Mt. Diablo Room Danville Library

Friday, January 26 through

Sunday, January 28

Members only preview Friday 9-10 am Open to the public

Friday 10 am — 5 pm Saturday, 10 am — 4 pm

Sunday, $5 Bag Sale 12:05-3:45 pm

The Friendly News Winter 2018

Published by the Friends of the Danville Library Carole Babes, President Helen Pearlstein, Editor

President’s Message Welcome 2018! We are looking for-

ward to a successful year, but 2017

will be tough to top for the Friends.

Looking back over the year, we had

four successful book sales and a very

successful Puttin’ on the Glitz jew-

elry sale in September, led by Margaret Forster and her

hard-working committee. If you missed this wonderful

event, you may have noticed the

sparkling jewelry that was sold

throughout the holiday season in

the bookstore. The Glitz earned a

total of more than $6,500.

Thanks to all of you who do-

nated your glitz.

I hope everyone has noticed our

“free book” carts in the lobby.

We receive more donations than

we can store and sell, so some

books are donated back to the

community. We have received

many positive comments about our free carts. Although

the books are free, we accept and are grateful to those

who make monetary contributions.

We will be thanking our many volunteers with a special

appreciation luncheon in March, planned by our Hospi-

tality Chair Carole Risler and her committee.

Please consider volunteering if you have some time to

spare. We realize everyone is busy, but you can volun-

teer for even just a few hours of a book sale. You can

email us at danvfodl@gmail.com if you have questions

about volunteering, or check with a bookstore volunteer

to leave your name.

Hope to see everyone at the bookstore and the January

book sale! Carole Babes

Tiny Tickets BART Tiny Tickets are still a source of li-

brary revenue. Please save tickets with

small, unusable amounts and deposit these

in the designated box at the library front

desk.

Tickets from children's one-time school out-

ings are a great source, so please spread the

word that we love to receive these tickets.

Estelle Appleby, Tiny Tickets Chair

January Book Sale

Volunteer Luncheon—Saturday, March 10

Theme: Oh, the Places You’ll Go

With a speaker from Road Scholar

Two lucky shoppers

discover a treasure at

Putin’ on the Glitz.

Shahrzad Dance

Academy:

Persian New Year

Celebration Tuesday, March 13, 4 pm

Children’s Reading Room

Welcome spring as we celebrate the Persian New

Year, Nowruz, with an engaging dance program pre-

sented by the renouned Shahrzad Dance Academy.

This elegant visual showcase features solo, duet, and

trio dances in styles that have been part of the Per-

sian culture for millennia.

Sponsored by the Danville Library foundation.

We are so grateful for your continuing support throughout the past year and have every hope that

2018 will bring us near to reaching our goal of $1 million. As of January 9, the Friends of the Dan-

ville Library Endowment Fund totaled $932,196. With your assistance and generosity, we hope to hit

our target, and in doing so, be able to meet additional Library and community needs. In this last quar-

ter we have received gifts from $25 to $2,000. No gift is too small or too large. We welcome all of

them.

During this funding cycle, the Endowment contributed $1,000 to complete

the renovation of an under-utilized area

of the library that is now a vibrant and

bright new space for teens to study and

work collaboratively. Initiated by a

contribution from the county and

matching project funds from the Town

of Danville with additional support

from the Friends of the Danville Li-

brary, the Danville Library's Teen Ad-

visory Board provided direct feedback

and input to re-envision a current area in the library and carve out

a space within the existing building.

Other areas of our Danville Library that have benefited in 2017

from Endowment grants are:

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Friends of the Danville Library

Endowment News

Update from Endowment Co-Chair Beverley Wadsworth

NEWS NOTE:

Danville Library recently won the

Readers Choice Award from Local

Happenings Magazine for Excellent

Customer Service.

Renovation complete. It’s

a new space for teens.

Teen Zone opening celebration

Children’s Area: $2600

The Danville Book Club: $500

(This is $100 more than our previous

yearly grants and enables the Book

Club to meet during the summer

months.)

Sponsorship of one family pro-

gram: $400

The Arts Enrichment Book Club Se-

ries for grades P-K – 8th grade $2000

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Masterworks of the Asian Art Museum

Wednesday, February 21, 1 pm

Mt. Diablo Room

Don’t miss this special presenta-

tion by the Asian Art Museum of

San Francisco. Discover master-

pieces and iconic masterworks in

the Asian Art Museum’s collec-

tions. Sponsored by

Friends of the Danville library

Programs at the Danville Library

Lifelong Learning Series:

Retraining Your Brain For Success

Mt. Diablo Room, January – March 2018

Danville Library welcomes back Steven Campbell, MSIS

for his Lifelong Learning Series. Mr. Campbell is an award-

winning author, speaker and faculty member at Sonoma

State University. He explores how your mind can rewire

itself to create new, positive self-images of who we want to

be. In turn, it can become your greatest adversary, friend

and ally. Part 1: How We Learn

Wednesday, January 10, 6:30 pm

Part 2: Where Do Your Self-Images Come From?

Tuesday, February 13, 6:30 pm

Part 3: Why Are Goals So Important?

Monday, March 12, 6:30 pm

Series sponsored by Friends of the Danville Library

Sneak Peak

Role Players Ensemble

Danville Library and Role Play-

ers Ensemble explore theater,

costume design and literature.

Role Players Ensemble Artistic

Director Eric Fraisher Hayes,

designers and actors give audi-

ences a behind the scenes look

into their upcoming productions

in the Mt. Diablo Room

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Thursday January 18, 7 pm

The Rover by Aphra Behn

Tuesday, March 20, 7 pm

Celebrate the Lunar New Year

Leung’s White Crane Lion Dance and Drumming

Tuesday, February 20, 5 pm

Children’s Reading Room

Back due to popular demand! Celebrate the Lunar New

Year with the amazing acrobatics of Leung’s White Crane

Lion Dancers! This exciting program features thunderous

drumming and the awe-inspiring Lion Dance, traditionally

thought to bring luck and happiness and drive away evil

spirits.

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Preventive Health Speakers’ Series

Maximize Your Memory:

Tips and Strategies Learn how memory works and keys to maintain-

ing brain health.

Tuesday, March 13, Mt. Diablo Room, 6:30 pm

Presented by Lucy Price of Alzheimer's Association,

Northern California and Northern Nevada Chapter.

Diet, Cooking & Cancer Risk

Find out how research on diets and cooking

methods can minimize exposure to carcinogens.

Monday, March 19, Mt. Diablo Room, 6:30 pm

Presented by Drs. James and Bette Felton.

Danville Library Arts & Travel Series Sponsored by the Friends of the Danville Library

Enjoy fascinating visual presentations of up-

coming arts exhibits at prestigious San Fran-

cisco museums, and expand your horizons

learning about exciting adventures in travel.

Casanova: The Seduction of Europe

Wednesday, March 21, Mt. Diablo Room, 1pm Presented by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Discover the World with Road Scholar Travel

Date TBD in April

Presented by Road Scholar Travel

Ambassador Program

The musical storytelling group, Symphonics, returns to perform a trio of programs that

bring stories to life through music and language. Each presentation is followed by a fun-

themed craft opportunity. The Lion King Tuesday, March 27, 4 pm, Children’s Reading Room

The Wizard of Oz Friday, April 13, 4 pm, Children’s Reading Room,

Beauty and the Beast Friday, May 25, 4 pm, Children’s Reading Room

Series Sponsored by the Friends of the Danville Library

Danville – San Ramon KidsReads 2018 Event March 24 – April 28

The Antlered Ship, the newest book by Dashka Slater for ages 4 +

KidsReads 2018 presents the beautiful new picture book, The Antlered Ship, by Dashka Slater, about an

inquisitive fox named Marco and a bored flock of pigeons who join the crew of deer Captain Sylvia, setting

sail in her antlered ship in search of a wonderful island and finding friendship on the way. Borrow a copy of

the selected KidsReads book at the Danville, San Ramon or Dougherty Station Libraries or win your own

copy in weekly raffles throughout the event. Read the book with other students throughout the San Ramon

Valley and participate in the Young Writers Challenge for a special prize! Don’t miss the exciting Kids-

Reads Launch Party at the Blackhawk Plaza and the closing event with featured KidsReads author

Dashka Slater on Saturday, April 28th.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Danville Library and San Ramon Library Foundation