Library Plans Virtual Programs

Hershey Public Library, 701 Cocoa Ave., Hershey, will offer a variety of virtual programs to the community. Registration for all programs is available on the Events Calendar at http://www.hersheylibrary.org. Facebook Live programs may be viewed at http://www.facebook.com/hersheypubliclibrary. For more details, readers may call the library at 717-533-6555.

On Saturday, Feb. 13, a Carry & Craft program will be held at 10 a.m. for children to make Valentine's Day stationery and stickers and at 11 a.m. for teens and adults to make a Valentine's Day watercolor. Supplies will be available for pickup from Tuesday, Feb. 9, through Saturday, Feb. 13, during regular library hours. The how-to video will premiere on the "Hershey Library Programming" channel on YouTube on Feb. 13.

Love Story Trivia: Disney Style will take place at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 14, with library staff on Zoom or Facebook Live. The entire family is encouraged to get caught up on all the classic and newer Disney movies. Registration is required for Zoom access, but not for Facebook Live.

Making Movies, a Friends program on Zoom for tweens and teens, will be offered on Saturday, Feb. 20, at 2 p.m. Filmmakers Tom Capps, Phil Russell, and Janelle Tedesco will pull back the curtain to reveal some tricks and secrets behind how movies are made.

Sarah Gutman will present "Start Climbing Your Family Tree," a virtual Friends program on Zoom for beginners in genealogy, at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 22. Participants will learn tips and tricks on how to get started building their family tree.

Dungeons & Dragons Made Simple, a family program on the library's Facebook Live page, will begin at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 26. Library staff will help participants to create a world using what they have and to transform their living room, kitchen, or garage into the setting of a new campaign. The first 10 families that register for this program can pick up a set of dice, character sheets, and a dice bag.

With the aid of a Beanstack Black Voices micro-grant, the Hershey Public Library will offer a bi-monthly virtual family book group series called Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Glass Doors. The grant provides for families to read and discuss books written by authors and illustrators who are black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC). The library's goal is to celebrate its diverse community and for patrons to find joy in each other. The first discussion will be about "I Am Enough" by Grace Byers and will be held on Saturday, Feb. 27, at 2 p.m. Books will be provided through the grant for families to keep. Library staff will lead the discussions during the bi-monthly Zoom meetings.

Neill Hartley will return to deliver a virtual program titled "Songs and Letters from World War l" at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 28. Hartley will present a one-man show on Zoom featuring letters and iconic songs from World War I. This fully staged virtual program will present stories of the war, told in the words of the men and women who lived it. The program is suitable for people of all ages.

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