2/10 | Paper Mill Playhouse Children’s Theatre on Tour: Alice in Wonderland
The Paper Mill Playhouse Children’s Theatre on Tour returned to the Library to perform Alice in Wonderland, Jr to a full house!
2/11 | Selling Your Home in 2018
Realtor Suzy Minken spent a good two hours sharing the elements of a “winning strategy” for achieving the highest price when selling your home.
Using a Power Point presentation, Ms. Minken discussed competitive market trends, evaluating a home’s worth relative to other homes on the market, the importance of
“right pricing” home staging and maintenance, and so much more. She even included a series of “before and after” photos of design changes that optimize the value of your home.
Here’s an example of the knowledge she shared:
2/13 | Lunar New Year Celebration
Children and adults were greeted to a festively decorated room for the Library’s first Lunar New Year Tri-lingual Story Time.
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In celebration of the Year of the Dog, the excited audience listened as Children’s Librarian Amanda Winter read a story in English about a dog who is a loyal friend. The children also heard a colorful story in Chinese and English about a silly dog who needed a bath. Librarian Hongmei Liu told the story in Chinese, while Amanda simultaneously told the story in English. Children and parents loved acting out the songs “The Three Bears” and “Cuteness” as Youth Services Assistant Diane Choi sang the words in Korean. Attendees learned about some of the different decorations and preparations people make to celebrate while listening to the story, “Bringing in the New Year,” which was told in Chinese and English.
Hongmei and Diane each talked a little about how the holiday is celebrated in China and South Korea. Hongmei brought in a lantern decoration and a qi pao dress to show the children. Diane shared pictures of foods and activities associated with the holiday in South Korea while dressed in a traditional dress, han bok.
In addition to learning about the holiday, participants learned the Korean words for ‘cuteness’ (gwi gomi) and ‘bear’ (gom) and the Chinese words for ‘dog’ (gou) and the color ‘red’ (hong.)
After the stories and songs, children colored and decorated dragon masks.
2/13 | Get Lit Casual Book Club
Alexie’s gifted storytelling allowed readers an intimate look into his childhood on and off the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, in addition to the relationships with his family, particularly his mother. Group members thoroughly enjoyed sharing Alexie’s sorrows, joys, and life stories and comparing his experiences to their own families. All group members learned many new things about the Indian culture.
As a special treat, one of our steady book discussion members shared big, fluffy, chocolate brownies with our group in addition to the cookies usually served.
2/13 | Living a Heart Healthy Life
Cardiologist Dr. Liliana Cohen gave an informative presentation on “Living a Heart Healthy Life” in collaboration with the Summit Medical Group.
Some of the topics she she covered include: an overview of Cardiovascular Disease and its prevalence, symptoms of heart disease and the different symptoms experienced by men and women, risk factors, how to eat healthy , importance of physical activity and weight management, blood pressure, hypertension, and how to lower heart disease risk.
Audience members had many questions about diet and medications, all of which Dr. Cohen patiently answered. At the end of the program, everyone was given a heart shaped ice pack and an article by Dr. Cohen herself.
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For anyone who wants more information or wasn’t able to attend, Dr. Cohen recommended visiting the website
Life’s Simple 7 to start making seven simple changes to improve heart health.
