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BOOKINGS June 2021 Virtual Exhibit – A Note from the Director… The Reflected Eye: Part 2 As we enter June, Pride Month, we celebrate our community’s wonderful diversity and will continue to foster an environment where all are welcome at our Library. June also represents the midway point of 2021, and we are excited to expand upon our in-person services. Through the first half of the year, we safely increased visiting hours, made outdoor seating available on our beautiful grounds, and facilitated outdoor events, such as our Earth Day Celebration. We were also able to complete a critical infrastructure project with the renovations to the restrooms in the Lobby and on the Lower Level. Beginning this month, we will enter ‘Phase 4+’ of our re-opening safety plan. Capacity and time limits will be extended, in-person seating will be introduced, and beginning June 14 in-person visiting hours will fully ‘normalize’ to what they were pre-pandemic. We will also boost our slate of outdoor programming and events, as the weather continues to warm up. Curbside pickup and Jingna Zhang. From the series, Motherland home delivery, to those most vulnerable, will continue. Virtual events, digital collections of books, Chronicles. Courtesy of and ©Jingna Zhan music, and movies, will be available wherever this summer takes you. While we continue to safely expand services, I want to thank you for your continued patience, he Port Washington Public passion and support. Please know you can always connect with me by phone at 516-883-4400 TLibrary brings together some ext. 1101 or by email at [email protected]. I look forward to hearing from you and seeing you of photography’s most exciting and at the Library soon. contemporary artists working today Stay well and safe, with Part 2 of the virtual photography exhibit, “The Reflected Eye: Fashion Through the Eyes of the Photographer.” Keith Klang, Library Director These artists, including many industry leading women photographers, will offer a fresh and candid perspective into the dynamic world of fashion PHASE 4+ (as of June 1) photography in their own words, with In-Person Services Available Outside Unavailable until additional video commentary from Available the Building After Phase 4+ fashion curators, and editors. PAID Limited In-Library Curbside ‘Grab and Go’ Use of Indoor Meeting This in-depth, digitally, curated U.S. Postage Permit No.1828 Garden City, NY Garden City, Seating Pickup of Materials Rooms and Study Rooms gallery, organized by Patty Sicular and Non-Profit Organization Vanessa Nastro, will look at fashion’s Expanded Visiting Hours Outdoor Seating on Children’s Indoor artistic impact through the lens of and Per Person the Terrace and in the Play Area photographers Andi Elloway, Anne Visiting Time Children’s Garden Menke, Armin Zogbaum, Axel Jozeph, Outdoor Events and Bachar Srour, Benjamin Kanarek, Public Computing Programs Chen Man, Danil Golovkin, David Needleman, Jingna Zhang, Kristian Collection Browsing Virtual Events Schuller, Marta Lamovsek, Nagi Sakai, and Programs Hayat Osamah, Rames Xelhuantzi, Access to Printing, 3D Online Resources (Libby, Yasunari Kikuma and Zack Zhang. Printing, Document Hoopla, Kanopy, Tutor.com, Visit the exhibit at Scanning, Copying, Faxing Tumblebooks, and more) www.PWPL.org/reflected-eye

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Bookings No. 379 / June 2021 Published by the Port Washington Public Library One Library Drive Port Washington, NY 11050-2794 pwpl.org 516-883-4400 • [email protected] Follow us on Facebook & Instagram The Local History Center is proud to announce the launch of our first digital Visit our YouTube channel app, Along Manhasset Bay Historical Walking Tour. The app, which coincides Library Trustees: with last year’s release of the book, Along Manhasset Bay, will allow users Patricia Bridges, President to explore the rich history of the town of Port Washington at their own Nancy Comer pace, either alone or with a group. The walking tour will include locations William Keller related to the earliest farming settlers, the American Revolution, fishing, Michael Krevor boatbuilding, sand mining, aviation history, and more. The free app, which Adrienne Saur can be downloaded on any smartphone via the Apple App Store or Google Matthew Straus Play Store, utilizes GPS to pinpoint the user’s location as they travel along Sima Vasa the walking tour route. Additional tours to be accessible through the app Library Director: are planned, including a boating tour which will allow sailors and kayakers to view historical Keith Klang images of the Port Washington shoreline and notable sites on Manhasset Bay from the water. Bookings Editor: Andrea Niederman Along Manhasset Bay App Demo: Tuesday, June 22 at 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Come get the backstory on our new walking tour app from our head of local history, Vanessa Bookings Contributors: Nastro. Our tech team will be on hand to help you get the app installed on your smartphone. Denise Anchico, Jean Bennett, Amy Christake, Lori Gerbasi, Jonathan Guildroy, Kate Monsour, Earbuds will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis. This will be an outdoor program, Vanessa Nastro, Elizabeth Rowland, located in front of the Library. Tony Traguardo, Janet West, Jeff Zeh Thank you for the generous gift from Ginger Marshall Martus and to the Nautical Advisory Library Hours Council. Please see front cover for Library hours. Or visit us online at PWPL.org/Information/Hours ADMIT ONE Residents of the Port Washington Union Free School MUSEUM District are entitled to a PWPL card, which may also Dinosaurs and Water Slides be used at any Library in Nassau County. To apply PASS at the Library! for a card, stop by the Library with proof of residence PROGRAM or apply online at pwpl.org/Get-A-Library-Card. Non-residents who work in Port Washington may also apply. Discount tickets to the American Museum of Natural History and Splish Splash Water Park now available for purchase at the circulation desk in the lobby while supplies last. Mission Statement Have some fun this summer, relax and enjoy your visit. Both venues will be adhering to the The Port Washington Public Library is a center CDC guidelines for mask wearing and social distancing. for community engagement, knowledge and personal enrichment.

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As per New York State Mandate, we are asking Please be aware we are not currently hosting meetings and events inside the unvaccinated visitors over the age of 2 to wear Library at this time. We are evaluating how best to do so in the near future a mask while inside the Library. The Library is and thank you for your patience during this time. committed to keeping everyone safe and we appreciate your cooperation in these efforts. Your Library Card Brings the World to You 24/7! For more information please visit PWPL.org/safetymeasures 2 Get yours today at: www.PWPL.org Career & Finance Fiction Book Discussion: All Career & Finance June Programs The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri are presented by La Fuerza CDC, a non-profit organization dedicated to Tuesday, June 29 at 7:30 p.m. promoting community development Nuri is a beekeeper and Afra, his wife, is an by providing economic growth artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and opportunities to low-income, minority friends, in the hills of the beautiful Syrian city of and women-owned enterprises. Aleppo until the unthinkable happens. When all Made possible by the Career & they love is destroyed by war, Nuri knows they Personal Finance Center. have no choice except to leave their home and Email Marketing Tips & Tools is sustained only by the knowledge that waiting Tuesday, June 8 at 7:00 p.m. for them is his cousin Mustafa, who has started Email marketing is an important strategy to grow your business. an apiary in Yorkshire and is teaching fellow Participants in this webinar will learn how to create an email marketing refugees beekeeping. As Nuri and Afra travel strategy for your small business. Topics will include contact management, segmentation, email deliverability, and analyzing how well your mailing did. through a broken world, they must make the difficult journey back Learn how to build an email marketing strategy that fits your business and to each other, a path once so familiar yet rendered foreign by the helps to build trust with your contacts. heartache of displacement. Meeting ID: 854 1863 2209 | Passcode: 688375 | Dial In: 1 646 558 8656 Copies of the book are available on Libby and may also be reserved Developing a Marketing Plan for pickup at the Library. Monday, June 14 at 7:00 p.m. Meeting ID: 817 5359 4796 I Passcode: 709973 I Dial in: 1 646 558 8656 Developing a marketing plan involves consideration of your customers/ clients, your prospective customers/clients, your budget, and your goals. It is a thoughtful process that helps you to consider all of the available marketing, public relations, and advertising tools you can use for your LGBT Seniors – Then and Now business to achieve your short and long-term goals. This webinar will teach you how to prepare a basic plan you can refer back to, update, and Monday, June 28 at 11:00 a.m. check your progress. As part of the Library’s Pride Meeting ID: 854 1863 2209 | Passcode: 688375 | Dial In: 1 646 558 8656 Month programming we have Public Relations – A Primer for Small Business partnered with the LGBT Monday, June 21 at 7:00 p.m. Network. Mark Mihopulos Public relations for small businesses typically include customer relations, and Adrian Stivala of the LI community relations, media relations, government relations, and SAGE program at the LGBT influencers. In this webinar, you will learn the basic components of a public relations effort to reach your audience including: defining your Network designed and created this important visibility video project objective, setting your goal, identifying your target audience, setting up a to highlight the stories of diverse LGBT elders. In these interviews, timeline, creating the plan, and executing the campaign. older LGBT adults answer questions about their lives and their Meeting ID: 854 1863 2209 | Passcode: 688375 | Dial In: 1 646 558 8656 identities and experiences. To inspire and guide, each interviewee advises LGBT youth and younger generations with their experience Adding Online Shopping to Your Business Model and wisdom! This will be an interactive program and participants will Monday, June 28 at 7:00 p.m. be encouraged to ask questions and participate in the discussion. More and more, people are shopping online. From groceries to clothes to gift items, Americans are choosing to ‘click and ship’ everything they Meeting ID: 822 6585 3479 I Passcode: 962193 I Dial in: 1 646 558 8656 need. Due to COVID-19, the number of people shopping online has increased dramatically. Don’t be left behind. Maximize sales by adding an entirely new revenue stream to your business. In this webinar, you will learn how to get your goods and services online – either on your website Barbara Stanwyck on DVD or using a third-party website. Meeting ID: 854 1863 2209 | Passcode: 688375 | Dial In: 1 646 558 8656 his month, film scholar Philip Harwood Tsalutes four legendary ladies of the silver screen. You can salute another Nonfiction Book Discussion: legendary lady, Barbara Stanwyck, by borrowing some of the films and shows from How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir her amazing 59-year career, available in our by Saeed Jones circulating DVD collection: Tuesday, June 15 at 7:30 p.m. • All I Desire • Lost Lady How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning • Always Goodbye • The Man with a Cloak coming-of-age memoir about a young, Black, • Annie Oakley • Meet John Doe gay man from the South as he fights to carve • Appointment in Honduras • Message to Garcia out a place for himself, within his family, within • Baby Face • The Miracle Woman his country, within his own hopes, desires, and • Ball of Fire • The Moonlighter fears. Through a series of vignettes that chart a • Banjo on My Knee • My Reputation course across the American landscape, Jones • The Barbara Stanwyck Show • Night Nurse • The Big Valley • The Night Walker draws readers into his boyhood and adolescence, • The Bitter Tea of General Yen • No Man of Her Own into tumultuous relationships with his family, • Blowing Wild • The Other Love into passing flings with lovers, friends, and strangers. Each piece • The Bride Walks Out • The Purchase Price builds into a larger examination of race and queerness, power and • California • Red-Haired Alibi vulnerability, love and grief: a portrait of what we all do for one • Cattle Queen of Montana • Remember the Night another, and to one another as we fight to become ourselves. • Christmas in Connecticut • The Secret Bride Copies of the book are available on Libby and may also be reserved • Lady of Burlesque • Shopworn for pickup at the Library. To learn more about the star, borrow Axel Madsen’s Meeting ID: 820 2916 1091 I Passcode: 032501 I Dial in: 1 646 558 8656 biography, Stanwyck. 3 Check our website for the latest listings as we may be adding events after you receive this newsletter. Don’t miss out on anything fun! PWPL.org/events PWPL on YouTube Subscribe to our YouTube channel for special content such as yoga, qigong, 4 Friday 11 Friday musical performances, and more! Visit g Virtual Story Time at 10:00 a.m. g Virtual Story Time at 10:00 a.m. YouTube.com/portwashingtonpubliclibrary See page 8 for details and Zoom information. See page 8 for details and Zoom information. Virtual Sandwiched In with Mark Torres - g Virtual Sandwiched In with Andrew Rimby PWPL USES ZOOM Author of "Long Island Migrant Labor Camps: – Wharton's “Long Secret Nights: A Queer PWPL is using the Zoom Conferencing Platform Dust for Blood" at 12:00 p.m. Gilded Age Inheritance” at 12:00 p.m. for online events. Users without a device can This is a virtual program available through the This is a virtual program available through the call into our sessions. Visit zoom.us/download to Zoom application. Meeting ID: 812 4537 9208 Zoom application. Meeting ID: 832 0945 9829 get Zoom on your computer. Need help? Email Passcode: 662830 or Dial In: 646-558-8656 Passcode: 185127 or Dial In: 646-558-8656 [email protected] or call 883-4400 x1900. During World War II, a group of farmers opened In this talk, Stony Brook University PhD the first migrant labor camps in Suffolk County. candidate Andrew Rimby, will explore Edith Thousands of migrant workers lured by promises Wharton’s infatuation with Walt Whitman’s poetic of good wages flocked to Eastern Long Island, voice and how it influenced her own writing. where they were often cheated out of pay and Tuesday We’ll look at a selection of her texts that contain 1 housed in deadly slum-like conditions. Author traces of Whitman’s openly homoerotic language g Virtual Story Time at 10:00 a.m. Mark Torres reveals the dreadful history of Long and even direct allusions to him. Two literary See page 8 for details and Zoom information. Island's migrant labor camps from their inception questions that structure the talk include: How to their peak in 1960 and their steady decline. does a writer, like Wharton, inherit a queer literary voice? And what happens when traditional definitions around the Gilded Age are countered 2 Wednesday by using a queer literary lens? g Elementary Science with a Time for Kids at 4:00 p.m. See page 8 for details and Zoom information. Monday Legendary Ladies of the Silver Screen with 14 Philip Harwood: Program 1 at 7:00 p.m. g After noon on Broadway with Stephen This is a virtual program available through the Nachamie - LGBTQ+ Representation on Zoom application. Meeting ID: 885 1417 8167 Broadway at 3:00 p.m. Passcode: 989789 or Dial In: 646-558-8656 This is a virtual program available through the Zoom application. Meeting ID: 857 8493 8357 In this four-part series, film expert Philip Harwood Passcode: 746238 or Dial In: 646-558-8656 will look at legendary actresses who received 7 Monday accolades for their craft throughout their careers. Spend an afternoon with award-winning director With each event, you will view the film on g A Time for Kids at 10:00 a.m. Stephen Nachamie (Associate Director of the Kanopy on your own, and then join together for See page 8 for details and Zoom information. Broadway revival of She Loves Me on Broadway) the discussion on the scheduled date. Tonight, as he examines the work and representation Bette Davis in The Little Foxes (1941-116 min.). A of LGBTQ+ artists and issues on the New York southern aristocrat struggles for freedom within stage in productions such as A Chorus Line, the confines of early 20th century society, in 8 Tuesday Torch Song Trilogy, La Cage Aux Folles, The which her brothers are independently wealthy g Virtual Story Time at 10:00 a.m. Normal Heart and Fun Home. but she is dependent upon her sickly husband. See page 8 for details. Lillian Hellman adapted her own play for director William Wyler. g Email Marketing Tips & Tools at 7:00 p.m. See page 3 for details and Zoom information.

9 Wednesday Legendary Ladies of the Silver Screen with Philip Harwood: Program 2 at 7:00 p.m. This is a virtual program available through the Zoom application. Meeting ID: 885 1417 8167 g Developing a Marketing Plan at 7:00 p.m. Passcode: 989789 or Dial In: 646-558-8656 See page 3 for details and Zoom information. Elizabeth Taylor in A Place in the Sun (1951- Thursday 122 min.). In George Stevens’s adaptation of 3 Theodore Dreiser’s 1925 novel An American St. Francis Outreach Van from 10 a.m. to 2 Tragedy, working-class George Eastman Tuesday p.m. in the Library Parking Lot (Montgomery Clift) is entangled with two women, 15 Health screenings include a brief cardiac history, factory worker Alice Tripp (Shelley Winters) and g Story Time at 10:00 a.m. blood pressure check and simple blood tests. elegant socialite Angela Vickers (Ms. Taylor). See page 8 for details and Zoom information. For this event, you will view the film on Kanopy g What YA Reading Teen Book Chat g Nonfiction Book Discussion:How We Fight on your own, and then join together for the at 7:00 p.m. for Our Lives: A Memoir by Saeed Jones discussion on the scheduled date. See page 7 for details and Zoom information. at 7:30 p.m. See page 3 for details and Zoom information. 4

16 Wednesday 21 Monday 28 Monday Board of Trustees Meeting at 7:30 p.m. Art Talk with Professor Thomas Germano g Adding Online Shopping to Your Business Model at 7:00 p.m. This is a virtual program available through the – Yayoi Kusama at the New York Botanical Zoom application. Meeting ID: 865 4546 2248 Garden at 3:00 p.m. Maximize sales by adding an entirely new Passcode: 729863 or Dial In: 646-558-8656 This is a virtual program available through the revenue stream to your business. In this webinar, Zoom application. Meeting ID: 862 3285 2951 you will learn how to get your goods and services Passcode: 720955 or Dial In: 646-558-8656 online – either on your website or using a third- party website. See page 3 for details and Zoom Professor Thomas Germano Thursday information. Presented by La Fuerza CDC, a 17 will present a visual lecture non-profit organization dedicated to promoting g Third Thursday at 3 with Alice W. Schwarz about the New York community development. Made possible by the - Alice Neel: Artist and Activist at 3:00 p.m. Botanical Garden’s exhibition Career & Personal Finance Center. set within the context of This is a virtual program available through the Kusama’s art and life. The g LGBT Seniors: Then and Now at 11:00 a.m. Zoom application. Meeting ID: 857 2369 7904 site-specific exhibition is See page 3 for details and Zoom information. Passcode: 739362 or Dial In: 646-558-8656 designed to illuminate the artist’s profound Alice Neel was an American visual artist, who engagement with nature across the 250-acre was known for her portraits depicting friends, landscape throughout the changing seasons. family, artists, and strangers. Her paintings Tuesday have an expressionistic use of line and color g Public Relations – 29 and emotional intensity. Explore her paintings in A Primer for Small Business at 7:00 p.m. g Virtual Story Time at 10:00 a.m. the exhibition Alice Neel: People Come First at See page 3 for details and Zoom information. See page 8 for details and Zoom information. the Metropolitan Museum of Art with museum educator, Alice W. Schwarz. Sponsored by the Fiction Book Discussion: The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri at 7:30 p.m. Friends of the Library. Tuesday 22 See page 3 for details and Zoom information. g Virtual Story Time at 10:00 a.m. See page 8 for details and Zoom information. Along Manhasset Bay App Demo in PWPL Parking Lot at 10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. 30 Wednesday Legendary Ladies of the Silver Screen with Philip Harwood: Program 4 at 7 p.m. 23 Wednesday Grace Kelly in Dial M for Murder (1954- 105 min.). An ex-tennis player wants to have his g Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Grade Book wife murdered so he can get his hands on her Discussion at 4:00 p.m. inheritance. When he discovers her affair, he See page 8 for details. comes up with a plan to kill her. View the film on Legendary Ladies of the Silver Screen with Kanopy, and then join. Meeting ID: 885 1417 8167 Philip Harwood: Program 3 at 7:00 p.m. Passcode: 989789 or Dial In: 646-558-8656 18 Friday This is a virtual program available through the g Juneteenth Park Story Time at 10:00 a.m. Zoom application. Meeting ID: 885 1417 8167 ongoing events… See page 8 for details. Passcode: 989789 or Dial In: 646-558-8656 Katharine Hepburn in The African Queen (1951- These are ongoing series, so be sure to Virtual Sandwiched In with Ron Brown - 105 min.). A gin-swilling riverboat captain is check our Facebook page, YouTube playlist, Around the World to Angkor Wat, Cambodia: persuaded by a missionary to use his boat to or website for a link to the video. The Lost City of Ghosts at 12:00 p.m. attack an enemy warship. You will view the Digital Diaries – Diving Into This is a virtual program available through the film on Kanopy, and then join together for the Entertainment Databases! Zoom application. Meeting ID: 871 4035 0490 discussion on the scheduled date. A look into some of the entertaining books, Passcode: 743859 or Dial In: 646-558-8656 “infotainment,” and multimedia that can be found From the 9th to the 13th centuries the Khmer on the databases available through the Library. Emperor ruled his vast empire that included These clips will surely lead you to some great Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and large parts of 25 Friday movies, TV shows, music, books, and comics Vietnam, making Angkor Wat one of the largest g  Park Story Time at 10:00 a.m. available to stream, borrow or download. cities in the medieval world. In the year 1431 See page 8 for details and Zoom information. the empire was invaded by a coalition of kings Tony T’s Tune Talk of Thailand, and Angkor Wat was looted and g Virtual Sandwiched In with Roger Rosen A series of music-related videos, including burned. For the next 6 centuries, only the ghosts - Queer and Gender Theory: You’d Be reviews and recommendations, that will span of ancient emperors, empresses, soldiers, Surprised What You Already Know musical genres and eras. at 12:00 p.m. priests and monks, teachers, artists, and citizens Winifred Boyd’s Weekly Qigong dwelled in the palaces, temples, mansions, This is a virtual program available through the Exercise Instruction and courtyards. Join Dr. Ronald Brown as he Zoom application. Meeting ID: 850 6821 7028 Certified Qigong instructor Winifred Boyd Dipl., visits these ghosts of an empire past. Dr. Brown Passcode: 196762 or Dial In: 646-558-8656 MS, LAc, RM, offers a series of Qigong exercises explored this exciting city during January 2003. Writer, educator, and Queer Theorist Roger to promote physical, mental, and spiritual Sponsored by the FOL. Rosen will lead this interactive program exploring wellness. the basics of Queer and Gender Theory. Virtual SoundSwap – Live Musical Participants are encouraged to bring questions as Roger will challenge ideas and “norms” about Performances and Interviews with Musicians Periodic live musical events that will feature local gender and identity. and national artists performing exclusive sets.

Keyg to Children’sEvents: Room 26 Saturday g Teenspace g Career & Finance g  Story Time in the Garden at 9:30 a.m, 10:30 g Pride Event 5 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. See page 8. Language Learning Online 24/7! Streaming Media Now Available on Libby Thinking of finally taking a summer trip and need PWPL cardholders can now borrow even more items to learn a new foreign language? Or are you a non- through the Libby app! The Great Courses library native speaker looking to improve your English skills? collection, the Qello concert series, and IndieFlix PWPL has you covered with two powerful online service that were previously available through language learning services. Mango provides access RBdigital, are now accessible through the Library’s to over 70 world language courses and more than 20 ESOL classes. Libby service. The Great Courses videos include more than 250 Features include voice comparison for matching your pronunciation classes on a wide range of topics from history, science, travel with native-speakers via audio clips. Listening and reading and much more. Qello includes music performances and concert exercises are used to reinforce material and build new skills. films of artists from around the world. IndieFlix includes short films, documentaries and award-winning independent filmmaker Pronunciator is another resource that provides selections. Videos can be borrowed for 7 days with unlimited in-depth courses for over 160 world languages for access. The addition of these products now allows you to easily all ages. The tool allows you to first select your borrow eBooks, audiobooks, magazines, comics, graphic novels, native language, and then choose the language you and videos all from one service. To get started visit: would like to study. Lessons focus on developing https://libbyapp.com/welcome or download the mobile Libby app extensive speaking, comprehension, reading and writing skills. It to create an account using your PWPL Library card number. also provides one of the largest ESOL course offerings taught in over 140 languages to help you master English. In addition, you can access U.S. Citizenship test preparation tools through the service. Pronunciator also provides job-related language courses focusing on 60 occupations, including programs for nurses, teachers, waiters and more. To get started visit: www.connect.mangolanguages.com/port-washington/start or www.learning.pronunciator.com/getstarted.php?library_id=39718 Login with your PWPL Library card to create an account. A mobile app is available for iOS, Android or Kindle Fire. Have fun learning a new language for free!

Thursday, June 17 the PWPL Parking Lot will be closing at 4 p.m. for Port Outdoors. We will also be hosting a concert from our terrace featuring Tony Traguardo and his Band Thank you to all who came out to our Earth Day Concert on at 5:30 p.m. See you there! Sunday, May 2 – we had a great socially distanced, masked crowd and wonderful music!

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What YA Reading? Teen Book Chat Thursday, June 3 at 7 p.m. Join the discussion with fellow readers as we chat about our TBR (to be read) piles. Teens in grades 7-12 can register at PWPL.org/Teens. The Zoom link information will be emailed to you before the event. Inspired Ink Wants Your Story TeenSpace’s literary magazine, Inspired Ink, is accepting submissions from teens. Share your thoughts and stories about working a summer job, taking a road trip, touring a college, or heading to summer camp. Submit your work to [email protected]. Teen Summer Reading Club July 1- August 14 Juneteenth marks the day when federal troops arrived in Teens entering grades 7-12 as of Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and September 2021 are invited to join the ensure that all enslaved people were freed. The troops’ SRC. Read, write mini reviews, arrival came a full two and a half years after the signing of win prizes! Register at PWPL.org/ the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth honors the end Teens beginning June 22 and pick up to slavery in the United States and is considered the longest- a packet of reading club materials in running African American holiday. TeenSpace while supplies lasts.

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Check out some of our favorite LGBTQA+ books and authors for teens… Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas While working as a film production designer in Los Angeles, Emi Yadriel, a trans boy, summons the angry spirit of his high school’s Price finds a mysterious letter from a silver screen legend which bad boy, and agrees to help him learn how he died, thereby proving leads her to Ava, who is about to expand Emi’s understanding of himself a brujo, not a bruja, to his conservative family. family, acceptance, and true romance. You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta Liz has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small, Michael is a mixed-race gay teen growing up in London. All his life, wealthy, and prom-obsessed high school, after all, her family is black he’s navigated what it means to be Greek-Cypriot and Jamaican and rather poor, especially since her mother died. Instead she has but never quite feeling Greek or Black enough. As he gets older, concentrated on her grades and her musical ability in the hopes that Michael’s coming out is only the start of learning who he is and it will win her a scholarship to elite Pennington College and their where he fits in. When he discovers the Drag Society, he finally finds famous orchestra where she plans to study medicine. But when where he belongs and the Black Flamingo is born. that scholarship falls through, Liz is forced to turn to her school’s scholarship for prom king and queen. This plunges her into the Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram gauntlet of social media which she hates and leads her to discoveries Darius Kellner, a high school sophomore, travels to Iran to meet about her own identity and the value of true friendships. his grandparents, but it is their next-door neighbor, Sohrab, who changes his life. The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper When his volatile father is picked to become an astronaut for NASA’s What If It’s Us? by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera mission to Mars, 17-year-old Cal, an aspiring journalist, reluctantly Told in two voices, when Arthur, a summer intern from Georgia, and moves from Brooklyn to Houston, Texas, and looks for a story to Ben, a native New Yorker, meet it seems like fate, but after three report, finding an ally in Jeremy, the son of another astronaut. attempts at dating fail, they wonder if the universe is pushing them together or apart. 7 Virtual Programs will take place using Zoom. Zoom programs can be accessed by installing the Zoom app on your computer, smartphone, or tablet or by calling in using a cellphone or landline. The Zoom link will be sent to registered participants up to 15 minutes before the program begins. These virtual programs are for children age birth to sixth grade with an adult. We are continually adding new programs. For the most up-to-date program information, please visit us at pwpL.org/Children. Early Childhood Summer Events Register online at pwpl.org/children. The following programs are just a few of the many activities Story Time (virtual program) we will be offering for children ages birth to 12 years old. Tuesdays, June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 and Fridays, June 4, 11 Additional programs will be publicized in our July and August from 10:00 to 10:30 a.m. newsletters and on our website. Join your favorite librarians online for stories, songs, and Adventures in Art: Tails and Tales Collection fingerplays. Please note Tuesday and Friday are separate (virtual recorded program) Videos will be sent Monday, June 28, registrations. July 5, 12, 19, 26 and August 2 Elementary Science with A Time For Kids (virtual program) Children and families travel around the world and back in time Wednesday, June 2 from 4:00 to 4:30 p.m. exploring famous artworks about animals in six independent Using simple household items, kids can learn early scientific 8-10 minute videos. Participants develop visual literacy skills processes and conduct their own science experiments at home and experience art about animals as a gateway to learning about along with Ms. Isabella. For children in pre-k to second grade. different cultures and time periods. After discovering the stories behind a wide range of art, they will create their own project using A Time For Kids (virtual program) at-home materials. Registered participants will be sent a weekly Monday, June 7 from 10:00 to 10:30 a.m. video link beginning June 28, which can be viewed at any time. Ms. Karen from A Time For Kids presents a fun, fine motor skill program with music and movement on Zoom. For ages 1 ½ to 5 Page Turner Adventures (virtual recorded program) years. June 28 to August 6 Join Page Turner and Kenny (plus a cast of kids) as they jump into Park Story Time (in-person program) the Once Upon a Time Machine in search of stories and adventure. Fridays, June 18, 25 from 10:00 to 10:30 a.m. Each week features interactive shows, crafts, author or illustrator Register to join us for story time at Blumenfeld Family Park (across visits, recipes, games, and guest appearances. the street from the library). Story Time will be held virtually if the Go to pwpl.org/children to join the fun! weather is not permitting. Registration is required and each date is a separate registration. Spanish Story Time (in-person program) June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 28 and August 4 from 11:15 to 11:45 a.m. Story Time in the Garden (in-person program) Join Ms. Jessica and Ms. Martha in the Children’s Garden for Saturday, June 26 from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. or 10:30 to 11:00 a.m. stories, songs, and fingerplays in Spanish. For children ages 2 to 5 or 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. years old with an adult. Registration is required and each date is a This Story Time will take place in the Children’s Garden. separate registration. Limited-capacity, registration required.

First through Sixth Grade Register online at pwpl.org/children. Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grade Book Discussion (in-person program) Wednesday, June 23 from 4:00 to 4:45 p.m. Monthly book discussion for children in fourth, fifth, and sixth grade. This month’s selection is The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead. The book is available for pickup in the Children’s Room or downloadable via Libby/Overdrive (found at pwpl.org/children under Children’s Resources). Reading should be completed by June 23. For children in grades 4 to 6. Book discussion will be held Summer Reading virtually if the weather is not permitting. Tails and Tales June 28 to August 6 Foster the love of reading this summer! Beginning June 28, children entering grades 1 to 6 are invited to come to the Children’s Room to join our reading program. Participation is easy. Members keep track of the suggested activities and books they have read at home, then visit anytime during Library hours to record their progress. Prefer to join from home? Visit pwpl.org/Children and select the Summer Reading link to begin. Smart Start for Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers June 28 to August 6 Learning begins at birth, so it is important to focus on early literacy skills even for the youngest children. To this end, we are offering a program for children ages birth to 5 years. Participation is simple – just read, sing, or do fingerplays with your child at home. In-person registration begins June 28 or visit pwpl.org/Children anytime to 8 enroll and download the Smart Start board.