The Hometown Treasure March 2012 | Page 40

LaGrange County Library LaGrange-Main Branch Topeka Branch 203 West Street Monday - Thursday 9:00 - 8:00 Friday & Saturday 9:00 - 5:00 Phone: 260-463-2841 133 North Main Street Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 11:30 - 6:00 Wednesday, Saturday 8:30 - 3:00 Phone: 260-593-3030 Youth Art Month Calling all young artists through 6th grade! March is youth art month. To celebrate, we would like to display your artwork in the library. Just bring an original drawing, painting, or sculpture to the Main Library and we’ll display it. We’ll show your artwork throughout the entire month so the sooner we receive it, the longer it’ll be on display. At the end of the month you may pick up your artwork. You’ll also receive a certificate for your participation! Tuesdays are Snooze Days! Shipshewana Branch 250 Depot St. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 11:30 - 6:00 Wednesday, Saturday 8:30 - 3:00 Phone: 260-768-7444 Movie of the Month Join us for our screening of The Muppets ! LaGrange Library Friday, March 23 at 6 pm Wiggle Into Spring Children will enjoy stories by authors famous for their illustrations and will get a chance to be artistic themselves! Are professor Snoozy and his puppet friends artistic? We’ll find out! Get moving with Troupe Svatura, a local group dedicated to Belly Dancing and other middle eastern styles of dance! Fun for the entire family, this program promises to be colorful with costume changes and energizing with music and dance. You’ll get an opportunity to join the dance if you choose! LaGrange County Library Tuesdays at 10 am & 1 pm LaGrange Library Saturday, March 24 at 2 pm Stories and activities designed for preschool aged children March 6 • March 13 • March 20 • March 27 2nd Saturday Book Club Prickly's Story Time This month: Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones. Laughs, stories, crafts, and more with Prickly the hedgehog! Topeka Branch Library Wednesdays at 10 am Stories and activities designed for preschool aged children March 7 • March 14 • March 21 • March 28 Family Movie Night Bring the whole family to see Puss In Boots! Topeka Branch Library Friday, March 2 at 6 pm Novel Destinations The adult winter reading program ends March 3rd, so be sure to turn in your passport for a chance to win one of these grand prizes: . • A Set of luggage from the Shipshe General Store . • A large pizza from Chicago Joe’s . • One of two $10 gift certificates from Rising Star Sari-Sari International Market Many thanks to the generous local businesses who donated our grand prizes! pg 38 · The Hometown Treasure · Mar. ‘12 On a tropical island shattered by war, only one white man chooses to stay behind: The eccentric Mr. Watts, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dicken’s classic, Great Expectations... LaGrange Library Saturday, March 10 at 11 am Sci-Fi Book Club This month: A Talent for War by Jack McDevitt. Alex Benedict must follow the dark track of legend, into the very heart of an alien galaxy -where he will confront a truth far stranger than any fiction imaginable... LaGrange Library Monday, March 5 at 6 pm This book club is led by local patron, Jarry Porter. Computer Classes Introduction to Microsoft Word 2010 Introduction to Windows 7 Registration is required. Register or find out more information for either of these classes by stopping in at the LaGrange Library or calling 260.463.2841 x1030