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NCC Fall Happenings
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Fall of 2009
Newark Free Library
Warning - Your Library Card May Be Deleted From Our System
How can you avoid being deleted? Check something out!!! We have thousands of books, magazines, music CDs, and DVDs to choose from. [NOTE: Accounts with fines on them are never deleted.]
Libraries Closed November 11
The New Castle County Libraries will be closed on Wednesday, November 11 in observance of Veterans' Day. Please renew your items early to avoid confusion.
Address:
750 Library Ave Newark DE 19711
Phone:
(302) 731-7550
Fax:
(302) 731-4019
Hours
Monday
10:00am - 9:00pm
Tuesday
10:00am - 9:00pm
Wednesday
10:00am - 9:00pm
Thursday
Closed
Friday
10:00am - 9:00pm
Saturday
10:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday
1:00pm - 5:00pm
Manager:
Martha Birchenall
News and Upcoming Events
Friday Night Film - Food, Inc.
Friday, November 6
6:30pm
Join Us for
Food, Inc.
, an unflattering look inside America's corporate-controlled food industry.
Understanding the Natural, Sustainable and Organic Terms
Monday, November 9
7:00pm
Lynne Betts, current President of DOFFA (Delaware Organic Food & Farming Association) will address questions such as where is Delaware in the "organic movement," what is sustainable agriculture, and what to ask for when purchasing healthy foods. Is "organic" really all it's cracked up to be?
Book Discussion: In Defense of Food - An Eater's Manifesto
Tuesday, November 17
12:00pm
In
The Omnivore's Dilemma
, Michael Pollan launched a national controversy about the American way of eating; now, in
In Defense of Food
, he shows us how to change it, one meal at a a time. Pollan proposes a new answer to the question of what we should eat that comes down to seven simple but liberating words:
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."
Wilmington Drama League - Empress's New Clothes
Saturday, November 14th
2:00pm
Wilmington Drama League Pillow Play - performed by children for children!
Family Fun Night - Honey Tales
Friday, November 20th
7:30pm
Interactive African-American folk tales with storyteller,
Sangay Miller.
For all ages. No registration required.
Story time with Santa
Tuesday, December 1st
10:30am and 1:30pm
Stories and crafts with the "jolly old elf" himself!
Gingerbread House Decoration
Friday, December 11th
6pm or 6:30pm or 7pm
Enjoy decorating your own gingerbread house and other fun food crafts with the
Delcastle Cooks and Bakers Club
.
Participants are asked to bring a canned good for the Food Bank of Delaware.
Registration begins November 16th.
Yarn Circle Group
Tuesdays
7:00pm
Every Tuesday night bring your knitting or crocheting project and join other crafty yarners. All levels are welcome. No registration required.
Chess Night
Wednesdays
6:30-8:30pm
Open chess matches for all ages and abilities. No registration required.
Story Times
Baby Story Time
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Mondays
10:15am or 10:45am
6-18 months Next session: Nov 2nd-23rd
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Registration begins 10/19
Toddler Story Time
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Mon or Tues or Wed
@10:30am or
Tues
11:15am
18 months - 3 yrs Next session: Nov 16-Dec16. Registration begins Nov 9th
Pre-School Story Time
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Tues
10:30am or 1:30pm
3 yrs and up. Runs through December 1st. No registration required.
Pajama Story Time -
Wed.
November 18th @ 7pm
No registration required.
Bilingual Story Time
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Saturday
December 5th @ 11:30am
Stories in English and Spanish for children 3-7 yrs. No registration required.
Mother-Daughter Book Group - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Wednesday, November 18th
7:00pm
Mothers and their daughters, ages 10-14, discuss great stories.
Friends of the Newark Free Library
Newark Friends Fall, 2009 newsletter