“If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, January 2016 teach the people.” –Confucius Sachem Public Library

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CELEBRATE A CENTURY @SACHEM! #Sachem100 The Lake Ronkonkoma Free Library, which adopted the name of the new centralized school district Sachem in 1961, was formed a century ago in 1916. The Library has spent the past century growing and innovating, and helping the community grow and innovate as well. It should come as no surprise, then, that this is also how we plan to spend the next century too! We invite you to help us celebrate our past, present, and future all year long at a series of upcoming special events and inaugurations at the Library, from a historic timeline display and after-hours birthday celebration in March, to a new logo and website re-design and a high-tech creation lab. New Year’s Party with Tom Manuel & His Syncopated Seven Sunday, January 3 • 2:00pm Ring in the New Year with Tom Manuel & His Syncopated Seven, as they swing, stomp, and romp through a variety of infectious tunes. Under Tom’s direction, © shutterstock/RetroClipArt vocalist Melanie Marod and a lineup of jazz veterans will bring you back to the heyday of swing. Put on your dancing shoes, and dust off your top hat and tails!

Neal Stuart and the Empire State Sunday, January 10 • 2:00pm An exciting all-star collaboration of veteran musicians from the 1960s through the 1990s, Neal Stuart and the Empire State have come together to pay tribute to the breadth and depth of the music of the late, great Johnny Maestro, a New York star who provided the soundtrack of a generation.

Milagro Santana Tribute Band Sunday, January 24 • 2:00pm Founded in 2005 by a group of dedicated fans, Milagro is Long Island’s premiere Santana tribute band. An all-embracing effort to define over four decades of music, covering all of Santana’s hits from Woodstock to today, the six talented musicians in Milagro authentically reproduce the soulful sounds of Santana and other Latin rock artists.

The Karkowska Sisters Duo Sunday, January 31 • 2:00pm This award-winning, internationally acclaimed duo has performed to standing ovations and encores at concert halls around the world. Violinist Anna graduated from the Julliard School and pianist Kasha from the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, Poland. The sisters will perform beloved classical pieces including the Carmen Fantasy by P. Sarasate, Csardas by V. Monti, and Souvenir d’Amerique (Variations on Yankee Doodle) by H. Vieuxtemps. 1916-2016

Library Trustees Diane Longo, President Marguerite Barone, Vice President Non-Profit Org. Dennis Flavin U.S. Postage Carol Paulsen PAID Bob Winowitch Permit No. 36 Neely McCahey, Director Holbrook, NY Alicja Feitzinger, Assistant Director Postal Patron 11741 Hours: Monday–Friday 9:30am–9:00pm Saturday 9:30am–5:00pm Sunday 12:00pm–5:00pm Library closed: New Year’s Day, Friday, January 1 Martin Luther King Day, Monday, January 18 Sachem Public Library Inside/Out is open year-round, weather permitting, during daytime Library hours, closing at dusk. 150 Holbrook Road, Holbrook, NY 11741 631-588-5024 | www.sachemlibrary.org Adults ADULT REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Register online, by phone, or in person. Registration for food programs and other programs with fees begins at 9:30am on Wednesday, December 16. Registration for most other adult programs is ongoing. You may pay for programs using your credit card when you register online. Otherwise, please make your payment by cash or check at the Welcome Desk within three days of registering or your reservation will be cancelled. Monthly Series Let’s Talk Business NEW! KimLi Cooks Italian! Wednesday, January 6 • 7:00pm Monday, January 11 • 2:00pm You finally have that big idea – now you need help turning it into a marketable Program code: SAAKLC1 business. Jennifer Ross, business and marketing strategist, ActivEntrepreneur® Fee: $5 (non-refundable) & biztutors™, will talk business in The Loft, the Library’s collaborative workspace. KimLi will prepare classic Italian dishes: a hearty Tuscan ribollita, Topics will include constructing a business plan, developing innovative marketing chicken piccata, and orange & almond biscotti. strategies, and building a non-profit. Bring your ideas and questions. Accepting Life’s Changes Healthy Cooking with Saturday, January 9 • 10:00am • Program code: SAAALC1 Anne Marie Lisa This group will focus on transitioning through life’s constant changes. Whether it be the Wednesday, January 20 • 1:30pm loss of a loved one, a new career path, a love relationship gone awry, the empty nest, Program code: SAAHC1 aging parents, or an unforeseen illness, share with others and learn to put on the NEW Fee: $5 (non-refundable) you! Richard Murdocco, PhD, Stony Brook University Medical Center, will explore these Certified Nutritionist Anne Marie Lisa will share tips on feelings as well as how closure and healing can occur through difficult times. how to cook simple, healthy meals, preparing roasted pork tenderloin with a vegetable medley, pineapple Garden Thyme: Garden Successes salsa, and basmati rice pilaf. Monday, January 11 • 7:00pm • Program code: SAAGT1 The only thing more fun than managing a successful garden is sharing that success with other gardeners! Share photos of your gardens, old and new, swap stories of struggles and successes, Heavenly Chocolate and discuss your springtime plans. Do you have a favorite gardening book or magazine? Tuesday, January 26 • 2:00pm Bring it along and help others enjoy the peace and satisfaction that comes with gardening. Program code: SAACH1 Just in time for Valentine’s Day, James Beard- Retirement Reality nominated chef and award-winning chocolatier Tuesday, January 12 • 11:00am • Program code: SAARR1 Steve Amaral, owner of the North Fork Chocolate Meet with fellow retirees to share your thoughts and ideas about retirement, from how to spend Company in Aquebogue, will provide a demo in your days, to the virtues of volunteering, to discussions about housing, health, exercise, family, the art of chocolate making. A tasting will follow and finances. This group is led by retirement counselor Richard Gluck.Sachem residents only. the demonstration and chocolates will be available for purchase. Etsy Users Group Sachem residents only. Registration begins Thursday, January 14 • 7:00pm at 9:30am on Wednesday, December 16. Meet with fellow local Etsy sellers and aspiring sellers in The Loft, the Library’s collaborative Friends of Sachem Library will accept donations of workspace. Be inspired by other local crafters and share creative business ideas at this quarterly non-perishable food items at all cooking programs meet-up. No registration required, but please join the “Etsy Users Group at Sachem Library” to provide for those in need. on meetup.com. Picture This! TOPIC: Recognizing and Using Parallel Lines in Photo Composition Thursday, January 21 • 10:00am Photographer Robert Silvering will share tips to help improve your skills as you meet with HOOPS others interested in photography. At this month’s meeting, Robert will also critique your Tuesdays, January 5, 12, 19 & 26 • 7:00pm photos reflecting last month’s topic, “Holiday Photography.” No registration required. Program code: SAAHOO1 • Fee: $20 Poetry: Verse in Person The hula hoop has become an effective workout tool for adults. Hooping is a total-body workout that Tuesday, January 26 • 7:00pm • Program code: SAAVIP1 tones muscles and improves joint flexibility and I can still hear Ray crooning that long road back to the willowy arms… from ”Georgia” balance. Instructor Joan Vilardi, owner of Hoops by Each month a guest poet presents a reading after which the audience is encouraged to share Jo Mama, will teach the techniques and basic original works at an open mic. This month’s guest is Gloria Murray, who has published poetry, moves of this fun, low-impact, high-energy workout. short stories, and one-act plays in numerous literary journals. She is the recipient of an Hoops will be provided. honorable mention award in the 2012 and 2014 Alan Ginsberg Contest sponsored by The Paterson Review, winner of the Performance Poets Association annual poetry award, and first Yoga for Seniors prize winner in the Anna Davidson Rosenberg 2014 Award from Poetica Magazine. Special Wednesdays, January 6, 13, 20 & 27 • 2:00pm thanks to Mankh, member of the Performance Poets Association, for hosting this series. Program code: SAAYS1 • Fee: $20 Instructor Kathy Rhind will guide you in receiving the Job Seekers Club healing and restorative benefits of yoga. Relax TOPIC: What to Say When You’re Underpaid and a Hiring Manager your body and mind, improve your musculoskeletal Asks, “How Much Do You Make?” fitness and flexibility, and elevate your overall Thursday, January 28 • 6:30pm • Program code: SAAJSC1 well-being. The use of a chair is optional. Please Need a helping hand in your job search? Career coach Bob Simmons will discuss bring a yoga mat to class. proven job-hunting techniques at our monthly support group. The series will also provide a forum for job seekers of all ages to share their experiences, sharpen their Zumba skills, and network with others. Fridays, January 8, 15, 22 & 29 • 12:00pm On-Your-Own Train Trip to NYC Program code: SAAZU1 • Fee: $20 The Zumba program fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and Saturday, January 30 • 9:40am • $10 round trip (non-refundable) easy-to-follow moves to create an exhilarating, one-of-a-kind Travel to NYC for a fraction of the regular fare! Leave as a group at 9:40am fitness program. Join the party with Bobbi Ann! out of Ronkonkoma Station, and return on your own. Register by Wednesday, January 27 at the Welcome Desk. Sachem residents only. Registration begins at No meeting this month: 9:30am on Wednesday, December 16. Socrates Café • News & Views

Utensils © shutterstock/Kalenik Hanna; yoga © shutterstock/teolin 2 January 2016 • sachemlibrary.org • 631-588-5024 • APP Homebuyers Seminar Magical Madagascar: Wednesday, January 6 • 7:00pm Land of Lemurs, Program code: SAAHS1 Whether it’s your first home or you’re looking Bee-Eaters, & Buried Treasure to downsize or trade up, you’ll want to make Monday, January 11 • 7:00pm your experience as pleasant and seamless Program code: SAAMM1 as possible. Gail Carillo, Licensed Associate Nature educator Sue Krause will reveal some Stop Counting Calories: Broker with Coldwell Banker, will discuss timing of the rare and exotic flora and fauna, amazing the market, choosing a buyer’s agent, shopping fossils, and buried treasure she discovered on The Keys to Successful payment not price, and many other valuable tips. Madagascar, the world’s fourth largest island. Weight Loss and Health This visually stunning presentation will take Friday, January 8 • 10:30am you on a tour of this biodiversity hotspot, How to Derive Income Program code: SAASCC1 in a Low Interest Rate featuring animals that can be found nowhere Are you confused by all the diets out there else on earth. and tired of trying to lose weight? Danielle Environment Zanzarov, Director of Holistic Health Services Thursday, January 7 • 10:30am Comedy Night @Your Library! at South Bay Wellness, will debunk some Program code: SAAHDI1 The Danny Kaye Show common weight loss myths and share tips to An analyst from the Miranda Group of Merrill Friday, January 15 • 7:00pm help you achieve your goals. Learn what works Lynch Wealth Management will discuss the Program code: SAACN1 and what doesn’t, and discover how you can best way to prepare your portfolio both pre- “I’m just an entertainer. All I want to be is start to feel good. and post-retirement. This talk will cover the funny. I never aspired to play Hamlet.” best uses of stocks, bonds, mutual funds, Singer, actor, dancer, comedian Danny Kaye New Year Around ETFs, and annuities in today’s low-income, made over 17 movies, including The Court the World low interest rate environment. Jester, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, White Wednesday, January 27 • 7:00pm Christmas and Hans Christian Andersen, and Making Sense of Your Program code: SAANY1 starred in his own popular long-running TV Who could have guessed that the January 1 Credit Cards series. Examine the career of this multi-talented New Year instituted by Roman Emperor Numa Tuesday, January 19 • 7:00pm American icon and enjoy side-splitting clips Pompilius in 713 BCE would become a Program code: SAAMS1 with historian and lecturer Sal St. George. worldwide celebration featuring fireworks, Matthew Durkin, Financial Advisor at Mass champagne, dancing, parties, and parades? Mutual Greater Long Island, will explain what Feng Shui Times Square has been ground zero for New to look for when selecting a credit card, how Monday, January 25 • 7:00pm Year’s celebrations ever since the owners of to approach spending wisely, and how to Program code: SAAFS1 the New York Times commemorated the interpret your credit card statement. Find out According to the principles of Feng Shui, also official opening of their new headquarters with what happens when you carry a balance and/ known as “environmental psychology,” you a New Year’s bash in 1905. The American- or transfer it to another card, and discover can enhance the most important areas of your style New Year has been sweeping across the the difference between maintenance fees and life by making simple shifts in the presentation globe, overshadowing the distinct and ancient interest charges, opening and closing dates, of your space. This workshop with Laura New Year’s celebrations of other cultures. credit limits, and available credit. Cerrano, CEO and founder of Feng Shui Dr. Ronald J. Brown, Associate Professor, Manhattan, Inc., will teach you how your daily Touro College and Unification Theological interactions with your home, work, and Seminary, will present this informative lecture Truth in Labeling everyday surroundings can affect your mood, about New Year’s celebration around the behavior, health, and spiritual wellbeing. world, yesterday and today. Monday, January 4 • 7:00pm Program code: SAATIL1 Take charge of your health! Learn how to read and interpret food labels with Alicia Randolph- Lucchesi, owner of Pandora’s Products, Inc., who obtained her MA in Holistic Wellness in Small Business Workshops from SCORE 2012. Find out how to identify the chemicals Saturdays, January 23 & 30 • 10:00am • Program code: SAASBW1 in your food, from caffeine to sweeteners to flavor enhancers like MSG, and a host of Part 1: Starting and Growing Your Business other additives. Saturday, January 23 • 10:00am This workshop will cover the basics of setting up a business, from choosing a legal entity structure, to paying taxes, keeping financial records, and obtaining insurance. Heartfulness Meditation You’ll also get an introduction to the business plan as well as advice on marketing Friday, January 8 • 1:30pm and financing your business. Program code: SAAHM1 Ideal for those living busy lives, this simple Part 2: Writing a Business Plan and practical form of meditation will result in a calmer disposition and a more balanced and Saturday, January 30 • 10:00am fulfilling life. Take a break with heartfulness Discover all the required components of the business plan and look at successful meditation and discover the peaceful and examples. Other topics will include start-up costs, budget preparation, cash flow serene space within. projections, and using your business plan to obtain financing. Miracles of the Mind Coming in February... Wednesday, January 13 • 7:00pm Part 3: Marketing Your Business Program code: SAAMOM1 Saturday, February 6 • 10:00am At this spellbinding performance of mind-reading and illusion, magician Bob McEntee will Part 4: Social Media Marketing for Business demonstrate mentalism and magic, along with Saturday, February 13 • 10:00am a hypnotic group induction. Bob has been featured on the cover of Explore Long Island in This series is presented by SCORE Long Island, a nonprofit network of over Newsday, as well as on TV, including Channel 40 successful retired executives who volunteer their time to help small businesses 12 News and The Jerry & Louise Show. You start, grow, and succeed. might be surprised to discover what your mind is capable of!

APP • 631-588-5024 • sachemlibrary.org • January 2016 3 Adults BookDiscussions Copies of these books are available at the Circulation Desk. THURSDAY MOVIES Family Life For R-rated movies, those under 17 must be accompanied by an adult. by Ahkil Sharma Assistive listening devices are available for your use. Wednesday, January 27 7:00pm New Releases! Finally joining their father in America, San Andreas Ajay and Birju enjoy their new, January 7 • 1:30 and 6:30pm extraordinary life until tragedy strikes, In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot leaving one brother incapacitated makes a dangerous journey with his ex-wife across the state in order to rescue and the other practically orphaned his daughter. Directed by Brad Peyton. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, in this strange land. Alexandra Daddario. (PG13-1:54) Major Pettigrew’s Age of Adaline Last Stand January 14 • 1:30 and 6:30pm by Helen Simonson A young woman born at the turn of the 20th century is rendered ageless after Thursday, January 28 an accident. After many solitary years, she meets a man who complicates 12:00pm her eternal life. Directed by Lee Toland Krieger. Starring Blake Lively, Michael Forced to confront the realities of Huisman, Harrison Ford. (PG13-1:52) modern life when he falls in love with Pakistani widow Mrs. Ali, Selma retired Major Pettigrew finds the January 21 • 1:30 and 6:30pm relationship challenged by local Presented in celebration of MLK Day, this is the chronicle of Martin Luther King’s prejudices that view Mrs. Ali, a campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Cambridge native, as a perpetual Montgomery, Alabama in 1965. Directed by Ava DuVernay. Starring David foreigner. Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth. (PG13-2:08) Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation TNT (20 & 30-Somethings) January 28 • 1:30 and 6:30pm Everything Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet—eradicating the Syndicate, an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, I Never Told You committed to destroying the IMF. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Starring by Celeste Ng Tom Cruise, Rebecca Gerguson, Jeremy Renner. (PG13-2:11) Friday, January 15 • 7:30pm This story of the divisions between cultures and the rifts within a family explores the fallout of the drowning Reel Rebels Film & Discussion: Birdy death of Lydia Lee, the favorite Tuesday, January 5 • 6:00pm daughter of a Chinese-American This overlooked gem about friendship and survival in a world of varied violations family in 1970s Ohio. to the human spirit features strong early performances by both Matthew Modine and Nicholas Cage. Intriguing, informative, sometimes controversial, but always thought provoking, this monthly series combines the best in film and discussion. Directed by Alan Parker. (1984, R – 2:00) (3 hours) Murder Among Friends The Murder at the Vicarage Saturday Foreign Film: Zaytoun by Agatha Christie January 9 • 1:30pm Thursday, January 21 • 7:00pm During the 1982 Lebanon War, a young Palestinian refugee helps an Israeli When Colonel Protheroe is found fighter pilot escape the PLO. Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles. Directed by dead from a single gunshot wound to Eran Riklis. Starring Stephen Dorff, Abdallah El Akal, Ali Suliman. (2013, NR-1:47) the head, none of his neighbors are surprised. With multiple suspects and the local police stymied, it is up to Special Film Presentations Miss Jane Marple to root out the killer.

Little Fugitive The Ramen Girl America’s Navy Wednesday, January 13 Monday, January 25 This monthly series will continue 1:30pm 1:30pm through August 2016. When a 7-year-old boy is tricked into An American slacker, abandoned by believing he killed his older brother, he her boyfriend and adrift in Tokyo, The Imperial Cruise: gathers his meager possessions and persuades the local noodle shop’s A Secret History of flees to Coney Island, where he tyrannical, temperamental Japanese experiences a day and night filled with master chef to teach her the art of Empire and War adventures and mysteries in this 1953 making ramen. Ultimately, they both by James Bradley independent film classic. Written and learn how to put passion and spirit Monday, January 25 • 3:00pm directed by Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, back into their lives. Directed by In 1905, President Theodore and Ruth Orkin. Starring Richard Robert Allan Ackerman. Starring Roosevelt dispatches a secret Brewster, Winifred Cushing, Jay Brittany Murphy, Toshiyuki Nishida. diplomatic mission to Hawaii, Williams. (1953, 1:20) (2008, 1:42) Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea, negotiating secret agreements that lay the foundation for America’s Pacific engagement from World War II forward.

4 January 2016 • sachemlibrary.org • 631-588-5024 • APP In the Gallery Angelis Vaca Language First Collection Young artist Angelis Vaca has been drawing and painting Learning & since the age of four. Her talents have been recognized Conversation throughout the tri-state area, earning her many awards and certificates of recognition. She is inspired by classical art English and is continuing to develop her technique. In 2015, she Tuesdays at 10:30am was accepted into the Florence Academy of Art where she Fridays at 10:00am is training in the traditional styles of the masters such as (no class January 2) Titian, Rembrandt, and Velázquez. This exhibit will feature Saturdays at 11:00am flower paintings as well as landscapes and skyscapes from Long Island and around the world. NEW! French Language & Culture Tuesdays at 1:30 TNT (20s & 30s) Game Night! Museum Adventure For the first time since it opened to the public Collectible Card Games over 50 years ago, visitors can take a guided Friday, January 8 • 7:00pm-11:00pm Come play your favorite card games like tour of the “backstairs” of the Phipps estate Magic: The Gathering, Yugi-oh, and Vanguard, Display Case at Old Westbury Gardens to see how the or bring your favorite tabletop games. Join the Theresa Nichols servants lived. Experience history, science, “Sachem TNT Gamers” on meetup.com to Disney Memorabilia nature, and art with free admission to a stay informed about upcoming events. This number of area museums. Reserve your event is appropriate for those 18 and older. Museum Adventure online, by phone, or in person at the Welcome Desk. Career Counseling Need help updating your resume, creating a LinkedIn profile, or preparing for an interview? As a Sachem resident, When the Weather Outside is Frightful… you may make an appointment for a Before you head out to the Library, call 631-588-5024, check the Library website, FREE one-on-one session with our professional career counselor or listen to FM stations WWSK 94.3, WJVC 96.1, WKJY 98.3, WBAB 102.3, WBZO Richard Gluck, who will help 103.1, WRCN 103.9, or WBLI 106.1 for weather-related messages. While you wait you develop a strategic job for the storm to pass, you can still renew and request items, download books, search plan that will get movies, and music, register for programs, and access research databases and results. Call the homework help through the Library’s website. Welcome Desk for an appointment.

© istock/icyman Express Yourself ADULT REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Register online, by phone, or in person. Registration for programs with fees begins at 9:30am on Wednesday, December 16. You may pay for programs using your credit card when you register online. Otherwise, please make your payment by cash or check at the Welcome Desk within three days of registering or your reservation will be cancelled.

The Art Encounter Knit & Crochet @Night Wednesdays at 11:00am Thursday, January 7 • 7:00pm Artist Tom de Gruyl leads this weekly gathering of art enthusiasts. Work in your Knit & Crochet in the Morning favorite media, share ideas, and learn new Tuesday, January 12 • 10:00am techniques in a relaxed atmosphere. Bring “Knot” doing well with your knitting project? your supplies and a work-in-progress or start Need help unraveling the mysteries of something new. No registration required. crochet? Marion Reiter will provide the guidance you need in this friendly and Winter Scene Painted Tray Quilters Sew-In informal group. No registration required. Wednesday, January 20 • 6:30pm Program code: SAAPT1 Saturday, January 2 • 10:00am Scrapbooking & Cardmaking Materials fee: $5 (non-refundable) In this open sew-in, share your ideas Even if you have never picked up a brush with others and learn hands-on cutting Friday, January 8 • 10:00am before, instructor Christine Weyer will help and blocking techniques. Bring your No meeting this month. you decorate a wooden tray with a pretty project-in-progress or start something wintery landscape. Sachem residents only. new. No registration required. Drawing the Human Head and Face Quilting Circle Wednesday, January 13 • 6:00pm Tuesday, January 26 • 7:00pm Love to quilt or want to learn how? Program code: SAADH1 Materials fee: $5 (non-refundable) • This monthly gathering provides quilting Art instructor June Long-Schuman will teach you to draw faces step by step, companionship and direction in a friendly, exploring shading techniques along with the use of colored pencils. You’ll go supportive environment. You will receive a home with one finished drawing along with drawing materials, including a simple pattern with instructions at each pencil, blender (tortillon), and eraser. Sachem residents only. meeting. No registration required.

APP • 631-588-5024 • sachemlibrary.org • January 2016 5 desTEENation Registration for Teen programs begins on Friday, December 18 at 9:30am. You may register online or by phone in Teen Services. Please have your library card ready when phoning in for a registration. You may pay for programs using your credit card when registering online. All program fees must be paid within three days of registration.

Teen Art Show Calling all artists! Express your creative side at our first Teen Art Show in the Library gallery in March. Submissions in any medium will be accepted between February 8 Sachem Teen Volunteers and February 19. Applications are available on our website or in Teen Services. Program code: SAT365 © shutterstock/PictureStudio Community service opportunities are open to desTEENation Friday Nights teens in grades 6-12. You may choose one opportunity a month. Registration begins on January 8, 15, 22 & 29 • 5:30pm-8:45pm • Program code: SAT108 Friday, December 18 at 9:30am. Friday Nights in desTEENation will now require registration each week. Play video games on our gaming computers, challenge a friend on our Xbox 360 stations, check out the pre-loaded apps on our iPads, or meet up with friends for an evening of games, crafts, and fun. Board Game Bonanza Helpers Each week will offer a different activity beginning at 6:00pm: Sundays, January 3, 10, 17, 24 or 31 Old School Board Games – Friday, January 8 Trivia Challenges – Friday, January 22 1:00pm Paper Crafting – Friday, January 15 Nintendo Night – Friday, January 29 Play board games with younger children. Sign up for one session only. (3 hours) Advanced Battle of the Books Cupcake Wars Crafts for a Cause Saturday, January 23 • 2:30pm Informational Meeting Tuesday, January 12 • 3:00pm Program code: SAT111 Tuesday, January 5 • 4:00pm Make crafts that will be shared with the It’s the battle of the cupcakes! Be creative in your Are you in grades 9-12 and love to read? Find community. (90 minutes) out how you can represent the Library in the designs and see if your cupcakes will make it to the Suffolk County Advanced Battle of the Books at final round. All supplies will be provided. (90 minutes) Audio Newsletter Connetquot High School on Friday, March 4. This Tuesday, January 26 • 3:30pm year’s titles are: The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Thinking Ink–Writers’ Workshop Create an audio recording of our monthly Fforde, Legend by Marie Lu, and Amy and Roger’s Monday, January 25 • 6:00pm newsletter for patrons who are visually Epic Detour by Morgan Matson. Register now in Program code: SAT349 impaired. (90 minutes) Teen Services. (1 hour) Meet other writers, try out creative writing activities, and share your work with others. All types of Snoopy Birthday Party Helpers Pre-Licensing Course writing are welcome. (90 minutes) Saturday, January 30 • 11:00am Saturday, January 9 • 9:30am-2:00pm Snoopy will be dropping by to help Fee: $40 ® celebrate January birthdays in the Getting ready to take your road test? Take this Mutt-i-grees Club Thursday, January 28 • 4:00pm Children’s Department and we need five-hour course required by the Department of teens to wear the costume. (3 hours) Motor Vehicles. Walk-ins accepted with cash payment Program code: SAT107 only. Remember to bring your learner’s permit. Meet other teens with a passion for animals You may participate in the following and help us plan projects to benefit local animal community service projects in addition to Minecraft Blockheads shelters. Walk-ins welcome. (1 hour) your one registered volunteer program: Wednesday, January 13 • 6:00pm OR 7:30pm Program code: SAT200 Graphic Novel Book Discussion Drop-In Community Service Saturday, January 9 • 2:30pm Play, battle, and build on our Minecraft servers Vampire Knight by Matsuri Hino reserved just for teens! Access does not require Assist the library with assorted projects. a paid account. (1 hour) Saturday, January 30 • 2:30pm Limited to 20 teens. No registration Program code: SAT482 required. (90 minutes) Fine Art Fun Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu are the Saturday, January 16 • 10:00am guardians of Cross Academy, protecting Teen Book Reviews Program code: SAT122 the day class from the school’s dark Earn community service credit by reviewing Express your creativity through different art secret—the night class is full of award-winning Young Adult books. The mediums. This month, we will work on concepts vampires! Pick up your copy at the application and booklists are available of negative space by creating cool images in Circulation Desk. (1 hour) online or in Teen Services. You will earn scratchboards. (90 minutes) 3 community service hours for each Teen Book Raffle submitted book review that meets the Attention High School Seniors! Teens in grades 6-12 can drop by required guidelines, up to 9 hours per Applications for two $500 Friends of Sachem Teen Services any time during the month. Allow one week for processing Library scholarships are available at the Teen month of January and fill out a raffle of community service certificates after Services Desk and in the guidance offices of ticket for an autographed copy of submission of a book review. Sachem North and Sachem East High Schools. Holes by Louis Sachar. One entry per Any graduating senior (January or June 2016) person. Good luck! Teen Reporters who is planning to attend college is eligible. Create a video, write an article, create Applications are due on April 13. artwork based on your interests, or sign up to help edit and lay out projects for Drop In/D.I.Y. Teen Workshops our teen web series and social media posts. Earn up to 3 community service No registration is required for these programs. Workshops vary monthly. Please stop by Teen Services for hours for each completed assignment. a flyer with more details. Spaces are guaranteed to the first 20 teens or as long as supplies last. Stop by Teen Services for an application. Lego Mindstorms – Monday, January 4 • 6:00pm-7:30pm There will be a Teen Reporters Meet- Duct Tape Tote Bags – Tuesday, January 5 • 6:00pm-7:30pm up on Thursday, January 7 at 6:00pm. Digital Art Hour – Wednesday, January 6 • 4:00pm-5:00pm Meet-ups allow you to use the library’s Beads & Buttons – Monday, January 11 • 4:00pm-5:30pm equipment, work with other teens, and Electronic Music Making – Thursday, January 14 • 6:00pm-7:30pm organize project ideas. (1.5 hours) Pom Pom Party – Thursday, January 21 • 6:00pm-7:30pm Teen Study Buddies 12 Months of Making @the Library Creation Station Assist students in grades K-5 with Be inspired to make any number of things at your library every Contact Teen Services at homework in math, science, social month for a year and earn a Master Maker Certificate. January’s (631) 588-5024 ext. 257 to studies, and English. Applications are featured programs will be Duct Tape Tote Bags on January 5 book a two-hour appointment slot. available in Teen Services. and Electronic Music Making on January 14.

6 January 2016 • sachemlibrary.org • 631-588-5024 • APP Children For a full listing of children’s programs, check our seasonal program brochure, available in the Children’s Room. PARP Kick Off Show Keyboarding for Tweens Pirate School: We Treasure Books Grades 4 and 5 Tuesday-Friday, January 19, 20, 21 & 22 Friday, January 29 • 7:00pm • Program code: SAJ555 Arrrrr you ready to read? Enlist in Pirate School with Captain Billy Bones and become 4:30pm a bookaneer! Registration begins Friday, January 15 at 9:30am by telephone or online. Program code: SAJ310 Learn the basics of computer keyboarding in just one week! Interactive games and exercises PARP Winter Reading Club 2016 will make the learning fun. You are expected Arrr You Ready to READ? to attend all 4 classes. Priority will be given to To complete the program, read to or with your children 15 minutes a day for a children who have not registered for previous total of 30 days. Each family that completes the program will receive a sessions. No alternate tickets will be available. certificate of achievement and a prize. Once you’ve found the treasure, sail Registration begins Tuesday, January 5 at on back to the library to collect your prize beginning March 1st. Registering 9:30am by telephone or online. (45 minutes for the January 29 PARP Kick Off show automatically registers you for the each day for four consecutive days) Winter Reading Club. You’ll receive your kick-off prize and treasure map/ reading log at the show. If you can’t make it to the show, your reading January Birthday Bash materials will be available to pick up at the Children’s Reference Desk #Sachem100 beginning January 30. 4 years old through Grade 2 without caregiver Saturday, January 30 11:00am, 12:00pm, or 1:00pm LisaJoy and Friends Caldecott Club Program code: SAJ612 Grades K to 5 with a caregiver Grades 3 to 5 without caregiver The Library is celebrating its 100th anniversary Fridays, January 15, 22 & 29 • 4:30pm Friday, January 8 • 4:30pm in 2016! Each month, we will host a birthday Program code: SAJ276 Program code: SAJ522 party for children from 4 years old through Taught by a NYS certified special education Which title will win the 2016 grade 2 whose birthdays fall within that teacher with over 20 years of experience, Caldecott Award for best picture month. Join Snoopy, our anniversary mascot, these three-week enrichment classes are book? You get to be the judge in our mini- for games, a craft, and a cupcake. Our year of designed for children with developmental version of this prestigious literary prize. birthday parties kicks off on January 30 for all delays or special needs, including those You don’t need to read anything prior to the of the January birthdays. Children ages 4 along the autism spectrum. Partner with program; we’ll have the year’s top contenders through grade 2 may register for one session. your child in a calm, relaxed environment that ready for you to read, discuss, and vote on No siblings. Registration begins Tuesday, will provide an intimate setting for learning your favorite. Snacks will be served to help January 12 at 9:30am by telephone or online. through sensory activities. These are inclusive with deliberations. No siblings. Registration (45 minutes) programs and all children, including siblings, are begins Tuesday, December 22 at 9:30am welcome. If you need special accommodations, by telephone or online. (90 minutes) Book Time with a Dog please contact us two weeks prior to program. Grades 1 to 5 Registration begins Tuesday, December 29 at Study Buddies 20-minute appointments most Thursday 9:30am by telephone or online. (45 minutes) Grades 1-5 without caregiver evenings from 6:30pm-7:30pm Program code: SAJ311 Tuesday, January 5 or Pick your favorite book and your favorite Preschool Showcase Wednesday, January 20 certified therapy dog and practice reading in Saturday, January 16 • 11:00am-1:00pm 5:15pm-6:00pm or 6:15pm-7:00pm a fun environment. Registration is ongoing. Parents are invited to a convenient, one-stop Getting ready for a big test? Need help in a opportunity to connect with representatives specific subject? Sachem teens will be on from local preschools, day care providers, and hand to assist with homework or reinforce au pair services. Stay as little or as long as basic skills. You may register for one Drop In for Fun you like and have all your questions answered. 45-minute session. No siblings. Registration No registration is required. Tickets will be No registration required. begins Tuesday, December 22 at 9:30am available 30 minutes before the start of the by phone or online. program on a first-come, first-served basis. Materials for this program are appropriate Fun Family Board Game Bonanza for children ages 3-5, but all are welcome Children ages 4 years old and up with caregiver Game Night to attend. Sundays, January 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 • 1:00pm to 4:00pm for Tweens Winter Family Fun Nights Put down the mouse and roll the dice! We will provide a wide selection Wednesdays, January 6, 20 • 6:30pm of board games along with hot chocolate and snacks. No registration Grades 3 to 5 required. Friday, January 22 Little Listeners 7:00pm Thursday, January 7 • 10:00am Looking for something to Tuesday, January 19 • 10:00am WINTER SPRING 2016 REGISTRATION DATES do on a Friday night? Saturday Storycrafts Look for more details in our Winter/Spring 2016 Program Brochure Join us for some rounds Saturday, January 9 • 10:30am available at the Children’s Reference Desk or on our webpage. of Bingo and other classic Online and phone registration begins at games. Enjoy a snack, make Pajama Storytime the following dates and times: new friends, and have fun! Friday, January 15 • 6:30pm No siblings. No registration Baby Programs: birth to 24 months Friday Night Family Matinee required. (90 minutes) Monday, January 11 • 9:30am Inside Out Toddler Programs: 15 months to under 36 months Friday, January 8 • 6:30pm Tuesday, January 12 • 9:30am Two & Three Year Old Programs: After young Riley is uprooted Wednesday, January 13 • 9:30am Shots for Tots from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her Preschooler Programs: 3 to 5 years old Tuesday, January 26 emotions – Joy, Fear, Anger, Thursday, January 14 • 9:30am 3:00pm-6:30pm School Age Programs: grades K to 5 Disgust, and Sadness – conflict No registration required. Tuesday, January 12 • 6:00pm on how best to navigate a new For info, call: city, house, and school. Restrictions will be lifted on Thursday, January 21 at 9:30am. (631) 854-0222 (2015, PG-1:42)

APP • 631-588-5024 • sachemlibrary.org • January 2016 7 January Monthly Programs and Services The Library Café Holiday Closings Senior Advocate Career Counseling New Year’s Day Thursday, February 18 Call for appointment. Relax in our cozy Friday, January 1 2:30pm – 4:30pm Defensive Driving fireplace lounge Monday, January 18 (every other month) Call for availability. where you can enjoy Martin Luther King Day Notary Public Services Tai Chi Classes a snack, a beverage, or Free Blood Pressure Testing Monday-Wednesday: Mondays at 10:00am. Fee: $40 Tuesday, January 7 10:00am – 12:00pm Registration for the next 8-week session a visit with friends. 12:00pm – 1:00pm 2:00pm – 4:00pm begins Monday, January 25. Writers’ Workshop Health Care Counseling LIRR to New York City Tuesday, January 12 Tuesday, January 26 Saturday, January 30 Thank you, Agnew & Taylor 6:45pm – 8:45pm Call for appointment. $10 round trip (non-refundable) in Lake Ronkonkoma, Friends of Sachem Library Meeting Arthritis Exercise Leave as a group at 9:40am out of for providing the sleds for Thursday, January 14 Thursdays at 11:45am. Fee: $40 Ronkonkoma Station. Register by our holiday display! 10:30am – 12:30pm Registration for the next 8-week session Wednesday, January 27 at the Welcome begins Thursday, February 4. Desk. An audio version of this Library Board of Trustees Meeting newsletter is available Tuesday, January 19 • 7:00pm on our website. © shutterstock/Mr.Creative Fix it Yourself with ALLDATA What’s Your Story, The leading provider of automobile #Sachem100 repair information to the automotive Sachem? industry is now available to you for Do you have memories of our community you’d be willing to share use at the Library. Easy to search and print, ALLDATA features for future generations? Please contribute to our 100th Anniversary in-depth repair information for a variety of vehicles, from 1982 Oral History Project. Call Reference Librarian Dana Mottola to the present, including diagrams, diagnostic trouble code at 631-588-5024, extension 227, to make an appointment. charts, technical service bulletins, and maintenance information. All ages and backgrounds are welcome. Ask for assistance at the Reference Desk. COMPUTER CLASSES Sign up online, in person, or by phone at 588-5024, ext. 232, beginning Tuesday, December 22 at 9:30am. Registration is limited to district residents only until the day prior to the scheduled class. All sessions are 90 minutes, unless otherwise noted.

Tech 30 Appointments PowerPoint II A Walk in the “Clouds” One-on-One, 30-Minute Thursday, January 14 • 7:00pm Wednesday, January 20 • 7:00pm OR Technology Help Program code: SAEPPII Monday, January 25 • 10:00am This session will expand on the first session, Program code: SAEWIC Tuesdays: 2:00pm – 4:00pm giving you more knowledge of the use of Everyone is talking about cloud computing OR 6:00pm – 8:00pm PowerPoint. Prerequisite: PowerPoint I nowadays, but what exactly is “the cloud,” Wednesdays: 10:00am – 12:00pm and why should you use it? Let one of our Call for an appointment: 588-5024 ext.232 Introduction to Computers technology librarians take you on a “walk Is there a particular website that you just can’t Saturday, January 9 • 10:00am in the clouds” to help you decide if cloud seem to figure out? Do you have a problem Program code: SAEIC computing is for you. Basic Internet skills with your email, or need help with Word, Excel, This class will get you started with the basics. are required. or PowerPoint? Maybe you can’t understand Learn how to turn the computer off and on, how to download a book to your smartphone or use the desktop, work with the mouse, open Excel 2013: Macros tablet. If so, make an appointment to meet with and close programs, and get out of trouble. Thursday, January 21 • 7:00pm one of our librarians. Please note: Library staff Program code: SAEEM cannot perform computer repairs or virus removals. iPad/iPhone Users Group Learn how to record a macro, make minor Monday, January 11 • 7:00pm changes to it, save it to your personal macro Program code: SAEIUG workbook, and add it to the ribbon so it runs FREE eBooks & Audiobooks – OverDrive Do you own an iPad or iPhone and know the with a single mouse click. Basic Excel skills Wednesday, January 6 • 3:00pm OR basics but want to learn more? At the are required. Monday, January 25 • 7:00pm bi-monthly meetings of Sachem’s iPad/iPhone Program code: SAEOD Users Group, you can get the advice of our Internet 101 – The Basics So, you have an eReader or tablet. Did you resident expert and/or help from the group. Friday, January 22 • 10:00am know you can borrow and download eBooks Please bring your iPad or iPhone. Program code: SAEI101 and audiobooks through the Library for FREE? Learn the basics of using the Internet – what Bring your device to this class and learn how to Introduction to Gmail it is, how to access it, and how to use it. use the Library’s OverDrive lending service. Wednesday, January 13 • 10:30am Basic computer skills are required. Program code: SAEIGM PowerPoint I Learn all about Gmail, Google’s FREE email Word 2013: Styles and Table of Contents Thursday, January 7 • 7:00pm service. Find out how to create an account, Thursday, January 28 • 7:00pm Program code: SAEPPI and send and receive emails. Basic Internet Program code: SAEWST An animated PowerPoint presentation can be a skills are required. Learn the use of Word’s “Styles” for powerful tool for sharing information with a formatting and generating tables of group of people. This workshop will introduce contents in your professional documents. PowerPoint and teach the basics of its use. Basic Word skills are required. Basic computer skills are required.

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