Learn, Love, and Laugh @ the Tompkins County Public Library’s Mother –Daughter Book Club

The Mother-Daughter Book Club will meet at the Tompkins County Public Library on March 25, 2007 from 1:30 – 2:30. Area girls ages 10 through 13 and the special women in their lives are invited to read and discuss a great book with local author, Emily Rhoads Johnson, leading the group. Two titles have been selected: THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND by Elizabeth George Speare and SEND ME DOWN A MIRACLE by Han Nolan. Read one or both. The group will meet in the Time Warner Cable Study Room. Copies of the selected books are available for check out at the library. Registration is not required, but is appreciated. For more information or to register, please contact: Adelle Leise @ 272-4557 X 277.

Ithaca Made Movies presents: "Still Standing"

On Saturday, March 24th from 1:30 - 3:00 pm, in the Tompkins County Public Library’s
Borg Warner Community Room.

Ithaca-Made Movies president Terry Harbin will be showing a Silent Film from the old Wharton Studios entitled “The Adventures of the Jealous Wife,” from the 1916 Beatrice Fairfax serial filmed in Ithaca. This episode shows many downtown scenes of Ithaca’s buildings in the silent moviemaking days.

Following the 30 minute silent film will be a 1 hour documentary. The documentary was made for the Ithaca Centennial Celebration in 1988. The focus of the program is on the preservation movement and the efforts to save historic buildings rather than tearing them down. Hosted by Mark Adams, sponsored by the Education Committee of the Centennial Celebration and the Tompkins County Public Library, this fascinating program has not been show publicly in almost 20 years.

Interviews with Vicki Romanoff, Joe Ciaschi, the late Gretchen Sasche and Barbara Ebert (past director of Historic Ithaca) are included. Many buildings did not survive the urban renewal movement of the 1960’s. This show will feature some of the structures that were “Still Standing” in Ithaca in1988.and some of the buildings that are no longer standing.

Ithaca’s buildings were used as the backdrops for many silent films during the 1912-1920 moviemaking period. The old Wharton Studios are still standing down in Stewart Park. Efforts to keep them should be discussed before they may no longer be standing.

Don’t miss this free local history event. Co-sponsored by The Tompkins County Public Library. View the flyer at http://www.tcpl.org/programs/Ithaca_Movies_Still_Standing.pdf.

For more information, please contact terryharbin@hotmail.com or the Tompkins County Public Library at 272-4557 Ext. 238.

Families Learning Science Together: Entomology

This program takes place in the Thaler/Howell Programming Room of the Tompkins County Public Library from 1:00pm to 2:00 pm on Saturday, March 24th, 2007. Families will learn all about bugs with plenty of specimens on hand. Identification of the various parts of insects and investigation into the world of these tiny creatures are key elements in this program. Tompkins County Public Library and the Cornell Center for Material Research are co-sponsors of this program. This will be the last Families Learning Science Together program of the season.
Reserve a spot today by contacting Kevin at outreach@ccmr.cornell.edu or call 254-8256. This program is free and open to the public, but space is limited.

The Tompkins County Public Library to Host, “The Memory Project: Portraits of Acehnese Children," During the Month of March

OPENING RECEPTION ON MARCH 9 AT 4:00 PM.

An exhibit of work by Ithaca High School students curated by Carol Spence in collaboration with the Cornell Southeast Asia Program and Aceh Relief Fund will be on display throughout the month of March in the Tompkins County Public Library's Youth Services department. The Memory Project, designed to bring together Ithaca High School art students and Indonesian children affected by the 2004 Tsunami, consists of pastel portraits inspired by photographs of young Acehnese children orphaned by the tsunami. The portraits, along with letters from the high school artists, will be sent to the Acehnese children in the spring of 2007.

You are invited to meet the students and learn about their experiences with this project during an informal reception held on March 9th @ 4:00 pm in the Library’s Thaler/Howell Room. For more information visit http://tcpl.org/teen/events/memory.html. This event is co-sponsored by the Cornell Southeast Asia program.

Teens Write! A Creative Writing Workshop Led by Irene Zahava to begin March 7, 2007

Teens Write! A creative writing workshop for teens, ages 11 –17 will meet every Wednesday at the Tompkins County Public Library in the Thaler/Howell Program Room beginning March 7, 2007 and ending April 25, 2007 from 4:00-5:30 PM.

The free workshops provide a safe and supportive atmosphere for creative writing and group sharing. Registration is required. For more information or to register please contact Irene Zahava directly: 607- 273-4675 or zee@twcny.rr.com. For more information, please visit http://www.tcpl.org/teen/events/teenswrite.html.

The spring 2007 teen writing program is made possible through the generosity of Carrie Shearer.

Learn, Love, and Laugh at the Tompkins County Public Library’s Mother–Daughter Book Club

The Mother-Daughter Book Club will meet at the Tompkins County Public Library on March 4, 2007 from 1:30 – 2:30. Area girls ages 10 through 13 and the special women in their lives are invited to read and discuss a great book with local author, Emily Rhoads Johnson, leading the group. Two titles have been selected for the month of March: SAFFY'S ANGEL by Hilary McKay and A CORNER OF THE UNIVERSE by Ann Martin. Read one or both. The group will meet in the Time Warner Cable Study Room. Copies of the selected books are available for check out at the library. Registration is not required, but is appreciated. For more information or to register, please contact: Adelle Leise @ 272-4557 X 277 and visit http://www.tcpl.org/youth/programs/motherdaughter.html.

Tompkins County Public Library Celebrates Read Across America with Special Storytime March 2, 2007 @ 1:00

Tompkins County Public Library invites young children and their parents to a Seuss-filled storytime with a Seuss inspired craft on March 2nd @ 1:00 in the Thaler/Howell programming room. Dr. Seuss was born on March 2nd and on this day every year a nationwide reading event takes place. Sponsored by the National Education Association, this day is meant to be a commemoration of learning, reading, and community. Please join TCPL staff as we celebrate Dr. Seuss and readers everywhere. Registration is not required.

Library Survey to Measure Public Opinion

As part of the Tompkins County Public Library’s Strategic Planning Process, the library is offering the community an opportunity to take a library opinion survey. The survey asks for opinions about the strengths and weaknesses of the library as well as what opportunities and obstacles in the future will need to be addressed by the library trustees and staff.

Users answering the survey have the option of being entered into a drawing for a free ipod. The survey can be found on the library’s website www.tcpl.org. The survey will also be offered to library users at selected times from March 7 – March 10 in the library.