This Week at Watha T. Sep. 22 - Sep. 28

Good Morning Neighbors!

Welcome to Fall at Watha T. Daniel. We've got our autumn leaves up on the walls of the children's room, and we've got all the movies lined up for our October Fright Fest! Be on the lookout for all sorts of cool programs coming up over the next three months.

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

Tuesday, Sep. 22

10:00: Preschool Story Time
4:00: Book Talk

Wednesday, Sep. 23

5:00: Wii Sports
7:00: Knitting Group

Thursday, Sep. 24

10:00: Mother Goose on the Loose

Friday, Sep. 25

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

Saturday, Sep. 26

10:00: Family Story Time
2:00: Get Crafty Teens

Sunday, Sep. 27

2:00: Sunday Matinee

Monday, Sep. 28

6:00: Social Justice Lecture Series: The Harlem Renaissance

This Week at Watha T. Sept. 8-14

Good Morning Neighbors!

Did you have as lovely a weekend as I did? Oh the joy of having a three day weekend. But we're back to business today and ready and raring to go! Here's what's happening this week at Watha T.

Tuesday, Sept. 8

10:00: Preschool Story Time
4:00: Book Talk

Wednesday, Sept. 9

5:00: Wii Sports
7:00: Knitting Circle

Thursday, Sept. 10

10:00: Mother Goose on the Loose

Friday, Sept. 11

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

Saturday, Sept. 12

10:00: Family Story Time
2:00: Get Crafty Kids Time

Sunday, Sept. 13

2:00: Sunday Matinee

Monday, Sept. 14

6:00: Social Justice Lecture Series: The Harlem Renaissance Part 1

This Week at Watha T. - August 24 - 31

Good Afternoon Neighbors!

Sorry I couldn't get my act together and put up the weekly calendar on time this week, but better late than never. We're finally finished with all of our Summer Reading Programs and back on target with our regular weekly programming. I hope to see you around!

Here's what's happening this week at Watha T.

Monday, August 24

2:00: American Sign Language
6:00: Social Justice Lecture Series - The Works Progress Administration and the Art of the Depression

Tuesday, August 25

10:00: Story Time
4:00: Book Talk

Wednesday, August 26

6:00: Knitting Circle

Thursday, August 27

9:50: Mother Goose on the Loose

Friday, August 28

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

Saturday, August 29

10:00: Story Time

Sunday, August 30

2:00: Sunday Matinee: Heroes

Monday, August 31

7:00: Open Meeting: Watha T. Daniel Library Friends

This Week at Watha T. August 10-17

Good Morning Neighbors!

Just two more weeks until DC Public Schools start up again, so make sure to get your kids in here to get any last minute summer reading done. And it's still not too late to turn in your summer reading pages for you or your children get your last minute prizes either. Come on teens! We've still got a good number of mp3 players to give away. Get those reading lists in!

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

Monday, August 10

2:00: American Sign Language
6:00: Social Justice Lecture Series: Labor Leaders and the Great Depression

Tuesday, August 11

10:00: Preschool Story Time
4:00: Book Talk

Wednesday, August 12

6:00: Open Knitting Group

Thursday, August 13

9:50: Mother Goose on the Loose

Friday, August 14

10:00: Rock Along with Casey
12:00: Anime Club presents Naruto Nation

Saturday, August 15

10:00: Family Story Time
2:00: Be Creative Kids Activity

Sunday, August 16

2:00: Heroes

Monday, August 17

2:00: American Sign Language
6:00: History Book Club discusses Plato's Republic chapters 6 & 7

This Week at Watha T. July 20-July 27

Good Morning Neighbors!

July is moving along swiftly and we've got lots of cool stuff going on, especially on Wednesday with Fast Freddy the Clown. Make sure and bring the kids for that one, he's great!

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

Monday, July 20

2:00: American Sign Language Class
6:00: History Book Club discusses Plato's Republic

Tuesday, July 21

10:00: Preschool Story Time

Wednesday, July 22

1:30: Fast Freddy the Clown
4:00: Urban Fiction Book Club
6:00: Knitting Group

Thursday, July 23

9:50: Mother Goose on the Loose

Friday, July 24

10:00: Rock Along with Casey
12:00: Anime Club presents Naruto Nation

Saturday, July 25

10:00: Family Story Time
3:00: Concert Film Series: Sonny Rollins

Sunday, July 26

2:00: Heroes

Monday, July 27

2:00: American Sign Language Class
4:00: Christon "Christylez" Bacon - Hip Hop Poetry Slam
6:00: Social Justice Lecture Series: The United Nations and Tibet

This Week at Watha T. July 6 - July 13

Good Morning Neighbors!

Did you have a fabulous fourth? I know I did!

And now we're back and we've got an awesome week of programs lined up for you this week, especially awesome for children and teens. We've got Beat Ya Feet Kings and Mr. Derby all on the same day! Check it out.

Monday, July 6

2:00 - American Sign Language Class

Tuesday, July 7

10:00 - Preschool Story Time
10:30 - Mr. Derby's Jam Session (for children)
4:00 - Beat Ya Feet Kings (for teens)

Wednesday, July 8

6:00 - Open Knitting

Thursday, July 9

9:50 - Mother Goose on the Loose
10:30 - Jim Zidar - Theatre Games (for children)

Friday, July 10

10:00 - Rock Along with Casey
12:00 - Naruto Nation

Saturday, July 11

10:00 - Family Story Time
12:00 - Magic the Gathering
2:00 - Express Yourself Program for Teens
3:00 - Concert Film Series: The Rolling Stones

Sunday, July 12

2:00 - Heroes, Episode 2

Monday, July 13

2:00 - American Sign Language
5:00 - Kevin Reese - A Perfect Balance (for teens)
6:00 - Social Justice Lecture Series

This Week at Watha T. June 22 - June 29

Good Morning Neighbors!

We've only got one movie left in our Paul Robeson Film Series. Make sure that you stop in this Sunday to watch Jericho.

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

Monday, June 22

2:00: American Sign Language Class
6:00: Social Justice Lecture Series: Darfur

Tuesday, June 23

10:00: Preschool Story Time

Wednesday, June 24

6:00: Open Knitting

Thursday, June 25

9:50: Mother Goose on the Loose

Friday, June 26

10:00: Rock Along with Casey
12:00: Anime Club presents: Naruto Nation

Saturday, June 27

10:00: Family Story Time
12:00: Magic: The Gathering
3:00: Concert Film Series: Dancing to New Orleans

Sunday, June 28

2:00: Paul Robeson Film Series: Jericho

Monday, June 29

2:00: American Sign Language Class

This Week at Watha T. May 26-May 31

Good Morning Neighbors!

It's the last week of May, and that means it's the last week of our SaturDocs documentary film festival here at Watha. Come and catch the final film in the series "Stories From the Quilt" this Saturday at 3:00.

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

Tuesday, May 26

10:00: Story Time

Wednesday, May 27

6:00: Open Knitting

Thursday, May 28

10:00: Mother Goose on the Loose

Friday, May 29

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

Saturday, May 30

10:00: Family Story Time
12:00: Magic the Gathering Group
3:00: SaturDocs: Stories from the Quilt

Sunday, May 31

3:00: Folk Tales with Nick

This Week at Watha T. May 11 - 18

Good Morning Neighbors!

Have you been reading any of our new collection of Japanese books in translation? If not, come and learn a little bit about Koji Suzuki, the Stephen King of Japan, and other Japanese horror writers this Wednesday.

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

Monday, May 11

3:30: Homework Help from Capitol Letters Writing Center
6:00: Lecture Series: Human Rights, A History

Tuesday, May 12

10:00: Story Time

Wednesday, May 13

6:00: Open Knitting Group
7:00: Book Talk: Japanese Horror

Thursday, May 14

10:00: Mother Goose on the Loose

Friday, May 15

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

Saturday, May 16

10:00: Story Time for Families
12:00: Magic: the Gathering
2:00: Be Creative Children's Activity
3:00: Documentary Film Series presents: Amandla!

Sunday, May 17

3:00: Folktales with Nick

Monday, May 18

3:30: Homework Help with Capitol Letters Writing Center
6:00: History Book Club discusses: The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

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 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 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 (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. 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. - 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. 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. 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. 6-13

Good Morning Neighbors!

We've got a lot of stuff going on this week. In fact, there's so much stuff that this week's calendar is going to wrap around to next monday just to squeeze it all in.

Monday, Oct. 6

3:30 - Homework help from Capitol Letters Writing Center

Tuesday, Oct. 7

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

Wednesday, Oct. 8

10:00 - Story Time for 3-5 year olds with Miss Tracy
6:00 - Chess Club
6:30 - Non-Drive-In Movies: Batman Begins
7:30 - Open Knitting

Thursday, Oct. 9

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

Saturday, Oct. 11

10:00 - Preschool Breakfast Club

Sunday, Oct. 12

1:00 - Teen Read Week: Book Discussion of the Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer

Monday, Oct. 13 - Columbus Day

Yes, we are open on Columbus Day

10:30 - America Story Time for 3-5 year olds
12:00 - Picturing America: Depictions of Native Americans
3:30 - Teen Read Week - Movie: Godzilla: Final Wars