social media every day of the week with fun posts and activities you’re sure Missed the Virtual Mid City to enjoy! Check out the weekly schedule: Micro-Con livestream? No problem! Go to ebrpl.com/MCMC to MONDAY view all the session recordings, explore the works of this year’s creators and presenters, and much more! We’ll highlight a poem from a book in the Library’s collection. #poemoftheweek Garden Discoveries If you missed the Garden Discoveries Butterfly Gardening TUESDAY livestream, or the Container Gardening program in October, you can experience them any time, when you watch the Check Facebook video to find out a Library recording at Facebook.com/EBRPL. staff member’s favorite book, and why they enjoyed it. #BookIt Stir the Pot with Chef Jay Chef Jay Ducote cooked live in October, WEDNESDAY preparing his recipe for a Pork and Brussels Sprouts Cast-Iron Bake! If you missed it, you Each Wednesday we highlight a can watch the recording at https://youtu.be/ in our collection. Staff members have ipv64jial6U. been cooking and baking recipes and sharing a picture of the final product Baton Rouge Mini Maker Faire with the cookbook. We hope they Get the link to see this year's Baton Rouge Mini inspire you to try something new! Maker Faire livestream recording at batonrouge. #WhatchaCookinWednesday makerfaire.com! THURSDAY Author Talks Find archived videos of virtual author talks including those On Thursdays, we share a photo from with Libby Copeland, Stephen Andes, Gail Carriger and more, the Baton Rouge Room’s digital archive. by visiting the Library's YouTube channel at youtube.com/ It’s always interesting to take a look EBRPLibraryTV. back at the history of Baton Rouge! #ThrowbackThursday LITERACY IS A FRIDAY FAMILY AFFAIR! The New York Public Library started #BookfaceFriday in 2014. Since then Have you read to a child today? around the world have started sharing their bookfaces on Friday with that hashtag - ...... including ours! It’s a fun challenge that we Get family activity prompts enjoy sharing every week! #BookfaceFriday & ideas sent right to your mobile phone every Thursday evening! SATURDAY We teamed up with Cat Haven in 2017 to Are you interested in developing your child's spotlight the cats they have for adoption reading skills? Your East Baton Rouge Parish  with a book from our collection. Who doesn’t love a cute cat picture? #Caturday Library Special Literacy Projects offers quick & easy ideas for encouraging literacy at home through SUNDAY a new text message service. On Sundays we highlight a new book in our Simply text LITERACY collection that our staff recommends. This is to (225) 400-1336. a great way to discover a new book that you might enjoy! #SundaySelection Unsubscribe at any time by texting OPT OUT. Standard message & data rates may apply.

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2021, The Source 15 GRAB & GEAUX KITS FOR 20-SOMETHINGS

Adults ages 18-30ish are invited to come into their local Library branch to pick up a Grab & Geaux bag filled with a fun project! Check the Online Calendar to see what crafts are available at branches throughout the month, while supplies last. For more information, call the Library branch directly. Here’s the schedule:

• Saturday, May 1, Baker Branch, Every Good Thing • Saturday, May 1, Baker Branch, Felt Pennants • Saturday, May 1, Pride-Chaneyville Branch, May the 4th Be with You! Painted Rocks • Monday, May 3, Greenwell Springs Road Regional Branch, Origami Flower Pots • Monday, May 3, Main Library at Goodwood, Kusudama Flower • Thursday, May 6, Central Branch, Crepe Paper Flowers • Thursday, May 6, Zachary Branch, Chocolate Kiss Roses • Friday, May 7, Main Library at Goodwood, DIY Foam Stamp • Wednesday, May 19, Bluebonnet Regional Branch, • Monday, May 10, River Center Branch, Blackout Poetry Faux Vintage Tool Wrap • Monday, May 24, Carver Branch, • Wednesday, May 12, Scotlandville Branch, CD Mosaics Fleur De Lis Bead Mosaic • Thursday, May 13, Delmont Gardens Branch, • Monday, May 24, Jones Creek Regional Branch, Upcycle Magazine Trinket Box Paracord Bracelet • Monday, May 17, Eden Park Branch, • Tuesday, May 25, Fairwood Branch, 3D Paper Succulent Plants Dandelion Embroidery TEEN GRAB & GEAUX PROJECTS Each week, we invite teens to come into their local Library branch to pick up a Grab & Geaux bag filled with the project of the week. Check the Online Calendar to see what crafts are available at branches throughout the month, while supplies last. For more information, call (225) 231-3770. Here's the schedule:

• Saturday, May 1, Baker Branch, ACT Practice Test • Tuesday, May 4, River Center Branch, Embroidered Constellations • Saturday, May 1, Baker Branch, Floam If You Want To • Saturday, May 1, Baker Branch, Snowball Earrings • Wednesday, May 5, Fairwood Branch, Mug Rug • Saturday, May 1, Bluebonnet Regional Branch, • Wednesday, May 5, Pride-Chaneyville Branch, Exam Prep Tool Kit (magnetic ) DIY Mother’s Day Gift Bag • Saturday, May 1, Main Library at Goodwood, • Wednesday, May 5, Scotlandville Branch, Roule Beads Bracelets OBOC Fleur-de-Lis Mardi Gras Bead Mosaic Satur • Monday, May 3, Greenwell Springs Road Regional • day, May 8, Main Library at Goodwood, Branch, Mother’s Day Pop Up Bouquet Card Go Fly a Kite! (Tetrahedral Kites) Monday • Tuesday, May 4, Central Branch, • , May 10, Greenwell Springs Road Regional May the Fourth Baby Yoda KeyChain Branch, A Short Tension Span Monday • Tuesday, May 4, Delmont Gardens Branch, • , May 10, Jones Creek Regional Branch, Mother’s Day Pop Up Bouquet Card Stress Balls

16 The Source, May 2021 East Baton Rouge Parish Library TEEN GRAB & GEAUX PROJECTS – CONTINUED

• Tuesday, May 11, Carver Branch, Paper Flowers Craft • Friday, May 28, Delmont Gardens Branch, Glitter Bottles • Tuesday, May 11, Zachary Branch, Duct Tape Pens • Saturday, May 29, Main Library at Goodwood, • Wednesday, May 12, Bluebonnet Regional Branch, Summer Dream Jar Rotating Paper Fidget Ring • Saturday, May 29, Main Library at Goodwood, • Wednesday, May 12, River Center Branch, Camp Half Blood Necklace R2D2 Luminary • Monday, May 31, Eden Park Branch, Cloud Lamps • Saturday, May 15, Main Library at Goodwood, Avatar The Last Airbender Silhouette Art • Monday, May 17, Carver Branch, Magnetic Bookmarks! • Monday, May 17, Central Branch, Dot Painting • Monday, May 17, Greenwell Springs Road Regional Branch, 3D Origami Strawberry • Monday, May 17, Jones Creek Regional Branch, Cloud Lamp • Tuesday, May 18, River Center Branch, Painted Bookends • Wednesday, May 19, Pride-Chaneyville Branch, Draw Manga! • Thursday, May 20, Fairwood Branch, Geometric Paintings *Teen Virtual Book Club Teens are invited to join staff from the Greenwell Springs Road Regional Branch on Google Meet for a discussion on a new book challenge each month. May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, so to celebrate, we will read and highlight books featuring Asian and Pacific Islander authors and characters. Call the Teen Department at (225) 274-4470, to find out how to join the Book Club online. Get a Jump on Success, Take the ACT® Practice Test! For the entire month of May, teens can drop by the • Friday, May 21, Main Library at Goodwood, Baker Branch at any time to pick up a FREE American Spring into STEM College Testing (ACT®) practice exam packet. The kit includes one practice test, along with instructions • Monday, May 24, Greenwell Springs Road Regional on how to take it, and how to access other practice Branch, Kumihimo test for FREE from the comfort of home. • Monday, May 24, Jones Creek Regional Branch, Grab and Geaux Geode Grow Paint a Bookend, • Tuesday, May 25, Main Library at Goodwood, Earn a Volunteer Hour Totoro Feltie (Totoro-ly Awesome) Teens who would like to get creative and earn • Tuesday, May 25, Zachary Branch, DIY Boomerang one volunteer hour can come to the River Center Branch at any time Tuesday, May 18, to pick up a • Wednesday, May 26, Main Library at Goodwood, bookend, take it home, and paint their unique design Hydraulic Jack (Do You Even Lift?) on it. The artistic possibilities are endless! Receive • Wednesday, May 26, Scotlandville Branch, your volunteer hour when you return your painted Paper Airplane Day bookend to the Library.

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2021, The Source 17 Digital Resources for Everyone! The Digital Library is open 24/7, and its robust collection of resources are all freely available patrons of all ages with a current East Baton Rouge Parish Library card. Just visit https://www.ebrpl.com/digital.html to get started!

Browse and borrow e-books & audiobooks with OverDrive via the Libby app. OverDrive's digital collection now includes all e-books & audiobooks formerly on the RBdigital platform for one-stop shopping.

Kanopy offers streaming films, perfect to watch some of your favorites! For even more screen time, check out IndieFlix!

For digital magazines, browse Flipster & RBdigital online magazines.

Crank up the tunes and rock out with Freegal, the free and legal downloadable & streaming music resource. Enjoy unlimited streaming, and download up to seven songs per week!

18 The Source, May 2021 East Baton Rouge Parish Library East Baton Rouge Parish Library COVID-19 Response Plan

Step 3: To Be Announced STEP 3 For more information, visit the COVID-19 InfoGuide at https://ebrpl.libguides.com/coronavirus

Re-Opening Step 2: June 1 through current Libraries open doors daily to the public to provide limited use of PCs, Wi-Fi, and fresh checkouts of materials! Masks or face coverings are required.

STEP 2 • Between opening up on June 1 and December 31, a • 560,309 reference questions had been answered total of 432,984 patrons had visited their libraries • Bookmobile Outreach staff had made 678 visits • Patrons had logged on to public computers inside • Temporarily modified hours of operation at all the Library 100,264 times locations: • Patrons had logged on to Library Wi-Fi 380,861 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. Monday – Thursday times 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Friday & Saturday • 617,264 items had been picked up and physically 2 – 6 p.m. Sunday checked out • Curbside, lobby or Drive Through pickup is • 620,664 e-books had been downloaded available at all locations.

Step 2.1 Step 2.3 • October 1: Library programs, including indoor • October 1: Specific branch libraries esumedr use and outdoor programs, resumed in October with of one or more meeting rooms/conference rooms limited attendance to allow for social distancing. on a limited basis, with schedule times, frequency Masks or face coverings are required at all and room capacity determined to allow for social indoor programs, and encouraged at all outdoor distancing and special cleaning. Many meeting programs. rooms are still in use for Quarantine Books, to house furniture which has been removed Step 2.2 from the public service floor to allow for social • October 1: Book Stacks opened for browsing at all distancing, or to store special cleaning or other 14 Library locations. supplies; we will open up rooms as we are able.

Re-Opening Step 1: May 20 through May 31 Libraries extend hours for telephone and eref assistance as well as resume Call Ahead/ Drive Through, Curb-side, or Lobby Pickup

STEP 1 • Patrons placed holds on 22,574 new items • Patrons downloaded more than 270,410 books • By May 31, patrons had used the Call Ahead Pick between March and May 31 Up service to checkout 17,329 new items • Patrons called in over 28,800 reference questions • Patrons had returned 28,432 items

Stay at Home: March 17 through May 19

• Libraries are closed to the public • 10,860 questions answered • Telephone and electronic service provided • 174,736 e-book downloads Monday through Friday • More than 64,000 Wi-Fi logins

NOTICE: Call Library Information at (225) 231-3750 for COVID-19 vaccine location information, or come in to a branch for assistance making a vaccination appointment online.

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2021, The Source 19 Main Library at Goodwood Director, Spencer Watts 7711 Goodwood Boulevard (225) 231‑3740 Monday – Thursday, 8 a.m. – 10 p.m. 7711 Goodwood Boulevard • Baton Rouge, LA 70806 Friday and Saturday, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. A Department of City‑Parish Government Sunday, 2 – 10 p.m. Baker Branch Library 3501 Groom Road (225) 778‑5940 Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday, 2 – 6 p.m. Bluebonnet Regional Branch Library 9200 Bluebonnet Boulevard (225) 763‑2240 Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday, 2 – 6 p.m. Carver Branch Library 720 Terrace Street (225) 389‑7440 Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday, 2 – 6 p.m. Central Branch Library 11260 Joor Road (225) 262‑2640 Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday, 2 – 6 p.m. Delmont Gardens Branch Library 3351 Lorraine Street (225) 354‑7040 Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday, 2 – 6 p.m. Eden Park Branch Library 5131 Greenwell Springs Road (225) 231‑3240 Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday, 2 – 6 p.m. Fairwood Branch Library 12910 Old Hammond Highway (225) 924‑9384 Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday, 2 – 6 p.m. Greenwell Springs Road Regional Branch Library 11300 Greenwell Springs Road (225) 274‑4440 Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday, 2 – 6 p.m. Jones Creek Regional Branch Library 6222 Jones Creek Road (225) 756‑1140 Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday, 2 – 6 p.m. Pride‑Chaneyville Branch Library 13600 Pride–Port Hudson Road (225) 658‑1540 Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday, 2 – 6 p.m. COVID-19 Step 2 Hours of Operation River Center Branch Library for all locations: 250 North Boulevard (225) 389‑4967 Monday – Thursday, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. Monday – Thursday Sunday, 2 – 6 p.m. 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Friday & Saturday Scotlandville Branch Library 7373 Scenic Highway (225) 354‑7540 2 – 6 p.m. Sunday Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday, 2 – 6 p.m. Zachary Branch Library 1900 Church Street (225) 658‑1840 Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday, 2 – 6 p.m. RECYCLED READS – Closed until further notice. Library Information Visit us at: 3434 North Blvd. (225) 231‑3750 www.ebrpl.com Text a Librarian (225) 361-8476