Baking with Chef Kathy
'Tis the season for baking! Chef Kathy, a Pastry Instructor at Daytona State College, will show us how to bake a French silk pie and an artisan asiago and sun-dried tomato boule.
Friday, December 13, 2013 at 2 pm
at the Port Orange Library.
For more information call 386-322-5152, option 4.
Cut your own Christmas tree
Enjoy a green Christmas by cutting your own tree at Lyonia Preserve in Deltona. You’ll not only get a unique tree, you’ll help to maintain habitat for Florida scrub jays.
December 14 & 15, 2013 from 11 am - 4 pm. Bring your own saw and park along the road near the back entrance to Deltona Lakes Elementary School, 2022 Adelia Blvd.
While they are not traditional Christmas trees, sand pines have been popular among Floridians for decades. These sparse and lopsided native trees are 4 - 5 feet tall. Two or three can be tied together to make a fuller tree.
Donations are requested, and proceeds will be used by the Deltona Library Friends to purchase Florida habitat books. For more information Volusia County Environmental Management at 386-804-0437.
Author Barbara Cameron to speak
Barbara Cameron will discuss her new book, “Annie’s Christmas Wish,” and explain Amish Christmas traditions at the Edgewater Library. The novel is the latest installment in the “Quilts of Lancaster County” series.
The Edgewater resident has written more than 40 books, including the “Stitches in Time” series, and received the first Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award.
A book sale and signing will follow her presentation.
Saturday, December 14, 2013 at 1 pm at the Edgewater Library.
For more information call 386-424-2916.
Shlyam Piano Concert
Come join the fun and bring the whole family to hear how composers use music to bring stories of different animals to life! Mother/daughter duo Rose Shlyam Grace and Eda Shlyam will perform piano renditions of Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals and Faure’s Dolly Suite.
Dr. Rose Grace is an assistant professor of piano at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach. She has performed throughout the United States as a soloist and chamber music recitalist and has been a frequent guest artist in the Morning Chamber Music Series at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York.
Dr. Eda Shlyam has led a distinguished performance career in both the former Soviet Union and the United States. She graduated from the Leningrad State Conservatory, taught in Russia, and then immigrated to the United States in 1979 to become a faculty member at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Mass.
Saturday, December 14, 2013 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.
Santa's North Pole (for all ages)
Walk through a Winter Wonderland, meet Santa and Mrs. Claus and have your photo taken with him in the auditorium. Admission is free. Mr. and Mrs. Claus will have candy for the little ones. Sponsored by the City of Deltona. No registration.
Saturday, December 14, 2013 from 4 - 8 pm at the Deltona Library.
For additional information, call Deltona Parks & Recreation, (386) 878-8900.
Ben's Essentials
If you love classic cinema, come join us for Ben’s Essentials classic film series. Every Tuesday Ben and his "Friends" will feature a classic movie from the 20s, 30s, 40s or 50s. Before each film we’ll tell you why we selected it, interesting facts about the movie, and some things to notice.
- Decemer 3 – A Star Is Born
- December 10 – Miracle on 34th Street
- December 17 – Holiday Inn
- December 24 – It’s A Wonderful Life
Tuesdays at 2 pm at the Daytona Beach Library on City Island.
Sponsored by the Daytona Beach Library Friends and VCPL.
Author Stephanie Redd
“Just Because He Says You’re Beautiful … Five Things Every Head-Smart/Heart-Dumb Girl Should Know,” is written as a candid and sometimes humorous conversation between Stephanie Rochelle Redd’s 30-something self and the head-smart/heart-dumb girl of her youth. This non-fiction book highlights several dating and relationship mistakes Stephanie has made as well as key lessons learned from those mistakes. Redd will be signing copies of her book at the program.
Redd honed her writing skills as a former editor and writer for the Daytona Times and as a freelance writer for eHow.com. Her roles as a life coach and speaker were fostered by her work as a community volunteer with the Stewart-Marchman-Act Behavioral Healthcare program, as a substitute teacher with the Volusia County School Board.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at 5:30 pm
at the Daytona Beach Library on City Island.
For more information call Deborah Shafer at 257-6036, ext. 16264.
Port Orange Library Book Club
Our October Book Club selection is The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell.
New York City in the 1920s is a time of speakeasies and bathtub gin, an era when women smoke in public and bob their hair. An orphan raised by nuns, Rose Baker has learned to follow the rules as a means of self-preservation. Now employed as a typist in a New York City police precinct, she transcribes confessions that will eventually become irrefutable evidence in court.
When an enchanting typist named Odalie joins the precinct, everything changes. Rose quickly learns that there are several versions of Odalie’s past, and much to Rose’s chagrin, the importance of knowing which is true becomes increasingly less important as time goes on. What begins for Rose as the promise of the bosom-friend she never had quickly becomes a complicated mess of lies, deceit, and insanity. –Library Journal
“A deliciously addictive, cinematically influenced page-turner, both comic and provocative." —Kirkus ReviewsWednesday, December 18, 2013 at 10:30 am at the
Port Orange Library.
For more informtion call 386-322-5152, option 4.
Celebrate the Lights (family holiday program)
Children and families are invited to visit join library staff to participate in games, crafts, and activities from winter holidays celebrated across the United States of America! No registration.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at 1:45 pm for children in K-5th grade
or 6 pm for families at the Deltona Library.
For more information call 386-789-7207, options 1 then 5.
Thursday, December 19, 2013 at 3 pm at the Orange City Library.
For more information call 386-775-5270.
Sponsored by the Deltona Library Friends and VCPL.
Violist David Pedraza
Violist David Pedraza will give a free viola recital. Come join us for a musical treat just in time for the holidays.
Pedraza was born in Reynosa, Mexico and started his musical studies at the age of 14. He has toured around the world and is part of the Vitali Quartet, the Symphony of the Americas and the Miami Symphony.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at 2 pm
at the New Smyrna Beach Library.
For more information call 386-424-2910, option 4.
Cookie Decorating (teen & children's program)
Children and teens! Get in the holid
ay spirit by decorating yummy sugar cookies! All supplies will be provided. Just bring your creativity and your sweet tooth!
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at 3 pm
at the DeLand Library.
For more information call 386-822-6430, option 5.
“Let’s Talk About It” Lecture/Book Discussion Series
Title to be discussed: Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa.
Presenter: Dr. Ellen Smith, Professor Emerita, English Department, Stetson University
Reality merges with fantasy as Peruvian Nobel Laureat Mario Vargas Llosa juggles a madcap cast of characters and carouses through a world of forbidden passion.
“Let’s Talk About It” is organized and sponsored by the DeLand Library Friends. The 2013-14 series theme is “By and About Nobel Prize Winners.”
Friday, December 20, 2013 at 10:15 am at the DeLand Library.
For more information call at 386-822-6430.
Poet Hailey Leithauser to read
Come and listen to Hailey Leithauser read selections from her first collection entitled "Swoop." With an inventive musical cadence, Leithauser’s poems are keenly focused on rhyme and meter, repetition and rhythm. This collection is often about excess, its wanting-too-much translated into Leithauser’s clear and joyful lyricism. The book won the Emily Dickinson First Book Award from the Poetry Foundation.
Hailey has won several other awards and her poetry has appeared in the Gettysburg Review, and the Best American Poetry and Best New Poets anthologies.
Monday, December 23, 2013 at 2 pm
at the New Smyrna Beach Library.
For more information call 386-424-2910, option 4.
Holiday Music Country Style
Join us at the New Smyrna Beach Library for some country holiday music! Country singer and coal miner’s daughter, Karen Collins, will be playing country classics, holiday music and her original compositions. Save the date and bring the family for an hour of holiday music with Karen playing guitar.
Thursday, December 26, 2013 at 3 pm
at the New Smyrna Beach Library.
Sponsored by the New Smyrna Beach Library Friends and VCPL.
December Book-and-a-Movie
The Friends of the Daytona Beach Library and Cinematique, in conjunction with The Front Porch Friday Festival, will present The A Christmas Carol as part of the ongoing Book-and-a-Movie series.
The movie is adapted from English author Charles Dickens’ 1843 classic novel, which tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a crotchety old miser who is transformed into a kind, caring and generous man after eye-opening visits from his deceased business partner Jacob Marley and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.
Movie: Friday, December 27, 2013 at dusk
in Riverfront Park, Beach St. and Magnolia Ave.
Book Discussion: Monday, December 30, 2013 at 10 am
at the Daytona Beach Library on City Island.
Always available eBook!
In case of rain, the movie will be shown in the auditorium at the Daytona Beach Library. For more information call Deborah Shafer at 386-257-6036, x16264.
This program is sponsored by the Daytona Beach Library Friends and VCPL.
Smart Cookie Trivia
What is a group of bears called? Which country is home to Heineken beer? Who was the third wife of Henry VIII? If you know the answers to these and other thought-provoking questions, your presence is requested for an afternoon of Trivia.
Test your world knowledge and win a basket of goodies. Entry is free. Play individually, come with team of no more than 4 or join a team on the day.
Monday, December 30, 2013 at 2 pm
at the New Smyrna Beach Library.
For more information call 386-424-2910, option 4.
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
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 this link for a complete listing of all workshops and other helpful links.
