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March NewsPosted Fri 5, Mar 2010 11:10: by Computers & Website
MUSIC in the Altoona Area Public Library. Enjoy beautiful Music performed by Pianist, Barbara Weller Crain on Thursday, March 11 from 11 AM - 1 PM. Harpist, Mr. Robert Myers will perform on Thursday, March 18 from 10 AM-12 PM & 1 - 3 PM.
Blair County/Penn State Master Gardeners and the Altoona Area Public Library will present SEED STARTING with Master Gardener, Doug Endler. Join us on Monday, March 22 in the Library Theatre at 6:30 PM and learn everything you need to know about starting, saving and storing your own seeds.
The Altoona Area Public Library KNITTING GROUP will meet each Thursday at 6:30 PM. Beginners & Experienced Knitters are welcome. Join the fun. It's Free! Please call the Library to register at 946-0417 Ext 125.
Altoona Area Public Library BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP will meet in the Alumni Room at 6:45 PM to discuss White Tiger by Aravind Adiga on Monday, April 5. We invite you to join us for an enjoyable evening of interesting book talk!
* Altoona Area Public Library will be CLOSED for EASTER holiday on Friday, April 2, Saturday, April 3 and Sunday, April 4.
March Youth Room newsPosted Mon, 22, Feb 2010 14:5 by Computers & Website
Penn State Master Gardener Dee Martin-Spallone will be presenting a special story time, Without the B's, where would we be?, at the Altoona Area Public Library on Tuesday, March 16th at 10:15am. Children ages 18 months to 6 years old and their caregivers are invited to attend this FREE program to learn about bees, butterflies, birds and bats. Please call the Youth Room at 946-0417 ext 123 to reserve a space for your family.
The Altoona Area Public Library is offering a new program for children ages 12 months to 24 months. Mother Goose on the Loose is an interactive program highlighting traditional nursery rhymes, songs, music, and rhythm. This program is designed as a one-on-one lap-sit program for the child and caregiver to enjoy together. Classes are held on Mondays at 10:15am or Wednesdays at 10:45am. Please call the library at 946-0417 ext 123 on March 15, 2010 to register.
The Altoona Area Public Library will begin enrolling children ages 3-6 years old for the Story Hour on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Children and families will enjoy stories, songs, and rhymes. Story Time is designed to incorporate and emphasize the Pennsylvania Learning Standards for Early Childhood as they apply to pre-kindergarten children. The club will meet on Tuesdays at 10:15am or 1:30pm, and Wednesday at 1:30pm. Please call the library at 946-0417 ext 123 to register. Classes will begin on March 23, 2010.
Calling all toddlers! The Altoona Area Public Library will begin enrolling children ages 2 to 3 years old for Toddler Time on Thursday, March 18, 2010. Children and families will enjoy stories, songs, and rhymes. Toddler Time is designed to incorporate and emphasize the Pennsylvania Learning Standards for Early Childhood as they apply to infants and toddlers. Classes are held on Thursdays at 10:15am or 11:30am. Please call the library at 946-0417 ext 123 to register. Classes will begin on March 25, 2010
The Youth Room will be hosting a Scholastic Book Fair from March 26th through April 1st. Stop by the library during regular business hours to see our great selection of spring holiday books, easy readers, non-fiction and adult special interest items. A portion of all sales benefits children's programs at the Altoona Library.
The Altoona Area Public Library welcomes
artist Betsy Vogel Nottingham
as the March Artist of the Month.
Betsy Vogel Nottingham of Hollidaysburg has gained a variety
of Art experience throughout the years as an artist.
She studied art, design, and illustration at the University of Maryland.
Her passion, drawing pets and animals, was the inspiration that led
Betsy to build her business "PetSketch". Using her skill and style to
capture the personality of beloved pets brings joy to both Betsy and
her clients. Her impressionist style lends itself to painting beautiful
landscapes of favorite places. She is as gifted with pen and ink as
she is with brush and paint and mixtures of media. She enjoys using
Prismacolor pencils for illustrating stories
While in residence in Honolulu, Hawaii, Betsy was a member of
a professional art group Hawaii Art Fence.
Betsy offers art lessons for all ages.
For more information you
may call her at 696-7969.
Her work may be viewed through
March 31 during regular library hours.
This March Altoona Area Public Library welcomes talented cartoonist
Isaiah Arpino of Altoona as the Young Adult Artist.
My name is Isaiah Arpino and I've been an artist all of my life.
Whether it's writing on walls with crayon when I was little or
drawing caricatures of my fellow students. I have taken private
art lessons from Cory Geishauser, starting in 7th grade up through
9th grade. I plan on attending Kutztown University for communication
design. My favorite medium is probably pencil and marker, just in the
fact that it is simple but still is looks good. My motivation for
drawing is finding the humor in everyday life. If you cannot laugh at
yourself then what is there to laugh at?
Isaiah's work may be viewed during regular library hours on the
library' second floor balcony.
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Residents of the Blair Tower display Valentines they received from the Altoona Area Public Library's teen group Y.E.L.L. (Youth Empowerment Living and Learning). The teens participate in various community service projects throughout the year and chose the residents of the Blair Tower to be the recipients of these special, hand-made Valentines. In the photo standing (left to right) Ruth Begley, Ralph Covino, Alverta Sommer, Jeanette Fries, Maxine Adams, and Donna Mohrmann. Seated, Jennifer Knisely, Altoona Area Public Library, and Jane Eamigh.
Friends of the Altoona Area Public Library, Ann Wolf and Helen Gorsuch, present a check for $10,000 to Debbie Weakland, Altoona Library Executive Director. The check represents the proceeds from a recent USED BOOK SALE. All of the Friends of the Library thank their patrons who support the Used Book Sales, which in turn, support programming and services for everyone to enjoy at the Library.
Photo: L to R Helen Gorsuch, Friends Treasurer; Debbie Weakland, AAPL Executive Director; Ann Wolf, Friends President
Peter Wolf, Trustee of the Wolf-Kuhn Foundation, presents a check to
Sonia Keiper and Tim Salony, members of the One Book Blair County committee.
The Foundation's gift will support the poetry activities for children, teens
and adults which are planned for April 2010 around the theme of HOPE. A
number of activities have been planned including a county-wide poetry contest,
a poetry workshop, and poetry readings, including a reading by Becky Foust
from her work Mom's Canoe. Ms Foust is a published poet and a former resident
of the area. Peter Wolf will present a lecture on the relationship between
poetry and philosophy.
For contest information email: onebook@altoonalibrary.org
Photo Left to Right: Tim Salony, Blair County Library System Administrator; Sonia Keiper, Altoona Area Public Library Assistant Director; Peter Wolf, Wolf-Kuhn Foundation Trustee
