AUGUST
 2017
NEWS & NOTES
A monthly newsletter to keep you informed.

Now is the Time to Get Creative at the NEW Maker Space!
The  Maker  Space at the Wyckoff Library is a place for community members to connect, discover, and create.  The library strives to provide enriching opportunities for people to learn new skills and collaborate.  The  Maker  Space will provide access to a variety of tools that allow patrons to make, explore, and tinker.  Acquiring basic technology skills is essential in the 21st century. Libraries are a logical place for the community to come together to learn and explore technology-new and old.

The library received a grant from State Farm to create a Maker Space. Residents helped to secure the grant through voting online. Additional support for equipment has been given from the Friends of the Wyckoff Library.

Click HERE to learn more about what cool things you can create at the Maker Space and Upcoming Events in August!
Tiny Books, Big Ideas
Saturday, August 5, 1-4 pm
An all ages miniature book-making workshop

The workshop will be lead by  Maya Stein and Amy Tingle, founders of The Creativity Caravan, a creative arts studio, gallery, and "imaginarium."

They hope to bring creativity to communities everywhere; to nourish the mind and body with writing and art, to design collaborative environments for learning, and to foster relationships with other artists and writers.
Crepe Paper Flower Tutorial 
Thursday, August 10, 7-8:30 pm

Learn how to make  Crepe and Tissue 
Paper Peonies and Poppies

Maker Space class for adults.

Advance Registration Required. Please register on the event calendar at wyckofflibrary.org, at the Reference Desk or by calling the library at 201-891-4866, option 2.
Summer Watercolor Painting Workshop
With Artist Rosemarie Crabtree
Tuesday, August 15, 6:00 pm, 
Monroe Room

Build on skills already acquired or learn new techniques and create a painting. Each student must bring a pencil, an eraser, and a pad of 140-pound watercolor paper at least 11 inches by 14 inches in size. Paints and brushes will be provided, but students are also welcome to bring their own paints.  Space is limited to 20. Please register on our website's events calendar or at the reference desk (201-891-4866, option 2).
Summer Tech Classes
 
Smartphones and Tablets
Monday, August 21 from 10:00-12:00 
Thursday, August 31 from 10:00-12:00 

Get basic help  with  your smartphone or tablet. 

Call or email Veronica (201-891-4866, ext. 206veronica.potenza@wyckoff. bccls.org) to sign up for a one-on-one half hour session.

What's Cooking? Cook Book Club
Thursday, September 14, Monroe Room, 7-8 pm
Do you like to try new recipes? Join us for the next meeting of a new book group!

Stop by to check out a copy of this month's featured cookbook,  The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Dinnertime: Comfort Classics by Ree Drummond,  at the Reference Desk. Find a recipe you'd like to make. Bring your completed dish to the meeting. Prepare enough for about 15 small servings. We will be sampling all the dishes and discussing the cookbook. This program will be held in September and November.

Registration required. Limited to Wyckoff resident, 18 years and older. 

Register on our website, wyckofflibrary.org, at the Reference Desk or by phone at 201-891-4866, option 2.
Museum Pass Program
American Visionary: John F. Kennedy's Life and Times  is a new exhibition commemorating President John F. Kennedy's private life and public trajectory. Come check out the new exhibit at the  New York Historical Society
on display until January 7, 2018.

One of the most exhaustively researched collections of Kennedy photos ever assembled, it brings together images from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Getty Images, private collections, and the Kennedy family archives that capture public and private moments from Kennedy's life. Some of the photographs on display are iconic; others have rarely been seen.

All of this for FREE through the library's Museum Pass Program! 

 
Fun Stuff for the Kids in August
3D Hot Air Balloon Drop In
Tuesday, August 1
10:00 AM-12 PM
 
Wyckoff children of all ages come and make a 3D hot air balloon!
 
No registration required.
City Winds Trio
The Architecture of Classical Music
Wednesday, August 2
2:00-3:00 pm
 
The trio will play Classical music and show the children how classical music is written: Building a classical song.
Wyckoff children of all ages!
 
Take a Trip....Japan
Thursday, August 3
3:00-4:15 pm
 
Wyckoff children entering grades 1-5
 


Toddler Tales
Friday, August 4
10:30 - 11:00 am
 
Wyckoff children ages 30 months to 3 years with a caregiver come hear stories, sing songs and do a craft.
 

Spinners Drop-In
Saturday, August 5
10:30 am - 1:30 pm
 
If you love fidget spinners stop into the Rizzo Children's Library and make our versions and see how they compare.
 
No registration necessary.

Rhyme Time
Monday, August 7
10:00-10:30
 
Wyckoff children infants-2 1/2 years with a caregiver
 


Third Grade Book Discussion
Monday, August 7
4:15 - 5:00 pm
 
Wyckoff third graders come explore the world with your friends as we read the "Where Is?" series and share what we learn with each other while enjoying a light snack.
 
Stop by the Rizzo Children's Library to register and pick up your book starting July 17.




Introduction to Circuits
Tuesday, August 8
3:00-5:00 pm
 
Wyckoff children entering grades 1-3
Learn how electricity works to power things we use every day.  Then try your hand at making a custom paper card or scene that lights up!
 


Design, Build & Create
Wednesday, August 9
2:00-4:00 pm
 
Wyckoff children of all ages!
No registration required!


Yoga for Kids
Wednesday, August 9
6:00 PM-6:30 PM
 
Wyckoff children in grades 3-5 come and learn some cool yoga poses. Please bring a beach towel or yoga mat, and wear comfortable clothing.
 
Magician Brian Richards
Thursday, August 10
3:00-4:00 pm
 
Wyckoff children of all ages!
Throughout this 45 minute show, your readers and readers-to-be will discover that they can make the world a better place and the tools can be found in the library!
 
Merry Music Makers
Friday, August 11
10:30 - 11:00 am
 
Wyckoff children ages 2 to 3 years with a caregiver.
 
Can you clap up high?  Sing down low?  Tiptoe so quietly?  Join us as we sing, play rhythm instruments, dance and laugh.  Come see just how much fun music can be!
 

Under the Sea Graham Cracker Drop In
Saturday, August 12
10:30-1:00
 
Wyckoff children of all ages
 
No registration required

Sunflower Drop In
Monday, August 14
4:30 - 6:30 pm
 
Wyckoff children of all ages stop into the Rizzo Children's Library and make a sunflower pin or magnet.
 
No registration required.

Rhyme Time
Tuesday, August 15
10:00 AM-10:30 AM
 
Wyckoff children ages infants-2 1/2 years with a caregiver.
 

Circuit Blocks
Tuesday, August 15
3:00-5:00 pm
 
Wyckoff children entering grades 3-5
Hammers & nails.  Batteries & wires.  Learn about basic electrical components and their schematic symbols and construct your own wooden circuit boards!
 

Ocean's Rock
Brand new event from Dinosaur's Rock
Wednesday, August 16
3:00-4:00 pm
 
Wyckoff children of all ages!
Pet a Stingray without getting stung!
Touch a real shark without getting bitten!
Dig and keep fossil shark teeth and more!

Rainbow Loom Bracelets
Thursday, August 17
6:00-6:30 pm or 6:30-7:00 pm
 
Wyckoff children entering grades 3-5
 
Paper Plate Fish Drop In
Saturday, August 19
11:00 AM-2:00 PM
 
Wyckoff children of all ages come and make a paper plate fish that looks like Bookster!
 
No registration required.

Teen/Tween Events for August: Build A Better World
All programs are in the Monroe Room unless otherwise noted, and are open to Wyckoff teens ages 11-18
Teen Craft: Photocube
Thursday, August 3, Monroe Room, 3-4:30 pm

Create and decorate a PHOTOCUBE to display your pictures!

Book Discussion- Shipbreaker
Thursday August 10, 3-4:30 pm

We will be discussion SHIPBREAKER by Bacigalupi, and books will be available at the Library to check out!

Book Discussion- Crossover
Thursday August 24, 3-4:30 pm

Teen Book Discussion of Kwame Alexander's CROSSOVER, with snacks.

2017 Mah Jongg Nights
Second and Fourth Mondays, August, 6:30-8:30 pm
All players must buy the 2017 scoring card
($8) from the National Mah Jongg League.

Upcoming Dates:
August 14 & 28

For more information or to add your name to the contact list, please call Diane Ulrich of the Friends of the Wyckoff Library at 201-891-8275 or email her at dianeulrich@aol.com
Mondays at the Movies 
Monday, August 7, Shotmeyer Room, 2pm

City Slickers (2001, PG-12, 114 min.) comedy starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater,
Jack Palance

Billy Crystal stars in this hilarious film about cowboys, careers and mid-life crises. He's tired of his job and bored with his life. And his two best friends Ed, (Kirby) and Phil (Stern), aren't doing much better. So when they all decide to chase their troubles away with a fantasy vacation, Mitch and his pals trade their briefcases for saddlebags and set out to find freedom and adventure herding cattle under the wide New Mexico sky. But what they discover instead is scorching sun, sore backsides...and more insight into themselves and each other than they ever thought possible.
Monday, August 14, Shotmeyer Room, 
2 pm
  
The Philadelphia Story (1940, 112 min.) comedy, romance starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart,
Ruth Hussey

A society divorcée prepares for her wedding while fending off the advances of her ex and a reporter in playwright Philip Barry's comedy of manners that captures "the privileged class enjoying its privileges."




Monday August 21, Shotmeyer Room, 2 pm

Moonstruck (1987, PG, 102 min.) comedy, romance starring Cher, Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia, Olympia Dukakis,
Danny Aiello

When there's a full moon over Brooklyn, anything can happen, and everything happens in the neighborhood where widowed bookkeeper Loretta Castorini (Cher) lives. A now-classic romantic comedy, Moonstruck won Oscars for Cher, Olympia Dukakis, and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley.





Monday, August 28, Shotmeyer Room, 2 p.m.

Gifted (2017 , PG-13, 101 min.) drama, biography starring Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, Jenny Slate, Octavia Spencer

Frank Adler is a single man raising a child prodigy, his spirited young niece Mary, in a coastal town in Florida. Frank's plans for a normal school life for Mary are foiled when the seven-year-old's mathematical abilities come to the attention of Frank's formidable mother Evelyn, whose plans for her granddaughter threaten to separate Frank and Mary.




Wyckoff Library Friends Book Group Meeting
Tuesday , September 19, 7-8:30 pm
Please join your friends and neighbors for the next Wyckoff Library Friends Book Group 
to discuss Five Days At Memorial by Sheri Fink. on Tuesday September 19 from 7-8:30pm. 

Please pick up a copy of this book at the Reference Desk to check out after August 1.





Essential Oils 101 Class 
Thursday, September 27, Monroe Room, 7 pm

Join Gwen Reyes, essential oils educator, to take the first step in swapping out the toxins in your home and learn the basics of essential oils!

The class will cover what these oils are, their history, how they work and more.
Attendees will also have an opportunity to try out some 100% pure oils.

Registration is limited to Wyckoff residents, age 18 and older. Please register on the events calendar at wyckofflibrary.org, at the library's Reference Desk or by calling the library at 201-891-4866, option 2.