2021 ONTD Reading Challenge Around the World [JANUARY - SOUTH KOREA]
Hello everyone! Hope you are ready to get started on the 2021 ONTD Reading Challenge! Our January month is South Korea. So many interesting and original works from Korea have been translated in the past few years (lucky for us), so we have a lot of great options for this challenge and no excuses not to give it a try!
A quick announcement: the Goodreads group WILL still be updated, thanks to the very kind ONTDers
patchsassy. So if you like to keep track of your challenge over there, you can :)
Newton Free Library programs: Dec. 23 - Jan. 3
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Note: The library will close at 4 p.m. on Thursdays Dec. 24 and 31. It will also be closed on Fridays Dec. 25 and Jan. 1, 2021.
Newton Free Library Programs for children
Dance party: Wednesday, Dec. 23 at 11 a.m. Make a dance space in your home and move and groove to the music! Bring the whole family and dance together to the beat. For all ages.
Family yoga: Wednesday, Dec. 28 at 10:30 a.m. Have fun, get energy flowing, and clear the mind! Erin Carter leads this yoga class for children and their families that focuses on simple yoga sequences designed to release tension and stress, and strengthen and stretch the body. Class will end with a short, guided relaxation. No prior yoga experience is necessary! For ages 3-6 and their families.
Programs for Adults
Facebook Live, Happy Birthday Beethoven!: Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 2 p.m.: Paul-André Bempéchat will return to the Facebook Live stage to celebrate Beethoven s birthday! The performance will include Beethoven s:
Sonata in E minor, opus 90
Sonata in A major, opus 101
Sonata in C minor, opus 111
Paul-André Bempéchat is Music Fellow at Harvard s Cabot House. A Juilliard and Sorbonne graduate, he has enjoyed a forty-year performing and teaching career on both sides of the Atlantic. No registration required.
Facebook Live, Ezekiel s Wheels Klezmer Band Celebrates Chanukah!: Thursday, December 17 at 7 p.m.: Enjoy some of the band’s favorite klezmer tunes and Chanukah songs as they share some of their favorite Chanukah memories, and (maybe, just maybe, fry some latkes together!) FB link: https://facebook.com/ewklezmer (the video will pop up at the top of the feed). No registration necessary.