Bring a bag lunch and your thoughts as Bernardsville Public Library’s Youth Services department hosts the second meeting of “Moms Mentoring Moms” on Wednesday, February 16 at 12 noon. Designed for parents of high school students, this program seeks to provide a forum in which parents can come together for an opportunity to interact with other parents to provide support and insight as they wade through the high school years with their children. Both Moms and Dads are welcome. The group will meet monthly with the next meeting scheduled for March 16 at 12:00 pm.
There is no charge to attend the program, but advance sign-up is requested. Register online at www.bernardsvillelibrary.org and follow the link under Adult Programs, or call the library at 908-766-0118 to sign up.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Craft Group to Meet
Saturday Crafters, a monthly craft group organized by Bernardsville Public Library, will meet on Saturday, February 19 at 3:00 pm. Individuals are invited to bring their own handwork projects to the Library and work together in a comfortable, communal setting while enjoying the benefits of shared tips and conversation. The next meeting of the group will be on Saturday, March 12 at 3:00 pm.
Readers’ Services Assistant Evelyn Fischel will showcase different project ideas and books at each meeting. A long-time crafter, Ms. Fischel will encourage such interests as knitting, crocheting, paper arts, hand sewing, embroidery and other needlework, as well as any other craft the group wishes to cover.
There is no charge to attend the meeting, and no sign-up is needed. For more information, call the library at 908-766-0118.
Readers’ Services Assistant Evelyn Fischel will showcase different project ideas and books at each meeting. A long-time crafter, Ms. Fischel will encourage such interests as knitting, crocheting, paper arts, hand sewing, embroidery and other needlework, as well as any other craft the group wishes to cover.
There is no charge to attend the meeting, and no sign-up is needed. For more information, call the library at 908-766-0118.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Digital Media Marketing Tools & Techniques
Fauzia Burke, the founder and president of FSB Associates, a digital marketing and publicity firm, will lead two free workshops on digital marketing for small business owners at Bernardsville Public Library. The first will be held on Tuesday, February 8 and the second on Tuesday February 22 at 7:00 pm. Audience members will be encouraged to discuss their marketing efforts and ask questions.
"As a small business owner myself, I know the struggles and challenges faced by small businesses during this recession,” said Ms. Burke. She continued, “Digital marketing gives us an opportunity to level the playing field with the "big guys," allows us to use our limited funds and time to build our businesses, and best of all engage with our clients and customers for long-term growth."
The first workshop will focus on defining digital marketing and its tools. Ms. Burke will discuss the importance of setting clear goals for digital marketing plans and how they meet the needs and expectations of a web savvy customer. Not everyone needs to have a blog, and Facebook, and Twitter, and YouTube videos, but it is important to know the tools that are best suited for the marketing of each business.
The second workshop will focus on execution of a successful and sustainable digital marketing plan. Discussion will revolve around developing the most successful content strategy for each business. Ms. Burke will also focus on the advantages of branding on the web, developing a cohesive voice across the digital network, and engaging with customers online for long-term benefits.
Fauzia Burke has worked in book marketing and publicity for all of her professional life. She started in the marketing departments of John Wiley & Sons, Springer-Verlag, and Henry Holt. In 1995, she founded FSB Associates, one of the first firms to specialize in Internet publicity and marketing for publishers and authors. Since its inception, FSB Associates has executed more than one thousand successful book publicity campaigns. Ms. Burke is also a consultant specializing in the development and implementation of digital marketing strategies for both emerging and established companies. She lives in Basking Ridge with her husband, two teenage daughters, and a lovable coton de tuléar.
There is no charge to attend the programs, but advance sign-up is requested. Register online at www.bernardsvillelibrary.org and follow the link under Adult Programs, or call the library at 908-766-0118 to sign up.
"As a small business owner myself, I know the struggles and challenges faced by small businesses during this recession,” said Ms. Burke. She continued, “Digital marketing gives us an opportunity to level the playing field with the "big guys," allows us to use our limited funds and time to build our businesses, and best of all engage with our clients and customers for long-term growth."
The first workshop will focus on defining digital marketing and its tools. Ms. Burke will discuss the importance of setting clear goals for digital marketing plans and how they meet the needs and expectations of a web savvy customer. Not everyone needs to have a blog, and Facebook, and Twitter, and YouTube videos, but it is important to know the tools that are best suited for the marketing of each business.
The second workshop will focus on execution of a successful and sustainable digital marketing plan. Discussion will revolve around developing the most successful content strategy for each business. Ms. Burke will also focus on the advantages of branding on the web, developing a cohesive voice across the digital network, and engaging with customers online for long-term benefits.
Fauzia Burke has worked in book marketing and publicity for all of her professional life. She started in the marketing departments of John Wiley & Sons, Springer-Verlag, and Henry Holt. In 1995, she founded FSB Associates, one of the first firms to specialize in Internet publicity and marketing for publishers and authors. Since its inception, FSB Associates has executed more than one thousand successful book publicity campaigns. Ms. Burke is also a consultant specializing in the development and implementation of digital marketing strategies for both emerging and established companies. She lives in Basking Ridge with her husband, two teenage daughters, and a lovable coton de tuléar.
There is no charge to attend the programs, but advance sign-up is requested. Register online at www.bernardsvillelibrary.org and follow the link under Adult Programs, or call the library at 908-766-0118 to sign up.
Chess Tournament To Kick Off Start of Lessons
On Saturday, February 5 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm, Bernardsville Library will host a series of chess tournaments and a session for open chess led by Martin Sobin of Jersey Chess. Mr. Sobin, who has been teaching chess at the library for youngsters for over three years, welcomes players of all ages.
At the event, players will be divided into groups of four ("quads") and will play a round robin series of games against the others in their quad. Last October, in a similar tournament, Thomas Perone (age 10) was the winner in one quad and Harrison Wang (age 8) was the winner in the other. Thomas won the playoff game to be the overall champ of the day. All players who participate in the upcoming event will receive chess related prizes, as well as an information packet about chess and chess programs at the library.
On the following Wednesday, February 9, chess lessons will begin and run through Wednesday, March 30. Beginners will be taught at 4:15 pm and lessons for players with experience will start at 5:30 pm.
There is no charge to attend the program, but advance sign-up is required. Register online at www.bernardsvillelibrary.org and follow the link under Kid Stuff, or call the library at 908-766-0118 to sign up.
At the event, players will be divided into groups of four ("quads") and will play a round robin series of games against the others in their quad. Last October, in a similar tournament, Thomas Perone (age 10) was the winner in one quad and Harrison Wang (age 8) was the winner in the other. Thomas won the playoff game to be the overall champ of the day. All players who participate in the upcoming event will receive chess related prizes, as well as an information packet about chess and chess programs at the library.
On the following Wednesday, February 9, chess lessons will begin and run through Wednesday, March 30. Beginners will be taught at 4:15 pm and lessons for players with experience will start at 5:30 pm.
There is no charge to attend the program, but advance sign-up is required. Register online at www.bernardsvillelibrary.org and follow the link under Kid Stuff, or call the library at 908-766-0118 to sign up.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Penning Our Pasts: Narrative Poetry Workshop
Award-winning poet Gail Fishman Gerwin will discuss narrative poetry, its characteristics and contents in a narrative poetry workshop on Tuesday, February 8 at 10:00 am at Bernardsville Public Library. There will be plenty of time for reading out loud, discussion, prompting, writing, and sharing.
Ms. Gerwin will begin the workshop by reading narrative poetry of her own and by other poets as well. She will then present the concept of narrative poetry, its characteristics, contents. Once the definition of such poetry has been discussed and understood, she will give prompts for writing and allow time for participants to create personal narratives and then share them with the group if they wish. There will be a handout with narrative poetry samples and resources for blogs and workshops.
Gail Fishman Gerwin is a Paterson, New Jersey native and now lives in Morristown. She received her AB from Goucher College and, thirty years later, her MA from New York University’s Gallatin School. A former educator, in 1984 she founded inedit, a freelance writing/editing firm based in Morristown. She is author of Bella’s Family, a two-act play about a Jewish immigrant family in the early 20th century; Dropping Names, a one-act play; and Women in Motion, a monologue collection. Her fiction, essays, and journalistic features appear in anthologies, newspapers, and magazines. She currently is working on her second poetry collection.
Ms. Gerwin’s memoir, Sugar and Sand (Full Court Press), earned finalist designation for the 2010 Paterson Poetry Prize. The book culminates a three-year exploration into her own past, with links to the previous generations. Ms. Gerwin earned honorable mention in the 2008, 2009, and 2010 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards competitions, and her poems appear in Calyx, Paterson Literary Review, Edison Literary Review, Cutthroat Journal and Smith College Poetry Center online, Lips, Caduceus, U.S. 1 Worksheets, Jewish Women’s Literary Annual, and yourdailypoem.com. “I Find My Aunt Frieda in Sepia,” about an aunt lost to the Holocaust, appears in The American Voice in Poetry: The Legacy of Williams, Whitman, and Ginsberg. She presents readings and workshops in varied venues.
There is no charge to attend the program, but advance sign-up is requested. Register online at http://www.bernardsvillelibrary.org/ and follow the link under Adult Programs, or call the library at 908-766-0118 to sign up. [February 15 has been scheduled for a snow date in case of inclement weather on February 8.]
Ms. Gerwin will begin the workshop by reading narrative poetry of her own and by other poets as well. She will then present the concept of narrative poetry, its characteristics, contents. Once the definition of such poetry has been discussed and understood, she will give prompts for writing and allow time for participants to create personal narratives and then share them with the group if they wish. There will be a handout with narrative poetry samples and resources for blogs and workshops.
Gail Fishman Gerwin is a Paterson, New Jersey native and now lives in Morristown. She received her AB from Goucher College and, thirty years later, her MA from New York University’s Gallatin School. A former educator, in 1984 she founded inedit, a freelance writing/editing firm based in Morristown. She is author of Bella’s Family, a two-act play about a Jewish immigrant family in the early 20th century; Dropping Names, a one-act play; and Women in Motion, a monologue collection. Her fiction, essays, and journalistic features appear in anthologies, newspapers, and magazines. She currently is working on her second poetry collection.
Ms. Gerwin’s memoir, Sugar and Sand (Full Court Press), earned finalist designation for the 2010 Paterson Poetry Prize. The book culminates a three-year exploration into her own past, with links to the previous generations. Ms. Gerwin earned honorable mention in the 2008, 2009, and 2010 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards competitions, and her poems appear in Calyx, Paterson Literary Review, Edison Literary Review, Cutthroat Journal and Smith College Poetry Center online, Lips, Caduceus, U.S. 1 Worksheets, Jewish Women’s Literary Annual, and yourdailypoem.com. “I Find My Aunt Frieda in Sepia,” about an aunt lost to the Holocaust, appears in The American Voice in Poetry: The Legacy of Williams, Whitman, and Ginsberg. She presents readings and workshops in varied venues.
There is no charge to attend the program, but advance sign-up is requested. Register online at http://www.bernardsvillelibrary.org/ and follow the link under Adult Programs, or call the library at 908-766-0118 to sign up. [February 15 has been scheduled for a snow date in case of inclement weather on February 8.]
Saturday Samplers Book Group to Meet
Bernardsville Library’s book discussion group, Saturday Samplers, will meet on Saturday, February 5 at 3:30 pm to discuss East of Eden (1952) by John Steinbeck.
John Steinbeck, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature, called this “the first book.” Set in the Salinas Valley of California, the story follows the intertwined destinies of two families whose generations helplessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the rivalry of Cain and Abel. The New York Times Book Review called it “a fantasia of history and myth…a strange and original work of art.”
Led by Readers’ Services Assistant, Evelyn Fischel, Saturday Samplers is a book discussion group dedicated to sampling various kinds of literature, including short stories, nonfiction, new and old novels, and even teen fiction. Its goal is to search out interesting, noteworthy, and sometimes overlooked books. Readers can find information about the group and about the books and authors on the reading list at http://saturdaysamplers.blogspot.com. No sign-up is needed to join the discussion. Call the library at 766-0118 for more information.
John Steinbeck, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature, called this “the first book.” Set in the Salinas Valley of California, the story follows the intertwined destinies of two families whose generations helplessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the rivalry of Cain and Abel. The New York Times Book Review called it “a fantasia of history and myth…a strange and original work of art.”
Led by Readers’ Services Assistant, Evelyn Fischel, Saturday Samplers is a book discussion group dedicated to sampling various kinds of literature, including short stories, nonfiction, new and old novels, and even teen fiction. Its goal is to search out interesting, noteworthy, and sometimes overlooked books. Readers can find information about the group and about the books and authors on the reading list at http://saturdaysamplers.blogspot.com. No sign-up is needed to join the discussion. Call the library at 766-0118 for more information.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Focus on Photography: Retrospective Exhibition at Bernardsville Library
During the month of January, the work of fourteen photographers who have had shows at Bernardsville Public Library over the past decade will be on display. The remarkable range of talent and styles make for a fascinating exhibition which will run through Sunday, January 30.
The photographers represented are Bernardsville’s Harold Kuskin, Sandy Noble, Jack Woods, and the late Homer Hill. Photos by Michel Barkai, Andy Bobeck, Linda Bock-Hinger, Andrew Chen, Tom Heller, Hilary Klimek, Walter Choroszewski, Charles Miller, Douglas Munch and Michael Paxton are also on view. Landscapes, portraits, floral studies, trains and cityscapes are some of the many subjects.
The library has had monthly art exhibitions since its opening in February 2000. Last December, the painters who have had one-man or two-man shows showed their work. This month, photography is the chosen medium. The shows are coordinated by volunteer Kathleen Palmer.
The show is on exhibit in the Community Room during regular library hours unless a meeting is in progress. For further information, please call the library at 908-766-0118.
The photographers represented are Bernardsville’s Harold Kuskin, Sandy Noble, Jack Woods, and the late Homer Hill. Photos by Michel Barkai, Andy Bobeck, Linda Bock-Hinger, Andrew Chen, Tom Heller, Hilary Klimek, Walter Choroszewski, Charles Miller, Douglas Munch and Michael Paxton are also on view. Landscapes, portraits, floral studies, trains and cityscapes are some of the many subjects.
The library has had monthly art exhibitions since its opening in February 2000. Last December, the painters who have had one-man or two-man shows showed their work. This month, photography is the chosen medium. The shows are coordinated by volunteer Kathleen Palmer.
The show is on exhibit in the Community Room during regular library hours unless a meeting is in progress. For further information, please call the library at 908-766-0118.
Photo by Michael Paxton: Novice with Parasol
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