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April 2021 Programs A Month to Celebrate the Library 310 Tulip St, Liverpool NY 13088 • 315-457-0310 • LPL.org
April Programs
Peer Support for Adults with Type Two Diabetes*
Thursdays, April 15, 22, 29; May 6, 13, 20
10 a.m. • ZOOM
A six-session program to deal with the symptoms of type two diabe-
While the majority of our in-person events are still on hold due to the
tes, including fatigue, pain, hyper/hypoglycemia, stress and emotional
pandemic, we are offering virtual programming via Zoom and Face- problems, and fear and frustration. *Registration required. Supplies will be
book. Reservations are required for most programs. Visit our events mailed to you after registration.
calendar at LPL.org to make a reservation. Check the last page for
how to visit the library in person. Nature Walk with Onondaga Earth Corps*
Thursday, April 15 • 4:30 p.m. • Dinosaur Garden Lawn
Around the World in 90 Days* Meet in the Dinosaur Garden Lawn, then take a safe walk around the
All Month - All Ages Village with guides from Onondaga Earth Corps to identify trees, native
In this month that includes Earth Day on Thursday, April species and invasive species. *Registration required.
22, Around the World in 90 Days wants everybody to
take note about how special our planet is to us all every What’s Cookin’: Cooking with Eggs*
day of our lives. Find challenges, readings and activities to Monday, April 19 • 7 p.m. • ZOOM
honor the Earth in ReadSquared! *Registration required. Experiment with eggs as your main ingredient and share your dishes and
recipes with fellow Zoomers. Related cookbooks will be available at the
April Activity Pack Bonanza!* Earth
Day
Information @ LPL Desk via an LPL Express Visit or Grab It & Go appoint-
Thursday, April 1, All Day ment. Send your recipes to Cindy.Hibbert@LPL.org to be included in our
Take home one activity pack or bundle as many as you like together! Beginning quarantine cookbook. *Registration required.
April 1, call the library at 315-457-0310 to set up Grab It & Go or LPL Express Visit
- while supplies last! Designed for the month of April, the activity packs include: Liverpool Community Gardeners Present: The Right Soil*
April Fun Pack: Designed for teens, tweens, adults and families, this bag Tuesday, April 20 • 7 p.m. • ZOOM
includes activities such as an interactive film, a walking challenge, upcycled Join the Liverpool Community Gardeners for a monthly session on various
craft ideas and more! garden topics. This month, Aaron Buchta will lead a discussion on garden
Poetry Pack: Best for ages 7+, this bag includes everything you need to soil and what will best meet your needs. *Registration required.
make visually stunning poems from a variety of materials.
Destination Earth Travel Bag: This bag will include all kinds of activities and Energy and Our Changing World*
information about the Earth! Thursday, April 22 • 7 p.m. • ZOOM
We often take energy for granted and yet our dependence on energy drives
Let’s Get Trivial* National our existence. Join Liverpool High School Earth Science teacher and geolo-
Monday, April 5 • 7 p.m. • ZOOM Library gist Andrew Calderwood as we explore energy systems and how they keep
Join the masters of information and fun, the LPL staff, at this Week us safe and secure in our ever-changing world. *Registration required.
monthly trivia program designed to chase away the blues. The
program will be held over Zoom. Come with a friendly, competitive attitude 55+: Let Me Get This Straight*
as well as your pencil and paper. *Registration required. Monday, April 26 • 2 p.m. • ZOOM
So much information moves around news outlets and other online sources
Living Library* these days that it’s hard to keep up, or determine what is accurate and what is
Tuesday, April 6 • 5 to 8 p.m. • ZOOM not. We’ll talk about true definitions and the actual wording behind movements
Take a virtual one-on-one visit with a living book … that’s a person who will such as Gay Rights, Black Lives Matter and QAnon as well as terms such as
help us celebrate National Library Week by talking about their religion, eth- social justice, systemic racism and democratic socialism. Learn about what
nicity, gender identification or other diversity. *Registration required. sources lean left, lean right and how to spot fake news. *Registration required.
Citizen Science Challenge Immigration: Let’s Talk About It*
Monday, April 26 • 7 p.m. • ZOOM
Tuesday, April 6, 13, 20, 27 • All Day • ONLINE
Author and University of San Diego Associate Professor Dr. Greg Pietro
We’ll help you be kind to our planet with these weekly activities that promise
will discuss immigrants and immigration in the United States. Dr. Pietro will
to make you a better ecological citizen and feel good about it, too. You’ll
look into historical, economic, legal and racial dimensions of immigration
spot a new challenge weekly on our website events calendar.
in the U.S. *Registration required.
Bookmobile Outreach Day Keep Calm and Craft On!*
Wednesday, April 7 • 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. National
Tuesday, April 27 • 7 p.m. • ZOOM
LPL is doing its part this National Library Week, by having our Library
Celebrate crafting and create! Show off what you’ve been working on,
LPL 2 Go van and book cart pop up at various spots around Week
view our demonstration and take part in our monthly challenge. All sorts
Liverpool. Follow along on social media and our website for of crafts welcome. *Registration required.
when we announce our pop-up locations! Sign up for a library card if you
don’t have one, check out books and see what we bring to give away! Armchair Adventures: Sante Fe and Beyond*
Thursday, April 29 • 1 p.m. • ZOOM
The Bridgerton Affair* Join Tom Henry on his virtual journey to Sante Fe, N.M. In addition to inter-
Thursday, April 8 • 7 p.m. • ZOOM esting points in the city, he’ll stop at Bandelier National Monument, Pecos
Bridgerton first made its way into the minds of the world as an eight-book National Park and the Petroglyphs of Mesa Pietra. *Registration required.
series written by Julia Quinn. Then it became a series popular to binge-watch
Tech Help with Mr. G
on Netflix. Join us for an evening of checking out the characters loosely
based on royal history, looking into music, food, clothes and heart-stopping
moments. *Registration required.
Friday, April 2, 16; Saturday, April 10
The Tragic Attack on the Sewards* 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., noon to 1 p.m., 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Monday, April 12 • 7 p.m. • ZOOM Collaborate @ LPL
Join Seward House Museum Education and Outreach coordinator Zacha- If you’re having trouble with technology, our Mr. G is back
ry Finn as he discusses the night John Wilkes Booth made his way to Ford offering help in the LPL. You must make an appointment.
Theatre and 20-year-old Confederate soldier Lewis Powell assaulted and Due to social distancing guidelines, only one patron is per-
wounded five people in the Washington, D.C., home rented by Secretary of mitted per one-hour time. *Registration required at LPL.org.
State William H. Seward. *Registration required.
Children
Little Learners Activity Packs*
LEGO Club: Earth Edition*
Saturday, April 17
10:30 a.m. • ZOOM
This month our challenges will help celebrate
Earth
Day Homeschooling
Homeschool Hangout*
Thursday, April 1 • All Day Earth Day! Children 5 to 12 can spend 15 minutes
Tuesday, April 6
Geared toward ages 0-5, packs include simple crafts, building the challenge relating to Earth, share 1:30 p.m. • Liverpool Christian Church (LCC)
skill-building activities, daily learning ideas and book with the group and show off a favorite build. Enjoy crafts and games with friends and family
suggestions. Call 315-457-0310 to set up Grab It & Go *Registration required. members in a socially distanced atmosphere. Bring
or LPL Express Visit. Available while supplies last. a blanket to set up you own “home space” at least
six feet from others. LCC is located at 2021 Cold
Book Club for Grades 2-4* Springs Road. *Registration required for each per-
LEGO Club: Spring Edition* Tuesday, April 20, 1:30 or 6:30 p.m. • ZOOM son attending.
Thursday, April 1 • 1 p.m. • ZOOM Discuss the monthly book with other enthusias-
Children 5 to 12 can grab their LEGO and tic readers in the age group. This month’s book
tackle three challenges. Spend 15 min- is Hello Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly. Books
Homeschool STEAM Club Presents:
utes building; share the creation with the are available at the Children’s Desk with an LPL Citizen Science with Onondaga
group; bring your favorite build to show
off to all! *Registration required.
Express Visit or Grab It & Go appointment, or Earth Corps*
digitally via Hoopla or Overdrive with your library
Tuesday, April 13 • 1:30 p.m. • Dinosaur Garden
card on our website. *Registration required.
Meet at the LPL Dinosaur Garden lawn for this
Sing Along Friends Story Time* session with the folks from Onondaga Earth Corps.
Thursdays, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 • 10 a.m. • ZOOM
Tweens
Prepare to walk to identify trees and learn about
Children ages 2 to 5 and siblings can join Ms. Laurel and native and invasive species. *Registration required.
Zeke for songs, puppets, stories and rhymes. *Registra-
tion required.
Homeschooling 101 for Parents*
Tween Coding Club Level 2* Monday, April 19 • 7 p.m. • ZOOM
Egg-cellent Eggs* Presentations and participant reaction on a
Friday, April 2 • 1 p.m. • Thursday, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 variety of homeschooling topics to help parents
ZOOM 4 p.m. • ZOOM acquire insight, resources and confidence. This
Learn egg-decorating techniques that could brighten Add on to what you learned in Level 1. Continue month’s feature is a curriculum share. *Registration
your holiday table or just for fun. You’ll need a dozen programming using JavaScript and experiment required.
hard-boiled eggs and food coloring. Spoons, apron, with loops, animations, conditional and more. For
Teens
gloves and a table covering are good options if you ages 10 to 12, but flexible. (Level 1 will begin again
are messy. For families! *Registration required. in the summer.) *Registration required.
Family Story Break Tween Coding Club Level 3*
Friday, April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 • 10 a.m. • ONLINE Tuesdays, April 6, 13, 20, 27 Teen Creative Writing Group*
Enjoy a quick 10-minute story break with music and 4 p.m. • ZOOM Wednesday, April 7 • 6 p.m. • ZOOM
movement for children birth to 5 and their families. Build upon Level Meet every month to share writing goals, encour-
Watch a new one every Friday on Facebook or on 2 knowledge age ideas, offer and receive criticism and improve
our YouTube Channel. with a focus on writing skills. *Registration required.
interactivity.
Elephant and Piggie National
Learn algorithms Career Exploration*
and user input to Wednesday, April 14 • 3 p.m. • ZOOM
Party* Library create projects A four-year college isn’t the only option available
Thursday, April 8 Week for pop art, after high school. This interactive session facilitated
6 p.m. • ZOOM emoji games and by SECNY FCU will help students identify post high
Celebrate National Library Week with favorite char- weather apps. school choices, reflect on their skills and interests,
acters Elephant and Piggie! Pick up activity pack on For ages 10-12, and begin the journey of choosing paths to explore
April 1 and then join this Zoom party to celebrate but flexible for in more detail. *Registration required.
the library. *Registration required. interest and
ability. *Regis-
tration required. Teen Game Night
Making Cents (and Dollars) of Money: Wednesday, April 14 • 6 p.m. • ONLINE
Kits for Kids Tween Teens can hang out as well as play video games
Monday, April 12 • All Day together online. The event uses Discord to chat and
Celebrate Money Smart Week with these fun kits Scene* set up games.
from our Financial Literacy partner, Edge Federal Wednesdays, April 7, 14, 21, 28
Credit Union. Each kit contains fun activities, color- 6 p.m. • ZOOM Teen Anime Night*
ing sheets, Super Sleuth ‘e’ Spy missions, a money Join us in our Zoom room as we play games, dis- Wednesday, April 21 • 6 p.m. • ONLINE
box, and more. Perfect for the K-5th grade student. cuss current topics and do activities. *Registration This is a social event for teens to watch and dis-
Just call 315-457-0310 or go to lpl.org to set up a required. cuss anime. Attendees will vote on which anime to
Grab It & Go or LPL Express Visit. watch, and be able to suggest new anime to add
Earth to the list for next time. *Registration required.
Book Buddies Book Club* Day
Saturday, April 17 • 9 a.m. • ZOOM
ALL AGES!
Kids ages 4 to 7 and a buddy can hang out for fun
on Zoom and discuss this month’s book, Thank You
Earth by April Pulley Sayre. Get your Book Buddy kit
beginning April 1 by calling 315-457-0310 to pick up
the materials we’ll use to make an Earth Day craft! Nintendo Switch Players!
*Register each child separately, but adults need not Visit the library’s island in Animal Crossing New
register. Horizons! Add us: SW-0311-4100-1855 and join our
Discord server. Discord link: https://discord.gg/Mp-
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MONTHLY BOOK CLUBS Virtual Art Expo -
We still can’t meet in person, but we can meet on Zoom! Books are
Starting National
available for checkout one month before each meeting. Call the
library at 315-457-0310 to make an appointment for pick up. New
members are always welcome. *Registration required.
Library Week!
View the work of artists of all ages as they cele-
After Dinner Books* brate and share their talents with the community.
Thursday, April 1 • 7 p.m. • ZOOM Artists who carve, bake,
The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic sculpt, paint, sing, sew,
by Darby Penney dance, garden, weld,
craft, and more were invit-
Thursday Morning Book Klatch* ed to submit their works
Thursday, April 22 • 11 a.m. • ZOOM to the Virtual Art Expo. We
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins can’t wait to display their
New work!
book
Books and Beyond club!
Thursday, April 29 • 7 p.m. • ZOOM Visit LPL.org starting
New club! At this nonfiction book club we will consider the deeper April 5 to view Liverpool
impact each title’s topic has on our world. This month’s title is The Sixth Public Library’s Virtual
Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert. Art Expo.
Visit the Library!
We have two ways to visit the library or pick up your holds. Social distancing and masks are required for both services.
Check our website at LPL.org or call 315-457-0310 for more information on available hours and making a reservation.
LPL Express Visit: One-Hour Slots by Appointment Only
We offer limited in-building hours and services by appointment only, limited to 60 minutes.
Grab It & Go: LPL Garage Holds Pick Up
Pick up your holds in our underground garage without going into the library. Once your holds become available you will be
notified by email, text or phone.
Please call the library at 315-457-0310 or go online at LPL.org to make an appointment.
LPL Express Visit Hours Grab It & Go Hours
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
9-10am • 10:30-11:30am • 12-1pm • 1:30-2:30pm • 3-4pm 9:30-11:30am and 12-2pm
Tuesday and Thursdays Tuesday and Thursday
9-10am • 10:30-11:30am • 12-1pm • 1:30-2:30pm • 3-4pm 9:30-11:30am, 3:30-5:30pm and 6-8pm
5-6pm • 7-8pm Sunday: Closed
Sunday: Closed
Liverpool Public Library Board of Trustees:
310 Tulip St, Liverpool, NY 13088 Kay Budmen ....................................President
LPL.org • 315-457-0310 Don MacLaughlin................ Vice President
Mary Schapley.................................Secretary
Hours: By appointment Denise Baker
Registration and Information: Ashley Gouger
By Phone................ 315-457-0310 Yvette Hewitt
Website................... LPL.org John Hluchyj
Glenna Wisniewski........................... Director
Board Meetings:
Second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. The general public can attend via our
YouTube Channel.
Trustee Seat Openings:
There are 3 trustee seats open for May voting. Petitions may be picked up now at the Liver-
pool CSD District Office. LCSD residents may return a petition with 25 signatures by April 19.
Please visit our website for more board candidate information.
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