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NEWS FROM THE BRANCH
North Highlands-Antelope Library
News and Featured Events: January-February 2018
We have A LOT of new programming and special events planned in the next couple of months! Our monthly calendar of events can always be found online via the Sacramento Public Library website. You’ll find the events listed below as well as all of our regular ongoing events for kids, teens, adults, and families!
SPECIAL EVENTS
Prom Drive - Donate gently used formal wear, including dresses, suits, shoes, and other accessories to the North Highlands-Antelope Library during open hours. All sizes needed, menswear especially encouraged. The clothing drive continues through February. On March 9 items will be given away to local teens, just in time for spring dances and prom season!
Friends Quarterly Meeting - Support your library by attending the Friends of the North Highlands-Antelope Library Board meeting. Open to the public, newcomers welcome! 11am Wednesday, January 17.
Frankenstein Film Festival - The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley was first published in 1818. Commemorate the 200th anniversary with us as we enjoy a whole festival of film adaptations inspired by the original story. All movies (and popcorn!) are FREE!
- 3:30pm Wed., Jan. 24: I, Frankenstein (2014)
- 3pm Sat., Jan. 27: Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
- 5:30pm Wed., Jan. 31: Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- 12pm Wed., Feb. 7: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994)
- 4pm Fri., Feb. 9: Frankenweenie (2012)
- 3pm Sat., Feb. 10: Frankenstein with Boris Karloff (1931)
Friends Book Sale - The Friends of the North Highlands-Antelope Library will be having a book sale in the library Community Room. There will be hardbacks, paperbacks, children's books, DVDs and more. Most books are priced between $.50 and $2. Proceeds from the book sale will be used to purchase Lucky Day materials for the branch and will help fund library programming. 1-6pm Friday, February 2; 10am-3pm Saturday, February 3.
History of 20th Century Fox - Celebrate the centenary of 20th Century Fox Studios with Michael Troyan, author of the studio’s newly published first official history: 20th Century Fox: A Century of Entertainment. This fun presentation includes movie clips and several behind the scenes stories that span from Shirley Temple to Star Wars, Will Rogers to the X-Men, Marilyn Monroe to the Planet of the Apes and The Grapes of Wrath (1940) to Hidden Figures (2016). 6pm Tuesday, February 13.
NEW PROGRAMS
One-on-One Tech Help - Need help setting up and using email? Having trouble downloading ebooks? Want to learn how to use Microsoft Word or Excel? Drop by the library on Saturday mornings from 10am to 12pm to get your tech questions answered. 10am-12pm every Saturday.
Classics & Coffee Club - This book group will feature monthly titles picked directly from the exclusive Core Classics collection at the North Highlands-Antelope Library. What makes a book a “classic”? Why do some titles have relevance that reflects our values and culture through the years? Why are high school and college students still reading these? How does literature stay meaningful? Come discuss these ideas and more, a new title will be picked every month. Meetings take place at 1pm on the 2nd Saturday of every month (January 13 and February 10).
Minecraft - Enjoy playing Minecraft? Never played, but always wanted to? Each player will have their own computer to build and show off their wondrous creations. Kids and teens are welcome. 4pm every 3rd Tuesday of the month (January 16 and February 20).
Veterans Resource Station - Access your veteran benefits! Vets and their families are welcome to visit with a trained volunteer Veteran Resource specialist. This is an opportunity to find out about your benefits and learn how to access them. Get a free copy of the California Veterans Resource Book. Volunteer help for Veterans is available 3-5pm on the 3rd Wednesday of every month (January 17 and February 21).
HOLIDAY CHEER
We hope you have enjoyed the wonderful decorations around the library over the holiday season. Kudos to our Library Assistant Cindy for her creativity and keeping things festive for all our staff, Friends, and patrons! We get many compliments on the special bookish flair, which has also been frequently highlighted on the Sacramento Public Library’s social media accounts.
- Kristi Powell, Branch Supervisor
FRIENDS FIRST QUARTERLY MEETING OF 2018 SET
Join the North Highlands-Antelope Friends of the Library for our first meeting of the year, Wednesday, January 17 at 11:00 am in the library’s Community Room. We will be adopting a budget for 2018, electing new officers to serve this year, and discussing our goals and objectives for the year.
The last two years, we have held a successful tea. Discussion about whether to continue this event will be on the agenda.
The last two years, we have held a successful tea. Discussion about whether to continue this event will be on the agenda.
One activity that the Friends will be repeating this year is Book First, which is managed by Sacramento Public Library and funded by the Friends. This year, first graders in seventeen schools will receive a free book thanks to Book First. Children’s librarian, Denise Lee, is arranging classroom visits now, so we will be looking for seven or eight volunteers to go with her to one or two of these visits. This is a small commitment of time, less than an hour, with an enormous payback, since this is one of the most rewarding volunteer activities I have been involved with as a Friend.
And we hope you will support us again during this year’s Big Day of Giving in May. Each year, we have raised more money, allowing us to visit more schools and give away more books to first graders. Let’s strive to make sure that each and every first grader in the city and county receives their free book!
BOOK SALE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Our first book sale of the year is coming up and we hope to recruit lots of teen and adult volunteers. As weekly lobby sales have declined, the quarterly book sales are even more important to meet our budget goals. Remember, everything we raise is used by the North Highlands-Antelope library to fund Lucky Day books and the exciting programs developed by library staff.
We will once again work to recruit teens to take the boxes out of the closet on Thursday afternoon for easy set up. We are hoping for a dozen volunteers on Friday morning, February 2 at 9:30 to arrange boxes or books on the tables. The first sales shift is noon to 3:00 pm and the second shift is 3:00 - 6:00 pm. Saturday’s sales shifts are 10:00 - 1:00 and 1:00 to close. If you only have one hour to donate, Saturday from 3:00 - 4:00 pm is the hour that all books are either re-shelved, boxed to go to The Book Den or stored in the closet till the next sale in May.
Book sales are a lot of fun, each volunteer gets a free book of their choice, and it’s a great way to help our community. Contact Karen Lindh at 916.591.7269 or karen.lindh@icloud.com for more information or to select a shift to work during the sale.
FRIENDS OF SACRAMENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY TO HOLD COMBINED ALL FRIENDS AND ANNUAL MEETING IN FEBRUARY
The Friends of Sacramento Public Library will hold the organization’s Annual Meeting on Sunday, February 11 at 1:00 pm at the Arden Dimick branch library. At this meeting, we will hear from Rivkah Sass about the library’s goals and objectives for 2018, get an update on Friends’ activities, including Book First and Big Day of Giving, and hold elections for the officers and Board to serve in 2018.
There will be time for branch sharing at the meeting. By combining the Annual Meeting with the winter All Friends meeting, we hope to be more effective and efficient.
While most of us participate in Friends to serve our local library, it is important to know that we are part of an organization that serves all 28 branch libraries! More information will be forthcoming about the Annual Meeting within the next week or so.
