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Saturday December 5, 2009
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9:00 AM
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4:30 PM
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Craft Saturday!
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Contact: Judy Sutton 412-531-1913 events@mtlebanonlibrary.org
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Bring the family to make a craft in the children's room on the first Saturday of every month. The craft table will be available all day until 4:30. Ages 3 and up.
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Location: Children's AV Area
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9:30 AM
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11:45 AM
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Holiday for the Birds
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Contact: Christine Phillips 412-341-7307 chrisgphillips@verizon.net
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Kids! Join the Mt. Lebanon Nature Conservancy and make some tasty treats for our feathered friends.
RSVP @ 412-341-7307.
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Location: Meeting Room A
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1:00 PM
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3:30 PM
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South Hills Scrabble Club
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Contact: Bob Hagerty 412-417-5415
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South Hills Scrabble Club normally meets each Saturday in the library from 1 to 3 pm. Adults and kids ages 10 and up are welcome. No fee. For more information contact Bob Hagerty at 412-417-5415.
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Location: Meeting Room B
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Monday December 7, 2009
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9:30 AM
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10:00 AM
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Sensory Storytime
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Contact: Children's Department 412-531-1913 events@mtlebanonlibrary.org
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Crafts, activities, stories and songs for tots 18 months to 3 years old and their parents/caregivers.
Participants must pre-register for the 9:30 am -OR -11 am session.
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Location: Children's Story Rm.
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10:00 AM
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12:00 PM
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Morning Spanish Literature & Conversation Group
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Contact: Phyllis Mottsman 412-279-5406 pmottsman@comcast.net
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This group converses every week in Spanish on many different topics. Newcomers welcome!
[Language Groups]
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Location: Meeting Room B
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10:00 AM
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12:00 PM
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Mt. Lebanon Conversation Salon
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Contact: Julie Mareino 412-531-1912 ext.214 events@mtlebanonlibrary.org
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Join friends and neighbors in talking about current events and issues touching all our lives.
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Location: Meeting Room A
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10:30 AM
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12:30 PM
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Shakespeare Readers
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Contact: Joan Fisher 412-531-1912 events@mtlebanonlibrary.org
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Join a book discussion group that concentrates on the works of the Bard! The selection for November and December is Richard II.
[Book Discussion Groups]
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Location: Study Room
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11:00 AM
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11:30 AM
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Sensory Storytime
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Contact: Children's Department 412-531-1913 events@mtlebanonlibrary.org
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Crafts, activities, stories and songs for tots 18 months to 3 years old and their parents/caregivers.
Participants must pre-register for the 9:30 am -OR -11 am session.
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Location: Children's Story Rm.
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7:00 PM
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9:00 PM
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Meet Jessica Bellas: Author of Maotai, Mooncakes & Monks
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Contact: Reference Desk 412-531-1912 events@mtlebanonlibrary.org
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Tamco Publishing has just released its latest title, Maotai, Mooncakes & Monks: Misadventures in Hong Kong & China. A compilation of 57 vignettes, the book is a memoir, culture shock guide, travelogue, political commentary and adventure rolled into one. Author Jessica Bellas, who admits to being a loud, wide-eyed American ‘with the personality of a junkyard dog’, arrived in Hong Kong in 2006 and began writing weekly e-mails to her US friends and family back about her experiences abroad. The list of people who became hooked on her dispatches grew to several hundred, and Bellas was encouraged time and again to compile her essays into a book. Bellas, whose antics have resulted in more than one newspaper story in Hong Kong, humorously details culture clashes with her colleagues and neighbors, dodging confetti cannons, out-drinking Communist Party officials, surviving The Great Wall Half Marathon® and meeting various celebrities visiting Hong Kong.
Nury Vittachi, founding editor of the Asia Literary Review, was also captured by Bellas’ storytelling when she enrolled in his “Professional Writers’ Masterclass.” He agreed to serve as a mentor during the book's development and ultimately wrote the foreword for the book. Vittachi wrote, “But while Jessica makes no claim to be any sort of expert on Chinese culture, her access to information was bolstered by one remarkable skill she had that won her enormous respect from officials, factory bosses and academics alike: she could out-drink most of the men at social occasions, even when the drink being served was the infamously powerful Maotai rice liquor.”
As a writing student, Bellas was encouraged by Vittachi’s initial feedback that she had “a good eye for pointing out the absurdity in situations.” Once the book was developed, Vittachi described “Maotai, Mooncakes & Monks as “the thoughts of a cheerfully open-minded visitor who arrives knowing almost nothing about the place and learns to adjust to life in Hong Kong ‘on the job’. The result is a fresh, candid view of a community that turns out to be a more refreshing read than the views of the usual over-learned insiders.”
Bellas describes how writing about her experiences in Hong Kong forced her to be an active observer of her new environment. “In retrospect, I am glad that I wrote a vignette every week during my first 30 months in Hong Kong,” said Bellas. “I was able to encapsulate my entire expatriate journey -- from the culture shock experienced in the early weeks to gaining a deeper understanding and appreciation for the Chinese culture.”
Bellas works as a project manager and engineer and has traveled extensively to mainland China for her job in academia. During her time in Hong Kong, Bellas completed her Masters Degree in International and Public Affairs at the University of Hong Kong and was the Chairwoman of Democrats Abroad Hong Kong.
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Location: Meeting Room A
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7:00 PM
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9:00 PM
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Slovak Conversation
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Contact: Joe and Albina Senko 412-343-5031 jsenko@msv-cpa.com
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Slovak language, culture, and conversation at the library!
[Language Groups]
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Location: Meeting Room B
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Tuesday December 8, 2009
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6:30 PM
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Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council Tutor Talk
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Contact: Peggi Kelley 412-531-3004 pkelley@gplc.org
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GPLC tutors and anyone interested in the work of the Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council are invited to a monthly "Tutor Talk" with Peggi Kelley, South Hills Area Coordinator.
Non library event.
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Location: Meeting Room B
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Wednesday December 9, 2009
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9:30 AM
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12:30 PM
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Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Foundation Center
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Contact: Jim Lutton 412-281-7143 luttonj@carnegielibrary.org
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Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Foundation Center and the Volunteer Administrators of Southwestern Pennsylvania (VASP) are pleased to offer the following the following workshop in partnership with the the Mt. Lebanon Public Library:
Topic: The Balancing Act--Preventing Burn Out and Compassion Fatigue and Dealing with Difficult People--A Survival Guide
Pre-register at 412-281-7143.
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Location: Meeting Room A
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