12. Outside the Library
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Hello, I’m Ellen Book, the Manager of the Pinecrest Branch Library one of 49 libraries making up MDPLS.
Before we get to the meat and potatoes of the program I love to show off library offerings.
our goal is 8000 cards. Through 9/18 we currently stand at 5189 cards.
It’s easy to sign up for a library card and get immediate access to our online library. A vast collection is available with your library card like eBooks, eAudiobooks, movies, music and more! Go to M-D-P-L-S ‘dot’ org to learn more.
Remote library resources
This app is your library on the go with 24/7 access for downloading and streaming eBooks, eAudiobooks, movies, music and magazines, search the catalog, find your nearest library branch and hours, request and renew books, search events and much more!
Have titles mailed directly to your home through Libraries @ Your Door our free one direction Home Delivery Service. Just log in into your library account online or calling us to make requests. Once you're ready to return your items, simply drop them off at any library location, use the book drops or pay return postage to mail them back.
Take home Mobile Device Lending Program is Part of the award the Emergency Connectivity Fund Program so Borrow a tablet or Wi-Fi hotspot to take home for 30 days, Our Mobile Device Kits can be used just about anywhere for work, school and personal browsing.
On the front page of the MDPLS website, click on the young couple sitting and viewing a laptop. The box is labeled Databases. Trusted for decades. Trusted reviews on appliances, cars, and household devices.
Get a daily link.
Get a three day link
For Local news, you can search the Miami Herald back to 1904
Take 16,000 free college level courses.
Overdrive is the website & Libby is the app. Thousands of ebooks, eaudiobooks and
Magazines.
733 ebooks and audiobooks on gardening.
About 300 issues.
30 downloads or streams a calendar month.
Hoopla’s audiobook offerings are terrific!
Before there was Masterclass online classes
Now Masterclass online classes has a starting price of $15/month (billed annually), Thru Hoopla, the Great Courses are accessible to you, for free, from Art to Zoology with multiple video lessons. No homework, no tests, no pressure – just in-depth instruction from the world's greatest professors.
And there’s even comic books.
Interesting opportunities to collect community service hours
Email companionil@mdpls.org
By date…
In our meeting room every Tues night.
Register: https://mdpls.org/event/7028926
Sat. afternoon from 3-5pm on Oct 8. From making compost to making compost art.
Dying scarves from kitchen scraps. All supplies provided while
Supplies last.
In person and Informal, no teacher, bring your own supplies.
Every Thursday from 11-2
By date…
Register: https://mdpls.org/event/7083459
the Miami Pioneers and Natives of Dade present the history of Mr. Gaston Drake, a Miami businessman and social fixture for over 50 years. He created Drake Lumber, based in Princeton, the South Dade town he named after his alma mater.This is a hybrid meeting so walk in or Zoom
restarting in Fall 3pm-5pm
Two conversation circles…
Weekly walk-in program. A conversation circle for Spanish language learners.
Register: https://mdpls.org/event/7037675
Students gather together to gain comfort and fluency when speaking English as a second language.
This free program is provided for English as a Second Language (ESL) learners to practice vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar in a fun, comfortable, laid-back environment.
And now let’s talk about Book Clubs. We have a variety! Seven at the moment..
Oct. 8, 2022 https://mdpls.org/event/6853925
A new monthly Read with Me Book Club for kids ages 6+. All titles are Newbery Award winners. 11am - Noon.
A partnership with Kristi House with 2 sessions every 2nd Wed. Book readings, interactive scenarios, and fun role-playing activities, enabling children to easily identify and assert personal boundaries without feelings of shame or guilt for children ages 4-10 years of age.
9/10 Great Books Register https://mdpls.org/event/7005421
9/17 Great Conversations Register: https://mdpls.org/event/6908108
Every 2nd and 3rd Saturdays at 10:30am. Both have the goal to advance the critical, reflective thinking and social and civic engagement by discussing works and ideas of enduring value covering topics that span over the centuries and millennia.
From 1-3 on First Weds. An in-person meeting of Miami Poets who celebrate all things poetic by bringing personal poems to read or those by favorite poets. They share publishing ideas, contests to enter, and new formats to explore. from 1- 3pm
Another walk-in program.
Register: https://mdpls.org/event/6589614
My own baby is this one. It’s this coming Thursday - Hybrid walk-in and Zoom.
Benefit of attending is we have a library copy waiting for you.
For readers who are also writers, an in-person local writer’s group to
Offer encouragement and insights.
Register: https://mdpls.org/event/6963908
From tragedy to a tender love story, Author Marc Gellman presents his book, Seven Days of Shiva: Forty-six Years of Puppy Love, a memoir that’s a full portrait of a marriage to make you smile, laugh, and cry.
Register: https://mdpls.org/event/6778402
Five sessions of Journaling that helps track the cycles of your life, giving a voice to your wishes, hopes and dreams. Get your pen moving to discover the benefits of reflective writing.
How it works: https://mdpls.org/museum-pass
First come, first serve, 1 pass for four people once during a 7 day period
Deering Estate thru 9/1/22
Zoo thru 9/23/22
Vizcaya thru 9/30/22
Frost Museum of Science
History Miami
Fruit and Spice Park
Perez Art Musuem
Bass Museum
One more week until Sept 29 - Theme: Explore the Natural World at the Library 2. Participants must be 13 to 19 years of age and have a Miami-Dade Public Library System card. 3. All artwork must be the original work of the artist and can be created digitally or by hand.
More for teens.
More for teens.
Chany Stolik is an educator and teacher of adults and children alike.
She was raised with a love for cooking and a passion for recreating recipes of her Jewish heritage . From a young age, her favorite thing to do was watch her mom in the kitchen, and she picked up lots of tricks of the trade. Chany and her husband love entertaining and hosting lots of guests for holiday dinners and casual get-togethers.
She views cooking and baking as a labor of love and enjoys nurturing others through her delicious meals and desserts. She currently co-directs Chabad of Coral Gables along with her husband Rabbi Avraham Stolik, where they bring Jewish awareness to the community. She is excited to share with you her enthusiasm for culinary delights this evening and looks forward to guiding you step by step in our Challah-making Workshop.