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Library Connections APRIL 2021
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Celebrating
828.465.8664 NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
www.catawbacountync.gov/library & LIBRARY GIVING DAY
'Welcome to Your Library.’ This year’s theme for National audiobooks, and maintaining public-use computers in all
Library Week echoes the invitation we’ve been extending to branches.
the people of Catawba County since 1936. However, the act
of welcoming patrons took on special meaning in 2020 when These enhanced resources make learning and access more
the Catawba County Library reopened its doors on May 9 – convenient while they also provide a chance for patrons
an unusual gesture of service among both local and national to connect with libraries in new ways. National Library
libraries. Week highlights the especially valuable role that libraries,
librarians, and library workers play in transforming lives and
'Welcome to Your Library' communities. Like never before, library staff have served as
promotes the idea that an enormous source of support: answering questions, sharing
libraries extend far beyond knowledge, troubleshooting concerns, and being friendly,
the walls of a building and reliable voices amid uncertainty. They’ve been grateful not
that everyone is welcome to only to help individuals but also to empower people to
use their services. Whether improve their lives, their families, their neighborhoods, and
people visit virtually or in much more.
person, libraries are
accessible and inclusive As honorary chair of National Library Week 2021, actress and
places that foster a sense of author Natalie Portman advocates for this important work
belonging and community. They offer countless opportunities and the essential role of libraries, saying, “Libraries show
for residents to connect with others and explore new worlds us anything is possible by encouraging a love of learning,
through access to technology, multimedia content, and discovery, and exploration.”
educational programs.
Certainly, that’s the calling of the Catawba County Library and
During these challenging times, libraries have adapted to a its ongoing initiatives to make living better. As we celebrate,
changing world by boosting resources and continuing to meet we ask for your participation by taking our annual survey
the needs of patrons. In recent months, the Catawba County and sharing with us how the library can be more effective for
Library has made an extraordinary difference in people’s lives you. We also ask you to consider making a donation of any
by expanding technology: providing online programs for all amount to the Library Endowment. Working hand in hand,
ages, lending Wi-Fi-enabled tablets, establishing free Internet we’ll ensure that the benefits of the library are available for
access points in the community, increasing digital books and generations to come!
LIBRARY CONNECTIONS APRIL 2021
STEAM Rocks! with Carolina Tim: Community Navigators
LIBRARY PROGRAMS Weather-Forecasting Rocks
Thursday, April 22 at 4 pm
Available through late April: Wednesdays
5:30-8 pm (by appt), Thursdays and
828.465.8665 Join Carolina Tim as he explores nature, Fridays 9 am-6 pm (except 12-1 pm), and
science, and art in a hands-on activity. For Saturdays 1-6 pm (by appt)
Children / Teens / Families this program, we will be making weather Do you need help identifying community
Homework Helpers rocks! Weather rocks are a fun way to resources or applying
Ongoing forecast the weather. Sign up at for government
The Catawba County Youth Council https://tinyurl.com/CCLSSTEAMRocks assistance? If you
is partnering with the library to offer and you will be sent the Zoom link for could benefit from
20-minute time slots for homework and the program. Please have on hand a large expert guidance to
reading assistance. rock, rope, and anything you may want tap into programs
Elementary and to use to decorate your rock (crayons, that promote better
middle school-aged waterproof markers, or paint pens). This quality of life for you and your family, the
students may drop program is recommended for kids age 4+. Main Library at Newton has Master of
in on a first-come, Social Work students available to help.
first-served basis. If you're not quite sure what you need,
Just check in at the they can also listen and troubleshoot
circulation desk for guidance when you with you! To set up an appointment, call
arrive. Parents must remain in the library 828.465.8664.
during each session.
Participating branches include: LIVE Zumba with Honey & Jossiah
• Newton: Mon & Wed 4-6 pm Mondays, April 5, 12, 19 & 26 at 6 pm
• Sherrills Ford-Terrell: Mon 4-6 pm This fun dance workout is appropriate for
• Conover: Sat 10 am-12 noon every skill and ability level and open to
anyone 14+ (parental signature required
Live Preschool Storytime via Zoom YOUR ART WITH US: for teens under 18). Classes are held
Thursdays, April 8, 15, 22 & 29 at 10 am THROUGH THE WINDOW outdoors in the lower parking lot of the
Gather the kids and join us for a Newton Library. In the event of rain, you
live, interactive preschool storytime! April 1-20 may access the virtual session with this
This family-friendly virtual event will Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/i/
include singing, reading, finger plays, “Who looks outside, dreams; who looks 87120563944?pwd=S09kaEVkd0dydm1
and lots of your favorite activities! inside, awakes.” Carl Jung’s quotation VYW14WnVUZG9sUT09 Then enter the
Please register at https://tinyurl.com/ is the source of inspiration for students meeting ID: 871 2056 3944 and follow it
CatawbaThursdayStorytime. You’ll receive from Balls Creek Elementary, Jacobs with the passcode: Dance. [Please note
the registration confirmation and Zoom Fork Middle School, Catawba Rosenwald that this word is case sensitive. Enter it
link in your email. Education Center, and St. Stephens High exactly as shown.] You can also visit www.
School as they explore identity and facebook.com/ZumbaWithHmongSibs/.
Unicorn Origami Bookmark reflection in 2-D, 3-D, and the written word.
Friday, April 9 at 4 pm Gratitude in the Garden
Unicorn Day is coming, and your library This project is supported by a grant Monday, April 5 from 9-11 am
is celebrating with a fun from the United Arts Council of Catawba Our community garden needs to be
activity to add some County with the purpose of reaching prepped and planted for the upcoming
magic to your reading! students who have been impacted, summer season, and we're excited to ask
Please register at www. and even homebound, by COVID-19. you for help! If you enjoy being outside
tinyurl.com/unicorndayccl Through the Window provides inspiration and working in the soil, we’d be happy
and a kit will be sent to and perspective to these students' to have you join us. We’ll be mulching,
your selected library. experiences, however they choose to weeding, planting, and getting our hands
Tune in at 4 pm for a live interpret them: looking through, looking dirty to prep our space for the new year.
demonstration of how to create your very in, or even seeing their own reflection in Participants should call 828.466.6821 to
own origami unicorn bookmark! the window. sign up.
Hickory Ballet Storytime: Vivaldi's Four We hope you visit 2-D works at the Main ESL Class: Intermediate
Seasons Library in Newton, 3-D works at the St. Tuesdays, April 6, 13, 20 & 27 at 6 pm
Saturday, April 17 at 11 am at Southside Stephens Branch Library, and the entire Practice speaking English
Park (1775 Southwest Blvd, Newton) exhibit online at the Arts @ the Library with us on Tuesday
Celebrate the transition to spring by page (www.catawbacountync.gov/library). evenings! We'll spend
joining the Hickory Ballet & Performing the first 20 minutes or so
Arts' Youth Company for a performance on grammar and usage
of Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in an topics and then start
outdoor, socially-distanced, interactive our conversations. If
storytime. The program by student you'd like to register for class or get more
dancers is open to all ages and to families. information about the weekly series that
The Library to Go will also be set up at the runs through May 2021, please call the
Newton event if you'd like to check out Adults / Career / Tech Newton branch at 828.465.8664.
books, talk about programs, and more! Seed Library: Donate & Borrow
Ongoing Virtual Tai Chi
Virtual Teen Anime/Manga Night We're building a seed library, where the Wednesdays, April 7, 14, 21 & 28 at 12
Monday, April 19 at 6 pm community can exchange noon
Hey, teens and tweens! Do you love anime seeds for free! We'll accept Our lunchtime tai chi class is led by
and manga? Join us to watch anime and viable seeds at all locations Cooperative Extension director Dr. George
talk about Japanese culture. We’ll provide during their standard Place. The virtual session is designed
a quick overview of the library’s resources business hours, and to help people relax in their homes or
and growing manga collection. Want to heirlooms are especially offices during a quick half-hour. It also
gush about your favorite series? We’re welcome. Please package helps promote balance and alleviate
ready to listen! Register today to receive and label any donations you drop off. the effects of arthritis. To get the Zoom
a small assortment of Japanese snacks Seeds may also be borrowed from the code, check www.facebook.com/
– while supplies last! Please register at Main Library in Newton. They're subject catawbacountylibrarysystem the day of
https://tinyurl.com/CatCoAnime. to availability and cannot be reserved. the class.
LIBRARY CONNECTIONS APRIL 2021
Mystery Mavens Book Club MoneySmart Credit & Money Wills and Advance Directives 101
Wednesday, April 7 at 6:30 pm Management Workshop Friday, April 23 at 11 am
This monthly book club focuses on Thursday, April 15 at 5:30 pm Join us via Zoom as we partner with
mysteries of all types and is open to Topics covered include establishing or Hunter Koehl from Legal Aid for a
everyone. Join us via Zoom for a lively improving your credit discussion about wills and advance
discussion of Furious Hours by Casey Kep, score, creating a budget directives. To register, please visit https://
led by Catawba County marketing and that works for you, how www.tinyurl.com/ccls-Wills-reg.
communications manager Amy McCauley. to read a credit report,
Please register at https://tinyurl.com/ and what you can do to Gratitude in the Garden
CCLS-MysteryMavens. You’ll receive the correct errors that may Saturday, April 24 from 9-11 am
Zoom link in your email. Please feel free be negatively affecting Our community garden needs to be
to attend even if you haven’t read this your credit score and taking money out of prepped and planted for the upcoming
month’s selection. your pocket. Register to receive the Zoom summer season, and we're excited to ask
link by noon on April 15 at https://tinyurl. you for help! If you enjoy being outside
Healthy, Happy & Wise: Better Living com/ccls-MoneySmart-reg. and working in the soil, we’d be happy
Through Food Choice to have you join us. We’ll be mulching,
Thursday, April 8 at 5:30 pm in English Healthy, Happy & Wise: Better Living weeding, planting, and getting our hands
Join us for a virtual presentation on Zoom Through Food Choice dirty to prep our space for the new year.
with certified personal trainer Dr. George Thursday, April 15 at 5:30 pm en español Participants should call 828.466.6821 to
Place to identify Join us for a virtual presentation on Zoom sign up.
more ways to look with certified personal trainer Dr. George
after your physical Place to identify more ways to look after Center & Venture: Tai Chi & Hike
health. Topics will your physical health. Topics will include Saturday, April 24 at 9:30 am at Riverbend
include learning learning to choose foods to energize, Park
to choose foods boost immune response, and lose Certified personal trainer and tai chi
to energize, boost unwanted pounds, while identifying foods instructor Dr. George Place will lead us in
immune response, and lose unwanted that lead to chronic disease and increased finding inner peace and outer adventure
pounds, while also identifying foods that inflammation. Register to receive the as we gather at parks around the county
lead to chronic disease and increased Zoom link by visiting https://tinyurl.com/ for 30 minutes of tai chi, followed by an
inflammation. Register to receive the ccls-HealthyHappyWise-reg. hour’s hike. These events tick all the well-
Zoom link by visiting https://tinyurl.com/ being boxes: activity, calm, and nature,
ccls-HealthyHappyWise-reg. Employment Workshop: Expungement in the company of friends. Suitable for all
Tuesday, April 20 at 10 am fitness levels. Registration (and waiver)
Friends of the Catawba County Library Do you or someone you know qualify? required at https://tinyurl.com/ccls-
Meeting Learn what you need to know from CenterVenture-reg.
Monday, April 12 at 11 am NCWorks Catawba about having charges
Help the library fulfill its mission by removed from criminal records. To Wills and Advance Directives 101
planning and participating in efforts to register, go to https://tinyurl.com/ Monday, April 26 at 6 pm
raise funds and increase access. Meets catawbajobs and complete the form. A Join us via Zoom as we partner with
each second Monday. Zoom link will be sent to you before the Hunter Koehl from Legal Aid for a
workshop. discussion about wills and advance
Employment Workshop: Resumés 101 directives. To register, please visit https://
Tuesday, April 13 at 10 am Venus Flytrap DIY www.tinyurl.com/ccls-Wills-reg.
Learn tips from NCWorks Catawba to Tuesday, April 20 at 4:30 pm
create a resumé Eastern North Carolina is one of the few Employment Workshop: Interviewing
that will get you the native homes of the unusual and rare Tuesday, April 27 at 2 pm
interview! To register, carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap. Master Learn tips from NCWorks Catawba on
go to https://tinyurl. gardener Tad Adams how to ace a job interview! To register, go
com/catawbajobs and is joining us for this to https://tinyurl.com/catawbajobs and
complete the form. A fascinating presentation complete the form. A Zoom link will be
Zoom link will be sent on the care and feeding sent to you before the workshop.
to you before the workshop. of this curious specimen.
Register to receive a kit Niche Academy
Center & Venture: Tai Chi & Hike at http://tinyurl.com/flytrapdiy (while Wednesday, April 28 at 11 am
Tuesday, April 13 at 3 pm at Bakers supplies last), along with the Zoom Interested in learning the basics of social
Mountain Park invitation link. media platforms or Google and Microsoft
Certified personal trainer and tai chi Office products?
instructor Dr. George Place will lead us in Yoga & Chill Join us for a walk-
finding inner peace and outer adventure Wednesday, April 21 at 9:30 am through of the
as we gather at parks around the county Take time for yourself and join our Catawba County
for 30 minutes of tai chi, followed by an certified yoga instructor on Zoom for a Library’s new
hour’s hike. These events tick all the well- meditation, some yoga poses, and a brief tutorial offerings
being boxes: activity, calm, and nature, wellness topic of the month. Registration provided by Niche
in the company of friends. Suitable for all (and waiver) required at https://tinyurl. Academy. Register by completing the form
fitness levels. Registration (and waiver) com/ccls-yoga-chill. at https://tinyurl.com/cclsnicheacademy.
required at https://tinyurl.com/ccls- We'll send a Zoom link out the day before
CenterVenture-reg. Black History Discussion Group the program.
Wednesday, April 21 at 4 pm
Zoom Workshop This month we’re celebrating National Piece of Cake Book Club – Online
Wednesday, April 14 at 11 am Poetry Month and delving into some of Thursday, April 29 at 4 pm
Join us for a virtual program all about the classics of Black poetry. We will be Selecting a diverse range of works and
Zoom video conferencing. The program exploring the background and context of authors, we’re meeting on Zoom on the
will cover: how to create an account, how prominent and lesser known Black poets. last Thursday of the month to chat about
to join a meeting, how to host a meeting, Peruse the poets and poems found here: great books. April’s pick is The Daughter’s
and a review of new features. Register by www.africanamericanpoetry.org and then Tale by Armando Lucas Correa. May’s
completing the form at https://tinyurl. register to attend our discussion on Zoom selection is The Invisible Life of Addie
com/cclszoom. We'll send a Zoom link out at https://tinyurl.com/ccls-bhdg-reg – LaRue by V. E. Schwab. Register at https://
the day before the program. we’ll send you the Zoom link. tinyurl.com/ccls-pieceofcake to receive
the Zoom link.
LIBRARY CONNECTIONS APRIL 2021
Upcoming! Hearts & Minds OLBC
Thursday, May 20 at 5:30 pm
This OnLine BookClub has a focus on
GOOD TO KNOW
health and wellness. We’ll meet on Zoom
to discuss Robert Kolker’s Hidden Valley
Road: Inside the Mind of an American
Family. Make
yourself a cup
of tea or coffee
and settle in
with the rest of
us to talk about
this riveting
true story of
one family’s
unforgettable legacy of suffering, love, and PROGRAM REGISTRATION
hope. Register to receive the Zoom link at
https://tinyurl.com/ccls-HeartMind-reg.
By scanning this QR Code with the camera
app of your smartphone, you'll open an
Internet browser and will be directed to
our online events calendar. Then, simply
click on any program name to find a link
that will allow you to register online!
EASTER HOLIDAY
Please note that all
library branches will be
closed on Friday, April
LIBRARY TO GO 2 and Saturday, April
828.465.9489 3 as part of the Easter
holiday.
Library to Go in the Town of Catawba Each branch will resume normal
Thursdays, April 1 and 15 from 10 am-2 pm operations on either Monday, April 5 or
We're making appearances in Catawba on Tuesday, April 6.
the first and third Thursdays at Redeemer
Lutheran Church, ELCA (200 S Main St).
We're asking that anyone who comes to TAKE THE ANNUAL LIBRARY SURVEY
visit make it a brief stop, sanitize your
hands as you come in, and wear your Your opinion counts! The Catawba County
mask while in the building. We'll be Library wants to hear from you. Our quick
taking temperatures at the door and will survey will take only a few minutes of
have extra masks and hand sanitizer for your time, but your answers will make
everyone to use. a huge difference as we develop library
programs, services, and facilities. There
Library to Go at Plaza Latina are no right or wrong answers and your
Saturday, April 10 from noon-4 pm responses are completely confidential.
We'll be making a visit to Plaza Latina The survey runs through Saturday, April
(1901 Northwest Blvd) to share resources 17, 2021. English and Spanish versions
and information and will be partnering are available. Thank you for your time and
with Catawba County Public Health to input!
answer questions about COVID-19 and
schedule vaccine appointments. Come out Visit www.catawbacountync.gov/library to
and see us! take the survey, or ask a staff member for
a paper copy at any library location.
Library to Go at Southside Park
Saturday, April 17 at 3 pm
The Library to Go is heading out to CONTRIBUTE TO THE ENDOWMENT
Southside Park (1775 Southwest Blvd)
for the Hickory Ballet's performance of The Library Endowment is a special,
Vivaldi's Four Seasons and to share library permanent way for you to give, because
resources with families. We can’t wait to your donation of any size remains in a
see you there! protected fund that continues to grow year
after year. Only the interest is used, solely
Library to Go at Catawba Farms to benefit library services, collections, and
Saturday, April 24 from 12 noon-until programs. So now – and years from now –
The Library to Go will be at Catawba your donation is working for your library.
Farms (1670 Southwest Blvd, Newton) to
enjoy the Catawba Valley Festival of the On Library Giving Day – Wednesday,
Arts. This is a full weekend event that we April 7 – the Friends of the Library will be
hope you’ll be able to attend and enjoy. matching all donations up to $500, so your
Check out the Catawba Valley Festival of gift will be even more impactful. Please
the Arts on Facebook (www.facebook. join us in this vital effort!
com/the.cvfa) to see the latest updates
and find out which artists and designers Donate at www.catawbacountync.gov/
will join us. library.
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