Dates to Remember
@ Mentor Public Library!
440-255-8811
Mentor Public Library
www.mentorpl.org
March 2015
2010 Civic Organization of the Year
A Night With Clara Barton
Thursday, March 26 at 6:30 p.m.
In celebration of Women's History Month, Carol
Starre-Kmiecik will perform a one woman show about
Civil War nurse and founder of the Red Cross Clara
Barton at the Main Library in the Garfield Room.
Starre-Kmiecik is the writer, actor and producer of the
one-woman production company Famous American
Women. Her mission is to tell the life stories of courageous women who overcame such obstacles as poverty, abuse, prejudice and widowhood to make significant contributions to our
country. She spends hours poring over books and research and searching for
vintage clothing to bring her characters to life.
For more information or to register for this free program, contact Adult Information Services at 440-255-8811, extension 215.
MPL Book Clubs on page 3.
Make a Craft @ Main
Monday, March 2, all day. All ages
Read Across America Day @ MPL
Monday, March 2.
Seussical Fun @ Main, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Dr. Seuss Story Time @ Lake, 4 p.m.
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss
@ Headlands, 6:30 p.m.
Page to Stage - Green Eggs and Ham
@ Main, 6:30 p.m.
Monday University @ Main:
Women of Aviation
Monday, March 2 at 6:30 p.m.
Rhyme Time @ Lake-Ages 5 and under
Wonderful Wildlife, Tuesday, March 3
Pajama Pals, Tuesday, March 10
Pizza, Tuesday, March 24
Comics Club @ Main
Tuesday, March 3 at 7 p.m. Ages 8-12
Perennials For Non-stop Color
@ Main. Wednesday, March 4 at 2 p.m.
Device Advice @ Main
Do you have a computer,
smartphone or tablet but aren’t
sure how to get the most out of it?
Sign up for a 30-minute spot with
our expert librarians and they’ll
show you how to download
eBooks or stream music and video
to your device for free with your
Mentor Public Library card.
These Device Advice sessions are
available from 6 to 8 p.m. on
Monday through Thursday,
March 9 through March 12.
Patrons must have a Mentor
Public Library card for this
tutoring session and registration is
required. You can register by calling 440-255-8811 extension 216.
Basic Drawing Classes
@ Main-Thursdays
March 5, 12, 19 & 26 at 1 p.m.
Would you like to learn how to
sketch and draw?
Art instructor Sandy D'Amico
will teach beginner's the basics in
this four week class.
Participants must be able to attend
all 4 sessions. Registration is required for these free classes.
Please call the library to register
at 440-255-8811, extension 215.
Participants are also encouraged
to bring their own supplies - 9 x
12 pad of drawing paper, a kneaded eraser, pencil sharpener, tin of
12 hard graphite pencils and a 12"
or 6" ruler - as the library has a
limited supply.
American Girl Book Club @ Main
Wednesday, March 4 at 4 p.m.
Ages 8-12. Meet Caroline
Basic Drawing @ Main
Thu, March 5, 12, 19, & 26 at 1 p.m.
Minecraft Clubs
@ Main-Thursday, March 5 at 4 p.m.
@ Main-Thursday, March 19 at 4 p.m.
@ Lake-Saturday, March 21 at 2 p.m.
Lego Clubs:
@ Main-Saturday, March 7 at 2 p.m.
@ Lake-Saturday, March 14 at 2 p.m.
@ Headlands-Sat, March 21 at 2 p.m.
Teen Book Club @ Lake
Saturday, March 7 at 2 p.m.
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Shimmy & Shake-Dance Party @ Main
Monday, March 9 at 1 p.m. Ages 3-6
Dementia Series: Combative Behavior
@ Main. Monday, March 9 at 6:30 p.m.
Continued on page 2.
Dates to Remember @ MPL
Teen Project-Trivia Contest @ Lake
Monday, March 9 at 6:30 p.m.
Get Fit While You Sit
@ Headlands-Tue, March 10 at 10 a.m.
@ Lake-Thu, March 19 at 10:30 a.m.
Major Battles of the Civil War @ Main
The Fall of Petersburg
Wednesday, March 11 at 12 p.m.
Wordplay Creative Writing Club
@ Main. Wed, March11 at 4:30 p.m.
Grades 3-6
The Princess and the Frog @ Main
Thursday, March 12 at 4 p.m. Ages 4-9
Mentor Reads James A. Garfield
@ Main. Thu, March 12 at 6:30 p.m.
Art To Go-Knights & Armor @ Main
Monday, March 16 at 12:30 p.m.
Studio MPL Art Club @ Main
Monday, March 16 at 4 p.m. Gr 1-5
Teens Writing Club @ Main
Monday, March 16 at 4:30 p.m.
Music Online-Computer & Cookies
@ Main. Tuesday, March 17 at 10 a.m.
St. Patty Party @ Lake
Tuesday, March 17 at 3:30 p.m.
Interviewing to Win @ Main
Wednesday, March 18 at 10 a.m.
Planning for Healthcare in Retirement
@ Main. Thursday, March 19 at 6 p.m.
Beginners Yoga @ Main
Tuesday, March 24 and 31 at 6 p.m.
A Night With Clara Barton @ Main
Thursday, March 26 at 6:30 p.m.
Silent Library! @ Main
Saturday, March 28 at 1 p.m. Teens
Healthy Eating on a Budget
@ Headlands, Tue, March 31 a 10 a.m.
@Lake, Tue, March 31 at 12:30 p.m.
Tasty Tuesdays @ Main
Tuesday, March 31 at 7 p.m. Adults
Mentor Public Library
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Adult Programs
Register online at www.mentorpl.org or call
Information Services at 255-8811, ext. 215 to register.
Monday University: Women of Aviation
Monday, March 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the Village Room
Join Connie Luhta of the International Women's Air and Space Museum as we
learn about the history of the women of aviation. Registration is required.
Master Gardeners - Perennials for Non-stop Color @ Main
Wednesday, March 4 at 2 p.m. in the Garfield Room
A speaker from the Master Gardeners will talk about perennials for non-stop
color. Your garden can be colorful all year long. This presentation will
demonstrate season of color and give planting and care suggestions.
Registration is required.
Dementia Series: Combative Behavior @ Main
Monday, March 9 at 6:30 p.m.in the Garfield Room
All behaviors are a form of communication. You will be able to identify
common triggers and early signs of combative behavior and apply strategies to
prevent or modify potential combative behavior. The library is partnering with
Kemper House to present this program. Registration is required.
Get Fit While You Sit
Tuesday, March 10 at 10 a.m. @ The Headlands Branch
Thursday, March 19 at 10:30 a.m. @ The Lake Branch
Dr. Michael Morris of Morris Chiropractic will give a
presentation on getting and staying fit while sitting. Dr.
Morris will also provide simple spine analysis after the
lecture if you care to participate.
Major Battles and Topics of the Civil War: The Fall of Petersburg @ Main
Wednesday, March 11 at 12 p.m. in the Garfield Room
Join James A. Garfield National Historic Site staff and volunteers at Mentor
Public Library on the second Wednesday of each month for a new talk on
“Major Battles of the Civil War!” This month’s program will discuss the end
of the Petersburg Siege and the road to Appomattox. Program is free of
charge; please make a free reservation by calling Mentor Public Library at
440-255-8811, extension 215. Attendees are invited to bring a lunch to enjoy
during the talk.
Mentor Reads James A. Garfield @ Main
Thursday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m. in the Cleveland Room
Join volunteers from James A. Garfield National Historic Site to discuss a
different book about Mentor's most famous son! This month's selection is The
Trial of the Assassin Guiteau: Psychiatry and Law in the Gilded Age by
Charles Rosenberg.
Music Online-Computers & Cookies @ Main
Tuesday, March 17 at 10 a.m. in the Garfield Room
Do you like listening to music? Do you know how to legally get music off of
the Internet? Come to the library, have a cookie, and learn how to listen to and
obtain music online.
Main Library
440-255-8811
Lake Branch
440-257-2512
Headlands Branch
440-257-2000
Planning For Healthcare in
Retirement @ Main
Thursday, March 19 at 6 p.m.
Garfield Room
Financial Services Professional Stan
Davisson will discuss planning for
health care costs in retirement. An
extended illness or disability can
destroy the most carefully built
retirement plan. Learn how to protect
assets from Medicaid and pay for
extended care at home, in assisted
living or in a skilled nursing facility.
Find out who will and will not pay,
what the government may cover and
the benefits of private long-term
health care insurance.
Beginners Yoga @ Main
Tuesday, March 24 and 31 at 6 p.m.
Village Room
Join us for a four-week
beginners' yoga class
with Core Card
Partners Awaken
Yoga. This class is for
those new to yoga or
who enjoy the
simplicity of the
beginning poses.
Please bring a yoga
mat and a towel.
Remember to dress comfortably!
Registration is required for each class.
Healthy Eating on a Budget
@ Headlands
Tuesday March 31 at 10 a.m.
@ Lake
Tuesday, March 31 at 12:30 p.m.
Cori Kitaura from the Lake County
General Health District will be here to
give information to Seniors on how to
eat well on a fixed budget.
Tasty Tuesdays @ Main
Tuesday, March 31 at 7 p.m.
Garfield Room
In this monthly event, participants will
have a chance to try different foods
and discuss. It's like a book club for
your mouth. This month’s theme is
cheese!
Teen Programs
Teen Book Club @ Lake
Saturday, March 7 at 2 p.m.
Join your friends for a
lively discussion of this
month’s selection If I
Stay by Gayle Foreman.
Pick up a copy at the
Lake Branch while supplies last!
The Teen Project @ Lake
Monday, Monday 9 at 6:30 p.m.
The Teen Project is a new monthly
get together where teens can hang out
doing some fun and creative things at
the library. This month we are having
a trivia contest. Test your knowledge
on popular books, movies, music and
more! Snacks will be provided!
Teen Writing Club @ Main
Monday, March 16 at 4:30 p.m.
Our monthly creative writing club for
teens focuses on a different prompt
each month. It’s a fun way to expand
your creative writing and get some
great ideas.
Silent Library! @ Main
Saturday, March 28 at 1 p.m.
Complete quirky and odd tasks for
your team to win Silent Library, but
remember to shhhhhhhh!!! Come prepared to get a little messy.
Talk It Up @ Main
March Book Groups
Profilers Mystery Book Club @ Main
Tuesday, March 3 at 6:30 p.m.
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Lakeside Book Club @ Lake
Wednesday, March 4 at 6:30 p.m.
Stealing Athena by Karen Essex
Book Club for Men @ Main
Monday, March 16 at 7 p.m.
Cold Dish by Craig Johnson
Senior Center Book Discussion
@ Mentor Senior Center
Wednesday, March18 at 1:30 p.m.
Blood of the Prodigal by P. L. Gaus
Headlands Book Club
@ The Headlands Community Center
Wednesday, March 18 at 6:30 p.m.
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Monday Night Book Club @ Main
Monday, March 23 at 6:30 p.m.
Among the Wonderful
by Stacy Carlton
20/30 Book Club @ Red Robin
36565 Euclid Avenue
Wednesday, March 25 at 6:30 p.m.
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Friends of MPL
$5 Bag Sale
Members Preview
Thursday, March 5, 4-7 p.m.
Public Sale
Saturday, March 7, 9 -4 p.m.
Sunday, March 8, 11-4 p.m.
@ The Read House
Book & Brush Club @ Main
Wednesday, March 25 at 6:30 p.m.
The Monuments Men
by Robert Edsel
For more information on our
book groups, contact the Adult
Information Services desk or call
255-8811, ext. 215.
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on the web at www.mentorpl.org
MPL Cover to Cover
Mary Detling, Editor
The Cover to Cover is published
monthly by the Mentor Public
Library. It is provided free-ofcharge to library patrons and
interested citizens.
Board of Trustees
Amy Frank-Hensley, President
Kurt Helfrich, Vice President
Nancy Grendze, Secretary
Kerilyn Boergert
Sonja Maier
Terri Mervo
Diane Wantz
The Board of Trustees meets at
5 p.m. on the third Wednesday of
each month in the James R. Garfield
Room at the Main Library (lower
level). The public is welcome to
attend.
Friends of the Library
Kandi Brooks, President
440-477-6195
[email protected]
Bi-monthly meetings at Main at
5:30 p.m.: Jan 13, Mar 10, May 12,
July 14, Sep 8, Nov 10
Mentor Public Library
Lynn Hawkins, Executive Director
[email protected]
Main Library
8215 Mentor Avenue
Mentor, OH 44060
Phone: 440-255-8811
Fax: 440-205-1153
Mon - Thu …..…...….9 a.m.-9 p.m.
Fri & Sat…….…..…..9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sun ………....……...11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Lake Branch
5642 Andrews Road
Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH 44060
Phone: 440-257-2512
Fax: 440-257-6886
Mon & Wed.…..…...1 p.m.-9 p.m.
Tue, Thu, Fri & Sat...9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Headlands Branch
4669 Corduroy Road
Mentor, OH 44060
Phone: 440-257-2000
Fax: 440-257-2859
Mon & Wed.…..…...1 p.m.-9 p.m.
Tue, Thu, Fri & Sat...9 a.m.-5 p.m.
www.mentorpl.org
Lending, Learning, Leading
Children’s Programs @ Mentor Public Library
Some programs require registration.
Register at www.mentorpl.org
Or call 440-255-8811, ext. 220/221.
Read Across America Day @ MPL
Monday, March 2
Celebrate this national day of reading motivation and awareness on March 2, the
birthday of Dr. Seuss! See what we have
planned below.
Seussical Fun @ Main
9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Make a Craft @ Main--all day.
Dr. Seuss Story Time @ Lake
4-4:45 p.m. Ages 4 and up
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
@ Headlands, 6:30 p.m.
Appropriate for grades K-5
Page to Stage - Green Eggs and Ham
@ Main, 6:30 p.m. Ages 3-7
Join David Malinowski of the Fine Arts Association as he introduces basic theatre techniques to children. We will be bringing the
classic Dr. Seuss book, Green Eggs and
Ham, to life. Registration is necessary.
Rhyme Time @ Lake at 10:30 a.m.
Ages 5 and under
Wonderful Wildlife-Tue, March 3
Pajama Pals-Tues, March 10
Pizza-Tue, March 24
Join the Lake staff for stories and music on
some fun topics.
Comics Club @ Main
Tuesday, March 3 at 7 p.m. Ages 8-12
Talk about what comics you’re reading and
draw your own comics. Registration is required.
American Girl Book Club @ Main
Wednesday, March 4 at 4 p.m.
Ages 6-12
Meet Caroline. Each month we will talk
about a different doll. Snack and crafts included! Registration is suggested.
Minecraft Clubs - Ages 8-12
@ Main-Thu, March 5 or 19 at 4 p.m.
@ Lake-Saturday, March 21 at 2 p.m.
Registration is required.
Lego Clubs
Kids @ Work! @ Main
Saturday, March 7 at 2 p.m.
Legomania @ Lake
Saturday, March 14 at 2 p.m.
Let’s Go Lego Club @ Headlands
Saturday, March 21 at 2 p.m.
Children under 8 must be accompanied by
an adult.
Shimmy & Shake: A Preschool Dance
Party @ Main.
Monday, March 9 at 1 p.m. Ages 3-6
Get off your seat and move your feet to
some rockin' good tunes and then make a
dancing ribbon to take home. Registration
is required. You'll even get to make a pillow for your plush pal!
The Princess and The Frog @ Main
Thursday, March 12 at 4 p.m.
Ages 4-9
Join us for a celebration of the movie The
Princess and the Frog! We’ll have an
afternoon of crafts, activities, and a snack,
all ending with a sing-a-long. Registration
is required.
Art To Go - Knights & Armor @ Main
Monday, March 16 at 12:30 p.m. Gr 1-5
The Cleveland Museum of Art will be here
with armor from the Middle Ages and
Renaissance period of European history.
Learn about knights and armor while the
artifacts are passed around the room. A
parent must attend with their child.
Please, no one under first grade permitted. Registration is necessary.
Studio MPL Art Club @ Main
Monday, March 16 at 4 p.m.
Grades 1-5. Join us for a fun art project.
St. Patty Party @ Lake
Tuesday, March 17 at 3:30 p.m.
Ages 5 and up
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day! We'll make
lucky shamrock wands, colorful cereal
rainbows, and shamrock pinwheels! Registration required.
KidShow @ Great Lakes Mall
Saturday, March 21 from 4-6 p.m.
Stop by the Mentor Public Library's craft
table at the Great Lakes Mall KidShow!
Spring Story Times begin March 17. Check our website or
contact any MPL location for available times and dates.