Summer Reading Programs - June 2020...

Virtual Programming for Adults

There is a variety of virtual programming scheduled this summer just for adults.

For the most updated schedule of programs and events, 

click HERE to access our eventkeeper OR

Click HERE for a PDF flyer of ALL our summer programs.

Here’s What’s Coming Up in June:

DIY Craft Kits 

Wednesday June 24 

Call ahead to the library front desk to schedule your pick up – 412-655-2424.

 $5 donation being collected to cover the cost of supplies.  

Registration Required By June 22

 Register Here

           This months craft: River Rock Picture Holder

Yoga with Tammy Z

                                                 Wednesday, June 24 &  @ 9:30 a.m.
                         on Breisinger Field at the Pleasant Hills Borough Building

This class will be EVERY Wednesday through August 26th (wether permitting)

Enjoy this welcoming and positive 60 minute OUTDOOR yoga class.

All levels invited to participate.

  $5 per class - cash only, pay Tammy at the start of class.

Dress comfortably and bring your own yoga mat.

Discover Medicare Webinar

                                       Wednesday, June 24  @ 6:30 p.m., June 24

Presented by Susanne Snyder from Insurance Services LLC., these informational sesions will explain how medicare works and how it effects YOU!

Learn about Medicare from your couch!

-Medicare Parts A, B, C, & D

-Medicare Enrollment Timelines

-Medicare Supplements

-Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage including the Donut Hole

-And MORE! 

Each session will end with a Q&A format. 

Registration is required to receive Zoom invite.

Register Here

OR Contact Susanne Snyder directly to register or if you have any additional question:

susanne_snyder@yahoo.com

724-953-1539

Virtual Unwind:  A Knitting & Crocheting Club: 

 Wednesday, June 24 @ 7 p.m. 

 Virtual knitting and crocheting will be conducted via the free video conferencing software Zoom. Group will meet bi-weekly through the summer (July 8 & 22, August 5 & 19).

 Anyone is welcome to join the group online to work on your projects. 

You must register to receive the Zoom invite via email.

Register Here

Estate Planning Virtual Program

Thursday, June 25 @ 10:30 a.m.


“Life is Unpredictable... But Your Estate Plan Doesn't Need to Be"

Join us for this free informational webinar, presented by Jennifer Derby, an associate attorney at Zacharia Brown. Ms. Derby concentrates her practice in the areas of estate law, including estate administration and trust and estate planning, elder law, real estate, and corporate matters.

This event will will be conducted via the free video conferencing software Zoom. Registration is required to receive the zoom information.

Register Here

Imagine Your Story Online Summer Reading Program

Imagine Your Story Online Summer Reading Program

Summer Reading Club is going VIRTUAL this year!

June 14 – August 31, 2020

In response to our ever changing world and in an effort to keep our patrons and staff safe and engaged, the Pleasant Hills Library is excited to be offering virtual programming 

AND a virtual summer reading club.

Pleasant Hills Library is excited to offer a virtual summer reading club for ALL AGES using Beanstack! Register your entire family using either a web browser or the Beanstack Tracker app (available to download for FREE via Google Play or the Apple App Store). 

When you register, make sure you select “Pleasant Hills Public Library” as the library you visit most often (this question determines which one of the Allegheny County Library’s program you will participate in). 

You can also call the Pleasant Hills Library at 412-655-2424 and our staff will register your family for you!  

 

Registration is open now but you won’t be able to log until June 14.

This year our Summer Reading Club will run a bit differently than it has in the past. 

Everyone, regardless of age and reading ability, will keep track of the time spent reading and/or listening. Log the time you spend reading and/or listening every week in Beanstack, starting June 14 and running through August 31, to be entered into weekly drawings for electronic gift cards!

Read one hour each week for one entry! Read two hours each week for two entries! You decide when to log – do it once a week or every day – it’s up to you! Unfortunately you won’t be able to get more than two entries based on time spent reading each week BUT you can earn more entries by completing various activity badges! 

This year we’re offering a huge variety of activity badges that challenge you to imagine, connect, create, explore and more! 

Each time you complete an activity badge, you earn another entry into that week’s drawings!

So how does this work for children who aren’t reading yet? 

They will keep track of and be rewarded for listening! 

Older children and adults who read aloud to younger children can keep track of and be rewarded for the time spent reading aloud as well as time they read to themselves! 

Prefer audiobooks? No problem! Keep track of the time you spend listening and get rewarded! 

Are you listening to an audiobook as a family? Everyone gets to log that time! 

We want everyone to enjoy reading and be rewarded for their efforts, whether they are reading 

solo or with their family!

If you cannot access Beanstack, or prefer non-digital means of participation, please call 

the Pleasant Hills Library at 412-655-2424 and our staff will happily help you 

register, log, and participate in all the fun!

We’re excited to help you Imagine Your Story during our 2020 Summer Reading Club!

Questions? Call the Library at 412-655-2424 OR email Ms. Dani at danylod@einetwork.net

Book lists on anti-racism

Are you feeling powerless when it comes to the issue of racial injustice and wondering where to start in the fight against racism?

A positive step in the right direction is to educate yourself about the history of systemic racism within America. 

Click on the links below to access book lists about anti-racism.

While the library remains closed (see the post below about reopening), it may be hard to get some of these titles right now.  Check to see which are available as eBooks or audiobooks. To see if a title you are interested in reading is available, search by title in Libby or Hoopla. 

One World; Bold Type Books; Bloomsbury; Random House; Yale University Press; The New Press; Penguin; Beacon Press

• An Essential Reading Guide For Fighting Racism

From Audre Lorde's groundbreaking essays to Ibram X. Kendi's guide to being antiracist, these books are a great resource for understanding why people are protesting right now.

 

• An Antiracist Reading List

Ibram X. Kendi on books to help America transcend its racist heritage.  

•  Understanding and Dismantling Racism: A Booklist for White Readers

The most recent police killings have renewed the urgency of the struggle in the minds of many white people and this list is in response to a bookstores many calls and requests for help.

 

• Books on anti-racism that you can read right now

A list of books and articles about anti-racism, as recommended by racial justice advocates and organizations.

Happy International Museum Day!

To celebrate the occasion, take some time to explore a few museums from around the world without ever leaving your house.

MASP - Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand

São Paulo, Brazil

MASP Virtual Tour

Van Gogh Museum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Ground Floor Tour

First Floor Tour

Second Floor Tour

Third Floor

The J. Paul Getty Museum

Los Angeles, United States

Virtual Tour

Uffizi Gallery

Firenze, Italy

Virtual Tour

Guggenheim Museum

New York, U.S.A

Virtual Tour

British Museum

London

A time line tour of the museum collection

Musee d'Orsay, Paris

Paris, France

Virtual Tour

The Louvre

Paris, France

Link to many virtual tours offered on the museum website

Facebook Trivia Answers

 

1) This five letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it. 

What is the word?

 

Short

2) How do you make the number 1 disappear?

 

Add the letter "g" and it's gone.

3) What starts with "e," ends with "e" and contains one letter?

 

An envelope

4) I stay in the corner but travel around the world. What am I?

 

A stamp

5) What comes once in a minute, twice in moment, but never in a thousand years?

 

The letter "m"

Virtual Local Authors Night

Thursday, May 7 from 6-8 p.m.

Meet and support local authors who write in a variety of genres for all ages 

during this free literary Zoom event. 

Listen to readings, ask questions, and place online

 orders for their books.

Registration Required 

Please join us to welcome these talented individuals who will be 

sharing published works with us:

Nicole Leckenby - “ Summer Vacation” 

Rachel Bindas - “Before the Sun Comes Up” 

Beverly Sutherland - “Alphabet Sleepover” (Children’s)

Leah Pileggi - “Prisoner 88” (Historical Fiction)

Natalie Belin - “The Many Colors of Natalie” (Poetry)

Angele Ellis - “Under the Kaufmann’s Clock”; “Spared” & “Arab on Radar”

(Poetry)

Bob Walicki - “A Room Full of Trees”, “Listen... It’s The Almost Sound of Snow Falling” And “Black Angels“ (Poetry)

 

Week Four

Can you name the juvenile book title  just by reading the opening sentences below?  

1. "Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. " 

2. "Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife." 

3. "Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head behind Christopher Robin." 

4. "The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home." 

5. " "Where's Papa going with that ax?" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast." 

Post your answer by Wednesday afternoon, either here or in the comments under  the Facebook you found the link.  A random winner will be chosen from those who participate and have the correct answer. Thanks for playing!

Week 1 winner: Meredith Hirsh 

Week 1 answer : Pacific Ocean 

Week 2 winner: Alice McCallister

Week 2 answer: The Vatican City

Week 3 winner: Christie Rethage

Week 3 answer: Stephen King