May2015

MOTHER’S DAY TEA (age 5 and up)
Tuesday, May 3 rd – 6pm
Enjoy tea and cookies with your mom, grandma, or aunt while
listening to Mother’s Day stories. Then make a craft to give
as a gift. Parkland Library card required to register. Register
online at www.cityofparkland.org/library or call (954)757-4207.
Parkland Library
MAY EVENTS
Register Online at www.cityofparkland.org/library
or call 954-757-4207.
A Parkland Library card is required to participate.
ARTIST OF THE MONTH -
LEI YU
May 2 nd through May 31 st
Lei Yu has always been an art
lover from a young age, and
she has remained devoted
to her love of art while she
pursued a career in public
relations and marketing. She
has visited Europe, Africa, all
throughout Asia, and now lives in Florida, and her traveling
experience has influenced her views in art. With a background
in literature, business administration, and marketing, Lei
switched her focus to painting after she left a global marketing
director’s position. She has painted landscapes, animals,
portraits, and seascapes, and she most enjoys painting
landscapes and seascapes of places that she has traveled to.
Lei interprets memorable moments of nature, people, places,
and culture in her paintings, and hopes that each one gives
her viewers the same bliss and enjoyment as it does for her.
ADULT COLORING
BOOK ART
Tuesday, May 3rd –
10:30am to noon
Decompress and let
your mind wander while
enjoying this latest
creative trend: coloring
books for adults. We’ll
add some soothing
background music and light snacks to create a little “me time”
in your day. We will provide the supplies or you may bring your
own. Registration required.
“YO HO HO AND A BOTTLE OF RUM”: THE JEWS
OF THE CARIBBEAN WITH DANA COHEN-SPROTT
Wednesday, May 4 th – 6pm
While working in Jamaica on the Prime Minister’s staff, author,
lecturer, and researcher Dana Cohen-Sprott learned of the
500 year-old Jewish community that was a thriving and
integral part of island and Caribbean history. During her 28
years living in the Caribbean, she gained firsthand knowledge
of regional Jewish history, unearthing details on the pirates,
planters, and revolutionaries, as well as about the havens for
Jews during World War II. She led the international team that
pinpointed the location of a lost synagogue and Jewish burial
ground on the Island of St. Maarten. Cohen-Sprott has a BS
in Economics from Russell Sage College and spent her freshman
year in Israel and a semester in London at the London
School of Economics. She holds an MBA in International
Business from George Washington University. She also has
an award-winning rum cake that she will share with the group.
Registration required.
ALL BOOKED UP BOOK
DISCUSSION GROUP
THE CIRCLE BY DAVE EGGERS
Saturday, May 7 th –
10:30am to 11:30am
When Mae Holland is hired to work
for the Circle, the world’s most
powerful internet company, she feels
she’s been given the opportunity of
a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a
sprawling California campus, links
users’ personal emails, social media,
banking, and purchasing with its universal operating system,
resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and
transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces,
the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those
who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company’s
modernity. Over time, life beyond the campus grows distant,
and then a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her
shaken, raising questions about memory, history, privacy,
democracy, and the limits of human knowledge.
WRITING BUDDIES (K-5th grade)
Saturday, May 7 th – 2pm
We all know how important it is to read to children, but what
about writing? Strong communication skills are important
throughout life. And writing is fun, too! Teens will be paired up
with young budding authors to guide them through the story
creation process. Each child will write and illustrate a mini
story to take home. This group meets once a month, and a
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