September 2, 2013
Labor Day
Monday
Oneida Public Library will be closed to celebrate Labor Day. It will be open as usual on Tuesday, September 3, at 9 p.m.
September 9
Your “A” Starts Here
Monday at 4 p.m.
Librarian Michele Ryan leads a workshop on electronic references, online homework help and research paper style for students who aim to get good grades this school year.
September 10
Ready To Read
Tuesday at 10 a.m.
This is an early literacy program of rhymes, songs, fingerplay and stories that will help children from birth through two years old to develop pre-reading skills.
September 11
Ready To Read
Wednesday at 10 a.m.
This is an early literacy program of rhymes, songs, fingerplay and stories that will help children from birth through two years old to develop pre-reading skills.
September 11
Wednesday Art Club
Wednesday at 1 p.m.
Local artists are welcome to share their questions, thoughts and skills with like-minded artists.
September 12
Ready, Set, Read
Thursday at 10:00 a.m.
This early literacy story hour includes songs, rhymes and activities designed to help children aged 3 to 5 years develop essential pre-reading skills.
September 16 and 17
AARP’s Drivers Safety Class
Monday and Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The AARP offers its Drivers Safety Class to licensed drivers 50 years and older for potential discounts in car insurance. To register, call Bob Fish at 363-0455.
September 17
Ready To Read
Tuesday at 10 a.m.
This is an early literacy program of rhymes, songs, fingerplay and stories that will help children from birth through two years old to develop pre-reading skills.
September 17
Back to School Basics
Tuesday at 4 p.m.
OPL librarian Michele Ryan provides cool ways and means of getting students organized at school.
September 18
Ready To Read
Wednesday at 10 a.m.
This is an early literacy program of rhymes, songs, fingerplay and stories that will help children from birth through two years old to develop pre-reading skills.
September 19
40th Friends’ Book Sale
Thursday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Friends of the Oneida Public Library offer gently used books, magazines, DVDs and videos at bargain prices in the auditorium of the First United Methodist Church, Main and Grove streets, Oneida. Proceeds benefit the Oneida Library.
September 19
Ready, Set, Read
Thursday at 10:00 a.m.
This early literacy story hour includes songs, rhymes and activities designed to help children aged 3 to 5 years develop essential pre-reading skills.
September 20
40th Friends’ Book Sale
Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friends of the Oneida Public Library offer gently used books, magazines, DVDs and videos at bargain prices in the auditorium of the First United Methodist Church, Main and Grove streets, Oneida. Proceeds benefit the Oneida Library.
September 21
40th Friends’ Book Sale
Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Friends of the Oneida Public Library offer gently used books, magazines, DVDs and videos at bargain prices in the auditorium of the First United Methodist Church, Main and Grove streets, Oneida. Proceeds benefit the Oneida Library.
September 22
The OPL BBQ’
Sunday from 12 noon to 4 p.m.
The Oneida Library Foundation invites the community, young and old, to a special Library Social on the site of the new Oneida Public Library, Main and Elizabeth streets. The event features a catered barbecue, live music, exhibits and a guided tour of the proposed library building sketched out to scale. Tickets, available at the library desk or at the gate, are $10 apiece, with children 10 years of age and younger free.
September 24
Ready To Read
Tuesday at 10 a.m.
This is an early literacy program of rhymes, songs, fingerplay and stories that will help children from birth through two years old to develop pre-reading skills.
September 24
Obama Care, October 1, Health Benefits and You
Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Diana Haldenwang of Mohawk Valley Perinatal Network will explain New York State’s new Health Benefit Exchange, which will fulfill in New York the U.S. Affordable Care Act’s requirement that all citizens have health insurance by January 1, 2014. She will focus on coverage, the sliding scale of premiums, subsidies and tax breaks.
September 25
Ready To Read
Wednesday at 10 a.m.
This is an early literacy program of rhymes, songs, fingerplay and stories that will help children from birth through two years old to develop pre-reading skills.
September 25
Lincoln on the Civil War
Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Oneida Public Library hosts a five-session, weekly adult book-discussion seminar called “Lincoln and the Civil War,” sponsored by the N.Y. Council for the Humanities, starting Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. Discussions, under the guidance of Tom Murray, will focus on nine famous speeches of Lincoln, from 1838 through his Second Inaugural Address. Books will be provided. Pre-registration required.
September 26
Ready, Set, Read
Thursday at 10:00 a.m.
This early literacy story hour includes songs, rhymes and activities designed to help children aged 3 to 5 years develop essential pre-reading skills.