Please join us virtually on Thursday, July 30th, for Introduction to Genealogyfrom 7:00-8:30PM. Take advantage of the Ancestry- Library Edition database being available remotely until the end of August with this program.
Registration is required (you can register at the link above). A Zoom link will be emailed to registrants 2 hours before the program starts. Make sure to check the email address you registered with to receive the link. You do not need a Zoom account to attend the virtual program.
Learn how to use the library databases Ancestry- Library Edition and HeritageQuest for family research. Get genealogy searching tips, research guidance, & more. Genealogy researcher Mike Sheldon will demonstrate introductory methods used to research a family tree, using Ancestry – Library Edition and FamilySearch.org.
Join us for a week of programs to celebrate the 40th birthday of the Boy Who Lived! Check out all the fun stuff below!
Programs Sign up at chescolibraries.org > Events A Zoom link will be emailed to registrants 2 hours before the program starts. Make sure to check the email address you registered with to receive the link. You do not need a Zoom account to attend the virtual program
Wednesday, July 29 @ 7 pm – Harry Potter Book Vs. Movie Discussion Join us to discuss the pros and cons of the Harry Potter series in book and movie form. What do you love? What did you hate? Which characters should be different actors? We discuss it all!
Thursday, July 30 @ 6 pm – Hogwarts Dungeons & Dragons Campaign Ever wanted to attend Hogwarts, learn magic, and solve mysteries? Well, now’s your chance! Join us on Roll20 as we begin our new campaign in the Wizarding World, written entirely from scratch.
Thursday, July 30 @ 7 pm – Hogwarts Herbology 101 with Professor Sprout! Welcome to Herbology, Hogwarts Students. Join Professor Sprout for your first introductory class in herbology. Learn about cultivating, harvesting and using several types of savory and sweet edible garden herbs. Create potions and concoctions that have beneficial properties for healthy living.
Friday, July 31 @ 7 pm – Harry Potter Birthday Trivia! Join us to celebrate the 40th birthday of the Boy Who Lived! Play alone or as a team! Please note: Participants will need two devices, one to view the trivia questions via Zoom and the second to input your answers in the Kahoot! app, which you can download for free.
Ongoing
Harry Potter Discord Server– Join here:bit.ly/HP_discord Pick a house, chat with other Potterheads, compete in the House Cup, and share your love of the fandom!
Wizard Costume Contest! Post a photo in our Wizard Costume Facebook thread & vote for your favorite costumes starting on Monday, July 27!
Virtual Escape Room– Check it out here:bit.ly/HPEscapeRm Created by Peters Township Public Library in McMurray, PA
Join us Thursday, July 30, at 7:00 pm as Mod Betty presents “Cool Vintage Places, Good Eats & Retro Fun” within a daytrip distance of Chester County. Vintage diners, roadside ice cream stands, miniature golf, drive-in movie theaters, many of these authentic vintage places that have survived the decades with their vintage charm intact are hidden in plain sight, and make perfect destinations for a summer drive.
Beth Lennon (writing as Mod Betty) is the creative mind behind the Retro Roadmap website and travel guide book series, where she shares “Cool Vintage Places, Good Eats and Retro Fun!” with readers and online Facebook and Instagram followers across the country – and the globe! Featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Sunday Globe, Huffington Post, the BBC, WHYY-TV, WLVT-TV she has written for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Vintage Camper Trailers magazine, and starred in the Retro Roadmap Video Series on Youtube.
In addition she delivers live Retro Roadmap presentations, like the one she will be doing for us on July 30, to delighted audiences across multiple states. When she’s not on the road exploring you can find her online at RetroRoadmap.com or seated in her vintage 1964 vintage travel camper planning her next adventure and writing her next Retro Roadmap Roadbook!
A Zoom link will be emailed to registrants 2 hours before the program starts. Make sure to check the email address you registered with to receive the link. You do not need a Zoom account to attend the virtual program.
After countless lectures on art history, Fred Dixon will return to his roots as an economist with a presentation on “The Unique Trials & Challenges of the Pandemic on the Economy.” If the decline in ‘08 and ‘09 is called “The Great Recession” then the episode in ‘20 should be called “The Greatest Recession.” It is the most damaging economic event since the Depression.
Trillions of dollars have been spent trying to turn things around. That has elevated the already lofty federal deficit from $1 trillion to an unimaginable nearly $4 trillion. Could there be unintended consequences? When the pandemic ends will it be business as usual or will there be a new normal much less appealing? What happens if there is a 2nd wave? Dr. Dixon will offer his perspectives on what the future holds at a time when it is not hard to get the feeling things have spiraled out of control.
Fred Dixon has a PhD in economics and was economist for mega firms like Merrill Lynch in NYC. He ran his own consulting firm Economic Insights for years. He volunteered his time as an advisor to six governors over a span of 36 years on economic and financial matters.
A Zoom link will be emailed to registrants 2 hours before the program starts. Make sure to check the email address you registered with to receive the link. You do not need a Zoom account to attend the virtual program.
Power yoga is an empowering practice with a vigorous fitness based approach to vinyasa style yoga. It incorporates the athleticism of Ashtanga Yoga with vinyasa to create a series of poses that can be practiced in any sequence. The freedom to practice the flow in any sequence makes each class different than the last. This practice still focuses on connecting the breath with movement, while also physically toning the body, improving balance, and increasing stamina. In this form of yoga, learn to move with more purpose and acceptance which can be applied to life outside of class.
A Zoom link will be emailed to registrants 2 hours before the program starts. Make sure to check the email address you registered with to receive the link. You do not need a Zoom account to attend the virtual program.
Sometimes the most difficult part of any project is finding the time to work on it! Wouldn’t it be great to have a time set aside just to work on your project in the company of other like-minded people? Enjoy friendly tips, camaraderie and much needed time! Learn new skills or build on old ones. Whether you knit, crochet, cross stitch, needle point, weave, quilt, sew or any of the other needle crafts, you are welcome to join the group!
A Zoom link will be emailed to registrants 2 hours before the program starts. Make sure to check the email address you registered with to receive the link. You do not need a Zoom account to attend the virtual program.
Need a new hobby to keep your spirits up while we’re all social distancing? Been watching K-Dramas for years and want to meet new K-Drama lovers? Love BTS but don’t know much about Korean television? Break out the kimchi and join us to watch an episode of one the hottest Korean shows, then pop onto a Zoom call to chat about the show, the newest Korean music, and Korean culture – all from the comfort of our own homes.
On July 25, from 6:00pm – 8:00pm, we will be watching the pilot episode of “Live Up To Your Name”. Part modern part historical drama, this show flips the typical K-Drama time travel trope on its head. Heo Im, a practitioner of traditional medicine from the Joseon period, falls into a river and comes up in modern day Seoul where he meets Choi Yeon-kyung, a cardiothoracic surgeon who only believes in modern medicine.
Ages 16+
Registration is required to receive the Zoom link and viewing instructions. Register on the event calendar here.
For questions, please email us at: ccljtc@ccls.org.
The Hankin Whodunits Book Club will meet via Zoom on Thursday, July 16 at 1:00 pm. We will discuss Force of Nature by Jane Harper. Learn more about this thrilling mystery below:
Five women go on a hike. Only four return. Jane Harper, the New York Times bestselling author of The Dry, asks: How well do you really know the people you work with?
When five colleagues are forced to go on a corporate retreat in the wilderness, they reluctantly pick up their backpacks and start walking down the muddy path.
But one of the women doesn’t come out of the woods. And each of her companions tells a slightly different story about what happened.
Federal Police Agent Aaron Falk has a keen interest in the whereabouts of the missing hiker. In an investigation that takes him deep into isolated forest, Falk discovers secrets lurking in the mountains, and a tangled web of personal and professional friendship, suspicion, and betrayal among the hikers. But did that lead to murder?
“Force of Nature bristles with wit; it crackles with suspense; it radiates atmosphere. An astonishing book from an astonishing writer.”
—A.J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window
Print copies of Force of Nature are on reserve at the Henrietta Hankin Branch. Register here to attend and arrange for curbisde pickup of a copy.
This program supports PA Forward Civic and Social Literacy.
Join us for Yoga Nidra, Tuesday, July 7, 21, and 28, 7:00 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Yoga Nidra, which literally translates into yoga sleep, is a 45 minute guided relaxation class. The class is intended to put you into a hypnagogic state in which you are neither asleep nor fully conscious. There is no required equipment but you should try to find a comfortable location where you can lay quietly for the entire time. You may wish to have a blanket or pillow to allow yourself to be comfortable. This class is being offered again on July 21th and 28th. Take the class once or multiple times.
A Zoom link will be emailed to registrants 2 hours before the program starts. Make sure to check the email address you registered with to receive the link. You do not need a Zoom account to attend the virtual program.
Do you enjoy podcasts? Want to share your love with others? Join us for our first meeting of Get Your Pod On, a podcast discussion group, on Tuesday, June 30 at 7 pm.
In our first meeting, we will be discussing our favorite podcasts. Bring a list of your top 5 to share!
A Zoom link will be emailed to registrants 2 hours before the program starts. Make sure to check the email address you registered with to receive the link. You do not need a Zoom account to attend the virtual program.
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