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Holiday and Vacation Programs in The Trove

Holiday and Vacation Programs in The Trove

A week off from school! What to do with this gift of time? Come to The Trove. On Sunday, December 23, we will have ¡Feliz Navidad!, a family storytime in Spanish. The following Sunday, we will have Lionheart Puppets perform The Reluctant Dragon. Both programs are at 2 p.m. On Wednesday, December 26, Stories & Stuff for children age 4 & 5 will be at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., and the family program Pajamarama is at 7 p.m. On Thursday, December 27 at 4 p.m., there will be a special holiday Jeopardy game for children seven years and older.
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December 18, 2012 7:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Classes, Events, Featured, Homepage, and Library News.
Tags: Bilingual, children, computers, español, families, parents, storytime, and The Trove.

Hooked Rugs of Mary Parker

Hooked Rugs of Mary Parker

The hooked rugs of fiber enthusiast Mary Parker will be on view in the Museum Gallery at the White Plains Public Library from Monday, December 3, 2012 to Friday, January 11, 2013. Ms. Parker’s work is inspired by the past and present of Westchester and Putnam Counties. Hooked highlights include local historic sites and cemetery “folk art,” as well as other work from traditional to contemporary. Rug hooking has been called the one truly original folk art of America and Ms. Parker’s work carries forward the tradition of expression through this 19th century craft. Folk art expert, William C. Ketchum,
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December 17, 2012 7:00 am | by | 2 Comments
Categories: Featured, Gallery, Homepage, and Library News.
Tags: all ages, art, and gallery.

Allstate Readiness Teen Safe Driving Open House

Allstate Readiness Teen Safe Driving Open House

Are you a teen driver?  Hoping to get your license soon?  Parent of a teen learning to drive?  Stop by the Library Saturday, December 15, between 1:30-4:30 p.m., and get some great info on becoming a safe driver, plus goodie bags courtesy of The Allstate Foundation.  Enjoy holiday refreshments, enter to win a $100 Amazon gift card, and get community service credit for participating.  The White Plains HS Honors String Ensemble will perform at 3:30 p.m.  Questions? Call 422-1495
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December 13, 2012 7:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Events, Featured, Homepage, and Library News.
Tags: Foundation and teens.

Holiday Concert with New Westchester Symphony Orchestra

Holiday Concert with New Westchester Symphony Orchestra

Join us Sunday, December 16, at 3 pm for a delightful holiday concert. The New Westchester Symphony Orchestra, a community-based ensemble of amateur musicians who gather weekly to make music, will perform at this free program. Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by the White Plains Library Foundation.
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December 12, 2012 7:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Events, Featured, Homepage, and Library News.
Tags: adults, all ages, children, concert, and music.

Allstate Readiness Teen Safe Driving Open House

Allstate Readiness Teen Safe Driving Open House

Are you a teen driver?  Hoping to get your license soon?  Parent of a teen learning to drive?  Stop by the Library Saturday, December 15, between 1:30-4:30 p.m., and get some great info on becoming a safe driver, plus goodie bags courtesy of The Allstate Foundation.  Enjoy holiday refreshments, enter to win a $100 Amazon gift card, and get community service credit for participating.  The White Plains HS Honors String Ensemble will perform at 3:30 p.m.  Questions? Call 422-1495.
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December 7, 2012 7:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Events, Featured, Homepage, and Library News.
Tags: Foundation and teens.

Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women

Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women

Join us for the Hadassah Film Festival, four great evenings of documentary films celebrating Jewish women who impacted the world. On four Tuesday evenings, the Westchester Region of Hadassah will host films and discussions on the lives of remarkable Jewish women. The fourth film, “Making Trouble“, is the true saga of six of the greatest female comic performers of the last century: Molly Picon, Fanny Brice, Sophie Tucker, Joan Rivers, Gilda Radner and Wendy Wasserstein. Discussion to follow. This film will be shown on Tuesday, December 11th from 6:45-8:45 p.m. “Ahead of Time,” the first film, was rescheduled from cancelled
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December 5, 2012 7:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Events, Featured, Homepage, and Library News.
Tags: adults and film.

An Afternoon of Klezmer

An Afternoon of Klezmer

Join us on Sunday, December 9 for our annual klezmer concert. Enjoy a lively & nostalgic musical journey, featuring Old World traditions & New World voices with Kapelye, “The First Ambassadors of Klezmer.” Eric Berman, tuba/bass; Ken Maltz, clarinet; and Peter Sokolow, keyboard/vocals. Two seatings from 1:30-2:30 p.m., repeated 3:30-4:30 p.m. Wikipedia explains:  “Klezmer is a musical tradition of the Ashkenazic Jews of Eastern Europe. Played by professional musicians called klezmorim, the genre originally consisted largely of dance tunes and instrumental display pieces for weddings and other celebrations.” This concert is brought to you by the Friends of White Plains
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December 3, 2012 7:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Events, Featured, Homepage, and Library News.
Tags: all ages, concert, Friends, klezmer, and music.

Westchester Readers, Come Meet Westchester Writers

Westchester Readers, Come Meet Westchester Writers

Every year the county's annual literary journal, The Westchester Review, hosts a couple hours of readings by local authors here at White Plains Library. Join us on Saturday, December 8 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. as we celebrate the 2013 edition of The Westchester Review, featuring authors from the Hudson to the Sound. Writers from the 2013 issue will read from their work and entertain with varied voices and visions. Editors will be present to answer questions, with Review copies available for sale and submissions for 2014 issue encouraged. Refreshments served.  
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November 30, 2012 7:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Events, Featured, Homepage, and Library News.
Tags: adults, author event, and books.

Upcoming Math Programs for Kids and Parents

Upcoming Math Programs for Kids and Parents

The White Plains Public Library is pleased to present two math programs next week. For Kids: Mixing in Math for Grades 3 – 6, December 4, 4:30 p.m. Math is all around us! Join us for math games in The Trove. Play, have fun, and keep your math skills sharp. For Parents: The New Math Curriculum, December 3, 7:00 p.m. Lisa Weber, K – 12 Mathematics Coordinator for the White Plains Public Schools, will provide an overview of the new elementary school math curriculum including demonstrations and hands-on activities. Join us for these educational and informative sessions.
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November 27, 2012 7:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Events, Featured, Homepage, and Library News.
Tags: adults, children, and The Trove.

Book Bunch – Book Discussion and Pizza for Kids

Book Bunch – Book Discussion and Pizza for Kids

Did you know that The Trove has a book discussion group for third through sixth graders? We read great books and talk about them over pizza at Uno Chicago Grill! Join us for our December Book Bunch. Third and fourth graders will be reading Chocolate Fever, by Robert Kimmel Smith and we will meet on Thursday, December 27th from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Henry LOVES chocolate – he eats so much chocolate that he comes down with chocolate fever! He doesn't want to deal with doctors and hospitals, so he runs away and many adventures follow. Fifth and sixth
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November 26, 2012 7:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Events, Featured, Homepage, and Library News.
Tags: books, children, and The Trove.

Our New, Low Cost Experimental Online Catalog PC

Our New, Low Cost Experimental Online Catalog PC

In my position as manager of information technology here at White Plains Public Library, there are times when my job goes beyond being merely enjoyable, times when it truly becomes a source of excitement. This is one of those times. The reason for the excitement is a modest little device no bigger than four by seven inches. One that will set you back a grant–a $50 bill, that is, not one from a charitable foundation–and , when connected to a monitor, keyboard, mouse and the internet, is very well-suited to using cloud-based applications such as web-based email and other online
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November 23, 2012 5:13 pm | by | 4 Comments
Categories: Homepage and Library News.
Tags: computers and technology.

The Use of a Raspbian-based APC as an OPAC Kiosk System

The Use of a Raspbian-based APC as an OPAC Kiosk System

Thanks to the good folks at VIA Technologies, we recently received an APC Android PC for evaluation. The device comes with a VIA 800MHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 2GB NAND flash RAM, VGA, HDMI, 4 x USB, audio in/out, 10/100 ethernet and a microSD card slot. All at a $49 list price and in a 170 x 85mm form factor (about 3.3 x 6.6 inches). It's also capable of 720p resolution video. We are currently evaluating its potential application as an Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC), said system needing only to provide a web browser running in fullscreen kiosk mode–nothing
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November 23, 2012 12:19 pm | by | 8 Comments
Categories: Library News.
Tags: computers and technology.

Can you read this?

Can you read this?

More than 30 million Americans over the age of 16 cannot read, write, or speak English at the 5th grade level. They struggle with even the simplest transactions of daily life, and most job opportunities are closed to them. Can you imagine what life would be like if you couldn’t: •Read the label on a medicine bottle? •Decipher directions? •Help your child with homework? •Fill out a job application? One-on-one, small group and classroom instruction from properly trained and certified volunteers and professional instructors can turn individual lives around. If you, or someone you know, has a few free hours
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November 23, 2012 7:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Featured, Homepage, and Library News.
Tags: adults, literacy, and services.

Grace Paley: Collected Shorts

Grace Paley: Collected Shorts

Join us for the Hadassah Film Festival, four great evenings of documentary films celebrating Jewish women who impacted the world. On four Tuesday evenings this fall, the Westchester Region of Hadassah will host films and discussions on the lives of remarkable Jewish women. The third film is “Grace Paley: Collected Shorts“. Lilly Rivlin's intimate documentary is a rich, inspiring portrait of writer, activist and New York icon Grace Paley. Discussion to follow. This film will be shown on Tuesday, November 27th from 6:45-8:45 p.m., including a discussion after the film. Future Tuesday films and discussions will be held December 11th
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November 22, 2012 7:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Events, Featured, Homepage, and Library News.
Tags: adults and film.

White Plains Building Department Fast-Tracks Permits

White Plains Building Department Fast-Tracks Permits

The City of White Plains Building Department is fast-tracking the permit approval process for homeowners and businesses who come in for a permit to address storm-related damage. Residents and businesses that have work done should make sure they receive a City of White Plains Building Department Certificate of Compliance upon completion of the work. Without this certificate, there is no way for the resident or business to know for certain that the work was completed properly and to code. The Building Department is available to answer questions about the permit process for electrical, plumbing, building and sign permits, Monday –
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November 20, 2012 1:18 pm | by | No Comments
Categories: Featured, Homepage, and Library News.
Tags: adults and City of White Plains.

Friends Don’t Let Friends TXT & Drive: Part of the Allstate Readiness Series

Friends Don’t Let Friends TXT & Drive: Part of the Allstate Readiness Series

Teens and parents, join us for this vital program on preparing teens to become safe drivers. Monday, November 26, 7:00 p.m. Guest speaker Jacy Good will share her powerful story.  Just hours after her college graduation, Jacy and her parents were victims of a tragic accident involving a teen driver using a cell phone.  Jacy has become a nationally-recognized safe driving advocate educating people on the risks of distracted driving. Steve Mochel, owner of Fresh Green Light, an innovative driving school in Rye, NY, and Greenwich, CT, will present the facts on distracted driving, graduated licensing, and parental responsibilities Refreshments,
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November 19, 2012 7:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Events, Featured, Homepage, and Library News.
Tags: Foundation, parents, teens, and workshops.

The Consulate General of Mexico Returns

The Consulate General of Mexico Returns

The Consulate General of Mexico will be processing passports and consular IDs for their citizens at the Library on Tuesday, November 27th through Friday, November 30th, 10am — 1:30pm. A limited number of appointments are available each day. To make your free appointment, use MEXITEL: – Phone 1-877-639-4835 – Online at http://sreweb.mexitel.com.mx/mexitel_web/ More information on requirements can be found at the Mexican Consulate website.
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November 15, 2012 7:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Events, Featured, Homepage, and Library News.
Tags: adults, español, and services.

The Art of Storytelling

The Art of Storytelling

Kids in grades 6-8, join Alex Barile, graduate student at the School of Visual Arts, for this 3-session drawing program. Participants will learn fundamentals of designing a character, figure drawing, how to create a layout, specific angle shots and their meaning, what not to do, and continuity. Snacks will be served! The Art of Story Telling – Tuesdays, November 13, 20, & 27 at 7:00 PM    
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November 14, 2012 7:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Classes, Featured, Homepage, and Library News.
Tags: art, classes, and teens.