Friends of the Jones Library System News

Please join us Thursday, February 27; 7-8:30pm; in the Amherst Room of the Jones Library as Lois Dubin, Smith College, leads a discussion of The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler. To see the list of upcoming discussion dates/titles which will be a part of this scholar-led series, please click here . See you and Duddy Kravitz there!

Is it too cold to play outside? Cooped up with a kid? The Jones Library presents SING WITH YOUR BABY, music for preschool children and their parents led by the wonderful Wendy on Tuesdays at 10:30, March 4- May 6 in the Woodbury Room. This program is funded by the Friends of the Jones Library and is free.

This Thursday, February 27, at 7 pm in the Woodbury Room of the Jones Library, come hear about the Berkshires and the Burghardts! Hear about some of the work being done at the homesite of W. E. B. DuBois in Great Barrington at The Jones Library in a presentation by Whitney Battle-Baptiste , Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at UMass-Amherst.  The homesite is found just outside of Great Barrington, where a small house once stood. This was the house of the Black Burghardts, the maternal line of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois.  This small plot of land is where Du Bois spent his formative years, developed his love for New England, and where the Burghardt family spent almost 150 years. This presentation will discuss some of the challenges of working on a site associated with a global figure such as W. E. B. Du Bois, engaging with local and associated communities, creating an informed interpretive plan for the site that includes all sides of the story, ...

Tuesday, February 25,  7pm Woodbury Room of the Jones Library There are a lot of scholars in the area who aren't affiliated with one of the Five Colleges, doing interesting and valuable research on a wide variety of topics.  Join us for a fun evening of information and discovery in a speed dating format - each scholar will have about 10 minutes to give a short presentation about the research and work they are doing in their chosen field.    The following scholars will present briefly on their current research topics: ·           Emily Monosson , biology Unnatural Selection: How Our Chemical World is Changing Life, and Why We Should Care Life is far more fluid than once thought, and our actions, whether altering landscapes and climate or influencing earth's chemical environment with our industrial age chemicals, is driving evolution with unknowable consequences. When we developed antibiotics, drugs, and ...

The Jones Library presents ROLIE POLIE GUACAMOLE . Saturday February 22 at 10:30 AM in the Woodbury Room, for ages 4 to 10 and their families.             A hip “kindie” band from Brooklyn, N.Y. Their interactive shows are a mix of funk, rock, and folk music mashed into original tunes about natural living, eating healthy and staying active. Their latest album “Houses of the Moly” won a Parent’s Choice Silver Award. Need a little music to keep you going until the concert?   Check this baby out .   This program is supported by the Friends of the Jones Library System and the Amherst Cultural Council.

As Artist in Residence at the Jones Library in Amherst, Louise Minks of Leverett will share her touring exhibition of ten large paintings interpreting an often unknown yet major historical event in American history, the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. (This one isn't actually from the Pueblo Revolt of 1860. To see those , come to the Jones!) Check her out online and in real life at the Jones!

You can now reserve Jones Library Museum Passes from home by visiting our website!  Go to  www.joneslibrary.org  and click on “Museum  Passes” on the left of the screen under “Your Library Online.”  All you need is your library card number! All passes must be picked up and dropped off at the Children’s Room desk. Questions?  Call  413-259-3091  or email  cookec@joneslibrary.org . How to Reserve a Jones Library Museum Pass Online: 1.        Go to the Jones Library website ( www.joneslibrary.org ). 2.        Click on  Museum Passes  on the left of the screen under “Your Library Online.”  Next, the blue  click here to reserve a pass online  button will take you to our new online system. 3.        Using the calendar on the top right of the screen, click on the day you would like...

Perhaps you didn't get all that you'd hoped for at the holidays?  Maybe you need a mug to drink the 8 glasses of water you're supposed to drink daily? What about a tote bag to uphold your eco-friendly New Year's resolutions? The Friends are here to help!  Swing by the Jones and check out our lovely display in the lobby.  Then toddle off to the Front Office and pick up one of everything! Plus, the library itself has totally amazing t-shirts !  Maybe you need to get a little something for your sweetie for Valentine's Day?  The t-shirts have this guy  on 'em: How can you pass all this up?  Hurry on over to the Jones!

The Jones Library's Lego Club Saturday, February 8, at 3pm in the Woodbury Room. Word of the day? LEGENDARY Building challenge? CREATE YOUR OWN FABLED CHARACTER OR PLACE Information? 413-259-3091 or email Theresa Atteridge at atteridget@joneslibrary.org.

Join us for the Jones Library’s Afterschool Bookclub! This is a book discussion group for children in grades 3-5. Thursdays, February 6th and 13th, 3:45-5 pm Children’s Biography Room of the Jones Library This month we will be discussing Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin. Stop by the Children’s Room to register for this program and pick up a copy of the book.

The Jones Library presents JOSE GONZALEZ and BANDA CRIOLLA , this Saturday February 15, at 10:30 AM in the Woodbury Room.  For people ages 4 to 10 and their families. Come experience a Caribbean fiesta for kids including bilingual songs from the playground games of Latin children and new original songs. This program is supported by the Friends of the Jones Library System and the Amherst Cultural Council.

Go tinkle the ivories!  Or pound the glockenspiel!  Or hammer the dulcimer! The Jones Library will circulate to YOU, you little Mozart, a YAMAHA PORTABLE PIANO or any of these other musical instruments: ·         Ukuleles ·         Guitars (including one child-sized) ·         Child size violins ·         Glockenspiel ·         Darbuka (African drum) ·         Dulcimer Three week loans!  Go channel your inner Youssou N'Dour!