Reception for the 39th Annual Cumberland County Older Americans Art Exhibit and Competition

A closing reception will take place on Wednesday, July 31 at 1:00 p.m. in the Doris Tripp Room and Community Event Room. The community is invited to this event.

The exhibit features professional and non-professional artists age 60 and over from Cumberland County. Art in a wide variety of mediums is featured in this exhibit including oil, acrylic, watercolor, sculpture, photography and craft. This is a juried exhibit and 1st place winners may be eligible to compete in the 2013 New Jersey Senior Citizen Juried Art Contest and Exhibition in the fall. The event is coordinated by the Cumberland County Office on Aging and Disabled. For more information, call the Cumberland County Office on Aging at (856) 453-2220.

Bay Atlantic Symphony

Tonight from 6-7:30 in the Community Event Room Paul M. Somers will speak about Music From the Far North.

Paul will discuss music from Scandinavia, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Canada and other northern regions. For more information about the Bay Atlantic Symphony and locations and times for their concerts, please visit their site.

Library Events July 29-August 3

Monday, July 29
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Young Writer’s Club, ages 9 – 13 (Register – Children’s)
856-794-4244 ext. 4246
6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Bay Atlantic Symphony Summer Music Series, lecture on Messages from the Far North, in the Community Event Room
856-794-4244 ext. 4243

Tuesday, July 30
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Toddler Time, age 2 (Register – Children’s) 856-794-4244 ext. 4246
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Reading Club, ages 9 & up (Register – Children’s) 856-794-4244 ext. 4246
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Family Night, all ages, in the Community Event Room
856-794-4244 ext. 4246

Wednesday, July 31
10:30 – 11:15 a.m. Preschool Story Time, ages 3-5 (Register – Children’s)
856-794-4244 ext. 4246
4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Teen Superhero Program, ages 13-18, in the Community Event Room (Register – Children’s) 856-794-4244 ext. 4246

Today is Amelia Earhart Day

Today is Amelia Earhart's birth day, July 24, 1897.


Where's Amelia Earhart? DVD 629.13 WHE
Amelia DVDE 7130

Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved by Elgen M. Long and Marie K. Long 629.13092 LON
Amelia Earhart by Doris L. Rich B EARHART

Children's Books:
Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator Shelley Tanaka JB EARHART
Lost star: the story of Amelia Earhart by Patricia Lauber JB EARHART

We have many more books on Amelia Earhart, to see what others we have, you can call the Information Desk (856) 794-4244 ext. 4243

Library Events 22-27

Monday, July 22
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Young Writer’s Club, ages 9 – 13 (Register – Children’s)
856-794-4244 ext. 4246
 
Tuesday, July 23
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Toddler Time, age 2 (Register – Children’s) 856-794-4244 ext. 4246
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Reading Club, ages 9 & up (Register – Children’s) 856-794-4244 ext. 4246
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Family Night, all ages, in the Community Event Room
856-794-4244 ext. 4246

Wednesday, July 24
10:30 – 11:15 a.m. Preschool Story Time, ages 3-5 (Register – Children’s)
856-794-4244 ext. 4246
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Book Club Discussion of In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson in the Community Event Room 856-794-4244 ext. 4243
4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Teen Express Yourself Program, ages 13-18, in the Teen Room (Register – Children’s) 856-794-4244 ext. 4246

Thursday, July 25
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Reading Club, ages 6 – 8 (Register-Children’s)856-794-4244 ext. 4246
5:30 p.m. Vineland Library Board of Trustees meeting in the Community Event Room

Friday, July 26
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Baby Time, ages 6-23 months (Register – Children’s) 856-794-4244 ext. 4246
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Pokémon Club, ages 7-16, in the Community Event Room (Register – Children’s) 856-794-4244 ext. 4246

Information on art exhibitions and displays

Vineland Public Library welcomes the use of its facilities for art exhibitions and displays.
The Doris Tripp Room is used for art exhibits and has 64 running feet of exhibit area. Each exhibitor is responsible for delivering, hanging, arranging and removing his/her work unless other arrangements are made.. Paintings must be framed, wired and ready to be hung. The library will provide gallery rods for hanging. This room is usually booked one to two years in advance.
The library has several exhibit cases available. Cases are usually booked several months in advance.

• The case in the entrance hall is 6 feet long, 18 inches deep and 53 inches high. (1st floor foyer)
• There is a similar sized case in the Children's Department. (2nd floor)
• Three smaller cases are available in the foyer by the back entrance. (1st floor)

Please contact the library at 794-4244 X4732 for further information and to make an appointment for using the library for an art exhibit or display.
View current and upcoming exhibits/displays

Kelly's Review: My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf

Backderf tells us the story of Jeffrey Dahmer’s high school years as seen through the eyes of him and his friends in this graphic novel. Backderf attended high school with Dahmer and while he was not good friends with him, he socialized with him from time to time. He draws from these personal experiences as well as other sources to portray what Jeff was like as a teenager. Largely it seems that Jeff was troubled long before his serial killing of young men began. He spent most of his days drinking to help stifle his urges to kill and as a way to cope with the turmoil of his mother and father’s divorce. He also had an extreme fascination in dismembering dead animals he found in the woods surrounding his home.

This fascination of course leads to far worse acts. While we get glimpses of the troubled person Jeff was, we also see that although he was no social butterfly in school, kids did take interest in him. They especially liked it when he would approach strangers and suddenly contort his face and offer a barrage of strange noises. They found this funny and they tried to engage Jeff, but his drinking took priority.

Sometimes the art work seems extremely comical, and other times it takes on a serious tone. It was neat that Backderf could create pictures that showed us the fun side of his own high school experience alongside the darkness surrounding Jeffrey’s. An underlying theme Backderf seems to relate to readers is that it may have been possible for Dahmer’s life to have gone in a more positive direction if the adults surrounding him in his teen years had stepped up and took notice to his absences from school, and his drinking. Regardless of whether Jeff could have been helped or not, we all know what eventually became of him. A quick and informative read it is!

If you'd like to read this book, you can call the Information Desk at (856) 794-4244 ext. 4243 to put it on hold.

July is National Ice Cream Month!

July is National Ice Cream Month, and the third Sunday, July 21, 2013, is National Ice Cream Day!

Intensely Chocolate: 100 Scrumptious Recipes for True Chocolate Lovers by Carole Bloom 641.337 BLO

Kara's Party Ideas by Kara Allen 793.2 ALL

To hold this book, or any book in the library, please call the Information Desk (856) 794-4244 ext. 4243

Library Events July 15-20

Monday, July 15
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Young Writer’s Club, ages 9 – 13 (Register – Children’s)
856-794-4244 ext. 4246
6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Bay Atlantic Symphony Summer Music Series, How Opera Works, in the Community Event Room
856-794-4244 ext. 4243


Tuesday, July 16
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Toddler Time, age 2 (Register – Children’s) 856-794-4244 ext. 4246
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Reading Club, ages 9 & up (Register – Children’s) 856-794-4244 ext. 4246
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Family Night, all ages, in the Community Event Room 856-794-4244 ext. 4246

Wednesday, July 17
10:30 – 11:15 a.m. Preschool Story Time, ages 3-5 (Register – Children’s)
856-794-4244 ext. 4246
4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Teen Movie Program, ages 13-18, in the Community Event Room (Register – Children’s) 856-794-4244 ext. 4246

Thursday, July 18
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Reading Club, ages 6 – 8 (Register-Children’s) 856-794-4244 ext. 4246
5:00 – 7:30 p.m. Writer’s Society in the Community Event Room
856-794-4244 ext. 4243

Friday, July 19
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Baby Time, ages 6-23 months (Register – Children’s) 856-794-4244 ext. 4246
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Pokémon Club, ages 7-16, in the Community Event Room (Register – Children’s) 856-794-4244 ext. 4246

Saturday, July 20
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. American Girl Party, ages 5 & up (Register – Children’s) 856-794-4244 ext. 4246

Kelly's Review: Butter by Erin Jade Lange

Butter is a morbidly obese high school student who introduces readers to his world in this young adult fiction novel. Butter seems to want the same things other kids his age want, but it is harder for him to attain them because of his weight. He is often taunted, but for the most part is the invisible kid at school. He longs for a relationship with his classmate Anna, and he sort of has one with her. Butter pretends to be a kid who attends a nearby high school over the internet to win Anna’s heart. Butter’s discontent with life reaches a boiling point and he proclaims via a blog that on New Year’s Eve he will stream live footage of him eating himself to death. Soon thereafter Butter becomes the most popular kid at school.

It is the aftermath of Butter’s proclamation that makes the story most interesting. Why would anyone think what Butter was doing cool? Do they really want to watch him die? Do they really like him once they get to know him? I asked myself these questions often, and found some answers by the ending. Lange shows us how cruel kids can be to each other, and how blinding the incentives of popularity can be.  

         

If you'd like to read this book, you can call the Information Desk at (856) 794-4244 ext. 4243 to put it on hold.

July is National Blueberry Month!

Since July is National Blueberry Month, go out and enjoy! Use them in pancakes, on ice cream, or eat them by the handful. Want to know what else you can do with blueberries? Try one of our cookbooks!

Cool Wheat-free Recipes: Delicious & Fun Foods Without Gluten by Nancy Tuminelly J641.5 TUM

Grow it, Cook it J 635 GRO

Fruit! Fresh and Delicious recipes for Sweet and Main Dishes by Kathryn Hawkins 641.54 HAW

How to Bottle Fruit, Vegetables, Chicken, Game, Tomatoes & How to Make, Jams, and Jellies, Fruit Wines And Pickles by George Fowler 641.4 FOW

If you want to put any of these, or another book, on hold, please call the Information Desk (856) 794-4244 ext. 4243.

Library Events July 8-13

Monday, July 8
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Young Writer’s Club, ages 9 – 13 (Register – Children’s)856-794-4244 ext. 4246

Tuesday, July 9
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Toddler Time, age 2 (Register – Children’s) 856-794-4244 ext. 4246
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Reading Club, ages 9 & up (Register – Children’s) 856-794-4244 ext. 4246

Wednesday, July 10
10:30 – 11:15 a.m. Preschool Story Time, ages 3 – 5 (Register – Children’s)856-794-4244 ext. 4246
4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Teen Read-a-thon, ages 13 – 18, in the Teen Room (Register – Children’s)856-794-4244 ext. 4246

Thursday, July 11
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Reading Club, ages 6 – 8 (Register – Children’s)856-794-4244 ext. 4246

Friday, July 12
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Baby Time, ages 6 – 23 months (Register – Children’s) 856-794-4244 ext. 4246
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Pokémon Club, ages 7-16, in the Community Event Room (Register – Children’s) 856-794-4244 ext. 4246

Thursday July 4, 2013

In honor of Independence Day, the Vineland Library will be closed on Thursday, July 4. We'll reopen on Friday July 5 at 10am.

Kelly's Review: The Tommyknockers by Stephen King

          Imagine tripping over a small piece of metal as you walk through the woods. On closer inspection you find that it is embedded in the forest floor. Most of us would be annoyed and perhaps grabbing at our stubbed toe, but inevitably we would walk away and likely forget about it. This scenario plays out early on in King’s novel for Roberta “Bobbi” Anderson. Bobbi can’t simply walk away. Bobbi investigates the metal and soon finds that she must unearth whatever it is. Curiosity turns to obsession, and the obsession soon rubs off on others throughout town. Strange mind reading powers start to possess the people, and they begin to manipulate small devices/electronics and change them into inventions unheard of.

          The Tommyknockers will appeal to King fans as well as fans of aliens. While I am a King fan and did enjoy the book, I would not say it was my favorite. The ending seemed quite drawn out and I felt the book would have been a bit more enticing had the altered machines had a bigger role. Perhaps what makes the book most interesting is Bobbi’s eventual realization that her obsession and complete change of self was all for something that was not nearly as wonderful as she pictured it to be. 

To put this book on hold, please call the Information Desk: (856) 794-4244 ext. 4243.