MAY 2008
 
  
   

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The Library will be CLOSED:  Memorial Day Weekend
Sunday and  Monday, May 25 & 26

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   Book Sale Set Up: April 26 - May 9 (Volunteers Welcome)
   Pre-Sale: Friday, May 2. Cost $15 
   Book Sale: May 3 - May 8
 
   Donations will not be accepted from April 25 - May 12. Thank you.


Children Author visit:
How does your garden grow? Pittsburgh's own Katherine Ayres - gives young readers a pretty good idea in her picture book, Up, Down, and Around, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott. On Tuesday, May 6 at 10:00 a.m., Ayres will visit the library to talk about, Up, Down, and Around, which is the Pennsylvania One Book, Every One Child, selection for 2008. Throughout the month of April, children across the state was sharing Ayres's book and getting excited about reading and maybe even vegetables. Don't miss this very special event!

Adult Author visit:
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Joseph Bathanti is an award winning author, playwright and Professor of Creative Writing. Please join us on Thursday, May 8 at 7:30 p.m., as he talks about his latest novel and experiences working with prison inmates in North Carolina.

World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and the library presents, "The importance of global connections, global business,and global communities in trying economic times." The speakers will be Roger Cranville, OBE, Honorary Consul of Canada and Senior Vice President, Global Marketing of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, and Dr. Schuyler Foerster, President of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh. A question and answer session will follow the presentation. Please join us for this timely dialogue. The program begins at 6:30, May 13.

Author Panel Discussion - spend an evening with premier authors from the Pittsburgh area as they talk about their books and answer questions from the audience at the conclusion of the program. Panelist include: Gwyn Cready - Tumbling through Time, Todd DePastino - Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front, Albert French - I Can't Wait on God, Sharon Lippincott - The Heart and Craft of Lifestory Writing: How to Transform Memories into Meaningful Stories, Abby Mendelson - Ghost Dancer: Stories Past the Edge of Remembrance. Our program begins at 7:00, May 28.

Women's Health Education - Talk to your kids about sex, everyone else does! Join us at 6:30, May 29.

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LANGUAGE GROUP HIGHLIGHTS:

Slovak Language Groups
The Slovak Conversation Group meets once a month on Mondays, 7-9 p.m.; this month
May 5, contact Joe & Albina Senko at 412-343-5031 jsenko@msv-cpa.com . 
The Slovak Language Group is happy to share several recipes which are recognized as Slovak. If you visit Slovakia, the menus in the city restaurants are very similar to ours but in the smaller towns and villages you will find the more ethnic and local cuisine. Slovakia is surrounded by Austria, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine and the Czech Republic and the cuisine will reflected these countries.
The national dish of Slovakia is Haluski with Bryndza. This is a spaetzle made with sheep cheese (bryndza), which is similar to our cream cheese but with a little bit of bite to it, and crispy bits of bacon with some of the bacon fat. The main meal is served for lunch, at mid day. The menu will frequently include soups of all kinds, chicken, pork, turkey and various sausages for the main entrees, rice, potatoes and noodles for the side dishes. Beef is seldom served. Cabbage is a popular side dish. Paprikash and gulash are delicious main courses. Salads consist of green peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes. Baked desserts are the highlight of the meal, crepes, strudels, various cream and fruit filled pastries and of course the ever popular nut rolls and poppy seed rolls. The usual beverages are wine, beer and soda. Water is by request only. Coffee is strong and served in demitasse cups. Ice cream, very rich and creamy is also available.

Great recipes below:
American Style Haluski with Cabbage
Chicken Paprikash
Palacinky (Crepes/Blintzes)

The Slovak Language Lessons Group meets twice a month on Tuesday; this month May 6 and 13, 7-8:30 p.m., contact the Western Pennsylvania Slovak Cultural Association at 412-531-2990.

 

 

 

NEXT MONTH'S PREVIEW:
Catch the Reading Bug! The children's Summer Reading Club takes wing next month. Children will be able to register and track their book reading online beginning on our official kick-off day, Thursday, June 12. Be sure to sign up. There will be plenty of fun and prizes for everybuggy. Details available in the children's library.

Art Museums transform the local landscapes. Their exhibits engage us with a kaleidoscope of perspectives. Please join us for five Mondays in June at 7:00 p.m. and enjoy the metamorphosis of art through the ages.

LIBRARY BYTES:
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May 10 - Friends of the Library Plant Exchange - Bring a plant, take a plant
May 11 - Mother's Day

 

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