Calling all knitters!

If you love to knit, or if you’re interested in learning more about knitting, then the Library’s new Knitting Book Club is just perfect for you.

Inspired by the Library’s cookbook clubs, Deputy Director and published knitter Don Yarman has selected a new knitting book he is eager to explore with other library-loving knitters. Check out a copy of Knockout Knits, knit (or swatch!) some projects, and join us to share your work.

Or simply attend to talk to other knitters and find out more about this old and current hobby.

Thursday, February 19, 2015 – 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Delaware Main Library.

The Library will be open on Presidents’ Day

The Delaware County District Library and its branches will be open on Presidents’ Day, Monday, February 16, 2015.  Stop in to pick up a good book, a blockbuster movie, enjoy a story time, get some homework help, read a magazine, or simply enjoy the ambiance of the Library.

 

Baby it’s cold outside!

But the Delaware County District Library and its branches are open and warm.  Drop by today for a good book, a blockbuster movie, to browse a magazine, log on to the Internet, or simply to sit quietly in a warm and inviting space.

Holiday Hours

Just a reminder: The Delaware County District Library will be closed on Wednesday, December 24 and Thursday, December 25, to allow staff to enjoy the holidays with their families.

On Wednesday, December 31, 2014, we will close at 5:00 p.m. and remain closed for New Year’s Day.

The Library will resume its normal hours on Friday, January 2, 2015.

Season’s Readings!

Mary Jane Santos,

Director

Grocery Shopping Savings and Wolves!

The Delaware County District Library is hosting two interestingly different programs in the next few days, and I cordially invite you to attend.

On Saturday, October 4 at 10:00 at the Delaware Main library. Lynette Rice, author of CleverlySimple.com, will cover a variety of topics including realistic couponing, strategic grocery shopping, and practical meal planning. Come ready to learn and connect with others who are excited about saving money! Click here to read about the different things participants learned in an earlier course offered at the Delaware Main Library.  Pre-registration is required. Reserve your free seat at www.CleverlySimple.com/SavingsNation.

On Tuesday, October 7 at 6:30 p.m., at the Ostrander Branch,  you and your family are invited to the Ironwood Wolves Family Program.  Wolves are beautiful and misunderstood creatures, and the educators at Ironwood Wolves are working hard to dispel the myths. Come to the program to learn more about wolves, touch and feel wolf fur and castings, and meet a real hybrid wolf!

Meet a Cyclops and a Dragon at the Imagination Gardens Open House at the Orange Branch

Community members are invited to explore a place where it’s not uncommon for a dragon and Dionysus to dwell in perfect harmony–the Imagination Garden at Delaware County District Library Orange Branch.

An open house will take place on Sunday, September 21 from 2 – 4 p.m. in the garden, which is situated on the north side of the building. Two art pieces, a tiled dragon mosaic and a mythological sculpture, will be featured and the artists behind their creation will be present to display their works and answer questions. Attendees will also enjoy light refreshments, and a children’s craft.

Dale Johnson’s sculpture, Mythology –or– On the Origin of Stories, was installed last summer. The piece mimics a classic book that has been taken over by mythological creatures such as the Cyclops, a sea monster, aliens, leprechauns and Dionysus. The piece started as a 4,830 lb piece of limestone and took seven months to carve.

Artists Lynda Elias and Virginia Corwin added their touch to the garden this summer with the addition of a giant, tiled dragon. The colorful arrangement of mosaic tiles and mirrored pieces glued to several large zig-zagging panels help simulate the movement of a colossal, whimsical, winged creature flying through the garden. Earlier this spring five large, concrete panels were installed, and soon thereafter Elias was drawing the outlines for the dragon. The work of tiling all of the pieces and grouting took about one week to finish in early July with the help of more than four-dozen DCDL patrons and community members.

The establishment of the Imagination Garden was made possible through a generous bequest by local community member Pauline Way. Bequests from Mary Reed and Barbara Murray also helped make the Imagination Garden possible. Their memory is honored on two of seven benches located within the garden. The remaining five benches and other markers are available for community members to recognize, honor, and memorialize their loved ones.