Library News
Eating Green: organic, unprocessed whole foods
Make the right food choices for yourself, and for the environment. Monday, April 8 • 7 p.m
Learn more about making food choices that are good for you and good for the environment. Sue Rose will talk about the positive impact of whole, non-gmo foods and plant-based proteins on your health and on the world we live in. She'll discuss how to plan healthy vegetarian meals using the new USDA One Plate, how to shop locally and what to look for in the grocery store. Come learn how to make healthier food choices. A vegetarian for more than 40 years, Sue Rose has been cooking and studying nutrition with an emphasis on finding healthy vegetarian alternatives. Since retiring from a senior executive position in sales and marketing, she has conducted numerous talks and workshops on the vegetarian diet and the vegetarian lifestyle around the world. Sponsored by the Library's Just for the Health of It! initiative.
Poetry Coffeehouse
April is National Poetry Month. Read your own poems or listen to ones written by others.
Tuesday, April 2, 7 p.m
April is National Poetry month. Celebrate with us in the Library Cafe with an open poetry reading starring you! Come read your poetry in an open mic environment or just stop by and listen. Members of the Raritan Poetry Society and local teens will be kicking off the event!
Get Your Romance Novel Published
Get started on publishing your own romance novel duirng "Getting Published in the 21st Century. Thursday, March 21, at 7 p.m.
April Computer Training at the Library
Get the computer training you need at the Library and update your skills this month. Register now for the East Brunswick Public Library’s latest computer class offerings.
The computer training schedule for April has now been published. The training schedule will focus on the Microsoft Office Suite for users who already have basic skills. We will be offering four levels of Microsoft Word, four levels of Excel, the Introduction to PowerPoint, and Microsoft Outlook II.
We are also offering classes for beginners with the PC Literacy series. PC Literacy I and II will be offered on Wednesday afternoons during the month.
Are you new to digital cameras and are wondering what to do with your photos? Let the Library help you figure it out. Take our Great Web Tools for Your Digital Photos class to find out the best practices and websites for dealing with your photos.
Easy Free Websites Using Templates!
The Business Resource Center is offering a brand new website design workshop called Easy Free Websites Using Templates! Attend this instructional workshop to learn how to use templates to build your own business website, using the number one free web-building site, Wix.com. This workshop will take you step-by-step through building a simple web site to showcase your business on the web, whether you are selling products or services, and for any target audience or type of industry. The Wix site can be hosted for free on the Wix domain, or they will host your site or e-commerce site for a monthly fee. Attendees will also be given links to other free and low-cost build-your-own website companies. Taught by web/design consultant Jill Marshall-Work.
Fee: $25
Cancellation Policy for BRC Classes
If you must cancel, please call 732-390-6782 at least 24 hours in advance of each class. You can also cancel your registration by email to dmcauley@ebpl.org. The registration fee is nonrefundable without proper cancellation notice but may be applied to another class at a future date.
April Schedule:
- Excel Basics, Tuesday, Apr 2nd at 7 p.m.;
- Introduction to Microsoft Word, Thursday, Apr 4th at 7 p.m..;
- MS Word II, Tuesday, Apr 9th at 7 p.m.;
- PC Literacy I, Wednesday, Apr 10th at 2 p.m.;
- Excel II, Thursday, Apr 11th at 7 p.m.;
- MS Word III, Tuesday, Apr 16th at 7 p.m.;
- Excel III , Thursday, Apr 18th at 7 p.m.;
- Intro to PowerPoint, Saturday, Apr 20th at 9:30 a.m.;
- Website Design Workshop , Monday Apr 22nd at 7 p.m.;
- MS Word IV, Tuesday, Apr 23rd at 7 p.m.;
- PC Literacy II, Wednesday, Apr 24th at 2 p.m.;
- Intro to Outlook II , Thursday,Apr 25th at 7 p.m.;
- Excel IV, Saturday, Apr 27th at 9:30 a.m.;
- Great Web Tools for Your Digital Photos, Tuesday Apr 30th at 7 p.m.
All courses are offered using the latest Microsoft software - Windows 7 and Office 2010. Registration is required. All registrants should look at the class offerings carefully to insure that they have the necessary skills for each class. Most classes are two hours long and limited to 12 students per class.
Fees
There is a $5 fee for cardholders and a $10 fee for non-cardholders for classes other than BRC classes. Fees will be added to a cardholder’s account and paid for at the Circulation desk. Register at the Library, by phone or by going to the event in the website Calendar and clicking on the Sign Me Up link. Your library card and PIN numbers will be required. Non-cardholders must pay at the time of registration, i.e. registrations must be in person.
Cancellation Policy
Fees for computer class registrations are NOT refundable, so please be aware that you are making a definite commitment to attend a class when you register. Managing all of the changes in customer computer class registrations has been a very large job and has required staff hours which the library no longer has. The library would ask that you think of this as a small donation for all of the hours that are put in to running the classes.
If you cannot attend
If you cannot attend a class for which you have registered the Library would ask that as a courtesy to other registrants who may be waitlisted for that class that you call 732-390-6767 to cancel your registration or cancel your registration online so that they might have the opportunity to attend.
Waitlisted registrants
Waitlisted registrants will be notified by email and/or telephone as soon as there is a vacancy in a class. They will have 24 hours to respond to the notification. If they do not respond within that time frame, the next person on the waiting list will be notified. Once a commitment to attend has been made, that registration is subject to the same cancellation policy noted above. They do not pay unless there is a cancellation and they are admitted to the class proper.
Registration Requirements
Contact the Trainers
For more information, please call 732-390-6767.
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day With a Free Concert
Whiskey & Porter’s blend of Irish music is sure to entertain and keep you toe-tapping, clapping and even singing along! Sunday, March 17, 2 p.m.
Looking for a way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? Well, what could be more Irish than a high-energy duo featuring guitar, fiddle/mandolin and vocals playing traditional Irish tunes during a FREE concert? With a repertoire that ranges from rousing jigs and reels to light pub songs to politically-charged rebel songs, Whiskey & Porter’s blend of Irish music is sure to entertain and keep you toe-tapping, clapping and even singing along! Sponsored by The East Brunswick Arts Commission and the Friends of the Library.
Cultivating Social Change Through Art & Media
Learn how the arts and media–specifically traditional Indian classical dance, theatre and Bollywood films–inspire social change. Thursday, March 7; 7 p.m.
Learn how the arts and media–specifically traditional Indian classical dance, theatre and Bollywood films–inspire social change in areas such as inclusiveness, opportunity and cross-cultural understanding during a free panel discussion. Join Navneet Bhalla, New Jersey Policy and Outreach Coordinator/Consultant, South Asian Americans Leading Together; Dr. Debotri Dhar, instructor of Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University; and Ramya Ramnarayan, Artistic Director, Nrithyanjali Institute of Dance, while they discuss this interesting topic. This great evening will be moderated by MaryEllen Firestone, Director of the East Brunswick Public Library and is sponsored by Enjoy Explore India, Agraj Seva Kendra and The Library.