The Community Reads 2011 - WW II: The Home Front

Date: 
Tue, 10/18/2011 - 6:00pm to 7:45pm
Age Group: 
Adult
Teen

A look at life on the American home front during World War II: how every facet of life was affected by the war; how every citizen did their part; what they ate, saved, created or did without during the war effort. Learn about preserving, canning, pickling from the Victory Garden. Sample a popular dish from Grandma"s wartime kitchen.

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Library Reading Garden Dedication

Date: 
Sun, 09/18/2011 - 12:00pm
Contact: 
Rosemary Cooper
Age Group: 
Adult
Teen
Children

Join us for the dedication of the Albert Wisner Public Library Reading Garden. A short ceremony will take place in the Garden commemorating Warwick Beautification Committee founders: Dorothy "Deeps" Sanford, Elizabeth Sanford Lewis VanLeer, Frances Sanford Bradner and David Brandt.

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The Community Reads 2011 - Swing Dancing

Date: 
Thu, 11/10/2011 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Age Group: 
Adult
Teen

Swing is improvisational, energetic and as fun to dance as it is to watch. Dance instructor Diane Newlander will teach the fundamentals of swing dancing. Learn or brush up on the dance craze of the 1940's and 50's that is still quite popular today.

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The Community Reads 2011 - Literary Letter Writers

Date: 
Thu, 11/17/2011 - 6:00pm to 7:45pm
Age Group: 
Adult
Teen

Join English professor Diane Tomko for a discussion of famous correspondents in literary history. Their letters stand in marked contrast to our fleeting tweets, texts and emails. What can we learn from this more literate form of expression?

Programmer/Name Contact: 
Diane Tompko
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Weird Warwick: Local Ghost Stories with the Black Dirt Storytelling Guild

Date: 
Tue, 10/25/2011 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Contact: 
Contact: Help Desk @ 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Adult
Teen
Children

Members of the storytelling guild will beguile withtales of ghostsand mystery thathave been passed down in our communitythrough the years. Historic sources have been mined, and the old stories will rise from their graves and live again! Adults, teens and attentivechildren age 10 and up with parent. Pre-registration required.

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