New Tutoring Training to Start in January

With the success of our English Conversation Group on Tuesday nights, a need has come about for tutors to work one on one with the advanced participants of our ESL group. We will be working with people who have a good grasp of English, but want to "fine tune" their reading and writing.

You don't have to speak another language to participate. You just need patients and time. The training takes 5 weeks, one session per week. After that you would be assigned a student to work with for up to a year.

Please consider becoming a tutor. It will help not only an individual, but the community as well. Imagine the personal satisfaction you will derive by helping someone attain this life-long skill.

Times and dates will be announced in an upcoming newsletter. If you are interested please contact: refdesk@westhamptonlibrary.net

Ask Us About Our Music and Memory Program

The Westhampton Free Library is proud to be participating in the Music and Memory program, created by Dr. Dan Cohen. Music has been found to have a profound therapeutic value for people with chronic cognitive impairments.

If you have a loved one, or are caring for someone who is suffering from the effects of dementia or Alzheimer's disease, come to the library and find out how you can have a personalized music system created for your loved one.

For more information please visit musicandmemory.org

Visit Our Tech Fair July 21st!

The Westhampton Free Library has many great digital and streaming products for your entertainment and enlightenment. From databases like The New York Times Historical and Consumer Reports, to free streaming music, movies, online classes, and more.
Come find more about all of the new products, during our Tech Fair Monday July 21st from 5PM-9PM.
Come sit with a staff member, or watch a demo and find out how to download E-books, magazines, stream music, TV shows, movies or learn a language.
Bring your tablet, smart phone, or other device and get started!

We will be demonstrating:

Mango Languages
Hoopla
Zinio
Overdrive
indiflix
Universal Class

We will also have on-hand a 3-D printer for live demonstration. 

Local Literacy Program at the Library

Some of the staff here at the Westhampton Free Library recently had the pleasure of training several volunteers from the community to become tutors for our literacy program. We can't thank them enough for stepping up to help people in need, and being so giving of their time. 

Now we need to get the word out to let people know that there is free local help. 

If you, or someone you know can't read or has trouble reading, please have them call the Reference Desk at the library at 288-3335 ext 114 or 118 and we can start the process of pairing them with a tutor.  

Music and Memory comes to Westhampton Free Library

The Westhampton Free Library is proud to be participating in the Music and Memory program, created by Dr. Dan Cohen. Music has been found to have a profound therapeutic value for people with chronic cognitive impairments.

If you have a loved one, or are caring for someone who is suffering from the effects of dementia or Alzheimer's disease, come to the library and find out how you can have a personalized music system created for your loved one.

For more information please visit musicandmemory.org

Thursday Night Live Wraps the Season With Shari Yeomans

Thursday May 15th we end our season of Thursday Night Live with local singer songwriter and guitarist Shari Yeomans.  Shari Yeomans has performed for the last 15 years at various wineries,  cafe's, clubs, Nursing Homes and Festivals. Shari performed at the Riverhead Blues Festival with her band, "Boot Scoot Boogie" and won 1st Prize for her song, "Ode to Long Island" at the Big Duck Jamboree in Flanders. She also gives of her talents & participates in Animal Rescue Fundraisers and for the last 5 years has performs for "Rockin' for the Homeless",  Please joins us for a great end to our season with this talented performer.



Photo by Alan Mella

Thursday Night Live Continues with Gene Casey!

Our singer songwriter series continues this month with  local legend Gene Casey in a special solo performance!

 

 

Gene Casey and his band The Lone Sharks have been a fixture of the Long Island music scene and beyond since the late 80"s. Mr., Casey's songs have been featured in movie and TV soundtracks. The band has produced five CD's of their own brand of Rockabilly, C&W and R&B. Come and join us for a special solo performance by this exciting musician and 20 time recipient of Dan's Paper's "Best of the Best Readers Poll".

THURSDAY APRIL 17TH 7:30