{"id":110285,"date":"2019-12-26T09:08:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T14:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=110285"},"modified":"2019-12-26T09:08:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T14:08:05","slug":"oneida-public-library-announces-jan-calendar-of-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=110285","title":{"rendered":"Oneida Public Library announces Jan. calendar of events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/oneida-public-library.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/oneida-public-library.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/oneida-public-library-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jan. 1, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>New Year\u2019s Day: Wednesday. Oneida Public Library\nis closed Wednesday, Jan. 1, to celebrate the new year. The library will be\nopen as usual Thursday, Jan. 2, from 9 a.m. till 8 p.m.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jan. 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ready to Read: Thursday at 10 a.m. OPL\u2019s Youth\nServices Coordinator Megan Gillander invites older preschoolers and their\nparents or guardians to a program of stories, songs and activities designed to\nprepare preschoolers for kindergarten.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jan. 6 and 7<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>AARP Drivers\u2019 Class: Monday and Tuesday, 9:30\na.m. to 1:30 p.m. AARP-trained instructors offer a two-day classroom defensive\ndriver course for potential discounts in car insurance. To register, call Bob\nFish at 315.363.0455.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jan. 7<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tech Connect: Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. To get free\npersonal help on any problem you\u2019re having with your computer, tablet, cell\nphone or device or to learn how to download, upload or research online, stop by\nthe OPL Tuesdays to consult with Tech Connect\u2019s Amanda McCallops.<\/li><li>Ready to Read: Tuesday at 10 a.m. OPL\u2019s Youth\nServices Coordinator Megan Gillander will help preschoolers learn and practice language\nand social skills in a friendly and educational setting through stories, songs,\ncrafts and play.<\/li><li>Yoga for Seniors: Tuesday at 2 p.m. Certified\nHathi Yoga instructor Bill Skinner offers weekly classes in Yoga for Seniors,\nusing safe, healthful and relaxing exercises. The program is free, but\npre-registration is required.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jan. 8<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tech Help; Wednesday, 9 to 11 a.m. The OPL\u2019s\ntalented tech volunteers are booting up for another season of Tech Help and\nready to help anyone get the most out of devices or laptops. It\u2019s free, and no\nappointment is required.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jan. 9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ready to Read: Thursday at 10 a.m. OPL\u2019s Youth\nServices Coordinator Megan Gillander invites older preschoolers and their\nparents or guardians to a program of stories, songs and activities designed to\nprepare preschoolers for kindergarten.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jan. 11<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Family Super Saturday, \u201cPaper Planes Fly Away\u201d: Saturday\nat 11 a.m. Oneida Library invites families with young children to come in and\ncompete in the making of paper airplanes. Paper and design ideas are provided.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jan. 14<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tech Connect: Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.<\/li><li>To get free personal help on any problem you\u2019re\nhaving with your computer, tablet, cell phone or device or to learn how to\ndownload, upload or research online, stop by the OPL Tuesdays to consult with\nTech Connect\u2019s Amanda McCallops.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jan. 14<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ready to Read: Tuesday at 10 a.m. OPL\u2019s Youth\nServices Coordinator Megan Gillander will help preschoolers learn and practice language\nand social skills in a friendly and educational setting through stories, songs,\ncrafts and play.<\/li><li>Yoga for Seniors: Tuesday at 2 p.m. Certified\nHathi Yoga instructor Bill Skinner offers weekly classes in Yoga for Seniors,\nusing safe, healthful and relaxing exercises. The program is free, but\npre-registration is required.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jan. 15<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tech Help: Wednesday, 9 to 11 a.m. The OPL\u2019s\ntalented tech volunteers are available to help anyone get the most out of\ndevices or laptops. It\u2019s free, and no appointment is required.<\/li><li>Family Sign Language Night: Wednesday at 6 p.m. All\nfamily members can learn the basics, helpful words and phrases of American Sign\nLanguage. Megan Gillander, a sign-language adept, will lead the class.<\/li><li>Four Fabulous Female Novelists Part 1. Wednesday\nat 7 p.m. Dr. Roxanna Pisiak from Morrisville State College will guide\ndiscussion on the recent novels of four contemporary, up-and-coming young women\nwriters who set their fiction in unusual settings around the world. For the\nfirst session, she will be discussing Ingrid Rojas Contreras\u2019 \u201cFruits of the\nDrunken Tree,\u201d a coming-of-age story set in 1990s\u2019 Columbia in the midst of a\ndrug war between Pablo Escobar and the government. Interested readers can sign\nup at the OPL\u2019s circulation desk and request a copy of the book.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jan. 16<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ready to Read: Thursday at 10 a.m. OPL\u2019s Youth\nServices Coordinator Megan Gillander invites older preschoolers and their\nparents or guardians to a program of stories, songs and activities designed to\nprepare preschoolers for kindergarten.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jan. 20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: Monday. Oneida\nPublic Library is closed Monday, Jan. 20, to honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther\nKing, Jr. The library will be open as usual on Tuesday, Jan. 21, from 9 a.m.\ntill 8 p.m.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jan. 21<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tech Connect: Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. To get\nfree personal help on any problem you\u2019re having with your computer, tablet,\ncell phone or device or to learn how to download, upload or research online,\nstop by the OPL Tuesdays to consult with Tech Connect\u2019s Amanda McCallops.<\/li><li>Ready to Read: Tuesday at 10 a.m. OPL\u2019s Youth\nServices Coordinator Megan Gillander will help preschoolers learn and practice language\nand social skills in a friendly and educational setting through stories, songs,\ncrafts and play.<\/li><li>Yoga for Seniors: Tuesday at 2 p.m. Certified\nHathi Yoga instructor Bill Skinner offers weekly classes in Yoga for Seniors,\nusing safe, healthful and relaxing exercises. The program is free, but\npre-registration is required.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jan. 22<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tech Help: Wednesday, 9-11 a.m. The OPL\u2019s\ntalented tech volunteers are available to help anyone get the most out of\ndevices or laptops. It\u2019s free, and no appointment is required.<\/li><li>Family Night \u2013 Anime\/Manga Drawing: Wednesday at\n6 p.m. For any family members interested in drawing anime and manga figures,\nOneida Library offers a shared experience in drawing. Materials are provided.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jan. 23<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ready to Read: Thursday at 10 a.m. OPL\u2019s Youth\nServices Coordinator Megan Gillander invites older preschoolers and their\nparents or guardians to a program of stories, songs and activities designed to\nprepare preschoolers for kindergarten.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jan. 28<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tech Connect: Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. To get\nfree personal help on any problem you\u2019re having with your computer, tablet,\ncell phone or device or to learn how to download, upload or research online,\nstop by the OPL Tuesdays to consult with Tech Connect\u2019s Amanda McCallops.<\/li><li>Ready to Read: Tuesday at 10 a.m. OPL\u2019s Youth\nServices Coordinator Megan Gillander will help preschoolers learn and practice language\nand social skills in a friendly and educational setting through stories, songs,\ncrafts and play.<\/li><li>Yoga for Seniors: Tuesday at 2 p.m. Certified\nHathi Yoga instructor Bill Skinner offers weekly classes in Yoga for Seniors,\nusing safe, healthful and relaxing exercises. The program is free, but\npre-registration is required.<\/li><li>Pushing the Limits \u2013 \u201cStiff\u201d: Tuesday at 6 p.m. Prof.\nJen Herzog introduces the oddly compelling and frequently amusing history of\ncadavers in medical scientific research in a lively discussion of Stiff: The\nCurious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach. Sign up and request a copy of\nthe book at the OPL Circulation Desk.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jan. 29<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tech Help: Wednesday, 9-11 a.m. The OPL\u2019s\ntalented tech volunteers are available to help anyone get the most out of\ndevices or laptops. It\u2019s free, and no appointment is required.<\/li><li>After-school Book Club: Wednesday at 4 p.m. Oneida\nPublic Library\u2019s Youth Services Coordinator, Megan Gillander, calls on all\nthird to fifth graders to come to the library and join the first session of\nOPL\u2019s new monthly Book Club for Kids. The will help select the right book to\ndiscuss next month and plan a book-themed activity.<\/li><li>Book Talk with Dr. Norman Dann: Wednesday at 7\np.m. Dr. Norman Dann, the historian who has taken Peterboro and the Gerrit\nSmith family as his special subject, will introduce his latest biography, \u201cGod,\nGerrit and Guidance: The Life of Ann Carroll Fitzhugh Smith.\u201d It is the story\nof Gerrit Smith\u2019s dutiful wife Ann, who in her own right was a proto-feminist\nand her husband\u2019s partner in reform. Copies of the book will be available for\nsale and signing by the author.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jan. 30<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ready to Read: Thursday at 10 a.m. OPL\u2019s Youth\nServices Coordinator Megan Gillander invites older preschoolers and their\nparents or guardians to a program of stories, songs and activities designed to\nprepare preschoolers for kindergarten.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 1, 2020 New Year\u2019s Day: Wednesday. Oneida Public Library is closed Wednesday, Jan. 1, to celebrate the new year. The library will be open as usual Thursday, Jan. 2, from 9 a.m. till 8 p.m. Jan. 2 Ready to Read: Thursday at 10 a.m. OPL\u2019s Youth Services Coordinator Megan Gillander invites older preschoolers and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-libraries","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}