Tuesday, November 16, at 3:30 p.m. join the crew, and construct infrastructure with word blocks.
Create and comment poetically about the environment.
Submit your Water-Country Quiz, and discover the country origin of the sites. Prizes will be awarded and lots of sustainable refreshments served.
If you keep a royals calendar, you may be aware that 2010 marks the 501st anniversary of King Henry VIII's ascension to the throne of England. Henry's marital adventures, and the accompanying political and religious intrigues, are as fascinating now as they were five centuries ago.
The Folger Shakespeare Library currently has an exhibition of King Henry's documents and artifacts on display. To get into the quincentennial spirit and learn more about Henry, his wives, his children, his friends, his enemies, and his legacy that changed the course of British history, visit the District of Columbia Public Library, and check out some of the following :
Join us in the children’s room every Monday at 3:30 p.m., and celebrate the numerous cultures that make up the Palisades neighborhood by participating in the World Language Story time.
For the Kids Euro Festival, we decided to do something a little out of the ordinary. During our Thursday night folktale stories, we tried to change things up a bit by acting out the stories.
For Slovenia, we told the legend of the Predjama castle. The mischievous knight Erazem offends the emperor of Austria. He holes himself up in his famous Predjama castle and then baffles his pursuers by tossing fresh ox meat and cherries over the castle walls.
Little did they know: Erazem was leaving his castle for supplies using a secret entrance in caves behind the castle.
The Palisades Library welcomes the Spinning Study Group of the Potomac Fiber Arts Guild.
The Spinning Group meets at the library at 7:00 pm on the third Thursday of the month. Both newcomers and experienced spinners are invited and all types of spinning devices and fibers are welcome.
Interested in learning more about Native American culture? History? Leading figures? In celebration of American Indian Heritage Month, Palisades Library has mounted a book display about Native Americans. Some suggested sources:
Please join us at Palisades Library for the following movies. All movies are free and begin at 4 pm.
Thursday, November 18, We're No Angels (1945); not rated
Thursday, December 2, The Dead; PG
Thursday, December 9, The Shop Around the Corner; not rated
Thursday, December 16, The Bishop's Wife; not rated
Thursday, December 30, Holiday Inn; not rated
Thursday, January 6, Christmas in Connecticut (1945); not rated
Come in on Tuesday, October 26 at 4pm wearing your favorite sheet to star in a RIP thriller. Scripts will be provided as well as ghoulish treats. Harmonize with your fellow ghosties in a scary Karaoke Sing-Along. Accompany yourselves to the beat with a Rain Stick you decorated Halloween style.
The featured author of the DC Public Library Read-In will join the Speak Easy Salon for a discussion of her essay "Seven Days in May" and "The Untimely Demise of the Other Frank Sinatra" by Dan Seiters, in When Last on the Mountain: The View from Writers over 50. Copies of the stories are available at the reference desk. Please join us for great conversation and good food on Thursday, October 28 at 3:30pm.
On October 2, join us at 11am for french pastries and coffee while viewing a demonstration of the new E-readers such as the Kindle and the Nook and learn how to download audiobooks from the DC Public Library catalog.
