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You can now register online for classes and events by using the web calendar in the righthand column. Click on calendar then click on the event itself to get to the registration page.

Technology Classes

The library is holding a series of Technology Classes. The series consists of "Apps for Everyone" classes and "Beginning Computer" classes. Classes will alternate between the two topics. the last Apps for Everyone will take place on June 5. Beginning Computer Classes will take place on May 15, and June 19. All classes will be from 10:30-11:30 am and will be limited to 9 participants. You must sign up for each separately. Go to our calendar and click on the event on each date. Scroll to the bottom of the se pages to click the register button. The more popular of these classes will be repeated at a later date. Check this page for a schedule later.

Do you want to join a book club?

Are you interested in a afternoon book club or a weeknight book club? Please click here for a listing of meeting times and the books to read for the first half of 2012. Registration is now available online. Go to the Calendar in the lefthand column, and if you click on the event, you will see a "Register" button at the bottom left. Click it to bring up your registration form. Please note that we will be picking new books for the second half of 2012 at our May meeting. Come prepared with suggestions.

Socrates' Café

Registration is now available online. Go to the Calendar in the lefthand column, and if you click on the event, you will see a "Register" button at the bottom left. Click it to bring up your registration form.

The next Socrates Cafés will take place on Thursday, May 10th from 6:30 to 8pm. Socrates Café are gatherings around the world where people from different backgrounds get together and exchange thoughtful ideas and experiences while embracing the central idea of associated with conversing and questioning; the idea that we learn more when we question and in particular, question with others.
These are one-and-a-half hour, informal conversations that anyone is welcome to join. Discussion topics emerge from the interest of the participant. Newcomers are welcome.

HATHA YOGA

This Classical Yoga class is for experienced yogis and beginners who are able to sit on the floor and stand. Bring a yoga mat or beach towel to class. Release the events of the day and all things in the past. Let go of your plans and concerns about the future. Focus on the present moment and enjoy peace in your heart. This yoga practice will bring health and wellness to your body, mind, and spirit. A series of 6 weekly yoga classes. The cost is $5 per class which can be paid the day of the class, or in advance. These classes will again be taught by Lois Clymer. Beginning Tuesday, April 24th at 3:30pm. Classes will also take place on May 15, 22, and 29, also at 3:30pm. Please register via the calendar for each class individually.

Women in the Civil Rights Movement

Thursday, May 17th 6-8pm

Joan Sadoff and Linda Needleman will discuss thier new book, Pieces from the Past: Voices of Heroic Women in Civil Rights, as well as screen the award-winning documentary, Standing on my Sister's Shoulders. This documentary tells a missing chapter of our nation's record of civil rights. It reveals the movement in Mississippi in the 1950s and 60s from the point of view of the courageous women who lived it. Their living testimony offers a window into a unique moment when the founders' promise of freedom and justice passed from rhetoric to reality. Sign up via our calendar registration.

Can you be hypnotized?

Is it safe? and what is it really? Thursday, May 31st from 6:30 to 8pm. Meet hypnotist Bryan Toder from the Plymouth Hypnosis Center in Lafayette Hill, author of Get Thin-Be Happy. He will explain and (perhaps) even demonstrate hypnosis. Find out how you are hypnotized every day-you'll be totally surprised! Sign up for this informational program via our interactive calendar. Free.

Movie Night: The Killing

On Thursday, June 7th the Jeanes Library will be showing the film "The Killing" (United Artists, 1956). This gripping film noir is the third movie directed by Stanley Kubrick who also wrote the screenplay. "The Killing" has three icons of the film noir genre in its cast-- Sterling Hayden, Elisha Cooke Jr. and Marie Windsor. The program (5:30-8 PM) includes a 15 minute introduction and a half hour discussion afterwards. The discussion will be led by local resident and "film buff", Liz Zietz. There will be substantial "snacks' served at this dinner hour program. Free, but please sign up via our interactive calendar.

The film tells the story of the fallibility of a man and his plans. This is a theme Kubrick explored again in many of his later films including "Fail Safe" and "2001, a Space Odyssey". This film is in the category of noir that deals with robberies gone awry. The plot is developed in bits and pieces, introducing the members of the gang and the roles they will play in the hold-up. After these intros are finished, we see another use of time in terms of how the characters fulfill their function in the robbery. This hard-boiled film has a number of interesting touches, including the use of clown masks in a hold-up.

Author Tea with Mildred Blasko

Join us for a reading from local resident Millie Blasko's A Mother's Legacy as well as tea and treats on Saturday, June 9th from 3-4pm. You may be familiar with Millie's occasional articles in our local newspaper, The Colonial. If not, you are in for a treat as she tells the story of how she came to publish this book of poems, as well as does a reading from the book. Mrs. Blasko will have copies of her book available for signing and purchase. Sign up for this program via our interactive calendar. Free.

Starting up a Mah Jong group

A new group is being organized at the Jeanes Library. Join us for the organizational meeting of a new Mah Jong group. Come if you already know how to play or to learn if you don't. Eileen Lowenstein will be leading the group. The orgainzational meeting will take place in the Board Room on Wednesday June 20, 2012 from 6:30pm - 8:00pm. Please register on our interactive calendar.

Financial Mini Series from Citizens Bank

Citizen's Bank specialist David Eagle will be presenting two programs as a part of their community outreach. The first will be Budgeting for a Better Life, which will take place on Tuesday, June 26th, from 3-4pm in our Board Room. The second is entitled Retirement, and it will be presented on Tuesday, July 10th, from 3-4pm. Sign up for these informational programs via our interactive calendar. Free.

Poetry Shots

We are bringing back our Poetry Shots programming. These programs, lead by Adult Services and Reference Librarian, Robyn Train, allow participants to come together to read a selection of poems aloud during the meeting, then the group discusses each poem. All are welcome to this free event, but please sign up via our interactive calendar. Participants will have input into future poets or poetry chosen for discussion. The first Poetry Shots discussion will take place on Thursday, June 21 from 6:30-8pm.

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