Big Red Bus Visit
OneBlood’s Big Red Bus will be on-site to accept blood donations in the library's parking lot. OneBlood serves more than 200 hospitals and health care facilities in Central Florida. The bloodmobile is open to the public and incentives for donating may be available while supplies last. Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments are strongly encouraged.
Daniel Brandt, community relations coordinator for OneBlood, will also stop by the library, the day before the bloodmobile's visit, to discuss the blood donation process and to schedule appointments.
Orientation & appointments:
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 from 1 - 4:30 pm at the Deltona Library.
Bloodmobile's visit:
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 from 11 am - 4 pm at the Deltona Library.
For more information call 386-789-7207, options 1 then 4.
Appointments can also be made by visiting www.oneblood.org
and clicking on “where to donate.”
Tai Chi Sample Class
Reina Williams, healthy living coordinator for the Volusia-Flagler YMCA, will offer evidence-based information on the positive impact of exercise on aging. She will also lead a sample class tai chi as part of the presentation. Tai chi uses slow, gentle movements to improve flexibility, balance, and range of motion.
If you wish to participate in the exercise portion of the event, please come dressed in loose clothing. Reservations are not required for this free program.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at 10:30 am at the Deltona Library.
For more information call 386-789-7207, options 1 then 4.
Everybody Reads literacy initiative
A program detailing a new literacy initiative at The Chiles Academy in Daytona Beach will be offered by Dr. Lynn Hawkins, Anne Ferguson and Glenda Taylor.
Hawkins, professor at Daytona State College, is spearheading the new initiative, Everybody Reads, providing free tutoring and reading instruction to academy students. Ferguson is executive director of The Chiles Academy. Taylor is a volunteer and literacy consultant. The Chiles Academy is a charter school for pregnant and parenting teens, the mission of which is for students to earn a high school diploma and become independent and responsible citizens.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at 2 pm at the Daytona Beach Library on City Island.
For more information call 386-257-6036, ext. 16264.
This program is sponsored by the Daytona Beach Library Friends and VCPL.
How Did Your Street Get Its Name?
Author Louise Caccamise will be appearing to talk about her book Memory Lane: A History of the Street Names in DeLand, Floridaand answer your questions. In doing research for her book, Caccamise discovered that you can learn a lot about DeLand’s history through its streets, many of which were named after early residents and their home states.
Ms. Caccamise is a retired librarian who has lived in DeLand since the late 1940s. She is a member of the West Volusia Historical Society and also currently serves as the President of the Friends of the DeLand Library.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at 1 pm at the DeLand Library.
For more information call Susan Fichter at 386-822-6430, ext. 20763.
John and Abigail Adams Dramatically Speaking
The Friends of the Ormond Beach Library will host a program about the second U.S. president and first lady, performed by William and Sue Wills. The Wills have presented more than 4,000 presidential programs across the country. The Winter Park entertainers will explore the Adams' lives and sacrifices in a program that looks at historic speeches and revealing letters and diaries they wrote while separated during the American Revolutionary era. The program is free and open to the public.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at 2 pm at the Ormond Beach Library.
For more information call 386-676-4191, option 4.
Sponsored by the Ormond Beach Library Friends and VCPL.
Author Thomas Block
The Friends of the Port Orange Library welcome international best-selling author Thomas Block. Block will entertain audience members with anecdotes from his 36 year career in aviation which inspired his writing of aviation-oriented novels, including “Mayday”, which became a CBS Movie of the Week, “Orbit”, a top-seller in Germany and other nations, and “Forced Landing”, adapted into a radio serialization drama in Japan.
Mr. Block will also discuss his close friendship with best-selling novelist, Nelson DeMille, which spans more than 62 years, and the various novels on which they’ve collaborated.
Thomas Block will sign copies of his latest novel, “Captain”, which DeMille proclaims is, “…one of the best adventure thrillers you will ever read.”
Friday, March 7, 2014 at 2 pm at the Port Orange Library.
For more information call 386-322-5152, option 4.
Athens Theatre cast presents
A Year with Frog and Toad (family program)
Members of Athens Theatre's professional cast, for "A Year with Frog and Toad," will visit the library for a free reading and presentation. During this special event, the costumed cast will read two Arnold Lobel Frog and Toad books and will perform several scenes from the theatre's upcoming production, "A Year with Frog and Toad," performing at Athens Theatre from March 7-16, 2014.
The production tells the story of a friendship that endures, weathering all seasons. This whimsical show, perfect for the whole family, follows two great friends the cheerful, popular Frog and the rather grumpy Toad.
Friday, March 7, 2014 at 3 pm at the Deltona Library.
For more information call 386-789-7207, option 1 then 5.
For more information about the theatrical production visit the Athens Theatre website.
Florida Soup: Putting History on the Table
Join us as author Eric Dusenbery stirs together one part stories and one part photography for a compelling look at historic cooking habits, food production and recipes that defined the family and community in rural, small-town Florida.
From the book: "Our state is unique in its food consumption and production practices both from a historical perspective and present-day realities. Florida has a rich harvest of storytellers from a tobacco-spitting blue crab fisherman who recounts commercial fishing practices of yesteryear to a rancher who reminisces about Depression-era farming and a few other surprising tales. This is a project on Florida's love affair with food and storytelling."
Saturday, March 8, 2014 at 11 am at the New Smyrna Beach Library.
For more information call 386-424-2910, option 4.
Thursday, March 20, 2014 at 6:30 pm at the Deltona Library.
For more information call 386-789-7207, option 1 then 4.
Songs from the Great American Songbook
Pianist Sonny Daye and vocalist Perley Rousseau will bring their unique sound to the Daytona Beach Library as part of the Music in the Library series.
The husband-and-wife musical duo will perform selections from The Great American Songbook, highlighting composers such as Gershwin, Berlin, Porter, Ellington and others. Sonny and Perley have received critical acclaim for their spontaneity, warmth and broad repertoire, blending American jazz standards with the sounds of International Cabaret and Bossa Nova.
Saturday, March 8, 2014 at 2 pm at the Daytona Beach Library on City Island.
For more information call Deborah Shafer at 257-6036, ext. 16264.
Part of the Music in the Library Series
sponsored by the Daytona Beach Library Friends and VCPL.
Civil Rights Film Festival
The Friends of the Daytona Beach Library and Cinematique will offer a film festival featuring three films that dramatize events from America’s civil rights and post civil rights era. The two-day festival begins on Saturday, March 8 at 7:30 pm with Lee Daniels’ “The Butler.” The film is based on the true story of Cecil Gaines, a White House butler who served eight American presidents over three decades.
On Sunday, March 9, at 2:30 pm the festival continues with a family friendly matinee, “Selma, Lord, Selma,” a film based on true events that happened in March 1965, known as Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. The film tells the story through the eyes of an 11-year-old African American girl named Sheyann Webb. It premiered as a television movie on ABC on January 17, 1999.
The third film “Fruitvale Station”, begins at 5:30 pm. Based on a true story, the film logs a day in the life of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old San Francisco Bay Area resident who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family and strangers on the last day of 2008. 
Following each film, attendees will be invited to participate in a discussion of the film led by Ben Trotter, a staff member at the Daytona Beach Library on City Island. Trotter has a B.A. in film from the University of Central Florida.
This program is part of the library’s Connecting with the Community Series, a two-year program funded in part by a Partnership Grant from the Florida Humanities Council.
Saturday, March 8, 2014 at 7:30 pm at the Cinematique Theater
242 S. Beach Street, Daytona Beach.
Sunday, March 9, 2014 at 2:30 pm and 5:30 pm at the Cinematique Theater
242 S. Beach Street, Daytona Beach.
Sponsored by the Daytona Beach Library Friends and VCPL
with funding from the Florida Humanities Council.
St. Augustine & the Civil War
Robert Redd details St. Augustine's rich history during and after the Civil War. America's oldest city is filled with Civil War history, from supporting the Confederacy to accepting Union Generals as respected residents. Come join us for a detailed presentation.
Monday, March 10, 2014 at 2 pm
at the New Smryna Beach Library.
For more information call 424-2910, option 4.
Mysterious March!
Local authors Lois Gerber, Veronica Hart, and Joan King will describe the different sub-types of mystery and suspense novels and how to differentiate between the two genres.
The presenters will discuss successful mystery writers and the essential ingredients of a mystery. They will also demonstrate how to develop plot points and believable characters to sustain reader interest. Handouts will be provided.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 2 pm at the Port Orange Library.
For more information call 386-322-5152, option 4.
Historical Newspaper Database
Genealogy librarian Kim Dolce will cover the essentials of exploring America's past using the library’s historical newspaper database.
The resource is a collection of digital books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, government documents and ephemera printed in America over a period of three centuries. Searchable American newspapers in the collection include Early American Newspapers, Series 1, 1690-1876; Series 2, 1758-1900; and Series 3, 1829-1922.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 10 am at the Daytona Beach Library on City Island.
For more information call Kim Dolce at 257-6036, ext. 16315.
DeLand Library Book Discussion Groups
Title to be discussed: Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America by Gilbert King
- Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionN
- ominated for a 2013 Edgar Award
- Book of the Year (Non-fiction, 2012) The Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor
In 1949, Florida's orange industry was booming, and citrus barons got rich on the backs of cheap Jim Crow labor. To maintain order and profits, they turned to Willis V. McCall, a violent sheriff who ruled Lake County with murderous resolve. When a white seventeen-year-old Groveland girl cried rape, McCall was fast on the trail of four young blacks who dared to envision a future for themselves beyond the citrus groves. By day's end, the Ku Klux Klan had rolled into town, burning the homes of blacks to the ground and chasing hundreds into the swamps, hell-bent on lynching the young men who came to be known as "the Groveland Boys."
And so began the chain of events that would bring Thurgood Marshall, the man known as "Mr. Civil Rights," and the most important American lawyer of the twentieth century, into the deadly fray… Drawing on a wealth of never-before-published material… King shines new light on this remarkable civil rights crusader, setting his rich and driving narrative against the heroic backdrop of a case that U.S. Supreme Court justice Robert Jackson decried as "one of the best examples of one of the worst menaces to American justice”. (From Amazon.com)
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 10 am at the DeLand Library.
Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 5:30 pm at the DeLand Library.
For more information, contact Susan Fichter at 386-822-6430.
Understanding Elder Law
Daytona Beach Attorney and elder law specialist Michael Pyle will offer a presentation and answer questions regarding aspects of elder law, in which attorneys consider issues affecting aging clients with respect to other areas of the law. Such considerations include the effects of age and possible incapacity, the need for nursing home care, and creating wills, trusts, powers of attorney and health care designation documents in case of incapacity.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 3 pm at the Daytona Beach Library on City Island.
For more information call Deborah Shafer at 257-6036, ext. 16264.
This program is sponsored by the Daytona Beach Library Friends and VCPL.
Craft program (adults)
Port Orange Library staff members, Erica and Cyndy will demonstrate how to make gift shop quality ceramic coasters to match any decor. These coasters are fast, easy and inexpensive to make and are fabulous gifts for both men and women. Limit of 20 participants.
Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 1 pm
at the Port Orange Library.
To register call 386-322-5152, option 4.
Smart Cookie Trivia
Join us for an afternoon of trivia!
Test your knowledge and win a basket of goodies! Entry is free. Play individually, come with a team of no more than 4 or join a team that day. Gifts provided by the New Smyrna Beach Library Friends.
Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 2 pm
at the New Smyrna Beach Library.
For more information call 386-424-2910, option 4.
Cooking Demonstration
Chef Warren Caterson, author of “Table for Two: The Cookbook for Couples” and the soon to be released “Table for Two: Back for Seconds,” will be presenting an entertaining and informative cooking demonstration.
Chef Caterson will share time saving kitchen tips, cooking hints, and humorous anecdotes about the challenges and joys of cooking for two. The presentation culminates with a 10-minute cooking demonstration that any home cook can replicate.
Friday, March 14, 2014 at 2 pm at the Port Orange Library.
For more information call the library at 386-322-5152, option 4.
A Re-enactment from the lives of Abigail, John and John Quincy Adams
Joan Adams Fenton, a descendant of President John Adams and First Lady Abigail Adams, will take part in a three-person re-enactment bringing the story of her famous ancestors to life. Fenton, her husband Bill, and Jay Thomas will portray the famous Adamses in period costume, re-creating the lives of the nation’s second “First Family” and their son John Quincy Adams, who followed in his father’s footsteps to become the sixth U.S. president.
Saturday, March 15, 2014 at 2 pm at the Daytona Beach Library on City Island.
For more information call Deborah Shafer at 257-6036, ext. 16264.
This program is sponsored by the Daytona Beach Library Friends and VCPL.
Xtreme Cuisine Cooking series (teen program)
Teens can learn how to make healthy snacks during a free Xtreme Cuisine program series. Registered Dietitian Jill Taufer and 4-H Agent Laura Cash will lead the four-part series, which teaches youths between 11 and 17 how to make healthy snacks using fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and other nourishing ingredients.
The Xtreme Cuisine Cooking School, developed by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, has been presented to elementary and middle school students since 2007. Each participant will receive an activity book and cookbook. Reservations are not required.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 3 pm at the Deltona Library. |
For more information call the library at 386-789-7207, option 1 then 5.
Sponsored by the Deltona Library Friends and VCPL.
eReader Help Desk
Did you know you can download free library e-books, audio books, music and magazines onto your e-reader or tablet? The eReader Help Desk at the Deltona Regional Library can show you how to take full advantage of these free services. A valid Volusia County Public Library card, in good standing, is required for downloadable media services.
Half-hour, personalized sessions are available Mondays through Thursdays
by appointment at the Deltona Library.
Schedule your appointment by stopping by the library's information desk
or calling 386-789-7207, ext. 21014.
Affordable Care Act workshops and information
Open Enrollment for the Health Insurance Marketplace began October 1, 2013; with coverage beginning January 1, 2014. Many Volusia County libraries will be hosting events, led by local qualified health organizations, in order to help citizens navigate this enrollment process. Please click here for more information.
