THE HTFL CONNECTION July 24 - August 6, 2022
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Note from the Director
We hope this message finds you keeping cool during this heat wave. The Library is nice and cool, so stop by for a book, a Roku with streaming services like Hulu, HBO Max, and Disney +, or an ereader loaded with all the latest best-sellers! Don’t want to venture out in the heat? Access our digital services from your home including Libby and Hoopla to download ebooks, audiobooks, music, and movies!
Our Summer Reading program has been extremely successful this summer with kids, teens, and adults participating. At the midway point, 64 teens have reviewed 64 books; 93 adults have reviewed 170 books; and 291 children have read a whopping 68,273 minutes! All participants are entered each week for prizes for their reading. We have had 8 adult winners, 4 teen winners, and more children winners than we can count! Our staff has also been participating in their own summer reading program and have been crossing off books from their to be-read-list. It is not too late to participate in the Library’s Summer Reading program. Stop by the Library today and sign up!
The Library continues to expand our program offerings to patrons both in the building and virtually. Recently we have been able to offer some hybrid programs where participants have the option to attend in the building or on Zoom. We are able to do this with some new technology, including a 180 degree camera and a multi-directional microphone that we were able to purchase through a grant we received from the Pennsylvania Humanities Council. On Tuesday, July 26 at 7 pm we will be offering a hybrid history talk entitled: American Dreams; How Baby Boomers Changed the US presented by local historian Jim Segrave-Daly. Participants can attend in our Community Room as well as on Zoom. Registration is required for both. To register and learn more about the program, click here.
You may have noticed that we were closed for part of last week due to a power outage. We are sorry for the inconvenience, but we wanted to send out a big “THANK YOU” to Haverford Township for their support and due diligence in getting our power up and running again! Now that we are open again, we hope to see you in the building soon!
Warm regards,
Sukrit Goswami, Library Director
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Oceans of Possibilities - Summer Reading for All |
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Oceans of Possibilities
Summer Reading for Kids, Teens, and Adults
Monday, June 20 - Friday, August 12
Adults
Do you love to read?
Do you love getting prizes for reading?
Welcome to our Oceans of Possibilities adult summer reading program for 2022! Where you can read books, fill out a bingo card, submit reviews and win
prizes! How? It's easy! To find out more, click here
Kids
Register for Summer Reading at the Children's Desk. Reporting will begin the week of June 20 and continue through August 12. There are reading challenges for all ages, and just by reading you will earn prizes! There will be other fun surprises throughout the summer, so check in often!
See the Children’s librarians to sign up!
For more information about Children's Summer Reading, click here.
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Sounds of Summer Concert Series |
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Sounds of Summer Concert Series - Last one of the Season!
Friday, August 5— Hillbillies of Cohesion (Bluegrass)
7:30 - 9:00 pm
Merwood Park (Wynnefield Dr, Havertown)
Join us for music under the trees at Merwood Park. Bring a blanket or a camping chair to listen to this amazing bluegrass band!
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Adult Services Highlights |
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History Talk: American Dreams; How Baby Boomers Changed the US (Hybrid)
Tuesday, July 26 - 7:00 pm
Community Room and Zoom
Join local historian Jim Segrave-Daly for a lively discussion of how Baby Boomers remade America. The birth of the Boomers transformed the nation in a post-war world, when peace and prosperity reigned. We’ll look at the economic, cultural & political changes brought on by the Baby Boom generation.
Registration required for both in person and Zoom. To register click here.
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Friday Movie Matinee - Being the Ricardos
Friday, August 5 - 1:00 pm
Community Room
Join us for this movie screening in our building! For August, we will be showing Being the Ricardos.
About Being the Ricardos (131 minutes, Rated R) 2021:
During one production week of “I Love Lucy” — from Monday table read through Friday audience taping — Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem) face a series of personal and professional crises that threaten their show, their careers and their marriage, in writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s behind-the-scenes drama.
Registration required and space is limited. To register, click here.
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HOOK A BOOK: Summer Adult Book Club
Monday, Wednesday, August 17 - 7:00 pm
On Zoom
Fishing for a great read?
Don’t miss the boat this summer!
The Haverford Township Free Library is pleased to offer a summer book club featuring two of the HOTTEST titles in fiction. Join us for this book club!
For August, we’ve selected the novel One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle. It is a powerful novel about the transformational love between mothers and daughters set on the breathtaking Amalfi Coast.
To Register: Sign up for one or both book clubs at the Reference Desk.
A limited number of copies of the books are available to borrow. The books are also available free on Libby and our e-readers.
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Adult Calendar
Monday, July 25
Tuesday, July 26
Wednesday, July 27
Thursday, July 28
Friday, July 29
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Wednesday, August 3
Friday, August 5
*Registration Required
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Youth Services Highlights
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Interactive Movie Kit - Finding Dory
Month of July
Kits still left!
Pick up a Finding Dory interactive movie bag at the library with script and activities included to enhance your enjoyment of the movie. Copies of the movie are available to be borrowed from the library, or can be streamed using Disney+. Don’t have Disney+? You can check out one of our Rokus with Disney+ included!
One kit has enough materials for 4 participants.
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Kids & Teen Calendar
Monday, July 25
Tuesday, July 26
Wednesday, July 27
Thursday, July 28
(Powder Mill Park, Powder Mill Lane)
Friday, July 29
Saturday, July 30
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Monday, August 1
Tuesday, August 2
Wednesday, August 3
Thursday, August 4
Friday, August 5
Saturday, August 6
*Registration Required
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Virtual Programming on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube
Library programming and virtual service videos are on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube! Click here to access the Library’s Facebook page (you don’t have to have a Facebook account) where you can “like” the Library’s page to get updates about our programs and services. You can even watch programs in real-time through Facebook and Instagram Live.
Don’t do Facebook or Instagram? No problem! Subscribe to our YouTube channel and access our videos any time!
If you need help setting up a Facebook or Instagram account or accessing YouTube, HTFL Reference Librarians are here to help! Call the Library at 610-446-3082 x. 503.
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Haverford Township Historical Society
Nitre Hall Open House
Sunday, July 31 - 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Karakung Drive
Admission is FREE, with docent-led tours of the historic house of Nitre Hall Powder Works co-owner and powder master William Rogers.
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Thank You to Our Sponsors |
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Thank You to our Sponsors |
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