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Highlights from the Winter
Rotunda. Full PDF can be found
here.
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Words of War:
A Collaboration Between the Library District and the FDR Presidential Library & Museum
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Japanese-American Internment:
One Family's Experience
Sunday, February 26; 2:00 pm
FDR Presidential Library & Museum, Hyde Park
Meet author Julie Otsuka whose novel
When the Emperor Was Divine (2002; ebooks and audiobooks available through the Library District's OverDrive Advantage account), is about the internment of a Japanese-American family during World War II, as a result of FDR's Executive Order 9066. The book is based on Otsuka's own family history: her grandfather was arrested by the FBI as a suspected spy for Japan the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed, and her mother, uncle, and grandmother spent three years in an internment camp in Topaz, Utah.
Books will be available for purchase and signing by the author.
No registration required. Attendees will receive free entry to the Museum and view the exhibit on Executive Order 9066 which authorized the internment program.
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Wednesday, March 8; 3:30 pm
Adriance Memorial Library
Join the Environmental Cooperative and Poughkeepsie Farm Project for an afternoon of reading and seeding! Children will learn about gardening and conservation practices in urban settings. We'll make 'seed balls' out of pollinator-friendly seeds that can be planted at a later time. Grades 2-5. Please
register.
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Thursday, March 9; 4:00 pm
Adriance Memorial Library
Make your own mini-robots to take home.
Grades 5-8. Please
register.
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Women's History Month Concert
Saturday, March 25; 2:30 pm
Boardman Road Branch Library
Come celebrate the Centennial of Women's Suffrage in New York State with Pat Lamanna, Lydia Adams Davis, and Sharleen Leahey in historical song! New York State endorsed women's right to vote one hundred years ago, on November 6, 1917, the first eastern state to do so. This state action was three years before the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution giving women the right to vote in national elections.
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Library District Digital Library: Use Your Library From Home!
The Library District offers a number of virtual services patrons can use with a valid library card and Internet access. Here are some:
Offering more than 50 complete units of study with over 6500 science-related assets in a variety of media,
ScienceFlix provides students with a better understanding of science concepts and ideas through hands-on projects, videos, multiple text types, interactive features and more.
Don't forget to sign in to your
OverDrive account to find additional content only available to Library District patrons. Get your holds processed faster and read or listen to current books when they are current!
Freegal is the free music streaming and download service launched by the Library District late in 2016. Use your library card to access over 11 million titles in the SONY music catalog.
If you have any questions, please contact the Reference Desk at (845) 485-3445 x 3702.
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Wednesday, March 15; 7:30 pm
Juan Murphy's, 796 Main Street, Poughkeepsie
The spirits and spectres of Oak Hill cemetery narrate, as a bereft Abraham Lincoln visits his son's crypt amidst the beginnings of the Civil War.
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Lincoln Center Local: Show Boat
Tuesday, March 28; 7:00 pm
Boardman Road Branch Library
Based on a bestselling novel by Edna Ferber, Show Boat tells the 40-year story of the lives of performers, stagehands, and dock workers who are the denizens of the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi River show boat. (Recorded November 5, 2014; 2 hr, 20 min)
No registration required. Previously recorded.
This program contains language or scenes that some may find objectionable. Viewer discretion is advised.
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92Y: Garrison Keillor's Ode to New York
Thursday, March 16; 7:00 pm
Boardman Road Branch Library
"Ah, seventy ... your work is triumphant, you pee like a Palomino pony, and your imagination is more vivid than ever before," writes Garrison Keillor. Having recently celebrated his 40th anniversary as creator, writer and host of A Prairie Home Companion, Keillor returns to 92Y for a light-hearted evening of reading and reminiscing.
No registration required. Previously recorded.
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Youth Programs
This email newsletter update is focused on programs and classes for adults. We offer a full range of programs and classes for kids, tweens, and teens. Click
here and sort by
Show All Program Types for the long list of opportunities! Mobile users should click
here.
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Computer Classes
The Library District, through its Public Computing Center, has numerous computer classes for patrons of all experience levels. Click
here for the listing of programs and classes.
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Like Us On Facebook!
The Library District has a Facebook page which is the most current place to find out what is going on. Find us
here and like us! And while you are at it, like the Friends of the Library District's Book Store page as well. Click
here to like them.
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