This Week (and a half) at Watha T. - 4/22 -5/2

Good Afternoon Neighbors!

I'm still trying to figure out the best way to get this weekly events calendar in here. My apologies that it sometimes comes out on Monday, others on Tuesday or Wednesday. I'll get this sucker down somehow!

Oh, and Happy Earth Day to all of you.

Here's what's going on this week at Watha T.

Wednesday, April 22
Earth Day

6:00: Chess Club
6:00: Knitting Club

Thursday, April 23

The Big Read Begins!
Make sure to check out a copy of "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

10:00: Mother Goose on the Loose
3:30: Game Time for Teens

Friday, April 24

10:00: Rock Along with Casey
4:00: Anime Club presents: Naruto

Saturday, April 25

10:00: Story Time for Families
12:00: Opera Series presents: The Magic Flute

Sunday, April 26

3:00: Folk Tales with Nick

Monday, April 27

3:30: Homework Help from Capitol Letters Writing Center
6:00: Lecture: The Basic Practices of Yoga

Tuesday, April 28

10:00: Story Time for Children
4:00: Tech Tuesday

Wednesday, April 29

6:00: Chess Club

Thursday, April 30

10:00: Mother Goose on the Loose
3:30: Game time for Teens

Special Event
6:00: Open Meeting: Friends of the Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library
Come and learn about how you can help support the Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Neighborhood Library by becoming a member of the Friends group.

Friday, May 1

10:00: Rock Along with Casey
4:00: Anime Club Presents: Deathnote

Saturday, May 2

10:00: Story Time for Families
12:00: Magic the Gathering for Teens
2:00: Express Yourself Teen Program: Fabulous Beaded Jewelery

This Week at Watha T. April 14-21

Good Morning Neighbors!

Here's what we've got in store for you this week.

Tuesday, April 14

10:00: Story Time for 3-5 years old
4:00: Tech Tuesday

Wednesday, April 15

4:00: Urban Fiction Discussion with Towanda
6:00: Chess Club for kids

Thursday, April 16
Emancipation Day

10:00: Mother Goose on the Loose
3:30: Games for Teens

Friday, April 17

10:00: Rock Along with Casey
4:00: Anime Club presents Naruto

Saturday, April 18

10:00: Storytime and Craft for families
12:00: Opera Program: Nozze di Figaro
2:00: Teen Craft: Fabulous Beaded Jewelery

Sunday, April 19

3:00: Folktales with Nick

Monday, April 20

3:30: Homework Help with Capitol Letters Writing Center
6:00: History Book Club

Tuesday, April 21

10:00: Story Time for 3-5 years old
4:00: Tech Tuesday

This Week at Watha T. April 6-13

Howdy Neighbors!

We've got some great program offerings this week at Watha T. Daniel. Swing by and check them out!

Monday, April 6

3:30: Homework Help with Capitol Letters Writing Center
6:00: Easter Crafts for Kids

Tuesday, April 7

10:00: Storytime with Eric
4:00: Tech Tuesday

Wednesday, April 8

6:00: Chess Club
6:00: WTD Knitting Group

Thursday, April 9

10:00: Mother Goose on the Loose
3:30: Open Games for Teens

Friday, April 10

10:00: Rock Along with Casey
4:00: Anime Club presents Naruto

Saturday, April 11

10:00: Family Storytime with Nick
12:00: Opera Series presents La Bohème

Sunday, April 12

Closed for Easter Sunday

Monday, April 13

3:30: Homework Help with Capitol Letters Writing Center
6:00: Lecture: The Philosophy of Yoga

This Week at Watha T. March 30-April 6

Good Afternoon Neighbors!

Spring may not be in the air (it's so cold!), but we've got some easter oriented programming coming up this week. Check it out.

Monday, March 30

3:30: Homework Help from Capitol Letters Writing Center

Tuesday, March 31

10:00: Story Time for 3-5 year olds with Eric
4:00: Tech Tuesday

Wednesday, April 1

6:00: Chess Club
6:00: Comic Book Discussion Group

Thursday, April 2

9:50: Mother Goose on the Loose
3:30: Games for Teens

Friday, April 3

10:00: Rock Along with Casey
4:00: Anime club presents: Neon Genesis Evangelion

Saturday, April 4

10:00: Story Time for Families with Nick
12:00: Opera: Madama Butterfly
1:00: Pysanki: The Ukrainian Art of the Egg

Sunday, April 5

3:00: Folktales with Nick

Monday, April 6

3:30: Homework Help with Capitol Letters Writing Center
6:00: Easter Crafts for Kids

This Week at Watha T. March 23-March 31

Good Afternoon Neighbors!

March is nearly over, but our Opera series is only halfway done! Come and check out the final work of Wagner's ring cycle this saturday at noon for the last of our German opera month. But there's more than singing going on here. Check out the list of this week's events.

Monday, March 23

6:00: Lecture: Gandhi's Philosophy of nonviolence

Tuesday, March 24

10:00: Story Time for 3-5 year olds
4:00: Tech Tuesday

Wednesday, March 25

6:00: Chess Club
6:00: Knitting Group

Thursday, March 26

9:50: Mother Goose on the Loose
3:30: Open Game time for Teens

Friday, March 27

10:00: Rock Along with Casey
4:00: Anime Club presents: Naruto

Saturday, March 28

10:00: Story Time for Families
12:00: Opera Series presents: Götterdämmerung

Sunday, March 29

3:00: Folk Tales with Nick

Monday, March 30

3:30: Homework Help with Capitol Letter's Writing Center

Tuesday, March 31

10:00: Story Time for 3-5 year olds
4:00: Tech Tuesday

This Week at Watha T. March 17-24

Happy Saint Patrick's Day Neighbors!

As per usual we've got a lot of things going on at Watha this week. Swing by and check it out.

Tuesday, March 17

10:00: Story Time with Eric
4:00: Tech Tuesday

Wednesday, March 18

4:00: Urban Fiction Book Club
6:00: Chess Club
6:30: Tax help from H&R Block

Thursday, March 19

10:00: Mother Goose on the Loose
3:30: Open games for teens

Friday, March 20

10:00: Rock Along with Casey
4:00: Anime Club

Saturday, March 21

10:00: Story Time for Families
12:00: Weekly Opera Program: Siegfried

Sunday, March 22

3:00: Folktales with Nick

Monday, March 23

3:30: Homework Help with Capitol Letters Writing Center
6:00: Lecture: Gandhi and Nonviolence

Tuesday, March 24

10:00: Story Time
4:00: Tech Tuesday

This Week (and a half) at Watha T. March 4-March 16

Good Afternoon Neighbors!

We've got lots of news and lots of events going on here at Watha T. My apologies for not keeping everyone up to date on the blog, but unfortunately my appendix was not happy with me and it took me out of commission for a week. But that's all over now, and I'm back in action. So, here's the scoop on what's happening at your neighborhood library.

New Hours

Starting this week on March 2nd the DC Public Library implemented a new set of public hours in order to accommodate estimated budget shortfalls. Here's the new schedule for Watha T.

Monday: 1:00-9:00 *New
Tuesday: 9:30-5:30
Wednesday: 1:00-9:00 * New
Thursday: 9:30-5:30
Friday: 9:30-5:30
Saturday: 9:30-5:30
Sunday: 1:00-5:00

Impact of New Hours

What this means is that we had to switch around a bunch of our morning programming. This mostly has impact on children's programs, specifically Mother Goose on the Loose and Rock Along. So, Mother Goose has moved back to Thursdays (where it began) and Rock Along has moved to Fridays.

Programming

Wednesday, March 4

6:00 - Chess Club
6:00 - Comic Book Club

Thursday, March 5

10:00 - Mother Goose on the Loose
3:30 - Open Games for Teens

Friday, March 6

10:00 - Rock Along with Casey
4:00 - Anime Club

Saturday, March 7

10:00 - Story Time for Families
12:00 - Opera Film Series: Das Rheingold

During the entire month of March we will screen one of the four operas in Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle. April will be Puccini and Mozart

Sunday, March 8

3:00 - Folktales with Nick

Monday, March 9

3:30 - Homework Help with Capitol Letters Writing Center
6:30 - Tax Help from H&R Block

Tuesday, March 10

10:00 - Story Time with Eric
4:00 - Tech Tuesday: Intro to Blogging

Wednesday, March 11

6:00 - Chess Club
6:00 - Knitting Group
6:30 - Tax Help from H&R Block

Thursday, March 12

10:00 - Mother Goose on the Loose
3:30 - Open Games for Teens

Friday, March 13

10:00 - Rock Along with Casey
4:00 - Anime Club

Saturday, March 14

10:00 - Story Time
12:00 - Opera Film Series: Die Walkure

Sunday, March 15

3:00 - Folktales with Nick

Monday, March 16

3:30 - Homework Help with Capitol Letters Writing Center
6:00 - History Book Club with Paul
6:30 - Tax Help from H&R Block

This Week at Watha T. Feb. 10-16

Good Morning Neighbors!

Here's what we've got going on this week at Watha T.

Tuesday, Feb. 10

10:00: Story Time

4:00: Tech Tuesday: Blog Your Life

Wednesday, Feb. 11

10:00: Rock Along with Casey

6:00: Chess Club

7:30: Knitting Group

Thursday, Feb. 12

3:30: Open Game Tables

Friday, Feb. 13

3:30: Anime club presents: Bleach

Saturday, Feb. 14

10:00: Valentines Day Storytime

12:00: Black History Film Series: The Harlem Renaissance

3:00: Black History Lecture Series with C.R. Gibbs: Black, Copper and Bright: DC's Civil War Regiment

Sunday, Feb. 15

3:00: Folktales and Fairy Tales with Nick

Monday, Feb. 16

Watha T. Daniel will be OPEN for President's Day. Please join us for our special program lineup.

9:45: Mother Goose on the Loose for infants and toddlers

12:00: Picturing America: Washington and Lincoln

3:00: Film: The Presidents

This Week at Watha T. Feb. 2 - Feb. 9

Good morning neighbors!

Welcome to another wonderful week at Watha T. Daniel. It's February, and we've got a lot of exciting programs lined up for Black History Month, including a film and two lectures this week. We're also excited to announce the return of the infant and toddler program "Mother Goose on the Loose" now on Monday mornings at 9:45. Come and check it out.

Here's what's going on this week at Watha T.

Monday, 2/2

9:45: Mother Goose on the Loose with Eric

3:30: Homework Help with Capitol Letters Writing Center

6:00: Lecture: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Beginning of the Civil Rights Movement

Tuesday, 2/3

10:00: Storytime

4:00: Tech Tuesday: Email Basics

Wednesday, 2/4

10:00: Rock Along with Casey

6:00: Big Kid Movie Night: Akeelah and the Bee

6:00: Chess Club

Thursday, 2/5

3:30: Open Game Time for Teens

Friday, 2/6

3:30: Anime Club presents: Bleach

Saturday, 2/7

10:00: Story Time with Nick

12:00: Black History Film Series: African American War Heroes

3:00: Black History Lecture Series: Black America, Africa and World War II

Sunday, 2/8

3:00: Fairy Tale Time with Nick

Monday, 2/9

9:45: Mother Goose on the Loose with Eric

3:30: Homework Help with Capitol Letters Writing Center

7:00: History Book Club discusses: Lincoln the Writer

This Week at Watha T. Jan. 27-Feb 2.

Good Afternoon Neighbors!

I hope you're all enjoying the snowfall today. I know I certainly am. It finally feels like winter around here.

I apologize for not getting out last week's event calendar. I think I was suffering from Post-Inaugural stress for a few days there.

Here's what we've got in store for you this week at Watha T.


Tuesday, Jan. 27

10:00 Story Time
4:00 Tech Tuesday: Intro to Excel

Wednesday, Jan. 28

10:00 Rock Along with Casey
6:00 Chess Club
6:00 Classic Movie Night: the Sound of Music
7:30 Knitting Club

Friday, Jan 30

3:30 Karaoke

Saturday, Jan 31

10:00 Story Time and Crafts

Sunday, Feb 1

3:00 Fairy Tale Time with Nick

Monday, Feb 2

9:45 Mother Goose on the Loose with Eric
6:00 Lecture: Martin Luther King and the Beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement

This Week at Watha T. Jan. 12 - Jan. 21

Good Morning Neighbors!

Welcome to the extra long edition of this week at Watha T. Due to the upcoming holiday we've got to stretch this week's calendar of events all the way to next Wednesday.

Monday, Jan. 12

3:30 - Homework Help with Capitol Letters Writing Center
6:00 - Genealogy III, advanced research methods

Tuesday, Jan. 13

10:00 - Story Time with Eric
4:00 - Tech Tuesday

Wednesday, Jan. 14

10:00 - Rock Along with Casey
6:00 - Chess Club
7:30 - Open Knitting Group

Friday, Jan. 16

3:30 - Anime Club presents Bleach

Saturday, Jan. 17

10:00 - Story Time with Nick

Sunday, Jan. 18

2:00 - Sunday Stories with Nick: Fairy Tales

Monday, Jan. 19

Closed for observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

Tuesday, Jan. 20

Closed for the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama

Wednesday, Jan. 21

10:00 - Rock Along with Casey
6:00 - Chess Club
7:00 - Urban Fiction Book Club with Towanda

This Week at Watha T. January 5-11

Good Morning Neighbors!

Are you ready for the first knitting group of the year? I know I am. I've got 3 projects on my plate that I've got to get done for people while it's still cold out. Wish me luck.

Here's what we've got going on this week at Watha T.

Monday, Jan. 5

3:30: Homework Help with Capitol Letters Writing Center

Tuesday, Jan. 6

10:00: Story Time with Eric
4:00: Tech Tuesday: PC Basics

Wednesday, Jan. 7

10:00: Rock Along
6:00: Chess Club
6:00: Big Kid Movie Night: Bambi

Friday, Jan. 9

3:30: Anime Club: Bleach

Saturday, Jan. 10

10:00: Story Time with Eric

Sunday, Jan. 11

2:00: Sunday Stories with Nick: The Invention of Hugo Cabret

This Week at Watha T. - December 8-14

Good Afternoon Neighbors!

My apologies for the delay in this week's calendar of events, but we experienced an internet outage over Sunday and Monday that prevented all sorts of things from happening. But we're back on track now! Service resumed on Monday evening and we're here to tell you what's going on at Watha. Swing by and check it out!

Monday, Dec. 8

3:30: Homework Help from Capitol Letters Writing Center

Tuesday, Dec. 9

10:00: Rock-Along with Casey
10:45: Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library
4:00: Tech Tuesday: Email Basics

Wednesday, Dec. 10

10:00: Storytime for 3-5 year olds with Micki Freeny
6:00: Youth Chess Club
7:30: Open Knitting Group

Thursday, Dec. 11

9:45: Mother Goose on the Loose

Friday, Dec. 12

3:30: Anime Club presents Bleach episodes 1-3

Saturday, Dec. 13

10:00: Storytime with Tracy

Sunday, Dec. 14

2:00: Sunday Stories, Nick reads No Talking by Andrew Clements

This Week at Watha T. Dec. 1 - Dec. 7

Hello Neighbors!

Welcome to the month of December. Our program momentum keeps on rolling, and we've got plenty of activities for the whole family to choose from. Stop on by and check it out!

Monday, Dec. 1

3:30 - Homework Help from Capitol Letters Writing Center
6:00 - Love That Book: Discussion of Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

Tuesday, Dec. 2

10:00 - Rock Along with Casey
4:00 - Tech Tuesday: PC Basics

Wednesday, Dec. 3

10:00 - Story Time with Miss Tracy
6:00 - Chess Club
6:00 - Big Kid Movie: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (original animated edition)

Thursday, Dec. 4

9:45 - Mother Goose on the Loose for infants and toddlers
4:00 - Get Crafty

Friday, Dec. 5

3:30 - Anime Club Presents Neon Genesis Evangelion

Saturday, Dec. 6

10:00 - Story Time with Eric

Sunday, Dec. 7

2:00 - Sunday Stories with Nick reading No Talking by Andrew Clements

This Week at Watha T. Nov. 17 - Nov. 23

Good Afternoon Neighbors!

My sincerest apologies for the tardiness of our weekly events post. We've been having some technical difficulties on the staff side at Watha this week. So I come to you via our public computers. Yes, you can blog at Watha, and if you don't know, just ask and I'll be happy to show you.

Here's what we've had and what we've got going on for you this week.

Monday, Nov. 17

3:30 - Homework Help from the Capitol Letters Writing Center
6:00 - Love That Movie: Night at the Museum

Tuesday, Nov. 18

10:00 - Rock Along with Casey
4:00 - Tech Tuesday: Email Basics

Wednesday, Nov. 19

10:00 - Story Time with Miss Tracy
6:00 - Youth Chess Club
7:00 - Urban Fiction Book Club discusses Trading Dreams at Midnight by Diane McKinney-Whetstone

Thursday, Nov. 20

9:45 - Mother Goose on the Loose for Infants and Toddlers
3:30 - Teen "Any Book" Club

Friday, Nov. 21

3:30 - Anime Club presents Robotech episodes 1-4

Saturday, Nov. 22

10:00 - Preschool Breakfast Club (Final Program)
12:00 - National Novel Writing Month Support Group

Saturday, Nov. 23

2:00 - Sunday Stories: No Talking by Andrew Clements

This Week at Watha T. Nov. 10 - Nov. 16

Good Morning Neighbors!

If you haven't noticed we've finally gotten to the point of having special public programs every day of the week. I have to say that I'm super proud of that. :)

Here's what we've got going on for you this week.

Monday, Nov. 10

3:30 - Homework Help with Capitol Letters Writing Center
6:00 - Genealogy Workshop

Tuesday, Nov. 11
Veterans Day
Special hours 10:00 - 5:00

10:30 - Veterans Day Story Time for 3-5 Year Olds
12:00 - Picturing America: Soldiers & Legends
3:00 - Tech Tuesday: Military History Online

Wednesday, Nov. 12

10:00 - Story Time for 3-5 Year Olds
6:00 - Youth Chess Club
7:30 - Open Knitting Group

Thursday, Nov. 13

9:45 - Mother Goose on the Loose for Infants and Toddlers

Friday, Nov. 14

3:30 - Hot Off the Press: New Books for Teens

Join Tracy for a discussion of the hottest new books for teens and get a sneak peek at books that are just about to be released!

Saturday, Nov. 15

10:00 - Preschool Breakfast Club, Week 7
12:00 - National Novel Writing Month Support Group
All Day - National Gaming Day

We will be having games with anyone of any age throughout the whole day. The games we'll be playing include Apples to Apples, Pictureka, Magic the Gathering, Fluxx, Dungeons & Dragons and more!

This Week at Watha T. Nov. 3 - Nov. 9

Good Morning Neighbors!

I hope you've all enjoyed your extra hour this weekend from the time change. We've got some really outstanding programs this week. I hope to see you there.

Monday, Nov. 3

3:30: Homework Help
6:00: Love That Book: The Night at the Museum

Love That Book is the first half of a new series, Love That
Book/Love That Movie. Participants will have a story time book
discussion of the book and then in two weeks we will show the film.

Tuesday, Nov. 4
Election Day

10:00: Rock Along with Casey
4:00: Tech Tuesday: PC Parts and Computer Basics

Wednesday, Nov. 5

10:00: Story Time with Miss Tracy
6:00: Chess Club
6:00: Big Kid Movie Night: The Black Cauldron

Thursday, Nov. 6

9:45: Mother Goose on the Loose
4:00: Get Crafty for Teens: Wonderful Knits

Friday, Nov. 7

3:30: Anime Club: Lucky Star

Saturday, Nov. 8

10:00: Preschool Breakfast Club
12:00: National Novel Writing Month Support Group
3:00: Black History Lecture Series: Forgotten Soldiers: The District's Black Doughboys of World War I

Sunday, Nov. 9

2:00: Sunday Stories for Tweens (6-12): No Talking by Andrew Clements

Sunday Stories is a new program where older children are read a full length
children's novel or chapter book over a series of weeks.

This Week at Watha T. Oct. 27 - Nov 2

Good morning neighbors!

This is the last week of our outdoor movie festival and the turnout has been fantastic! Please make sure to stop by and see the final show and tell us what you thought about the event. Also, November begins this Saturday and that means it's National Novel Writing Month! Stop by and join the

Monday, Oct. 27

3:30: Homework Help from Capitol Letters Writing Center

Tuesday, Oct. 28

10:00: Rock Along with Casey
4:00: Tech Tuesday: Digital Photography

Wednesday, Oct. 29

10:00: Storytime with Miss Tracy
6:00: Youth Chess Club
6:30: Non-Drive-In Movies: The Ring

Thursday, Oct. 30

9:45: Mother Goose on the Loose for infants and toddlers

Friday, Oct. 31

Halloween: Stop in before 5:30 and children and teens get a free book!

Saturday, Nov. 1

10:00: Preschool Breakfast Club
12:00: National Novel Writing Month Workshop
2:00: Dia de los Muertos Sugar Skulls

Sunday, Nov. 2

Daylight Savings Time ENDS. Fall back one hour.

This Week at Watha T. Oct 20 - 26

Good Morning Neighbors!

It's party time. Today is the one year anniversary of the opening of the Watha T. Daniel interim library. So stop by this evening and get a piece of cake and celebrate with us!

Monday, Oct. 20

3:30 - Homework Help from Capitol Letters Writing Center
5:00 - 1 year anniversary party

Tuesday, Oct. 21

10:00 - Rock Along with Casey
4:00 - Tech Tuesday: Email Basics

Wednesday, Oct. 22

10:00 - Story Time for 3-5 year olds
6:00 - Chess Club
6:30 - Non-Drive-In Movies: It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown & Corpse Bride
7:30 - Open Knitting

Thursday, Oct. 23

10:00 - Mother Goose on the Loose

Saturday, Oct. 25

10:00 - Preschool Breakfast Club
12:00 - Introduction to Tarot

This Week at Watha T. Oct. 13 - Oct. 20

Good Morning Neighbors!

Welcome to Teen Read Week. We've got loads of events happening, and if you didn't get the news last week, we're open today for Columbus Day service. Stop by and say hello.

Monday, Oct. 13

10:00 - America Story Time
12:00 - Picturing America: Images of Native Americans
3:00 - Teen Read Week: Godzilla: Final Wars

Tuesday, Oct. 14

10:00 - Rock Along with Casey
4:00 - Tech Tuesday: Blog Your Life

Wednesday, Oct. 15

10:00 - Story Time with Miss Tracy
6:00 - Youth Chess Club
6:30 - Non-Drive-In Movies: Little Shop of Horrors
7:00 - Adult Book Club: One in a Million by Kimberla Lawson Roby

Thursday, Oct. 16

9:45 - Mother Goose on the Loose for infants and toddlers
4:00 - Teen "Any Book" Book Club

Friday, Oct. 17

4:00 - Tales of Terror

Saturday, Oct. 18

10:00 - Preschool Breakfast Club

Sunday, Oct. 19

2:00 - So you want to write a novel?

Monday, Oct. 20

3:30 - Homework Help from Capitol Letters Writing Center
5:00 - One Year Anniversary Party