Berne Library Notes for Thursday, April 12, 2018

What do you get by combining a lock, a ditch, and a bowl? How about adding poetry, steaming crocks of soup, giggles and a handful of knitting needles? Minds swirl to unlock mysteries hidden and seen as you swing through the library doors.

National Library Week

National Library Week culminates in the community room with Bowls for Books. Saturday, April 14 between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. fill a handmade bowl from steaming crocks of soup and chile. Bowls are $12 per adult and $10 for ages 12 and under. A variety of special desserts is an added bonus at the Friends event. It’s a fundraiser buying summer reading books and welcome party to the new chief all rolled into one. Hail to the chief, Kathy Stempel,  manager and storytime wizard.

Escape room

Speaking of wizards, time is of the essence while 10 to 13-year-olds puzzle their way through the Escape Room Friday, April 13 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Magic, ingenuity and clue solving surround participants as they triumph over the locks to Escape the Library before time runs out.

Knit Wits

Calling all Knit Wit fans Sunday, April 15. The monthly gathering of needlers gets underway at 7 p.m. Do you have questions about technique, project snags or how-tos? Drop in for solutions, advice or inspiration.

Poetry month

April is National Poetry Month. Storytime attendees, join Kathy on Tuesday, April 17 at 10:30 a.m. for gallopping giggles and poetry pizzles. A pizzle is a puzzle with an I instead of u. “I’m a book, I’m a cook, I’m a learner, I’m a nook”. Ages 5 and under bring caregivers and a pizzle to share and take a look.

Exhibit

Splashing along the Erie Canal with my mule named Sal, it’s “Low bridge, everybody down”.  Familiar words written by Thomas Allen in 1905 are part of New York’s canal history. From April 16 through May 4, a traveling bicentennial exhibit takes up residence in the community room. Help us reach our goal of 201 visitors by viewing the Erie Canal exhibit and signing the guest book. Once dubbed “Clinton’s Ditch”, the canal proved to be an economic boom for the times. Dr. Bruce Dearstyne is scheduled to speak on the subject April 23 at 7 p.m.