MAY 2017

Build a Better World: The 2017 Summer Reading Program is Here!

ummertime fun-time! Your East Baton Rouge Parish May 24. Teens can submit their reading logs though Monday, Library has planned a Summer Reading Program for July 31. To complete the program, read any six teen books and Severy age group, so the whole family can participate. you’ll receive six Library Bucks, a drawstring backpack and a This summer is sure to be packed with color-changing LED watch! Plus, if you keep reading, you’ll be great books, exciting programs and entered into the weekly prize drawing. Every three books you fabulous prizes for adults, teens and read gets you an entry into the drawing children! Build a Better World is this for cool prizes like autographed books, year’s theme for both the children and virtual reality headsets, LEGO® kits teen categories. Parents / guardians and more! Read as much as you can can pick up registration materials because the top reader across for kids ages 0-11 in the Children’s East Baton Rouge Parish will Room at any Library location starting receive a Fired HD 8 Tablet Tuesday, May 30, through Monday, bundle! July 31. Children who reach their Why should kids and reading goals by Tuesday, August 15 teens have all the fun this will receive a reading certificate, a FREE book and other cool summer? We’ve got a Summer prizes, plus have their name entered into a drawing for a $50 Reading Program designed just gift certificate. Each child must read a minimum of five books for adults that will get your pages to complete the Summer Reading Program. turning! This is Baton Rouge’s 200th Teens did you know that participating in the Summer year as a city, and in keeping with the Reading Program can help you develop high levels of literacy celebration, this year’s theme for adults ages 18 and older is that are needed for higher education and future employment? Red Stick Reads! You’ll enjoy programming on a variety of It also helps you prepare for the reading comprehension topics that will enrich your Library experience. Adults are portions included in most standardized tests. Teens going asked to read three books to receive a summer prize pack. For into grades 6-12 are invited to join the Teen Summer Reading more information about the 2017 Summer Reading Program Program by signing up in the Teen Section at any Library for all ages, contact your Library location directly, or visit us location and picking up their reading log starting Wednesday, online at www.ebrpl.com.

Authors After Hours Presents Morgan Molthrop Award-winning author Morgan Molthrop about Alexander the Great. His books on South will be at the Main Library at Goodwood at 7 Louisiana culture include Artist Spaces New p.m. Friday, May 5, to talk pirates and more! Orleans, Fleur de Lis: Histories and Mysteries Molthrop has written regional best-selling, and LOVE: New Orleans. Molthrop wrote cross-genre business and history books about and narrates Creole, of Course, New Orleans’ Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans tricentennial dinner and jazz show. Considered and Jean Lafitte’s buccaneering enterprise. one of Louisiana’s top storytellers, Molthrop In late-spring he will publish his first novel, a also will provide insight into his process and work of historical fiction based on new research provide case studies from his works.

Inside: RELIC Louisiana Characters • Summer Reading Performers ∙ Refreshing Mocktails ∙ and more! The Human Library™ Louisiana Characters: The Human Library™ is a Biographies of the Bayou State program in which “readers” can The East Baton Rouge Parish Library along with check out Living Books — that is, the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities is people who share the story of their sponsoring a FREE six-part Readings in Literature lives in a fascinating and thought- and Culture (RELIC) program at the Central Branch provoking one-on-one conversation. from 5:45 until 7:45 p.m. on consecutive Thursdays The event for adults aims to help in May through early June. Charles N. Elliott from expand understanding, present the Department of History and Political Science at different perspectives and challenge Southeastern Louisiana University will introduce stereotypes through dialogue. readings and direct discussions reconsidering Baton Rouge’s Human Library™ Louisiana’s rich and diverse cultural heritage is having its second opening at as seen through the biographical spectacles of the Main Library at Goodwood at significant historical characters. In a relaxed setting 1 p.m. Saturday, May 6. The four- and engaging format, adults will explore the best hour event is FREE and open to the of Louisiana’s classic and contemporary political, public. social, literary and regional biographies, including Lafitte the Pirateby Lyle Saxon, Intimate Enemies: The Two Worlds of Baroness Pontalba by Christina Vella, Unveiling Kate Chopin by Emily Toth, The Kingfish and His Realm: The Life and Times of Huey Long by William Ivy Hair, Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans by Louis Armstrong and The Last Madam by Christine Wiltz. Registration is required. To register, call (225) 262-2680. Check out the session schedule below.

• May 4 No Johnny Depp: Jean Lafitte of Old Louisiana General introduction of the content and context of Louisiana Characters: Bicentennial Art Biographies of the Bayou State and the nature of suggested and directed readings Exhibit Features with a discussion of Lafitte the Pirateby Lyle Saxon. André Moreau’s • May 11 Poor Little Rich Girl: Baroness Micaela Almonester de Pontalba Images of Baton Rouge Discussion of Intimate Enemies: The Two Worlds of Baroness Pontalba Everyone is invited to enjoy by Christina Vella the FREE opening reception of Baton Rouge: A Bicentennial View, • May 18 an exhibit of photographs by Creole Feminist: Kate Chopin of Natchitoches Emmy-winning TV journalist and Book talk on Unveiling Kate Chopin by Emily Toth, plus selected Chopin short photographer and Bicentennial stories. Committee Co-Chair André Moreau. The exhibit will take place from • May 25 6 until 8 p.m. Thursday, May 18, Rising Above Principle: Louisiana’s Huey Long in the Lamar Atrium located on Lively chat about The Kingfish and His Realm: The Life and Times of Huey Long the first floor of the Shaw Center by William Ivy Hair. for the Arts. Unique large-scale photographs transformed into • June 1 stunning masterpieces using paper, All Music is Folk Music: Louis Armstrong acrylic and metal will be on display. A talk on My Life in New Orleans by Louis Armstrong, plus a musical interlude. These images are memorable museum-quality wall art. The • June 8 Rich Little Bad Girl: Norma Wallace exhibit will remain on display at the The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld Shaw Center for the Arts through Discussion of

July 21. To learn more about André by Christine Wiltz. Moreau’s work, visit his website at http://andremoreauphotography. LIBRARY CLOSURE com/. For a complete Bicentennial All locations of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library will be closed celebration schedule of events, go Monday, May 29, in observance of Memorial Day. online to www.batonrouge200.com.

2 The Source, May 2017 East Baton Rouge Parish Library Free Supplemental Nutrition Assistance The Library Road Program (SNAP) Outreach at the Library Show is on Metro 21! The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank in partnership with the Louisiana Food The Library Road Show is a Bank Association and the Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS) is 30-minute, once-a-month television hosting a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits outreach show that features news, events, event at libraries in May. SNAP Outreach Coordinator KiEtha Gage will be services and programs available stationed in the SNAP mobile unit from 10 a.m. until noon each day to assist through the East Baton Rouge adult clients with applying for SNAP benefits (commonly known as food stamps), Parish Library. Watch this program complete redeterminations, simplify reports, print SNAP budget summaries and on TV Cox Cable Channel 21 more. All information will be kept confidential, and the service is FREE of charge. (Metro 21) every Tuesday at For more information, call KiEtha Gage at (225) 287-8857, or send her an email to 8:30 p.m., Saturday at 8 a.m. [email protected]. Check out the outreach schedule below. and Sunday at 8 a.m. to find out what’s going on at your East Baton • Thursday, May 4, Scotlandville Branch Rouge Parish Library! Missed an • Friday, May 5, Central Branch episode? Just visit our YouTube • Saturday, May 6, Eden Park Branch page at www.youtube.com/ user/ EBRPLibraryTV to check out the • Friday, May 12, Bluebonnet Regional Branch archives and catch up on the latest • Friday, May 26, Jones Creek Regional Branch show. • Saturday, May 27, Carver Branch Red Stick Farmers Market at the Library The Red Stick Farmers Market will host a seasonal mobile market at the Main Library at Goodwood at 8 a.m. – noon every Tuesday in May. Red Stick Farmers is an open air, producer-only market, which ensures that all produce sold at the Market is grown locally by each farmer. With more than 50 member farmers, it offers a variety of locally grown products, including fresh fruits, local plants, herbs and vegetables, plus meats, seafood, artisan breads, homemade pies, honey, milk and cheese and specialty food items. Cash, credit, debit and Louisiana Purchase EBT/SNAP benefits cards all are accepted for payment at every location of the Red Stick Farmers Market. *FREE Parenting FREE Seminar: Shopping at the Farmers Market Wisely Five-Part Has buying healthy foods become too Series expensive for your family’s budget? Are you Stephanie Kellar, CAC, M. ED. unsure where to buy fresh, healthy foods will be at the Eden Park Branch at reasonable prices or which assistance this month to lead FREE Parenting programs might assist you? Those interested Wisely classes as part of a five-part in making healthy, affordable food choices for series starting at 1 p.m. Thursday, family members will want to attend a free adult May 4, and continuing at the same seminar at the Eden Park Branch at 3:30 p.m. time every Tuesday thereafter. Wednesday, May 24. Fresh-from-the-farm food This parenting program offers samples will be served! This is a free presentation by Baton Rouge Economic and adults assistance with effective Agricultural Development Alliance (BREADA) representative Emily Sulzer on family communication, extended the best ways to buy healthy foods locally and about BREADA’s great programs family values, child growth and that assist low-income families’ access fresh food using the Supplemental development and healthy self- Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP/EBT) or The Special Supplemental esteem, plus aims to provide Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) benefits. Sulzer also parents with a wide variety of will talk about BREADA’s Sprouts program, a free kids’ club created to educate child rearing strategies and skills. children about healthy lifestyles. For more information about BREADA, visit Once participants have finished http://breada.org/ or contact Emily Sulzer at (225) 267-5060. all five classes, they will receive a Certificate of Completion. Come All programs are free and open to the public. Registration for all programs is encouraged. enjoy exciting activities and win To register, call the Library branch directly. prizes! To register, call Stephanie For more information, visit www.ebrpl.com. * Registration required. Keller at (225) 301-5676.

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2017, The Source 3 Adults, All Ages

The LSU Disaster Resilience and Recovery Project is Seeking Volunteers The Louisiana State University (LSU) Disaster Resilience and Recovery Project is doing a study on the Great Flood of 2016, and is seeking volunteers to assist. The Project is being conducted by Dr. Katie Cherry, Dr. Matt Calamia and Dr. Emily Elliott of the LSU Department of Psychology. With a goal to understand how disaster stress impacts one’s health and daily life, the Project will consist of interviewing adults ages 18 and older who live in East Baton Rouge, Livingston Scan this QR code and Ascension parishes and were exposed to the Great Flood with your phone of 2016. The research team also would like to hear from the to take the brief special subset group of those who relocated to the area after survey. experiencing loss during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. To get involved, send an email to [email protected]. Tech Toy Box *Two Chances for Feng Shui: An Overview at Bluebonnet Are you looking for fresh ideas for enhancing Do you have a laptop, iPhone, your spatial arrangement and orientation that will iPad, Kindle or other electronic help increase the flow of positive energy in your device? We can help you make space? If you answered yes to that question, you’ll the most of it! Adults can come to want attend this free seminar on Feng Shui! Adults the Bluebonnet Regional Branch can come to the Jones Creek Regional Branch at 6:30 from 10 a.m. until noon Thursday, p.m. Wednesday, May 17, and 2 p.m. Saturday, May May 25, to learn how to use the 20, for a presentation led by Feng Shui master and Library’s resources to read books author of Feng Shui: The Invisible Art of Communication and magazines, learn languages, Denise DuBos. You’ll learn the basics of this Chinese download music, study for tests, philosophical system of harmonizing oneself with develop career skills and much the surrounding environment. more! Knowledgeable Library staff will be available to assist you. Play Bingo at the Library! This game never gets old, so grab your Telescope Training friends and family and join us each month Class for a roaring game of bingo at the Library! Adults can come to the Main Win prizes and enjoy snacks while you play! Library at Goodwood at 8 p.m. *Registration is required for some. Bingo game Thursday, May 4, for a brief dates, times and locations are listed below. presentation on how to use and • 3 p.m. Sundays, May 7 & 21, care for the Library’s Dobsonian Greenwell Springs Road Regional Branch telescope. This telescope also is available to borrow. All that’s • 4 p.m. Wednesdays, May 10 & 24, required is attendance at the Scotlandville Branch training class and your Library • 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 16, card. Main Library at Goodwood • 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 17, MONTHLY Delmont Gardens Branch MEETING • *6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 25, The Federation of Jones Creek Regional Branch Greater Baton Rouge Civic Associations 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 9 All programs are free and open to the public. Registration for all programs is encouraged. Main Library at Goodwood To register, call the Library branch directly. For more information, visit www.ebrpl.com. * Registration required.

4 The Source, May 2017 East Baton Rouge Parish Library New & Updated Resources Adult Coloring Sessions at the Library Introducing the DigitalLearn Computer Literacy Need to decompress from a Platform! long day at the office? Maybe We are excited to announce a new resource in the Digital Library, EBRPL you’re just looking for a way to get DigitalLearn. This resource offers basic computer literacy training on demand, creative and relieve stress. Either through short, easy-to-use interactive courses. The EBRP Library was one of way, we’re here to help! Adults are three library systems in the nation chosen to pilot the Digital Literacy Initiative’s invited to join us at the Library this new learning platform. month for FREE coloring sessions. Andrew Tadman, Coordinator of Reference and Computer Services, has We’ll provide the coloring sheets been working behind the scenes to get the Digital Learn platform ready for our and colors, but you should feel free * own patrons: “These interactive, bite-sized courses, offer more engaged, hands- to bring your own. Registration is on learning. Rather than simply required for some. Dates, times and watching a video, you’re clicking locations are listed below. and actively learning how to Main Library at Goodwood complete at task.” Courses start • 7 p.m. Monday, May 1 with basics like Using a PC, Intro to Email and Microsoft Word, but • 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 10 also include more specific topics • 2 p.m. Wednesday May 31 such as Introduction to Skype, Cloud Storage, Online Scams and River Center Branch Creating Resumés. No Library • 3:30 p.m. Monday, May 1 card is required. All courses are Eden Park Branch also available in Spanish and • 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 4 more courses will be added over time. Scotlandville Branch DigitalLearn will be a great • 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 11 tool for patrons starting out with computers—even if they have never even touched a mouse or have only the most basic familiarity with technology. A Bluebonnet Regional Branch DigitalLearn “Open Lab” session is scheduled from 2 until 4 p.m. Saturday, May • 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 17 13, and Saturday, May 27 in the Digital Lab at the Main Library at Goodwood. A Baker Branch public launch event in the community will be announced soon and Cox • 1 p.m. Saturday, May 13 Communications will assist the Library in marketing this resource. The Digital Literacy Initiative is a collaboration between the Library, Cox Communications, the American Library Association and the Public Library Association. Library Director Spencer Watts was enthusiastic about the new learning platform: “This free resource offers us one more additional way to make Baton Rouge more competitive and increase the capacity of our citizens to be “Digitally Ready” for the workplace. We are pleased to be selected by the American Library Association and the Public Library Association to pilot the project. We look forward to working with our local partners at Cox Communications to bring this important new tool to the community.” Kurzweil Text-to-Speech Software Now Includes BR 200 Trivia Language Translation! In 1968 the Baton Rouge Kurzweil 3000 is screen reading software available for FREE through the Goals Congress was established Library. There is a desktop version, an app for iPad called Firefly and an easy-to- to design a plan that would use Read the Web browser extension for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. A bring the city into the future. new feature added to the Read the Web browser extension allows for language This forerunner of the Horizon translation of selected text on any webpage. There are 30 natural text-to-speech Plan and FutureBR heralded the voices that read aloud in 17 languages and dialects. This great literacy resource development of the Centroplex, is now a great language-learning resource! To get a free Kurzweil account or reorganization of schools, zoning for more information visit http://ebrpl.libguides.com/kurzweil or call the regulations and a restructuring Reference Department at (225) 231-3750. of the City-Parish Government. Want to learn sign language? Head over to the Digital Library to explore For more Baton Rouge history, Signing Savvy, a resource that offers American Sign Language learning. visit www.batonrouge200.com.

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2017, The Source 5 Career Path

*Write the Resumé That Will Get the Job! Lynnette Lee of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library Career Center will lead a workshop for adults on writing a great resumé! Come to the Zachary Branch at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 24, to find out how to structure your resumé so that it showcases your most valuable skills. Learn formatting techniques that will make your resumé look clean and professional. You’ll learn about the most common red flags employers look for on resumés and how to avoid them. Registration is required. To register, call (225) 231-3733 or visit www. careercenterbr.com/events. *FREE Job Fair Success Seminar If you’re actively seeking employment, this seminar *Creative Media is for you! We recommend that you attend the EmployBR Job Fair at the Belle of Baton Rouge Casino at 9 a.m. – 2 Careers 101 p.m. for veterans and 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. for the general public Thursday, May Program manager Jillian Hall of 25. To help you plan, we also recommend that adults first come to the Career the New Orleans Video Access Center Center’s FREE Job Fair Success seminar in the first floor Conference Room (NOVAC) in Baton Rouge will be 102 at the Main Library at Goodwood 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 17. Career at the Main Library at Goodwood Center staff will discuss what to expect at job fairs, how to prepare, how to at 6 p.m. Monday, May 8, to show make a good first impression and how to avoid common mistakes. Registration adults how to launch a career in the is required. To register, call the Career Center at (225) 231-3733 or visit www. creative digital media field which careercenterbr.com/events. includes film, advertising/marketing, photography, graphic design and more. Hall will provide an overview Business & Legal of the industry in Louisiana and offer suggestions on how to put your talents to work. Registration is required. To SCORE: Simple Steps for Starting Your Business register, go online to http://www. SCORE Baton Rouge will offer a free workshop, Simple Steps for Starting careercenterbr.com/events/. For more Your Business, at the Main Library at Goodwood at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 2. information, call the Career Center at Business mentoring also is available at the Main Library every Wednesday for (225) 231-3733. those with appointments. For appointments and more information, contact the * SCORE office at (225) 215-0080. Visit the Dependable Strengths: SCORE website at www.scorebr.org, to How to Find & Grow the learn more. Best within You Meet the Franchisors Louisiana If you are ready to take your Are you considering business ownership and are ready to explore your job, career or life in a new and more opportunities? Adults are invited to join us at the Main Library at Goodwood fulfilling direction, we want to help! at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, to meet face-to-face with leading franchisors Adults are invited to the Main Library who are ready to expand in this area! This free event is hosted by FRANNET at Goodwood from noon until 5:30 in partnership with the Louisiana Small Business Development Center and p.m. Saturday, May 20, for a free SCORE Baton Rouge. Registration is required. To register, go online to www. workshop that will aim to help you frannetla.com. You also can register in person the day of the event starting at identify your own unique potential 5:30 p.m. For more information, text MEETTHEZORS to 22828. for excellence. Certified facilitator Mike Cragin will teach you ways to Get Free Legal Counsel discover your strengths and offer help with making a plan to develop with the Ask a Lawyer Program them. Registration is required for this Adults can come to the Library to take advantage of free and workshop. For more information, call individual counseling sessions offered by the Pro Bono Project of the Baton the Career Center at (225) 231-3733. To Rouge Bar Association. Area attorneys will be available for one-on-one, register for the workshop, go online to 15-minute sessions for legal advice on a first-come, first-served basis at the www.careercenterbr.com/events/. Carver Branch at 9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 13.

6 The Source, May 2017 East Baton Rouge Parish Library Business & Legal Technology

*Basic Concepts of Starting Your Own Business Are you thinking of starting your own business? If you answered yes to that question, you’ll want to join other adults at the Jones Creek Regional Branch at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 13, for a free seminar led by Randy Veillon from Veillon Introduction to Business Consulting, a local loan brokerage company. Veillon will outline the basic information you’ll need to know when starting a new business, as well as Arduino Workshop the do’s and don’ts that will help make your endeavor a success. A question-and- Arduino is an electronics kit answer period will follow the seminar. that anyone can use. Designed by engineers for artists, it is an easy- to-learn yet powerful platform to get you into making your own Technology projects. You can make beautiful displays, fun gadgets, neat robots, wearable lights, or even do Tech Talks at the Library useful things like automate your Over the past few years, the City-Parish has extended technology into greenhouse! Join other adults and many new areas of our local government. These efforts have been an integral teens at the Bluebonnet Regional part of an open government initiative to turn Baton Rouge into a digital city. Branch at 3:30 p.m. Monday, May Representatives from the Department of Information Services are hosting a series 15, to get started with the basics. of “Tech Talks” at several Library locations throughout May. Adults can come No previous knowledge is needed. learn more about what data, apps and other technology solutions the City-Parish Kits are provided for use during has made available to the public. The Tech Talk schedule is listed below. the program. Arduino kits also are available for checkout at the Main • 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 9, Bluebonnet Regional Branch Library. • 10 a.m. – noon Wednesday, May 10, Scotlandville Branch • 10 a.m. – noon Wednesday, May 17, Central Branch • 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, Fairwood Branch SAVE THE DATE • 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, May 18, Carver Branch The Louisiana Master • 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, May 22, Eden Park Branch Gardeners Series • 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, Jones Creek Regional Branch Thursday, June 8, Fairwood Branch 3D Printer Demonstration at Fairwood 6-7 p.m. Ever wondered how the Library’s 3D printer works? If you answered yes Planning for to that question, you’ll want to join other adults and 20-somethings ages 18- Fall Vegetables 30ish at the Fairwood Branch at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 18, for a free 3D printer demonstration. See the machine in action as it makes something cool and three- 7-8 p.m. dimensional! Backyard Fruit: Do-It-Yourself Virtual Reality Headset Workshop Beyond Citrus Virtual reality headsets are more accessible than you think! These days, virtual reality headsets come in a lot of different shapes and styles, from full coverage plastic and metal sets, to super-simple cardboard pieces. These headsets are becoming more common and as such, many different apps and videos are being developed for virtual reality. Adults and teens are invited to the Library at 3:30 p.m. twice this month to create their own virtual reality headset from scratch using cardboard! All tools will be provided for use during the program. • Tuesday, May 2, Bluebonnet Regional Branch (just for teens!) • Friday, May 26, Main Library at Goodwood MONTHLY MEETING 1 Million Cups All programs are free and open to the public. Registration for all programs is encouraged. 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 3 To register, call the Library branch directly. For more information, visit www.ebrpl.com. * Registration required. Main Library at Goodwood

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2017, The Source 7 Just Fun Health & Fitness

Mark Twain on the *Your Pace or Mine Walking Club Mississippi The Jones Creek Regional Branch adult walking club will meet at the Library Adults are invited to the at 6 p.m. every Monday (except May 29), Wednesday and Thursday in May to Bluebonnet Regional Branch at 7 walk mapped routes surrounding the branch. In the event of evening showers, p.m. Wednesday, May 10, to hear the we’ll walk indoors. All fitness levels are welcome to join! fascinating story of Mark Twain’s Join the Main Library Walking & Aerobics Club! years as a pilot on the Mississippi River, as well as the influence of the The Main Library Walking Club has river on his life and work, told by expanded its schedule and now includes speaker and author of The Next Elvis: an aerobic workout session. Adults are Searching for Stardom at Sun Records invited to the Main Library at Goodwood Barbara Sims. A question-and- four times per week to get moving! On answer period will follow outdoor walking days, we will walk the presentation. around the Library and through the nearby gardens. Every fourth Tuesday we will begin by climbing stairs to the third The floor before and after a brief walk. Be sure to wear comfortable clothes and shoes! Gardening Check out the weekly schedule below. Bug • 12:15 – 12:45 p.m. Tuesdays & Thursdays, Outdoor Walk The Louisiana Master • 12:15 – 12:45 p.m. Wednesdays, Outdoor Walk Gardeners at the • 12:05 – 12:45 p.m. Fridays, Aerobics & Toning Library *Jones Creek Pacers Aerobics Club for Adults The Louisiana Master Gardeners As an addition to the Your Pace or Mine Walking Club, the Pacers Aerobics program is a service and educational Club for adults will meet at the Jones Creek Regional Branch at 9:30 a.m. every activity offered by the Louisiana Friday in May, for a session of rhythmic dance and exercise. All fitness levels State University (LSU) AgCenter. are welcome to join us! Representatives from this group will be at the Library this month to present a two-part class for adults on varying gardening topics. Check out Health & Wellness the schedule below. Main Library at Goodwood, *Heartfulness Meditation Workshop 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 4 Be good to your heart. Adults can come to the Jones Creek Regional Branch • Get Creative with Succulents at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 14, for a meditation and relaxation workshop led by An introduction to succulents that Nitin Gupta. The goals of the workshop include promoting relaxation, reducing will describe their characteristics and stress, improving focus and creating internal peace that reflects on the outside. care, as well as creative ways to use them. Alzheimer’s Caregivers • Soil Fundamentals Support Group Meeting Get a basic understanding of the Dianne Miller will be at the Jones physical properties of soil and the Creek Regional Branch at 1 p.m. nutrients essential for plant growth. Monday, May 15, to lead an information- sharing meeting for adults held with the caregivers of those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. Alzheimer’s Services of the Capital Area sponsors this free and public program.

8 The Source, May 2017 East Baton Rouge Parish Library Sew Much Fun!

In Stitches at the Main Library Off the Hook Knitting, crochet and tatting (which is lace-making) are relaxing hobbies that Crochet Club you can take anywhere and do at any time. If you’re interested in learning a Crochet isn’t just for your new craft, or improving your stitch skills, join grandmother! It’s a fun and relaxing other adults and teens at the Main Library at way to create something wonderful. Goodwood at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 9, for the In Adults are invited to the Eden Park Stitches morning group. Come learn the basics Branch at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 18, for making decorative items and clothing! All to join the Off the Hook Crochet skill levels are welcome. Club and learn how to make a hat, Bluebonnet Knitting Nook scarf, blanket and stuffed animal! No skills? Don’t worry, we’ll hook If you would like to learn how to knit, you up! join other adults and teens at the Bluebonnet Regional Branch at 10:30 a.m. Thursdays, May 11 and 25, to learn how to knit your own projects! We’ll show you how to create all kinds Bluebonnet of items, from dishcloths and scarves, to shawls and blankets! Limited supplies are available, Crochet Corner so please bring a pair of size 8, 9, 10 or 10 ½ Join other adults at the knitting needles and at least one ball of yarn. Bluebonnet Regional Branch at 2:30 Bring a notepad for any note-taking you may want to do. All skill levels and left- p.m. Thursdays, May 11 and 25, to handers are welcome! learn how to make hats, scarves, shawls, sweaters and other items Threadheads: A Contemporary Crochet Club that make perfect holiday gifts! Adults are invited to join us at the Scotlandville Branch at 5:30 p.m. Whether you’re a beginner seeking Wednesdays, May 10 and 24, to craft with other crochet enthusiasts. Each to learn the basics of crochet, or an participant will need to bring their own size H or larger crochet hook and a skein experienced crocheter looking for a of yarn. Beginners and experienced threadheads both are welcome! fun challenge, this class is for you. Please bring a US size H, I or J (5.0, The Stitch Mixer 5.5 or 6.0 mm) crochet hook. Yarn Knitting, crocheting and needlepoint, oh my! Would you like to learn to knit, will be provided but participants crochet or needlepoint? Perhaps you’d like to join some like-minded crafters for should feel free to bring their own. stitching and conversation. Adults and teens are invited to join us at the Main Library at Goodwood at 7 p.m. Tuesdays, May 2 and 16, for the Stitch Mixer! Get new ideas and share with others. Crochet Compassion Crafting for a Cause at Pride with Plastic Bags Come enjoy the company of fellow crafters at the Pride-Chaneyville Branch Adults are invited to learn how at 1 p.m. every Thursday in May. All Skill levels are welcome. Donations of yarn, to turn plastic bags into plastic yarn supplies or finished items also are welcome. (plarn) at the Jones Creek Regional Branch at 10 a.m. Thursdays, Hand Quilting Basics May 4 and 11. Turn plarn into a at Baker lightweight, weather resistant Those interested in learning how to sleeping mat that can be used by hand quilt can join other adults at the those that are in need. No crochet Baker Branch at 3 p.m. Wednesdays, May skills are necessary. Share your 10 and 24, to learn the basics! Enjoy a fun compassion by flattening bags, and relaxing atmosphere, work on your cutting strips and making balls of current project, get advice on starting a plarn. new one, see how-to demonstrations and more. Questions and ideas are welcome. All programs are free and open to the public. Registration for all programs is encouraged. Participants should bring their own To register, call the Library branch directly. supplies, including fabric, needle, thread, For more information, visit www.ebrpl.com. scissors and pins. * Registration required.

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2017, The Source 9 Art & Crafts

*Retro Tote Bags Scented Bath Salts Craft for Adults It’s time to celebrate mom! Adults are welcome at the Main Library at Goodwood at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Adults are invited to the Main May 8, to make a soothing bath salt craft that will be perfect as a thoughtful Library at Goodwood at 1 p.m. Mother’s Day gift. All supplies will be provided. Tuesday, May 9, to make a special do-it-yourself tote that bears a Scrapbooking Saturday for Adults treasured photo. Be sure to bring Join us for scrapbooking a picture of your special someone classes at the Library! Adults or any other that’s dear to her. can bring old and new photos, Refreshments will be served. mementos from vacation and travel, bits of fabric and other * special memory items to the Learn How to Make Delmont Gardens Branch at 10 Soap! a.m. Saturdays, May 6 and 20. Adults are invited to the Eden We’ll show you how to arrange Park Branch at 3 p.m. Wednesday, them in a memory-keeping book. May 17, for a hands- Both beginner and advanced on soap making scrapbookers are welcome! class. Crafters will Please bring your own photos learn the easy melt and scrapbooking paper. and pour technique to create deliciously Time for Mocktails! fragrant handmade Cool off at the Library with a delicious mocktail! Adults are welcome at the soap. Enjoy the generous lather Greenwell Springs Road Regional Branch at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 10, for yourself or give it away as a gift. All some fun after work. Learn how to mix your own non-alcoholic drinks and take supplies will be provided. home recipe cards to try out these refreshing blends with family and friends! All supplies will be provided. Remember, no alcohol will be served at this program. Do-It-Yourself Lemon Here’s a list of drinks we’ll make: Scrub Craft for Adults • Hey Mock-a-Rita • Hugs on the Beach Adults are welcome at the • Cranberry Cutie Spritzer • Roy Rogers Carver Branch at 2 p.m. Tuesday, • Azure Hawaiian • Cider Julep May 9, to learn how to make an easy, inexpensive lemon sugar scrub using just three ingredients! * After you’re done, you’ll take home Crafty Wednesday: a sweet and invigorating gift for Do-It-Yourself Crafts for Adults yourself or someone special. Adults are invited to the Central Branch at 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 3, to create easy and inexpensive crafts that are perfect for gift-giving or keeping for yourself. Light refreshments will be served. *3D Origami Club for Adults is published monthly by the Find out what your hands can create with paper Public Relations Department of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library when you join other adults at the Main Library at 7711 Goodwood Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA 70806 Goodwood at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 11, for the 3D (225) 231‑3710 Origami Club. We’ll teach you how to make origami To receive a hard or electronic copy of The Source, or update your mailing in a fun, relaxed atmosphere. All skill levels are address, email the Public Relations welcome. Snacks will be served. Department: [email protected] * The East Baton Rouge Parish Library is a Crafting at the Creek for Adults community service organization that connects our Join other adults at the Jones Creek Regional Branch at 6:30 p.m. Monday, citizens with information, resources, materials, technology, and experiences in order to make May 15, to make beautiful crafts that will brighten up any space! All supplies will a positive difference in their lives. be provided.

10 The Source, May 2017 East Baton Rouge Parish Library Free Films & Fun for All Special Interest Wednesday Afternoon Movie Adults can come to the Delmont Gardens Branch at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, to watch The Color Purple, the 1985 dramatic film adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel of the same name. The movie follows Celie, an African-American southern woman who struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from her father and others over the course of forty years. Lunchtime Matinee for Adults Adults are invited to the Baker Branch at noon Thursday, May 18, to watch The Amazing Spider-Man, an action adventure film that follows orphaned teenager Peter Parker after he is bitten by a genetically altered spider and gains newfound, spider-like powers. Find out what happens when he ventures out to solve the mystery of his parent’s mysterious death. The Natural Hair The Baton Rouge Film Club Support Group Adults are invited to the Greenwell Springs Road Regional is Back! Branch at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 9, for the Baton Rouge Film Club Going natural? Your East Baton screening of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the 1975 film starring Rouge Parish Library wants to help Jack Nicholson. See what happens when the criminal McMurphy you on the journey! It does not pleads insanity after getting into trouble with the law again. Once matter what stage of transitioning he’s in the mental institution, he rebels against the oppressive nurse from relaxed or processed hair to a and rallies up the scared patients. You won’t want to miss this Oscar-winning natural curl pattern you are, we’d classic! like you to join us at the Greenwell TGIF Movie for Adults at Jones Creek Springs Road Regional Branch at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, for Thank goodness it’s Friday! Adults are invited to the Jones Creek Regional the Natural Hair Support Group Branch at 1 p.m. every Friday in May, to watch a different movie each week. meeting. Each month, we’ll discuss Kick back at the Library and let the movie reel relax you into the weekend. Enjoy topics like deciding whether to big delicious popcorn and punch while you watch. chop or not, maintenance, hairstyles Sunday Afternoon Movie at Jones Creek and techniques, products and more. This month, we ask that you Join us at the Jones Creek Regional Branch at 3 bring a product that may not have p.m. every Sunday in May, for a feature-length worked for your hair to participate movie. Popcorn and punch will be served. This in our product swap. Simply trade movie is for adults. with other group members for the chance to try something new! Come FREE Movies for Teens express the joys and frustrations of Teens are invited to the Library this the journey with others in the city month to enjoy awesome movies! Enjoy and make some new friends along refreshments while you watch. Check out the way! Light refreshments will be the show times below. served. • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story * 3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 4, Delmont Gardens Branch Woodcarving 101 If you want to learn to do • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them woodcarving projects, join other 3 p.m. Thursday, May 11, Carver Branch adults at the Jones Creek Regional Branch at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, • Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life May 10 and 24, to learn the basics. 4 p.m. Thursday, May 11, Baker Branch Experienced woodcarver Clyde Sandifer and others will be at the Library to guide you through the All programs are free and open to the public. Registration for all programs is encouraged. beginning stages of woodcarving, To register, call the Library branch directly. and share how to get quality tools * For more information, visit www.ebrpl.com. Registration required. at an affordable price.

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2017, The Source 11 Two-Day Operation Photo Rescue History & Archives Event a Success! The East Baton Rouge Parish Library Special Collections Department hosted Operation Photo Rescue at the Main *Preservation in the Home: Library at Goodwood during a two-day event on April 21 and 22, that was designed to help victims of the Great Flood of 2016 Making Memories Last recover damaged photos. This national organization, funded by Come celebrate Preservation Month with us at the donations and comprised of volunteers, travels to communities Main Library at Goodwood at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May around the country that have been affected by natural disasters. 10! Adults are invited to enjoy a free presentation by Once in the area, people are encouraged to bring photographs Archivist Melissa Eastin that will cover information to be digitized using high resolution on how to care for all types of archival materials in cameras. The digital files are then your home. Registration is required and limited to 15 restored as close to original condition attendees. as possible using computer software like Photoshop. The repaired images Learn about the History of are then printed and mailed to their Theatre Baton Rouge owners in about six months to a year. The Special Collections Monthly Lecture Series is The event drew nearly 200 proud to present a talk for adults by long-time Theatre participants from the Greater Baton Baton Rouge volunteer Travis Williams at the Main Rouge region. By the close of the Library at Goodwood at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May event on Saturday, April 22, more 17. Theatre Baton Rouge has been a local institution than 2,000 photographs had been duplicated! Operation Photo under several different names for more than 60 years, Rescue president Margie Hayes estimates that the value of and Williams will discuss the interesting history and the event (including the man hours it will take to repair the evolution of this legendary organization. While you’re images) will be close to a quarter of a million dollars. Hayes at the Main Library, check out items from the Theatre also noted that the event was a record breaking turnout for their Baton Rouge collection on display in the Special organization and hopes to return to Baton Rouge in the future. Collections Room. The Special Collections Department is celebrating Preservation Month in May. Established by the Society of American Archivists, Preservation Month aims to educate people on the importance of caring for their personal archives. Our archivists will be presenting several workshops designed to teach how to best preserve your collections (including digital content). We also will address disaster preparedness and recovery, looking at ways to save your damaged materials. Seating is limited for each class and registration is required. You can find the Preservation Month workshop listings in this issue of The Source or online at www.ebrpl.com. For more information, call the Special Collections Department at (225) 231-3752.

*Digitize Your Memories on Scan Day! The Baton Rouge Room is making its high quality scanner available to patrons who would like to digitize their personal photographs, art and/or records in a FREE Scan Day from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday, May 6, and from 6 until 10 p.m. Thursday, May 18. This is a great opportunity to get hands-on experience with a professional scanner, to ensure the long-term preservation of your treasures and to travel down memory lane. Each patron will be allotted 45 minutes on the scanner. Directions will be provided and staff will be available to answer questions and assist with the process. To register, call (225) 231-3751. L to R: EBRP Library archivist and Head of Special Collections Melissa For more information, call Emily Ward in the Special Eastin, and Operation Photo Rescue local volunteer Pamela Calliouet Collections Department at (225) 231-3752, or send her capture digital images of a photo waiting to be restored. an email to [email protected].

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*Digital Preservation for Personal Collections In this course, adults will learn the basics of digital archiving of their personal records. Come to the Main Library at Goodwood at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 25, to get instruction on the safest file formats and storage mediums for digital preservation, as well as detailed information on digitization, conversion and long-term preservation. The instructor also will discuss the services offered by the Library that can help attendees preserve their digital records, plus provide tips for services available in and around Baton Rouge. If you are interested in earning credit towards a genealogy certification, this class will count towards an elective credit. To register, call (225) 231-3751. For more information, call Emily Ward in the Special Collections Department at (225) 231-3752, or send her an email to [email protected]. *Learn How to Use the Digital Microfilm Readers Archivist Melissa Eastin will lead a workshop on the basics of using the Library’s new digital microfilm readers at the Main Library at Goodwood at *Using Maps & 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 21. Adults will learn all aspects of the machines from loading to printing, plus how to adjust images for clarity. We also will discuss Land Records the large amount of microfilm available for public use at the Library and tips and Land records are some of techniques for searching. Seating is limited to five participants. To register, call the most important documents the Special Collections Department at (225) 231-3751. available in genealogy research. Available farm land encouraged westward migration, rewarded Genealogy military service, fulfilled requirements for voting or holding * public office, or simply helped Introduction to FamilySearch to support the family. Adults are FamilySearch is a free genealogy website that enables users to search or invited to the Main Library at browse U.S. and international records. Adults are invited to the Main Library at Goodwood at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Goodwood at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 20, to learn how to use FamilySearch to May 6, to learn how to use maps view user submitted genealogies, read free genealogy eBooks, use the website’s and land records together to find wiki pages, add and attach records to your family tree and even order microfilm out when and where ancestors from the Salt Lake City Library! lived, why he lived there and how * he got there. In this class, we’ll look Searching for Military Records Using Fold3 at some of the ways ancestors could Fold3 is the Library’s newest genealogy database, specializing in military acquire land including bounty records. Come to the Main Library at Goodwood at 7 p.m. Monday, May 8, to land warrants, federal patents, learn how to search documents using this database. In this class, adults will inheritance or private sales. You’ll learn how to track ancestors and find proof of their military service by searching also learn to use maps to ensure service records, draft cards, pension lists, casualty lists and other sources. You’ll that you’re looking in the right also learn about Fold3’s features for keeping track of your finds, like Annotations, places for your ancestors. Bookmarks and Spotlights. *Analyzing Records & Standards of Proof THANK YOU Come to the Main Library at Goodwood at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 23, to learn We would like to thank our how to analyze and interpret information from genealogical records found VITA and AARP Tax Help during the course of your research. Adults will be introduced to the Genealogical volunteers! Because of you, Proof Standard and how it can help resolve issues involving conflicting evidence. hundreds of families were With the Genealogical Proof Standard, you can build a case for the veracity of helped this tax season! your research even though you may lack clear evidence of a person’s identity or parentage. All programs are free and open to the public. Your Library offers a variety of classes to help you Registration for all programs is encouraged. in your genealogy research on a monthly basis. To register, call the Library branch directly. *Registration is required for all classes. To register, call (225) 231-3751. For more information, visit www.ebrpl.com. * Registration required.

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Walt Whitman Poetry Reading *Jeopardy at the Library! To celebrate poet Walt Whitman’s birthday, adults are Have you always enjoyed watching Jeopardy on invited to the River Center Branch at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, television and thought you might like to be a contestant? May 27, to hear readings of some of his poetry related to Here’s your chance! Join other adults at the Jones Creek President Lincoln. Refreshments will be served. Regional Branch at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 18, for a game of Library-style Jeopardy. Play in teams to win prizes! Book Presentation with Parenting Author Lin Warmsley Adult Arcade at the Library Parenting strategist, coach and author Lin Warmsley Get ready for another round of gaming fun! Get your will lead a discussion of her book How to Raise Good Parents, game on without the interruption of kids when you play for adults at the Carver Branch at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 27. PS4 games at the Library this month. Come to the Main Warmsley will talk about how she’s dedicated her life to a Library at Goodwood at 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, to put twofold mission to develop children and raise good parents. your skills to the test with other adult gamers ages 18 and Using her combined years of research and invaluable older. experience as a mother of three, she’ll share her all-inclusive *Let’s Dabble in Scrabble guide that can help others become be best parents they can be. If you’re a word game enthusiast, *The Fiction Writers’ Workshop you’ll want to join other adults at the Adults can come to the Greenwell Jones Creek Regional Branch at 6:30 p.m. Springs Road Regional Branch at 7 p.m. every Tuesday in May to play Scrabble Tuesdays, May 2 and 16, to join a fun and find out who’ll be the word master! group of local authors! You can share your If you’d prefer a fast-paced game with works of fiction and get feedback and less strategy, we invite you to play encouragement. We’ll be doing writing Quiddler. If you don’t know how to play, don’t sweat it. exercises to spark your creativity. To get started, send an Instructors will show you how. Prizes will be awarded. email to Jordan Courtney at [email protected]. Book Talk with Local Author 20-Somethings Shirley Weber Speaker and author Shirley Weber will be at the Jones Beach Scene Painted Wine Glasses Creek Regional Branch at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 20, to host Get ready for summer with this fun craft! Adults a discussion for adults of her book, To Make a Difference, ages 18-30ish can come to the Central Branch at 2 p.m. You Have to be Different. Adults are invited to enjoy Weber’s Saturday, May 6, to paint waves and sand right onto a presentation that will aim to encourage others to seek their wine glass. Sip by the pool or on the beach in style. true potential with testimonies of triumph after struggle. A book signing will follow the discussion. 20-Somethings Movie Day *Adult Creative Writing Group Come to the Baker Branch at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 13, to watch Moonlight, Are you ready to write? It doesn’t matter if you’re just the 2016 Oscar-winning drama film that starting out or you’re already a published author, this chronicles the childhood, adolescence and writing group is for everyone! Adults are invited to the burgeoning adulthood of a young African- Zachary Branch at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, for a free American man growing up in a rough writing group led by author of Blackbird Summer Emily Miami neighborhood. Shotwell. You’ll meet others who love the written word as you discuss, learn and grow in your craft. Stress Relief Study Hall Writers’ Rendezvous Are you stressed about finals? Do you need a place to wind down and relax while you study? We’ve got you Calling all writers! If you made a resolution to write covered! Head downtown to the River Center Branch at more this year, now’s the perfect time to join other adults any time starting Monday, May 1, through Friday, May 5, at the Fairwood Branch at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 9, for the to get your study on. From 3 until 5 p.m. each day we’ll Writers’ Rendezvous meeting. This informal group is provide snacks and relaxing activities including coloring, designed for writers to meet, share ideas and get feedback stress ball, zen glitter jars and the ever-popular bubble on current projects. wrap!

14 The Source, May 2017 East Baton Rouge Parish Library 20-Somethings -Justfor-

20-Somethings Yoga at Bluebonnet TEENS Need to get a relaxing stretch? Join other adults ages 18-30ish at the Bluebonnet Regional Branch at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 3, for a free one-hour yoga class led by Audrey Kafkallides from Red Stick Peacemakers, a local nonprofit organization. Please be sure to bring your yoga mat or towel and water. This class is intended for beginners, but all skill levels are welcome. Snarky Stitches If you’ve wanted to learn how to cross stitch but you don’t want all of the cutesy patterns you see in stores, this program is for you! Join other snarky stitchers ages 18-30ish at the Main Library at Goodwood at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 9, to stitch patterns that have a bit more attitude and much more humor than your average cross stitch. Teen Summer Shakespeare of the ‘90s Movie Day! Reading Program Join us for a fun blast from the past! Adults ages 18-30ish are welcome at the Carver Branch at 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 31, to watch 10 Things I Hate About Kickoff Parties! You, the 1999 romantic comedy movie modernization of William Shakespeare’s Come join the party just for teens late 16th century comedy The Taming of the Shrew. Watch what happens when an at the Library this month! Enjoy attractive, popular teenager can’t go out on a date until her ill-tempered older fun games, crafts and activities, sister does. plus delicious snacks. While you’re here, sign up for the 2017 Summer Tuesday Film Club Reading Program. Check out the Start your engines for an action-packed movie night! Bring party schedule below. your friends to the Scotlandville Branch at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 9, to watch Fast & Furious, the 2009 action film that follows Brian • 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 25, O’Conner after he’s back working for the FBI in Los Angeles. Eden Park Branch Watch what happens when he teams up with Dominic Toretto to • 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, bring down a drug importer by infiltrating his operation. Bluebonnet Regional Branch Candleholders & Candy • 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, Zachary Branch Join other adults ages 18-30ish at the Fairwood Branch at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 31, to decorate and customize a votive candle holder! Enjoy delicious candy • 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 31, while you craft. All supplies will be provided. Main Library at Goodwood 20-Somethings Game Night at the Library Rockin’ Reads Book Adults age 18-30ish are invited to game night at the Jones Creek Regional Branch at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, for some board gaming fun. Board game Club for Teens enthusiasts can choose from games like Small World, Settlers of Catan, Dominion Hey teens! Come to the Pride- and more. Game night is a great way to meet new people and try out new games Chaneyville Branch at 10:30 a.m. without dropping any cash! Saturday, May 13, for the Rockin’ Reads Book Club meeting! You’ll get the chance to vote on future book- of-the-month reads and decide Justfor Teens what cool stories will be featured, as well as what fun activities we’ll Be a Library Volunteer! do. This month, we’re featuring Come build a better world with other teens by becoming a volunteer at the Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Zachary Branch! As a volunteer, you’ll help prepare for programs, listen to Paul Williams. After the discussion, younger children read, put books in order and help out in many other ways. If we’ll make a miniature suitcase this sounds like something you’re interested in, all you have to do is register and craft for our special things. attend this required training. General training for all volunteers is from 11 a.m. until noon Thursday, May 25. If you would like to become a Book Bud that will All programs are free and open to the public. Registration for all programs is encouraged. listen to younger students read each week, you will need to stay for the special To register, call the Library branch directly. training from noon until 12:30 p.m. Please bring your summer schedule with you For more information, visit www.ebrpl.com. to help us determine your volunteer hours will be. * Registration required.

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TEENS BlazBlue-Extend Gaming Get your fight game on! Fine tune your video game skills with the Library’s Play Station at the Pride-Chaneyville Branch at 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 24. Great for beginners and fun for experienced gamers! Delicious Ramen noodles will be served. Pride Game Day for Teens You and your friends are invited to the Pride-Chaneyville Branch at 3 p.m. Teen Book Club: Wednesday, May 10, to hang out with other teens and play fun games. We’ll be Louisiana Young bowling for books and playing miniature golf in the Library aisles! Reader’s Choice *The Price is Right Join the Teen Book Club Teens come on down! Kickoff the summer by playing classic Price is Right the Central Branch at 4 p.m. games at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 30. Win prizes and a chance to compete in the Wednesday, May 10, to discuss our Showcase Showdown! favorite Louisiana Young Readers Choice Award (LYRC) books. Teens Play Breakout at Central will get to vote on which book they Teens gear up for summer with your friends at the Central Branch at 4 p.m. like the best, plus make a fun and Wednesday, May 31! Come play an immersive game of Breakout by working colorful collage craft! together to solve a series of puzzles that will help you break into a locked box *Tween Graphic and take the win! Novel Club Jenga Jam Whether you love graphic Are you ready to play a game that requires precision and rigorous mental novels or have never read one, skill? Gather with other teens at the River Center Branch at 2 p.m. Wednesday, we’d love for you to join the new May 31, to welcome the summer by playing in the Jenga tournament! Try your club just for tweens in grades 6-8. hand at giant Jenga as well as the regular tabletop version. Play to win cool prizes! Come to the Zachary Branch at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 13, to discuss Videogame Day at Explorer: The Lost Islands by Kazu Bluebonnet Kibuishi! After the discussion, Teens come for an afternoon of fun tweens will do a fun activity. Snacks with Mario Kart on the Wii U at the will be served. Bluebonnet Regional Branch at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 4! Rev up your engines Zachary Tween & and play to win! Refreshments will be Teen Writing Group served. Are you a tween or teen who loves to write? If you said yes to Don’t Be Bored, that question, you’ll want to join Play Board Games! other tweens and teens in grades 6 If you’re looking for something fun to and up at the Zachary Branch at 2 do, we’re looking for you! Bring your friends with you to the Greenwell Springs p.m. Saturday, May 6, for a special Road Regional Branch at 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, to play board games writing program! We’ll discuss including Sorry, Scrabble and Uno. Refreshments will be served. writing and encourage one another in our writing goals. Attendees also Teen Gaming Club: Racing! can try their hand at a fun writing Join other teens at the Scotlandville Branch at 3:30 p.m. Monday, May 1, and activity that will help set the story Wednesday, May 17, to satisfy your need for speed with a video game racing within them free! Snacks will be derby! served.

All programs are free and open to the public. Teen Game Day at Jones Creek Registration for all programs is encouraged. It’s game time again! Teens can bring their friends to the Jones Creek Regional To register, call the Library branch directly. Branch at 2:30 p.m. Monday, May 22, to play Sonic + All-Stars Racing on the Wii For more information, visit www.ebrpl.com. * Registration required. U. Enjoy refreshments while you play.

16 The Source, May 2017 East Baton Rouge Parish Library Technology & Making for Teens Art & Crafts for Teens Do You Know Arduino? Armed with a circuit board, lights and your imagination, learn how to use Mug Cakes Arduino! Teens will have tons of fun with this awesome programming tool at the Who wouldn’t want a delicious Eden Park Branch at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 18! dessert that can be made in a mug? Teens are invited to the Baker Teen Workshop: Marshmallow Challenge Branch at 3 p.m. Saturday, May Hey teens! Come build challenging structures using only marshmallows, 27, to use a simple recipe, a few spaghetti and toothpicks at the Delmont Gardens Branch at 4 p.m. Wednesday, ingredients and a microwave to May 31. create a scrumptious confection! All supplies will be provided. Snap Circuit Fun Duct Tape Wallets at Bluebonnet What can you do with duct Get in the energy game! Teens are welcome tape? The possibilities are endless! at the Bluebonnet Regional Branch at 3 p.m. Bring your friends to the Greenwell Wednesday, May 31, to learn how to create Springs Road Regional Branch at 2 circuits using the Library’s Snap Circuits kit. p.m. Saturday, May 6, to hang out with other teens and learn how to Main Teen STEAM Club make a wallet using colorful duct The Arduino Robotics Club is now the tape. All supplies will be provided. Main Teen STEAM Club! Join us at the Main Library at Goodwood at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Bath Bombs for Mom May 20, for the first meeting of this newly Is your mom the bomb? formed club. This month, we’re playing Celebrate her this Mother’s Day with architecture by building spaghetti and by giving her a bath bomb you’ve marshmallow towers! made yourself with other teens at the River Center Branch at 2:30 p.m. Teen STEAM Club at Jones Creek! Thursday May 11! After you’ve Join other teens for a monthly club that explores programming, robotics and made the fizzy gift, design a special all things tech! This month, come to the Jones Creek Regional Branch at 2:30 p.m. card just for her. All supplies will Saturday, May 13, to build a remote control robot. be provided.

Art & Crafts for Teens

CD Mosaic Picture Frames Teens get your craft on! Bring your friends with you to the Main Library at Goodwood at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 6, to use CDs to create dazzling picture frames with a mirrored effect. Wrapped Bead Bracelets Memory Box Craft Show your style at the Delmont Where will you put all of your memories from this school year gone by? We’ve Gardens Branch at 4 p.m. Tuesday, got an idea! Join other teens at the Fairwood Branch at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, to May 16, when you get crafty with make a memory box to store all your memorabilia from the year. other teens by making an awesome *Mardi Gras Bead Mosaic Craft bracelet using beads and cording! Come learn how to turn your leftover Mardi Gras beads into a cool work of art! Coded Jewelry Craft Join other teens in grades 6 and up at the Zachary Branch at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Teens can make a cool bracelet May 31, to make a masterpiece for your favorite space. or necklace that bears a special secret message spelled out in Morse Button Tree Craft code or in binary at the Eden Park Teens and their friends can come to the Central Branch at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May Branch at 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, to make a colorful tree craft using buttons for its leaves! 31. All supplies will be provided.

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2017, The Source 17 Teen Anime Teen Advisors

Teen Advisory Group The Main Library at Goodwood is seeking dedicated teens for our Teen Advisory Group (TAG)! Gather with other teens once-a-month to assist the Teen staff in planning programs and projects. Come to the Library at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 13, to help us make the Teen department the best it can be! TAG meetings and projects will count as volunteer hours, and membership looks Anime Lovers Unite! great on college applications! If you’re an “anime-niac”, you’ll Bluebonnet Teen Advisory Group want to join others at the Library to Are you interested in having your voice heard when it comes to the planning enjoy your favorite movies! Teens of teen Library programs? If you said yes to that question, you’ll want to join the are invited to watch anime on the Bluebonnet Teen Advisory Group. We’ll meet at the Bluebonnet Regional Branch Library’s Crunchyroll account. Is at 3 p.m. Monday, May 1. We can’t wait to see you there! there a rumble in your tummy? We’ve got you covered with delicious Ramen noodles to snack on while you watch! Dates, times and locations are listed below. • 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, Eden Park Branch • 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 6, Jones Creek Regional Branch • 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 9, Power Up at the Library Bluebonnet Regional Branch We’ve planned an electrifying story • 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, time and craft program just for kids Greenwell Springs Road Regional ages 9-11! Head over to the Carver Branch Branch at 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, for a science, technology, Use your Library card to engineering and math (STEM)- stream video shorts & feature centered project. Children will films, plus download eBooks learn facts about electricity from & audio books for FREE How Things Work by OKIDO. with… Afterwards, we’ll make simple circuits using the Library’s Snap Circuit kit. Award-winning independent films! Celebrate Children’s Book Week Download books, music and videos! Do you have a favorite book? Now is the time to share it! Starting Monday, May 1, through Friday, May 5, we’re celebrating Children’s Book Week! Kids can bring in their favorite book or borrow one from the Library, and take a picture with it! Pictures will be available for pickup at noon Monday, May 8. Awesome audio books! *Children’s Summer Reading Program Kickoff Criterion Collection Classic films Game Day Visit the Digital Library Start the summer with games galore! Join other kids ages 6-11 at the Fairwood at www.ebrpl.com Branch at 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 31, to play Charades, Pictionary, parachute today to get started! games and more. Afterwards, be sure to sign up for the Summer Reading Program!

18 The Source, May 2017 East Baton Rouge Parish Library Turn off Technology Tip of the Day Turn off all your screens and explore the possibilities around you! The Main Library at Goodwood Children’s Room will offer a fishbowl full of ideas to use as fun alternatives to entertainment screens starting Monday, May 1, through Sunday, May 7. Take the time to unplug—read, create, explore, daydream and spend more time with family and friends. The Children’s Room bulletin board also will feature colorful photo tips for turning off technology. Books, Cards & FUN! This month, children ages 6-9 can come to the River Center Branch at 3 p.m. starting Monday, May 22, through Louisiana Thursday, May 25, to hear a reading of various books Biographies & Bingo and play a fun card game after the story! Check out the This program is for children schedule below. with special needs. Did you know • Monday, May 22 that professional Football Hall Amelia Bedelia’s Family Album by Peggy Parish then of Famer and Louisiana native play Old Maid. Terry Bradshaw has an attention disorder? Children ages 7-11 with • Tuesday, May 23 attention disorders (ADD/ADHD) Zootopia: Super Animals! by Rico Green then play Crazy can join us at the River Center 8’s. Branch at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 18, • Wednesday, May 24 to hear a few selected biographies The Berenstain Bears at the Aquarium by Jan & Mike Berenstain then play a from Louisianians All by Jeanne game of Fish. Frois. After the stories, have blast • Thursday, May 25 playing a game of Louisiana history Mr. Putter and Tabby Walk the Dog by Cynthia Rylant then play a card game of Bingo! A parent or guardian must War. accompany each child. * Color Our World Mix it Up! Help us get the Summer Reading Program started! Children of all ages can Story / Craft stop by the Children’s Room at the Jones Creek Regional Branch at any time This is a program for children Tuesday, May 30, to help us color our world. After picking up their Summer with special needs. Kids ages 4 Reading Program materials, children are invited to cooperatively color one of and up with Down’s Syndrome three murals to help us decorate and celebrate the Summer Reading Program! can come to the Eden Park Branch at 5:30 p.m. Monday, May 8, to * A Colorful Day: hear a reading of Mix it Up! by Autism Spectrum Disorders Herve Tullet. After the story, each child will get creative by coloring This program is for children with special needs. rainbow pictures! A parent or Join us for a special storytime for children ages 3-6 on guardian must accompany each the autism spectrum at the Jones Creek Regional Branch child. at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 20. Kids will hear a reading of Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin *Adaptive Story and Duckie’s Rainbow by Frances Barry, plus a variety of finger stories! Afterwards, we’ll listen to music and Time for Cognitive dance together with brightly colored flower cutouts. A Disabilities parent or guardian must accompany each child. This program is for children * with special needs. Cognitively Mouse & Cookie Story/Craft disabled children who are This is a program for children with special needs. Kids ages 3 and up with cognitively ages 4-6 are invited to autism can come to the Zachary Branch at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 13, to hear a the Main Library at Goodwood at reading of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff. Afterwards, children 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 17, to hear will match and paste pre-cut foam shapes to a mouse face, cookie and glass of and act out stories, sing and dance milk craft. A parent or guardian must accompany each child. to fun songs using interactive materials. Afterwards, we’ll finish All programs are free and open to the public. Registration for all programs is encouraged. the program with a coloring To register, call the Library branch directly. page. A parent or guardian must For more information, visit www.ebrpl.com. * Registration required. accompany each child.

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2017, The Source 19 Special Presentations *Colors of the & Performances for Kids Rainbow This program is for children *Harvey Rabbit and Friends are Back! with special needs. Children Children ages 2 and up ages 4-7 with autism are invited can join Harvey Rabbit, to the Central Branch at 2:30 p.m. Cecil the Orangutan, Miss Saturday, May 20, to hear various Laura and Mr. Tim as they stories and songs. We also will bring fun and mayhem to have fun with scarf activities and the East Baton Rouge Parish a special craft about the colors of Library this summer with the rainbow. A parent or guardian ventriloquism, puppetry, must accompany each child. music, magic, comedy and audience participation. It * Fun with Color just wouldn’t be summer This program is for children without a visit from with special needs. Children ages this gang! Each show 3-5 are invited to the Carver Branch lasts approximately 45 minutes. The May schedule is listed below. For more at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 8, to hear information, contact the Children’s Room of the Library location directly. a reading of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, • 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 30, Central Branch What Do You see? by Bill Martin Jr. Other wonderful books about color • 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, Greenwell Springs Road Regional Branch also will be shared along with songs • 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 31, Carver Branch and rhymes. Later, everyone will • 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 31, Main Library at Goodwood make an animal stick puppet craft to take home. A parent or guardian must accompany each child.

Join the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Reading Program! Jack and Kitty Thousands of young readers have enrolled in the 1,000 Books Acoustic Music Duo Before Kindergarten reading Visits the Library! program since it started! Parents Jack and Kitty are one of the have commented that while 1,000 most in-demand musical duos in books is an intimidating number North America! Specializing in to begin with, when you break it “organic vaudeville folk”, this down to just a few books a night, Emmy Award-winning acoustic it’s easy to reach the goal. Already pair will be at several libraries this year, almost 100 kids have this month to perform FREE completed reading 1,000 books! If 45-minute concerts for children you haven’t signed your child up ages 2-11. To learn more about for the program, it’s never too late Jack and Kitty, visit their website to start. Talk to your Children’s at https://jackandkittymusic.com/. The concert schedule is listed below. For Librarian today. more information, contact the Children’s Room of the Library location directly. • 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 30, River Center Branch All programs are free and open to the public. • 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, Main Library at Goodwood Registration for all programs is encouraged. To register, call the Library branch directly. • 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 31, Central Branch For more information, visit www.ebrpl.com. • 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 31, Jones Creek Regional Branch * Registration required. cancelled 20 The Source, May 2017 East Baton Rouge Parish Library Special Presentations Book Clubs & Performances for Kids for Kids

*Stories & Fun with Mary Jo Kelly, The Book Doctor Hey kids the Book Doctor is in! Children ages 3-11 are invited to the Pride-Chaneyville Branch at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 30, to discover fun with Mary Jo Kelly as she entertains them with exciting tales and stories. Come experience a delightful hour of storytelling and adventure!

*The Artsy Smartsy Book Club The Baton Rouge Police Department’s This month, children ages 6-11 will Mounted Patrol at the Library! be reading books about summer and Whoa nelly! It’s time for talking about summer plans at the members of the Baton Rouge Police Pride-Chaneyville Branch at 10:30 a.m. Department’s (BRPD) Mounted Saturday, May 13! Together we will Patrol Unit to trot out and show read a few select chapters from the their stuff at the Library. Children book Summer According to Humphrey by ages 6-11 and their families are Betty Birney. After the story, children invited to the Fairwood Branch will design and paint a banner for the at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 31, to Library’s Summer Reading Program. meet the BRPD officers and their * equestrian partners! Central Bookworms Book Club *Tech Time with 3D Printing After listening to excerpts from Children ages 8-11 can come to the Bluebonnet Regional Branch at 4:30 Flying the Dragon by Natalie Dias p.m. Thursday, May 4, to learn how contour maps are drawn by creating a Lorenzi at the Central Branch at 4:30 clay mountain. As a special treat, kids also will watch a 3D printer in action! p.m. Thursday, May 4, children ages Registration is required and limited to 20 participants. 8-11 can celebrate Children’s Day, the Japanese national holiday that honors * children and their families by making a Baton Rouge Astronomical Society colorful carp-shaped wind sock craft. Representatives from the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society return to * the Library this month with a variety of physical science experiments for The Fairwood children and their families. Children ages 8-11 are invited to the Baker Awesome Bookworms Branch at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 31, to learn about a special science exercise they can perform at home with the Book Club supervision of an adult. After their The Fairwood Awesome Bookworms experiment is complete, they can Book Club is celebrating inspiring true report their findings online, just stories! Children ages 7-11 can come like a real scientist! If the weather to the Fairwood Branch at 4:30 p.m. permits, kids also will have a Tuesday, May 23, to hear readings of chance at solar viewing during the Step Right Up by Donna Bowman and program. The presentation will The House That Jane Built by Tanya Stone. last about 45 minutes. To register, Later, children will use foil to shape a call (225) 778-5960. symbol they learned from the stories.

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2017, The Source 21 Book Clubs for Kids

*Zachary Zealous Bookworms Book Club To celebrate the new Wimpy Kid movie and prepare for the summer, children ages 8-11 are invited to the Zachary Branch at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 25, to read portions of The Long Haul and the nonfiction book The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary, both by Jeff Kinney. Afterwards, we will create travel journals and play games including Hangman and 20 questions! *High Five Book Club High Five Book Club members ages 9-11 are invited to the Bluebonnet Regional Branch at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 18, to select titles from the Book Buffet to inspire their summer reading. After they browse, kids can compete in the Bluebonnet Spring Former cartoonist/artist for The Advocate David Norwood Games in the Hula Hoops Spin and Paper Airplane has created a Bicentennial Poster to celebrate Baton Rouge’s Toss categories! Refreshments will be served. 200th birthday! Two hundred of these signed and numbered posters are being given to Bicentennial committee members and partner organizations. Norwood has graciously Free Movie for Kids allowed us to add the poster image to www.BatonRouge200.com, the Bicentennial’s official website for all Kids’ Movie to enjoy. You also can download it to of the Month print. His precedent images will live in the “David Norwood” box in the This dog’s a superstar! Join Archives. other kids ages 5 and up at the River Center Branch at 3 p.m. Artist David Norwood autographs Sunday, May 7, to watch Bolt, the Bicentennial poster he designed to the 2008 animated adventure celebrate Baton Rouge’s 200th birthday. film that follows the canine star of a fictional sci-fi/action show that believes his powers are real. Watch what happens when he goes on a cross country journey to save his co-star from a threat he believes is just BR 200 Trivia as real. Much like the rest of the * nation, the 1950s, ‘60s and Summer Chess for Beginners ‘70s in Baton Rouge were Children ages 8-13 who are beginners and decades of great political have never played chess, as well as those who unrest and change. During are on an intermediate level are being offered free this time, the Civil Rights chess classes this fall. Come to the Main Library at Movement came to the Goodwood at 10 a.m. Saturdays, May 13 and 27, forefront of local politics, for chess lessons. After five sessions, we’ll have a and in 1953 African- novice chess tournament in early August. Brave American citizens banded adults are welcome, but younger children must together to oppose the have permission from the chess coach and be segregated seating system on city buses in the Baton Rouge accompanied by an adult. Bus Boycott. For eight days, these citizens abstained from riding the buses, staging what historians believe was the first All programs are free and open to the public. Registration for all programs is encouraged. To register, call the Library branch bus boycott of the Civil Rights Movement. For more Baton directly. For more information, visit www.ebrpl.com. Rouge history, visit www.batonrouge200.com * Registration required.

22 The Source, May 2017 East Baton Rouge Parish Library Storytime at the Library Storytime gives children an excellent introduction to books your child. We offer seven different Storytime and the Library, increases their attention spans and develops formats. Since children develop at different their social skills by involving them in stories, poetry and songs. rates, you may talk with one of our Library The Children’s Services staff hopes Storytime will be an enjoyable staff members to place your child in a younger or older group. experience for each child, leading to a lifelong love of books For more information, call your local Library. Organized groups and reading. You are always welcome to attend Storytime with must reserve a date and time other than those listed below.

Lapsit – birth through crawling Main Library 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 30

Toddler Time – for walking children through 2 years old Central 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 31 Fairwood 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 25 Greenwell Springs 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 30 Main Library 10 & 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 30 Pride-Chaneyville 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 31 Scotlandville 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 31 Zachary 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 31

Preschool Storytime – for children 3 to 5 years old Central 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 31 Fairwood 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 25 Greenwell Springs 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 30 Main Library 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 30 Pride-Chaneyville 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 31 Scotlandville 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 31 Zachary 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 31

PJ or Night Storytime Scotlandville 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 30

Family Storytime Main Library 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 30

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East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2017, The Source 23 ~ STORYTIME & CRAFT ~ torytimes are free age- and developmental-specific opportunities for bringing Schildren and books together in a happy, meaningful way by combining stories, rhymes and songs. Story/Crafts provide a literacy-based social setting to get creative! Hear a book read while making something interesting. Check out the schedule below for Story/Crafts taking place this month. *Registration is required for some. To register, call the Library location directly.

Time, Date, Location Story Title & Author Craft / Activity Description & Age Grou *10 a.m. Wednesday, May 3, A Rainbow All Around Me Construct a paper rainbow craft, ages 2-5 Zachary Branch by Sandra Pickney *10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 6, A House in the Woods Make a house craft, ages 4-7 Bluebonnet Regional Branch by Inga Moore *10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 6, Mama Bear, Little Bear Make a fun Mother’s Day door hanger Greenwell Springs Road by Mania Kaplanoglou craft, ages 3-6 Regional Branch *2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 6, Dragon Love Tacos Use paper and felt to make a taco craft, Jones Creek Regional Branch by Adam Rubin ages 5-8 10 a.m. Saturday, May 6, Mamasaurus Use yarn, jewels and craft pompoms to Main Library at Goodwood by Stephan Lomp make an accordion-style Mother’s Day card, ages 4-7 *2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 6, Catwings Use geometric shapes and craft wings to Main Library at Goodwood by Ursula K. Le Guin create a funny cat picture, ages 6-9 *2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 6, Lon Po Po Create a colorful Chinese paper lantern Pride-Chaneyville Branch by Ed Young craft, ages 8-11 *4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 9, T. Rex and the Mother’s Day Hug Make a cute sign for someone special, Central Branch by Lois Grambling ages 3-7 *4 p.m. Tuesday, May 9 My Mom Create a handprint flower craft for & Thursday, May 11, by Anthony Browne Mother’s Day, ages 4-8 River Center Branch 4 p.m. Thursday, May 11, Flowers Are Calling Design and paint your own beautiful Carver Branch by Rita Gray flower craft, ages 7-10

*4 p.m. Thursday, May 11, Is Your Mama a Llama? Make a beautiful Mother’s Day card, Scotlandville Branch by Deborah Guarino ages 4-6

Mama Bear, Little Bear by Mania Kaplanoglou *10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 13, Mother’s Day Make a thumbprint Mother’s Day card, Bluebonnet Regional Branch by Ann Rockwell ages 5-8

2 p.m. Saturday, May 13, Mama and Me Decorate a MOM card and write a special Fairwood Branch by Arthur Dorros note on it, ages 4-8

Puddle by Hyewon Yum *2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 13, Mother Bruce Make a Mother’s Day card, Jones Creek Regional Branch by Ryan Higgins ages 3 and up *4 p.m. Thursday, May 18, Stick Make a dragonfly craft, Baker Branch by Steve Breen ages 6-8

24 The Source, May 2017 East Baton Rouge Parish Library Time, Date, Location Story Title & Author Craft / Activity Description & Age Grou *2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 20, Bunny’s First Spring Make a colorful May flower basket craft Pride-Chaneyville Branch by Sally Lloyd-Jones using finger paint, ages 6-11

*4 p.m. Tuesday, May 23, Memorial Day Make a bookmark craft to celebrate Scotlandville Branch by Geoffrey Scott Memorial Day, ages 8-11 *4:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, Escargot Goes to Dijon Use paper plates to make a small snail Eden Park Branch by Margaret MacDonald craft, ages 6 and up *4 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Make a moving paper fish craft, ages 8-11 Baker Branch by Dr. Seuss *4 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, Wiggle Dance with colorful scarves and have fun Fairwood Branch by Doreen Cronin with the parachute, ages 2-5

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2017, The Source 25 Adult Book Clubs @ Your Library – Book of the Month –

Baker Branch Jones Creek Regional Branch Main Library at Goodwood

• Baker Evening Book Club • Historical Society Book Club • Mystery Lovers Book Club 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 2 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 9 Noon, Tuesday, May 9 Queen Sugar The Lost City of the Monkey God Ancient mysteries before AD 476 by Natalie Baszile by Douglas Preston • Historical Novel Book Club • Baker Morning Book Club • JCR Book Club 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 11 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 8 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 16 The Atomic Weight of Love Cry, the Beloved Country The Monuments Men​ by Elizabeth Church by Alan Paton by Robert Edsel • RENEW Book Club Carver Branch Pride-Chaneyville Branch 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 16 Havana Real: One Woman Fights to Tell • Gumbo Book Club • Crafting for a Cause the Truth About Cuba Today 1 p.m. Saturday, May 20 1 p.m. Thursday, May 11 by Yoani Sánchez Bring your favorite read! Books by Pamela Morsi • Science Fiction Book Club Central Branch • LIKE IT OR NOT 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 30 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May, 13 Barrayar • Central Adult Book Club Still Life by Lois McMaster Bujold 11 a.m. Thursday, May 25 by Louise Penny The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown Scotlandville Branch Fairwood Branch • Scotlandville Branch Book Club 3 p.m. Saturday, May 20 • FYA Book Club Who Asked You? 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 24 by Terry McMillan Scythe by Neal Shusterman

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26 The Source, May 2017 East Baton Rouge Parish Library COMPUTER CLASSES @ THE LIBRARY

In addition to free online classes in Gale Courses (formally Learn4Life), Learning Express, Atomic Training, Treehouse, Lynda and our newest resource DigitalLearn, the following computer classes will be held throughout the month of May. Registration for some classes Visit a Library branch near you for is required. For more information or to register, call the Library branch directly or log on to free WiFi and computer use! www.ebrpl.com/DigitalLibrary for free resources and downloads. Baker Branch Fairwood Branch Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2013 9 a.m. Monday, May 22 Gmail E-mail Introduction to Typing 1 p.m. Monday, May 8 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 10 E-mail 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 23 Introduction to Computers Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 17 11:30 a.m. Monday, May 22 Microsoft Publisher 9 a.m. Thursday, May 25 Introduction to Internet 11 a.m. Saturday, May 27 Greenwell Springs Road Qello & InstantFlix Regional Branch 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 30 Bluebonnet Branch *Introduction to Internet Pride-Chaneyville Branch Introduction to Microsoft Word 2016 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 4 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 9 *Introduction to Gmail *Computer Tutoring 11 a.m. Saturdays, May 6 & 20 Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2016 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 11 10 a.m. Thursday, May 11 *Introduction to Facebook Intermediate Microsoft Word 2016 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 18 River Center Branch 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 16 *Introduction to Pinterest Introduction to E-mail Intermediate Microsoft Excel 2016 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 25 11 a.m. Thursday, May 18 10 a.m. Thursday, May 18 Introduction to the Online Catalog Computers without Fear Jones Creek Regional Branch 11 a.m. Thursday, May 25 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 23 *Introduction to Computers 10 a.m. Thursday, May 4 Scotlandville Branch Carver Branch *Introduction to the Online Catalog Introduction to Microsoft Word *One-on-One Computer Tutoring & Databases 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 3 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 2 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 9 Introduction to the Online Catalog & 3 p.m. Monday, May 8 *Introduction to Microsoft Excel Databases 3 p.m. Monday, May 15 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 16 1 p.m. Monday, May 8 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 16 *Introduction to Microsoft Word Computer Tutoring 3 p.m. Monday, May 22 10 a.m. Thursday, May 25 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 17 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 24 *Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint Introduction to E-mail 10 a.m. Saturday, May 27 1 p.m. Monday, May 22

Delmont Gardens Branch *Indicates that registration is required. Computers without Fear Main Library at Goodwood 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 9 Introduction to Microsoft Word 2013 Introduction to Microsoft Excel 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 2 2 p.m. Saturday, May 6 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 23 Computers without Fear 9 a.m. Wednesdays, May 3 & 17 Eden Park Branch 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 9 Computers without Fear Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 6 2013 Introduction to Microsoft Word 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 9 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 20 Introduction to the Internet Introduction to Facebook 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 16 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 23 Tables: An Intermediate Microsoft Word 2013 Class 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 16 Don't forget, mobile printing is 2 p.m. Saturday, May 20 available through the PrinterOn app!

East Baton Rouge Parish Library May 2017, The Source 27 Main Library at Goodwood PRSRT STD Director, Spencer Watts U.S. POSTAGE 7711 Goodwood Boulevard (225) 231‑3740 Monday – Thursday, 8 a.m. – 10 p.m. 7711 Goodwood Boulevard • Baton Rouge, LA 70806 PAID Friday and Saturday, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. A Department of City‑Parish Government Sunday, 2 – 10 p.m. PERMIT NO. 55 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. OnView at the Library Pride‑Chaneyville Branch Library 13600 Pride–Port Hudson Road (225) 658‑1540 Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. Main Library at Goodwood Eden Park Branch Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday, 2 – 6 p.m. Gifted Arts Star Wars Display Students in the Gifted Arts program Star Wars items on display. River Center Branch Library 447 Third Street (225) 389‑4967 display their works. Monday – Thursday, 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. Jones Creek Regional Branch Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Bluebonnet Branch Sunday, 2 – 6 p.m. Hooray for Our State Bird! Scotlandville Branch Library Calligraphers’ Guild Local collector David Smith shares his 7373 Scenic Highway (225) 354‑7540 Examples of calligraphy, handmade cards large assortment of pelicans made from a Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. and origami. variety of materials. 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 3434 North Blvd. 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Saturday, May 27 Library Information Visit us at: (225) 231‑3750 Text a Librarian (225) 361-8476 www.ebrpl.com