PAUL MERKIN DRAWS GREAT BIG FACES!
Monday, August 2, 7:30-8:15 p.m.
Paul draws famous faces from literature and picks kids right from the audience! Great Big Faces is a great big fun program that will entertain and inspire all ages. Free tickets are necessary and available at the Children's Services Desk. Ages 6 and up.
Thursday, July 29 is our last "Last Thursday Poetry Reading"
You're invited to join us at 7:00 pm
to hear three extraordinary poets read their own works:
Renee Ashley
Gloria Rovder Healy
Thomas Reiter
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Flashback: Drawings by June Wilson
Abstract artist June Wilson early in her career created very fine realistic drawings and paintings. The drawings in this exhibit span the years 1977 - 1984, and illustrate her transition from realism to abstraction.
Click on "Read More" to learn more about June Wilson, and to enjoy a video tour by Grace Graupe-Pillard of "Tasting Shape" Wilson's 2009 exhibit of current work in the Brodsky Gallery, Princeton, NJ.
Photo Caption: Ernest Hemingway in Africa
He was an American author who wrote The Old Man and The Sea, and For Whom the Bell Tolls. The black veil and wood are a metaphor for bull fighting which Hemingway loved. I made him very macho. I wanted to make him a trophy like the wild game he hunted. A tent felt right. June Wilson
The 2,000 census shows more than 25% of NJ families, 2 million of 5.8 million residents, speak a language other than English at home. They speak Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Creole, Tagalog, Korean, Gujarathi, French, Cajun, Arabic, German, Russian, Hindi, Greek, Telugu, Tamil, Turkish, Bengali, Marathi, Punjabi, Romany, Amharic, Ibo, Twi, Yoruba, Bantu, Swahili, and more.
So many languages, so many people to meet and stories to hear! During August, Middletown Library and the Literacy Volunteers of Monmouth Countywill be sponsoring English Conversation Classes on Tuesday evenings at the main library. If your native language is not English, join other learners in a friendly, fun conversation.
Classes are open to all adults, age 18 and over who are not native English speakers, and are facilitated by trained and certified volunteer tutors.
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