Teen Summer Volunteer Sign-Up Starts May 3 at Mary Jacobs Library
The Mary Jacobs Library has numerous volunteer opportunities for teens who enjoy working with children. Students entering grades 9 and up in September may sign up to be Summer Reading Club volunteers. Students entering grades 7 and up may sign up to be summer program volunteers. Sign ups must be done in person at the library, located at 64 Washington St. in Rocky Hill.
Teens can also earn community service hours by participating in the library’s Teen Advisory Board. The TAB meets once a month and gives input into new teen book purchases. New members are always welcome. Munchies will be served! Please join us on Tuesday, May 18 from 4:30-5:30pm. TAB is open to students in grades 6 and up (up to 18 years old). No registration required.
More information about these programs is available by calling the library at 609-924-7073 x5.
Win Prizes & Have Fun with Teen Summer Reading
Students entering grades 6 and up (up to 18 years old) are invited to join the Teen Summer Reading Club at the Mary Jacobs Library beginning Monday, June 14. It’s easy and fun! Just read. That’s the only requirement. The more books you read the more chances you have to win great prizes such as: a Barnes & Noble gift card, Wii Points card or an iTunes card, plus more. Enter for your chance to win the grand prize – an iPod Nano! Plus, the more books you read, the more guaranteed prize books you can earn for your personal library at home. We will also have a fun, weekly trivia contest for your chance to win even more prizes.
We also have many fun events for teens this summer. On Thursday, July 8 from 3 – 5pm, we’ll stage our own Glee at the Beach concert! Door prizes from the show will be raffled off. On Tuesday, July 13 from 3 – 4:30pm we’ll host a stage combat workshop called Kapow! Participants will learn the fine art of fake fighting without anyone getting hurt! On Wednesday, July 21 at 3pm, we’ll host Music Zone at which a professional singer/songwriter will lead a group in writing and recording their own song that can be downloaded from the Internet. Fans of The Lightning Thief are invited to a Percy Jackson Party on Tuesday, July 27 at 3pm. Fans will compete in ultimate Olympian games. On Thursday, July 29 at 3pm, teens are invited to bring their most boring flip flops and transform them into something spectacular at our Fancy Flip Flops program.
We’ll supply the decorations including everyone’s favorite adhesive – duct tape! Sweet tooth’s will love our Candy Sushi party on Wednesday, August 4 at 3:30pm at which we’ll make and EAT our own candy sushi creations. Survival buffs will want to compete in our Hunger Games Contest on Tuesday, August 10 at 3pm to see if their skills will make them the winner. Prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners! And finally, all Teen Summer Reading Club members are invited to our End of Summer Beach Party on Thursday, August 19 at 3pm at which we’ll do the limbo, make our own tropical drinks, mini-surfboards and of course, eat!
Get free cookies with our Cookie Reviews! From July 5 – August 14, teens are invited to write a short book review in exchange for a cookie. It’s that simple. Who can resist free cookies?! Participants must be members of the Teen Summer Reading club and are limited to one cookie per week.
All teen programs and events are open to students entering grades 6 and up (up to 18 years old). Please call the library at 609-924-7073 x5 to register for these programs and for more information about the Teen Summer Reading Club. The Mary Jacobs Library is located at 64 Washington Street in Rocky Hill. Check us out online at www.somerset.lib.nj.us
Make a Splash and Read at Mary Jacobs Library
Get ready, get set and READ! The annual Children’s Summer Reading Club is underway at the Mary Jacobs Library. The year’s theme is Make a Splash Read! We will have you swimming in fun! Each week brings special programs, games and the chance to win great prizes! Children of all ages are welcome to join. You must register in person.
Bring your preschoolers and kindergartners ages 2-6 out of the heat and come to the library for Storytime on Thursdays from July 8 – August 5 at 10 or 11am. No registration is necessary. And for our youngest patrons ages newborn-24 months come to Rhyme Time on Fridays, July 9, 23, and August 6 at 10am. No registration necessary. We have a wide variety of other infant and preschool programs such as Toddler Sing-Alongs, crafts, Musical Babies and more, many of which require registration so call the library at 609-924-7073 ext 5 for more information.
We have plenty of fun for the whole family too! Join us on Wednesday, July 7 at 3pm. for the movie Tooth Fairy. Feel free to bring your own peanut-free light refreshments. No registration is necessary but we will be accommodating patrons on a first come, first serve basis. For evening fun bring the whole family to a Splish Splash Sing-Along with Kurt Gallagher on July 8 at 7pm. Registration begins June 24.
Piccirillo Scienctelling will present The Curse of the Mutating Hand for children ages 5 and up on Thursday, July 15 at 3pm. Registration begins July 1.
And don’t miss our fabulous puppet show, The Rainbow Fish in the Deep Blue Sea, presented by the Robert Rodgers Puppet Company for children ages 3 and up on Thursday, July 22 at 2pm. Registration begins July 8. Other fun programs include: Penguin Pointers presented by Jenkinson’s Aquarium on Tuesday, August 10 at 1pm for ages 4 and up. Registration begins July 27.
This is just a small sampling of a wide variety of programs for children of all ages. For more information about any of our programs or to register, visit us at 64 Washington Street in Rocky Hill, call us at 609-924-7073 ext. 5 or go on-line at www.somerset.lib.nj.us.
Mary Jacobs Library Summer Programs for All Ages
Most Programs Require Pre-Registration.
For further information call 609-924-7073 or visit our website at www.somerset.lib.nj.us/maryjacobs.htm
Programs for Pre-Schoolers
Toddler Sing with Pat (ages 1-3) Jul 6,13,20,27
Aug 3,10,24,31 at 10:30 am
Storytime (ages 2-6) Jul 8,15,22,29, Aug 5 at 10 or 11 am
Rhyme Time (birth-24 mo) Jul 9,23, Aug 6 at 10 am
Crafts for Little Hands (ages 2-5) Jul 12, 26, Aug 9
at 10 or 11 am
Musical Babies (birth-36 mo) Jul 16, Aug 13 at 10 am
Spectacular Sea Creatures (ages 3-6) Jul 21 at 1:30 pm
Water Works (ages 3-5) Jul 28 at 10:30 am
Preschool Party (ages 2-6) Aug 12 at 10 am
Great Goldfish (ages 3-6) Aug 19 at 1:30 pm
Programs for Students Entering Grades K-2
Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor Jul 8 at 1 pm
Lego Club Jul 13 at 1 pm
Pirate Palooza Jul 19 at 2 pm
Wacky Waves Jul 28 at 1 pm
Marvelous Mermaid Party Aug 4 at 2 pm
Just Add Water Aug 11 at 1 pm
Programs for Students Entering Grades 3-5
Walter’s Magic Wand Jul 8 at 2 pm
Enter the Shark Zone Jul 14 at 3 pm
Sea Serpent Soiree Jul 19 at 3:30 pm
Percy Jackson Party Jul 27 at 3 pm
Wacky Waves Jul 28 at 2 pm
Spectacular Sand Art Aug 5 at 3 pm
Lego Club Aug 11 at 3 pm
Teen Programs for Students Entering Grades 6 and up
Glee @ the Beach Jul 8 at 3 pm
KAPOW! Stage Combat Workshop Jul 13 at 3 pm
Music Zone Jul 21 at 3 pm
Percy Jackson Party Jul 27 at 3 pm
Fancy Flip Flops Jul 29 at 3 pm
Candy Sushi Aug 4 at 3:30 pm
Hunger Games Contest Aug 10 at 3 pm
End of Summer Beach Party Aug 19 at 3 pm
Special Events
Fishy Flick (all ages) Jun 23 at 2 pm
“Where the Wild Things Are” rated PG, 101 min
Pirate Magic Show (ages 4+) Jun 24 at 2pm
Annual Drop-In T-Shirt Craft (all ages) Jun 25
from 10-noon
Fishy Flick (all ages) Jul 7 at 3 pm
“Tooth Fairy” rated PG, 101 min
Splish Splash Sing-Along with Kurt Gallagher (all ages)
Jul 8 at 7pm
Curse of the Mutating Hand (ages 5+) Jul 15 at 3 pm
Rainbow Fish in the Deep Blue Sea (ages 3+)
Jul 22 at 2pm
Amazing World of Turtles (ages 4+) Jul 27 at 7pm
Fishy Flick (all ages) Aug 2 at 3 pm
“Fantastic Mr. Fox” rated PG, 87 min
Meet Molly the Mosasaur (ages 5+) Aug 3 at 3pm
Penguin Pointers (ages 4+) Aug 10 at 1pm
Chess (ages 7-8) Jul 26, Aug 16 at 3pm
Chess (ages 9-12) Jul 26, Aug 16 at 4pm
Ice Cream Party (gr 1-5) Aug 18 at 3pm
Programs for Adults
Mah Jongg Open Play Jul 20, Aug 17 at 1 pm
Watercolor Painting Jul 15 at 7 pm
Building a Backyard Pond Jul 22 at 7:30 pm
Movie: “Water” Jul 29 at 7 pm
Local Watering Conditions Aug 5 at 7:30 pm
Hydroponic House Plants Aug 12 at 7:30 pm
Photography Contest Entry deadline Aug 14
End of Summer Party Aug 26 at Noon
Adult Graphic Novels Writers Not Just A Good Old Boys Club Anymore
A recent cursory review of the small, but tasteful adult graphic novel collection at Mary Jacobs Library reveals a startling statistic – less than ten percent of the comics/commix are written by women. It is most curious why that would be, given that there are about as many or more women than men in this country.
Come to the library on July 20 at 7:30 pm to meet local graphic novelist, Jennifer Hayden, author of the forthcoming novel, The Story of My Tits, to be published by Top Shelf and writer of webcomics for the Brooklyn based webcomic collective ACT-I-VATE, and Philadelphian Emily Steinberg, a painter by training and author of webcomic Graphic Therapy: Notes from the Gap Years. Both women write, draw, and illustrate their own comics. They’ll talk about women in the comics field; they’ll talk about and to each other; they’ll talk about their past works and their future works. It will be a fun, even hilarious, evening filled with laughter. Follow these links to get a preview of their works http://www.act-i-vate.com/64.comic and http://www.smithmag.net/graphictherapy .
This program is free and open to the public and is for adults only. We ask that you pre-register by calling 609-924-7073 x4 or by emailing cwillis@sclsnj.org . There will be refreshments.
Mary Jacobs Library - June 2010 Programs
Most Programs Require Pre-Registration.
For further information call 609-924-7073 or visit our website at www.somerset.lib.nj.us/maryjacobs.htm
Preschool Programs
Rhyme Time (newborn-2yrs) Jun 4 at 10 am
Teddy Bear’s Picnic (age 2-6) Jun 5 at 10:30 am
Musical Babies (newborn-3yrs) Jun 18 at 10 am
Sing Along with Pat (ages 1-4) Jun 19 at 10:30 am
Toddler Sing with Pat (ages 1-3) Jun 8,15,22,29 at 10:30am
School-Age Programs
Lego Club (gr K-5) Jun 5 at 2 pm
Chess (ages 7-8) Jun 28 at 3:00 pm
Chess (ages 9-12) Jun 28 at 4:00 pm
Teen Programs
Summer Reading Club Volunteer Sign Up is ongoing
Lego Club Volunteers (gr 7+) Jun 5 at 1:30 pm
Summer Reading Club Programs
Summer Movie: Where the Wild Things Are (all ages) Jun 23 at 2 pm
Pirate Magic Show (ages 4+) Jun 24 at 2 pm
Annual T-Shirt Craft (all ages) Jun 25 from 10am to noon
Programs for Adults
Adult Summer Reading Club Sign-Ups Begin Jun 26
Mah Jongg Jun 1, 15 at 2 pm
Non-Fiction Book Discussion Jun 17 at 3 pm
biographies of Mark Twain
Adult Book Discussion Jun 29 at 7:30 pm
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Join the Teen Summer Reading Club at Mary Jacobs Library
Students entering grades 6 and up (up to 18 years old) are invited to join the Teen Summer Reading Club at the Mary Jacobs Library! It’s easy and fun! Just read. That’s the only requirement. The more books you read the more chances you have to win great prizes such as a Wii points card, a Barnes & Noble gift card, or an iTunes card, plus many more! Enter for your chance to win the grand prize – an iPod Nano! We will also have a fun, weekly trivia contest for your chance to win even more prizes.
Stop by the library anytime starting Monday, June 14 to join our club! Please call the library at 609-924-7073 x5 for more information. The Mary Jacobs Library is located at 64 Washington Street in Rocky Hill. Or check us out online at www.somerset.lib.nj.us.
Summer Reading Kickoff Events at Mary Jacobs Library
Start your child’s summer off with a bang! We’re kicking off our summer full of children’s events on Thursday, June 24 at 2 pm with a Pirate Magic Show. Can you solve the Mystery of Davy Jones Locker or draw a Magic Jolly Roger? Come aboard for some swashbuckling fun with Pirate Mark and his sidekick Pedro the Parrot and find out! Registration begins June 10.
Of course it wouldn’t be summer without our Annual T-shirt Craft on Friday, June 25. Drop in anytime between 10 am and noon with a 100% polyester t-shirt and create a fabulous full color custom shirt! No registration necessary.
Join us for the new classic film Where the Wild Things Are on Wednesday, June 23 at 2 pm. No registration necessary but space is limited.
For more information about any of our programs or to register, visit us at 64 Washington Street in Rocky Hill or call us at 609-924-7073 x5.
Our full calendar of events is online at www.somerset.lib.nj.us
Summer Reading Kickoff Events at Mary Jacobs Library
Start your child’s summer off with a bang! We’re kicking off our summer full of children’s events on Thursday, June 24 at 2 pm with a Pirate Magic Show. Can you solve the Mystery of Davy Jones Locker or draw a Magic Jolly Roger? Come aboard for some swashbuckling fun with Pirate Mark and his sidekick Pedro the Parrot and find out! Registration begins June 10.
Of course it wouldn’t be summer without our Annual T-shirt Craft on Friday, June 25. Drop in anytime between 10:00 am and noon with a 100% polyester t-shirt and create a fabulous full color custom shirt! No registration necessary.
Join us for the new classic film Where the Wild Things Are on Wednesday, June 23 at 2:00 pm. No registration necessary but space is limited.
For more information about any of our programs or to register, visit us at 64 Washington Street in Rocky Hill or call us at 609-924-7073 x5.
Our full calendar of events is online at www.somerset.lib.nj.us
Water Your Mind @ Mary Jacobs Library
. MJL Adult Summer Reading Club (ASRC) sign ups begin on Saturday, June 26th under the big red umbrella at the adult reference desk. In addition to all the great books you’ll get to read and the great prizes you’ll have a chance to win, you’re invited to attend some very stimulating programs.
On July 15th from 7-9, Doris Schwint, illustrator and free-lance artist, will demonstrate how develop a painting using watercolor pencils and then program attendees will get to give it a try. This class is limited to 25 people so pre-registration is mandatory. On July 22nd at 7:30, Kevin Lyon, general manager of the Belle Mead Co-op, will teach us how to build a backyard pond. On July 29th at 7, there will be a screening of the Indian movie Water, the story of the widow Chuyia, who is, at only 8 years old, sent to a home where Hindu widows must spend the rest of their lives in penitence. This film caused riots in India. On August 5th at 7:30, Michele Blane from the Montgomery Shade Tree Committee will fill us in on local watering conditions – the content of the program will depend on what kind of weather conditions we’re having (drought or flooding.) On August 12th at 7:30, Arlene Harms from Creative Hydroponics will discuss growing indoor plants in water, rather than soil. Several hydroponic plants will be given away as door prizes. Please pre-register for these free and open to the public programs by calling 609-924-7073 x4 or by emailing cwillis@sclsnj.org .
ASRC is sponsoring a photography contest this summer. The main focus of the photograph must be of water and presented to us both on 8x10 photo paper and as a digital image (email it). The photo can be submitted to us anytime between June 1st and August 14th but it does not need to have been taken during that time period. The photo must be an original work of the submitter. Submitters must be over 16 and eligible to join the ASRC (Somerset County Library cardholder.) Submissions will be displayed in the library until September. On August 19th, a panel of professional and amateur judges will determine the prize winning photos – 1st prize is $50, 2nd prize is $30, and 3rd prize is $20. Any questions about this contest should be referred to Candy at the email above.
We’ll wind the summer reading club up with a party at noon on August 26th. The coveted Flamingo Award for ‘most books read’ will be announced at this party. However, you may continue to submit raffle tickets for the system wide grand drawing through September 7th. We look forward to seeing you this summer.
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