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Programs.
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Susan Orlean
Author of the Year
Read her books
this Spring!
Plan to see her virtually
“LIVE” on Saturday, May 8
at 7:00 p.m.
Visit dcls.org/SusanOrlean
for more details and to
register.Find your direction with The Library
Compass is your guide to discovering events and programming
for children, families, teens, and adults.
For now, our programming will continue virtually.
Registration
Most events with The Library require registration.
Visit dcls.org/events or call 717.234.4961 and choose option 6.
When you are registered, you’ll receive a confirmation email, and you’ll
be contacted by a Library employee with more information and any
links you may need to join our online events.
For recurring children’s programs, register once and you’re registered
for all events following. You’ll be contacted each week with a link to the
program. Even online, programming is better together! Please plan to
stay and interact with your child during the program.
We respect your privacy
The Library sometimes photographs, records or takes screenshots at
virtual and in-person events and programs for publicity purposes. If
you’d prefer that you or your children not appear in any photos, videos
or screenshots taken by The Library, please let the leader know prior
to the event.
Let us know what you think or suggest a program
Email eventscoordinator@dcls.org or contact us on social media.
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Closings:
Sunday, April 4 – Easter Inside:
Sunday, May 30 and Monday, May 31 –
Memorial Day
Celebrate National Library Week . . . . . . . . . . 4–5
Author of the Year, Susan Orlean . . . . . . . . . . 6–7
This Spring at The Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Reading Challenges on Beanstack. . . . . . . . . . . 9
April is National Poetry Month! Stepping Stones to Milestones. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sign up for the challenge.
You can find more details on page 9. Programs for Kids and Teens. . . . . . . . . . . . 11–12
Family Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Go With the Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Financial Literacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Adult Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16–19
Saturday, April 10 – April 17
For ages 18+ Summer Reading Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . back cover
You can find more details on page 15.
3National Library Week: April 4–10
Welcome to Your Library:
Where Knowledge Takes Root
We’re celebrating libraries in April with a virtual,
13-stop Library Tour!
ND
Visit all eight of our libraries by following us on social
media! You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, EV
JOH
YouTube and TikTok. Library staff will share videos featuring
their libraries, what we do and what makes our libraries such
a terrific place to be!
MARCO will make five stops throughout the county
during the week. If MARCO’s in your neighborhood,
stop by to say “hi!” and leave with some Library swag!
(You can visit with MARCO via video on our social
media pages too.)
ESA
On Friday, we’ll hear from some of our Community Partners MOM
and why they feel libraries are so important to communities
and the work they do!
AFL
Not on social media? Anyone who visits our libraries in KL
MRL
person or by using Curbside Pickup during National Library
Week will be given a seed bookmark than can be planted to
celebrate libraries, growth, and springtime at home!
Visit dcls.org/social to follow the fun online or visit your
favorite library to celebrate with us!
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
April 5 April 6 April 7 April 8 April 9
Library Tour Video Schedule Check out all our channels on page 5.
AFL ND KL MOM Community
10:00 am – 2:00 pm 10:00 am – 2:00 pm 10:00 am – 2:00 pm 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Partners
EV MRL JOH ESA 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
2:00 – 6:00 pm 2:00 – 6:00 pm 2:00 – 6:00 pm 2:00 – 6:00 pm
MARCO Tour Schedule
Cumberland Court Virtual Highspire Northern Dauphin Steelton
2:30 – 4:00 pm MARCO Tour Memorial Park Human Services Skate Park
12:00 pm 3:00 – 5:00 pm 3:00 – 5:00 pm 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Rutherford Park
on our social
Townhouses
media channels
5:00 – 6:30 pm
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To sign up for programs requiring registration, visit dcls.org/events or call 717.234.4961 and choose option 6.Open for Discovery Free WIFI
illiam H. & Marion C. Alexander
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Family Library (AFL) Memorial Library (MOM)
200 West 2nd Street 2410 North 3rd Street
Hummelstown, PA 17036 Harrisburg, PA 17110
717.566.0949 717.232.7286
ast Shore Area Library (ESA)
E McCormick Riverfront Library (MRL)
4501 Ethel Street 101 Walnut Street
Harrisburg, PA 17109 Harrisburg, PA 17101
717.652.9380 717.234.4976
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80 North Market Street 683 Main Street
Elizabethville, PA 17023 Lykens, PA 17048
717.362.9825 717.523.0340
Johnson Memorial Library (JOH) DCLS.ORG
799 East Center Street Your Ninth Library
Millersburg, PA 17061 Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
717.692.2658 Visit now!
24/7 RENEWALS
Toll Free 1.877.709.2690
Kline Library (KL)
530 South 29th Street
Harrisburg, PA 17104 MARCO
717.234.3934 Your Exploration Station
Out and about in your community
Join our social media community
facebook.com/DCLS.PA instagram.com/dcls_library
dcls.org/FBkids
dcls.org/youtube
dcls.org/FBadults
tiktok.com/@dcls_library
twitter.com/dcls_library
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To sign up for programs requiring registration, visit dcls.org/events or call 717.234.4961 and choose option 6.Author of theYear
Susan Orlean Dawns in Harrisburg May 8
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ongbirds are chirping, sunlight is streaming through cloudless blue skies, and flashes
of yellow and pink are starting to peek through the fertile soil. New life is coming to
central Pennsylvania and the Dauphin County Library System!
Springtime promises to be especially sweet after this unique year of illness and isolation.
Joining us to celebrate these resurgent times and the books that helped us endure is the
prolific storyteller Susan Orlean, a New Yorker writer, former Boston Globe journalist,
and best-selling author of The Library Book, The Orchid Thief, Rin Tin Tin, and
numerous other literary favorites.
In the Library Book, which chronicles the devastating 1986 fire at the Los Angeles Public
Library and what it meant for readers everywhere, Orlean recalls her childhood visits to
the library with her mother as a time of “enchantment.” As they drove home with their
stacks of books, they would converse with joyful anticipation about the order in which
they would read their selections, “through this charmed, evanescent period of grace until
the books were due.”
How fortunate that this rich voice is now coming to our capital city on Mother’s Day
weekend to celebrate the transformational power of libraries.
Orlean will also help us announce the new life coming to our downtown library, as we
transform McCormick Riverfront Library’s adjacent Haldeman Haly House into cherished
public space that promises to hold a magic all its own.
She will highlight “A Place to Belong,” our endeavor to expand our footprint and our
impact in the city of Harrisburg and the minds of our community.
You can connect with Orlean in a free virtual event at 7 pm on Saturday, May 8, just
in time for Mother’s Day. Hear her thoughts as NPR’s Scott Detrow asks her probing
questions about life, literature and libraries.
Orlean closed out her “Acknowledgements” in The Library Book with this: “Mom, I made
a book for you.” Join us May 8 to hear how she actually made a book for all of us.
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The Library Book:
A Book Discussion
For ages 18+
Thursday, April 22 at 4:00 p.m. on Zoom
Susan Orlean re-opens the unsolved mystery of the most
catastrophic library fire in American history and delivers a
dazzling homage to a beloved institution – our libraries. On
the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los
Angeles Public Library. Raging through the stacks, the fire
reached 2000 degrees and burned for more than seven hours.
It was the largest library fire in the history of the United States:
it destroyed four hundred thousand books, damaged seven
hundred thousand more, and shut the library down for seven
years. The mystery remains: did someone purposefully set fire
to the library—and if so, who?
Weaving her life-long love of books and reading with the
fascinating history of libraries and the sometimes-eccentric
characters who run them, award-winning journalist and New
York Times bestselling author Orlean presents a mesmerizing
and uniquely compelling story. With her signature wit, insight,
compassion and talent for deep research, she investigates
the legendary Los Angeles Public Library fire to showcase the
larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives, and reveals
how these buildings provide much more than just books and
are needed now more than ever.
1 hour.
Meet the Author!
7:00 p.m., Saturday, May 8, 2021
Join us for a virtually “LIVE” presentation featuring best-selling author,
Susan Orlean, interviewed by NPR correspondent Scott Detrow.
For more details and to register visit dcls.org/SusanOrlean.
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To sign up for programs requiring registration, visit dcls.org/events or call 717.234.4961 and choose option 6.This Spring at The Library
Join The Library from Home
Find The Library’s Youth Services staff on our
Facebook group, Children’s Programs at The Library,
at dcls.org/FBkids for conversation, craft ideas, book Remake Learning Days:
suggestions, programming info, reminders, and more! STEAM Punks
Join The Library’s Adult Programs at The Library May 6 to 16
Facebook group at dcls.org/FBadults for conversation, Based off of The Library’s popular STEAM Punks
programming reminders, replays, and reading program, pick up a STEAM Punks Take and Make Kit at
recommendations! any library during Remake Learning Days, May 6 to 16.
There will be things to make, do, and talk about with
Check out our YouTube channel for Library program- your family inside. Activities are geared towards school-
ming that’s available any time. We have sing-alongs aged kids, but anyone is welcome to pick one up.
and storytelling for young children, and crafts,
activities, and how-tos for kids and teens. Snap the Find out more information about Remake Learning
Days and learn what else is going on in the Harrisburg
QR code or go to dcls.org/youtube.
area at remakelearningdays.org/centralpa.
The idea is simple: build a daily reading habit with
your child, log your reading, and earn prizes!
Register your infant, toddler, or preschooler any time
before they begin kindergarten and start reading. Log the
books you read. What counts towards your reading?
EVERYTHING! You can read the same book 1000 times. You
can read 1000 different books. You can hear books during
storytimes with The Library and they count. An older sibling
1000 Books Before or grandparent can read, and it still counts!
Kindergarten Read three books a day, and you’ll be done in less than
a year!
For ages Birth – 5 years
Earn a prize book at 100 books, 500 books, and 1000 books,
and sign our wall of readers at your library every time you hit a
100 book milestone. Register today on Beanstack at dcls.
beanstack.org. Pick up a paper log at any library, or log your
reading online with the Beanstack Tracker app.
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To sign up for programs requiring registration, visit dcls.org/events or call 717.234.4961 and choose option 6.Reading Challenges
National Poetry Month Challenge Poem in Your Pocket Day
For all ages For all ages
April 1 to April 30 Thursday, April 29
Earn 10 points to complete this challenge. Read 10 poems Celebrate the wonderful world of poetry with
to earn 10 points, or log your reading and write book The Library and area businesses on April 29.
reviews instead. Complete the challenge to be entered to Pick up a poem at any Library location or at
win a poetry-themed gift basket! There are 3 for kids, one of these area coffee shops:
3 for teens, and 3 for adults. Dunkin’ Donuts
612 US-209, Elizabethville
To sign up for the challenge go to
Peace of Mind Café
dcls.org/readingchallenges or sign 306 Market St., Millersburg
into your Beanstack account on your
St. Thomas Roasters
phone or computer. 5951 Linglestown Rd., Harrisburg
Yellow Bird Café
1320 N. Third St., Harrisburg
For kids: 230 Café
398 2nd St., Highspire
April: Seed Starters
Good Brotha’s Book Café
May: Bird Nests 1419 N. Third St., Harrisburg
For teens: Elementary Coffee Co.
256 North St., Harrisburg
April: Blackout Poetry and in the Broad Street Market
May: Tissue Paper Painted
Bookmarks
For adults:
April: Spring Garden Starter Kit
May: Gilded Sun Prints
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To sign up for programs requiring registration, visit dcls.org/events or call 717.234.4961 and choose option 6.Stepping Stones to Milestones
Registration is required and limited for all Storytimes. Registrants
will be emailed a Zoom link, password, and further instructions.
Check out a Storytime Kit at The Library!
Use the kit to participate in The Library’s storytime at home or create your own
storytime! Kits include a scarf, Lummi sticks, a beanbag, and a shakey egg.
To participate, you’ll need a computer or mobile device with a camera and microphone.
or
n to Read Born to Read
For ages Birth – 18 months
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Mondays at 9:30 a.m. on Zoom
Baby, you are Born to Read! Experience songs and stories together to help
your baby learn sounds, language, and a love of books. Connect with other
parents via Zoom. This program is for parents, grandparents, caregivers and
their babies.
About 20 minutes.
Toddler Storytime
For ages 19 – 35 months
Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. on Zoom
Give your toddler a foundation for early learning and reading skills. Songs,
rhymes, fingerplays, and stories will be presented via Zoom. Adults will learn
tips and tricks to continue the learning at home.
About 30 minutes.
Preschool Storytime
For ages 3 – 5 years
Fridays at 10:00 a.m. on Zoom
Songs, rhymes, and stories help your child develop a love of reading and build
early learning skills that will help your child succeed. This program will be
presented via Zoom. Adults learn tips and tricks to continue teaching at home.
About 30 minutes.
Family Storytime
For families with children of all ages
Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m. on Zoom
Join all your friends on Zoom for an early learning bonanza. We’ll have stories,
songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and more that will help your child build their skills
and be ready to succeed at whatever is next.
About 30 minutes.
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To sign up for programs requiring registration, visit dcls.org/events or call 717.234.4961 and choose option 6.Programs for Kids and Teens
Cruise into Kindergarten To participate, you’ll need a computer or
mobile device with a camera and microphone.
For ages 4 – 6
Mondays, April 5, 12, 19, and 26 at 11:00 a.m. on
Zoom
Help your child get ready for school with our Cruise
into Kindergarten program. This program promotes
basic concepts like colors, counting, patterns, and
early literacy skills. We will introduce circle time,
read books, and share play activities that build
school readiness skills. BOOK CLUBS
About 35 minutes.
Registration is required and limited. Registrants will be
emailed a Zoom link, password, and further instructions.
Virtual Create Lab
For ages 6 – 12
Wednesdays at 4:00 p.m. on Zoom
While we can’t be together to discover and explore,
plenty of STEAM can happen right where you Anime Club
are! Bring your own science, tech, engineering, For ages 13 – 18
art, or math activities and share with others via Mondays at 4:00 p.m. on Discord
Zoom! LEGOs and other blocks, experiments, tech Join us on Discord to discuss your favorite
gadgets/gaming, and art of all kinds can be worked animes and mangas with other people who like
on individually (or simultaneously) in a social, the same thing!
virtual atmosphere. About 1 hour.
About 45 minutes. Registration is required and limited. Registrants will
Registration is required and limited. Registrants will be be emailed a Discord link and further instructions.
emailed a Zoom link, password, and further instructions. Due to Discord’s terms of service, participants must
be at least 13.
Kindergartener for a Day
For ages 13 – 18
Saturday, April 17 at 1:00 p.m. on Discord YA Book Club
Activities at 1:00 p.m. on Discord For ages 14 – 17
Movie streaming from noon to 5:00 p.m. Wednesdays at 4:00 p.m. on Discord
Do you ever wish you could go back in time to Join us once a week as we talk about our favorite
when things were easier? Well, for one day–you can, books! In April our theme will be Poetry to
because we’re going back to kindergarten! celebrate National Poetry Month, and in May
Join us on Discord for coloring, painting, and our theme is Jewish American Heritage Month.
playing with Play-Doh just like the good ol’ days. Registration is rolling, so sign up any time!
Registrants will be invited to join The Library’s 1.5 hours.
Discord server. Participants will need to pick up their Registration is required and limited. Registrants will
Kindergartener for a Day bags from the location of be emailed a Discord link and further instructions.
their choice. Despicable Me will stream for free from Due to Discord’s terms of service, participants must
noon to 5:00 p.m., and you’ll be sent a link to watch be at least 13.
for free!
Registration is required and limited. Registrants will be
emailed a Discord link, movie streaming information,
and further instructions. Due to Discord’s terms of
service, participants must be at least 13.
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To sign up for programs requiring registration, visit dcls.org/events or call 717.234.4961 and choose option 6.Programs for Kids and Teens
ONLINE GAMES
Tween Dungeons and Dragons
For ages 10 – 12
Fridays at 4:00 p.m. on Zoom
Librarians on Twitch Adventure? Check. Monsters? Check. An unlikely
For ages 11 – 18 group of swashbuckling adventurers? That’s where
Thursdays, April 15, April 29, May 13, and you come in. Join us on Fridays to battle some of the
May 27 at 6:00 p.m. on Twitch worst monstrosities that the fantasy world has to
Watch 2 of our Youth Services staff members offer. We need you. No... the world needs you.
play through popular video games for the first
You’ll need a device with microphone and optional camera
time, possibly poorly. Join in on the fun! Head to
to join.
twitch.tv/dclsteenhangout to find our Twitch
stream @dclsteenhangout to watch the action. 1 hour.
Registration is required and limited. Registrants will be
emailed a Zoom link and further instructions.
April 15: Watch Lizzy play Dark Souls II, rated T
April 29: W
atch Jess play 5 Nights at Freddie’s, rated T Teen Dungeons and Dragons
For ages 13 – 18
May 13: W
atch Lizzy play Rocket League, rated E Fridays at 4:00 p.m. on Discord
Saturdays at 3:00 p.m. on Discord
May 27: Watch
Jess play Baldur’s Gate II, rated T Tell stories, cast spells, defeat the bad guy with
2 hours. Dungeons and Dragons! For beginners or experts.
No registration required. A Twitch account is needed
No dice, books, or characters required.
to chat, but not required for viewing.
You’ll need a device with microphone and optional camera
to join. Due to Discord’s terms of service, participants
must be at least 13.
2 hours.
Registration is required and limited. Registrants will be
emailed a Discord link and further instructions.
Discord Hangouts
For ages 13 – 18
Tuesdays at 3:00 p.m. (Gaming)
Animal Crossing with Thursdays at 3:00 p.m. (Chat)
Stay on task with us on
Tuesdays on Discord.
The Library It’s harder than ever lately to hang with friends
For ages 11 – 18 outside of school, so come join our Discord server!
Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m. on Animal Crossing: Join The Library and other teens from the community
New Horizons on Discord, a safe communication app, on Tuesdays
Join us at our newest library location in Animal after school as we game together, and Thursdays
Crossing: New Horizons as we gather virtually to after school to chat and hangout. Who knows, maybe
play games, exchange items, and hang out on our you’ll join one of our other Discord-based programs
library island. Drop in any time between 3:30 p.m. along the way!
and 5:00 p.m. every Tuesday! You’ll need a device with microphone and optional camera
You’ll need your own Nintendo Switch and Animal to join. Due to Discord’s terms of service, participants
Crossing: New Horizons game to participate. must be at least 13.
1.5 hours. 2 hours.
Registrants will be emailed the weekly Dodo Code to Registration is required. Registrants will be emailed a
access our island the day of the program. Discord link and further instructions.
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To sign up for programs requiring registration, visit dcls.org/events or call 717.234.4961 and choose option 6.Family Programs
To participate, you’ll need a computer or mobile device with microphone
and optional camera.
Family Paint Party
For families with children of all ages
Saturday, May 15 at 10:00 a.m. on Zoom
Thursday, May 20 at 6:00 p.m. on Zoom
Join us for a virtual paint party! A simple, seasonal,
family-friendly project will be explained step-by-step.
We will use many supplies that can be found around
the house. Supply lists will be emailed to participants
in advance.
About 30 minutes.
Registration is required and limited. Registrants will be
emailed a Zoom link, password, and further instructions.
Take a StoryWalk®
with The Library!
For families with children of all ages Plein Air Family Paint-along
Visit one of two StoryWalk® locations to with the Ned Smith Center
read a story together as you walk and play.
Stories will be changed seasonally, so
for Nature and Art
For families with children of all ages
come back often! Saturday, May 22 at 1:00 p.m.
The Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art
The Ned Smith Center for Nature 176 Water Company Rd., Millersburg, PA 17061
and Art “Plein air painting” is a French term for simply painting
176 Water Company Rd., Millersburg, PA 17061 outside – and where better to discover your artistic
Take Smitty’s Locust Loop trail to read Quiet interests than outside at the Ned Smith Center among
Bunny’s Many Colors by Lisa McCue. the flowers and trees? Join The Library for a paint-
along workshop led by Jhane Kunkel, local artist
The Capital Area Greenbelt and Director of East Hanover Township Parks and
Park on Elliot Street across from Quigley’s Tavern. Recreation. With Jhane’s guidance, families will create
Cross over Cameron Street at the crosswalk, and individual pieces of art that come together to form one
follow the Greenbelt along Spring Creek to read cohesive piece inspired by nature.
Hooray for Spring by Kazuo Iwamura. 2 hours.
Registration is required and limited. Call the Ned Smith
Center at 717-692-3699 to register.
Earth Day Upcycle
For families with children of all ages
Saturday, April 17 at 10:00 a.m. on Zoom
Thursday, April 22 at 6:00 p.m. on Zoom
Hear a story about our amazing planet and join
us for some craft activities based on Earth Day,
all using upcycled materials that you’ll be able to
snag from around your house. Supply lists will be
emailed to participants in advance.
About 30 minutes.
Registration is required and limited. Registrants
will be emailed a Zoom link, password, and further
instructions.
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To sign up for programs requiring registration, visit dcls.org/events or call 717.234.4961 and choose option 6.Go With the Flow
Menstruation Celebration!
For ages 13 – 18
Products
Friday, May 14 at 4:00 p.m. on Zoom
The 4 Phases
Friday, May 21 at 4:00 pm. on Zoom
Personal Values/Sexual Boundaries
Friday, May 28 at 4:00 p.m. on Zoom
May 28th is Menstruation Hygiene Day, and we think
that is something worth celebrating! Join us and
Community Educator from Hamilton Health Center’s
HOPE Program, Kourtney Rider, as she compares
different products, explains the 4 phases of the cycle,
and discusses personal values/sexual boundaries. This
program, spread out over 3 weeks, gives you a chance
to ask your own questions and get answers about a
traditionally taboo topic. All genders welcome!
1 hour.
Registration is required and limited. Registrants will be
emailed a Zoom link, password, and further instructions.
Leave One/Take One
Product Drive
A big problem that menstruators face is access
to products such as tampons, pads, and cups.
You can help change that! During May, all
Libraries will be accepting menstrual health
products as donations. In addition, much
like our Winter “Warm Hands, Warm Hearts”
initiative, those in need of products will be able
to take what they need. At the end of the month,
whatever is left will be donated to a local shelter.
Help us end period poverty in our community.
For more information on period poverty, snap the QR code
globalcitizen.org/en/content/period-poverty-everything-you-need-to-know
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To sign up for programs requiring registration, visit dcls.org/events or call 717.234.4961 and choose option 6.Financial Literacy
Money Smart Week
For ages 18+
Saturday, April 10 through Saturday, April 17
We’re joining the American Library Association in celebrating Money Smart Week.
This week-long free virtual campaign aims to help people better manage their
personal finances with a focus on those hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Register at www.moneysmartweek.org. Events are free and open to the public,
but registration is advised. Questions for the panelists can be submitted
during the registration process. 1 hour.
This year’s line-up includes:
• Saturday, April 10 at 11:00 a.m. • Wednesday, April 14 at 2:00 p.m.
Talking Cents with University of Chicago Financial Fraud Protection with Internal Revenue Service
Education Initiative
• Thursday, April 15 at 2:00 p.m.
• Sunday, April 11 at 11:00 a.m. Personal Finance with Global Financial Literacy
Saving with FINRA Investor Education Foundation Excellence Center
• Monday, April 12 at 1:00 p.m. • Friday, April 16 at 1:00 p.m.
Basic Banking with The Economic Housing Protections & Resources with Consumer
Awareness Council Financial Protection Bureau
• Tuesday, April 13 at 1:30 p.m. • Saturday, April 17 at 11:30 a.m.
Student Loans with U.S. Department of Education, Budgeting with University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Federal Student Aid Division of Extension
From homework help for students to assisting
adults with resume writing, The Library now
offers free online support from a network
of more than 3,000 expert tutors.
Any Dauphin County Library System cardholder
can access Tutor.com through The Library’s
website for a rich array of services thanks to a
Pennsylvania Department of Education grant.
Visit dcls.org to access tutor.com for free!
“A free tutor is a priceless resource. We’re thrilled to offer
this benefit to help Dauphin County residents navigate their
educational journeys, wherever they are in life.”
~ Karen Cullings, Dauphin County Library System Executive Director
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To sign up for programs requiring registration, visit dcls.org/events or call 717.234.4961 and choose option 6.Adult Programs
Registration is required. Registrants will be emailed further
instructions to join the virtual programs.
Animal Crossing: Knit One, Crochet Too!
New Horizons For ages 15+
For ages 18+ Wednesdays, April 28 and May 26 at 6:30 p.m.
Tuesdays, April 20 and May 18 at 4:00 p.m. on Zoom
on Zoom Whether you can whip up a sweater in a day or
Are you an adult who enjoys playing Animal Crossing: you don’t know a knitting needle from a crochet
New Horizons? Looking for new ideas for your island? hook, this class is for you. Gather your supplies
Whether you’ve played for only a few hours or over 100, and join us for an evening of learning and
join us for a relaxing afternoon of island hopping and conversation.
exploration! You’ll need a Nintendo Switch and Animal
1 hour.
Crossing: New Horizons to participate.
2 hours.
Finding Life on Other Worlds
Dungeons and Dragons For ages 15+
For ages 18+ Tuesday, May 4 at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom
Thursdays, April 8 and May 6 at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom We’re going interstellar with our library
Join us for a virtual tabletop game night! We may not be programming! What are the different ways that
able to gather in person to go on adventures, but that scientists are trying to find life on other worlds?
won’t stop us from exploring. Never played a tabletop Science journalist Robert Naeye has the answers.
game? That’s okay! We’re more than happy to help you
learn—the more the merrier! Robert Naeye is an award-winning freelance
journalist and former editor in chief of Sky &
1 hour. Telescope and Mercury magazines. He has
authored two books and contributed to three
Tea Tasting with Thomasina’s others, including NASA’s official 50th Anniversary
volume. He has authored many hundreds of
Health & Wellness articles on astronomy and other topics and
For ages 18+ edited many hundreds of others. He also worked
Wednesday, April 21 at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom for NASA for 16 months at its Goddard Space
Join us for a tea tasting with Thomasina’s Health & Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Wellness! Owners Thomas-Lee and Satina Thomas
will guide participants through a sampling of four tea 1 hour.
blends. They have been practicing Master Herbalists
for a combination of 7 years. The two studied practices lizabethville Library Lively Minds Workshops are
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that were passed to them from teachers around the made possible by the Carole DeSoto Endowment
globe and use these simple wellness herbs everyday with support by the Friends of Elizabethville
within their home and with family and friends. Library and benefactor Jane C. Esterline.
Registrants will be notified when Library
Tea Samplers can be picked up at any of our
library locations.
1 hour.
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Device Club
For ages 18+
Fridays, April 9 and May 14 at 1:00 p.m.
on Zoom
Lawyers in Libraries:
Android for Beginners I (April) Civil Legal Services
Are you getting the most out of your For ages 18+
android smartphone or tablet? If you find Join MidPenn Legal Services and the Dauphin
notifications, settings, and apps confusing County Bar Association for informational
or overwhelming, join us on Zoom for an sessions about navigating your civil legal
introduction to android devices. We’ll cover needs. After a general presentation at the
basic settings, adding/removing apps, start, participants can ask their specific
managing notifications, and some other questions to local attorneys.
basics every android user should know. 1 hour.
Android for Beginners II (May)
You’ve tackled basic settings, apps and How to Handle Custody Conflicts
notifications. Now what? Join us on Zoom Thursday, April 29 at 5:30 p.m. on Zoom
for a continuation of android basics. Learn A presentation and Q&A with Attorneys
how to share photos, organize your apps, Lyndsay Conforto and Pamela Fleck of
customize your screen, and keep your MidPenn Legal Services.
phone more secure. We’ll also cover some
of the options that are available to make What You Need to Know About
your phone easier to use if you have vision, PA Unemployment Compensation
hearing, or dexterity issues. Thursday, May 27 at 5:30 p.m. on Zoom
1 hour. Send your questions with A presentation and Q&A with Nick Matash,
the subject line “Device Club” to Managing Attorney of MidPenn Legal Services.
EventsCoordinator@dcls.org.
Job Seeker Resources
Power Your Job Search with
Google Tools Spanish
For ages 18+ Language
Thursday, May 13 at 1:00 p.m.
on Google Meet
Conversation
The Library teamed up with Grow with Google Group
to help out job seekers. In this workshop, For ages 15+
participants will discover new job opportunities Wednesdays, April 28 and May 26 at 12:00 p.m.
using Google Search, and learn how to organize on Zoom
and enhance their job search experience using Join us for an hour of Spanish conversation,
Google Workspace tools. facilitated by Dr. Hector Ortiz. Whether you are a
native Spanish speaker or you are just beginning
If you do not already have a Google account, to learn the language, we welcome you to come
we recommend that you create one prior to together in community and conversation.
the program so you can walk through the
steps with the presenter. 1 hour.
1 hour.
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Registration is required. Registrants will be emailed a Zoom link,
password, and further instructions.
Reading the Rainbow Book Club
For ages 18+
Ever wished there was a book club that featured LGBTQ+ protagonists and works
by LGBTQ+ authors? We’ll read the gamut: Science Fiction, YA, Graphic Novels,
Contemporary Fiction – as long as it’s good (and queer)! 1 hour.
This program is proudly supported by
The Friends of Alexander Family Library.
The Dragon of Ynys
by Minerva Cerridwen
Tuesday, April 13 at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom
Every time something goes missing from the village, Sir Violet, the local
knight, makes his way to the dragon’s cave and negotiates the item’s
return. It’s annoying, but at least the dragon is polite.
But when the dragon hoards a person, that’s a step too far. Sir Violet
storms off to the mountainside to escort the baker home, only to find
a more complex mystery—a quest that leads him far beyond the cave.
Accompanied by the missing baker’s wife and the dragon himself, the
dutiful village knight embarks on his greatest adventure yet.
Fadeout
by Joseph Hansen
Tuesday, May 11 at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom
When entertainer Fox Olson’s car plunges off a bridge in a
storm, a death claim is filed, but where is Olson’s body? As Dave
Brandstetter, an insurance investigator, questions family, fans, and
detractors, he grows certain Olson is still alive and that Dave must
find him before the would-be killer does.
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Celebrate Jewish American
Heritage Month
For ages 18+
Thursday, May 13 at 6:00 p.m. on Zoom
Join us for an informative presentation about
Jewish American Heritage in Dauphin County with
Dr. Simon Bronner, Dr. Andrea Lieber, and Jennifer
Ross. Beginning with a history of Jewish migration
in and around the greater Harrisburg area, the
conversation will then move into a discussion of
modern-day space making in the Jewish community,
particularly as this pertains to the disruption caused
by the pandemic. Presenters will also discuss
interfaith efforts to engage with the community
in order to create a social culture that is inclusive
and inviting.
Mental Health Series 1 hour.
Your mental health is just as important as your
physical health. This series explores different
NEWS
activities designed to help you relax and relieve
stress. The series also includes informational
sessions from licensed professionals.
Just Talk About It
For ages 15+
Wednesday, May 12 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom
A clinician from Minding Your Mind will join us to
discuss the signs and symptoms of the mental
health issues most prevalent in adolescents
through young adulthood, and how these differ Social Media Literacy:
from your typical teenage behavior.
Identifying Misinformation
A young adult speaker will then share a real-life For ages 18+
story that takes the clinician’s information and Wednesday, May 19 at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom
turns it into relatable experiences. Just Talk Join Linda Beck as she outlines her interest in social
About It is an inclusive introduction to mental media fact-checking and highlights issues with
health issues that will educate participants getting news via social media. Her presentation
to look beyond stigma and notice warning will focus on how you (and others) can become a
signs of stress, anxiety, depression, and crisis. part of the solution rather than the problem. You will
This program is an opportunity for adults to receive specific takeaways for your personal benefit,
be educated on the signs and symptoms of a as well as tools to increase social media literacy in
mental health issue, providing knowledge to act your community.
before a crisis hits. 1 hour.
1.5 hours.
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Join us by either signing in to your Beanstack account from last year or registering
online at dcls.org/src if you’re a first-time participant.
What else is going on at The Library this summer?
We’ll have virtual performers, like jugglers, cartoonists, and more for kids.
Join a book club, learn about your backyard garden, and more for adults.
Meet Amy June Bates
Saturday, June 12, 2021 • 10:00 a.m. on Zoom
Meet author/illustrator Amy June Bates, our virtual author in residence
Amy June Bates
for the summer. She’ll be doing 4 illustration focused programs for
us throughout the summer, and we’ll be celebrating her books and
illustrations in the libraries.
Hear Amy talk about her books, the process for writing and illustrating
them, and take a peek at her home studio. There will also be an
opportunity for questions and answers. Each family in attendance
will receive a copy of her book The Big Umbrella to keep.You can also read
