Register now for Lego robotics workshop, summer reading programs
NORWOOD » Norwood Library, 513 Welcome Ave., once again offers its Lego WeDo Robotics Workshop Level 1 from 10-11:30 a.m. Wednesdays June 21-Aug. 16. The workshop is recommended for children 7-12. Lego WeDo consists of constructing an assigned Lego project, then program it using a library-provided notebook computer to do a specified task. Registration is required due to limited seating. Participants must be committed to attending all eight weeks. Summer Reading Club kickoffs at 10 a.m. Monday, June 19, magician/illusionist Ran’D Shine. Registration is encouraged. The event is recommended for grades K-5.
For information and registration, call the library at 610-534-0693 or email at nocsd@delcolibraries.org
Magician visits Tinicum June 21
TINICUM » Tinicum Memorial Library, 620 Seneca St., Essington, invites students in grades K-6 to join its Summer Reading Club with the theme “Build a Better World,” meeting at 11 a.m. Wednesdays June 28-July 26. The opening program is set for 2 p.m. June 21 with magician Brian Richards performing magic, comedy, juggling and storytelling. Registration is required. For information and registration, call 610521-9344 or visit tinicum@ delcolibraries.org
Read books, learn Medicare at Ridley
RIDLEY TOWNSHIP » Ridley Township Public Library, 100 E. MacDade Blvd., Folsom, announces the opening of its Summer Reading Program, “Build a Better World.” The program runs through Aug. 11 for children and Sept. 7 through adults. Children aged infant through 17 can log their books each week to earn prizes and adults can take part in our Summer Reading Bingo which awards each book read a chance to win some great gift basket prizes.
Children’s programs open June 19 and include story times, Minecraft, movie nights, reading to animals, and much more including our popular Friday Family Shows each week at 10:30 a.m. Teen programs begin on June 20 with a kickoff party and include gaming club, henna tattoos, movie days, Harry Potter and Pokemon days and lots of other events. Adult summer programs began on June 13 and run through mid-August. For information, visit the “Events” page on www.delcolibraries.org or visit the library for a flyer to view all of the summer programming.
The library holds a free Medicare 101 session at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 14. The session is geared to take some of the mystery out of Medicare planning. Guests learn the basics of Medicare A,B, C and D, and get all the facts about copays, co-insurance and deductibles, Medicare HMO/ Advantage Plans and medical and preventive services offered to Medicare consumers for 2017. The workshop is presented APPRISE, a free health insurnace conseling program, and is held in the library’s lower level meeting room. Registration is required. For information and registration, call 610-583-0593, email reference@ridleylibrary.org or visit the library.
Busy summer for Aston
ASTON » Aston Public Library, 3720 Concord Road, holds help times for members who an eBook reader, laptop or tablet and are having trouble learning to use it. eBook help time is at 10 a.m. Fridays. Guests may bring their reader or tablet and and learn how to use it with library staff. Help time for laptops and tablets are at 11 a.m. Fridays.
Young children can learn basic literacy skills while having fun this summer at the library with story times every week, open to everyone. Join Ms. Debbie for toddler time (ages 2-3) on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m., infant time (up to 24 months) on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m., and preschool time (ages 3-5) on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.
Dave Fiebert of Segal Puppets brings another great show to the library at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 22. Come out for an exciting, colorful and entertaining puppet show. The show features tell an exciting, engaging and age-appropriate story.
The library celebrates its 40th anniversary with a fundraiser at the deck at Aston Barnaby’s, Pennell Road, from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, June 28. Cost of $25 includes open bar and buffet. Raffles are available for sale; items include a bistro set, lottery tree, basket of cheer and a 50/50. Tickets are on sale at the library, 3270 Concord Road, or call 610-494-5877 or email ginaruggieri@comcast.net
The library holds a Kids’ Lego Club at 4 p.m. Tuesdays. Children can learn to build things using the library’s Lego collection, and wooden blocks are also available for building. School age kids are be given a challenge project each week to build using Legos and/ or blocks. All ages are welcome. No registration is necessary.
Live bees swarm to Swarthmore
SWARTHMORE » Friends of the Swarthmore Public Library welcomes Don the Beekeeper from the Philadelphia Bee Company for a bee education program at 6 p.m. Friday, June 23, in the Central Park Ampitheater (event moves to borough hall for rain).
As owner of the Philadelphia Bee Company, Don shares how bees work, what beekeepers do, and why the pollinators are so important to people and the environment. Come out for live bees and other props, photos and an interactive waggle dance.
The group is family friendly, but best suited for guests ages 5 and up.
Bobby Rydell visit UDSellers
UPPER DARBY » Upper Darby Township and Sellers Memorial Free Public Library, 76 S. State Road, welcome Bobby Rydell for a question and answer session followed by a book signing of his 2016 autobiography “Teen Idol on the Rocks: A Tale of Second Chances” from 6-8 p.m. Friday, June 16.
Co-written with awardwinning musician, author, and filmmaker Allan Slutsky (“Standing in the Shadows of Motown”), “Teen Idol on the Rocks” tells not only the story of Bobby Rydell but that of American pop culture through the past six decades. He writes of encounters with such 20th century show business giants as Sinatra, Ann-Margret, The Beatles, Red Skelton, Jack Benny, and Dick Clark, whose Philly-based American Bandstand helped make Rydell the world’s biggest teen idol in the years between Elvis Presley’s army induction and the advent of Beatlemania. “Teen Idol on the Rocks” is also a very personal and oftenpainful story which delves into the darker and more dramatic aspects of Rydell’s life, including the death of his beloved first wife, Camille, his decades of alcohol abuse, and the last-ditch liver and kidney transplant surgery that saved his life.
Bobby Rydell’s appearance is open to the general public and is held in the accessible Adult Room of the library. Due to time restrictions and the volume of fans, Bobby is only able to sign one piece of memorabilia per person at book signing events. Copies of his autobiography are available for purchase. Registration is required, but there will be no reserved seats. Seating begins at 5:30 p.m. For registration and information, call 610-789-4440 or visit www.udlibraries.org/ adults