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Read Across America Day Tinkering Time: Wednesday, March 2 | 3:30 p.m. STEAM Edition Downtown Wednesday | 3:30 p.m. Celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday! Hear Downtown favorite stories. Craft a Truffula tree STEAM = science, technology, or tall striped hat. engineering, arts, and mathematics. Drop in and engage both your creative and critical thinking skills in fun, make- and-take projects. Grades 1 & up. March 30: Marble Run Fun April 6: Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock Family Fun Night: Gardening April 13: String Theory Thursday, March 17 | 6:30 p.m. April 20: High Flying Fun Campus Amy Krause, designer from Bennett’s April 27: Fingerprint, Forensics, Art Greenhouse, demonstrates planting. Dress for gardening. Ages 3 & up. Paint Party Drop-In Saturday, April 9 | 2 p.m. Make It, Take It Downtown Mother Goose Time Monday, March 21 | 3 p.m. Stamp it, brush it, or finger paint it. Thursdays, March 10 & April 7 Campus Get smart with art. Dress in painting 10 a.m. | Campus Make magic scratch art & masterpieces. clothes. Babies & toddlers with a grownup enjoy Supplies provided. Dress for crafting. stories, rhymes, and bounces. Older Ages 6 – 11. Family Movie: siblings may bring a stuffed animal. Beverly Cleary Performance: Sunday, April 10 | 2 p.m. Spotlight Storytimes Wild Things Of Sendak Downtown Enjoy favorite books & stories. Tuesday, March 22 | 3 p.m. It’s Cleary’s 100th birthday. See a movie Take home a craft. Downtown based on her books about Ramona & Beezus (103 minutes, 2010). March: Robert Munsch Will Gould & Dave Hepler from Arts Thursday, March 10 | 6:30 p.m. for Learning Indiana journey through Downtown books by Maurice Sendak. Watch a wacky rendition of Where the Wild Wednesday, March 16 | 4:30 p.m. Things Are. Downtown April: Helen Lester Thursday, April 7 | 6:30 p.m. Downtown Tuesday, April 19 | 4:30 p.m. Downtown May: David McPhail Tuesday, May 10 | 4:30 p.m. Downtown Thursday, May 19 | 6:30 p.m. Downtown 3

Family Fun Night: Books & Bingo Thursday, April 14 | 6:30 p.m. Campus Listen to stories about libraries. Play Bingo with prizes.

Shake, Rattle & Read Thursday & Friday, April 28 & 29 10 a.m. | Campus Musical stories encourage you to sing, move, and play with instruments. Newborn – 5 years

Show Me The Money Thursday, April 28 | 6:30 p.m. Downtown Money Smart Week is April 23 – 30. Enjoy stories and shopping with play money at Storytimes TCPL’s store. May offers special storytimes at two locations. Science Of Star Wars Summer weekday storytimes start Tuesday, June 7. Wednesday, May 4 | 7 p.m. Downtown Purdue’s Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary MARCH & APRIL Sciences professor David Minton shares his passion for the movies, intergalactic travel, Downtown and serious science. Visit our photo booth. Klondike Lapsit Ages 6 & up. Family Storytime Newborn – 24 Months All Ages | Wednesdays Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays 11 a.m. or 2 p.m. Bunny Hop Dance 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 5 | 10:30 a.m. Downtown Toddler Time 2 – 3 ½ Years Hop, jump, and twirl with us. Do the bunny Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays hop and other fun dances. MAY 10:15 a.m. Downtown Preschool Storytime Stories Under The Sculpture 3 ½ – 6 Years All Ages | Wednesdays & Tuesdays, Wednesdays Saturdays | 10:30 a.m. 11 a.m. Evening Nursery Rhyme Time Campus Newborn – 3 Years | Tuesdays Picture Book Picnics 6:30 p.m. All Ages | Tuesdays, May 3, 10, 17, 24 | 11:45 a.m. Stories Under The Sculpture Enjoy stories on the lawn. Bring All Ages | Saturdays | 10:30 a.m. a blanket, lunch, and toys. Rainy Summer Reading Clubs days? Join us inside! Starts Tuesday, May 31. All ages. Campus Family Storytime All libraries. Special programs, reading All Ages | Tuesdays, 10 a.m. & prizes for kids, teens & adults. & 1:30 p.m. 4 | CALENDAR

MARCH 2 Read Across America Downtown | 3:30 p.m. 9 Jeff’s 1916 Basketball Championship Downtown | 7 p.m. 10 Mother Goose Time APRIL Campus | 10 a.m. 23 All-Ages Poetry Workshop 6 Tinkering Time Downtown | 2 p.m. Spotlight Storytime: Robert Downtown | 3:30 p.m. Munsch | Downtown | 6:30 p.m. 25 Before You Retire 7 Mother Goose Time Downtown | 7 p.m. 12 Maker Madness Campus | 10 a.m. Downtown | 2 p.m. 27 Tinkering Time Spotlight Storytime: Helen Downtown | 3:30 p.m. 14 Documentary: WWII Rosies & Lester | Downtown | 6:30 p.m. Math Wizards 28 Shake, Rattle & Read Downtown | 7 p.m. 9 Paint Party Drop-In Campus | 10 a.m. Downtown | 2 p.m. 15 March Madness: Bracket Night Show Me The Money 1114 Ivy Hall | 6:30 p.m. 10 Family Movie: Beverly Cleary Downtown | 6:30 p.m. Downtown | 2 p.m. 16 Spotlight Storytime: Robert 29 Shake, Rattle & Read Munsch | Downtown | 4:30 p.m. “Libraries Transform,” National Campus | 10 a.m. Library Week Begins! 17 Family Fun Night: Gardening Campus | 6:30 p.m. 12 Indiana Poet Laureate, Shari MAY Wagner | Downtown | 7 p.m. Fandom Frenzy: Bingo 4 Science Of Star Wars Storyteller Celestine Bloomfield Downtown | 6:30 p.m. Downtown | 7 p.m. Klondike | 7 p.m. 21 Make It, Take It 5 Bunny Hop Dance 13 Tinkering Time Campus | 3 p.m. Downtown | 10:30 a.m. Downtown | 3:30 p.m. 22 Wild Things Of Sendak 7 Performance: Afternoon With 14 Fandom Frenzy: Decorate Downtown | 3 p.m. Gene Stratton Porter Bookends Downtown | 2 p.m. Klondike, Aspin & Riggs Downtown | 6:30 p.m. Community Health Fair 10 Picture Book Picnic Family Fun Night: Books & Klondike | 6:30 p.m. Campus | 11:45 a.m. Bingo | Campus | 6:30 p.m. 23 Easy Garden Annuals Spotlight Storytime: David 16 Poet Adrian Matejka Downtown | 7 p.m. McPhail | Downtown | 4:30 p.m. Downtown | 2 p.m. 24 Teen Board Games 11 Youth Author: Denise Fleming 19 Spotlight Storytime: Helen Downtown | 6:30 p.m. Downtown | 7 p.m. Lester | Downtown | 4:30 p.m. Author Dick Wolfsie 14 South Bend’s Oliver Chilled 20 Tinkering Time Downtown | 7 p.m. Plow Company | Downtown Downtown | 3:30 p.m. 30 Tinkering Time 2 p.m. 21 Teen Board Games Downtown | 3:30 p.m. 19 Spotlight Storytime: David Downtown | 6:30 p.m. 31 Accessible Gardening McPhail | Downtown | 6:30 p.m. 22 Murder Mystery After Hours Downtown 7 p.m. 21 TCPL Mobile Library @ Downtown | 5:30 p.m. IU Arnett Health Fair | 10 a.m. Campus: 269-5380 | Downtown: 429-0113 31 Summer Reading Clubs BEGIN SYSTEM WIDE! Klondike: 463-5893 | Mobile: 429-0169 5 Director’s Notes “Once upon a time . . .” is a familiar start to many fairy tales and helps us anticipate a good story. Most of us love stories, whether they are fairy tales, folk tales, tall tales, cautionary tales, myths, short stories, love stories, or scary stories. Think of your favorites, the ones you identify or empathize with, the stories that really resonate. As you consider your favorites, you may be thinking about stories you have read or heard, stories you retell because you believe others also will enjoy them. Many of you know I am a storyteller (some refer to me as “accomplished”), and I thoroughly enjoy telling stories to audiences of all ages. My approach is in the true oral TCPL Friends Sales tradition, similar to the griots of West Africa. I use very few props, mostly relying on Friday – Monday voice tone, volume, and pitch to convey the story. March 4, 5, 6, 7 Many people probably don’t think of themselves as storytellers in the way I describe. June 3, 4, 5, 6 However, I believe everyone has at least one great story. Life is full of personal and To find out more go to professional experiences that are the basis of good stories. I am convinced many of your www.tcpl.lib.in.us. stories would resonate with others. TCPL has embarked on a special endeavor to capture the Board of Trustees unwritten personal stories of your lives. Meetings This new service is a part of a national activity called, Tuesdays: March 1 & April 5 “StoryCorps @ your library.” Just like StoryCorps on Monday: May 2 National Public Radio, TCPL actually wants to record your personal story. In doing so, 7:30 p.m. | Downtown the library can record the historic, unique moments, and personal reflections of local individuals and families. Logistically, we have all the equipment, staff, training, and quiet spaces you need. All we need is you. This is your “once upon a time.” It is a wonderful and satisfying opportunity to share key moments and memories of your life. Once these key memories are digitally recorded, they can be enjoyed by future generations because each participant receives a digital copy of the recording. Imagine your great grandkids hearing about the adventures of your life in your own voice. Imagine others, people who also remember some of the same things and events you remember, listening to your stories. Your story will resonate with folks just like the favorite stories we have read or listened to. TCPL Mobile Library Often, I am tempted to tell my story in formal speeches. However, because I am usually Schedules: not invited there to talk about me, I refrain from doing so. But what if I did tell? What would be the story of Jos N. Holman? My Texas boyhood? My Rhode Island experience? Print copies at all libraries. The raising of five kids? Being the 1st African American director of two Indiana public Questions? Call 429-0169 or libraries? Being on stage at the Civic Theatre? Writing the 75th Director’s Notes for visit www.tcpl.lib.in.us/mobile- TCPL’s Pocket Edition? library. Even if I answered all these questions, you would not know my whole story. But you Special Visits: might understand me better. We might understand each other better. That is what National Library Week at “StoryCorps @ your library” does. StoryCorps enables listeners to know and share the Jenks Rest | Columbian unique things that make us who we are. It lets you tell your story in your own words and Park | Wednesday, April 13 helps make your story come alive, to be understood by future generations. You never 8:30 a.m. know, it may become the story someone comes to adore. It may not start with “once IU Arnett Health & Safety upon a time”, but it will reflect the times of your life. And it will be about as permanent Fair | Saturday, May 21 as it gets, like this 75th column. It also started with “once upon a time.” 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

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Jeff’s 1916 State Basketball Championship Teen Wednesday, March 9 | 7 p.m. Board Games Downtown CELEBRATE TEEN TECH WEEK! Thursdays, March 24 Indiana Historical Bureau Director and March 6-12 & April 21 | 6:30 p.m. | Downtown Indiana basketball historian Chandler Discover interesting board games from Lighty uses vintage newspaper articles and Maker Madness the TCPL collection. Face off in battles yearbook photos to explore the victory. Saturday, March 12 | 2 p.m. against each other. Downtown Documentary: WWII Rosies Join us! Make a variety of projects – Wanted: Teen Volunteers & Math Wizards mini-LED light boxes, smart phone Apply: April 11 – May 25 Monday, March 14 | 7 p.m. | Downtown or tablet controllers, and more. The 2016 TCPL Summer Reading Club Not all “Rosies” were riveters! This needs you. Sign up young readers. See top-secret World War II U.S. military your friends! operation utilized female mathematicians. Learn about the women and their Fandom Frenzy In The Shadow amazing results. (60 minutes, PBS, 2010). 6:30 p.m. | Downtown Of The Vampyre Teens gather to discuss their favorite Murder Mystery After Hours March Madness: fandoms, OTPS (one true pairings), Friday, April 22 | 5:30 p.m. Bracket Night ships, fan art, and fan fiction. DFTBA! Downtown Tuesday, March 15 | 6:30 p.m. All fandoms are welcome. The body of Becca Daniels is discovered 1114 Ivy Hall Play Fandom Bingo at KomixFest. Was it a terrible accident? Create your own NCAA Basketball Thursday, March 17 Are those bite marks on her neck? Help brackets with online resources and help Decorate Bookends solve the mystery. Registration starts from other fans. Paper copies provided. Thursday, April 14 April 8. Call 429-0119. Fair: Healthy You In 2016 Tuesday, March 22 | 6:30 p.m. Klondike Connect with healthcare professionals from Riggs Community Health Center and Aspin Health. Learn about local National Library Week APRIL 10 - 16 services and options.

Enjoy live performances – Open House Klondike from barbershop to stories Tuesday, April 12 | 6 p.m. by the renowned storyteller Celestine Bloomfield. Experience Storyteller Celestine Bloomfield Easy Garden Annuals Tuesday, April 12 | 7 p.m. | Klondike “StoryCorps @ Your Library.” Wednesday, March 23 | 7 p.m. Explore all TCPL libraries and TCPL Mobile Library @ Jenks Rest Downtown enrich your mind Wednesday, April 13 | 8:30 a.m. Bennett’s Greenhouse supervisor Bridget with abundant materials and Gregory arrives with live plants and great new digital options. Spotlight: John Green Books & Films ideas for planting easy annuals in pots, Open House Downtown Thursday, April 14 | 6:30 p.m. baskets, and the ground. Sunday, April 10 | 1:30 p.m. Klondike | Teens’ Accessible Gardening Open House Campus Family Fun Night: Books & Bingo Thursday, March 31 | 7 p.m. Monday, April 11 | 4 p.m. Thursday, April 14 | 6:30 p.m. Downtown Campus Barbershop Quartet Day (live) Rural rehabilitation specialist Steve Swain Monday, April 11 Introducing: StoryCorps from Indiana AgrAbility shows how to 5 p.m. | Klondike Friday, April 15 | 3 p.m. | Downtown work around physical issues and still enjoy gardening. 7

Poet Adrian Matejka Saturday, April 16 | 2 p.m. | Downtown Book Sale & Signing April Is Indiana University professor and 2015 Funny, proud, or poignant, we all Indiana Authors Award recipient Adrian have memorable experiences. But do Matejka reads from his latest book, others know and benefit from your The Big Smoke. Matejka’s Mixology (2009), insights? StoryCorps helps you create was a National Poetry Series winner and a keepsake. Each 40-minute session is NAACP Image Award for Outstanding a two-person, mini-memoir. One asks Literature – Poetry finalist. questions and the other describes the Fireside Book Group: memories. Trained library staff are James Whitcomb Riley Before You Retire available to help prepare ideas and do Monday, April 11 | 2 p.m. the recording. Sign up at any TCPL Klondike Author Emily Guy Birken library or call 429-0113. Monday, April 25 | 7 p.m. Shari Wagner Downtown StoryCorps Indiana Poet Laureate Join Emily Guy Birken, Lafayette author Recording Sessions Tuesday, April 12 | 7 p.m. of The 5 years Before You Retire and Downtown Tuesdays | 3 p.m. | Downtown Choose Your Retirement. Learn tips for March 1 & 22 | April 5 & 26 planning a successful retirement. Book Poet Adrian Matejka May 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 signing follows. Saturday, April 16 | 2 p.m. Tuesdays | 2 p.m. | Downtown Downtown An Afternoon With March 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 All-Ages Poetry Workshop Gene Stratton Porter April 5, 12 & 19 Saturday, April 23 | 2 p.m. Performance: Lou Ann Homan To request another day or time, Downtown Saturday, May 7 | 2 p.m. call 429-0113. Book Sale & Signing Downtown Northeast Indiana Poets Of Lou Ann Homan is a theatrical performer, Introducing StoryCorps Every Type Society (P.O.E.T.S.) writer, and recipient of two Lilly Friday, April 15 | 3 p.m. | Downtown members inspire new and Endowment teaching fellowships. Learn Join us for a 30-minute StoryCorps experienced poets. Practice about Porter an artist, environmentalist, demonstration. Hear interviews that writing and reading. Chat about and author of the classic, Girl of the aired on the radio and were submitted chapbooks. Ask questions, laugh, Limberlost. to Library of Congress archives. and enjoy the camaraderie of fellow poetry lovers! South Bend’s National Poem In Oliver Chilled Plow Company Tech Classes Your Pocket Day! Saturday, May 14 | 2 p.m. | Downtown Thursday, April 28 Sign up for a 60-minute session. Learn Join us on a virtual journey through computer basics or tips for operating Explore TCPL poetry collections Indiana’s early industrial history, e-books, tablets, and e-readers. Register and online poetry sites. Share featuring the world’s largest agricultural at any TCPL library or call. favorites on TCPL social media equipment manufacturer. Learn why and #PoemInYouPocketDay. Scottish immigrant James Oliver One-On-One Technology Tutorials described his casting process as “chilling.” Campus: March & April | Tuesdays & Thursdays | 2 p.m. | Call 269-5380

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Downtown Library Campus Library Klondike Branch Eclectic Book Group Murder By The Book Fireside Book Group Meets Third Thursdays | 10 a.m. Meets Fourth Wednesdays | 10 a.m. Meets First Mondays | 2 p.m. March 17: All the Light We Cannot See March 23: Jackson Brodie series Featuring Indiana authors & books Anthony Doerr Kate Atkinson March 7: Invincible, Indiana April 21: The Husband’s Secret April 27: Rushmore McKenzie Nate Dunlevy Liane Moriarity & Holland Taylor series | David April 11: Poetry, James Whitcomb Riley May 19: Go Set a Watchman Housewright May 9: God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater Harper Lee May 25: Walt Longmire series Kurt Vonnegut Craig Johnson

Maurice, Thanks to a grant from by Janet The Community Foundation Ivas, greets of Greater Lafayette, a visitors top-of-the-line Apple iMac to the (21.5” Retina 4K display) downtown and professional software branch. are headed for the Klondike Branch. Create music and videos, digitize photos/VHS tapes, and more.