Music-Related Activities Highlight Webster Library Activities
NORTH WEBSTER — It will be a magical world of music when world traveler, magician and entertainer Jim Merrills performs at North Webster Community Public Library 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 25. Combining music, photos and magic, Merrills explores the musical instruments and traditions of different cultures around the world in an entertaining and educational show. Part of the library’s Summer Reading Program, the event is free and open to all children and their families.
Kids can experience music up close in an informal setting during Musical Experience Times beginning at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, July 23 and Thursday, July 26. On Monday, Kevin Lipsey will play his guitar and sing songs with the children while Susan Leach and Jan Laurent entertain on the ukulele and dulcimer on Thursday.
Also on Thursday, July 26, families can catch a free movie matinee at the library with two showings at 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. of an animated musical comedy about a chipmunk and his two pals. The movie is rated G with free popcorn for everyone.
There is still time left to earn reading prizes in the Summer Reading Program, which ends July 28. Kids who have not yet signed up can still do so and earn prizes for every five hours of reading they complete by July 28.
Adults still have time to get involved in this month’s Voyager Book Club that meets at 10 a.m. on Monday, July 23. The group will be discussing children’s nursery rhymes, so check out a book of classic children’s poems and bring it to Voyager Book Club to share what you have read.
Share a dish made with red, white and blue ingredients at Revolving Recipe Round-Up scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 24. With a focus on different foods each month, this group of foodies meets the fourth Tuesday to share and sample culinary creations and exchange recipes. Table service and coffee is provided. New members are always welcome.
Space is still available for the Goshen field trip planned for Friday, July 27. The group will leave the library at 9 a.m. and traveling by carpool to visit The Old Bag Factory, Goshen Historical Society’s Adam Store Museum, Goshen Farmers Market and Fidler Pond Park with a lunch stop at Goshen Brewing Company. Advance registration is required and participants should bring money for lunch and shopping. Sign up at the library circulation desk or call (574) 834-7122.