Congratulations to Janet Meltzer, who won our bag of books giveaway. Janet will receive a great selection of titles, including Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens and Educated by Tara Westover. Thanks to everyone who participated. We received some helpful suggestions for the newsletter, look for some changes in 2020.

Don't forget, we will be closing at 1:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, and will be closed on both holidays.

Look for the next issue of the newsletter on January 8th. 

Brian Kenney
Library Director
bkenney@whiteplainslibrary.org

Please note that the Library will close early at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 24th and remain closed the following day for Christmas. We will reopen with regular hours from 10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 26th. The Library will then close early at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 31st and remain closed the following day for New Year's Day. We will reopen with regular hours from 10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 2nd.

Our external book drop, located to the left of our main entrance, will remain open for anyone looking to return materials while we're closed.

Due to holiday closings, our next issue of This Week on Martine will hit your inboxes on January 8th, 2020. See you in 2020!

Starting in January, Digital Media Specialist Austin Olney will hold new weekly advanced Tech Topics for adults on Mondays at 6:00 p.m. January's topics are Modern Technology, Streaming and Digital TV, and Big Data and Digital Privacy.

Registration is required. To register and view the calendar of upcoming events, visit our online calendar or call us at (914) 422-1480.

Our January Poetry Slam will be held on  Wednesday, January 8th. Don't miss our Open Mic, SLAM competition, and feature performance from guest poet and National Slam poet Bobby Sanchez! To take part in the open mic or slam, please register between 6:30 and 7:00 p.m. Slam poets should bring at least one original poem of up to 3 minutes. Registration closes promptly at 7:00 p.m., and the program starts shortly thereafter. Co-hosted by local poet and slam-master Eric ZORK Alan.

We all want to make healthy choices for our families and ourselves. Yet, being healthy is easier said than done. That’s where Just Say Yes (JSY) can help. JSY provides nutrition education for New Yorkers. Join Feeding Westchester's nutritionist Alyssa Advincula on Friday, January 3rd at 2:00 p.m. for this free workshop with cooking demonstration.

Emma Watson is hiding copies of Little Women around London.

Author Interview: Julie Andrews writes memoir with her daughter.

BookScan reports on bestselling book of the decade.

New Landmark Libraries 2019.

Crazy Rich Asians‘s Jon M. Chu is adapting Mary H.K. Choi’s Permanent Record.