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Portland Library
20 Freestone Avenue
Portland, CT 06480
860-342-6770
Portland
Library's
2009 Summer
Reading Club
Creativity Makes the Ordinary...Extraordinary!
Let’s all get
Back to Basics
and
Be
Creative @ the Portland Library
during the
2009 summer reading program! The Summer Reading Program is for readers and
pre-readers. Participants agree to read or to be read to for at least 15
minutes a day and record their achievements in 7 day blocks.
Incentives
will be offered at 7 day intervals, and themed special events will help
keep kids reading all summer! Registration begins
Saturday, June 20th
and is ongoing!
Opening Event
Connecticut Concert
Ballet
presents: Sous la Mer
(Under the Sea)
Families with children of all ages are invited to join us on
Saturday, June 20th at 1:00 p.m. at the Portland High School
to help kick off our
2009 summer reading program! The dancers from
Connecticut Concert Ballet
will present
a performance of
Sous la Mer, a
beautiful fairy tale filled with mermaids, sea-sprites, starfish, and
seahorses. After the performance, there will be a question and answer
session and photo opportunities with the dancers.
No registration is required.
Children and teens will be able to sign up for the
Be Creative @ Your Library
and
Express
Yourself
reading programs at the event.
Mondays
Judy Moody & Stink Event
Monday, July 20th at 1:00 p.m.
Children going into
2nd
grades and up
are
invited to celebrate the hilarious
Judy Moody and
Stink series by
award-winning author, Megan McDonald. Let’s get together to talk about our
favorite books, make a Judy Moody project, play a Stink game, and top it
all off with an ice
cream!
Registration is required.
Freestyle Frisbee
Monday, July 27th from 6:00-7:00 p.m.
World Class Freestyle
Champion,
Todd Brodeur
will be here to share his sport with a program for families with children of
all ages. A demonstration of a sampling of simple Frisbee tricks,
progressing into harder moves and combinations will be featured. Everyone
will get into the act when Todd teaches some Frisbee tricks and games that
anyone can try.
Registration is required.
Tuesdays
Color Your World Story Time
Tuesdays at 11:00 a.m.
June 23, 30, July 7, 14, 21, 28
An Imaginative Story Time for
children ages 0-5 years old
with a parent or
caregiver. Don’t forget to bring a bag lunch.
No registration required.
Hartford Stage
Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m.
Session 2: July 21, 28, August 4,
Students going into grades 4 and up
have an unique
opportunity this summer to work with the staff of the Hartford Stage.
Students may sign up for one, three week session. Participants must commit
to all three dates in the session. Sessions will cover the basics of script
reading, costuming, and stage make-up. Each session will culminate in a
public performance at the Library.
Registration is required.
***Free public performance
will take place on
Tuesdays,
August 4th in the Mary Flood Room at the Library.
No registration is required for the performance.
All ages are welcome to attend.
Wednesdays
Arts Alive!
Wednesdays, July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29,
from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m.
Children going
into
grades K and up
are invited to join us
as we welcome weekly
special guests
to come and share their
own individual
creativity and,
in turn, teach us to think
creatively and
find our own special spark.
Registration is required.
Schedule
of Events:
July 1: Make Something Wednesday!
Get creative with local artists!
July 8: Hartford Symphony Petting Zoo
Students are invited to bang, blow, pluck and strike real instruments with
the help of the HSO "Zoo Keepers."
July 15: Vinny’s Jump ‘n Jive
Staff from Vinny’s Jump ‘n Jive will be here for a
Hip Hop
dance
exhibition and
workshop.
July 22: Children’s Museum Visit
Museum Staff, and some of it’s rather unique residents, will be here today
to help spread awareness of an important issue,
Endangered Species.
They will talk about some of the
creative ways
people are saving these animals, and we will get the opportunity to meet
some of them.
July 29: Vinny’s Jump ‘n Jive
Once again, the talented staff from Vinny’s Jump ‘n Jive will be here, this
time for a
Break Dancing
exhibition
and workshop.
Thursdays
Nia
Dance
Thursdays at 2:00 p.m.
July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 August 6
Children ages 4 and up
will meet Miss Kim,
from Kimnetics Nia, for a weekly, afternoon of enlightenment. These classes
will expose your child to Nia’s wonderful eclectic music and nine different
movement forms from dance from arts, martial arts, and yoga traditions.
Registration is required and will be done on a
weekly basis. Limit: 2
sessions per person.
Camp Half-Blood:
Thursday, July 30th from 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Fans of Rick
Riordan’s
The Lightning Thief
series rejoice!
Children
going into 4th grade and up
are invited to join us at
Camp Half Blood
for an afternoon
adventure like none you have ever witnessed before! Students are asked to
read one, or all of the books in the Percy Jackson series in preparation for
this event.
Multiple copies of the books are available for loan at the Library.
Registration is required.
Final Event
Playtivity:
Tuesday, August 11th at 6:30 p.m. at the Portland Library
Husband and wife team,
Craig and Virginia Norton will be bringing their Playtivity workshop to the
Library to help us top off our summer of creativity!
Combining the spirit of play, with music, and a variety of creative arts,
Playtivity workshops are pure enrichment- interactive, musical, creative,
expressive and, most of all, fun. Music and
multi-cultural themes will be infused throughout the program, bringing all
participants together in a creative community adventure.
Registration is Required.
Quick Note:
Registrations for all events requiring advance registration will
begin on
June 20th and
be on-going all
summer. Register
on-line, or call the
Library, and a staff member will help you.
Summer Reading Volunteers
Students going into grades 5 and up are eligible to volunteer this
summer at the Library. An informational meeting for potential volunteers
will be held on Tuesday, June 16th from
6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Library. Parents are encouraged to attend.
If you cannot attend this meeting
but wish to help out at the Library, stop by the
Youth Services’ Desk
at your earliest convenience and pick up an
application,
click here, or email Gail Pititto at
gpititto@portlandct.org
for more information. The last day to turn in volunteer forms will be
June 17th.
In
addition… for every hour that you volunteer your service at the
Library, we will give you one
raffle ticket for a chance to win WEEKLY prizes! The more you volunteer
every week, the better your chances are to win free movie tickets, passes to
mini-golf, free day passes to the quarries, and more!
Volunteering at the Library looks REALLY good on
future job applications.
Last
updated
07/01/2009!
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