February 2012
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February 2012
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Preschool Playroup is held on Monday mornings at 10:00. All preschoolers and their caregivers are welcome to drop in for stories, crafts, and healthy snacks. This is a great way to introduce young ones to the library, make new friends, have some fun, and enjoy reading together. No pre-registration is necessary.
Zumba with Kristin Killay will resume November 7 at 6 pm and continue on Mondays throughout the winter at Town Hall.
Tai Chi continues this fall on Tuesday's from 6-7 pm. Everyone is welcome. Free program of the Friends of the Library. For more info, contact Becky at 978-575-1454.
Monday, February 13, 10:00 Royalston Town Hall Jenny Nano will lead a “Shake Off the Winter Blues” music and movement program, free open to all preschoolers and their caregivers.
The new Book Discussion Group met in January to discuss the Suzanne Collin’s Hunger Games. Paticipants drew interesting thoughts about dystopias, hero journeys, the ways youth manage power, love trangles, popular culture, and Roman gladiator imagery from this young adult novel. The selection for February is Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken, the true story of Louis Zamperini, who not only competed in the Berlin Olympics, but later barely survived WWII undergoing a grueling ordeal adrift on a life raft, followed by internment in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. A reading group set of books will be ordered through interlibrary loan. The meeting to discuss this book will be at the library on Monday, February 13 from 4:30 - 5:45. Thereafter, meetings will generally be held on 3rd Mondays at 4:30. All are welcome in the group. Call the lbrary for more information.
Zumba with Kristin Killay will resume November 7 at 6 pm and continue on Mondays throughout the winter at Town Hall.
Tai Chi continues this fall on Tuesday's from 6-7 pm. Everyone is welcome. Free program of the Friends of the Library. For more info, contact Becky at 978-575-1454.
Cross Culture Club for Kids (and interested adults)
Interact with the world without leaving Royalston. Cross Culture Club returns to the library on Thursdays from 3:30 - 4:30. It’s free ; most presentations include a geography lesson, a slide show and a fun activity; international snacks are provided. Students from RCS can take the bus with a permission slip and be picked up at the library. Pre-registration by calling 978-249-3572 is helpful.
February 16 China with Yi Chi
March 1 Puerto Rico with Melvin Rivera, Javier Burgos, and Marizah Rios.
March 8 Nepal/ Bhutan with Bishnu and Akash Darjee
Tai Chi continues this fall on Tuesday's from 6-7 pm. Everyone is welcome. Free program of the Friends of the Library. For more info, contact Becky at 978-575-1454.
Let’s Go To The Zoo: February Vacation Live Animal Presentation
Thanks to the Royalston Cultural Council and the Friends of the Library, the Southwick Zoo Zoomobile presented by the folks at Earth Limited will be coming to the Royalston Town Hall on Wednesday, February 22 at 1:30 p.m. Earth Limited will load the Zoomobile with animals which will include tortoises, lizards, snakes, alligator, large parrot, binturong, kangaroo, bush baby, African porcupine, chinchilla, ferret, and hedgehog and maybe a surprise or two. The purpose of Earth Limited is to educate people about environmental issues such as animal ecology, endangered species, and threatened habitats. Their education methods include the extensive use of live animal presentations and hands-on activities. This is an incredible opportunity to get close and learn about a large variety of animals.
Harmonic A Capella Concert and Harmonics Workshop by Weave
On Saturday, February 25, at 7:00 p.m. the harmonic (throat) singing group, Weave, will present a harmonic vocal concert followed by a harmonics singing workshop at the Royalston Town Hall. In harmonic singing, the performer manipulates the resonances created as air travels from the lungs, past the vocal folds, and out the lips to produce a melody. The singing is improvisatory and ranges over the entire vocal spectrum of human expression and experience. Weave draws from the musical traditions that have arisen from the global rhythms of work, travel, and ceremony. It explores communication and the plurality of human experience.Weave has sung together for 15 years and its members are quite illustrious. One member is Royalston’s esteemed Tax Collector, Rebecca Krause-Hardie, a world class musician and vocalist. She is a graduate of Juilliard and in 1982 joined David Hykes’ world renowned group, The Harmonic Choir, and sang on three recordings, including the landmark CD, Hearing Solar Winds. Another member of the group, Timothy Hill, has been annointed by the New York Times as “a virtuoso of the Tibetan chanting technique”. Mr. Hill has recorded many times and given workshops on throat singing around the world.
Those wishing to remain after the concert can partake in a harmonics workshop and try to produce sounds like they have never created before.
Bring the family to enjoy this extraordinarily unique concert and take your vocal cords to new horizons. Refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Phinehas S. Newton Library.
Preschool Playroup is held on Monday mornings at 10:00. All preschoolers and their caregivers are welcome to drop in for stories, crafts, and healthy snacks. This is a great way to introduce young ones to the library, make new friends, have some fun, and enjoy reading together. No pre-registration is necessary.
Zumba with Kristin Killay will resume November 7 at 6 pm and continue on Mondays throughout the winter at Town Hall.
Tai Chi continues this fall on Tuesday's from 6-7 pm. Everyone is welcome. Free program of the Friends of the Library. For more info, contact Becky at 978-575-1454.
10am» Preschool Playgroup