Name: Julie Turner
Date registered: December 17, 2009
Children, Teens and Families are welcome to stop by the Prince George Library from 3:00-5:00pm Saturday, November 12th as ARLS joins thousands of libraries across the countryto celebrate National Gaming Day!
Whether it's the new XBox Kinect or Mario Cart on the BIG screen, Game Day is a blast!
Try out the X-Box Kinect, race a game or two on the Nintendo Wii, or try out one of many board games! Try your hand at classics like Chess, Checkers, and Scrabble or other favorites like Sorry, Clue, and Pictureka!
We even have games for the youngest kids in your family like Candy Land, Chutes and Ladders, and Memory. Don’t forget the popcorn and lemonade!
Join us for the fun!
National Gaming Day is brought to you by ARLS and the American Library Association. Game Day @ Your Library® an initiative that aims reconnect communities through their libraries around the educational, recreational, and social value of all types of games.Gaming is yet another example of how a new format can fulfill the desire to learn, play and yes, read at your library. You can learn more at http://ilovelibraries.org/gaming
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We made a few changes to help you use our website & resources better.
Highlights of this new design include access to all of our pages from the navigation bar and tutorials on “Using the Library” (access your account from there, too).
We will continue to work to improve the quality of our website & services, so please be sure to contact us, or leave a comment on this post if you have questions or feedback.
Permanent link to this article: http://www.arls.org/2011/11/new-arls-org/
St. Joseph’s Villa Flagler Services for Homeless Families will operate a Housing Resource Center (HCR) out of the Hope Center in downtown Petersburg. Services began last month for the Tri-Cities area. The HCR will serve as a point of entry for individuals and families experiencing or at risk of homelessness. The HRC will act as a referral agency offering intake and assessment coordination of housing needs. In addition, it will also offer homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing services such as budget assessment, money management training, and case management in addition to financial assistance via rent and utility assistance. For more information, please contact Katina Williams, Program Manager at Flagler Services or Kimberly Tucker, Director of Family and Community Services.
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Children, Teens and Families are welcome to stop by the Hopewell Library from 3:00-5:00pm Saturday, November 5th to join us for an afternoon of fun at Game Day!
Whether it's the new XBox Kinect or Mario Cart on the BIG screen, Game Day is a blast!
Try out the X-Box Kinect, race a game or two on the Nintendo Wii, or try out one of many board games! Try your hand at classics like Chess, Checkers, and Scrabble or other favorites like Sorry, Clue, and Pictureka!
We even have games for the youngest kids in your family like Candy Land, Chutes and Ladders, and Memory. Don’t forget the popcorn and lemonade!
Join us for the fun!
Permanent link to this article: http://www.arls.org/2011/11/get-your-game-on-at-game-day-2/
Did you know that art thefts are still today a popular criminal activity? Written by a team made up of an art museum security expert, Anthony Amore, and investigative journalist, Tom Mashberg, this fascinating true-life story about famous art heists will entertain you. The Washington Post calls Stealing Rembrandts a “compelling story” and The Christian Science Monitor says it is a “quick and entertaining read.” Check it out.
Want more real-life stories about art heists throughout history and around the world? Join us next Thursday night at 7 pm here in Hopewell for a program we’re bringing you in collaboration with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Click here for more information.
Permanent link to this article: http://www.arls.org/2011/11/stealing-rembrandts-the-untold-stories-of-notorious-art-heists/
Told in the voice of Pen, one of the two girls, this story has many twists and turns. Pen and Will are summoned six years later to their college reunion by Cat- and they respond, because they both need a sort of closure for the deep friendship that was abruptly shattered. But to their mutual shock, Cat is not there. They will have to team up to travel the world in search of her, and they will both have to travel an inner landscape as well, exploring their memories and coming to terms with their pasts and their deepest feelings.
De los Santos is clearly a master craftsman of what we call “character”- and she will often surprise you with a plot twist that then seems inevitable when you think it through. In this, her third novel, she moves beyond the concepts of friendship and family at the heart of her work and seeks to explain and explore the power of love in our lives. With a rich sense of time and the intricacy of human relationships, this novel will please most readers, especially women. But because de los Santos chooses to let the sex and some of the drama happen “off the page” in this story, her work will not appeal to everyone!
Permanent link to this article: http://www.arls.org/2011/11/falling-together/
Pay tribute to our Veterans at the Prince George Library on Thursday, November 10th at 6:00 pm as the library welcomes author James Breig. Mr. Breig is the author of Searching for Sgt. Bailey: Saluting an Ordinary Soldier of World War II which chronicles the life of Army Sgt. James Boisseau Bailey, a Prince George man serving in World War II.
Inspired by letters found in an antique shop, James Breig began to search them for telltale clues to the soldier’s life and for hidden hints about Sgt. Bailey’s fears, worries, and hopes. Through this search Searching for Sgt. Bailey was born and Mr. Breig reclaims one forgotten serviceman from obscurity while also capturing Army life during this time.
Edward Zapletal, publisher for History Magazine, says “It’s a human failing that we take for granted the efforts of those who toil in the background … James Breig gives us reason to pause and live a few moments in the life of Sergeant Bailey, an average World War II soldier. Let’s not forget him or any of the others, regardless of the conflict or the size of their sacrifices.”
Permanent link to this article: http://www.arls.org/2011/10/learn-about-a-prince-george-wwii-veteran-at-the-prince-george-library/
Hopewell Library
Thursday, November 10
7:00 pm
ARLS is partnering with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to bring you Stranger than Fiction: Great Art Heists in History, presented by VMFA’s budget director, Anne Kenny-Urban. Ms. Kenny-Urban has worked in a variety of capacities and venues in the art world, including Christie’s auction house in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Field Museum of Natural History. A native Richmonder, Ms. Kenny-Urban earned an AB in comparative literature from Princeton University as well as a diploma from the Christie’s Fine Arts Course in London. She holds a master’s degree in art history from the University of Chicago and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
This program has been organized by the VMFA Office of Statewide Partnerships and is funded, in part, by the Jean Stafford Camp Memorial Fund.
The library has added several new titles to its collection that illuminate some of the most famous art heists. Check them out.
For more information or to register, please call (804) 458-6329 X 1005 or see the librarian at the Information Desk.
Permanent link to this article: http://www.arls.org/2011/10/stranger-than-fiction-great-art-heists-in-history/
This free event will be fun for the whole family! Bring your own pumpkin to decorate, or come early to pick one from a small number of donated pumpkins. We’ll provide all the decorating materials. Children and parents are encouraged to dress up as a favorite book character and compete for a very special prize in our costume contest. Refreshments will be served.
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Photo by Mandy Arnold
The 2012 presidential campaigns are beginning to build speed; Congress is arguing jobs and spending; and politicians at all levels are sending media messages to build support for their agendas. In the midst of all the political noise, Americans are tasked with the difficult job of sorting through an onslaught of headlines, political promises, and partisan claims. Unless you are a political expert and have several hours each day to devote to research, you may head into the next election misinformed or unsure of your decision. The fact-checkers of PolitiFact and FactCheck.org work to clear up the confusion that surrounds politics. These two organizations conduct expert political research and publish their findings at no cost to the American public. PolitiFact states that their goal is to help Americans “find the truth in politics.” Similarly, FactCheck.org calls itself a “consumer advocate” for voters and “aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics.”
PolitiFact takes a light-hearted approach gauging statements by members of Congress, the president, cabinet secretaries, lobbyists, and others on a “Truth-O-Meter” – True, Mostly True, Half True, Mostly False and False. The most extreme falsehoods receive the lowest rating, Pants on Fire.
FactCheck.org is a highly transparent project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. This sites features articles that explore the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases.
Permanent link to this article: http://www.arls.org/2011/10/best-on-the-web-political-fact-checking/