Celebrate the Libraries....

Week of April 15- 21 is celebrated as a National Library Week. The National Library Week was first sponsored in 1958 by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country to acknowledge the services provided by the libraries. Come to the Osterhout Free Library to show your support. We have planned various activities for you to enjoy.

April 15
2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Fun Fest: Games, Prizes, and a Movie, The Mummy (with Boris Karloff)

April 16
12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.
LAPTTOTS : Computer class for the 2-5 year old

April 17
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
King Tut: The program will examine the religious, artistic and cultural changes that took place during the reigns of famous pharaoh Akhenaten and his probable son Tutankhamun during the “Amarna, Ancient Egypt's Place in the Sun" and the Franklin Institute's Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" will be included.

April 18
2:00 p.m.
Investment Fraud Program

10:00 a.m.- 10:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Toddler Story Time

April 19
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Heritage Quest Online: Online Genealogy Research Training

April 21

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Toddler Story Time

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Dance in Egypt: Celebration of Daily Life: Program for children presented by Barbara Siegel known as Habiba, presenter from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Outreach Lecture Program, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology. Habiba has been a performer, teacher and workshop instructor for over 25 years. She has made numerous trips to Tunisia and Egypt to document traditional dance styles and to perform. Her articles on Tunisian and Egyptian dance have appeared in many dance publications like Habibi and Arabesque She is a Fellow of the University of Pennsylvania Middle East Center and an outreach lecturer at the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology of the University of Pennsylvania. She has been a passionate advocate in creating new audiences for Middle Eastern dance. She has been a guest lecturer at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts and the Middle East Institute, Washington, DC. In 1997 she was inducted into the American Academy of Middle Eastern Dance "Hall of Fame" and has been named IAMED’s " Ethnic Dancer of the Year 2001."

3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
eBay: Learn how to Buy or Sell on eBay

Barnes and Noble Bookfair to support the Osterhout Free Library. During the week of April 15-21, simply present the voucher at the cash register at the time of purchase. A percentage of the net sale will be donated to the Osterhout Free Library.